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A Different Kind Of Pride: A Slow-Burn Ice-Queen Sapphic Romance (Bound By The Rainbow) Kindle Edition

by Katherine Blakeman (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.4 out of 5 stars 53 ratings
Victoria Berry is known in the Cornish village of Miltree for being cold. As headteacher of the local primary school, she conducts her career with the same iron fist with which she controls the rest of her life. She’s perfectly content how she is: single, stony and intimidating. But what she doesn’t realise is that this can’t last forever.

Anastasia Savchenko is not known in the village of Miltree at all. She’s only been there for a year, having left her nursing career post-burnout in order to take over the village florist. Her head full of the business of flowers, she hasn’t even had time to make friends. And even if she had, the least likely person would be her next-door-neighbour, Scary Miss Berry.

A catastrophic car accident forces Anastasia and Victoria together, and before they know it, their relationship goes from complete strangers to carer and charge. But what they don’t realise is that as Victoria recovers, their relationship may run deeper than either of them bargained for…

Content warning: discussion of car accidents and medical/surgical procedures.

This book is set in the same location as The Summer We've Had and Love You However, running parallel with the latter. However, all three books can be read as standalones. If you'd like to check in with the characters you know and love, here is your chance!

Praise for A DIFFERENT KIND OF PRIDE:

'A beautifully written story of vulnerability and love defrosting the ice queen.' ~ CHLOE KETO, author of CARETAKING LOVE

Praise for KATHERINE BLAKEMAN:

'Katherine Blakeman sensitively portrays the relationship between two strong, endearing characters who love each other dearly, but are tested by everyday life and deteriorating circumstances.' ~ SAPPHIC BOOKS KITCHEN on LOVE YOU HOWEVER

'Katherine is a powerhouse of an author, who isn’t afraid to touch on the subjects most of us run from.' ~ S-JAY HART, author of OH MY STARS, on THE SUMMER WE'VE HAD
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CTHRGJ7F
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 24, 2024
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 608 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 335 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8332783715
  • Page Flip ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Part of series ‏ : ‎ Bound By The Rainbow
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.4 out of 5 stars 53 ratings

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Katherine Blakeman

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Katherine Blakeman is the England-based author of The Summer We've Had, Love You However and A Different Kind Of Pride (all sunny Sapphic romances set in modern-day Cornwall). She loves to tackle difficult topics: depression and Dissociative Identity Disorder in The Summer We've Had, marriage and gender identity in Love You However, and asexuality and spinal fusion surgery in A Different Kind Of Pride. Her books are full of emotions, twists and love - always, always love.

Her Instagram is @katherineblakemanwriter, her Twitter is @kblakemanwriter and she also has a Facebook page. Her website is katherineblakeman-dot-com, where you can subscribe to her monthly mailing list and read her regular blog posts.

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  • Carolyn G. Manuel
    5.0 out of 5 stars Finding Hope
    Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2024
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    Petra is headteacher and has no friends and barely knows her neighbor. Anastasia is her neighbor and owns the flower shop I town. When Petra has a terrible auto accident Anastasia intervenes to take care of her after her spinal fusion surgery. As a former nurse she has the skills and she cares. A slow burn romance and exploration of friendship and love.
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  • Ricci
    5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully Done!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2024
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    Another emotionally intense work by this author. I appreciate the way she describes her characters and their backstories, in a way that I can picture them. I admire the lengths she goes to research the characters to bring them to life with sensitivity. As I was getting to the last chapters, I would take breaks, because I just wasn’t ready for it to end!
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  • Pat Schneider
    5.0 out of 5 stars I love reading well written books about complex women like this one. what this book is.
    Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2024
    The MCs in this book are complex and interesting and are each struggling in different ways. I was cheering for them all the way, though what the end of their journey might look like was never a certainty. In some ways this is book is a "grumpy/sunshine" trope. But "grumpy" isn't quite right since Victoria has many reasons to be upset and sad and withdrawn. She has just been in a car wreck that nearly took her life. And her upbringing was very repressed. And even though Anastasia is a ray of sunshine, that light hides her previous traumas.
    The book was written with alternating Victoria/Anastasia POV sections so we learn more about their inner thoughts and feelings than would be otherwise possible. I thought the author made this structure work well with the story.
    In summary, read this if you enjoy stories about strong, complex women facing challenges and moving forward, then backward and forward again, in a journey toward friendship and intimacy.
    Oh, and there's a lovely easter egg at the end for those who have read previous Blakeman books in this series.
    Thanks to the author for the gifted copy. All opinions are my own.
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  • The old one!
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent writing, wonderful story!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2024
    Not a typical romance but something even more amazing! Victoria is not your typical ice queen but she has a reason to be "difficult". Anastasia has a trying past but she handles hers differently than Victoria. This was an absolute mind consuming book. The two MC's are basically the only characters. There are very few others. It was through great writing that I completely understood both women. V. especially had a hard time even understanding herself. A was a total "carer" and took care of V. with great love and understanding. The story evolves around "friendship" more than anything else. Of course, that "anything else" ends up so magnificent that I would recommend this book to everyone. "Pinky promise" you will love it!!!!
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  • Amy Meier
    5.0 out of 5 stars Watching the melt
    Reviewed in the United States on August 28, 2024
    The beautiful way this story is written and the care with which the characters are developed is flawless. Seeing an ice queen melt is always so satisfying and watching someone who has always felt like the needed to do it on their own open themselves up to need someone is a glorious thing and is done with a master pen stroke in this book.
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