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October 21, 2022
Anniversary book giveaway
This week, I have a big anniversary to celebrate: Ten years ago today, I published my first book with Ylva Publishing!
My very first Ylva book was my paranormal romance novella Manhattan Moon and its German version Vollmond ��ber Manhattan. Both were published on October 21, 2012. A week later, I published my first novel with Ylva, my fake relationship romance Something in the Wine.
While I had previously published five sapphic historical romances, paranormal romances, and romantic suspense novels with L-Book, a US publisher, Something in the Wine was also the first contemporary romance I ever published.
During my ten years with Ylva, I published:
23 sapphic romance novels, including my latest, Just a Touch Away,��1 novella34 short stories23 novels in German3 novels in French1 novel in Italian1 novel in Portuguese5 writers’ guides under my legal nameAnniversary book sale & giveaway
It’s been an incredible decade, so I thought I would celebrate with a special giveaway.
Plus one of my romance novels, Paper Love, which is set in my charming hometown, is on sale for only 99 cents on Amazon right now. If you haven’t yet read Paper Love, make sure you get a copy before October 25, 2022, when the price will go back up.
Win three signed paperbacks and romance trope candles!
I’m also giving away a signed copy of my first novel with Ylva, Something in the Wine, plus signed copies of two of my other sapphic fake relationship romances, The Roommate Arrangement and Just for Show.
To make it even more interesting, I’m adding these really cool romance trope candles that match the tropes in the books:
Something in the Wine comes with the fake dating candle (which smells of sugary drinks & whipped cream).
The Roommate Arrangement comes with the fake dating candle (which smells of sugary drinks & whipped cream) and the grumpy & sunshine candle (which smells of mint and kiwi).
Just for Show comes with the fake dating candle (which smells of sugary drinks & whipped cream) and the only one bed candle (which smells of cantaloupe watermelon sorbet).
Of course, if you would rather win an ebook instead of a signed paperback plus candles, feel free to enter the giveaway anyway!
How to enter the giveaway
Anyone can enter, no matter where you live. To participate, all you have to do is to fill out��this form and let me know which of the book-and-candle packages you���d like to win.
Entries close on Tuesday, October 25, at 10 a.m. Central European Time, when I���ll draw the winners using a random number generator. Winners will be notified via email.
Giveaway of German books
For my German-speaking readers, I’m giving away two signed books plus two book candles too. If you speak German (or know a reader who does), head over to my German website and enter that giveaway too!
Best of luck!
Jae
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October 20, 2022
Character with a different sexual orientation or gender identity (Sapphic Book Bingo #21)
For this week’s Sapphic Book Bingo category, read a sapphic book featuring a main character whose sexual orientation or gender identity differs from your own. For example, if you are cis, pick a book about a trans, intersex, or nonbinary character. If you are a lesbian, pick a book about a bisexual, pansexual, or asexual character, etc.
This week’s post is one of the longest I’ve put together for the Sapphic Book Bingo because I wanted to include recommended reading lists for all of the identities within the LGBTQIA+ community. I hope you find it helpful–not just for the reading challenge, but also to read more diversely and to find a few new favorite books!
Make sure you don’t miss my anniversary giveaway!
Tomorrow (October 21), I’ll be celebrating my 10-year anniversary of publishing my first book with Ylva Publishing. I’ll give away three signed paperbacks (or ebooks–winner’s choice) plus cool romance trope candles that match the tropes in the books. I’ll send out a newsletter once the giveaway has started, so make sure you are subscribed so you won’t miss it!
15 recommended books with a lesbian main character:�� Just for Show by Jae The Delicate Things We Make by Milena McKay Big London Dreams by Clare Lydon No Rings Attached by Rachel Lacey If I Don’t Ask by E.J. Noyes Misfit Christmas by Anne Hagan What the Heart Sees by KC Luck Fool For Love by Rachael Sommers Good Spin by Monica McCallan Maverick by Max Ellendale Winter Calling by Lynn Galli The Last Days of Autumn by Donna K. Ford Thundering Pines by Rita Potter Spin My Heart Around by Abby Crofton Seashells and Sleigh Bells by Jennie Davids
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15 recommended sapphic books with a bisexual main character:�� Paper Love by Jae ��� On sale for 99 cents on Amazon until October 25! For the Long Run by Cheyenne Blue Back to September by Melissa Brayden The Awkward Truth by Lee Winter Honey in the Marrow by Emily Waters Full of Promise by Kate Gavin Dark Horse by A.L. Brooks Stop and Go by Elizabeth Andre The Light of the World by Ellen Simpson Love Detour by Allie McDermid Broken Beyond Repair by Emily Banting Love and Lotus Blossom by Anne Shade Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner In the Event of Love by Courtney Kae Delilah Green Doesn���t Care by Ashley Herring Blake��
15 recommended sapphic books with a pansexual main character:�� Just a Touch Away by Jae Out on Good Behavior by Dahlia Adler Stability by Emily Alter The Loudest Silence by Olivia Janae Stone���s Mistake by Adrian J. Smith Strange Attractors by Ana K. Wrenn The Bodyguard Affair by Anna Stone Final Draft by Riley Redgate In the Ravenous Dark ��by A.M. Strickland Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur Who���d Have Thought by G Benson If I Were a Weapon by Skye Kilaen Swipe Right by Tagan Shepard Love, Nature by Jenn Matthews Not Guilty by Brit Ryder��
15 recommended books with an intersex main character:�� The Queen Has a Cold by Jane Kolven An Ordinary Wonder ��by Buki Papillon Arcadia ��by Emmanuelle Bayamack-Tam, translated by Ruth Diver That Inevitable Victorian Thing by�� E.K. Johnston Annabel by��Kathleen Winter An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon Double Exposure by��Bridget Birdsall Alex as Well by Alyssa Brugman In Between by Jane Hoppen Pantomime by Laura Lam by Trace Kerr Lum by Libby Ware A Proper Young Lady by Lianne Simon Trans Liberty Riot Brigade ��by L.M. Pierce None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio15 recommended sapphic books with an asexual main character or a main character on the asexual spectrum:�� Perfect Rhythm by Jae The Love Project by TB Markinson and Miranda MacLeod Under the Sitka Sky by Violet Morley Unexpected Goals by Kelly FarmerRising from Ash by Jax Meyer Soft on Soft by Mina Waheed The Tell Tale by Clare Ashton Moving On by Sage Donnell An Unfortunate Incident by KT Brodland The Murder Next Door by Sarah Bell The Art of Growing by Jacqueline Ramsden The Sting of Victory by S D Simper Do It for the Glory by Kaya LaSalle Posterity by Jess Newton It���s Always Been You by Elin Annalise
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15 recommended sapphic books with a trans main character:�� Fake It by Lily Seabrooke Blackpoint by Kate Hershberger The Seep ��by Chana Porter Tengoku ��by Rae D. Magdon Cinder Ella ��by S.T. Lynn Being Emily by Rachel Gold Pet ��by Akwaeke Emezi Knowing Her ��by Raquel De Leon Dreadnought ��by April Daniels Nevada ��by Imogen Binnie The Weight of Living by M.A. Hinkle A Safe Girl to Love ��by Casey Plett Grey Dawn by Nyri A. Bakkalian Miss Meteor by Tehlor Kay Mejia & Anna-Marie McLemore Summer Fun by Jeanne Thornton��
15 recommended books with a nonbinary main character:�� The Art of Growing by Jacqueline Ramsden Plain English by Rachel Spangler The One True Me and You by Remi K. England Love and Other Disasters by Anita Kelly In the Silences by Rachel Gold Ignis by KJ The Queen of Cups by Ren Basel Love Bleeds Deep by Rien Gray The Holiday Detour by Jane Kolven The Perks of Loving a Wallflower by Erica Ridley Christmas Inn Maine ��by Chelsea M. Cameron Dithered Hearts ��by Chace Verity She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan Chef���s Kiss by TJ Alexander Simply Connected by Alex WashoeLeave a comment
Leave a comment and let us know what book you���ll be reading for the “character with a different sexual orientation or gender identity than your own” category !
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October 13, 2022
Sapphic book with a character who has their period (Book Unicorn #10)
For this week’s Sapphic Book Bingo category, read a sapphic book that mentions the main character having their period.
Especially in romance novels, menstruation is hardly ever mentioned. No one ever seems to have their period or PMS, so this is definitely a true Book Unicorn category.
15 recommended sapphic books in which the main character has their period
Here are my book recommendations for the ���period��� category:
Paper Love ��by Jae
Susanne Wolff isn���t thrilled when her mother sends her all the way across the country to Freiburg to save her uncle���s stationery store from bankruptcy. Freiburg is too provincial for her taste, and besides, pen and paper are outdated anyway.
Anja Lamm, Paper Love���s only full-time employee, takes an instant dislike to the arrogant, digital-loving snob who���s supposed to be her temporary boss.
But thanks to a meddling cat, a business trip to a stationery fair, and an armada of origami boats, Anja soon starts to see beneath Susanne���s aloof exterior, and Susanne discovers how sexy pens and notebooks can be���at least when Anja handles them.
As the end of Susanne���s three-month stay approaches, will she stick to her plan to leave, or will she open her heart to more than just paper love?
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The Number 94 Project by Cheyenne Blue
When handywoman Jorgie���s uncle leaves her an old house in Melbourne, it���s a dream come true. Sure, 94 Gaylord Street is falling apart, and she has to deal with her uncle Bruce���s eccentric friends thanks to his unusual Will.
But that���s okay. She���ll fire up her power tools and turn the dilapidated terrace house into a desirable inner-city pad. Then she���ll sell up and head home to the country.
Jorgie hasn���t counted on falling for cute neighbour Marta, who���s found her heart-home among the tight queer-community of Gaylord Street. Between mugs of too-strong tea and Jorgie���s lack of a working shower, the two forge a surprising connection.
But what happens when the renovation���s complete? Can Jorgie really just toss aside her tool belt and saunter away?
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Perks of Office by Liz Rain
After high-powered politician Bridget O���Keefe sweeps into the uninspiring life of Australian electorate officer Emma Ives, nothing is the same again.
Hapless, hopeless Emma is smacked with an instant crush on the polished woman who���s her new boss���her hot, untouchable, straight boss. Yes, she knows she���s an idiot because unrequited lust at work is a terrible idea. Even so, she can dream.
One long night changes everything. A political scandal leads to a fall from grace and Emma suddenly finds herself the one Bridget turns to for comfort. There���s a lot for Emma to wrap her mind around, even as her body loves wrapping itself around Bridget���s curves.
Is it just a meaningless night of passion, nothing more? Because there���s absolutely no way ambitious, beautiful Bridget wants anything more from Emma. Is there?
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The Woman in 3B by Eliza Lentzski
The challenge was supposed to be simple. Spill a drink on an airline passenger and be one square closer to winning the company���s secret bingo card game. Twenty-five different challenges, at various levels of difficulty, had to be accomplished within a month���s time. After nearly eight years of being a flight attendant, Alice Kaminski had spilled drinks on plenty of passengers, mostly on accident and during rough air. She didn���t particularly like the idea of the bingo card, but she had massive student debt; the financial incentives were enough to make her momentarily forget the questionable ethics of it all. The challenge was supposed to be simple���that is, until Alice saw her intended target���the beautiful woman seated in 3B. And after that, nothing was simple ever again.
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Bleeding For Eurydice by J. X. Sleator
Wendi Tsang never expected to worry about anything other than trying to survive her classload, her job, and the unwelcome advances of bros and jerks. One night, however, she was pushed too far. A moment of reckless desperation put Dacie in her apartment. The petite, well-proportioned being from another world promised her easy relief from her strife; a way to get revenge on the ones responsible. Should she trust her? Or is she going to lead her down an evil path from which there is no return?
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Stone Memory by Aim��e
Clifton, present time. Kate O���Carroll has just moved to take up a new position at Bristol University. She���s found a lovely house that comes complete with its own library ��� a big bonus for an avid reader. Her new life seems to be starting auspiciously when she slips on the pavement and ends up at the local A&E. Adrienne Sargent, the surgeon on call, immediately feels a connection to her patient, but of course, there���s no reason they should meet again outside the hospital.
Clifton, 1900. Dorcas Fairstead, a parson���s daughter, is starting a teaching career at one of the pioneering colleges for women. Not much older than her students, she is finding her feet, making friends and writing a journal for the first time in her life. At a conference, she and her friends meet Elizabeth Sutcliff, a young doctor working at one of the first women���s hospitals in London.
There must be something in the air, for although none of these women is actively looking for love, life has other ideas. As past and present intersect, are they ready to follow their desires?
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Crash Dance by Elle Armstrong
What happens when the worst day of your life turns into the best? Retired dancer Gabriella De Luca���s day falls apart when her service car badly injures a young woman. Guilt, paired with a curious pull toward the attractive stranger, leads Gabriella to visit her in hospital, where an unexpected friendship begins.
Bailey Williams finds out that when your whole world crashes, a new dance can begin. Seriously injured and needing rehabilitation, Bailey is surprised when Gabriella offers her home for recuperation. As Bailey���s injuries gradually heal, she starts to fall for the compelling Gabriella. As Gabriella���s feelings for Bailey deepen, she has to decide if she can ever trust a younger woman again.
A problem at Gabriella���s dance studio threatens their burgeoning relationship and a new enemy could bring it all crashing down. Will Gabriella and Bailey waltz off into the sunset or quickstep apart?
