Sometimes what you’re running from is exactly what you need
Synopsis
Olivia Chevalier is perfectly happy living a quiet life of solitude with her two cats in the tempestuous countryside of Brittany.
Olivia’s peace is disrupted when heartbreaker extraordinaire Marie Dievart moves in to the holiday home next door after an event at work makes her flee her everyday life.
Olivia hates having a neighbour and Marie is put off by Olivia’s cranky ways.
But maybe these two women have more in common than they first believe.13
My thoughts
Harper Bliss writes characters that I can relate to on an intimate level. It is scary. It is like she peels back the curtain of my life and reveals all of my secrets. Then because I am slightly boring she throws in a hot lesbian, a great location, and some steamy sex. I have just given you the premise of That Woman Next Door (laugh).
Olivia and I could be the same person as I live a very solitary life which is mainly done indoors too. Olivia though is grumpiness personified. Bliss’ interactions between Olivia and Marie had me laughing aloud. I wanted to leave Marie in the bar just as badly as Olivia did.
The isolation. The conversation.The flirting. Bliss creates a cocoon for these characters to grow on their own and with each other and I love their journey.
That Woman Next Door is a smile inducing romance with just enough heat to keep you flipping the pages for more.
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Further Details:
Publisher: LadyLit Publishing, 2021
Editor: Cheyenne Blue; Proof Reader: Claire Jarrett
Series: N/A; Settings: Brittany, France
Pages: 290
SC: Non-white; Lesbian
Phoebes Randoms 
[…] I love Harper Bliss as one can read in my previous reviews and my selecting her books for Best Books of the Year. I just think that the emotional investment and sharing done in the Two Hearts Trilogy and A Breathless Place made Bliss want to offer readers a lighter fare, but I really connected with the characters in these books and That Woman Next Door. […]
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