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Life in Bits: A Lesbian Christmas Romance Kindle Edition

by Harper Bliss (Author), T.B. Markinson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 869 ratings
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Can a Christmas romance mend a life that's broken to pieces?

Eileen Makenna is a Pulitzer Prize winning photographer who has traveled the world for over two decades, chasing the next big story. She returns home for the holidays shattered by a life-altering event and facing the terrifying prospect she'll never be able to work again.

When Eileen meets Naomi Weaver, a small-town girl who dedicates her free time to helping those in need, Eileen is entranced by Naomi's zest for life. Can Eileen overcome her inner demons and troubled family relationships to let Naomi in?

Best-selling lesbian romance authors Harper Bliss & T.B. Markinson have teamed up to bring this touching age-gap love story to life. Grab your copy of the holiday romance that's the talk of the season.


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Life in Bits

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07L9DZN49
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ladylit Publishing (December 10, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 10, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1938 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 270 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 869 ratings

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  1. Harper Bliss

    Harper Bliss

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    Harper Bliss is a best-selling lesbian romance author. Among her most-loved books are the highly dramatic French Kissing and the often thought-provoking Pink Bean series.

    Harper lived in Hong Kong for seven years, travelled the world for a bit, and has now settled in the Belgian countryside with her wife, Caroline, and photogenic cat, Dolly Purrton.

    ***For a limited time you can get TWO of Harper's books (Few Hearts Survive (A Pink Bean Novella) & Summer's End) for free by signing up to her mailing list here: harperbliss.com/freebook/ (Just copy/paste the link in your browser.)***

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    TB Markinson is an American who’s recently returned to the US after a seven-year stint in the UK and Ireland. When she isn’t writing, she’s traveling the world, watching sports on the telly, visiting pubs in New England, or reading. Not necessarily in that order.

    Her novels have hit Amazon bestseller lists for lesbian fiction and lesbian romance.

    She cohosts the Lesbians Who Write Podcast (lesbianswhowrite.com) with Clare Lydon. TB also runs I Heart Lesfic (iheartlesfic.com), a place for authors and fans of lesfic to come together to celebrate lesbian fiction.

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Michael James Wells
5.0 out of 5 stars stubborn love
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2022
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Eileen Callahan is the photographer and that’s traveled the world. She recently had a stroke in the right arm is disabled. She returns home to America from London and they are the story begins. Eileen meets Naomi accidentally when she drops her change and they only helps for pick up.
The plot in the story is a good and really has a great depth of meaning. Naomi is looking for love and Eileen is dealing with family issues especially her mother and there’s trying to overcomes all the feelings that she has from her mother and from her stroke. I found this book to be exceptional and a very good read. There is lots of love and drama and the feelings represent it seems very genuine
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Daisy Teragram
4.0 out of 5 stars Light holiday read (listen) with some depth
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2023
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I liked this book. I only listened to the audiobook. That makes it hard to judge the writing, but it seemed good. I did find it jarring the way each chapter ended abruptly. That made the book not really flow for me. I liked the characters and the plot and tropes. I could feel Eileen's pain and struggles. What exactly happened to Eileen? I especially liked the parts about her recovery. In spite of some of the serious plot aspects, it was a light holiday story. I just wished for more depth overall. The narrator was very good but not exceptional. I will probably read or listen to this book again, but it's not a favorite, although there were some really good bits. I liked the concept of turtles used throughout. I love turtles.
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Judith Rodda
5.0 out of 5 stars A holiday feel good story.
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2023
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This is a nice heartwarming story written by two of the best. Great writing, great characters and great plot from two exceptional authors. An age-gap story with plenty of drama and most importantly plenty of love and healing. You can count on these two authors to give us their best.
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Phyllis Reifer
5.0 out of 5 stars Feel Good Love Story
Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2022
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I really love this story and love the two main characters Naomi and Eileen it is a age gap story where age is only a number and you love who you want to love. You can never go wrong reading a book by either Harper Bliss or T. K. Markinson. I hope they write another book together. I recommend this book it’s so easy to read finished it over night.
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poulie and moolie
3.0 out of 5 stars average
Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2022
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This read was mediocre at best. Couldn't feel the connection between the two main characters and the storyline was not in depth enough to make it believable and it didn't really go anywhere. Enjoyable characters though. Loose strings at the end left me feeling like maybe I wasted my time reading this book. Can recommend it as a light romantic read.
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Christine Rains
4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful age-gap lesbian romance during the holidays
Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2022
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Eileen Makenna is reluctantly returning to her hometown to get some help from her sister after having a stroke. She's avoided her family and the town for decades, and she's determined to push her recovery so she can leave after Christmas to get back to taking photographs around the world. Eileen doesn't expect to meet a younger woman who captivates her like she hasn't been in years. Naomi Weaver never expected to find a connection with the grouchy photographer who volunteered at the children's cancer ward. Can Eileen get over her fears to allow herself to fall for the lovely Naomi or will her stubbornness have her flee the town once again?