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No Strings by Gerri Hill
One mistake leads to a year of exile…
Used to the busy playground of Winter Park, police chief Reese Daniels is shipped off to sleepy Lake City, Colorado. She takes the job of sheriff seriously, but makes it clear to one and all: this year is just a blip in her life. When it’s done, she’s gone.
Forest Ranger M. Z. Morgan has lived in Lake City long enough to be considered a local. The pace, the quiet and the many friends make life there well worth the lack of dating material. A girlfriend would still be nice, and the new sheriff is easy on the eyes. It’s entirely natural for Morgan and Reese to be friendly, but Reese’s repeated reminders that she’s not sticking around make it impossible for anything more between them.
That is, until they strike a no strings bargain. Some guaranteed exchange of heat as the long winter sets in seems just what they need to pass the time. So what if it’s the best sex they’ve ever had? It’s still only temporary. They won’t mistake sex for more, even if it only gets better���month after month. After month.
No Strings���it seemed like a good idea at the time.
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The Art of Growing by Jacqueline Ramsden
Sloane Abbott likes her quiet life. She owns a landscaping business, she tends her plants, lives alone, and secretly crushes on her favorite nonbinary garden center employee, Polly. Between anxiety and modesty, Sloane’s never planning on telling Polly she likes them. She’ll just be admiring from afar while she deals with her demanding family and fulfills her sister���s order.
Polly Stanwick loves people. She has the best time working at Blooms, talking to customers, hanging out with the kids, and generally being a ray of sunshine. When they hear their regular, Sloane Abbott, is having a rough day, they naturally sweep in to help.
What neither of them is expecting is for Polly’s colleague to suggest her as a fake date for Sloane’s weekend with her family. For Sloane, it���s the only way to avoid the heteronormative life her parents will push on her, so despite her misgivings, she agrees. It���s only one weekend, right?
Fooling the Abbotts into thinking she and Polly are a couple is easy, but for Sloane, handling her own feelings is harder. Holding hands and sharing a bed doesn���t make things any easier���nor does Polly being there for her in all the ways she ever wished somebody would.
Sometimes the hardest thing to face is our own potential to grow.
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Love, Nature by Jenn Matthews
Being a good mother is all Toni Holland has wished for since Bonnie was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at three years old. But now that Bonnie is fourteen and wants to be more independent, Toni’s having trouble letting go.
Eco-warrior and nurse Stella McDonald has only had flings since she and her ex broke up a decade ago. But their grown-up kids don���t want to go on holiday with their mums anymore and she���s feeling somewhat lost. Good job she has Wild Club, the eco-friendly group she runs once a week, to keep her occupied.
When Toni arrives at Wild Kids with a moody teen in tow and little knowledge about taking care of the planet, she���s the tall, dark stranger Stella didn’t realise she’d been longing for. A mishap with a broken tent brings them physically, as well as emotionally, closer. But Toni is eighteen years Stella’s junior and apparently straight as a die. Should Stella kiss any romance with Toni a firm goodbye? Or is Toni truly attracted to her?
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Miracles by Serena J. Bishop
After three years together, Aurora and Leela have settled into a cozy life. The only complaint is their lack of quality time together. When the opportunity arises for a trip to paradise, they can’t turn it down. A week of romance among Hawaii’s natural wonders is exactly what they need to reconnect. When they return home, their relationship is the strongest and most stress-free it’s ever been.
Then Aurora learns she’s pregnant.
There was no infidelity. There was no assault. There’s no logical explanation for the conception, but the pregnancy is undeniable. And it feels right to Aurora.
Aurora and Leela debate whether a scientific or spiritual reason is the cause, but the mystery takes a backseat as maternal instincts take over. Aurora’s connection ranges from the ordinary to psychic, but her experiences are nothing compared to Leela’s. A new, primal voice from within directs her to do whatever is necessary to protect their child.
Can they keep the cause of the pregnancy and the psychic connection to their child a secret? Can they come to terms with the uniqueness of their child and the circumstances around her conception? And can they accept the grandest miracle of them all?
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Something Between Us by Krystina Rivers
In the waning days of Don���t Ask, Don���t Tell, Quinn Prescott and Kirby Davis met during military training. Despite different backgrounds, services, and plans, they fell hard and fast. However, it wasn���t long before distance and the pressures of serving in silence drove them apart.
Ten years later, Kirby literally runs into Quinn at Chicago Pride. Even in a city of three million, she continues to see Quinn everywhere. She can���t seem to ignore the pounding in her chest that isn���t always the frustration that Quinn broke her heart. Despite her best efforts to convince herself otherwise, there might still be something between them.
Quinn knows she made the biggest mistake of her life when she chose her career over Kirby, and she���s desperate to turn their chance meetings into a second chance for romance.
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Strictly Need to Know by MB Austin
When covert operator Maji Rios returns to her sleepy Long Island refuge after years of being anyone the Army needs her to be, all she wants is a quiet summer. Saving a gorgeous stranger from Russian mobsters on her first night home was not in her plans. Nor was waking up with her the next day, inside the notorious Benedetti family���s estate, already on the clock for her next mission.
One brush with danger can’t scare Rose diStephano away from her last weeks with her favorite cousin, Angelo Benedetti. How hard could tagging along to Maji’s martial arts camp be? Even if it means pretending that Maji is Angelo’s girlfriend, rather than the woman she is falling in love with.
Maji will do whatever she must to complete her mission. Infiltrate enemy territory? Check. Protect civilians from blowback? Check. Keep Rose from getting too close? Ouch.
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Pas de deux by E. J. Noyes
Caitlyn Lloyd has the world at her feet. Or more accurately���under her horse���s hooves. With the 2016 Rio Olympics just around the corner, nothing is going to derail her long-held dream of winning a medal or two in Olympic dressage. Not even the reappearance of a childhood so-not-a-friend throwing her perfectly balanced life into disarray.
Addie Gardner���s career is at its peak, and accepting a last-minute fill-in position as the veterinarian for the US Olympic Dressage Team was a no-brainer. The fact that her old crush from Pony Club is on the team is just a bonus. Not a distraction at all. And it might just offer the chance to be friends with the girl who wouldn���t even give her the time of day twenty years ago.
But Caitlyn and Addie have very different memories of their time together at Pony Club and their first meeting as adults is less like a reconnection and more like a butting of heads. With the Olympics looming, they���ll need to set aside their history and learn to work together. And maybe Caitlyn and Addie will realize childhood memories aren���t always accurate, and that they have more in common than they would ever have thought. Maybe. Just maybe.
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Everything She Needs by Cynthia Dane & Hildred Billings
TARA STAUDENMAIER
College student Tara Staudenmaier will do anything for her family. When medical debt looms, she doesn���t hesitate to do whatever it takes.
Even if it means putting herself ��� and her inexperience in love ��� up on the auction block.
She only asks that nobody discover her biggest secret. The reason she���s gone gray at twenty and now has something to offer a would-be suitor looking for a month-long affair.
ASTRID EVANS
Two years after the death of her husband, Astrid is used to the jokes and jeers from the peerage. Everyone knows she���s a trophy wife who received the inheritance of a lifetime.
But it didn���t come without a price. Traumatized by her former experiences, Astrid now spends her nights subjecting herself to the same events that once changed her life.
That���s how she discovers Tara, a young and na��ve woman who will be chewed up by the same system that stole Astrid���s own youth.
THE ONLY KEY��� IS HYPOCRISY
When Tara arrives at Evans Manor for a month of companionship, Astrid rejects their mutual attraction, if only to sleep better at night.
Soon, she can���t sleep at all.
The electric chemistry between Astrid and Tara is unlike anything to hit the quiet country manor. While Tara explores what it means to fall in love and indulge in her lifelong fantasies, Astrid confronts the nightmares that have turned her into the ice-cold queen of her fortress.
Everything she needs is within grasp ��� yet she denies it.
Until she can���t anymore, and all hell breaks loose.
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Readers: Leave a comment and let us know what book you are reading for the ���sapphic book that mentions a main character having their period��� category!
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September 29, 2022
Sapphic erotica or erotic romance (Sapphic Book Bingo #20)
Since temperatures are turning cooler in the northern hemisphere, let’s read a steamy sapphic book for this week’s Sapphic Book Bingo!
It can be a sapphic erotic romance–where the focus is on the romantic but with several steamy love scenes that are critical to the development of the love story–or sapphic erotica, which focuses on sexual journey of the main character.
For this category, you could read a novel or a shorter steamy story.
15 recommended sapphic erotica or sapphic erotic romances
Here are my book recommendations for sapphic erotica & sapphic erotic romances:
Worth the Wait by Jae
When struggling actress Jill lands her dream TV role, she rushes home to celebrate with her girlfriend, stuntwoman Crash.
A steamy shower leads to sheet-rumpling passion as they try out a new sex toy. Will their intimate celebration turn out to be worth the wait?
���Worth the Wait��� won the Good Sex Awards 2021 in the Best Use of Sex Toys category. It���s a short sequel to Jae���s lesbian romance Just Physical but can be read as a steamy standalone.
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The Club Revisited by A. L. Brooks
Welcome back to The Club. The rules are the same but the players have changed. Mandy still runs her unique nightclub. These days she���s ready to bring love and passion back into her own life, but finding it? Well, maybe the universe has a sense of humour. Lindsey has come out late in life and is looking for a confidence boost, and a club regular is only too happy to help her out. Caitlin would love to test her limits after being shamed by an ex for her desires. Jody thinks no one will want to be intimate with her again after a tragic accident left her body forever changed. Her best friend Kris has other ideas. Joanna and Suzanne have been together for years. They���re still in love but something���s missing. Maybe The Club can help add some zest to the bedroom? Laura has overcome most of her grief from losing her wife, but wonders if she still has it in her to be intimate with someone.
Whatever they need, they can find. Anonymity, sweetness, sexiness, and unexpected opportunities abound at The Club, as Mandy watches over them all.
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Heart���s Surrender by Emma Weimann
Single mom Gillian Jennings is bored with life when she meets knockabout painter Samantha Freedman. Their attraction is immediate and powerful and they jump into a simple, no-strings-attached affair. The absolute last thing they want is a relationship. Right?
But can their sizzling nights of fun lead to something more? Or are the differences between the two women too vast for such a crazy coupling to last?
This rich-girl/poor-girl romance mixes paint-spattered jeans with pant suits and pearls for one wild, satisfying ride.
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Stud Like Her by Fiona Zedde
Chance has been in love only once, but it wasn���t with the girlfriend she stayed with for far too long. The same girlfriend who dropped Chance when she became too inconvenient. Or maybe just boring.
To bury her disappointment, Chance tries to return to the woman she loved back when she was too afraid to be herself. A stud attracted to other studs.
Instead of her old love, though, Chance finds Garett: a new and persistent admirer with the kind of swagger that leaves Chance weak in the knees. Garett is hot and very popular with her half a million followers on social media. She���s also a lot younger than Chance is used to. Not to mention there���s something familiar about her, something dangerous, that Chance can���t quite put her finger on.
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Make the Yuletide Gay by Ivy L. James
Junior editor Grace Taylor is doubling as the temporary assistant to senior editor Nicola Valentine���and harboring a secret crush on her. Grace is devastated when a work conference forces her to miss her big family Christmas. However, she gets a gift she doesn���t expect when a snowstorm strands her and Nicola at a small B&B.
Nicola has no idea how to handle sharing a room with her gorgeous, vibrant assistant. As she learns to share her heart as well, her fear threatens the blossoming relationship. Can she let Grace in, or will Nicola���s past sabotage her chance at happiness?
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Double Six by Brenda Murphy
Elaine MacLeod, the most feared and revered Mistress of Rowan House, is frustrated. Overworked, still hurt and angry over the departure of her long-term lover, she refuses to admit Rowan House needs another Mistress to accommodate their guests. Unconvinced anyone will be able to meet her high standards, Elaine grudgingly agrees to audition the sole applicant, Petra Grendhal.
Robin Broadacre would do anything for the woman who rescued her from certain death at the hands of her previous employers. When she volunteers to assist Petra with her audition, Elaine is forced to reckon with her desire for Robin. Drawn to Petra���s fiery strength and icy demeanor as well Robin���s devotion, Elaine finds herself torn between her passion for both women. When Petra disappears on a trip to Oslo, Elaine and Robin���s search leads them to menaces from Robin���s past and a fight for their lives.
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The Shaded Parlor by Nanisi Barrett D’Arnuk
Mistress JuliAnn Clayton owns one of the most renowned bars and alternative restaurants in the area. But when she allows her staff to talk her into listing herself in the ���Flog-a-Dom��� auction to benefit the LGBTQ Pride Clinic, she’s sure something will go wrong. With an audience watching and the Dungeon Monitor officiating, how bad could it get? And Dr. Shelley is always ready to alleviate any injury, real or imagined.
With a starting bid at five thousand dollars, it will definitely raise money for the Clinic. But when the bidding gets out of hand, will it open all those doors JuliAnn has spent fifteen years trying the lock closed? Will the memories sink her back into those dreaded days that even millions of dollars haven’t erased?
When the mystery bidder turns out to be the Mistress who abandoned her fifteen years earlier; the one JuliAnn swore she’d never go back to, her memories come crashing down. Can she fulfill her promise to help the Clinic, or will the past throw her bar, her restaurant, and her reputation into chaos?
