THE MEADOWBROOK DUET
a MFFM why choose portal fantasy romance
When home becomes a person, and you lose them, where are you supposed to go?
Since the sudden and tragic death of her husband, painter Alice Raine has asked herself that question a thousand times. The only answer she's come up with is an old blue Victorian house three-thousand miles away, situated in the small, coastal town of Meadowbrook.
But grief is not so easily swayed by changes of scenery, though Alice finds that new friends help some. Like Jessa, the extroverted cafe owner who's got a smirk like sin and forces Alice out of her shell. Or Harley, the local librarian with eyes the color of nostalgia, who has Alice picking up her paintbrush again. Even Ori, the grouchy tailor, who also happens to be Jessa and Harley's housemate, has Alice wondering if the door to her heart will stay closed forever like she once thought.
It's fortunate that Alice is desperate for an other-worldly escape, because once whispered thoughts of more fill her head, Alice is pushed down a rabbit hole of secrets that any sane person would try to run from. But Alice discovers that there comes a point in life where you have to make a choice to let go and fall. Not in a bad way, but hopefully into something good.
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The Boy in the Painting is the first in a MFFM why choose portal fantasy romance duology about a grieving painter, the realm she’s fated to save, and the three shifters who breathe life back into her muse. "Why choose" means that there are three love interests and the main character will end up with all of them by the end of the series. Book one ends on a cliffhanger.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Death of a spouse (off page, accidental, military aviation); exploration of depression, anxiety, and grief; discussion of suicidal thoughts (main character does not consider self-harm); artist block; minor acts of violence in a fantasy setting; drugs and alcohol; mentions of child abuse (to a side character in the past, not on page); discussion of and commentary on complicity within the military-industrial complex; discussions of pregnancy and contraceptives (book contains no pregnancy); sex (including group scenes and minor exploration of kink, including light dominant/submission dynamics and primal).
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Love after loss (grief journey & healing)
Slow burn
Tortured yearning
Freckle appreciation
Childhood best friends to strangers to lovers (she lost her memories of them)
Good girl AND good boy
Fated mates AND rejected mates
Whimsical magic
(light) Primal & Breeding k!nks
“Paint me like one of your french girls”
Funny chapter titles
Summer nostalgia
Boys with slutty glasses and even sluttier cardigans
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Everyone’s spice scale is different. Here are the generic stats of Book One. Book Two will be spicier and feature more group scenes than Book One.
THE BOY IN THE PAINTING: 4 spicy chapters. 2 MF, 1 FF, and 1 MFF.
THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR: 7 spicy chapters. 1 Solo M, 1 FF, 2 MM, 1 MF, 1 MFF, 1 MFM.
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Yes. While this duet is mainly a why choose with Alice at the center, the other characters in the polycule will have relationships together.
Harley and Jessa are together at the start of the story. Harley and Ori will also be together by the end of the story.
Ori and Jessa will not. They will remain best friends/metamours.