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The Edge of Ordinary: A slow-burn BBW workplace love story where ordinary moments become extraordinary
Paperback
Series: The Love We Deserve - A Plus-Size Romance
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 15 2025
Pages: 258
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.54 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Tessa Moore has made an art form out of invisibility. As a high school guidance counselor, she spends her days fixing other people's chaos while keeping her own heart carefully guarded. Blending in feels safe-until Owen Price, the new art teacher with paint-stained hands and disarming kindness, turns her steady world into something vividly, dangerously alive.
Owen sees what others overlook: the humor behind Tessa's restraint, the quiet strength beneath her softness, the beauty in her refusal to change herself to be loved. When their shared mission to help a struggling student pulls them closer, their late nights and easy laughter blur the lines between professional and personal, fear and desire.
But in a school where whispers spread faster than paint, Tessa must decide whether being truly seen is worth the risk. As gossip and self-doubt threaten to undo her newfound courage, Owen refuses to let her fade back into the background. Together, they discover that love isn't about transformation-it's about recognition.
Set in a small-town high school filled with chalk dust, coffee steam, and unspoken longing, The Edge of Ordinary is a tender, slow-burn romance celebrating visibility, self-worth, and the quiet bravery of choosing joy in a world that teaches women to shrink.
This is a story for every reader who has ever wondered if ordinary could be enough-only to realize it was the most extraordinary thing all along.
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