The Summer We’ve Had
By Katherine Blakeman
Is love enough to protect them from reality?
After a nightmare couple of years following the death of her celebrity singer mother, Cass Mulligan is moving down to the sun, sea and shingle of Cornwall for a fresh start. But she soon realises that she’s not the only one in need of some TLC…
Felicia Wilson’s life is one long series of spinning plates. She has Dissociative Identity Disorder, a system of five alternate personalities living in her body, and they all have different hopes, fears and desires.
When Cass is thrown together with Felicia, some beautiful friendships grow, and soon there is substantial mutual attraction between Cass and dominant alter Heather. But if things go wrong, they could go very wrong. Can they build a relationship AND keep everybody happy?
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Themes:
Against All Odds
Angsty
Coming Out
Femme / Femme
First Love
Friends to Lovers
Girl Next Door
Loss / Grieving / Widow
Mental Illness
Misfit / Socially Awkward
Pet / Wild Animal
Quirky Characters
Self-Discovery
Slow Burn
Heat Level:
Sweet (kissing, holding hands, etc., but no other on-the-page physical intimacy)
Archetypes:
Shopkeeper / Cashier
Teacher / Professor
Geographic Location:
United Kingdom: England
Setting:
Academic / School / University
Bakery / Sweet Shop / Cafe
Seaside / Beach
Small Town / Rural
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Asexual / Demisexual
Bi or Pansexual
Lesbian
Femme
Trigger/Content Warning:
brief references to childhood sexual trauma, domestic assault and suicide
