The Holiday
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MatureComplete Sat, Aug 16, 20251h 15m
Booking the holiday was supposed to fix his marriage.
A remote island, time away, a gesture to show Gemma he was trying.
But Dan is learning the hard way-no good deed goes unpunished. Especially when it's masking a bad one.
The resort doesn't match the brochure pictures either. Everything seems doomed.
Until the achingly beautiful couple arrives on the scene. Full of fun, joie de vivre. And a potent power that's hard to describe.
And then there is Anita, the island's diminutive, stunning, silent proprietor watching from the periphery...
And rumors of a sacred place, The Blue Hole, where miracles are believed to happen...
René Charnel delivers a thrilling story of lust, betrayal, and discovery. When ordinary people are thrown into extraordinary circumstances, when love, desire, life, and death intertwine, The Holiday asks one question: what will they uncover about themselves before the island reveals its hidden truth?
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