THIS: A Simple, Complex Love Story

**BOOKLIFE BUZZ: "...this is a phenomenally diverse love story that explores the early 2000s LGBTQ+ scene with a critical, yet celebratory eye. The challenges that the couple faces are unique and intriguing. Rivers seamlessly weaves time period accurate vernacular into her novel that provides an authentic mood." RAINBOW ROOM PUBLISHING: "I found THIS: A Simple, Complex Love Story to be intelligent in its intricacy, concise and purposeful in its messaging, elegant, expedient, and entertaining. Its short, fast-paced chapters simultaneously provide readers with a pleasurable experience...as they are compelled to keep turning those pages illuminated with lively, relatable dialogue, vividly descriptive and easily imaginable narration, scenes, and settings."** Baltimore's iconic Inner Harbor is known for its historic port, picturesque beauty, and tourist attractions. Can it also be the perfect setting to make a love connection? Jasmine, a pragmatic social worker, struggles to keep her long term relationship intact. T, an art teacher by day and an elusive artist by night, gave up on relationships a long time ago. When the two meet at the Harbor by chance, their unexpected chemistry challenges their ideas about life and expectations for love. But does love have to be complicated? Or is it possible to simply live in the moment and see where the unexpected leads?