REVIEW: Soft Launch by Olivia Carter (Zeta Love Story #1)

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SOFT LAUNCH

Zeta Love Story - Book One

by Olivia Carter

Release Date: June 25, 2025

Review

Remy is in need of some calm and guidance, and Karim is in need of a new purpose.


So joining forces seems like a good proposition. Not always an easy one, but one that could bring a beautiful future.


Karim has learned the hard way about the fickleness of the online world. Those who seem to care only really do so if you are relevant.  It’s time to build a true community and get back his sense of self.


Together, they help each other curate their lives into something meaningful.


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Synopsis

A high-heat, emotionally grounded queer romance about burnout, vulnerability, and falling hard—on camera and off.

Remy:
I wasn’t trying to go viral. I was just doing my job. Glitter, spandex, party chaos. Then suddenly I was internet famous, and everything got louder. Too many eyes. Too much pressure. I couldn’t keep up.

Enter Karim El-Amin. Ex-wellness star. Content whisperer. Calm-in-a-storm kind of guy. He says he can help me build something sustainable. I’m trying to be cool about it. I’m failing.

Karim:

After I burned out, I swore I was done. No more cameras. No more public anything. Just yoga, hot tea, and quiet mornings above a queer café.

Then Remy showed up. Loud. Glittery. Overwhelmed. He asked for help and I said yes. I thought I could stay detached. I thought I could keep it professional.

I was wrong.

Now we’re building something together. A platform. A relationship. A life. If we can stop spiraling long enough to hold onto it.

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Soft Launch is a high-heat, emotionally grounded queer romance about burnout, creator chaos, mutual support, and falling hard—online and off. It features slow burn to explosive heat, soft dom energy, neck kisses as a love language, and a tender third act separation with a guaranteed happily ever after. It’s book one in the Zeta Love and can be read as a standalone.

About Olivia Carter

Olivia Carter writes MM contemporary romance full of heart, heat, and characters who love hard (and ruin each other beautifully).

Her stories are emotionally rich with diverse casts, disability rep, and just enough steam to keep you up way too late. Expect soft grumps, chaotic flirts, and hard-won happily ever afters.

She believes romance should be healing, horny, and never boring.


Where to find them:


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