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About the book

Margot hired help for her family. She did not expect to discover what was missing from her own life.

At thirty-two, Margot Chen-Parker keeps the household running while her husband travels, looks elsewhere for attention, and barely notices the woman making his life possible. Hiring a babysitter is supposed to give her practical help, not another reason to question her marriage.

Twenty-three-year-old Saylor Reeves arrives with tattoos, confidence, and an ease with Margot’s children that makes the difference immediately visible. She is openly queer, attentive, and increasingly difficult for Margot to think of as simply the person helping at home.

Quiet conversations become confessions. A first kiss brings Margot face-to-face with an attraction she has never explored. What began as childcare support becomes an affair that cannot stay separate from the household around them.

Margot is discovering how much she wants to be seen and desired. Saylor is discovering what it costs to become someone’s secret. Their relationship offers something neither can dismiss, but it also forces a choice that everyday routines can no longer postpone.

With a marriage, a family, and two women’s futures involved, Margot must decide whether she can keep living by the expectations that have left her so lonely—or finally take responsibility for choosing a different life.

Book details

Author: Aurora North
Genre: Sapphic contemporary romance
Pairing: FF; adult protagonists aged 32 and 23
Tropes: Nine-year age gap, mother/babysitter, forbidden romance, sapphic awakening, forced proximity, secret affair, touch-starved heroine, praise kink
Heat: High heat; explicit adult romance
Ending: Happily ever after

Your ebook edition

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Content notes

For readers 18+. Contains explicit sexual content between adult women, infidelity/cheating, strong language, emotional neglect in marriage, self-discovery, and coming-out themes.