Meet Me in Madrid
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Verity Lowell
"A mature, honest, and erotic romance that will have readers admiring what these two smart and determined women accomplish." --Library Journal In this sexy, sophisticated romantic comedy, two women juggle romance and career across continents. Charlotte Hilaire has a love-hate relationship with her work as a museum courier. On the one hand, it takes her around the world. On the other, her plan to become a professor is veering dangerously off track. Yet once in a while, maybe every third trip or so, the job goes delightfully sideways... When a blizzard strands Charlotte in Spain for a few extra days and she's left with glorious free time on her hands, the only question is: Dare she invite her grad school crush for an after-dinner drink on a snowy night? Accomplished, take-no-prisoners art historian Adrianna Coates has built an enviable career since Charlotte saw her last. She's brilliant. Sophisticated. Impressive as hell and strikingly beautiful. Hospitable, too, as she absolutely insists Charlotte spend the night on her pullout sofa as the storm rages on. One night becomes three and three nights become a hot and adventurous long-distance relationship when Charlotte returns to the States. But when Adrianna plots her next career move just as Charlotte finally opens a door in academia, distance may not be the only thing that keeps them apart. Carina Adores is home to romantic love stories where LGBTQ+ characters find their happily-ever-afters.
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Author
Verity Lowell
Pages
288
Publisher
Carina Press
Published Date
2021
ISBN
1335631003 9781335631008
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"Loved it! A great book about dealing with reconnections and the insecurities of long-distance relationships. Great insight into the world of academics and it’s need for evolution, not reverting to the past. "
Brittanee
"Finished in April "
Hana Hayes
"This is the second teal-covered age gap lesbian romance about history professionals that I've read this year and unfortunately, this one disappointed me too. Most of the parts about their actual professional lives were interesting (there's something at Charlotte’s job that wraps up a little too neatly but I did find myself wanting to read more about the nuns, and the academic conference felt depressingly accurate) but the romance and writing style did not work for me.<br/><br/>It was hard to keep track of how long things took to happen, but considering that this started out as an intentional one-night stand the actual relationship felt like it came out of nowhere, way too fast. The sex scenes felt perfunctory and mechanical. The characters’ voices felt very same-y (they allegedly had quirks but it seemed like a lot of times the author forgot about them) and they used really awkward phrasing I can't imagine anyone actually using out loud. Why say "POC professors" when "professors of colour" is right there?<br/><br/>Adrianna was fine, though I don't feel like we learned much about her. I hated the choice she made at the end and the reasoning behind it, but that's more the fault of the author than the character. Charlotte felt VERY young for a character who was supposed to be in her 30s. She was so needy and insecure and a lot of her choices made no sense to me. She's really cruel about another woman for no reason and never really walks that back even after it's explained what that woman is going through. I liked Esther a lot but her character got boring toward the end when she really started crossing ethical lines.<br/><br/>I feel like the author had some good intentions here but I can't recommend this book."
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