Always Emilie

From best selling Lesbian Romance author Alyson Root.

Charlie Baxter is settled in life. She has her dream job, running a lucrative photography company. A home to call her own and the best group of friends anyone could wish for. On top of that, the tattoo journey she’s been on for the past five years is finally done, and boy, do they look good. The one thing missing from her near perfect life, though, is the love of a woman. There was a time when Charlie thought she’d found ‘the one,’ even at the young age of seventeen, she was convinced her highschool sweetheart was her forever. But it wasn’t meant to be. 

Twenty years later and suddenly all the heartache Charlie felt comes rushing back with a vengeance when she receives a call asking her to participate in her highschool annual ball. A ball that her highschool love will attend.

Emilie Martin is a worldwide singing sensation. Even after twenty years on stage, she can still pack the biggest stadiums. Now her world tour has come to an end, she’s ready to take a well-earned break. With her highschool annual ball coming up, she knows she can take a couple of weeks to rest in the idyllic countryside before flying home to Canada. Emilie also knows that attending the ball will give her the opportunity to make right what she did all those years ago to the girl she loved, the one she threw away.

When the time comes for Emilie and Charlie to reunite, it’s clear to everyone that the passion and magnetism that drew them together is still there. A charged dance and a night of reconnecting sends them both into an emotional minefield. Leaving both women with more questions than answers.

Knowing she can’t let Charlie walk out of her life again, Emilie concocts a plan to have her first love follow her to Canada for “work purposes”. Maybe a few weeks under the same roof will help them figure out what they want? 

As time slips by, Charlie and Emilie are well on their way to something more than friendship, but there is a snag. Someone isn’t pleased with their reunion. Two threatening letters directed at Charlie make it clear that the women have some challenging times ahead. For Emilie, having her privacy violated is unfortunately a part of her celebrity lifestyle, but for Charlie, its unknown territory. 

The question remains. Can they figure out twenty-years of hurt and move on or will the old wounds and current threats be too much to surpass?