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Dance Until the World Ends by Davina Lee
Lina and Arabel are just a couple of gals on the lower rungs of society’s ladder. Born into a culture with rigid caste system, all they want to do is find the next good party. Never in their wildest dreams would they suspect the survival of their island colony might rest on their shoulders. But things come to a head when the ever seething rebellion pushes the two women into the spotlight and into danger’s path.
With their own colony no longer safe, these best friends find themselves on the run, fleeing with only the clothes on their backs. Their journey into the unknown leads them to discover strange new lands, never before visited, some with even stranger inhabitants than their own. Will these newfound acquaintances prove to be friend or foe, or simply another temptation from the path?
Follow Lina and Arabel on a hero’s adventure of epic proportions at the far distant edge of humanity’s future. Sailing over the clouds, risking everything to do what is right for their people and their colony.
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Bleeding For Eurydice by J. X. Sleator
Wendi Tsang never expected to worry about anything other than trying to survive her classload, her job, and the unwelcome advances of bros and jerks. One night, however, she was pushed too far. A moment of reckless desperation put Dacie in her apartment. The petite, well-proportioned being from another world promised her easy relief from her strife; a way to get revenge on the ones responsible. Should she trust her? Or is she going to lead her down an evil path from which there is no return?
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The Taste of Her by Jess Lea
In the first of this two-part tantalizing collection of erotic lesbian short stories, strong women let their masks slip and explore thoughts they never dared imagine.
Discover the stern lingerie boutique boss���s secret when her ambitious salesgirl takes a peek where she shouldn���t.
Receive a naughty literary festival lesson and enjoy the hottest cold war between rival movie make-up artists.
Slide back to a decadent 1930s cabaret bar, where the jaded star watches her back-up dancer rise to fame at a dangerous time.
Experience the sensual, unexpected spark between two Medieval nuns.
The Taste of Her is for everyone who has ever dreamed of giving orders or disobeying them. And everyone else who loves to watch.
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Forever Theirs by Anna Stone
A billionaire executive. Her glamorous fashion designer girlfriend. Together, they���re determined to make one unassuming woman theirs.
For florist Chloe Campbell, life isn���t all sunshine and roses. Deep in debt and haunted by a past she���s desperate to leave behind, she can barely keep her little flower shop running. So when Mistress Media executive Gabrielle Hall strolls into Chloe���s shop and hires her for her company���s event, Chloe jumps at the opportunity. She���s irrevocably drawn to the tantalizingly beautiful woman.
And when she comes face to face with Dana Obi, Gabrielle���s girlfriend, Chloe is drawn to her too. A world-renowned fashion designer, Dana is just as beautiful, just as elegant, and just as enticing as Gabrielle.
Both women possess one characteristic that makes Chloe weak���they like to take control. They want Chloe. And they���ll do whatever it takes to get her.
Swept into a whirlwind of romance and sensual delights beyond her wildest fantasies, Chloe is unable to resist falling for her two Mistresses. As their relationship deepens, all three women begin to wonder if the love they���ve been searching for is within their grasp, but secrets and past shadows stand in the way. Can Dana and Gabrielle do what it takes to make Chloe theirs for good?
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Magnetic Reverie by Nico J. Genes
Lana lives a perfect life in Washington D.C. with her husband, Greg. Right in the middle of a peaceful and simple life, she awakens from a dream that reveals to her a new reality that questions the very essence of who she is.
Enter Claire, a beautiful young woman with who Lana is supposedly in a relationship.
Meandering between Slovenia while sleeping and the USA while awake, this love story makes Lana evolve and grow.
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Prewrath and Rapture by TJ Dallas
Four years ago, Harry���s first act of Humility sent her hurtling to the deepest recesses of the dream world. When Death gives her the chance to save her family, her second act will prove infinitely worse.
When Persephone arrives at the Cardinal, it���s time for Harry to keep her end of the deal. But it isn���t Pride, or even Humility, that Persephone wants; it���s Wrath.
Emilia must join ranks with four forces of evil that long predate the Seven Deadly Sins; Death, Pestilence, War, and Famine. Emilia���s ruthless volcano has lain dormant for centuries, but a hidden agenda and a betrayal could tip her over the edge, causing an eruption felt throughout the very fabric of time and space.
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Princess of Thermopylae by Belinda Harrison
Greece, 510BC
Skylar has spent the past six winters travelling throughout Attica and the Peloponnese assisting those who requested aid, her father her only companion.
Princess Alexis of Trachis has spent the past five winters with the fearsome tribe of Molossians in Epirus, honouring the alliance her betrothal formed.
Two women with nothing in common. But when Skylar saves Alexis��� life, an invisible bond is formed, igniting an undeniable attraction. Alexis��� intended husband may be fierce, but so is Skylar, and both are used to getting what they want.
In the fight for the princess, there can only be one winner. Can Skylar have Alexis or will old alliances win out?
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Something or Everything by Lily St. Michael
Maddie Francisco is a young, hardworking single mother from a close-knit Catholic family who���s been in the closet for so long that she���s simply become celibate. One night while picking up an extra bartending shift, she finds herself unable to resist the allure of a charming, older, and apparently straight, female customer. Breaking her one hard and fast rule, she allows herself to succumb to temptation.
Julia Sinclair is a successful, independent, real estate broker. She is also a twice-divorced, single mother who has given up on love and is concentrating on her business and her health. After an out-of-town conference, she sits at a hotel bar and meets Maddie, the young, attractive, and personable bartender. For the first time in her life, she finds herself inexplicably attracted to a woman, but she is more interested than bothered by this surprising development.
In spite of the differences in their ages, their locations, and their sexual pasts, Julia wants nothing more than to see Maddie again. Maddie���s fear, however, will not allow her to contemplate repeating this encounter, and she walks away.
Will Maddie be able to overcome the fear of being herself? Will Julia be able to forgive Maddie for walking away?
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September 22, 2022
Being a writer when you have aphantasia
If you have read my newest novel, Just a Touch Away, you know that Hannah, the professional cuddler, has aphantasia, and so have I.
Like most people, you’ve probably never heard of aphantasia before reading Just a Touch Away. Aphantasia is the inability to voluntarily form mental images.
Up until a few years ago, I had never heard of it either, even though I’ve had it all my life! We all tend to assume that other people think and experience the world the same way we do. I assumed the same, so it came as a surprise when I discovered that other people can visualize things in their mind’s eye���they really do “see” sheep jumping over a fence when they are counting sheep, and apparently, picturing people naked to help with public speaking isn’t just a joke! Who knew?
As I found out, human minds are actually very diverse.
Like many other traits, the ability to visualize exists on a spectrum. If you’d like to find out where you fall on that spectrum, you can take the VVIQ (Vividness of Visual Imagery Questionnaire). Most people can visualize to a certain extent. Some have crystal clear mental images, while others have images that are a bit blurry. A few people even have such vivid mental images that it’s hard for them to tell what is real and what is only in their imagination (which is called hyperphantasia)! On the other end of the spectrum are aphantasic people like me and Hannah from my recently published novel Just a Touch Away. They make up about 2-3% of the population.
If you tell me to imagine a beach, an apple, or my mother’s face, I’m not able to do it, no matter how hard I try. I know what an apple is; I can describe a beach; and I know what my mother looks like, but I can’t see any of it in my mind. Here’s how Hannah describes it to Winter in Just a Touch Away:
���So when you close your eyes and try to imagine something���let���s say my face���there���s no image? Not even a blurry one?��� Winter asked.�����You have no idea what I look like?���
Hannah closed her eyes as if going along with Winter���s experiment. ���No image at all. But I know exactly what you look like���short, silver hair; blue eyes; striking cheekbones.���
It was interesting to hear Hannah describe her. So she thought her cheekbones were striking? Not that it mattered, of course.
Hannah opened her eyes, and their gazes met. ���It���s like a list of facts, without an associated image. Same for your voice. I know it���s deeper than mine and a little husky, but I can���t hear it in my mind.���
If you know one aphantasic person, you know one aphantasic person
Not every person with aphantasia is the same, of course. The only thing they all have in common is the inability to voluntarily form mental images. Notice that I said voluntarily. About half of people with aphantasia dream in images (I sometimes do, but for the most part, I just know where I am and who is there instead of seeing places and people); the other half doesn’t dream visually, and some even say they don’t dream at all.
For some aphantasic people, only visual imagery is affected, while for others (including Hannah and me), it extends to all sensory modalities���they can’t conjure up sound, taste, smell, or touch in their minds either.
Each of these modalities exists on a spectrum too. As far as I can tell, most people have better visual and auditory imagery skills, while imagining smells or taste is less vivid, but there are people who can mentally add ingredients to a dish and “taste” it in their minds!
Aphantasia is not a disability, but it comes with some interesting challenges
Aphantasia is not a disability; it’s just an unusual variation of the human experience. It falls under the neurodiversity umbrella. Interestingly, recent studies show a link between aphantasia and other forms of neurodiversity such as autism and ADHD. People with aphantasia are more likely to be on the autism spectrum or to have ADHD, but, of course, that doesn’t mean that every aphantasic person is autistic or has ADHD or that every person with ADHD or every autistic person has aphantasia.
While aphantasia is not a disorder or disability, there are disadvantages that come with it, just like with every other way your brain works. Not having mental images affects how you learn and how your memory works.
Since there’s so much variety among aphantasic people, it’s not the same for everyone, but here are the challenges that are common among aphantasic people:
Poor autobiographic memory: Studies have shown that people with aphantasia are more likely to have poor autobiographic memory. According to a study by Zeman (2020), one-third of aphantasic people suffer from Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory (SDAM), a lifelong inability to vividly recollect or re-experience personal past events from a first-person perspective. Even for those who don’t have poor autobiographic memory, it�� seems to work differently. For people who don’t have aphantasia, recalling events from their past is like watching a video, complete with sounds and emotions. They relive the event, which consolidates the memory. Aphantasic people can’t relive past events; their memory of the past is often more matter-of-fact. If your memory were a book, it’s like having access to only the table of contents but not to the entire content.Trouble recognizing faces: About one-third of aphantasic people have trouble recognizing faces since they have no mental image to compare a person’s face to. Studies even show an overlap between aphantasia and prosopagnosia (face blindness).Bad sense of orientation: Since aphantasic people have no inner map and no mental images of landmarks, some of them have a bad sense of orientation. However, I know a couple of aphantasic people who are fairly good at navigation, and I think it’s because their minds have found other strategies that help them navigate that don’t rely on having a mental map.Benefits of having aphantasia
There haven’t been any studies on the advantages of having aphantasia, but there’s one thing I have heard mentioned by so many aphantasic people that I think there’s a connection: The main advantage of having aphantasia seems to be that aphantasic people tend to live in the moment instead of being stuck in the past or daydreaming about the future. We can let go of things more easily because we don’t continue to replay unpleasant moments from the past.
Aphantasia and reading
I’ve discussed what the reading experience is like for people who don’t have aphantasia with the readers in my Facebook group, and what they described sounded like magic to me:
Many experience reading like having a movie playing in their minds. Some readers cast celebrities in the roles of the characters, while others have a clear image of the setting and the characters’ actions but only a blurry image for the characters’ faces.
Some people “hear” a voice in their minds when they read. For many, it’s their own inner voice. Some hear the voices of celebrities they casted as the characters. Some readers told me that if they have listened to the audiobook or have heard the author in an interview, they hear the narrator’s or the author’s voice reading the story to them. There are even readers who have such a strong association between a certain narrator and a certain author that they hear any book of the author as if it were narrated by that narrator, even if the audiobook hasn’t been released yet!
The vast majority of readers in my Facebook group reported being able to see and hear the characters and the setting. Most can also “taste” dishes that are described in a book, especially if it’s a dish they’ve had in the past. About half of the readers in my Facebook group can also “smell” any scents that are described in the book.
Here’s how one reader described her experience of reading my novel Backwards to Oregon:�����I hear the creak of the wagons, smell the dust of the trail or beans and bacon cooking over the fire, the wood smoke, or hear a harmonica playing.���
For readers with aphantasia, that inner movie doesn’t happen when they read, and if auditory, gustatory, and olfactory imagery are affected too, they also don’t hear the characters or an inner narrator, and they don’t taste or smell any of the things that are described in the book. That might be the reason why many aphantasic people struggle with reading fiction and prefer nonfiction. Even if they enjoy reading novels, many aphantasic readers skip or skim long descriptive passages.
Personally, I have always been an avid reader and can easily lose myself in the pages of a good novel, even though I don’t get that 3D experience. I read for the characters and their emotions, which is probably why romance is my favorite genre. That’s why I enjoy novels more than movies: I care more about what’s going on in the characters’ heads than about what’s happening on the outside. Movies can’t give us that insight.
Aphantasia and writing
Studies show that aphantasic people are often drawn to jobs in science, mathematics, or technology and are less likely to work in creative jobs, but there are plenty of aphantasic artists and writers. A lack of mental imagery is not the same as a lack of imagination! I’ve been a writer for 30+ years and have published 23 novels, so I can say with confidence that good visualization skills are not a prerequisite for being a writer.
For writers who don’t have aphantasia, the writing process seems to be a lot like the reading process I’ve described above for readers without aphantasia. Many authors use their visualization skills when writing their stories; they “see” the plot unfold like a movie in their minds. Other authors “hear” their characters talk.
Writers with aphantasia can be just as creative as any other writer, but they will have a different writing process, especially if their aphantasia affects all mental senses.
You’ll find interviews with all the aphantasic writers of sapphic books I could find below, including a description of how having aphantasia influences their writing.
