Recs if you like When We Had Forever...

Someone asked for autumnal, southeastern book recs and I realized... I don't have any lol. My favorites always make their way back to the west side so this is a shout out to these under-appreciated romantic power of sunny California, the moody PNW and my beloved Vancouver!

My sister is in town and she's a highly discerning reader aka she won't read just any fluffy romcom. Her favorite romance shows are One Day and Normal People, so I've been searching my brain for women's fic that has a well-developed romance but this almost pessimistic vibe that something bad will happen. Are you catching my drift? Sweeping, gut punching, tortuous. Suggestions wanted!

It doesn't matter which niche of romance I'm reading... Nothing compares to the anguish of star-crossed love, doomed by fate and separated by circumstances... but these do come with the promise of happily eventually after.

Books Larryreads has been sent. Lots of indie and dark romance