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Breakfast in bed
First published 1983 · 383 pages
A cozy San Francisco inn becomes the intimate setting for a deliciously angsty battle between fierce loyalty and forbidden passion.
What it feels like
Reading this classic 1980s romance feels like stepping out of a chilly San Francisco fog and into a room crackling with a fire and unbearable tension. The atmosphere is a compelling study in contrasts: the comforting, domestic warmth of an elegant bed-and-breakfast layered over the sharp, agonizing edge of forbidden desire. The narrative moves at a brisk, emotionally charged pace, pulling the reader into a deeply intimate space where every stolen glance and brushed hand feels monumental. The prose is earnest and sensory, capturing the breathless anxiety of wanting the one person you absolutely cannot have. It is a perfect, nostalgic escape for readers who love their cozy settings spiked with high-stakes emotional dilemmas and the delicious agony of a loyalty-testing love triangle.
- Mood
- intimate
- yearning
- cozy
- tense
- Tone
- earnest
- dramatic
- sensual
- angsty
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- forbidden desire · loyalty versus passion · emotional awakening · sanctuary and hospitality
- The writing
- Emotionally direct and sensory-rich, leaning into the breathless, dramatic flair characteristic of classic 1980s romance.
- The arc
- Moves from guarded, cozy independence into a crucible of agonizing temptation, culminating in a dramatic surrender to true love.
- Who it's for
- Fans of vintage contemporary romance who crave the delicious agony of a forbidden love triangle set against a comforting, domestic backdrop.
Content notes
- emotional infidelity
- betrayal of a friend
About the book
Hurt one too many times in the past, Sloan Fairchild isn't interested in love. Instead, she pours all her energy into running her elegant bed-and-breakfast inn. But when her best friend asks her to house her fiancé for a month, Sloan opens the doors of Fairchild House to Carter Madison...and meets a man who turns her world--and her concept of herself--upside down.
Sloan tries to ignore the feelings this handsome man stirs in her...tries to stop herself from dreaming dreams that can never be. Yet when Carter reveals his own desire, Sloan will find herself facing a heart-wrenching decision: to love for the moment, to walk away forever, or to fight to have it all.
Description from Open Library.
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