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Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

White Noise (The Rourke Stories) by Sophia Soames

February 23, 2024 by carmelpie 4 Comments

“Con, you don’t need to give me presents.” I had to stop and take a deep breath because this situation was out of control, and I couldn’t just stand here in my flannelette bottoms and pretend my life was fine. “Come on,” I said, taking the flowers from him. “In you come.” I sounded like my granny, and not in a good way. Next, I’d be calling him poppet and force-feeding him stale sweets from the eighteenth century. ― Sophia Soames, White Noise This wasn’t […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: actors, celebrity, class divide, coming out story, gay romance, London, meet cute, queer romance, Sophia Soames

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:22 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: actors, celebrity, class divide, coming out story, gay romance, London, meet cute, queer romance, Sophia Soames ·
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A choice between family and being your authentic self

Marriage of a Thousand Lies by SJ Sindu

June 16, 2019 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

Marriage of a Thousand Lies by SJ Sindu isn’t quite a romance but digs into what it means to love. Lucky marries her gay friend Kris to appease her family and remain accepted by her Sri Lankan immigrant community in Boston. A marriage of convenience that works well on the surface. Everyone believes she married for love and escaped the fate of an arranged one. Kris and Lucky can be who they are together in LGBTQ spaces, taking home whoever they want. But things get […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Boston, coming out story, Fiction, lesbian romance, LGBTQ romance, Marriage, Marriage of a Throusand Lies, SJ Sindu, sri lankan community

teresaelectro's CBR11 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Boston, coming out story, Fiction, lesbian romance, LGBTQ romance, Marriage, Marriage of a Throusand Lies, SJ Sindu, sri lankan community ·
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