Just a Touch Away

When a family tragedy strikes, successful children's book author Lindsey Marist withdraws from her world. Barely coping with day-to-day living, she isolates herself in her cabin. Her troubled mind seems unable to write another uplifting children's story.

Artist Cloe Parsons struggles to sell her work. She supplements her income by helping out at her parents' grocery store. Trips to deliver Lindsey's groceries spark a friendship between the two women that evolves over the course of a summer. When the longtime illustrator of Lindsey's books retires, the door opens for Cloe to step in and be hired to illustrate Lindsey's next release.

As they work together on each page of the new book Cloe has urged Lindsey to try, Lindsey and Cloe grow closer. Will Lindsey be able to break free from her sadness and follow her heart? Will Cloe finally take a chance on love that is just a touch away? A relationship between the two seems ideal, but will it happen? Can it happen?

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Just a Touch Away

When a family tragedy strikes, successful children's book author Lindsey Marist withdraws from her world. Barely coping with day-to-day living, she isolates herself in her cabin. Her troubled mind seems unable to write another uplifting children's story.

Artist Cloe Parsons struggles to sell her work. She supplements her income by helping out at her parents' grocery store. Trips to deliver Lindsey's groceries spark a friendship between the two women that evolves over the course of a summer. When the longtime illustrator of Lindsey's books retires, the door opens for Cloe to step in and be hired to illustrate Lindsey's next release.

As they work together on each page of the new book Cloe has urged Lindsey to try, Lindsey and Cloe grow closer. Will Lindsey be able to break free from her sadness and follow her heart? Will Cloe finally take a chance on love that is just a touch away? A relationship between the two seems ideal, but will it happen? Can it happen?

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Just a Touch Away

Just a Touch Away

by Chris Paynter
Just a Touch Away

Just a Touch Away

by Chris Paynter

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Overview

When a family tragedy strikes, successful children's book author Lindsey Marist withdraws from her world. Barely coping with day-to-day living, she isolates herself in her cabin. Her troubled mind seems unable to write another uplifting children's story.

Artist Cloe Parsons struggles to sell her work. She supplements her income by helping out at her parents' grocery store. Trips to deliver Lindsey's groceries spark a friendship between the two women that evolves over the course of a summer. When the longtime illustrator of Lindsey's books retires, the door opens for Cloe to step in and be hired to illustrate Lindsey's next release.

As they work together on each page of the new book Cloe has urged Lindsey to try, Lindsey and Cloe grow closer. Will Lindsey be able to break free from her sadness and follow her heart? Will Cloe finally take a chance on love that is just a touch away? A relationship between the two seems ideal, but will it happen? Can it happen?


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781942204169
Publisher: Companion Publications LLC
Publication date: 05/01/2019
Pages: 184
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.42(d)

About the Author

Chris Paynter is the author of nine novels, including the Playing for First baseball series. Her Survived by Her Longtime Companion was a 2013 Lambda Literary Award Finalist and winner of the 2013 Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award. Her books have also won five Rainbow Awards Honorable Mentions for Lesbian Romance. Her short stories have appeared in Regal Crest's Women in Uniform: Medics and Soldiers and Cops, Oh My! (2010) and Cleis Press's Love Burns Bright: A Lifetime of Lesbian Romance (2013). After earning a Bachelor's degree in journalism, Chris worked as a general assignment reporter and sportswriter. She currently works as managing editor to three law journals, overseeing the production of eight issues per academic year. A sports junkie, you can find her screaming at the TV during an Indianapolis Colts game or living vicariously through her Cincinnati Reds. When not writing or editing books, Chris loves to get lost in a good romance. She resides in Indianapolis with her wonderful wife, Phyllis. Both are loyal subjects to their beautiful beagle, Princess Eleanor.
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