This is a wonderful lesbian age-gap romance with all the fun of a gossipy small town and the holiday season. It took a little while for me to warm up to Eileen as she was so grouchy, abrupt, and rude. Yet as her rough exterior wore away, there was a good heart under there. I thought her dealing with having had a stroke and the tough recovery was realistic. It wasn't at all rushed no matter how much Eileen would have liked that. Naomi is sweet and caring with the patience that she needed to get into Eileen's heart.
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Lisa R Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars A worthy Christmas Romance read.
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2018
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Bliss and Markinson do not disappoint! They are both great tale tellers and have spun a great one here. Eileen, a world traveling, Pulitzer winning, newspaper photographer, unexpectedly has a stroke at 49, that results in the limited use of her right arm. After avoiding her home and family for much of 30 years, she decides to come home to recover. At a hospital for a physical therapy appointment, Eileen bumps into a 27 year old altruist social worker, Naomi, who has beautiful eyes and a bright smile. In Naomi, Eileen finds a grounded happy person in contrast to herself, a person who has been running from guilt and certain truths.

The characters are as developed as they need to be to tell the story of two people dealing with age difference, family pressure, work, recovery, and falling in love (in 258 pages). I was rooting for them the whole way.
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Michelle
5.0 out of 5 stars Holiday in Derby
Reviewed in the United States on November 6, 2021
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A fun story by two amazing authors T.B. Markinson and Harper Bliss, holiday style. Its an age gap story of healing. Its not so much about the holiday season as it is about the romance that takes place during that timeframe. There was angst, but remedied well and timely. I look forward to more books by both authors, together or separately.
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Kim T
5.0 out of 5 stars life in bits
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 4, 2024
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Thoroughly good read as I’ve come to expect from both of these authors emotional and gripping living the lives with the characters💕
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Ruthread
5.0 out of 5 stars Erfolgreiches co-writing
Reviewed in Germany on January 14, 2019
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Nicht nur zur Weihnachtszeit lesbar. Alles drin, was eine schöne Liebesgeschichte haben muss. Schade, dass die Autorinnen nicht verraten, wer welche Kapitel oder Szenen geschrieben hat. Tolle Kombi. Gibt es eine Fortsetzung?
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love strikes when you least expect it.
Reviewed in Australia on October 21, 2019
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You cannot choose who you love, it strikes out of the blue and bam your in love. That’s what I love about this story. It’s was so unexpected that these two women got together. I love it. Please read and be surprised
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Carol
3.0 out of 5 stars Hope at Christmas
Reviewed in Australia on December 18, 2018
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This book is a charming story about pursuing positive optimistic futures and finding love at christmas. The characters are well drawn and complex matters are teased out. Good contemporary romance
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karen
5.0 out of 5 stars Bliss and Markinson, what more can I say :)
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 2, 2022
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Regardless of the mixed reviews of this book, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Love both of these authors work and thought this could only be good and was not disappointed. I thought the characters gave a very true portrayal of how real people act, life is not all roses and people always being polite and saying the right thing. It was refreshing to have one of the main characters being grumpy and rude and you could really see why she would react as she did. It was also good to have someone with a disability that was not being used as the main theme of the story but as a by-product of what was going on.
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