She Likes Sugar

is a coming-of-age romantic novel. What else could go wrong? At seventeen, Jen has yet to recover emotionally from the death of her parents eight years ago. She has drifted into an unhealthy, dependent relationship with her twin sister, Josie. Change does not come easy for Jen. Now she must deal with an unforgivable assault by her uncle while facing an indefensible betrayal by Josie, who is "the other woman" in what is looking to be a messy divorce. Set in the 1980s on the beautiful Caribbean island of Jamaica, "She Likes Sugar," is a poignant tale of Jen's struggles to break away from her past and find a life without dependency.