Practice Girlfriend

by Meghan O'Brien

Seeking a compassionate sexual partner for exposure therapy. Never had sex with another woman? Need some practice? Eager to overcome your fears, limits, or inhibitions? Let's enter a mutually beneficial, short-term arrangement to achieve our sexual goals.

Hope Romero just wants to heal already. Therapy isn't working and her struggle to overcome her deeply traumatic introduction to sex has doomed her last relationship. Hope is desperate enough to try an unconventional--but scientifically-based--solution: exposure therapy.

With forty in the rearview mirror and a recent autism diagnosis offering a new perspective, Gray Chambers regrets not having the time or courage to make love a priority. When she finds an unusual personal ad, she sends off an impulsive reply before she's able to talk herself out of volunteering.

As Hope and Gray embark upon a mutual healing journey, will the "practice girlfriends" prove too good to be true--or too real to deny?

Content warning for sexual assault recovery.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1636794408
• ISBN13: 9781636794402
• Release Date: December 2026
• Publisher: Bold Strokes Books