PACIFIC DREAM

An impulsive detour to an exotic land . . .
An earnest but bewildered foreigner . . .
And the unplanned refuge she creates for orphans and women at risk.

Marielle Margaux arrives in Bangkok with a hopeful heart, a wrecked past, and the stubborn conviction that she must do something meaningful. But good intentions collide with reality fast and within days she's overwhelmed, out of her depth, and sheltering a pregnant, battered bar girl with nowhere else to go.

That single act of compassion becomes the turning point. And once Mari delivers the young woman's baby in her dingy hotel room, she finds herself responsible for far more than she ever imagined.

A crumbling hotel, a growing refuge, and the name she can't escape.

Drawn into the lives of vulnerable women, Mari follows the only path that feels right. It leads her to Lukchang, a forgotten coastal town where a crumbling hotel becomes an unlikely refuge. With no training, no resources, and no idea what she's doing, she improvises her way into becoming caretaker, advocate, and the accidental founder of something that looks suspiciously like an orphanage.

Her bargain‑bin wardrobe gets her mistaken for a Western nun - and once her name is misheard as Sister Mari Mango, the nickname spreads across the region like gospel, trapping her in an identity she can't escape. As desperate mothers begin leaving infants at her door, Mari crosses lines she never imagined... while trying to control her heart and the dangerous attraction she feels for an earnest young medical student volunteering at the makeshift orphanage.

After all, Western nuns don't date. Not even accidental ones.

Uplifting, chaotic, and unexpectedly profound, Pacific Dream tells the story of a woman who tries to do good . . . and stumbles into a destiny she never planned.