Author Avery Brooks returns to the steamy city of New Orleans with a smart and sexy sapphic romance that asks, "Can workplace rivals fall in love and find a happily ever after?"
Drea Cordeira likes to have fun. She has quite the reputation for it, having slept with most of the queer women of New Orleans. But behind the humor, charm, and sexy drawl, there's a lot more to Drea, and she's not too keen on sharing it.
Organized, reliable Cassie Sullivan has learned to be resilient through a lifetime of loss. She longs for a stable, loving relationship and someone she can count on, not a one-night stand, and definitely not with her new coworker, Drea.
In the office and under the hot lights of the dance floor, Drea and Cassie's competitive spirits collide, unearthing a sexy tension and healthy dose of witty banter.
As their connection deepens, threatening the safety of the worlds they've carefully crafted, Drea and Cassie must both decide if the risk of revealing their true selves and taking a shot at a love greater than either of them could have imagined outweighs the pain of their pasts and the potential for rejection.
"Beautiful Disasters is a delightful sophomore novel that allows readers to return to old friends or meet new ones for the first time. The second book in the Other Girls series can be read as a follow-up, but it also stands wonderfully on its own, a classic sapphic romance of healing and growth set amid a scenic love letter to the city of New Orleans. Main characters Drea and Cassie are as compelling as they are complicated, and as sweet as they are sexy. I truly enjoyed the slow burn of their budding love story and found the emotional and sensual payoff well worth the wait. These characters are written with great tenderness and care while still being fun and flirty, which is a blend I cannot resist. Whether you read and loved Other Girls or are finding Avery Brooks' work for the first time, you cannot go wrong by starting with Beautiful Disasters."—RACHEL SPANGLER, award-winning sapphic romance author