Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Themes:
Adoption / Infertility / Pregnancy
Adventure / Survival
Against All Odds
Angsty
Character with Disability
Friends to Lovers
Growing Older
Interracial / Multicultural Relationship
Long Distance Relationship
Slow Burn
Heat Level:
Fade to Black (sex scenes are mostly implied and use euphemistic language)
Archetypes:
Military
Teacher / Professor
Geographic Location:
Middle East
United States: New England / Northeast
Setting:
Military Base
Small Town / Rural
War Zone / Battlefield
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Lesbian
Protagonist Identity:
Black / African American
Latinx / Hispanic
Trigger/Content Warning:
Wartime situations
Dear Taylor
The Letters to War Series, Book 1
By Eija Jimenez
One letter changed their whole lives
Taylor Phillips was working as a barista in NYC the day the twin towers came crashing down. Seeing her city in shambles, coated in ash, and American lives lost, she enlisted to fight the War on Terror. Daniella Melo, a Rhode Island American History teacher, challenges her class to write letters to soldiers fighting overseas. With one name left and a student short, Daniella takes it upon herself to write letters to Private Taylor Phillips stationed in Afghanistan. Over the next two years, the women exchange letters, sharing stories of their daily lives: Daniella trailing after her rambunctious daughter, Jackie, and dealing with overeager seniors planning prom while Taylor trudges through sand and dirt, driving her humvee in cold deserts. Their friendship continues to grow until it becomes something so much more than either woman expect.