Barnfire

by Rebecca Montague

Elizabeth Casey wasn't looking for romance when she came to spend the summer on her aunt and uncle's farm in rural Pennsylvania. She certainly didn't expect to find it in the arms of a reclusive local painter old enough to be her mother ...

A chance meeting with the mysterious and supposedly reclusive Chase Masterson, the night the farm's hay barn burns, stokes Elizabeth's curiosity. Accepting Chase's offer to watch her paint, Elizabeth finds herself with feelings she has never known, feelings which might draw her into an unexpected romance with the older woman.

When rumors start to swirl through the small farming community, Elizabeth must decide between the happiness Chase offers and the safety of denying her passion. The discovery that Chase might be hiding something about her past pushes Elizabeth into a public denial of her feelings, and flight back to her barren life in Washington State.

As time passes, Elizabeth comes to realize that she has made the wrong choice. Even so, when Chase comes to her door asking forgiveness, Elizabeth isn't sure she can open her heart once again to the woman she loves. Will she deny that love once again, or will Chase convince her that their bond remains unbroken?

Genres: Lesbian, Fiction, LGBT

191 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 1, 2000

About the author

Realistic. Erotic. Romantic.
These are words I try to encompass in my writing. I like to create characters you can imagine knowing in person and put them in situations where romance is unexpected and yet inevitable.
My themes tend to include coming out and May-December love, because both provide equal doses of resistance and surrender. I don't shy away from description, and plenty of it, because a romance should make your heart beat fast!
I live in Florida with my partner and assorted pets.

Reviews

[wren4777 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely little book, and the leads were both easy to like. I do wish some of the angst had come a bit earlier in the narrative, so we could spend more time with them as a couple.

[April · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a nice little story. It is obvious that it is an early work of the author, but none of the awkward bits really detracts from the story itself. As a hopelessly heterosexual woman I was uncertain what to expect in the love scenes, but my worries were in vain. What I did find was a nice little romance, some discovery and some nicely hot love scenes, which were well written and involving without being crude or kitch.

I liked this story, and although it doesn't fall into the category of books I normally read, I'm glad I took a chance. I will certainly be looking again at this author to see how she grows!

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very sweet, short story, both characters are likeable, one of my favourite lesbian books I've read.