Paul.
Is the only child of a man who built a thriving mango and sugar exportation company in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Committed to building on his father’s legacy with a new product, he goes to Orlando, FL to find investors at an agricultural conference. On his way there, he reconnects with a woman he has been pining after for years.
As the story often goes for the dreamers, just as success feels certain, he turns the corner and disaster strikes.
Saskia.
Is back in her hometown of Orlando, Florida recovering from the implosion of her big New York City career. Trying to quietly rebuild her life, she is adapting to living at home with her Haitian family. She starts working at the same bank branch she worked at in high school and is navigating how to be a big career woman in a small environment.
She finally feels like her life is back on track until she reconnects with Paul Lancelin, a tension filled friend.
Together.
They navigate what they mean to each other just as the 2010 earthquake breaks apart their understanding of where they come from. Paul’s family might be involved in less than legal dealings. Saskia’s might finally turn away from where they came from. With a criminal enterprise closing in, Paul and Saskia navigate their feelings while trying to stay alive.
This contemporary will-they-won’t-they fiction, explores the Haitian immigrant experience and how community comes together.