Sapphic books about aphantasic characters
People with aphantasia are still very underrepresented in fiction. I only know of two sapphic books (or any books in general) featuring a character with aphantasia:
Just a Touch Away by Jae
Write for Her by Kim Hartfield
A free short story sequel to Just a Touch Away
Hannah, my aphantasic character, and her love interest, Winter, didn’t want to say goodbye, so I wrote a short story sequel. If you’d like to read it, you can download “A Great Catch” as a free ebook!
Sapphic fiction authors who have aphantasia
Click on each author’s name to read an interview with them:
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Where do you fall on the spectrum between aphantasia and hyperphantasia? Do you picture characters and setting while you are reading? Please let me know in the comments!
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September 15, 2022
Sapphic books with a meet-cute (Sapphic Book Bingo #19)
For this week’s Sapphic Book Bingo category, read a sapphic book with a meet-cute. A “meet-cute” is a first meeting between the two main characters that is cute, hilarious, or unusual in some way. Often, it���s a misunderstanding or an awkward situation, e.g., one character spills coffee on the other.
An entire anthology full of “meet-cutes”
Before you scroll down to check out my book recommendations, how about reading an entire anthology full of meet-cute scenes?
45 of the most popular authors of sapphic fiction have each picked a favorite meet-cute scene from one of their books for you, and I have put together an anthology that you can download for free. It’s a great way to find a new favorite book or author.
Download the free Meet-Cute anthology here
15 recommended sapphic books with a meet-cute
Here are my book recommendations for sapphic books with a “meet-cute”:
Wrong Number, Right Woman by Jae
A single text message can change everything!
Flirting has never been Denny���s strong suit, but so what if she���s too shy to ask women out? She���s content with her simple life, working as a cashier and helping her sister raise her niece.
But then she gets a wrong-number text message from a stranger named Eliza, asking her of all people for dating advice!
Eliza is Denny���s total opposite: witty, outgoing���and straight. Despite their differences, the accidental text sparks an unlikely friendship. Soon, Eliza���self-proclaimed queen of disastrous first dates���would rather banter back and forth with Denny than to keep trying her luck at online dating.
When they meet in person, there���s an instant connection. But what Eliza is feeling can���t be attraction, right? It doesn���t mean a thing that she���s starting to wish the guys she dates would be more like Denny. Or does it?
Can the wrong number lead to the right woman after all?
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London Holiday by Miranda MacLeod
When a struggling journalist meets a runaway princess, will it be the story of the century or the love of a lifetime?
Jordan is an American journalist living in London, but when her newspaper is sold to an infamous tabloid king, she has one week to produce a tell-all story of the century or she���s out of a job, and out of the country. Then a runaway princess nearly falls into her lap. It seems like the answer to her prayers, but how can she write an expos�� on a woman she���s falling in love with?
Abby was a typical California girl, until a twist of fate turned her into Princess Abigail, the heir to the throne of her father���s kingdom. When presented with an opportunity to escape her royal duties for a night out on the town while on an official state visit to London, she seizes the chance. But when she���s rescued by the woman of her dreams, she begins to doubt that she can ever return to royal life again.
As they have a madcap adventure exploring London together, both Jordan and Abby suspect they may have found their perfect match, but if the secrets they are hiding are exposed, will their relationship survive?
London Holiday is a modern-day fairytale inspired by the classic film Roman Holiday, with a lesbian twist. It is the fifth book in the Americans Abroad series of standalone romantic comedies.
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Plain English by Rachel Spangler
When Claire Bailey left London to open her own art gallery in the tiny village of Amberwick, she���d hoped the slower pace and lower cost of living might allow her to focus on her own painting, away from all the drama and distractions that had plagued her in the city.�� She���d fully intended to make an honest go at simple living right up until the moment a shockingly attractive aristocrat rocketed off the road and knocked her world off its axis.
Pip has learned to play the part of a ne���er-do-well upper elite: charismatic, enigmatic, and a little bit erratic. Luckily, women tend to like those characteristics. After leading such a charmed existence, where even motorcycles wrecks come with the added bonus of meeting beautiful women, Pip finds Claire���s complete lack of interest in money or status sparks both attraction and curiosity.
Surrendering to both boredom and sheer chemistry, the two agree to an unconventional, no-strings, romantic adventure designed to provide them both a bit of freedom and entertainment. However, once released from the pressure to project perfect images of themselves, the walls they depended on for protection threaten to crumble. Worlds blend and identities blur as their whirlwind romance quickly becomes more than they bargained for. Will their almost elemental attraction be enough to overcome the complexities rushing in from all sides?�� Or will the pressure they���ve both sought to escape force them to forge a new path neither of them had dared to dream of?
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Timing Is Everything by Alison R. Solomon
A hit-and-run.
A terrified suspect.
A woman caught between her friend and her lover
Wynn Larimer (who readers met in Along Came the Rain) is putting out the trash late one night when a car smashes into her, injuring her so badly that her entire livelihood is put in jeopardy. The accused perpetrator is Gabriella Luna. The timing couldn���t be worse���Gabriella is about to become a permanent resident but is now terrified of being deported. Caught in the middle of it all is Kat Ayalon, who is Wynn���s best friend but in love with Gordy. How can Kat support both women, if helping one means selling out the other?
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Watching Cars Go By by Elke Lakey & D.J. Fronimos
Silke, an easy-going German who prefers dodging problems to facing them, follows her job to the US when her bossy, longtime partner Alex refuses to start a family. Once in Texas, the cute blonde, who fixes medical analyzers for a living, is hit on by coworker Ana, a voluptuous and sexy Latina, who falls head over heels for her.
Ana, formerly content with casual hook-ups, recognizes a good thing when she sees it and will do whatever it takes to win Silke. Still in love with Alex despite her shortcomings, Silke strings Ana along while at the same time getting increasingly chummy with her landlady, Lauren. The frumpy nurse is middle-aged and motherly, and best of all hetero, which makes her safe for Silke to hang out with. Or so she thinks.
A kiss initiated by Lauren changes everything and they eventually become lovers. But Lauren has always struggled with putting herself first, and when her husband and daughter return home for the holidays, she resumes her wife-and-mother persona. Ana, on the other hand, is not only free, she is ready to start a family now and doggedly continues to pursue Silke. Of course there���s also still Alex, sophisticated as ever and used to getting what she wants, which is to keep Silke.
Deceiving everybody and most of all herself, Silke procrastinates until being playful doesn���t cut it any longer. Can she take a stand and save the relationship with the one person who truly matters?
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Changing the Script by Lee Winter
LA-based English indie filmmaker Alex Levitin reluctantly takes a job in New Zealand to save the ���worst movie ever���, Shezan: Mistress of the Forest. Things might go easier for her if she didn���t almost run over the standoffish, beautiful local cop on her first day in town. And it���d really help if her film set wasn���t being mysteriously sabotaged.
When Ika Whenu���s Senior Constable Sam Keegan isn���t trying to stamp out a motorcycle gang drug problem afflicting her town, she���s publicly slamming everything about the exploitative film, Shezan, and the Hollywood blow-ins making it. That includes its nerdy, cute director, Alex, who has woeful driving skills to go with her smart mouth.
Against the stunning scenery and chaotic film-set backdrop, attraction flares between the two warring women as they���re forced to work together to find the set saboteur.
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A Fae Tale by Genevieve McCluer
When Dovana was a child in Lithuania, Roze saved her life. Roze is a Laume, a type of Lithuanian fae. The two became fast friends, staying in touch by leaving a letter and a present for the other every year.
Now, Dovana is in college in Toronto, and while those letters still mean the world to her, she wants to see Roze again. She investigates everything she can think of to learn more about the fae and stumbles upon a hidden society of fiends.
Meanwhile, Roze has been focusing on her duties of saving children in danger, while trying to prevent the fate that she knows Dovana is destined for, but nothing she does seems to change it. When she has to come to Toronto to save Dovana from her own investigation, she finds that she can���t avoid destiny���or love any longer.
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Matzo Match by Roz Alexander
Samantha is still healing from heartbreak, but her best friend has decided she’s taken long enough. With Passover just around the corner, will a surprise blind date, three celebrations in eight days, and approximately 100 glasses of wine be enough to finally move on? After one taste of the hard-bodied, immaculately dressed Jordan, it just might be time. Too bad Jordan has her own baggage to work through. Matzo Match is a fast-paced, steamy lesbian love story.
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So Well As You by Lynn Galli
Running a horse ranch is all Nora Cleary needs to be happy. She���s spent her life working on her family���s ranch and competing to showcase their training program. When the opportunity to start a new ranching operation abroad comes up, she jumps at the offer. Scotland will be her chance at happiness after suffering some disappointments at home.
Once, Damisi Dalziel reached for happiness only to have it slip away. Today, she���s content with her work as a professor and her wonderful circle of friends. Everything is just right in her life, until a certain American cowgirl saunters through the door of her home with an outrageous declaration.
Will their forced cohabitation lead to a constant battle of wills, or will it prove that differences can sometimes lead to fiery connections?
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From Fan to Forever ��by Tiana Warner
An age-gap lesbian celebrity romance about how much you���d risk to have your dream.
Talented A-lister Cate Whitney is the gorgeous middle-aged movie star almost every lesbian has a crush on.
Rachel Janssen, an introverted medical physics student, is no exception. So when her celebrity crush starts filming near her Vancouver apartment, she can���t believe her luck.
A chance encounter with Cate leads to a little swooning, small-talk, and a shock offer to help the star as a science consultant on her Marie Curie film. And, wait, could Cate actually be flirting with Rachel?
However, as the chemistry sizzles between them, Rachel struggles with the harsh reality of being linked to a famous actress. Paparazzi keep dragging her into the spotlight when all she wants is to be taken seriously in her medical career.
Is falling for a superstar too much to handle? Even if sexy Cate Whitney is the one everyone wants? Even if she���s everything Rachel needs?
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Sweet Sweet Revenge by Lyn Denison
Clancy Deveril never allowed her life to get messy. She simply moved on. It was what she did and it always worked. So why wasn’t she doing that now? Perhaps because this time it wasn’t just about her. It involved her much younger sister, and Clancy knew where to lay the blame. The entitled Hunter family. Specifically Abigail Hunter.
So with revenge in mind, Clancy drew closer to Abigail Hunter’s flame, but too late she realised she could get badly burned.
Abby Hunter had her life in order. She had a high-profile job, and she was happily single. Quite frankly, romance was not on her agenda. So how could a chance meeting jolt her well-balanced life off its comfortable centre?
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The Mountain Whispers by Ali Spooner
Arriving home and discovering the betrayal by her best friend and lover, Eli Fortner leaves to run off her anger and hurt. A chance stop at a convenience store and the purchase of lottery tickets sends Eli���s life into a whirlwind of change.
Able to now pursue her dreams, Eli heads off to see what else fate has in store for her.
Whit Brewer, Eli���s neighbor, is everything Eli never knew she needed and wanted. But can she let go of the betrayal long enough to let Whit in?
Thirteen black cats, a baby goat, and Cruz, her furry best friend, join Eli on her adventure, new life, and the possibility of real love.
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Skin Cognito by MB Austin
Dating when you can���t tell a soul that you���re a covert operator for the US Army? Not the first challenge Maji Rios expected upon being accepted as one of Delta���s first women. A weekend in Durham, a hundred miles from Fort Bragg, should have been an easy way to try out her new full-time persona of Sergeant Ariela Rios, Ri for short.
Bonus: a hookup with tattoo artist and gamer geek Jonni. Too bad she���s the Colonel���s estranged daughter, no fan of Delta or its secrets. Maji can only play Ri with her for so long before one of them gets hurt. And a tense Thanksgiving with the family on base puts everyone���s secrets on the table.
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Chef���s Kiss by Stephanie Shea
Valentina Rosas has always known what she wants. Mostly. Sort of. At least, she does now. And what she wants is the coveted staging role at Gia, San Francisco. With four years at the top of her class in culinary school and enough tenacity to fuel the entire Mission, no one doubts she is about to land the job of her dreams���including the three-person cheer squad made up of her best friend and adorably overbearing parents.
Renowned chef Jenn Coleman is not a people person. Her rise to the top of the culinary industry stems from a cultivated blend of top-tier schooling���from her nonna���and bouts of carefully managed misanthropy. Owning and operating two Michelin starred restaurants doesn���t leave time for much else anyway. Just ask her ex.
When the new stage at her restaurant trips into her with all the grace of a baby giraffe, it���s a sure recipe for disaster. But for all of Jenn���s reserve, Valentina has twice the allure, and the chemistry between them is just��� chef���s kiss.
If only Jenn wasn���t Valentina���s boss with nearly ten years between them.
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Just My Type by Lucy Bexley and Bryce Oakley
Since dying over 2,000 years ago, killing people is the closest Ero comes to feeling alive. She���s been lying low since arriving in Sorrow, Massachusetts. Until she breaks into a hematology lab at the local university one night after her fresh dinner is interrupted.
Dr. Annie Golden has been hitting dead end after dead end in her research on a rare blood disease. Everything changes when she accidentally attacks a stunning woman she finds lurking near her blood samples.
Annie can���t put her finger on what���s so enrapturing about this beautiful, dark-haired woman. And Ero can���t figure out why Annie is appealing to more than just her appetite.
When Ero���s true self is revealed, will Annie���s fear win out over her attraction?
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Sapphic books with a meet-cute
For this week’s Sapphic Book Bingo category, read a sapphic book with a meet-cute. A “meet-cute” is a first meeting between the two main characters that is cute, hilarious, or unusual in some way. Often, it���s a misunderstanding or an awkward situation, e.g., one character spills coffee on the other.
