The Lake Effect
Elaine Ludington
A storm is brewing that no one predicted. Will they weather it together? Or be left damaged in its wake?
Poe
I was supposed to be alone… but he ruined it.
Uninspired, cheated on, and only a semester from graduating— I wanted, no needed, this winter break to be alone at my brother’s lake house. What I didn’t need was an environmental scientist with a stick up his ass, lingering in the background.
Jasper
I was supposed to be alone… but she ruined it.
My cousin’s new boyfriend had offered me a dream; his lake house was secluded and only a short hike from my fieldwork. But when his little sister, Poe, showed up with her paint brushes and purple hair, it started to feel more like a nightmare.
~ 76k words, guaranteed happily ever after, standalone contemporary romance, 18+ slow and steamy burn