Chameleon

A Contemporary Sapphic Novel (The Leamington Bloom Series)

De: Pip Landers-Letts

Narrado por: Marisa Calin

FROM THE WINNER OF THE KINDLE STORYTELLER AWARD 2025. Chameleon is a story about vulnerability, slowburn desire, and the courage it takes to let someone in — one brave step at a time. Dr Catherine Truscote has spent her life ordering other people’s chaos while keeping her own under wraps.

But when a scandal rocks her tightly controlled world, the careful walls she’s built begin to crack — and the betrayal that froze her heart decades ago threatens to resurface. Then a new neighbour moves in upstairs — warm, magnetic, impossible to ignore — and a flirtatious stranger online starts slipping past her defences. Suddenly Catherine’s rigid boundaries no longer serve her, and the life she’s lived in the shadows of others no longer feels like enough.

As desire, loyalty, and long-buried grief collide, Catherine must decide whether to retreat behind her walls… or finally choose herself.

Chameleon is a spin-off story of Pyg. It can be enjoyed as a standalone story, or as part of the series.

©2026 Pip Landers-Letts (P)2026 Pip Landers-Letts

Excellent story and narration!

Marisa Calin took a wonderfully written story and brought it to life in a spectacular fashion! Her voice and performance is perfect for these characters and I enjoyed the personality she brought to them. Give it a listen!

Excellent, entertaining, refreshing. Get this book!

I will start by saying what I think to be the simplest truth about this book - wow, what a great read! This is a follow-up to the first book in the series, Pyg (or a Pygie-back to it, if you will - sorry, couldn't resist). I do think it should be read first (it's also excellent), to have a better idea of the depth of Francesca and Catherine's characters and the situationships involving all of the main characters. But I imagine even if you don't read Pyg first, you'd still find Chameleon to be an excellent book.

I found Catherine to be a fascinating character that I just wanted to root for. I think everyone could relate to some of her experiences:

-if you've ever been a baby gay

-if you've ever been a baby

-if you've ever been gay

-if you've ever pined over someone

-If you've ever let yourself accept mere breadcrumbs from someone knowing it's less than what you need, but you convince yourself it's enough

-If you've ever been involved with someone closeted, in denial, unsure, or unwilling to live authentically

-if you've ever been so deeply impacted by a failed romance you refuse to let anyone else in

-if you've ever been brave enough to open your heart again

-if you've ever shown loyalty and compassion to someone who hasn't earned it

She's just so complex. And remarkably she's not overly bitter from her experiences, which just makes you really want to pull for her even more.

Jules is just a breath of fresh air to this story. Much like Ash was for Alice in Pyg, Jules was the perfect person to come into Catherine's life. Their interactions, chemistry and intimacy were very well written.

Penny is the BFF we all need. Love her. Love that Catherine had her. She was just an awesome side character in this book. Her humor was on point.

This is my opinion of course, but I think Pip Landers-Letts brought some Milena McKay level angst, some Ruby Landers level dialogue/wit and some damn impressive character development to this book. Having said that, this book is definitely uniquely her own style, one that I've come to love after reading her other two published books.

And let’s get to Marisa Calin’s narration. Wow! She did an amazing, award-winning, job with Pyg. And she did not miss here. As an American, maybe I’m just a sucker for the accent, but she could read the periodic table and I’d listen. Excellent work!