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It’s Indie Bookstore Romance Day, to celebrate we are hosting Rachel Spangler, author of 24 sapphic romance novels.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Brooke Metcalf is an accomplished therapist who’s fallen into a rut she can’t seem to shake. Tegan Cooper is a recent graduate trying to acclimate to a new city before starting the job she’s worked for years to secure. At the nudging of good friends, they end up at the same bar, seeming to have little in common but a desire to do something different. A spark of connection and immediate attraction spurs them to take chances they wouldn’t normally consider, ending with an amazing and affirming one-night stand that leaves both women at peace, until they arrive at work on Monday to find Tegan is a new junior colleague under supervision in the practice where Brooke works.
Shocked and unprepared for the far-reaching fallout of one uncharacteristic encounter, Tegan and Brooke cling to their careers as they start a delicate dance between forging a workplace relationship and protecting their hearts in the process. With the help of amazing colleagues and a determination to do right by everyone in the office, they build a friendship based on mutual care and a healthy respect for boundaries. However, in a business that requires intimate conversations and vulnerable moments, lines between professional and personal soon blur, as the connection that once overtook them proves too powerful to ignore.
Informed Consent is a tender, one-night-to-forever, age-gap romance exploring the wide reach of love, trust, healing, and the courage to embrace what you know to be true even when it doesn’t align with what’s safe or expected.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rachel Spangler never set out to be a New York Times-reviewed author. They were just so poor during seven years of college that they had to come up with creative forms of cheap entertainment. Their debut novel, Learning Curve, was born out of one such attempt. Since writing is more fun than a real job and so much cheaper than therapy, they continued to type away, leading to the publication of 24 sapphic romance novels. Now a four-time Lambda Literary Award finalist, an IPPY, Goldie, and Rainbow Award winner, and the 2018 Alice B. Reader recipient, Spangler plans to continue writing as long as anyone, anywhere, will keep reading.
Spangler currently holds the title of senior romance editor for the Bywater book in addition to taking on private editing clients, and they love having the opportunity to mentor young authors.
Known to friends and colleagues as Rey, they live in Western New York with wife, Susan and son, Jackson. Their family spends the long winters curling and skiing. In the summer, they love to travel and watch their beloved St. Louis Cardinals. Regardless of the season, Rey always makes time for a good romance, whether reading it, writing it, or living it.