Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Themes:
Against All Odds
Coming Out
Femme / Femme
First Love
Fish Out of Water
Forced Proximity / Stranded Together
Friends to Lovers
Girl Next Door
Grumpy / Sunshine
Ice Queen
Low Angst
Mature Lead 40+
Misfit / Socially Awkward
Nursed Back to Health
Opposites Attract
Quirky Characters
Self-Discovery
Slow Burn
Toaster Oven / Gay For You
Wounded / Illness
Heat Level:
Sweet (kissing, holding hands, etc., but no other on-the-page physical intimacy)
Archetypes:
Doctor / Nurse / EMT / Midwife
Florist
Small Business Owner
Teacher / Professor
Geographic Location:
United Kingdom: England
Setting:
Hospital / Medical / Treatment Facility
Seaside / Beach
Small Town / Rural
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Asexual / Demisexual
Lesbian
Questioning
Trigger/Content Warning:
Discussions of medical procedures and car accidents
A Different Kind Of Pride
The Bound by the Rainbow Series, Book 3
By Katherine Blakeman
She broke her back - will this break her ice too?
Victoria Berry is known in the Cornish village of Miltree for being cold. As headteacher of the local primary school, she conducts her career with the same iron fist with which she controls the rest of her life. She’s perfectly content how she is: single, stony and intimidating. But what she doesn’t realise is that this can’t last forever.
Anastasia Savchenko is not known in the village of Miltree at all. She’s only been there for a year, having left her nursing career post-burnout in order to take over the village florist. Her head full of the business of flowers, she hasn’t even had time to make friends. And even if she had, the least likely person would be her next-door-neighbour, Scary Miss Berry.
A catastrophic car accident forces Anastasia and Victoria together, and before they know it, their relationship goes from complete strangers to carer and charge. But what they don’t realise is that as Victoria recovers, their relationship may run deeper than either of them bargained for…