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Laurel Shores: A Slow-Burn Second-Chance Lesbian Romance Set on the Coast of Maine
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Series: Women Who Return - A Sapphic Lesbian Romance Second Chances, Slow-Burn Desire, and Endurin
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ISBN13: 9798278678687
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 1 2026
Pages: 250
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.57 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 1 2026
Pages: 250
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.57 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
SOME LOVES DON'T FADE. THEY WAIT. Dr. Rebecca Hartley has spent ten years building a flawless life in Boston-prestigious career, emotional distance, no loose ends. When a call forces her back to Laurel Shores, the small Maine town she fled without looking back, she tells herself it's temporary. Just long enough to care for her dying mother. Just long enough to leave again. Then she runs into Mara Chen.
Mara is the one person Becca never learned how to forget-the woman she loved in college, abandoned without explanation, and never contacted again. Now Mara is a marine biologist rooted firmly in the life Becca escaped, protecting the coastline she calls home and guarding a heart that never fully healed. In a town where everyone remembers, there is no avoiding the past. As autumn storms roll in and old routines pull them together, the distance between Becca and Mara begins to narrow. Shared history resurfaces. Unfinished words press close. Attraction sparks again-dangerous, undeniable, and wrapped in years of hurt. But wanting someone isn't the same as choosing them.
Becca is still torn between ambition and belonging, terrified that staying means losing herself. Mara refuses to risk her heart for someone who once chose leaving over love. With family tensions rising, a career-threatening decision looming, and grief reshaping everything Becca thought she understood, both women must confront the truth they've been avoiding for a decade.
Set against the rugged beauty of coastal Maine, LAUREL SHORES is a slow-burn, second-chance lesbian romance about coming home, reckoning with the choices that shape us, and discovering that love is not a cage-but a courage. Perfect for readers who love emotionally rich LGBTQ+ romance, small-town settings, mature characters, and deeply felt second chances.
Becca is still torn between ambition and belonging, terrified that staying means losing herself. Mara refuses to risk her heart for someone who once chose leaving over love. With family tensions rising, a career-threatening decision looming, and grief reshaping everything Becca thought she understood, both women must confront the truth they've been avoiding for a decade.
Set against the rugged beauty of coastal Maine, LAUREL SHORES is a slow-burn, second-chance lesbian romance about coming home, reckoning with the choices that shape us, and discovering that love is not a cage-but a courage. Perfect for readers who love emotionally rich LGBTQ+ romance, small-town settings, mature characters, and deeply felt second chances.
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