Part of Clover Lake
First published 2026
April Evans has lost nearly everything. Her tattoo shop in Clover Lake is gone, her house is sublet to cover the mortgage, and her love life has been dead since her fiancée Elena walked out three years ago for someone younger. When Cloverwild, a new resort on the lake, offers her a summer art instructor position with room and board included, April takes it without hesitation. Then she walks in and meets her roommate: Daphne Love, the woman Elena left her for. Daphne has no idea who April is. She arrived at Cloverwild equally bruised, just as Elena ended things with her too, and she is looking for a fresh start. What she finds instead is a coworker who looks at her like she committed a crime. The two women circle each other with barely contained hostility, and the tension sharpens when a single slot opens up to exhibit work at a London museum and both of them want it. But proximity has a way of wearing down walls. April and Daphne keep getting closer despite every reason not to, and they begin to wonder whether the person they least expected could be exactly who they need.
Genres: fiction, contemporary, adult, adult-fiction, contemporary-romance, lesbian-romance
Vibes: character-driven, emotional, intimate, redemptive, romantic, tension-filled
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, second-chance-romance, slow-burn
Setting: Clover Lake, Cloverwild, London
364 pages · Paperback · Berkley