Tamrin Yang has the fantastic ability to pick the wrong women. Her type is straight, bicurious and unavailable. After her latest debacle she offers to be her asexual friend's beard for the summer before her PhD. What could be better than playing it straight to avoid romance?Allison Rhodes, now a PhD holder, isn't a risk taker. After spending as much time as she could in school to avoid the "real world" she's not sure she's ready to join it. She's still in the closet, but who needs the complications that love brings?When the two women inadvertently bump into each other while swimming, their summer plans are turned upside down. The attraction is undeniable. All they want to do is be close to each other, to get to know each other, and perhaps more. The only problem? Tamrin is Allison's cousin's girlfriend.As summer goes on and truths are revealed, Tamrin and Allison give into their feelings, and temptation. But what seems wonderful at first, only gets more complicated as time goes on. Ghosts and old fears haunt Tamrin and Allison. Will Tamrin and Allison give into fear and doubt or will love win?Please Note: This book contains adult language and steamy adult activities, it is intended for 18+ Adults Only. Novel, approximately 32,000 words in length. HEA (happy ever after ending). Does not end with a "cliffhanger." Themes include: Secret lovers, LGBTQIA, lesbian romance, Asexual, coming out of the closet, happily ever after