That Winter Feeling

by Emma Collins

After years of struggling to catch a break in Los Angeles, Alyssa was just about ready to give up on her dream of being an actress.

At thirty years old, her chances were only getting slimmer. Plus, she'd missed out on time with her family over the years while she attended parties and social functions, hoping to meet someone influential who might give her a chance.
Alyssa wouldn't miss her brother's wedding though.

The very last person she expected to see there was her high school history teacher, Ms. Reed, someone she'd had a massive crush on as a teenager.

Stephanie Reed had no interest in getting involved with anyone again.

She'd been through a messy divorce, and at the age of forty-five, she was starting to think that being single wasn't so bad.

But the more time she spends with her friend's younger sister, the more she remembers what it's like to have that connection with someone.

Cozy Winter Age Gap Lesbian Romance

Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Christmas

78 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 23, 2021

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Reviews

[Bárbara Sousa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a short, cute age-gap read. I really enjoyed this Christmassy story and the chemistry between the two MCs.

[AnnMaree Of Oz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Under an hour. Kindle Unlimited.

But a nice sweet age gap Christmas romance with some slight fauxmance trope.

[Jamie (TheRebelliousReader) · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars. Age gap with some fake dating thrown in. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Alyssa was a student of Stephanie’s fifteen years ago and she had a huge crush on her. Stephanie is best friends with Alyssa’s brother Tyler so they run into each other at Alyssa’s family’s house for dinner and they had some instant chemistry. Alyssa is a struggling actress and Stephanie is a professor who has been through a terrible divorce. When Stephanie gets hit on at Tyler’s wedding she gets Alyssa to agree to be her pretend girlfriend to get the guy off of her back and they find that they really like each other and their romance goes from there. It’s a very cute and sweet read and it left me smiling by the end.

[Gina L · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exciting Holiday Read!

Age gap stories are my thing. This one did not disappoint. Emma Collins could never disappoint. You have a forty five year old teacher who is divorced and was not looking for love or was she. You have a thirty year old woman who has come home for Christmas from LA a flop. Her brother is getting married on Christmas and she was just barely getting home for the low key rehearsal dinner. The first person she sees is the teacher she had a major crush on in her sophomore year. Now best friends with her brother. What transpires after they re-meet, is a very cute funny and sexy love story. Love the characters and love the story. A must read!

[Kelley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sweet holiday story

Very well written and very enjoyable story of coming home for the holidays and finally getting the woman of your dreams.

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[Suzi Vilkman (Hautaniemi) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fluffy sweet!

How many of us have secret crushes on our teachers? How many of us wind up making a reality of those teenage dreams?

With the help of her brother, Alyssa gets together with her high school crush as they hit it off and ride to the sunset together.

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Alyssa had a huge crush on her history teacher at the age of fifteen. After struggling to become a major actress in LA, at thirty she returns home for her older brother's wedding. She's quite surprised to run into her "crush" Stephanie at all the wedding festivities. She hadn't realized that her brother and Stephanie had become good friends while teaching together. As a matter of fact, he's the one who had been encouraging her to date again after her wife cheated and remarried.

It's a cute age-gap story with endearing characters. The only thing missing for me was what Alyssa might do with the rest of her life!

[Carolyn G. Manuel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sweet Holiday Romance

Alyssa returns home for her brother’s wedding and literally bumps into Stephanie her high school history teacher crush. Old and new feelings emerge and they move through the weeks to find each other.

[Doug Elliott · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an age-gap, high-school crush tale with a few scenes of fauxmance to get the romance moving. Sweet story with a holiday theme and minimal angst.

[Nadesia West · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute short story. Would have liked a followup regarding Alyssa's acting career. Left somewhat unsatisfied..

[Carole Damoci · Rating 5 out of 5]

good

I love all Emma Collin’s books. A sweet love story and a happily ever after. You can’t ask for more.

[David Stanton · Rating 5 out of 5]

A short but fun read. Really wanted a longer story, but this was very well done.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

The author has a knack for developing good, believable chemistry in few pages. High praise coming from someone who typically prefers longer, slow-burn romances.