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It's a date: A friends to lovers romantic novella Kindle Edition

by Claire Highton-Stevenson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 out of 5 stars 210 ratings

Sometimes your best friend is all you want for Christmas


For Sally Braithwaite, a dedicated career woman, dating has never been a priority.

But with Christmas looming, she finds herself wondering if it’s not the perfect time to find love.

With best friend and fellow teacher Gabby Dickson in tow, Sally finds herself navigating the world of gay bars and dating apps.

However, Sally and Gabby seem to be oblivious to the fact they are in love with one another.

Year Eleven students Marie, Sarah, Mo, and Charlie have other ideas and embark on a daring campaign of their own to bring both teachers together.

Will they be able to set their teachers up on a date before Christmas? Or will kismet step in and create its own magic?

Pour a glass of mulled wine, grab a mince pie, and cuddle up with It's a Date, a Christmas romcom to warm those winter nights.

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  3. Publication date
    December 1, 2020
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08N8SSX7Q
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ self-published (December 1, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 1, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 715 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 125 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 out of 5 stars 210 ratings

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Claire Highton-Stevenson

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Claire Highton-Stevenson is a British Indie author. She writes heartwarming, Sapphic romance in contemporary settings. Claire's characters are bold, strong, independent women who love women.

However, she is also known to throw in a mystery or two. Claire likes to move around the tropes at will, and will often bend the rules to create exciting and often unique situations. She's not afraid to tackle darker topics either.

2019 Goldie Winner - The Promise

2019 Rainbow award Winner - The Doll Maker

2020 International Book Award Finalist - Escape and Freedom

2020 International Book award Finalist - The Promise

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Customers find the book readable and enjoyable. They appreciate the romance, with one customer describing it as a very entertaining friends-to-lovers story that weaves a good romantic Christmas comedy.

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"...I enjoyed the read and it won't disappoint anyone who reads it." Read more

"...This book was a lot of fun to read." Read more

"Loved the book! The relationship was very cute and would love to see more of them and hope the author would write more of this story...." Read more

"...It was a great book. I wish there were more interracial lesbian books like this." Read more

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Customers enjoy the romance in the book, with one describing it as a very entertaining friends-to-lovers story and another noting it's a good romantic Christmas comedy.

"...The writing is tight, not too wordy, and weaves a good romantic Christmas comedy. I enjoyed the read and it won't disappoint anyone who reads it." Read more

"This is a very entertaining friends to lovers story. Sally and Gabby are so close they can't see that they're perfect for each other...." Read more

"Loved the book! The relationship was very cute and would love to see more of them and hope the author would write more of this story...." Read more

"...This is a fun story of 2 woman that genuinely love one another. No upsetting drama, no angst just honest love...." Read more

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  • DR
    5.0 out of 5 stars Students play Cupid for their teachers & hit the mark!
    Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2020
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    Claire Highton-Stevenson writes witty dialogue, creates believable characters, and makes me want to visit her part of the world. Gabby and Sal are best friends forever, yin and yang, two peas in a pod, read each other like a good book you have to keep and...have no clue they are in love with each other. The secondary characters, their students, want to see Gabby & Sal have a happy ever after. The writing is tight, not too wordy, and weaves a good romantic Christmas comedy. I enjoyed the read and it won't disappoint anyone who reads it.
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  • G-Rogue
    4.0 out of 5 stars surprised…
    Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2023
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    For this to be a novela, it certainly didn’t leave any holes nor rushed the story of these two friends to lovers tale. This type of trope usually feels me with so much angst. This friends to lovers isn’t the type that met in middle/highschool and then something tore them apart. This one is about two adults that met and became fast friends. They were very close. They worked together, spent time with each others family, and spent most of their free time together as well. They both had relationships at the same time that separated them and both fizzled out within 5 years bringing them right back together.

    This love between them probably could have happened from first meet, but somehow they didn’t go down that route and neither really knew why, but settled into a friendship. A very close one that was highly physical (not sexual) and you start to see that closeness get even closer unbeknownst to them. We first saw it with Sal the first night at the club. Then we saw it with Gabby the second time at the club together. They were each others biggest fan and loved spending time with each other. They shared that space together so well. It seemed only natural.

    I’m glad they will get a HEA. I just wished we could have seen or witnessed their first sexual encounter at least. This was a strictly PG story. No erotica here. Not even once. But I still felt fulfilled though.

