Take Me Home — Lorelie Brown

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Thanksgiving arrives in one week and one day. Feeling hemmed in by parental expectations? Are they disappointed by your sapphic proclivities? I can help! The only pay I want is the holiday meal!

I didn't know what I was looking for until I saw her Craigslist ad.

I love my family. I'm lucky to have them -- well, most of them. But my aunt? I'm so tired of her giving my mom crap because I happen to be a lesbian. So one pink-haired tattoo artist pretending to be my girlfriend will annoy my Christian fundamentalist aunt right back and make my Thanksgiving perfect.

Only . . . Brooke turns out to be cuter and more complicated than I expected. And before you can say “yorkiepoo,” we kiss . . . and abduct a dog together. I want to keep them both -- but Brooke isn't the kind to be kept. Lucky for me, I'm the kind to chase what I want.

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Word count: 29,100; page count: 110