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Carlisle
Series · 3 books · 2022-2024

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#1

Truth and Measure

2022

What happens when the world’s fiercest fashion editor learns she’s pregnant—and her distracting assistant is the only one she can turn to? This wildly popular age-gap lesbian romance mixes humor and chaos with self-discovery. Jules Moretti is newly single, an aspiring writer, and the hyper-competent assistant to the most powerful woman in fashion. It’s a tough job, but her ice queen boss won’t settle for less than perfection. Vivian Carlisle helms the internationally revered fashion publication Du Jour. She might be smack in the middle of a messy divorce, but you have to make sacrifices to be the best. That’s what she tells herself, anyway. When the unthinkable happens, Vivian’s regimented world is turned upside-down. Her life is about power, success, and dominance—not a baby! This single, shocking moment throws boss and assistant together into an intimacy neither could have imagined. With their lives in chaos, every day brings a new challenge bigger than the last. But everything will work out…just so long as they don’t do anything totally ridiculous. Like fall in love. Truth and Measure is the first part of a two-book series. This slow-burn office romance is a steamy story of fashion, passion, and the power of the unexpected. Tags: age gap romance, ice queen 120,000 words
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#2

Above All Things

2022

The Carlisle saga continues… Aspiring writer Jules Moretti and iconic fashion editor Vivian Carlisle have been through the wringer. As Vivian’s personal assistant, Jules was there for her ice queen boss’s whims, commands, and the shocking discovery of her pregnancy. Just as shocking was Jules’s realization that she was falling hard for Vivian…and that the feeling was mutual. Now Jules is forging her own path. At the same time, how can she and her workaholic lover balance romance in the midst of backstabbing bosses, meddling families, and the impending arrival of a baby? Will their explosive chemistry fizzle, or can they take their relationship to a new level of passion—and commitment? Above All Things is the second part of the two-book Carlisle series. This age-gap lesbian romance is a steamy tale of discovery, desire, and the rewards of opening yourself up to love. Tags: age gap romance, ice queen 97,000 words
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#3

Where the Heart is

2024

Publishing magnate Vivian has it a flourishing career, a happy toddler, and her adoring lover, Jules. The only thing missing is family approval. Can Vivian reconcile with her family during a tense trip to the Midwest with Jules? An age-gap ice queen lesbian short story from the Carlisle series that asks whether you really can go home again. This short story was originally published in the anthology After Happily Ever After Once Again in 2023.

Author

Roslyn Sinclair
Roslyn Sinclair
Author · 9 books

Roslyn Sinclair was born in the southern USA, but she’s now enjoying the Northeast and its beautiful fall weather—not so much the colder winters! She loves to travel and has gotten writing inspiration everywhere from Kansas City to Beijing. Roslyn began her writing career in fanfiction under the pen name Telanu. Since then, she’s been lucky enough to transition into professional publishing. Some of her favorite and most well-known themes are age-gap romance, ice queens, and characters who fight their attraction to each other tooth and nail—until they can’t anymore. You can sign up for her newsletter and receive a FREE steamy sapphic novella: bit.ly/3VbiLke Roslyn lives with her wife and a cat who, while old and cantankerous, is nevertheless a very good boy.

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