The Room Upstairs

She was meant to manage the staff. Not lose her heart to the most guarded woman in the building. After walking away from a picture-perfect life, Lindsay McAllister arrives at Carrington House, a halfway home for women starting over. Her new job should be a fresh chapter—steady, structured, safe. But nothing feels predictable once she meets Mara Vale, a brilliant teacher with a closed door and a past no one will explain. Everyone warns don’t get involved. But Lindsay can’t stop noticing. And Mara? She notices right back. Set in quiet Edinburgh corridors and charged classroom silences, The Room Upstairs is a slow-burn sapphic romance about trauma, trust, and the quiet intensity of two women learning how to stay. For fans of : Slow-burn intimacy and found family Resilience and healing Tender, character-driven romance Trigger Mentions of past trauma and emotional withdrawal. Ultimately a story of hope, persistence, and connection.