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Swiped Left
Callie feels a twinge of guilt rejecting a guy on a dating app just because he’s in a wheelchair but she’s just being honest and not wasting either of their time. She knows she needs a capable, independent man to keep pace with her travel nursing lifestyle.
But when an epic blizzard has her seeking shelter at a little lodge in Vermont, she bumps into none other than Mark, the paraplegic she swiped left on.
And she’s about to find out just how capable he is…
But when an epic blizzard has her seeking shelter at a little lodge in Vermont, she bumps into none other than Mark, the paraplegic she swiped left on.
And she’s about to find out just how capable he is…
111 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 1, 2026
About the author
Ruth Madison
29 books80 followersWriting What I Want To Read Since 1996.
After years of combing through the dusty back shelves of libraries looking for her elusive, imperfect hero, she started writing her own.
Ruth’s romantic tales are full of wounded heroes: men physically challenged by life, but not defeated. These men overcome the difficulties of amputation, paralysis, or cerebral palsy to find acceptance, happiness, and heroines who love them exactly as they are.
After years of combing through the dusty back shelves of libraries looking for her elusive, imperfect hero, she started writing her own.
Ruth’s romantic tales are full of wounded heroes: men physically challenged by life, but not defeated. These men overcome the difficulties of amputation, paralysis, or cerebral palsy to find acceptance, happiness, and heroines who love them exactly as they are.
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March 3, 2026
I had a difficult time evaluating this novella and deciding what to say and do in my review. I spoilered this to discourage anyone who is not future me from reading this.
⭐
The most important issue was that I get AI vibes from this work, from the cover to the persistent robotic tone. I'm not comfortable with AI assistance that gives an author more than a dictionary and thesaurus would, and I'm not comfortable with AI-generated art.
This is complicated because it isn't something one can prove or even know the extent of without author confirmation; hell, I'm autistic and also sound like an alien being a lot of the time, so I get how the human brain can produce word combinations that sound less natural than an LLM's.
It's further complicated because I was excited to read this book and love to support this subgenre of romance. And because I know incorrect allegations can be extremely harmful. And because I suspect that early reviews of books are critical to their success and I don't wish harm on any person for trying their best to make the world a better place.
A secondary issue is that I actually didn't like parts of the book very much. There are inconsistencies, it glosses over a lot of human elements in favor of token references, and the conclusion is weird at best -- why are they having sex in his workplace but not discussing her ableism a bit more?
⭐
The most important issue was that I get AI vibes from this work, from the cover to the persistent robotic tone. I'm not comfortable with AI assistance that gives an author more than a dictionary and thesaurus would, and I'm not comfortable with AI-generated art.
This is complicated because it isn't something one can prove or even know the extent of without author confirmation; hell, I'm autistic and also sound like an alien being a lot of the time, so I get how the human brain can produce word combinations that sound less natural than an LLM's.
It's further complicated because I was excited to read this book and love to support this subgenre of romance. And because I know incorrect allegations can be extremely harmful. And because I suspect that early reviews of books are critical to their success and I don't wish harm on any person for trying their best to make the world a better place.
A secondary issue is that I actually didn't like parts of the book very much. There are inconsistencies, it glosses over a lot of human elements in favor of token references, and the conclusion is weird at best -- why are they having sex in his workplace but not discussing her ableism a bit more?
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 19, 2026
*3.5 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
Very cute short love story. I accidentally bought this while I was browsing on Amazon but I'm glad I kept it and read it. Mark and Callie are good characters each one with their flaws and strengths. The forced proximity tension and spark is credible. I really enjoyed the first half of the book while their relationship developed BUT
*SPOILER ALERT*
I think it went downwards a bit after their first kiss. It didn't seem like Mark would act like that after Callie was hesitant. Leaving the whole wheelchair aside, they had only been knowing each other for 2-3 days!!
This story has a HEA but I was expecting it to unfold differently. I wanted to see a glimpse of what their relationship would look like rather than an apology on her side followed by a hook up, but well I understand it's a short novella.
It kind of fixed my reading slump as I read the whole thing in one night.
Very cute short love story. I accidentally bought this while I was browsing on Amazon but I'm glad I kept it and read it. Mark and Callie are good characters each one with their flaws and strengths. The forced proximity tension and spark is credible. I really enjoyed the first half of the book while their relationship developed BUT
*SPOILER ALERT*
I think it went downwards a bit after their first kiss. It didn't seem like Mark would act like that after Callie was hesitant. Leaving the whole wheelchair aside, they had only been knowing each other for 2-3 days!!
This story has a HEA but I was expecting it to unfold differently. I wanted to see a glimpse of what their relationship would look like rather than an apology on her side followed by a hook up, but well I understand it's a short novella.
It kind of fixed my reading slump as I read the whole thing in one night.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 15, 2026
loved the story hated the ending
I wish the ending wasn’t so abrupt. I’d like to see mark and callie down the line to see them in different scenarios. It felt like the beginning of them.The story without talking about the ending was really cute. Hopefully the author can do a sequel to them or an extended ending.
