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A low-angst, cozy romance set in the Swedish countryside

Second Winter by Sophia Soames

December 11, 2024 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

Teddy runs his family’s tree farm in a small village in Sweden. He still lives in the house where he grew up and manages the family business, even after losing his father over the previous year. He is getting by but he is unhappy. He worries that life is passing him but he has no energy or hope that anything will change for him. He’s only been in love once, and that boy broke his heart. Ned is the American son of Swedish parents. When […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: fish out of water, gay romance, high school reunion, queer romance, rural farming community, rural Sweden, small town romance, Sophia Soames

carmelpie's CBR16 Review No:91 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: fish out of water, gay romance, high school reunion, queer romance, rural farming community, rural Sweden, small town romance, Sophia Soames ·
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