Her Romance Debut
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Last published Sat, Aug 16, 2025
Alice Ruiz has always loved a good romance-especially the ones written by bestselling author Aubrey Miller. But when Miller's latest novel features a sapphic love story, Alice is forced to confront the one narrative she's never been brave enough to explore: her own.
Then a chance encounter puts Alice face-to-face with the author herself. Aubrey is confident, magnetic, and infuriatingly kind-and maybe, exactly the person Alice needs to start turning the page on her past.
As a tentative friendship grows into something deeper, the line between admiration and longing begins to blur. But this isn't one of Aubrey's books, and real-life romance is messier than fiction.
What if the perfect love story Alice has been looking for in shelves was the one she was meant to write herself?
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