I wish the ending wasn’t so abrupt. I’d like to see mark and callie down the line to see them in different scenarios. It felt like the beginning of them.The story without talking about the ending was really cute. Hopefully the author can do a sequel to them or an extended ending.
May 15, 2026
Cute story
Cute story, but could have used more attention to detail. Continuity issues, need to work on practicality of one or two scenes. Also, you cannot serve heaping bowls of tomato soup. Tomato soup does not heap.
Cute story, but could have used more attention to detail. Continuity issues, need to work on practicality of one or two scenes. Also, you cannot serve heaping bowls of tomato soup. Tomato soup does not heap.
July 29, 2026
Great humor!
Lots of funny remarks! I laughed out loud about the weather guy eating the internet! Now you.gotta check it out. It's a little short, but the writer packs a lot of story into a novella.
Lots of funny remarks! I laughed out loud about the weather guy eating the internet! Now you.gotta check it out. It's a little short, but the writer packs a lot of story into a novella.
April 10, 2026
She swiped left on him because he was in a wheelchair—and then they met in person, and she had second thoughts.
I picked this up because I've seen precious little romance featuring a character who has a significant physical disability, and I wanted to see where this one would go. What I liked: Callie's left-swipe is honest in a way that I suspect a lot of people aren't. She acknowledges that she's afraid someone in a wheelchair would cramp her style, and she's not interested enough to find out if that's true. I'm not encouraging her early-book perspective, but I expect it's more common than not. Better, this isn't a huge dramatic point down the line; it's something that comes up in conversation with Mark fairly early on after they meet. It's a very short book, but they manage to do a fair amount of getting to know each other and solving dramatic stuck-in-a-lodge problems.
What I wasn't so convinced by: Mark is low-key superhuman. He's in a wheelchair, yes, and he's also a doctor and clearly spends many hours in the gym and is 99% of the time hyper-independent and is great with kids and a natural leader and can solve any mechanical problem you throw at him. (And don't forget great in bed!) And on the one hand: With the exception of the wheelchair, that's most romance novels. But on the other hand: I don't like the implication that Mark kind of has to be superhuman for Callie to see beyond the wheels. I'm sure that's not the intention, not least because the author has a bunch of books with heroes who have more extensive disabilities than Mark's. I'd be curious to hear what folks with physical disabilities think about this representation, but it left me feeling a bit off.
The other thing: My gosh the ending is abrupt. A couple of days stuck together in a lodge isn't enough to make a brand-new relationship stick, you know? When the book ends, the relationship is barely beginning. And again, this isn't specific to this book: A huge number of romance novels (I won't hazard a guess about proportion!), especially ones from earlier days of romance, are basically conflict-conflict-conflict-conflict-together-the-end. Given that Callie wasn't even sure she wanted to give this relationship a go, it would have been nice to see some actual relationship rather than just the run-up to the relationship.
So...good intentions, don't love the execution. Do with that what you will.
I picked this up because I've seen precious little romance featuring a character who has a significant physical disability, and I wanted to see where this one would go. What I liked: Callie's left-swipe is honest in a way that I suspect a lot of people aren't. She acknowledges that she's afraid someone in a wheelchair would cramp her style, and she's not interested enough to find out if that's true. I'm not encouraging her early-book perspective, but I expect it's more common than not. Better, this isn't a huge dramatic point down the line; it's something that comes up in conversation with Mark fairly early on after they meet. It's a very short book, but they manage to do a fair amount of getting to know each other and solving dramatic stuck-in-a-lodge problems.
What I wasn't so convinced by: Mark is low-key superhuman. He's in a wheelchair, yes, and he's also a doctor and clearly spends many hours in the gym and is 99% of the time hyper-independent and is great with kids and a natural leader and can solve any mechanical problem you throw at him. (And don't forget great in bed!) And on the one hand: With the exception of the wheelchair, that's most romance novels. But on the other hand: I don't like the implication that Mark kind of has to be superhuman for Callie to see beyond the wheels. I'm sure that's not the intention, not least because the author has a bunch of books with heroes who have more extensive disabilities than Mark's. I'd be curious to hear what folks with physical disabilities think about this representation, but it left me feeling a bit off.
The other thing: My gosh the ending is abrupt. A couple of days stuck together in a lodge isn't enough to make a brand-new relationship stick, you know? When the book ends, the relationship is barely beginning. And again, this isn't specific to this book: A huge number of romance novels (I won't hazard a guess about proportion!), especially ones from earlier days of romance, are basically conflict-conflict-conflict-conflict-together-the-end. Given that Callie wasn't even sure she wanted to give this relationship a go, it would have been nice to see some actual relationship rather than just the run-up to the relationship.
So...good intentions, don't love the execution. Do with that what you will.
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