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🌟 Fall in Love With This New Western GL: The Lesbian Romance Book Fans of Thai Girls’ Love Series Are Raving About
If you’re a fan of Thai GL dramas, sapphic K-dramas, or powerful lesbian romance stories with real heart and slow-burn chemistry, it’s time to discover your next obsession — and this one’s a book.
📖 Second Takes by Jess Harley brings all the addictive energy of a Girls’ Love drama — but adds deeper emotion, second-chance heartbreak, found family, and steamy romantic payoff. It’s like your favourite GL series, but you can hold it in your hands.
Whether you’re in Bangkok, Manila, Taipei, or reading from anywhere in Southeast Asia, this is the kind of WLW love story that will hook you from page one.
🎬 Second Takes by Jess Harley
📚 A Girls’ Love story set in Hollywood
💔 Exes forced to act as lovers in a sapphic film
🔥 Slow-burn, steamy, and emotional
Tali Morgan is a rising star — confident, charismatic, and totally pretending she’s over her ex. But when she’s cast in a GL film opposite Rin Lau, the woman she walked away from years ago… everything starts to unravel.
The story they’re acting? A Girls’ Love romance.
The story they’re living? Way more complicated.
🎥 Ex-girlfriends. Fake love on camera. Real feelings off-screen.
When Tali becomes guardian to her baby niece, Rin steps in — not just on set, but into her life again.
💬 For fans of:
Girls’ Love (GL) stories with depth
Lesbian second-chance romance
Actress x actress tropes
Emotionally vulnerable, steamy love stories
Sapphic fiction with real-world stakes
Slow burn with intense chemistry
🛒 Buy Second Takes on Amazon »
💬 Why Readers in Thailand, the Philippines & Taiwan Love This
Across Asia, GL fandom is bigger than ever — with shows like GAP The Series (Thailand), Pearl Next Door (Philippines), and sapphic web dramas from Korea and Taiwan bringing Girls’ Love stories into the mainstream.
But Western lesbian romance books are still catching up — and Jess Harley is one of the few international authors delivering stories with:
Queer Asian representation (Rin Lau is a Hong Kong–born lead)
Celebrity drama and hidden emotions
A beautiful, complex love between women
Second Takes feels like the book version of your favourite GL drama — but with even more depth and real-life challenges.
✍️ Who is Jess Harley?
Jess Harley is an up-and-coming lesbian romance author writing emotional, character-driven sapphic fiction for the global queer community. With two powerful novels out in 2025 and a third on the way, she’s fast becoming a must-read for WLW romance fans around the world.
💕 Looking for More Lesbian Romance Books?
If you loved Second Takes, don’t miss Unwritten — the next book in the Second Chances series:
🎤 Unwritten follows a queer pop star and the closeted actress who broke her heart. Now they’re forced to film a movie based on their real-life breakup… and try not to fall in love all over again.
🛒 Read Unwritten on Amazon »
🏳️🌈 Final Word
The world needs more Girls’ Love stories — stories where women love fiercely, forgive deeply, and don’t always have to be perfect. Jess Harley is giving readers across Asia the kind of lesbian romance books that hit just right.
If you’ve ever wished your favourite Thai GL had a sequel… or more spice… or even more healing… this is the series for you.
Slow-burn. High-heat. Pure GL energy.
📖 Second Takes by Jess Harley brings all the addictive energy of a Girls’ Love drama — but adds deeper emotion, second-chance heartbreak, found family, and steamy romantic payoff. It’s like your favourite GL series, but you can hold it in your hands.
Whether you’re in Bangkok, Manila, Taipei, or reading from anywhere in Southeast Asia, this is the kind of WLW love story that will hook you from page one.
🎬 Second Takes by Jess Harley
📚 A Girls’ Love story set in Hollywood
💔 Exes forced to act as lovers in a sapphic film
🔥 Slow-burn, steamy, and emotional
Tali Morgan is a rising star — confident, charismatic, and totally pretending she’s over her ex. But when she’s cast in a GL film opposite Rin Lau, the woman she walked away from years ago… everything starts to unravel.
The story they’re acting? A Girls’ Love romance.
The story they’re living? Way more complicated.
🎥 Ex-girlfriends. Fake love on camera. Real feelings off-screen.
When Tali becomes guardian to her baby niece, Rin steps in — not just on set, but into her life again.
💬 For fans of:
Girls’ Love (GL) stories with depth
Lesbian second-chance romance
Actress x actress tropes
Emotionally vulnerable, steamy love stories
Sapphic fiction with real-world stakes
Slow burn with intense chemistry
🛒 Buy Second Takes on Amazon »
💬 Why Readers in Thailand, the Philippines & Taiwan Love This
Across Asia, GL fandom is bigger than ever — with shows like GAP The Series (Thailand), Pearl Next Door (Philippines), and sapphic web dramas from Korea and Taiwan bringing Girls’ Love stories into the mainstream.
But Western lesbian romance books are still catching up — and Jess Harley is one of the few international authors delivering stories with:
Queer Asian representation (Rin Lau is a Hong Kong–born lead)
Celebrity drama and hidden emotions
A beautiful, complex love between women
Second Takes feels like the book version of your favourite GL drama — but with even more depth and real-life challenges.
✍️ Who is Jess Harley?
Jess Harley is an up-and-coming lesbian romance author writing emotional, character-driven sapphic fiction for the global queer community. With two powerful novels out in 2025 and a third on the way, she’s fast becoming a must-read for WLW romance fans around the world.
💕 Looking for More Lesbian Romance Books?
If you loved Second Takes, don’t miss Unwritten — the next book in the Second Chances series:
🎤 Unwritten follows a queer pop star and the closeted actress who broke her heart. Now they’re forced to film a movie based on their real-life breakup… and try not to fall in love all over again.
🛒 Read Unwritten on Amazon »
🏳️🌈 Final Word
The world needs more Girls’ Love stories — stories where women love fiercely, forgive deeply, and don’t always have to be perfect. Jess Harley is giving readers across Asia the kind of lesbian romance books that hit just right.
If you’ve ever wished your favourite Thai GL had a sequel… or more spice… or even more healing… this is the series for you.
Slow-burn. High-heat. Pure GL energy.
