love is just camouflage

by Sabrina Blaum

Attorney Olivia Gray never planned to sleep with a judge, especially not the honorable Jaime Lachlan.
What was meant to be one impulsive night becomes impossible to ignore when their professional lives keep forcing them back into each other’s orbit. Courtrooms, charity galas, quiet bars—every encounter sharpens the tension neither of them is willing to acknowledge.

Olivia is used to control.
Jaime is used to distance.

Both are experts at convincing themselves that what happened between them meant nothing.

But denial has limits.

Because attraction like theirs doesn’t disappear just because it’s inconvenient. And every time they try to walk away, they find themselves pulled back to the same place where restraint slips, control fractures, and the truth becomes harder to ignore.

love is just camouflage is a sapphic age-gap romance about control, denial, and two powerful women discovering that the only thing harder than wanting someone is admitting it.

Genres: Romance, Contemporary, Lesbian Fiction, LGBT, Enemies To Lovers

151 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 21, 2024

About the author

Sabrina Blaum hails originally from Germany and moved to the United States in 2006. She studied Sociology, Geographic Information Systems, and English at a local university in Alabama, at which she is currently teaching English Composition.
She has always written and wrote her first “novel” in elementary school, when she decided that Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers needed a sequel. She also had the habit of telling her late grandmother bedtime stories.

Sabrina is an avid reader and writer, and she loves to spend time with family and friends.

Reviews

[___Isha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this book. Such an amazing book! 🔥

[Lyn Denison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Can they find common ground? A short but entertaining read that keeps your interest to the end. Plot is character-driven and certainly engages you as you hope for their HEA.

[Chelles · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love is Just Camouflage

I'm not quite sure how I stumbled onto this little gem, but I'm glad I did. Olivia and Jaime - lawyer and judge - have to maintain a professional distance, but one night of passion compromised all that. They are now caught in this little dance of meet-ups and hook-ups that is just too cute and very hott🔥

It's a short story though (140 pages), so it's the lead up of them getting together. The writing is great, the banter is great - highly recommend if you're looking for a quick read.

[Margo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gosh this was so fucking good. I read it and then read it again, immediately. I want more of Olivia and Jaime!

[Donna Reed · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this combination of a judge and the prosecutor as Sparks fly

[AL · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy to read book with a well written story

Two different types of people meet with plenty of indoor chemistry and trying to find the way to coexist outside the hotel rooms. Well written with explicit intimate scenes. However there isn’t enough depth and explanation of why the main characters react the way they do. I wanted a bit more about their personalities and life perspective

[This · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this.
What starts as a hook up between Olivia a lawyer and Jaime a judge when they find themselves at a conference, starts to turn into slightly more. Neither 'do' relationships but they each 'let slip' where they might be at a certain time and seem to have a casual 'understanding'. This is rocked when Olivia suggests they suspend their meeting for a month or so as she is due to appear before Jaime in court. This leads to an end to their arrangement.
Both then are bereft and appear to be experiencing a break up. From their non relationship.
Eventually they find their way back to each other.
There is a lot of sex in this book - which is after all a major component of the story. It's well written and considering the percentage of the book that is sex it has variety.

[Hope Freed · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this fairly short read. It had two highly intelligent and educated women as its MC’s and I usually love characters like that but for some reason, this didn’t quite work for me in the way that say, a book with characters by Ann MacMan, does. Some of the banter went over my head and given that I have a law degree and worked for many years as a solicitor, I’m not exactly an intellectual dunce. I liked a discussion that occurred between the characters regarding energy vampires and I understood Jaime a lot because I had a mother just like hers. But her inability to move past it (as I have and did) seemed somewhat immature and really rather sad. The book ends on a hopeful note but I didn’t feel a great deal of warmth at the end, as I wanted to…

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Instantly fell…

In love with Sabrina Blaum’s ability to craft a superb story.

Jaime and Olivia are easily two of my favourite characters; I want so much more from them, about them, especially Jaime.

The style of writing is just captivating, breathtaking. I found myself drawn in from the first line, hooked and sunk by the end of the first page.

I’d give twice as many stars if I could ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[SSA · Rating 3 out of 5]

An enjoyable and hot book about two successful women who don’t usually do relationships until they met each other. It was too short for the appropriate time needed to believably develop their relationship based on their past experiences. But I liked it.

That scene with rain soaked Jaime is literally the story of the song ‘Memories’ by Conan Gray.

[CK529 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Five stars feels a bit too high for me but four stars just doesn't seem enough. There is something about this that just was really really good. I don't usually love novellas, or insta get together, because I like the slow building of a relationship and how characters interact. But this insta get together novella hit just right for me. Interesting and I was rooting for the MCs

[Sandi D · Rating 4 out of 5]

interesting book

Not sure this is what I expected. I’ll say it’s a little on the dark side which might be unfair. Two women Jamie and Olivia start an affair with no stings. Jamie’s background makes it difficult for her to connect and Olivia has fallen for someone who appears not to be capable of wanting her. Having said that this was a very good book. Definitely worth reading.

[Lyn Denison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Can they find common ground?

A short but entertaining read that keeps your interest to the end. Plot is character-driven and certainly engages you as you hope for their HEA.

[Grace · Rating 2 out of 5]

this was incredibly dull

[isa Simonet · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful book, a unique writing style.