{"id":41038,"date":"2026-09-16T11:59:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T11:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/cast-me-gently-by-keren-clark-posey\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T11:59:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T11:59:48","slug":"cast-me-gently-by-keren-clark-posey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/cast-me-gently-by-keren-clark-posey\/","title":{"rendered":"Cast Me Gently by Keren Clark Posey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px;\">\r\n\r\nTeresa Benedetto and Ellie Ryan couldn&#8217;t be more different, at least on the surface. Teresa still lives at home. As much as she loves her boisterous Italian family, she feels trapped by them and their plans for her life. Their love is suffocating her. Ellie has been on her own for years, working hard to save up enough to live her dream of escaping from Pittsburgh to travel the world. 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