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For the First Time
Tess Daniels thought she was broken.
Home for the summer after a year away in New York, her small Wyoming town knows her business better than she does. Tess has always assumed her lack of interest in boys meant something was missing in her. Love, desire, that spark everyone else seems to talk about, it’s never belonged to her.
Until one bonfire changes everything.
Katy Werner is new to town, with a confidence and blue eyes that Tess can’t seem to look away from. One shared glance becomes a current Tess doesn’t know how to name, let alone fight. Because wanting Katy doesn’t just rewrite what Tess thought she knew about herself…it threatens everything else. Her family. Her friendships. Her place in a town that watches everything, judges everyone, and never forgets a single thing.
Katy knows better than to hope. She’s learned how quickly small towns turn dangerous when you don’t fit. But Tess, with her curiosity, her honesty, and the way she looks at Katy like the world just tilted, makes walking away harder than staying. And some loves, once sparked, refuse to be put out.
Set in the 1990s against wide skies, dirt roads, and whispered rules, For the First Time is a tender, slow-burn sapphic romance about first love, finding yourself, and how the right arms won’t let go.
Some love stories don’t fade.
They learn to live in the dark.
Home for the summer after a year away in New York, her small Wyoming town knows her business better than she does. Tess has always assumed her lack of interest in boys meant something was missing in her. Love, desire, that spark everyone else seems to talk about, it’s never belonged to her.
Until one bonfire changes everything.
Katy Werner is new to town, with a confidence and blue eyes that Tess can’t seem to look away from. One shared glance becomes a current Tess doesn’t know how to name, let alone fight. Because wanting Katy doesn’t just rewrite what Tess thought she knew about herself…it threatens everything else. Her family. Her friendships. Her place in a town that watches everything, judges everyone, and never forgets a single thing.
Katy knows better than to hope. She’s learned how quickly small towns turn dangerous when you don’t fit. But Tess, with her curiosity, her honesty, and the way she looks at Katy like the world just tilted, makes walking away harder than staying. And some loves, once sparked, refuse to be put out.
Set in the 1990s against wide skies, dirt roads, and whispered rules, For the First Time is a tender, slow-burn sapphic romance about first love, finding yourself, and how the right arms won’t let go.
Some love stories don’t fade.
They learn to live in the dark.
396 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 11, 2026
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January 31, 2026
Fall in love!!
I went into reading this book thinking "some light reading for a glue January day". I came away having fallen in love with book characters! The fact that it has taken this long for a relatable storyline for those of us in same sex relationships always baffled me. The thing was, they were waiting for Rebecca Dayne to write it! This new author came right out of the gate with a winner. The book is for EVERYONE, but feeling included for once is definitely the cherry on top! Loved the perspective writing style and thankfully book 2 is done, or our girl would have left us hanging for more! So make sure you buy both!!!
I went into reading this book thinking "some light reading for a glue January day". I came away having fallen in love with book characters! The fact that it has taken this long for a relatable storyline for those of us in same sex relationships always baffled me. The thing was, they were waiting for Rebecca Dayne to write it! This new author came right out of the gate with a winner. The book is for EVERYONE, but feeling included for once is definitely the cherry on top! Loved the perspective writing style and thankfully book 2 is done, or our girl would have left us hanging for more! So make sure you buy both!!!
February 8, 2026
I really liked the writing in this book. A bit melodramatic, but with a certain poetry to it, and there's nothing wrong with that. Good character development, a few stereotypes, but satisfying. The lesbian longing was well done, and the FMCs chemistry is very good. Looking forward to book two.
February 28, 2026
Ahhh nothing like young first love… realistic heartbreak & yearning.. really really good book! Starting on the 2nd one now!
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