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Tender Roots
Paperback
Series: Uprooted, Book 1
General FictionGeneral GLBTQIA Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 24 2026
Pages: 254
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Senior project manager Adelaide Carter measures her life in Gantt charts and urgent emails. When burnout finally catches up with her, she escapes to the remote Heartwood Retreat with a simple goal: execute the perfect recovery and get back to her life. But the mountain air-and the maddeningly serene woman leading morning meditations and forest-bathing sessions-have a way of ruining her plans.
Thea Payne knows the cost of ambition all too well. Three years after a health scare forced her out of a ruthless corporate career, she's rebuilt her life around quiet mornings, therapeutic landscapes, and the art of moving slow. She's perfectly content with her unhurried existence until the retreat's newest high-strung guest knocks her rhythm off balance.
As the week unfolds, Adelaide and Thea find themselves drawn together by shared wounds, unexpected laughter, and a chemistry that simmers beneath every touch. Their slow-growing connection forces them both to confront control, surrender, and the possibility of a love that heals as deeply as it burns.
Tender Roots is a swoony sapphic romance about the beauty of slowing down. Features a cozy mountain retreat, a black cat who judges everyone, and a simmering slow burn with enough sparks to light up a blackout.
Guaranteed HEA. Contains mature themes.
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