An entire anthology full of “meet-cutes”
Before you scroll down to check out my book recommendations, how about reading an entire anthology full of meet-cute scenes?
45 of the most popular authors of sapphic fiction have each picked a favorite meet-cute scene from one of their books for you, and I have put together an anthology that you can download for free. It’s a great way to find a new favorite book or author.
Download the free Meet-Cute anthology here
15 recommended sapphic books with a meet-cute
Here are my book recommendations for sapphic books with a “meet-cute”:
Wrong Number, Right Woman by Jae
A single text message can change everything!
Flirting has never been Denny���s strong suit, but so what if she���s too shy to ask women out? She���s content with her simple life, working as a cashier and helping her sister raise her niece.
But then she gets a wrong-number text message from a stranger named Eliza, asking her of all people for dating advice!
Eliza is Denny���s total opposite: witty, outgoing���and straight. Despite their differences, the accidental text sparks an unlikely friendship. Soon, Eliza���self-proclaimed queen of disastrous first dates���would rather banter back and forth with Denny than to keep trying her luck at online dating.
When they meet in person, there���s an instant connection. But what Eliza is feeling can���t be attraction, right? It doesn���t mean a thing that she���s starting to wish the guys she dates would be more like Denny. Or does it?
Can the wrong number lead to the right woman after all?
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London Holiday by Miranda MacLeod
When a struggling journalist meets a runaway princess, will it be the story of the century or the love of a lifetime?
Jordan is an American journalist living in London, but when her newspaper is sold to an infamous tabloid king, she has one week to produce a tell-all story of the century or she���s out of a job, and out of the country. Then a runaway princess nearly falls into her lap. It seems like the answer to her prayers, but how can she write an expos�� on a woman she���s falling in love with?
Abby was a typical California girl, until a twist of fate turned her into Princess Abigail, the heir to the throne of her father���s kingdom. When presented with an opportunity to escape her royal duties for a night out on the town while on an official state visit to London, she seizes the chance. But when she���s rescued by the woman of her dreams, she begins to doubt that she can ever return to royal life again.
As they have a madcap adventure exploring London together, both Jordan and Abby suspect they may have found their perfect match, but if the secrets they are hiding are exposed, will their relationship survive?
London Holiday is a modern-day fairytale inspired by the classic film Roman Holiday, with a lesbian twist. It is the fifth book in the Americans Abroad series of standalone romantic comedies.
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Plain English by Rachel Spangler
When Claire Bailey left London to open her own art gallery in the tiny village of Amberwick, she���d hoped the slower pace and lower cost of living might allow her to focus on her own painting, away from all the drama and distractions that had plagued her in the city.�� She���d fully intended to make an honest go at simple living right up until the moment a shockingly attractive aristocrat rocketed off the road and knocked her world off its axis.
Pip has learned to play the part of a ne���er-do-well upper elite: charismatic, enigmatic, and a little bit erratic. Luckily, women tend to like those characteristics. After leading such a charmed existence, where even motorcycles wrecks come with the added bonus of meeting beautiful women, Pip finds Claire���s complete lack of interest in money or status sparks both attraction and curiosity.
Surrendering to both boredom and sheer chemistry, the two agree to an unconventional, no-strings, romantic adventure designed to provide them both a bit of freedom and entertainment. However, once released from the pressure to project perfect images of themselves, the walls they depended on for protection threaten to crumble. Worlds blend and identities blur as their whirlwind romance quickly becomes more than they bargained for. Will their almost elemental attraction be enough to overcome the complexities rushing in from all sides?�� Or will the pressure they���ve both sought to escape force them to forge a new path neither of them had dared to dream of?
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Timing Is Everything by Alison R. Solomon
A hit-and-run.
A terrified suspect.
A woman caught between her friend and her lover
Wynn Larimer (who readers met in Along Came the Rain) is putting out the trash late one night when a car smashes into her, injuring her so badly that her entire livelihood is put in jeopardy. The accused perpetrator is Gabriella Luna. The timing couldn���t be worse���Gabriella is about to become a permanent resident but is now terrified of being deported. Caught in the middle of it all is Kat Ayalon, who is Wynn���s best friend but in love with Gordy. How can Kat support both women, if helping one means selling out the other?
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Watching Cars Go By by Elke Lakey & D.J. Fronimos
Silke, an easy-going German who prefers dodging problems to facing them, follows her job to the US when her bossy, longtime partner Alex refuses to start a family. Once in Texas, the cute blonde, who fixes medical analyzers for a living, is hit on by coworker Ana, a voluptuous and sexy Latina, who falls head over heels for her.
Ana, formerly content with casual hook-ups, recognizes a good thing when she sees it and will do whatever it takes to win Silke. Still in love with Alex despite her shortcomings, Silke strings Ana along while at the same time getting increasingly chummy with her landlady, Lauren. The frumpy nurse is middle-aged and motherly, and best of all hetero, which makes her safe for Silke to hang out with. Or so she thinks.
A kiss initiated by Lauren changes everything and they eventually become lovers. But Lauren has always struggled with putting herself first, and when her husband and daughter return home for the holidays, she resumes her wife-and-mother persona. Ana, on the other hand, is not only free, she is ready to start a family now and doggedly continues to pursue Silke. Of course there���s also still Alex, sophisticated as ever and used to getting what she wants, which is to keep Silke.
Deceiving everybody and most of all herself, Silke procrastinates until being playful doesn���t cut it any longer. Can she take a stand and save the relationship with the one person who truly matters?
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Changing the Script by Lee Winter
LA-based English indie filmmaker Alex Levitin reluctantly takes a job in New Zealand to save the ���worst movie ever���, Shezan: Mistress of the Forest. Things might go easier for her if she didn���t almost run over the standoffish, beautiful local cop on her first day in town. And it���d really help if her film set wasn���t being mysteriously sabotaged.
When Ika Whenu���s Senior Constable Sam Keegan isn���t trying to stamp out a motorcycle gang drug problem afflicting her town, she���s publicly slamming everything about the exploitative film, Shezan, and the Hollywood blow-ins making it. That includes its nerdy, cute director, Alex, who has woeful driving skills to go with her smart mouth.
Against the stunning scenery and chaotic film-set backdrop, attraction flares between the two warring women as they���re forced to work together to find the set saboteur.
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A Fae Tale by Genevieve McCluer
When Dovana was a child in Lithuania, Roze saved her life. Roze is a Laume, a type of Lithuanian fae. The two became fast friends, staying in touch by leaving a letter and a present for the other every year.
Now, Dovana is in college in Toronto, and while those letters still mean the world to her, she wants to see Roze again. She investigates everything she can think of to learn more about the fae and stumbles upon a hidden society of fiends.
Meanwhile, Roze has been focusing on her duties of saving children in danger, while trying to prevent the fate that she knows Dovana is destined for, but nothing she does seems to change it. When she has to come to Toronto to save Dovana from her own investigation, she finds that she can���t avoid destiny���or love any longer.
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Matzo Match by Roz Alexander
Samantha is still healing from heartbreak, but her best friend has decided she’s taken long enough. With Passover just around the corner, will a surprise blind date, three celebrations in eight days, and approximately 100 glasses of wine be enough to finally move on? After one taste of the hard-bodied, immaculately dressed Jordan, it just might be time. Too bad Jordan has her own baggage to work through. Matzo Match is a fast-paced, steamy lesbian love story.
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So Well As You by Lynn Galli
Running a horse ranch is all Nora Cleary needs to be happy. She���s spent her life working on her family���s ranch and competing to showcase their training program. When the opportunity to start a new ranching operation abroad comes up, she jumps at the offer. Scotland will be her chance at happiness after suffering some disappointments at home.
Once, Damisi Dalziel reached for happiness only to have it slip away. Today, she���s content with her work as a professor and her wonderful circle of friends. Everything is just right in her life, until a certain American cowgirl saunters through the door of her home with an outrageous declaration.
Will their forced cohabitation lead to a constant battle of wills, or will it prove that differences can sometimes lead to fiery connections?
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From Fan to Forever ��by Tiana Warner
An age-gap lesbian celebrity romance about how much you���d risk to have your dream.
Talented A-lister Cate Whitney is the gorgeous middle-aged movie star almost every lesbian has a crush on.
Rachel Janssen, an introverted medical physics student, is no exception. So when her celebrity crush starts filming near her Vancouver apartment, she can���t believe her luck.
A chance encounter with Cate leads to a little swooning, small-talk, and a shock offer to help the star as a science consultant on her Marie Curie film. And, wait, could Cate actually be flirting with Rachel?
However, as the chemistry sizzles between them, Rachel struggles with the harsh reality of being linked to a famous actress. Paparazzi keep dragging her into the spotlight when all she wants is to be taken seriously in her medical career.
Is falling for a superstar too much to handle? Even if sexy Cate Whitney is the one everyone wants? Even if she���s everything Rachel needs?
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Sweet Sweet Revenge by Lyn Denison
Clancy Deveril never allowed her life to get messy. She simply moved on. It was what she did and it always worked. So why wasn’t she doing that now? Perhaps because this time it wasn’t just about her. It involved her much younger sister, and Clancy knew where to lay the blame. The entitled Hunter family. Specifically Abigail Hunter.
So with revenge in mind, Clancy drew closer to Abigail Hunter’s flame, but too late she realised she could get badly burned.
Abby Hunter had her life in order. She had a high-profile job, and she was happily single. Quite frankly, romance was not on her agenda. So how could a chance meeting jolt her well-balanced life off its comfortable centre?
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The Mountain Whispers by Ali Spooner
Arriving home and discovering the betrayal by her best friend and lover, Eli Fortner leaves to run off her anger and hurt. A chance stop at a convenience store and the purchase of lottery tickets sends Eli���s life into a whirlwind of change.
Able to now pursue her dreams, Eli heads off to see what else fate has in store for her.
Whit Brewer, Eli���s neighbor, is everything Eli never knew she needed and wanted. But can she let go of the betrayal long enough to let Whit in?
Thirteen black cats, a baby goat, and Cruz, her furry best friend, join Eli on her adventure, new life, and the possibility of real love.
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Skin Cognito by MB Austin
Dating when you can���t tell a soul that you���re a covert operator for the US Army? Not the first challenge Maji Rios expected upon being accepted as one of Delta���s first women. A weekend in Durham, a hundred miles from Fort Bragg, should have been an easy way to try out her new full-time persona of Sergeant Ariela Rios, Ri for short.
Bonus: a hookup with tattoo artist and gamer geek Jonni. Too bad she���s the Colonel���s estranged daughter, no fan of Delta or its secrets. Maji can only play Ri with her for so long before one of them gets hurt. And a tense Thanksgiving with the family on base puts everyone���s secrets on the table.
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Chef���s Kiss by Stephanie Shea
Valentina Rosas has always known what she wants. Mostly. Sort of. At least, she does now. And what she wants is the coveted staging role at Gia, San Francisco. With four years at the top of her class in culinary school and enough tenacity to fuel the entire Mission, no one doubts she is about to land the job of her dreams���including the three-person cheer squad made up of her best friend and adorably overbearing parents.
Renowned chef Jenn Coleman is not a people person. Her rise to the top of the culinary industry stems from a cultivated blend of top-tier schooling���from her nonna���and bouts of carefully managed misanthropy. Owning and operating two Michelin starred restaurants doesn���t leave time for much else anyway. Just ask her ex.
When the new stage at her restaurant trips into her with all the grace of a baby giraffe, it���s a sure recipe for disaster. But for all of Jenn���s reserve, Valentina has twice the allure, and the chemistry between them is just��� chef���s kiss.
If only Jenn wasn���t Valentina���s boss with nearly ten years between them.
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Just My Type by Lucy Bexley and Bryce Oakley
Since dying over 2,000 years ago, killing people is the closest Ero comes to feeling alive. She���s been lying low since arriving in Sorrow, Massachusetts. Until she breaks into a hematology lab at the local university one night after her fresh dinner is interrupted.
Dr. Annie Golden has been hitting dead end after dead end in her research on a rare blood disease. Everything changes when she accidentally attacks a stunning woman she finds lurking near her blood samples.
Annie can���t put her finger on what���s so enrapturing about this beautiful, dark-haired woman. And Ero can���t figure out why Annie is appealing to more than just her appetite.
When Ero���s true self is revealed, will Annie���s fear win out over her attraction?
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September 8, 2022
Sapphic book that mentions another sapphic book (Book Unicorn #9)
For this week���s Sapphic Book Bingo, read a sapphic book that mentions another sapphic book or a sapphic book that is mentioned in another sapphic book.
For example, Hannah, the main character of my new romance Just a Touch Away, is an avid reader and is seen reading Write for Her by Kim Hartfield. You could read either Just a Touch Away or Write for Her for this category.
The book needs to be either mentioned by title or described so clearly that it���s easy to guess which one it is.
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Free short story sequel “A Great Catch”
Before I share my list of recommended reads for this category, I���d like to share a free ebook with you. Hannah and Winter from my new book Just a Touch Away weren���t ready to say goodbye, so I wrote a short story sequel. You can download a free copy of ���A Great Catch��� here.
15 recommended sapphic books that mention another sapphic book
Here are my book recommendations for the ���book mentions��� category:
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Just a Touch Away by Jae
Hannah reads Write for Her by Kim Hartfield and Damage Control by Jae.
