Overview

Two women, one steeped in the past, the other, trying to outrun it.

In the heart of Plymouth, Michigan, thirty-five-year-old Monica Hayes favors living each day as it comes, keeping her past carefully behind her. Gregarious and sweet, she’s the out and proud owner of a struggling all-inclusive bookstore, and dreads the day she will have to admit defeat.

Professor Alexandra Craig is approaching fifty and firmly planted in a closet of her own making, while seeking tenure. Staid and insular, Alex prefers being surrounded by the same classic literature she teaches at the local liberal arts college, content with maintaining the status-quo. She lives a life of antiquity, fearful of anything in her present that might threaten her carefully-constructed plans.

Sparks fly when these two wildly different women meet under less than ideal circumstances. But can a prim and proper heiress find love with the daughter of a handyman?

As they struggle to find common ground, will their relationship, forged in fire, survive the searing flames?

This is an age-gap, ice queen, rich-poor romance with an HEA.

About Kelli Jae Baeli

Even after 63 books, I always try to write the sort of book I would want to read. My favorite thing to do is take a common trope and turn it on its ear. Where you expect a zig, I give you a zag. In my pages, you will find strong female characters, ethical dilemmas, realistic romantic storylines often filled with adventure and intense pacing, tempered by witty dialog, and happy endings. All are hallmarks of my work.

As a Bestselling Genre-Hopping Indie Author, I’ve enjoyed a sales position in the top 5% of lesbian writers, but I write crossover and mainstream fiction as well. All 36 of my FemFic novels have been bestsellers in the genres of lesbian fiction, lesbian romance, domestic suspense, domestic thriller, women's adventure, romantic suspense, apocalyptic, speculative, and science fiction.

I’m also a mixed-media artist (mostly clay and abstract painting) and former performing singer-songwriter with over 200 songs. My wife, Melissa Walker-Baeli, is a budding author in her own right, and we live with two dogs, (Noodle and Whatnot) 2 cats, (Poppet and Chicklet) on ten acres in the gorgeous Northwoods of Michigan.