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  <title><![CDATA[Best Lesbian Love Stories 2003]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;P&gt;The first annual anthology dedicated to presenting the best, most heartwarming, moving, funny, sexy, engaging and irresistible stories of courtship, passion, breakups, and makeups by the best lesbian writers of the year. To kick things off, this year's collection will include all new writing by Carol Guess (&lt;I&gt;Switch&lt;/I&gt;), Lesl&#233;a Newman (&lt;I&gt;She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not&lt;/I&gt;), Jane Summer (&lt;I&gt;The Silk Road&lt;/I&gt;), Jess Wells (&lt;I&gt;The Price of Passion&lt;/I&gt;), Donna Allegra (&lt;I&gt;Witness to the League of Blond Hip-hop Dancers&lt;/I&gt;), Julia Watts (&lt;I&gt;Wedding Bell Blues&lt;/I&gt;), and Lisa Davis (&lt;I&gt;Under the Mink&lt;/I&gt;). &lt;/P&gt;??&lt;P&gt;&lt;B&gt;Angela Brown&lt;/B&gt; is a writer, editor, and cartoonist living in Los Angeles. She previously edited the book &lt;I&gt;Set in Stone&lt;/I&gt;.&lt;/P&gt;?</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[While I found only one of the stories great and a few good, I enjoyed the cumulative effect of the varied and often wildly different lesbian love experience.  The second half of the book is definitely stronger, but it was an easy and enjoyable read.  ]]></body>
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