Hannah Martin has an unusual job: she���s a professional cuddler. While she has a big heart for her clients, she hasn���t found someone special to snuggle up to in her personal life.
Winter Sullivan isn���t looking for love. She���s an aloof workaholic who���s built walls of ice around herself. She would rather drive toothpicks under her fingernails than cuddle, and she certainly doesn���t want to share her space with anyone.
When Winter���s estranged father dies, he leaves her one last surprise: she and Hannah, a perfect stranger, will inherit a building together. But there���s a catch: first, they have to live together for ninety-two days.
Winter is determined to dislike her rival, but soon finds Hannah isn���t what she expected at all. Thanks to a hilarious doormat war, a cuddle dare from Winter���s half sister, and a kiss in the most unusual of places, the frosty fortress around her heart begins to melt.
Will she be able to accept that love might be just a touch away?
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The Date by T.B. Markinson
In chapter 22, Fingersmith by Sarah Waters is mentioned.
Brittny Parker, an American graduate student, is moving to London with her lovable Boston Terrier, Cooper, in time for the Queen���s Diamond Jubilee and the 2012 Olympics. Could life get any better? How about adding a super sexy woman next door? The problem is her snooty neighbor is not a dog person. In fact, she despises Cooper from the moment he knocks her over and sends her groceries spilling all over the ground.
Prin Jones is a native-born Londoner whose most successful relationship is with Francesca, her Persian cat. With a bakery to run and an unpleasant ex-girlfriend to dodge, the last thing Prin needs in her life is an obnoxious American and her poorly trained dog. But it becomes almost impossible not to run into Brit at every turn.
When Francesca and Cooper decide to become balcony friends, and Prin���s twin sister takes on the role of enthusiastic matchmaker, Brit and Prin decide to give each other a second chance. All they need is one date to see if there might be something more between them.
It should be easy, right? But somehow everything keeps going hilariously and disastrously wrong.
Can two women from different worlds meet in the middle to become more than neighbors?
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A Quiet Life by Sienna Waters
This Is How You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone is mentioned.
When a heart attack nearly kills her, lawyer Holland Goldmann secludes herself in the country. All she wants is a quiet life. Until a stray dog sets her on a collision course with a beautiful young vet.
Emory Carter is fresh out of vet school and desperate to save her dead father’s veterinary practice. But when she ends up getting sued, it looks like her dreams are shattered.
When ice queen lawyer meets ambitious young vet sparks start to fly. But it’s all so wrong. Holland is too old and broken for this, and Emory is too busy failing at life. And yet the two just can’t keep their hands off each other. Right up until tragedy strikes.
Opposites can attract, but can they build a life together? When lives are quite literally on the line sometimes the only thing you can do is believe in true love. Which might be a problem if you’re a cold-hearted lawyer…
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The Beginning of Everything by Cara Malone
The characters read The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith, Patience and Sarah by Isabel Miller and Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
A closeted secretary in 1960s Chicago. A fearless activist in San Francisco. A love so powerful it can change the world.
Betty wants what everyone wants ��� happiness, security, and a quiet, good life. She���s determined to make that happen on her own, despite her mother���s fears that she���ll turn into a spinster if she doesn���t settle down and find a husband soon.
Joan wants an important life ��� one where she gets to love who she wants to love, do what she enjoys, and will leave the world a better place when she���s gone. But what she is ��� a lesbian in San Francisco at the beginning of the LGBT+ civil rights movement ��� is criminal.
When Betty comes to California for vacation, it���s love at first sight across a crowded bar in the Tenderloin district. She���s mesmerized by Joan and drawn to the homophile movement, but does she have the courage to come out for love and join the fight for equality?
What began as a glance across a room turns into a hopeful, playful and heartwarming courtship across three time zones and four decades in��The Beginning of Everything,��a standalone historical romance by Cara Malone.
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Up on the Roof by A.L. Brooks
Lena is reading the story of Drew and Annie, which is Something in the Wine by Jae. Lena also lends a copy of All The Little Moments by G Benson to Megan.
Book-loving Lena likes order, cleanliness, peace, and quiet. When Megan, a loud and clumsy young woman, moves into the flat below hers, chaos ensues, and Lena���s already-high anxiety rockets. It gets even worse when a devastating storm leaves Lena needing a place to live.
Against her better judgment, Megan offers her a spare room, and they both know it���s a terrible idea. After all, they���ve clashed from the first moment they met. It can surely only end in disaster.
As time passes, Lena and Megan realize that, underneath their differences, there���s an inexplicable pull between them that seems hard to resist. Can they learn to deal with their clashing personalities and let the attraction blossom? Or will what divides them be too much to overcome?
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The Tell Tale by Clare Ashton
Sophie has a copy of The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe on her bookshelf.
A small town, enduring love, a web of secrets.
The Tell Tale has been watching and waiting, because there���s something queer about the village of Foel.
Beth Griffiths has returned home to raise her daughter in the Welsh hills. They arrive to the open arms of the community, but not all is what it seems and Beth isn���t home for the reason she pretends either.
Vicious notes start appearing that reveal harsh truths about the village inhabitants, stirring up ancient past and old loves. Not even local dignitary, the elegant and aloof Lady Melling, is safe from the accusations.
But when Beth receives her notes, they aren���t what she expected. Is she being toyed with like the other villagers, or is she being guided to a long-sought truth?
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Comet���s First Christmas by Delilah Night
Claudia recommends Once & Future by Amy Rose Capetta & Cori McCarthy to Blitzen.
A bad Santa is turning believers faster than melting snow. Can the mystery be solved in time for Christmas?
I���ve dreamed of this day for years, and now it���s reality. I���ve been called up for the Big Show. Official Pole phone and email, Naughty-or-Nice login, and upgraded I.D. with my new job title���Comet. In three weeks, I���ll be part of the team flying Santa around the world.In an instant my life goes from peaceful, if boring, to a blizzard of last-minute flight preparations, route planning, and anxiety-triggering stress.
The moment I meet my P.A., Jillian, her beautiful smile and sparkling blue eyes are an oasis of calm. But I���ve barely got enough time to wonder if her plump lips taste as sugarplum sweet as they look.
Disturbing news has popped up on Santa���s radar.Someone is turning Santa���s most fervent believers into non-believers overnight. If we can���t find and stop this hacker, there won���t be enough reindeer cutout cookies and hot chocolate in the world to restore balance to Santa���s Naughty-or-Nice list in time for Christmas Eve.
Note to reader: What sweet Christmas romance would be complete without reindeer, The Nutcracker, ice skating at Rockefeller Center, and New York pizza?
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Lost & Found: A Mystic Meteor Tale by Elle Hyden
Rea is reading Uprising by Fletcher DeLancey.
Two lost souls are on a collision course. One searching for a life partner while the other mourns the loss of hers.
Selina is at a crossroads. No job, no home to call her own, and no partner. She has to turn her life around, but in which direction? Returning to her Native American roots, she seeks mystical aid from the spirit world, to find the life she hungers for.
Rea has been able to find a measure of solace after her wife���s death but longs for the crack in her heart to heal. Sighting a falling star, she sends her wish out into the universe, where it���s heard by the most unlikely allies.
Selina and Rea���s paths crossed many times in the past, but they���d never connected. Now they are being inescapably drawn together by fate, desire, and a touch of the mystical. Will love and trust prevail over loss and fear, so they can have their shot at being found forever?
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Finding Family by Jamey Moody
Desi recommends The Adventurers by Bryce Oakley to Erin.
Erin Evans is hoping the fourth time���s the charm in her quest to have a baby. At forty-one she���s out of time and doing this on her own. She knows the odds of finding her happily-ever-after are slim, but she wants to be a mother more than anything.
A semi-flirtatious conversation with a tall, fit, dark-haired woman in the waiting room of her fertility clinic gives Erin pause, which she attributes to hormones until she comes out of her procedure to find the alluring Desi Shaw still waiting.
What Desi does next surprises them both���
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Kissing Practice by Jordan Meadows
Ms. Wheeler gives Nicki a copy of Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden and Connie gives her a copy of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Caf�� by Fannie Flagg.
The year is 1987, it’s Nicki’s sixteenth birthday party and she’s having a great time with her best friends, hanging out in a hot tub and listening to the radio while snow falls all around. When a playful practice kiss with one friend, Connie, suddenly turns into more and Nicki likes it���really likes it���she starts down a path of self-discovery.
Will she have to keep this a secret from everyone? Does Connie feel the same way or is this really just practice for her? How should Nicki navigate the winter formal and Christmas with a new…girlfriend?
In this coming of age lesbian romance, Nicki finds support, hurt, and ultimately a new sense of self in more ways than one.
Content warning: While Kissing Practice is overall a positive and uplifting book, there is some homophobia (as is only realistic in middle America in the 80s), and a coming out results in the loss of a friendship.
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Seeing by Heart by K.A. Moll
Finn names Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown as the best book ever.
Places can be vessels for happy memories as well as sad ones. For Kora Garver, Horseback Inn is one of those places. Inherited from her great aunt, she spends her time caring for its guests and horses. Truth be known, it���s the thing that���s kept her going, helped her to push through her darkness. But her darkness has darkened to the point that she can no longer see the light. Once a beautiful woman, at forty, she sees herself as scarred and undesirable. Miserable and alone, ashamed of who she���s been and what she���s done, retraumatized every time she closes her eyes, she���s decided to end her life.
At seventeen, Finn Warner lost what most take for granted, her sight. But she didn���t let that hold her back. She graduated from medical school at the top of her class. She finished her residency in psychiatry. She established a lucrative private practice. At forty-three, most of her dreams have been fulfilled���with one exception���that she has no one with whom to share her life. In a world where attraction often begins with sight, she���s come to accept that, in all likelihood, she���ll never have an intimate partner. But she has a rewarding career, good friends, and a great dog. That���s enough. The handsome woman counts her blessings each night and recognizes that she has more than most.
When a blinding snowstorm leaves Finn in a snowdrift, she���ll stay at Horseback Inn, her favorite place to visit as a kid. While there, she���ll be reunited with Kora, the girl she held for hours when she was fourteen years old; the girl she���s never stopped thinking about; one of only a handful of girls that she���s ever held that close. When Kora takes a tumble, she���ll have the opportunity to get even closer. But she���s not sure that Kora is a lesbian. And if that���s not enough, Kora���s loaded down with baggage, more than any person should have to carry. After passion ignites, Kora will push her away. Snowbound, during the final countdown to suicide, two women, as different as night and day, are given a chance at love. But to seize it, they must navigate a difficult path through the darkness.
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Something Between Us by Krystina Rivers
Quinn is reading Curious Wine by Katherine V. Forrest.
In the waning days of Don���t Ask, Don���t Tell, Quinn Prescott and Kirby Davis met during military training. Despite different backgrounds, services, and plans, they fell hard and fast. However, it wasn���t long before distance and the pressures of serving in silence drove them apart.
Ten years later, Kirby literally runs into Quinn at Chicago Pride. Although she lives in a city of three million, she continues to see Quinn everywhere, and she can���t seem to ignore the pounding in her chest that isn���t always frustration no matter how much she tells herself it is.
Quinn knows she made the biggest mistake of her life when she chose her career over Kirby. She���s desperate to make amends, and perhaps even turn their chance meetings into a second chance for romance.
Kirby���s definitely not giving Quinn a second chance. But how long can she ignore the truth that there’s something between them?
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Maverick by Max Ellendale
Lauren is reading Islands of Mercy by Rose Tremain. Maverick asks her if she has read The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith.
Renowned doctor Lauren Lewis purchases an old Victorian home after the loss of her former residence and channels her energy into restoring the new property.
When a wandering antique restorer shows up to take on the job, together, they uncover the secrets the house harbored for a century. With the turn of the seasons, their souls awaken like blooming lilacs in the spring, guiding them toward an adventure of their own.
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Tapping into Love by Monica McCallan
Sierra left a first edition copy of The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith in Lucy���s house.
Lucy Parsons wants absolutely nothing to do with the Westmoore family or the maple syrup they produce. When Sierra Westmoore blows back into town after her father���s death and tries to rent a room at Lucy���s family���s bed-and-breakfast, The Maple Inn, Lucy kicks her out on the spot. It doesn���t matter that Sierra hasn���t set foot in Maple Run in fifteen years���the Westmoores are not allowed.
But small towns don���t leave a lot of room to hide, and Sierra and her brother, Drake, have set their sights on improving the town���s opinion of them now that their father is gone.
Lucy doesn���t believe any Westmoore could have good intentions, and although she may have to play nice with Sierra, it doesn���t mean she���s going to like it.
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Under the Sitka Sky by Violet Morley
Backwards to Oregon is one of Skyler���s favorite sapphic books.
Cam Porter is a charter pilot living a quiet life in the small island town of Sitka, Alaska. She���s spent most of her adult life avoiding any kind of affection and has put off romantic relationships. Her small but mighty family circle includes her exuberant dog Goose who gets her through the days between doing what she loves most, flying.
Skyler Callaghan had to leave Sitka while she was still attending high school. Despite the time and distance, a childhood crush on her best friend���s older sister never went away���a little fact she almost forgot about until an unplanned trip back home reminds her.
When the two women find themselves stranded in the Alaskan wilderness, it isn���t exactly the setting Skyler always dreamt of when she pictured nights with Cam. She tries to put her feelings aside for the sake of her sanity and survival but she feels herself being drawn even closer to Cam. As things start to shift between them, Cam has to decide if she can learn to trust and let go.
