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She was only supposed to fill in. Not fall in love.
When Lauren Stone, a sharp-tongued Mississippi strategist with a talent for crisis management, steps in as temporary Chief of Staff for Senator Kamala Harris, she expects long hours, endless meetings, and a front-row seat to the barely contained chaos of American politics. What she doesn't expect is Kamala herself, composed, powerful, and completely off limits.
Their relationship begins with stolen glances and late-night policy debates. But when a snowstorm traps them together during a campaign tour, boundaries blur, secrets crack open, and a quiet, aching intimacy takes root.
Now back in D.C., Kamala is still her boss, Lauren is still on the job, and the rules are painfully clear. But desire doesn't care about propriety, and love never asks for permission. Between closed door negotiations and high stakes votes, the two women find themselves tangled in something neither of them can name and neither of them is willing to lose.
Southern Substitution is a slow-burn political romance about power, longing, and the people we become when no one's watching.