The Shape of Unbecoming - Couverture souple

Byrd, Cherie

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798240963544

Editeur : Lofty Dreams Pub, 2026

Synopsis

At forty-three, Celia Reed has spent two decades building a life defined by precision - a high-powered actuarial career, a marriage stripped of intimacy, and a trauma she buried so deep it became invisible. When she trades her Chicago corner office for a visiting professorship at a remote Oregon college, she tells herself it's a professional reset. Nothing more. Then she meets Lien Gresham. Lien is guarded, brilliant, and carrying secrets of her own - a dead sister's stolen history, an inherited coastal inn hiding dark truths, and a grief she's never allowed herself to name. When a decades-old injustice surfaces in their small mountain town, Celia and Lien are drawn together by something neither of them planned for: a connection that dismantles every wall they've ever built. But falling for Lien means Celia must confront the parts of herself she's spent a lifetime calculating around - the desire she never examined, the identity she never claimed, and the terrifying possibility that the life she left behind was never really hers. Set against the misty forests and rugged coastline of Oregon, The Shape of Unbecoming is a luminous, slow-burn sapphic romance about shedding the life you were supposed to want and finding the courage to build one worth keeping.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Cherie Byrd writes emotionally layered contemporary romance centered on identity, vulnerability, and the quiet moments that change people forever. Passionate aboutcharacter-driven storytelling, Byrd creates intimate love stories that explore belonging, resilience, heartbreak, and healing with honesty and depth. Her work often featuresemotionally guarded characters, slow-burn relationships, and richly atmospheric settingsthat immerse readers in every glance, silence, and confession. Inspired by queercoming-of-age experiences and modern emotional realism, she writes stories thatbalance tenderness with tension.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lofty Dreams Pub
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798240963544
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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