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Sometimes the hardest part of being loved is believing it.
Selene has become very good at protecting herself.
At 26, she has built a life beyond romance: family, ambitions, laughter, and friendships she once thought would last forever. After two painful friendship break-ups leave her questioning herself, Selene decides that keeping people at arm's length is safer than letting them close enough to hurt her.
Love is no different.
As a plus-size Black woman, Selene knows what it is to be overlooked, underestimated, or treated as though romantic attention belongs to women who look different from her. So she has learned not to expect too much.
Then Nathaniel asks her out.
He's attractive, funny, thoughtful and genuinely interested in her.
What begins with one date becomes something neither of them expected. There are stolen glances, ridiculous inside jokes, late-night conversations, unexpected tenderness and a chemistry neither can ignore.
Nathaniel doesn't fall for an idea of Selene.
He falls for her.
And Selene slowly begins to fall for him, too.
But Nathaniel has his own wounds and fears, including a complicated relationship with other people's expectations and approval. Eventually, those fears collide with the woman he loves, and he makes a choice that leaves Selene questioning everything.
Because there is a difference between loving someone behind closed doors and being brave enough to be seen choosing them.
Selene doesn't need to be rescued.
But if Nathaniel wants a future with her, he'll have to prove it.
And Selene will have to decide whether she can trust him enough to let him close again.
The Problem With Being Seen is a contemporary slow-burn romance about love, friendship, vulnerability, family, desire and the courage it takes to let yourself be completely known.
Two imperfect people. Two complicated hearts. One love that will ask them both to be seen.