Jacqueline Ramsden

What happens when you meet the one person you can't live without-right as she's leaving? Tilly Fenchurch never saw any reason to leave Vermont. Living in the town where she grew up, working at her moms' family business, and never traveling far, she tells herself she's happy-at least until she's pulled, quite literally, into Frankie's world. Frankie Holt is excited. She's just applied for her dream job in LA and she can't wait to leave small-town Vermont behind. That is, until she grabs a random stranger in a celebratory hug and meets someone unforgettable. A plan to reunite their estranged friends brings them closer together, and before long, it's hard to imagine life without each other. With Tilly convinced she's straight, Frankie attempts to fight her growing crush, while Tilly is left questioning everything she ever thought she knew about herself, her sexuality, and her life. Will Frankie and Tilly figure out their feelings in time, or will three thousand miles tear them apart? The Other Side of Leaving is an 80k toaster-oven, friends-to-lovers slow burn. Content warnings for anxiety and depression, on-page sex, and some angst.

The Other Side of Leaving

Rule number one is to never fall for a target. Perry's never been good with rules. Perry is a master thief-and a responsible one-but she's not nearly as good with women. When she and her trusted hacker took thirty-seven million dollars from the brokerage firm Richmond's, they were prepared for an investigator on the case. But Perry wasn't expecting her to be so gorgeous. Or so into Perry, undercover as a journalist. Private Investigator Norah Rosenberg is great at her job. But when she's roped in to solve a near-perfect hack, she may find herself outmatched-and much more interested in the pretty brunette journalist following her investigation. When Norah's new girlfriend might not be the journalist she seems, the whole case starts looking a little more complicated and a lot more personal. Under pressure from the insufferable Richmond heir to solve the case, her inside source switching sides, and her feelings for Perry deepening, will Norah choose her work, or will she choose the woman who's too perfect for her to let go-and the life of crime she leads? All the Right Wrong Reasons is a 58,000-word thief/detective romance set in the life of the night-shifters in a near-future world where global commerce has expanded to every hour of the day. Content warning for on-page sex.

All the Right Wrong Reasons

Maybe a weekend is just the right amount of time to fall in love. Sloane Abbott likes her quiet life. She owns a landscaping business, she tends her plants, lives alone, and secretly crushes on her favorite nonbinary garden center employee, Polly. Between anxiety and modesty, Sloane's never planning on telling Polly she likes them. She'll just be admiring from afar while she deals with her demanding family and fulfills her sister's order. Polly Stanwick loves people. She has the best time working at Blooms, talking to customers, hanging out with the kids, and generally being a ray of sunshine. When they hear their regular, Sloane Abbott, is having a rough day, they naturally sweep in to help. What neither of them is expecting is for Polly's colleague to suggest her as a fake date for Sloane's weekend with her family. For Sloane, it's the only way to avoid the heteronormative life her parents will push on her, so despite her misgivings, she agrees. It's only one weekend, right? Fooling the Abbotts into thinking she and Polly are a couple is easy, but for Sloane, handling her own feelings is harder. Holding hands and sharing a bed doesn't make things any easier-nor does Polly being there for her in all the ways she ever wished somebody would. Sometimes the hardest thing to face is our own potential to grow. The Art of Growing is a 75k-word slow-burn, friends-to-lovers, fake-dating romance over a weekend full of mutual pining and blurred lines. Content warnings for on-page sex scenes, abusive family dynamics, off-screen references to past abusive relationships, anxiety attacks, and useless sapphics.

The Art of Growing

Lily Seabrooke

Ava couldn't be less like her popstar twin sister-and now she needs to take her place. A two-month tour impersonating her pop-sensation twin sister Eva-or Nova on stage-sounds like Ava Blakely's worst nightmare. For one thing, she can't sing, and being on a stage is her idea of torture. But it might be the only way to save Eva's pregnancy. Tour photographer Freja Callister just wanted a vacation and some pizza, but a last-minute request to shoot the Nova tour pulls her in-especially when the popstar seems a little different than she remembers. And much too interested in Freja now. For Ava, falling for her photographer while hiding her real identity is a catastrophe in the making. But hey, what do they have to lose? One Last Shot is a 100,000-word twin-swap popstar romance, and Lily Seabrooke's and Jacqueline Ramsden's first collaborative book, featuring a dysfunctional band that learns to work together, a secret identity, and a tour fling that turns a little too serious. Content warnings for open-door sex scenes, a creepy older director who wants to get young pop idols naked, Cecilia opening doors, and Mister Pippins definitely, absolutely having thoughts and feelings.

One Last Shot

Lowen Hayes is overworked, overtired, and over it. After her boss gives her yet another task she can't refuse, Lowen finally decides to do something for herself-forgoing the family Christmas time in favour of a solo trip to London. Amidst Christmas markets, hot drinks, and catching up with friends, she meets Ellis-the intriguing nonbinary toyshop employee Lowen was not expecting. And xe just happens to be everywhere Lowen is. A series of mixups tosses the two into a fake relationship that might just be the Christmas magic Lowen needs to get through the holidays. A Little Christmas Magic is a 40k fake-dating holiday romance featuring only one bed, found family, and Christmas in London.

A Little Christmas Magic

What happens when you get a second chance at first love? When Alexandria met Hailey on their first day of secondary school, the last thing she was expecting was to become best friends with the chatty girl beside her. But friendship blossomed into first love, until different universities threatened to tear them apart. Seventeen years later, Alexandria's brother is set to marry one of Hailey's employees, and their whirlwind romance drags Hailey and Alexandria back into each other's lives. Suddenly, all of the reasons they had for parting don't seem compelling, and they can't deny the attraction between them. But, with a wedding to plan, family in the way, and years of pain between them, will Hailey and Alexandria be brave enough to risk the hearts they've spent years protecting, or will they miss each other again? I Always Will is an 80k second-chance, friends-to-lovers romance, featuring a return to hometown and the owner of a mashed potato bar. Content warnings for off-page homophobia, abusive family dynamics, including comments about weight, divorce, and off-page drinking/drunk behaviour.

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