The Stare

By Vienna Leary

Sometimes a silence is full of things worth saying.

Kay has a habit of looking at people while she thinks.

Apparently, that's called the Gen Z stare.

At twenty-six, she knows perfectly well that her expression doesn't always tell people what's happening behind it. But explaining herself to every customer who mistakes concentration for indifference is exhausting.

Then Nell walks into the shop looking for blackout curtains.

Nell is a singer, a performer, and someone Kay finds unexpectedly difficult to stop looking at. She's confident enough to ask for what she wants, though not always as certain as she appears.

There are dates, rehearsals, complicated work schedules, misunderstandings, good friends with too many opinions, and the considerable business of discovering how two independent women might share a life.

And there is an orange lamp.

Set in contemporary Brisbane, The Stare is a funny, intimate and affectionate lesbian romance about attraction, communication, friendship and the ordinary work of loving someone.

A complete, standalone novel.

Digital edition: EPUB file. No physical book will be posted.