Bikinis & Bad Decisions

A girls trip to paradise. Four best friends. One viral video. Too many secrets in the sun.

Janelle Brooks needs this Cancun trip more than she wants to admit. After a messy breakup left her embarrassed online, she's ready for bikinis, beach drinks, pretty pictures, and a birthday weekend that proves she still has it.

With her three best friends beside her, the plan is simple: sunshine, flirting, luxury resort living, and a little harmless bad decision energy.

Toya brought the itinerary.
Brix brought the camera.
Simi brought the silence.
Nell brought the birthday glow.

At first, the trip is everything they wanted. Ocean views. Rooftop drinks. Fine men. Poolside compliments. Yacht invitations. The kind of vacation that looks flawless in every post.

Then Brix uploads a video that goes viral for all the wrong reasons.

A married man appears in the background. A stolen bracelet turns up in the wrong place. One friend's ex is closer than anyone knew. Another woman's private life becomes public entertainment. And suddenly, the girls realize their dream vacation may have been arranged around them long before they landed.

As the comments explode and the resort's polished beauty starts cracking, Nell and her friends have to figure out who is setting them up, why their secrets are being used against them, and how far someone will go to turn paradise into a trap.

Bikinis & Bad Decisions is a fast, funny, beachy urban fiction summer read packed with friendship drama, viral scandal, vacation romance, messy exes, luxury resort suspense, and four Black women fighting to get home with their names, friendship, and freedom intact.

Because some girls trips come with champagne.

This one came with receipts.