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THIS: A Simple, Complex Love Story

Publisher: TLK Graphic Solutions
Year of Publication: 2023
Book type: Novel
Age: Adult
Genre: Romance
Sub Genre: Contemporary · Humour · LGBT · Romance · Urban
Language: English
POV: Third-person
Tense: Past
Key Phrases: African American · lesbian romance · sapphic
Spice Level:
4/5

The spice rating is in regards to the type of sexual content within the book. Below is a helpful guide (courtesy of Georgia C Leigh)

1= YA romantic, making out, MAYBE a closed door.
2= some on page foreplay and nudity but mostly fade to black.
3= open door, on page vanilla sex.
4= on page sex – hot or with kink.
5= erotica.

“……this is a phenomenally diverse love story that explores the early 2000s LGBTQ+ scene with a critical, yet celebratory eye. The challenges that the couple faces are unique and intriguing. Rivers seamlessly weaves time period accurate vernacular into her novel that provides an authentic mood.””
– Booklife Buzz
Does love have to be complicated?

Baltimore’s iconic Inner Harbor is known for its historic port, picturesque beauty, and tourist attractions. Can it also be the perfect setting to make a love connection?

Jasmine, a pragmatic social worker, struggles to keep her long term relationship intact. T, an art teacher by day and an elusive artist by night, gave up on relationships a long time ago. When the two meet at the Harbor by chance, their unexpected chemistry challenges their ideas about life and expectations for love. But does love have to be complicated? Or is it possible to simply live in the moment and see where the unexpected leads?

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