Overview

A new beginning might just change everything.

Madeleine Whitaker doesn’t have room for love—trying to stay afloat in downtown Chicago, working and splitting the bills with a roommate while studying for her Master’s, the cool, barely-there relationship with her boyfriend seems pretty ideal.

Until runaway corporate heiress Sapphire Stanton taps her shoulder in the park and asks for a place to hide.

The millionth argument with her parents over her sexuality finally drove Sapphire out the door. It doesn’t take long for her to realize her sheltered upbringing leaves her helpless in the world, but when Madeleine and her friends take her in, maybe Sapphire has a chance after all.

And with the situation as delicate and fragile as it is, they could never risk it by falling in love.

New Beginnings is a romance of starting over and first love set in downtown Chicago, and the first of the Printer’s Row romance trilogy following a group of friends living in the titular neighborhood. Features a whole bunch of found family, self-discovery, a really gay friend group, Britt causing problems, Haley also causing problems, and a creepy butler who, you guessed it, causes problems. Content warnings for open-door sex scenes, homophobic and controlling family, financial stress and housing insecurity, and people causing problems.