This book’s spirit reminded me of Embracing the Dawn, which I just love. I just don’t know what it is about ex-con storylines but they always make books so interesting. This did not disappoint one bit and I feel like my reading luck is finally turning around. I’m a bit late to the party reviewing this one because I’m a little behind on ARC’s and was saving this for when I needed a great read. I enjoyed this whole book and I would even consider getting this if it comes out on audio. This story was everything I was hoping for. Tags: age gap romance, BIPOC, ice queen romance, neurodivergent character, workplace romanceĤ.50 Stars. Is Bella really falling for a woman who caused so much harm? And even if she is, how can two such different people ever be a match? As they grow closer, Nadine introduces Bella to the delights of Filipino food and opens Bella’s eyes to her own possibilities.īefore long, about the only thing harder to make sense of than Nadine’s past is their powerful chemistry together.

However, Nadine seems to be nothing like the crook portrayed in the media, and Bella is drawn to her troubled, standoffish co-worker. At least she’s not as clueless as her boss, who just accidentally hired the woman responsible for a national scandal. She wants to go back to school, but secretly doubts she’s smart enough.

Now Nadine’s out of prison, broke, hated by millions, and stuck doing a menial retail job in rural Virginia where she barely earns enough to survive.īella Clarke has worked at Overstock Oasis since she flunked college. The brilliant, ruthless lawyer was in line to be White House chief of staff-until she confessed to campaign finance crimes that cost her party the election. Nadine Bayani was at the top of her game. if she ever did.An age-gap, workplace lesbian romance about learning you’re never too broken to be worthy of love. The thing is, as the chemistry builds between them, Molly isn't sure she wants to be a grad student anymore. But she absolutely refuses to get involved with a student. As the two women work together to make their case, they grow closer than Carmen ever imagined. She has no intention of coming out, least of all to Molly, a troublemaking grad student who can't stop picking fights with the conservative faculty.īut when Molly discovers evidence implicating a homophobic colleague in a scandal, Carmen can't ignore it-even if the subject hits too close to home. Professor Carmen Vaughn is stuck in small-town Maryland with smarmy blowhards for colleagues and ungrateful students who can't handle her high standards. and her strict and sexy statistics professor. Molly decides to give a PhD a whirl but finds herself more interested in campus politics. It might be the nineties, and everything's shoulder pads, Doc Martens, and The X-Files, but people won't budge on gay rights.

Molly Cook is almost thirty, with dismal career prospects, and has given up on saving the world.

Worthy of Love by Quinn Ivins