Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Themes:
Against All Odds
Age Gap
Body Positivity
Coming Out
First Love
Forced Proximity / Stranded Together
Growing Older
Hiking / Mountain Climbing / Outdoor Sport
Ice Queen
Mature Lead 40+
Nursed Back to Health
Second Chance
Self-Discovery
Slow Burn
Sports
Starting Over
Workplace / Office Romance
Heat Level:
Medium (sex scenes are included and may use mildly graphic description)
Archetypes:
Athlete / Coach
Celebrity / Socialite / Model
Personal Trainer / Yoga
Shamam / Healer
Geographic Location:
United States
Setting:
Concert / Perfomance
Hospital / Medical / Treatment Facility
Hotel / Inn
Mountain
On the Road / Tour
Resort / Spa
Sports Stadium / Gym
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Lesbian
Queer
Femme
Tomboy
Protagonist Identity:
Native American / Indigenous Person / First Nations
Trigger/Content Warning:
main character is a survivor of childhood sexual abuse (brief & non-graphic flashback)
One ~ Love
By Lynn Ames
C.J. Winslow discovers that the tennis court isn’t the only place where “love” comes into play.
Trystan Lightfoot allowed herself to love once in her life; the experience broke her heart and strengthened her resolve never to fall in love again. At forty, however, she still longs for the comfort of a woman’s arms. She finds temporary solace in meaningless, albeit adventuresome encounters, burying her pain and her emotions deep inside where no one can reach. No one, that is, until she meets C.J. Winslow.
C.J. Winslow is the model-pretty-but-aging professional tennis star the Women’s Tennis Federation is counting on to dispel the image that all great female tennis players are lesbians. And her lesbianism isn’t the only secret she’s hiding. A traumatic event from her childhood is taking its toll both on and off the court.
Together Trystan and C.J. must find a way beyond their pasts to discover lasting love.