In Her Element

by Edie Cay

It's 2020, and Erica Samson is done with her cramped San Francisco apartment and her mind-numbing nine-to-fiver crammed with dudebros. After spending months adapting her Honda Element to become her full-time climbing rig, the pandemic hits. Refusing to give up her dream, Erica snags a coveted limited pass when Yosemite opens back up.
Eric Simpson is an ER physician whose life has been nothing but Covid surges and strings of night shifts. With the ER finally fully staffed again, he’s arranged vacation time to get some much-needed fresh air. When he sees the cute climber girl from upstairs packing up her car, he stops to chat, and she tells him he needs an already sold out reservation. In desperation, he offers her money to take him with her. Together, they hit the road, where she refreshes his climbing skills and they find that their friendly neighborly acquaintance could be so much more.


First published in Friends to Lovers Volume One by Violet Gaze Press in 2021.

74 pages, Paperback

First published August 2, 2022

About the author

Edie Cay writes Feminist Regency Romance. Her debut, A LADY’S REVENGE won the Golden Leaf Best First Book, and the Next Generation Indie Book Award for Romance. The next in her series, THE BOXER AND THE BLACKSMITH won the Hearts Through History Legends Award as an unpublished manuscript in 2019 and was the Discovering Diamonds Book of the Month in May 2021, and won the Best Indie Book Award. Her third book, A LADY'S FINDER, is a finalist for a Lambda Award.
Her fourth book, A VISCOUNT'S VENGEANCE published in March 2023.
She obtained dual BAs in Creative Writing and in Music, and her MFA in Creative Writing from University of Alaska Anchorage. She is a member of The Regency Fiction Writers, the Historical Novel Society, and a founding member of Paper Lantern Writers. Follow her on social media for pictures of the latest baking project with her toddler @authorEdieCay.