Lavender in Bali

A Soft Life Series Novel

Nia James is burnt out. After years of building a nonprofit that saved everyone but herself, the only thing she's sure of now is that she's tired. Tired of being strong. Tired of being needed. Tired of running on empty with no one pouring back into her. So when Soft Life Lifestyle Concierge curates a luxury healing retreat in the quiet heart of Ubud, Bali, she says yes-but only to rest.

Love? That's not on the itinerary.

Until she meets him.

Amari Chen is a private chef and co-owner of the lush Balinese villa where Nia is staying. He speaks in flavors and silence, moving barefoot through the world with hands that nourish and eyes that see too much. Grief made him gentle. Solitude made him sacred. He's not interested in saving Nia-only feeding the parts of her she's long neglected.

Through sound baths, sacred meals, flower-soaked baths, and stillness, Nia begins to unravel-and not break.

But the real question isn't whether she'll fall for him.
It's whether she'll finally fall for herself.

A poetic, honey-slow journey into healing, Lavender in Bali is a celebration of Black woman rest, barefoot romance, and the kind of love that doesn't ask you to shrink.