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The Briar & The Bloom: A Late Blooming Romance The hardest truth to accept is the one you never saw coming. A guarded tarot reader. A persistent floral artist. And the slow-burn awakening that changes everything. Alexa Bryan built a fortress out of her flower shop. To the world, she is the ""Briar""-precise, elegant, and professionally detached. She navigates her life through the ancient symbolism of flowers and the rigid structure of her tarot cards. The cards have always predicted a solitary path, and after a lifetime of protecting her heart, Alexa is perfectly fine with that. Lizzy Cratton is a force of nature. A ""Bloom"" who sees beauty where Alexa sees only math, Lizzy doesn't care for rules or traditional boundaries. When she joins the shop as an assistant, she brings more than just wildflower energy; she brings a relentless warmth that begins to chip away at Alexa's ice. When the prestigious Winter Solstice Gala offers a career-defining commission, the two women are forced into weeks of late-night sessions and intimate, high-stakes design. Between the scent of winter roses and the glow of the conservatory, the lines they've drawn begin to blur. A single, accidental touch sparks a revolution Alexa never saw coming. As the longest night of the year approaches, Alexa is forced to face the most terrifying reading of her life. She must choose between the safe, solitary identity she's always known or the breathtaking risk of a love she never allowed herself to imagine. Can a woman who has spent her life following a map find the courage to bloom in the dark? Content warning: This is a bi/gay awakening later in life. Mature themes, suitable for 18+. Readers be sure to read the trigger warnings, before reading. FF Romance.

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