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  1. Public Bookmark 52

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    “Double espresso, Chantilly cream and Armagnac. On the house. I hope you don’t have any allergies.” Carol doesn’t realize her hand is shaking until she sets the coffee onto the table.

    There is one quick beat of silence. She expects a thank you or a nod of appreciation.

    Instead Zosia says, “Just to mediocrity.”

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    Carol Sturka, head chef at one of Toronto’s hottest restaurants gets an abrupt reality check when she gets a surprise visit from local but notable food critic and influencer, Zosia Nowak.

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    15 Aug 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 39

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    ZK: I'm not a victim. And I didn't go through anything. I willingly put myself in a situation that turned out pretty fucked up, that's all.
    KD: I know it's easy to blame yourself, but—
    ZK: I'm not blaming myself. It's just what it is. You reap what you sow, and all that shit.
    KD: [SIGHS] There's no shame in admitting that your experience changed you.
    ZK: It didn't change me. I've always had these… issues. And they're completely unrelated to that part of my life.
    KD: So they didn't start after you were rescued?
    ZK: Fuck, no. I've been this way for as long as I can remember.

    "What," Carol breathes, hunkered down in her chair, shoulders locked in a slouch like she's some sort of lurking cave creature, eyes frantically darting back over the words she's just typed. "What are you talking about."

    KD: Alright. So you've never…
    ZK: Never had an orgasm.
    [SILENCE]
    ZK: For a sex coach you seem awfully uncomfortable with that word.

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    the one where Carol transcribes therapy sessions for a sex coach and becomes infatuated with one of his mysterious clients, ZK. What could possibly go wrong?

    (or, a Big Swiss AU)

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    31 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 88

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    After the death of her wife, nihilistic and closeted romance author Carol Sturka descends into a stupor of drunken depression which is only compounded when her fanbase finds out she’s a lesbian and erupts in outrage and deems her disingenuous. Her publicist has the perfect solution to rebuild Carol's public image and free her from the "romance slop" genre forever, but Carol isn't going to like it.

    She's right. Carol hates it. (Until she doesn't.)

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    18 Jul 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 85

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    “I want you as my graduate advisor.”

    “What?” Carol’s hands fell from her bag. “You – what?”

    Zosia smiled, teeth on display now. “I want you as my advisor next year. Like I said, I have been waiting for this class the entirety of my time here. I don't want anyone else claiming you before I do.”


    So, Carol was fine. She was fine and the fact that she repeated that constantly, a mantra in her head, probably should have raised some red flags, but it didn't.

    She published her books under her pen name, taught at the university, and did not let an unhinged graduate student blow up her life. Just for the fuck of it, it seemed like.

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    25 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 56

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    Cordelia falls in love with Misty when the leaves change.

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    31 Aug 2021