Keeping the home fires burning . . . . Dorothy Rice Bennett’s sixth lesbian romance novel is a sequel to her last book, LIVES INTERTWINED: Love on Sequim Bay (2020), set in Sequim, Washington, on the beautiful Olympic Peninsula. LONG-DISTANCE LOVING focuses on two of the main characters from the preceding novel, vet tech Brittany Forrest and lawn girl Ginger Robbins, with the additional heroines from the first book, Aggie, Wilma, Lori, and Teddi, appearing in supportive roles. Brittany and Ginger have moved into an old farmhouse with acreage on Washington’s Sequim Prairie after spending nearly a year in a shared residence owned by a Sequim widow, Aggie Hollister. That experience in the big house overlooking Sequim Bay led to a friendship between Brit and Ginger—then a steamy romance and a fledgling relationship. Now Ginger is camping in the outdated Olympic Peninsula farmhouse with her Schnauzer Spice and Brit’s rescue dog Chica, while Brit has gone off to graduate school in veterinary science in Corvallis, Oregon. Having only lived together for a few weeks, both Brit and Ginger are lonely and fear for their relationship when they are so far apart and will seldom see each other during the next four years. Brit and Ginger struggle in their own ways to remain connected, hold onto their loving feelings, and protect their dream for the future. Can they pull it off, or will time and distance tear them apart?