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More sapphic books that mention another sapphic book
Since this is a category for which books are hard to find, I thought I would point out a few more sapphic books that mention another sapphic book:
Write Your Own Script by A.L. Brooks: Tamsyn is reading a historical romance by Jae that is Backwards to Oregon . Next of Kin by Jae: Del has a copy of Passion���s Bright Fury by Radclyffe on her bookshelf (the book with the glass chess pieces on the cover), and Kade gives Del a copy of Hunter���s Way by Gerri Hill for her birthday (the book with the yellow crime-scene tape on the cover). Something in the Wine by Jae: Drew has copies of None So Blind by LJ Maas, Tropical Storm by Melissa Good, and Backwards to Oregon by Jae on her bookshelf. Falling Hard by Jae: Jordan and Emma are both fans of Without a Front by Fletcher DeLancey. Perfect Rhythm by Jae: Leo has copies of Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters and Stoner McTavish by Sarah Dreher Stoner on her bookshelf. Fusion by Diana Kane mentions Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. Exception to the Rule by Cindy Rizzo: Angie loaned Tracy a copy of Curious Wine by Katherine V. Forrest and gets her a copy of Happy Endings Are All Alike by Sandra Scoppettone. Snow Falls by Sage Donnell mentions Under a Falling Star by Jae. The Valentine���s Gift by Sage Donnell mentions The Brutal Truth by Lee Winter. When I Was Your Girlfriend by Nikki Harmon mentions the book The Color Purple by Alice Walker. Go Around by E.J. Noyes mentions Alone by E.J. Noyes. Paris Rules by Jaime Maddox mentions a character reading Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters. Goldenrod by Ann McMan: Someone purchases Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters at the library book sale. Choosing Grace by Regina Jamison mentions Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule. Poppy Jenkins by Clare Ashton mentions The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall Invisible, as Music by Caren J. Werlinger mentions The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall. The Wicked and the Willing by Lianyu Tan: Gean Choo opens an older edition of In a Glass Darkly by Sheridan Le Fanu, which includes Carmilla. Unbridled by D. Jackson Leigh: Another book of D. Jackson Leigh���s, Riding Passion , is mentioned.Leave a comment
Readers: Leave a comment and let us know what book you are reading for the ���sapphic book that mentions another sapphic book��� category!
Authors: If your book mentions another sapphic book, please send me an email and I���ll add you to the list.
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September 1, 2022
Sapphic book featuring a character with an unusual job (Sapphic Book Bingo #18)
This week���s category of the Sapphic Book Bingo features sapphic books with main characters who have unusual jobs.
You could approach this category in two ways:
Either pick a main character with a job that is unusual (or unusual for a woman) in ���real life��� or choose a main character with a job that you rarely see in sapphic fiction.
Some jobs are rare in real life but common in sapphic fiction and the other way around, e.g., cashiers are common in real life but rare in sapphic fiction; famous actresses or pop stars are rare in real life but common in sapphic fiction.
Personally, I���ll be going for a book featuring a job that is rare in both real life and sapphic fiction.
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Speaking of unusual job: The main character in my new romance, Just a Touch Away, is a professional cuddler. If you haven���t already downloaded it, you can get the bonus scene ���The Welcome Party��� as a free ebook here.
15 recommended sapphic books featuring a character with an unusual job
Here are my book recommendations for sapphic books with characters who have an unusual job:
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Just a Touch Away by Jae (professional cuddler)
Hannah Martin has an unusual job: she���s a professional cuddler. While she has a big heart for her clients, she hasn���t found someone special to snuggle up to in her personal life.
Winter Sullivan isn���t looking for love. She���s an aloof workaholic who���s built walls of ice around herself. She would rather drive toothpicks under her fingernails than cuddle, and she certainly doesn���t want to share her space with anyone.
When Winter���s estranged father dies, he leaves her one last surprise: she and Hannah, a perfect stranger, will inherit a building together. But there���s a catch: first, they have to live together for ninety-two days.
Winter is determined to dislike her rival, but soon finds Hannah isn���t what she expected at all. Thanks to a hilarious doormat war, a cuddle dare from Winter���s half sister, and a kiss in the most unusual of places, the frosty fortress around her heart begins to melt.
Will she be able to accept that love might be just a touch away?
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The AM Show by T.B. Markinson & Miranda MacLeod (morning show host)
Would you give up your lifelong dream for a shot at everlasting love?
Amanda Morgan is a morning show host with a fierce reputation, but a bitter divorce has left her feeling all washed up. Being mistaken for a grandmother at her own son���s wedding has her teetering on the edge���until a stranger at the reception rocks her world.
Dakota Washington is a young reporter who is flabbergasted to meet her career idol���and biggest celebrity crush���at a friend���s out-of-town wedding. Their night together goes beyond her wildest fantasies. And she���s had a lot of them.
They were never meant to see each other again, until fate steps in, landing Dakota a job at Amanda���s network in New York City. Thanks to a draconian employment contract, the network could fire them on the spot for getting romantically involved. They agree to keep their distance and never breathe a word about their past.
Easy, right?
Except every time they���re alone for more than five minutes, they end up having sex. Soon, it���s obvious this is more than a fling, leaving them with an unthinkable choice: give up the careers they���ve poured their souls into or lose the love of a lifetime. Which one will be easier to walk away from?
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Requiem for Immortals by Lee Winter (assassin)
What would make the most dangerous ice queen of them all, ruthless underworld assassin Requiem, hesitate?
Professional cellist Natalya Tsvetnenko moves seamlessly among the elite where she fills the souls of symphony patrons with beauty even as she takes the lives of the corrupt of Australia���s ruthless underworld. The cold, exacting assassin is hired to kill a woman who seems so innocent that Natalya can���t understand why anyone would want her dead. As she gets to know her target, she can���t work out why she even cares.
This powerful, enemies-to-lovers lesbian thriller has compelling characters and twists galore.
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House of Agnes by Fiona Zedde (runs an escort agency)
Agnes Noble is private, mysterious, and untouchable. She rules House of Agnes, the most exclusive escort agency on the East Coast, with a diamond fist. Crossing her is a mistake no one makes twice.
Investigative reporter Lola Osbourne is not afraid. She���s gunning for the House and its so-called queen. She���ll make sure no other innocent gets dragged into Agnes���s alluring web, to be used and discarded the way Lola���s sister was. But her plan to get close to the elusive madam shatters the moment her eyes meet the Queen���s. One look and everything���s different. More complicated. Dangerous.
Now, Lola���s not just fighting to topple a queen from her throne, she���s also scrambling to escape their explosive collision with her suddenly vulnerable heart intact.
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A Family Affair by Harper Bliss (actress)
Best-selling lesbian romance author Harper Bliss brings you a deliciously impossible love story about falling for the one person you can���t have.
Kate has been married to Kevin for ten years, but their failed journey to parenthood has left their relationship on the brink. As Kevin tries to heal by remodeling their home, Kate finds herself living in her mother-in-law���s pool house. And having to spend a lot of time with Kevin���s spoiled sister.
Stella is preparing for a career-defining audition, but is happy to welcome her brother and his wife to the house���even though she thinks Kate doesn’t like her all that much.
With Kevin away, Kate and Stella bond over secret crushes, hot movie stars, and glitzy celebrity parties.
Until one night, after too many shots of tequila, their bonding goes a step too far���
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A Closer Look by Michele L. Rivera (dating coach)
With Boston���s queer community teeming with single women, professional dating coach Harley Cooper���s incomparable match-making abilities are in high demand. Harley attributes her success to her unwavering resolve to maintain professional boundaries with her clients. Of course, her cool demeanor and charming smile don���t hurt. But when Harley meets her newest client, she not only loses her cool, she wavers.
Tessa Pearson is one of Boston���s most acclaimed wedding photographers. And although she has a talent for capturing love on film, she has no desire to be in a relationship. She���s happily committed to her bachelorette lifestyle. Tessa���s best friend, however, has other plans for her.
The last thing Tessa wants is to work with a dating coach. Harley is Tessa���s worst nightmare: prying, overly confident, and guarded. Yet somehow she���s become the star of Tessa���s fantasies.
The last thing Harley wants is to waste her efforts on someone who doesn���t want to date. Tessa is jaded, stubborn, and uncooperative. So why can���t Harley stop thinking about her?
All Harley has to do is her job. All Tessa has to do is play along. But the more time they spend together, the more blurry the lines between work and play become.
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Hot Line by Alison Grey (sex hotline worker)
Two women from different worlds.
Linda, a successful psychologist, uses her work to distance herself from her own loneliness. Christina works for a sex hotline to make ends meet.
Their worlds collide when Linda calls Christina���s sex line. Christina quickly realizes Linda is not her usual customer. Instead of wanting phone sex, Linda makes an unexpected proposition. Does Christina dare accept the offer that will change both their lives?
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Her Royal Happiness by Lola Keeley (princess)
Keeping a secret isn���t easy when you���re in the most visible family in the world. It���s even harder when you���re a lesbian who has just fallen madly in love. An opposites attract, charming royal romance with a dash of fake dating.
When tabloid darling Princess Alice, the first out member of the British royal family, meets an opinionated single mother, the encounter goes viral. It seems the anti-monarchist education specialist Sara has a view on all things and doesn���t mind sharing.
So when Alice later has to ask Sara to help diagnose her young nephew���s learning difficulties, it���s seriously awkward. At least until they discover how beautifully they click together.
With the press sniffing around them, and Alice desperately wanting to protect her nephew���s privacy, they agree to claim they���re dating.
But as their fake dates start to feel like much more, Sara and Alice must navigate having a real relationship in the public eye. Is that even possible, though, while keeping Sara���s daughter safe and happy, and facing the Queen���s disapproval?
Can they overcome their doubts for love? A love they can no longer hide?
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Uncharted by Alli Temple (spy)
In a world of arrogant nobles and their punishing laws, Georgina will be hanged if anyone discovers she is a spy. But when the wicked prince proposes marriage, Georgina must accept. Refusing would expose the secrets she has delivered to a hidden resistance and forfeit her life. With her wedding day looming ever closer, salvation comes from an unlikely source.
Pirate Captain Cinder is a terror on the open sea, striking fear into hearts wherever she sails. Now she has a new target. The vulnerable Princess Georgina should be an easy mark in Cinder���s kidnapping plot. But the legend of Captain Cinder is more intertwined with Georgina���s own history than either of them expect.
Treacherous storms. A mysterious pirate king. The prince���s unrelenting pursuit. Georgina and Cinder can only escape by following the uncharted course of their hearts. But just as a future together is within their grasp, Cinder���s past threatens to drag them both to the deep.
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The Demon Equilibrium by Cathy Pegau (demon hunter)
Grace Carter, a ���source��� of magic, has spent the last nine months searching for Maggie Mulvaney, her ���catalyst.��� The joy of reuniting with her partner���and her lover���is thwarted by her worst fear: Maggie remembers neither Grace nor their life together in the Order of Saint Teresa, the centuries-old organization that trained them to be the strongest demon-hunting duo in generations.
When Maggie and Grace unexpectedly come face-to-face with the demon Horde, they are forced to team up once again. As they begin to piece their lives back together, they discover that their memories have been masked by someone within the Order. Should the Horde succeed in their plan, those who have committed their lives to slay worldly demons will be relegated to little more than minions as humans are completely enslaved.
Now, Grace and Maggie must sacrifice everything, possibly even their love, and their lives, in an all-out battle to save humanity.
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On the Fence by Cade Haddock Strong (art thief)
After a Mercedes rear-ends Wallace Mahar, her annoyance evaporates the moment the offending driver steps out of the car. Much to her dismay, the stunning woman hands her $10,000. Then disappears.
Ellen Church hoped throwing money at the woman she rear-ended would make her go away, but when she sees her at a bar, she realizes Wallace may be a bigger complication than she first thought. Ellen doesn���t have time for relationships, even if she is attracted to the cute swim coach. She has her eyes on a bigger prize���a Warhol painting with something very special hidden in the frame.
Reformed art thief Mattie Pearson is trying to live on the straight and narrow. After their failed heist at the Schuyler House, she married Alex Holland and the two women couldn���t be happier. But when Mattie���s old friend Ellen shows up with a big-payday proposal, the lure of her old life proves too strong to resist.
The Warhol job draws Wallace deep into the world of female art thieves, and even deeper into the dangers of romance with a woman who steals art���and hearts���for a living.
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Leveling Up by Jazzy Mitchell (video game graphic designer)
Six years after completing her internship, Clarke Parson, a video game graphic designer and animator, finds herself back in the orbit of Haboob Software���s CEO, Fran Silvetti. Clarke contacts Fran to warn her that the game her company is developing was stolen from Clarke���s computer by an ex-girlfriend after an acrimonious breakup. As Clarke is swept into a torrid affair with the fascinating woman, she covets their time together, hoping Fran may someday return the love Clarke harbors for her.
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Go Around by EJ Noyes (federal air marshal)
Avery Weston is doing fine.
Sure, she���s not doing as fine as her ex���award-winning actress and current television It Girl, Elise Hayes���but Avery enjoys her work as a Federal Air Marshal and also enjoys almost being over Elise walking out on their relationship fifteen months ago. Until Elise is seated next to her on a flight, and the emotional progress Avery thought she���d made is reset in an instant.
Just like their first flight together, this one also has some bumps. But this time they don���t have to make a go around for a safe landing; they just have to deal with an overzealous fan threatening Elise. And when Elise comes begging for a place to stay until the stalker situation is resolved, Avery has to agree it���s the perfect solution to keep Elise safe. After all, nobody knows Elise Hayes used to have a girlfriend.
