My friend, T.B. Markinson, has another book to share with us and she graciously gifted me a free advance copy for my honest review. You can read my review by going to my Goodreads page here. The book is another amazing selection from T.B. Markinson and is actually a prequel to one of her other books A Woman Lost.
You can buy your own copy by clicking on this Amazon link. It is $1.99 or free for Kindle Unlimited subscribers.
So what is it about? Read the synopsis and a brief excerpt below.
Graduate student Lizzie Petrie feels more comfortable around books than people. Although an expert in the Hitler Youth, she’s a novice in love. Her former lesbian lover is blackmailing her, and not even those closest to Lizzie know the full story of their abusive relationship.
When visiting high school English teacher Sarah crosses Lizzie’s path at the campus, their attraction is instant, but not without complications. As they start to spend more time together, suspicions arise from both women in this sexy piece of LGBT fiction.
Plenty of good-natured teasing takes place between lovers as well as between PhD students in this lesbian contemporary romance. No relationship path ever runs smoothly, and oftentimes, those who can’t keep their mouth shut hasten necessary confrontation.
Lizzie finds herself buried in a mess of lies in this romantic comedy. The harder she tries to keep Sarah and the rest of her friends from finding out the truth about her first girlfriend, the more endearingly clueless she becomes.
About the Author: TB. Markinson is an American writer, living in England. When she isn’t writing, she’s traveling the world, watching sports on the telly, visiting pubs, or taking the dog for a walk. Not necessarily in that order.
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Excerpt:
“Well, well, well. What do we have here?” If Meg hadn’t been standing right in front of me, I would have recognized her snide tone, even despite the fact that she’d dyed her once-blonde hair a rich, fiery red. “Getting drunk on a school night. Shame on you, Lizzie. What would Dr. Marcel say?” Meg’s companion helped her slip into a coat. Hopefully, that meant they were leaving and pronto.
Approximately 150,000 people lived in Fort Collins, and the one person I didn’t want to bump into ever, let alone with Sarah, was peering down at us.
“Hello,” was all I could force out.
Meg’s gaze wandered over Sarah’s face and upper body before settling on me. “What happened to only drinking at home?” She crossed her arms.
“I’m afraid I’m a bad influence.” Sarah came to my defense.
“I see.” An older man tugged on Meg’s arm. She wore a tight dress—not her usual jeans and J. Crew sweater. And she was with a man—very unusual. “Have a good night, Lizzie.” She turned each Z in my name into a weapon. “Oh, I’ll be calling you to discuss that financial situation you brought up last time.” She gave Sarah a final glare and rolled her eyes. Red-hot anger raged through my mind and body as I clamped my lips together to keep everything bottled inside. How dare she treat Sarah so flippantly?
I counted to ten before I said, “I’m so sorry.”
Sarah’s eyes darted across the room to where Meg and her companion were exiting into the darkness. “Is she a friend?”
I snorted. “Former …” I’d been about to say girlfriend, but instead added, “acquaintance.”
“I’d use another word for her.”
I let out a rush of air. “Really? What would that be?”
Thanks, T.B. Markinson for sharing your gift with me again. You are an inspiration! Make sure you connect with her on her social media channels shared above and sign up for her Readers’ Group above as well. 
