Closing Costs: A Steamy Midlife Romance of Secrets, Desire, and Second Chances

By Janie Steele

Ana sells dream homes by day and hides her desires by night-until one dangerously magnetic client threatens to unravel everything. Steamy midlife romance meets romantic suspense in this emotional story of forbidden attraction, hidden desire, and the price of starting over.

Everyone Has a Price. Some Just Hide It Better Behind the Front Door.

Ana is a polished real estate agent with a hidden edge. She's made a name for herself selling homes, moving keys, and keeping quiet. Discretion is her currency and she's fluent in the truths that live behind even the most polished front doors.

But when a dangerously magnetic client steps into her world, everything she thought she had under control begins to unravel.

What begins as a professional connection spirals into something deeper, darker, and far more dangerous. As lines blur and tension rises, Ana's closest friends are facing reckonings of their own-love that no longer fits, guilt that won't let go, and desires they can no longer deny.

And while they navigate desire, guilt, and their second chapters in life - a long-ago tragedy haunts their reinvention.

Set against a backdrop of picture perfect homes, hidden affairs, and whispered truths.

If you love romance with risk, heat, and heart-Closing Costs will keep you turning the pages late into the night.

Closing Costs is a seductive, suspenseful, and emotionally charged novel that explores: Midlife romance and reinventionMature Erotic women's fiction with depth and emotional weightRomantic suspense with complex female leadsFriendship, betrayal, and forbidden attractionThe hidden cost of second chances

Perfect for readers who crave:

Emotionally intense romantic fictionSensual stories that challenge and seduceDrama, tension, and unapologetic female desire

Behind every door is a secret. Behind every perfect life is a cost.

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women's fiction about emotional longing and healing
romantic suspense
second chance romance for mature women
female friendship and hidden desire
forbidden love and emotional tension
character-driven romantic drama

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FLLMB351
• ISBN13: 9798296614971
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"