This is a book about really getting to know the two women. And the author has created two very beautiful women in Paige and Val. Both come with their baggage; Val more so than Paige, but are beautiful people.

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I had to read this. I'm contractually obligated since I'm a librarian.

In all seriousness I picked this one up because the blurb said that it had a librarian in it, but, once I read it, there was definitely much more substance than just librarian awesomeness in this book.

The librarian is Valerie. She was once in the foster care system and decides she wants to become a foster parent, even though she's still not sure how she feels about the system as a whole.

Paige is a foster care caseworker. She meets Val at the foster care class and then just as they're getting closer she becomes the caseworker for Val's first two foster kids (siblings).

That throws a kink in their relationship, although it also means that they start seeing a lot more of each other and getting closer in different ways.

Then everything changes for Val once again, and then with that change it's like dominoes for the two of them. Good dominoes and some less good dominoes.

The librarian stuff was pretty okay. I really liked the characters too. Sasha and Jen were fun (would have loved more of their story) and I really, really liked the character of Connie. She was amazing and in my opinion she stole every scene she was in!

I received this book via Netgalley thanks to Bold Strokes Books. ( )