It���s only for a few weeks, what���s the harm? Except for some tiny issues, like when you���re still kind of in love with your ex and the mutual spark is as strong as ever, it���s easy to fall into familiar habits. Then there���s Elise���s apologies and genuine regret over leaving, which makes it hard for Avery to hold on to past hurts and sends her simmering emotions to a boil.
But love and sparks aren���t always enough. If Avery and Elise can find a way to move past everything that came between them last time, maybe they���ll get a chance to go around and try landing their relationship again.
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Taking the Risk by Scarlett Knight (drummer)
When the famous all-female rock band The Neon Fishnets embark on a new sold-out tour, life couldn���t be more perfect for the band���s drummer and co-founder, CJ McLaughlin. Even though CJ is madly in love with her best friend and fellow Neon Fishnets co-founder, Trish Carlucci, so far, she���s been able to keep it a secret. But when she catches the lead singer���s boyfriend, who is also the band���s manager, with another woman, CJ realizes that it���s time to tell Trish not only about what she discovered, but about the romantic feelings she���s been hiding for years. But will taking the risk pay off? Or will it ruin their friendship and ultimately break up the band?
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Lady Killer by Cara Malone (forensic investigator)
Opposites attract when a forensic investigator dying to fit in teams up with a detective with a major case of wanderlust.
Maya Ross has worked hard to cultivate a tough, no-nonsense reputation as ���one of the guys��� in a male-dominated field. As lead investigator, she���s at the peak of her career ��� and she can���t admit to anyone that it���s making her deeply unhappy.
When femme, gorgeous Detective Arlen Rose blows into town on a killer���s trail, she���s everything Maya never knew she needed ��� and the answer to the gnawing emptiness inside her. They team up to catch the prolific serial killer before he strikes again, but the closer they get to him, the sooner Arlen will move on.
Can they bring the Rideshare Creep to justice, or will their own hearts become casualties of the chase?
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Party Wall by Cheyenne Blue (owns a sex toy store)
From the moment Freya looks in the window of the brash, new sex shop in Grasstree Flat she knows it will be nothing but trouble. For a start, it will clash with her own new-age store next door. And she���s right. Outgoing newcomer Lily begins to intrude on Freya���s well-ordered life. Freya���s friends, lifestyle, and even her cat are all affected by Lily���s magic touch. Even Freya���s yoga classes rub shoulders with Lily���s sexual-expression workshops. Lily stands for everything Freya has lost in life���playfulness, spontaneity, delight in the physical, and sex. But does Lily have more in common with Freya than the wall that divides them?
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August 18, 2022
Sapphic book not set in the US or UK (Sapphic Book Bingo #17)
Most sapphic books, like most books in general, are set in the United States, and there are also a lot of sapphic books that take place in the United Kingdom. For this category of the Sapphic Book Bingo, I’d like you to read a book that is set in a country other than the US or the UK.
I’ll share 15 book recommendations below. For more books set all over the world, check out the “country you don’t live in” post of last year’s Sapphic Reading Challenge.
How to get started if you are new to Sapphic Book Bingo
If you have only just discovered the Sapphic Book Bingo, you can still join us! Read up on the rules, download your book bingo card, and take a look at my suggestions for the “sapphic book not set in the US or UK” square below.
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15 recommended sapphic books that are not set in the US or the UK
Here are my book recommendations for sapphic books that are taking place in a country other than the US or the UK.
Paper Love by Jae (Germany)
Susanne Wolff isn’t thrilled when her mother sends her all the way across the country to Freiburg to save her uncle’s stationery store from bankruptcy. Freiburg is too provincial for her taste, and besides, pen and paper are outdated anyway.
Anja Lamm, Paper Love’s only full-time employee, takes an instant dislike to the arrogant, digital-loving snob who’s supposed to be her temporary boss.But thanks to a meddling cat, a business trip to a stationery fair, and an armada of origami boats, Anja soon starts to see beneath Susanne’s aloof exterior, and Susanne discovers how sexy pens and notebooks can be—at least when Anja handles them.
As the end of Susanne’s three-month stay approaches, will she stick to her plan to leave, or will she open her heart to more than just paper love?
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Perks of Office by Liz Rain (Australia)
When your new boss is hot as hell, what hope is there for a poor lovestruck office worker? A light-hearted, age-gap lesbian office romance with sexual tension leading the polls.
After high-powered politician Bridget O’Keefe sweeps into the uninspiring life of Australian electorate officer Emma Ives, nothing is the same again.
Hapless, hopeless Emma is smacked with an instant crush on the polished woman who’s her new boss…her hot, untouchable, straight boss. Yes, she knows she’s an idiot because unrequited lust at work is a terrible idea. Even so, she can dream.
One long night changes everything. A political scandal leads to a fall from grace and Emma suddenly finds herself the one Bridget turns to for comfort. There’s a lot for Emma to wrap her mind around, even as her body loves wrapping itself around Bridget’s curves.
Is it just a meaningless night of passion, nothing more? Because there’s absolutely no way ambitious, beautiful Bridget wants anything more from Emma. Is there?
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Amazon (KU)
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta (Nigeria)
One day in 1968, at the height of the Biafran civil war, Ijeoma’s father is killed and her world is transformed forever. Separated from her grief-stricken mother, she meets another young lost girl, Amina, and the two become inseparable. Theirs is a relationship that will shake the foundations of Ijeoma’s faith, test her resolve and flood her heart.
In this masterful novel of faith, love and redemption, Okparanta takes us from Ijeoma’s childhood in war torn Biafra, through the perils and pleasures of her blossoming sexuality, her wrong turns, and into the everyday sorrows and joys of marriage and motherhood. As we journey with Ijeoma we are drawn to the question: what is the value of love and what is the cost?
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Bliss by Fiona Zedde (Jamaica)
Bliss Sinclair’s life of dull routine and unhappiness makes her imagination the only place she can find fulfillment. Until she meets Regina, a provocative writer who pulls her out of her head and into a sensuously real world alive with flavors and sensations beyond any she’d ever imagined. This real world is exciting and rich with irresistible pleasures, but Sinclair quickly learns these pleasures are not what they seem.
She discovers that lust can simply be another illusion, and passion without love can poison just as easily as it redeems. To cleanse herself of Regina’s poison, she escapes to Jamaica, the place where she was born, in hopes that the sun and ocean breezes will heal both old and new wounds. But among the brilliant flowers and crystal waters of the island, Sinclair finds ghosts from her past as well as strangers who challenge her very understanding of life and love.
From hidden grottos bubbling with desire to dangerous streets where violence is just a breath away, Sinclair must fight for the love she deserves, fight for herself, and for the satisfaction that was meant to be hers all along.
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I Can’t Think Straight by Shamim Sarif (Jordan)
Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different from each other, but the attraction is immediate and goes deeper than friendship. Moving between Middle Eastern high society and London’s West End, this story explores the clashes between East and West, love and marriage, and convention and individuality creating a humorous and tender tale of unexpected love.
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The World Unseen by Shamim Sarif (South Africa)
In 1950’s South Africa, a free-spirited café owner falls for a young wife and mother. Their unexpected attraction pushes them to question the cruel rules of a world that divides white from black and women from men, but a world that might just allow an unexpected love to survive.
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Spells, Snow, & Sky by Coffee Quills (Japan)
Sky needs breathing room. Keeping a photographer on a short leash is, in her opinion, an act of cruelty. Fleeing Florida and landing in Hokkaido might just be the act that saves her sanity, even if it dooms her romantically.
Yuki wishes to leave Japan. Not forever, but to at least travel the world for a while with a lover at her side. The hard part is figuring out how a being of ice and snow can survive outside of Hokkaido’s winters.
Nyssa needs to find her runaway girlfriend. Too bad she doesn’t want to be found and has turned off her phone. When Nyssa receives a panicked farewell though, all her wants center on arriving in enough time to save her love. It’s going to take honesty, communication, and some heart-felt apologizing for things to be okay between everyone… but Sky’s not going to settle for just “okay” when, with a little push, there’s happiness on the horizon for all of them.
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What Do Nightmares Dream of by Antonija Meznaric (Croatia)
There’s someone else living in Sanja’s flat and they don’t pay the rent. But for Sanja, the next time she falls asleep she just might end up paying the ultimate price.
Sanja has already made some hard choices in life. She took out a loan to get her own place for the first time ever, and now she’s repaying it by working at the most ungrateful job in history: elementary school teacher.
The last thing she needs is her nightmares to start tormenting her, as if her grandmother’s special breed of childcare wasn’t enough.
In a world that doesn’t believe in old wives’ tales, her options are limited. It’s now up to her to deal with her supernatural pest or forever fall asleep trying.
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Falling Into Place by Sheryn Munir (India)
Romance is not for Tara. Embittered after a college fling, she vows to never fall in love again–especially since she believes there’s no future for same-sex love in her home in urban India. Then, one rain-drenched evening, an insane decision brings the bubbly Sameen into her life and everything changes. Sameen is beautiful, a breath of fresh air…and almost certainly straight. All Tara’s carefully built-up defences start to crumble, one after the other. But is this relationship doomed before it can even start?
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Last Night in Nuuk by Niviaq Korneliussen (Greenland)
Niviaq Korneliussen is a ground-breaking young writer hailed for creating “[her] own genre” (Politiken, Denmark) in her witty and fearless debut Last Night in Nuuk. A work of daring invention about young life in Greenland, Korneliussen brilliantly weaves together the coming of age of five young people in the capital city, Nuuk. Fia has recently sworn off sausage (men) only to discover that the woman she wants is unavailable. Arnaq struggles to cope with her past as her hard-partying life spirals out of control and she betrays those she loves most. Inuk, Fia’s brother, is forced to escape Greenland after political scandal implicates him, and confronts the true meaning of home.
Meanwhile, Ivik and Sara must confront an important transition in their relationship. In a collection of blurry nights and bleary mornings after, Korneliussen creates a Greenlandic literature unlike any we have known before―young, urbane, stream-of-consciousness, studded with textspeak and delirious with nightlife.
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Once in Sweden by Emma Sterner-Radley (Sweden)
American Aubrey DeValle is currently working as a nurse in London. Once a vibrant and confident world traveller, she is now lonely and both physically and mentally in recovery. Her whole life has been turned upside down and she’s not sure if the controversial decisions she made were the right ones.
Swedish Elina Lindvall is brooding in her small town and about to be whisked away by her best friends to a summer cabin in the south of Sweden, where she knows they will pump her for information about her breakup and why she refuses to talk about what happened.
When we go back in time and find out what paths led each woman to their present, will we find solutions to their problems or merely more issues to overcome? Moreover, does the past hold the key to how they can both dare to love again? And if so, can love beat the greatest obstacle of all?
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Shepherd’s Derelict by A.G. Bennett (Canada)
What does it take to build a life from broken pieces? For Michelle Shepherd, the question is essential. On the foundations of an erratic and sometimes violent childhood, Michelle has created surprising success as an artist in British Columbia while caretaking her elderly father and his expat Vietnam war buddies. Michelle’s father begins drinking and making risky, possibly criminal choices just as she unexpectedly falls in love with a theater director named Celeste-two situations for which she has little adult experience and few skills.
When grisly evidence of a crime washes up beneath her remote cabin home, Michelle is convinced of her father’s guilt and is forced to a reckoning with family secrets-some she’s kept from others, and some she’s kept from herself. Access to the past opens up surprising possibilities but also a minefield of difficult choices. Will Michelle brave those choices, or retreat into the safety of the familiar? Dark and atmospheric, rooted in the Pacific Northwest, Shepherd’s Derelict is a portrait of a troubled found family and the sacrifices we make for love.
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If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan (Iran)
Seventeen-year-old Sahar has been in love with her best friend, Nasrin, since they were six. They’ve shared stolen kisses and romantic promises. But Iran is a dangerous place for two girls in love–Sahar and Nasrin could be beaten, imprisoned, even executed. So they carry on in secret until Nasrin’s parents suddenly announce that they’ve arranged for her marriage.
Then Sahar discovers what seems like the perfect solution: homosexuality may be a crime, but to be a man trapped in a woman’s body is seen as nature’s mistake, and sex reassignment is legal and accessible. Sahar will never be able to love Nasrin in the body she wants to be loved in without risking their lives, but is saving their love worth sacrificing her true self?
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That Woman Next Door by Harper Bliss (France)
Olivia Chevalier is perfectly happy living a quiet life of solitude with her two cats in the tempestuous countryside of Brittany.
Olivia’s peace is disrupted when heartbreaker extraordinaire Marie Dievart moves in to the holiday home next door after an event at work makes her flee her everyday life.
Olivia hates having a neighbour and Marie is put off by Olivia’s cranky ways.
But maybe these two women have more in common than they first believe.
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Broad Awakening by Mickey Brent (Belgium)
After kissing at the Belgian coast, Hélène and Sylvie find ruts in their road to eternal bliss. In this sequel to Underwater Vibes, Hélène struggles to avoid Sylvie, her sexy Greek swimming coach. Attempting to shun her deepest emotions to save her marriage, inner turmoil makes Hélène react in bizarre, self-destructive ways. An intimate dinner turns sour as Sylvie’s tempting ex lurks nearby. When Sylvie heads to the airport with a mysterious, gorgeous woman, and a psychic reveals unexpected news, Hélène must face up to her feelings or risk losing Sylvie forever.
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