Hey guys! I know it is very niche, but I have been coping with some things, and I wanted suggestions of books that had the heroine be very traumatized by an event in her past, or has a disease or disability that she lives with, but can momentarily render her down. It can be a mental disease, too, like depression, anxiety or PTSD. I want there to be a partner, mostly female friend but lover fits too, that is very worried about her when she is hurt or having a panic attack or even is attacked. I just love this dinamic. If it's a romance, bonus points if it is lesbian. Plus bonus points if the FMC is afraid of touching. I would like mostly real life, but depending on the book, it could be fantasy. I don't really like werewolf books or anything that has creatures, one exception was Written in Red (The Others) that I absolutely loved
Some of the books that I read that I loved a lot, and would like something close:
Rock Hard by Nalini Singh,
Mending Defects by Lynn Galli,
Blue eyed devil by Lisa Kleipas,
Far from home by Lorelie Brown,
Reason to breathe by Rebecca Donovan (Although the immaturity of the characters nagged a bit at me),
Wounded Souls by RJ Nolan,
Scars by Cheryl Rainfield,
Clean Slate by Andrea Bramhall,
Just Physical by Jae,
Songs Unfinished by Holly Stratimore,
Thanks in advance!
by justthelilBia
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{Daughter of No Worlds by Carissa Broadbent} {phantasma by Kaylie Smith} {road of bones by Demi winters} deals with >!addiction!< {just for the summer by Abby Jimenez}
The Coworker by Frieda McFadden has this kind of dynamic.
The Locked Tomb series by Tamsyn Muir, especially book 2 (but start with book 1, Gideon the Ninth). It’s a fantasy series often described as “lesbian necromancers in space”. The books can be very purposefully confusing, but everything will be explained eventually and I found the journey very worth it. The series is ongoing, only awaiting book 4’s release to be finished.
You might enjoy *Among Others*, by Jo Walton, or *Fangirl*, by Rainbow Rowell.
Sal by Mick Kitson
“Sal planned it for almost a year before they ran. She nicked an Ordinance Survey map from the school library. She bought a compass, a Bear Grylls knife, waterproofs and a first aid kit from Amazon using credit cards she’d robbed. She read the SAS Survival Handbook and watched loads of YouTube videos.
And now Sal knows a lot of stuff. Like how to build a shelter and start a fire. How to estimate distances, snare rabbits and shoot an airgun. And how to protect her sister Peppa. Because Peppa is ten, which is how old Sal was when Robert started on her.”
Told is Sal’s distinctive voice, and filled with the silent, dizzying beauty of rural Scotland, Sal is a disturbing, uplifting story of survival, of the kindness of strangers, and the irrepressible power of sisterly love; a love that can lead us to do extraordinary things.
I adored this book!
The Lily Bard series by Charlaine Harris.