
Genre:
Suspense
Themes:
Coming Out
Femme / Femme
Friends to Lovers
Girl Next Door
Kidnapping / Disappearance
Love At First Sight
Mistaken or False Identity
Mystery / Suspense
Nerdy / Geeky
Pregnancy
Secret Crush
Self-Discovery
Taboo / Forbidden Relationship
Heat Level:
Medium (sex scenes are included and may use mildly graphic description)
Archetypes:
Amateur Sleuth / Private Investigator
Reporter / Journalist
Unemployed
Geographic Location:
Asia / Pacific Islands
Setting:
Apartment Complex
Big City / Urban
Corporation / Office / Workplace
Foreign Country
Hospital / Medical / Treatment Facility
Investigation / Stakeout
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Lesbian
Femme
Protagonist Identity:
Asian
The Woman Who Pretended To Love Men
The Those Strange Women Series, Book 2
By Anna Ferrara
When is it time for the secrets to come out?
In 1999, Fleur de Roller walked into a tea house in Hong Kong and introduced herself to Milla Milone, daughter of a New York mob boss. Sparks flew.
Despite the obvious chemistry, Fleur repeatedly denies having any feelings for Milla because she has secrets—another identity and a job she can’t talk about—that might get her into big trouble if the possibly dangerous younger woman ever found out.
Trouble comes anyway when the frustrated Milla moves on, starts dating other women, and leaves Fleur all by herself amidst a fervour of loss and wanting.
Fleur has to decide if the career she worked so hard to establish is worth the lies she has to put on to get ahead or if the ‘alternative lifestyle’ she read so many negative things about is worth giving up her well-paying job for.
She also has to decide if Milla is safe to love because Milla seems to be hiding a whole assortment of secrets of her own.