New love, hotter than a supernova.A sweet, part-time zookeeper named Sarah is learning to grow up. Between juggling community college and living by herself for the first time, she spends afternoons apprenticing under her best friend, an asexual lion tamer named Buddy while they take care of a giant, loveable, 400lb lion named Bandit.That is, until she meets Toni, a beautiful and intensely dark young woman... moreNew love, hotter than a supernova.A sweet, part-time zookeeper named Sarah is learning to grow up. Between juggling community college and living by herself for the first time, she spends afternoons apprenticing under her best friend, an asexual lion tamer named Buddy while they take care of a giant, loveable, 400lb lion named Bandit.That is, until she meets Toni, a beautiful and intensely dark young woman. Sarah is whisked into her chaotic world of decadent wealth, raves, underground parties, and mysterious games. Each date pressing into Sarah's introverted limits - plunging Sarah into feelings of both pain and passion that she never dreamed she could experience.This is a journey novel that follows a demisexual girl through her first true romance and all of the confusion that comes with it, including the difficult, negotiating world of consent. Most importantly, Sarah grows stronger and overcomes anxiety without throwing away her core introverted self. She explores her newly discovered sexuality with an ultra-beautiful woman who may or may not know how to love her back. less
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