    I’ve been best friends with my best Forbes for forty years and there is no one that knows me better than her. She can say the same. We’ve been best-friends since we were 12. I’m bi and she’s totally straight. She would be soulmate for sure, in a heartbeat. We’re the same age and was born 11 days apart in the same month and year.
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  • Lorraine Rusnack
    5.0 out of 5 stars Sometimes love can be too obvious
    Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2020
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    This is a very entertaining friends to lovers story. Sally and Gabby are so close they can't see that they're perfect for each other. The students and Gabby's brother are great supporting characters. Derek finally has to tell both Sally and Gabby that it's time to take a chance. This book was a lot of fun to read.
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  • Brooke Reader
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great loved it. I needed more of the story.
    Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2020
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    Loved the book! The relationship was very cute and would love to see more of them and hope the author would write more of this story. Like I said it loved it but the ending seemed to just stop would love to see more.
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  • SB
    5.0 out of 5 stars Glorious Holiday Cheese
    Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2021
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    Combine the wholesome meddling of high school students, two clueless best friends, and you get this holiday treat. It was a great book. I wish there were more interracial lesbian books like this.
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  • EJ
    5.0 out of 5 stars Claire Highton-Stevenson did it again
    Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2020
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    This author and her stories never disappoint. Gabby & Sally (MC) are very easy to like. The supporting characters have so much input into the MC story you can’t help but love them. This is a fun story of 2 woman that genuinely love one another. No upsetting drama, no angst just honest love. READ at this book and after you finish it read the rest of Claire’s catalogue !
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  • HL
    4.0 out of 5 stars Abrupt end
    Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2020
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    The book is quite nicely written and I enjoyed reading it but the ending was too abrupt. They kissed and decided to give them a chance at a relationship and then.... that’s it. Would be nice to have a little more on the relationship.
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  • Michelle
    5.0 out of 5 stars Christmastime fun
    Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2021
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    Shopping with the best friend, playing wing woman for each other, realizing they are in love with each other, a group of teenagers match making, plus a brother, what can go wrong? Chemistry is strong. Claire Highton-Stevenson pulled off a festive holiday treat in time of the holidays. This is a yearly must read.
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  • Conny B 🇨🇭
    5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful friends to lovers romance
    Reviewed in Germany on December 6, 2020
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    Love isn’t always being swept off your feet. Sometimes it grows over time and sneaks up on you. Those two sentences from the book itself are the perfect description of the story itself. And sometimes you need some little help from the outside to really realise that your person was already around for the whole time. This book is the perfect friends to lover romance that made me smile a lot. I read in one setting and highly recommend it.
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  • Charger
    5.0 out of 5 stars All the festive feels!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 2, 2020
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    All the festive feels!

    Sally is a dedicated career woman who has had very little time for love, but with Christmas looming she starts to wonder if perhaps it is time to find love for herself. Sally’s best friend, and co-teacher Gabby accompanies her as she dives into the crazy world of dating apps, and bars for the first time. Some of their students can’t fathom how their two teachers are completely oblivious to the fact that they are actually attracted to one another, so in an attempt to get them together embark on a little mission of their own.

    This was the sweetest and cutest thing, a little Christmas romance treat that will melt your heart and have you completely falling in love with Sally and Gabby’s story. Although Sally is a confident and strong woman, she wasn’t half unsure of herself when it came to dating, but with the boost from Gabby the two of them made a right pair. Their friendship was amazing and it was so frustrating knowing they were perfect for one another and yet they really were completely oblivious to the fact. It added a little light comedy to the cute fluffiness!

    What really made this story for me though were the kids! Those students that plotted and planned to do something truly amazing and lovely for their clueless teachers! I loved joining them as they planned, it was such fun and really brought the story to lift in a way I haven’t seen before. It was clever, enhanced how cute the story was, and reminded me that teenagers can be little romantics at heart. After all they are discovering their emotions and it was so sweet they also wanted to help their teachers find happiness.

    I loved every moment of this, and it really did get me feeling festive. Christmas is a time for magic, which is exactly what Claire delivers in this story! I adored both Sally and Gabby, but most of the time it was Sally my heart was going out to. She was so hopeless and clueless, and with some of those dates she had to endure, she really did deserve to find happiness.

    I highly recommend this, even as just a novella (I hope there will be more in future from Sally and Gabby!) as it will make you smile, leave you believing in love, and provide some great feels for the festive season.
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  • Vera
    4.0 out of 5 stars nice and easy<br />read
    Reviewed in Germany on December 17, 2020
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    I had low expectations but was positively surprised by this author I hadn't read before. It's an easy reading style, simple plot, but well executed. So, while it is lacking some depth and complexity, it is a good read.
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  • AliMac67
    5.0 out of 5 stars A romantic feel good tale
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 22, 2021
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    I loved this book. Sal and Tabby are looking to find love before Christmas. The journey to finding it, with a little help along the way, is hilarious, sweet and heart warming. The perfect feel good story to lift your spirits in these troubled times.
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  • Chris Flynn
    5.0 out of 5 stars A perfect winter tale of love ❤
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 24, 2020
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    Grab yourself a blanket, a large comfy fire side chair, a hot chocolate and your copy of
    'It's a Date' ❤ now snuggle down and lose yourself in this wonderful winter tale.

    This is the story of best friends Sally and Gabby, both looking to find love before Christmas. What neither of them realise is that
    Sometimes the person meant for us is hidden in direct view.
    This is a feel good, heart warming story of friendship and love.
    It's the story of two friends supporting each other in their search. Little did they know that true love is often closer than either of them could have realised.

    While you're ordering up your copy, make sure to order a couple of extra copies as gifts for friends and family 😉❤
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