The sun has set on Brandon Jones and Serene Russell's paradise.

The Bachelor Nation stars have broken up and ended their engagement, they shared on May 8.

"We have tried to work privately on our relationship which has been incredibly challenging in the public eye," they wrote in a joint statement on Instagram. "This has been immensely hard to accept and painful, as there is a lot of love between the two of us. We are deeply hurting and can only ask that there be no hate."