Seasons of Love: A Lesbian Romance Novel

Written by Harper Bliss

Narrated by Carmen Rose

Alice McAllister is a successful solicitor who likes a quiet, disciplined life. But when her business partner Miranda forces her to take a vacation at her holiday home in Portugal, the presence of Miranda's daughter Joy turns Alice's world upside down.



Despite their age difference, Alice and Joy embark on a fiery holiday romance . . . until they have to return home to London.



Will Alice be able to forget about Joy and what she has awakened in her? And how can she face Joy's mother without guilt after such a passionate summer fling? Find out in this sultry new novel from the chart-topping author of Release the Stars, Once in a Lifetime, and At the Water's Edge.

Contains mature themes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Apr 30, 2016
• ISBN: 9781515975632

Harper Bliss

Harper Bliss is a best-selling lesbian romance author. Among her most-loved books are the highly dramatic French Kissing and the often thought-provoking Pink Bean series. She is the co-founder of My LesFic, a weekly newsletter offering discount deals on lesbian fiction. Harper lived in Hong Kong for 7 years, travelled the world for a bit, and has now settled in Brussels (Belgium) with her wife and photogenic cat, Dolly Purrton.

Reviews for Seasons of Love

[Jacqui Somers · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

3.5 stars - loved the beginning but the storyline around Miranda (joys mother) I thought was too easily wrapped up

[mary3write · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

The book of great the problem is the audio, most chapters are interrupted right at the end, it's quite annoying and takes away from the book.

[Tempe Mason · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I believe this may be my favorite age gap romance, sigh~~so emotional and so beautifully written. The narration was excellent.

[Natale Michaud · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I enjoyed this cougar story and the narration. Falling in love with one's best friend's daughter would be a hard situation.

[Mary Sheehan · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I could not get into it. The narrator sounded like she was reading a book. Good narration shouldn’t sound like “reading a book”. She was almost robotic. The story was “ok”, but I would have liked an epilogue.

[Katie Ellen · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Chapters cut off at the end. No way to know how much is missing. Very disappointing.

[amcheri-1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Sort of insta-loveish with very large age gap/daughter of best friend. Stretched my ability to suspend disbelief and the narrator was pretty stiff. If I did give it a reread, I'd definitely go with the eyeball version.

[addictedtomorphemes · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Seasons of Love
by Harper Bliss
Audio narrated by Carmen Rose
2-1/2*

Alice McAllister is a 51-year-old workaholic who has finally been convinced to go on holiday in Southern Portugal, staying in the vacation home of her best friend and business partner, Miranda. Shortly after arriving, she receives word from Miranda that her 29yo daughter, Joy, is going to crash for a few days, thus interrupting Alice's peaceful getaway.

Although the prudish Alice feels uncomfortable with Joy's excessive drinking, oversharing, and uninhibited flaunting of her body, Joy's good-natured attitude and youthful exuberance quickly allows her to steamroll her way into Alice's good graces; however, a random moment of seeing Joy nude in the moonlight at the beach triggers thoughts that make Joy feel uneasy, and she is forced to recognize and confront her feelings for the younger woman.

I think this is supposed to represent a love story, but I didn't see any growth in their relationship and it seemed to be centered on lust, with the younger and more easygoing woman being almost a bully to the older one, pushing her to come out in the open with the relationship faster than she was ready to, especially considering this was the first awareness she had of being attracted to women, having been divorced for over 15 years and essentially being married to her job. There were her doubts regarding the age gap as well as her best friend being Joy's mother. They had a lot to overcome. When the book finished, I didn't feel confident that this was a relationship that would last, despite finding resolution to some of the major issues they were facing.