{"product_id":"love-over-50-a-tender-lisa-recke-9798233554766","title":"LOVE OVER 50, a Tender Lesbian Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003eLate Bloom\u003cbr\u003eA tender, life-affirming love story about second chances, courage, and discovering who you truly are - even when you thought it was too late.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaire never expected her life to change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her forties, with children nearly grown and a marriage long reduced to polite silence, she had accepted that love - the real kind - belonged to younger women. Women who hadn't already built entire lives around compromise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen she meets Ruth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as friendship - warm, easy, unexpectedly electric - slowly becomes something neither of them can ignore. For the first time in her life, Claire feels seen. Not managed. Not needed. Not tolerated. Seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs their connection deepens, Claire begins to realise she is no longer counting time in days or weeks - but in \"until Ruth.\"\u003cbr\u003eUntil the next message.\u003cbr\u003eUntil the next touch.\u003cbr\u003eUntil the next moment she doesn't feel alone in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut late-blooming love requires courage. It asks difficult questions. It disrupts familiar roles. And it demands a kind of honesty Claire has never dared before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the backdrop of everyday life - and culminating in a breath taking weekend in Rome beneath the glow of the Colosseum - Late Bloom is a sensual, gentle, deeply emotional story about: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- rediscovering desire after years of silence\u003cbr\u003e- finding safety in another woman's presence\u003cbr\u003e- the quiet bravery of choosing yourself\u003cbr\u003e- and the beautiful truth that it is never too late to bloom\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTender. Intimate. Hopeful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a love story for every woman who has ever wondered: \u003cbr\u003eWhat if the best part of my life is only just beginning?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lisa Recke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798233554766\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lisa Recke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.19d","brand":"Lisa Recke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520482521343,"sku":"9798233554766","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9cdc66cc-e74e-4a42-8a98-1efbc5b01f61.jpg?v=1778742301","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/love-over-50-a-tender-lisa-recke-9798233554766","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}