A dare. A sensual escape. A morning that started the way most stories end with sheets tangled, sun on skin and no deadlines in sight. In Part One of this exclusive story set at Desire Riviera Maya Pearl, Jess and James takes readers inside their moment. Welcome to a new kind of rendezvous.

Jet skis roar, secrets stir and cocktails spill. Chapter 20 dives into sun-soaked tension aboard a cruise ship where no moment goes unnoticed, and no dream is without meaning.

Have your got Overwater Bungalows and villas on your mind? Do you know you don’t Have to Fly to the Maldives or French Polynesia for...