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Barefoot Bay

Nestled among the barrier islands of Mimosa Key in the Gulf of Mexico is Barefoot Bay, a picturesque tropical paradise and home to an elegant resort, a budding minor league baseball franchise, and a delightful beach town with quaint shops and good gossip. After a hurricane nearly wipes out half the island, four women join forces to build Casa Blanca Resort & Spa, attracting wealthy vacationers and destination weddings. With a vibrant community of friends, enemies, and lovers, Barefoot Bay is now open for writers to make it home for their characters and stories. This World is full of potential for romance, mystery, intrigue, and drama all set on the beloved sun-drenched shores of Roxanne St. Claire’s long running Barefoot Bay series.

Content Guidelines

Be sure to read and follow the Content Guidelines while writing your story. Your story will be reviewed and will only be eligible for publication if the Content Guidelines are followed. See our Help pages and the Most Common Failures for more information.

Barefoot Bay Content Guidelines

Respect the Rights of Others: We take violations of laws and proprietary rights very seriously. It is your responsibility to ensure that your content complies with all laws and does not violate the copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other right of any other person. The use of unauthorized third party intellectual property (including but not limited to characters, logos, or lyrics) is prohibited.
Create High-Quality Works: An excellent customer reading experience is paramount to Kindle Worlds. Poorly formatted books and books with misleading titles, cover art, or product descriptions will not be published. We reserve the right to determine whether content provides a poor customer experience.
Promote Your Creative Vision: Your writing and vision should be the focus in your Kindle Worlds fiction. Paid advertising or excessive use of brand names is prohibited.
Cultivate One World at a Time: We don’t permit crossovers from other Worlds, meaning your work may not include elements of any copyright-protected book, movie, or other property outside of the elements of this World.
Choose Your Words with Care: Offensive content is prohibited, including but not limited to racial slurs, excessively graphic or violent material, or excessive use of foul language.
Craft Romance with Intention: Sexual content is permitted, including erotica, but we don’t accept pornography or offensive depictions of graphic sexual acts.
Mind the Time: Authors are permitted (and encouraged) to write prequels and stories with timelines that run prior to and parallel to the most recent release in the Barefoot Bay canon. No Kindle Worlds stories may extend beyond the timeline of the latest release in the Barefoot Bay canon for sale on Amazon written by Roxanne St. Claire.
Avoid Certain Elements: You are not permitted to use original characters created by other Kindle Worlds authors writing in this World. This guideline provides a limited exception (for characters only) to the license we grant to you in clause 3(b) of your Kindle Worlds Publishing Agreement.
Keep Your Rights to Your Characters: You will keep all rights to any original characters (whether new or previously published) you introduce to this World through your Kindle Worlds story. This guideline provides a limited exception (for characters only) to the license you grant to us in clause 4(b) of your Kindle Worlds Publishing Agreement.