
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Themes:
Against All Odds
Angsty
Butch / Femme
Character with Disability
Danger / In Peril / On the Run
Friends to Lovers
Girl Next Door
Grumpy / Sunshine
Loss / Grieving / Widow
Mental Illness
Second Chance
Single Parent
Slow Burn
Wounded / Illness
Heat Level:
Medium (sex scenes are included and may use mildly graphic description)
Archetypes:
Homemaker
Rock / Pop / Country Star
Geographic Location:
United States: Mountain States
Setting:
Lake / Cabin
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Bi or Pansexual
Lesbian
Femme
Tomboy
Trigger/Content Warning:
Rape
Escape & Freedom
By Claire Highton-Stevenson
Two women escaping their own demons. One stuck in the past, the other a very real present.
Lucy Owens’ life was irrevocably changed in a matter of seconds. Life as she knew it was over in the blink of an eye. Moving away from all that she knew, Lucy now lives a solitary life in her cabin on the shores of Lake Tahoe. Filled with guilt and pain, she keeps herself to herself, and for years she manages to avoid immersing back into society.
Nicole Granger has three small children to worry about. Always looking over her shoulder, they arrive at the lake with very little to call their own. Haunted by years of physical abuse, she longs to belong again, to bring normality to her girls’ lives for the first time.
Both women are pulled towards one another in an attraction that could bring both of them their freedom.