Woman as a Foreign Language, a #transgender #queerromance from @katherinewyvern

Dear Lynn,
Thank you so much for having me on your blog today to talk about my latest release, Woman as a Foreign Language. WaaFL came out last September, and has had some really wonderful reviews since then.
This is a love story between Nina, a girl who doesn’t know how to be a woman, and Julian, a man who is extremely good at it.
There are more than a few autobiographical elements in the book, so that writing it was sometimes painful and sometimes exhilarating, and in the end, certainly cathartic!
Unlike my other books, which have usually complex Sci-Fi or Fantasy settings, this is a very intimate love story, mostly set indoors in an unspecified contemporary town. Without all the trimmings of fancy world building the focus is entirely on these two unique, compelling characters, and this is without exception the most beautiful love story I ever wrote. Most readers who commented on the book found the characters truly unusual and memorable. I hope you will give it a go and enjoy it as much as they did. 
It took quite a bit of research to put this story together, especially Julia/n’s side of it, and also I was so attached to these characters, that once I was done with the book I realized I still had a lot to say on the topic. All this spill-over turned into Spice and Vanilla, WaaFL darker, naughtier, whip-and-leather sister, which will be published in May. It’s not WaaFL’s sequel, but it treats similar themes, and Julia/n and Nina both make a brief appearance. Stay tuned!
Woman as a Foreign Language was Runner-Up for Best Contemporary story in the Evernight Readers’ Choice Awards, and is available on the Evernight site at a 25% discount with the coupon code WINNER2017
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From the Reviews:
“…erotic and romantic; and painful and funny…” “…the great reading surprise of the year…” “…a true, master story teller…” “…beautifully written and heart wrenching…”“…It's literary fiction in the play of words while being a sensual romance with spark.”“…I absolutely loved this book. The writing is beautiful, the language perfectly suited to each point-of-view, and the characters wonderfully damaged. At its core, Wyvern twists the usual gender/genre expectations…”“…Nina is a young woman whose abusive childhood has made her afraid to fully own her femininity. And Julia and Julian are two souls in one body—or perhaps they are the same soul, just reflected in different ways. At first Nina’s attraction to Julia—Julian dressed en femme—seems like a adolescent girl-crush. But then it deepens into love, with some of the most gracefully written and heartfelt erotic scenes I have ever read.”
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Blurb:
What do you do when the woman you want to be … is a man?
Nina’s abusive childhood left her feeling so vulnerable when wearing anything flimsier than combat boots that she has spent her whole adult life dressed like a gang boy. But when she meets the tall, glamourous, charismatic Julia (actually her cross-dressing neighbor, Julian, going out en femme), Nina is seized by an overwhelming and terrifying urge to finally express her own femininity.
Julia/n has not only a slightly split personality but also a thoroughly broken heart. What s/he wants most is a partner who will love both Julia and Julian. While Nina learns from Julia how to be a woman, Julian discovers that they might well be made for each other, but it will take a struggle against prejudice and a whole conservative mind-set before they can follow their hearts, and express their true, unique, and beautiful selves.

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Buy links, excerpts and samples:
Woman as a Foreign Language at Evernight (with excerpt):http://www.evernightpublishing.com/woman-as-a-foreign-language-by-katherin-wyvern/
Woman as a Foreign Language on Amazon.com (download free sample):https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075RR8K1S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1505902876&sr=8-1&keywords=woman+as+a+foreign+language
See what Katherine is up to on:
 Katherine’s Blog: https://katherinewyvern.blogspot.fr/Katherine’s Website: http://meetingivory.wixsite.com/katherinewyvernKatherine’s Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/Katherine-Wyvern-Author-122569301260917/Or follow her on Instagram @katherinewyvern
You can also find an exclusive excerpt on my website, here:http://meetingivory.wixsite.com/katherinewyvern/copy-of-woman-as-a-foreign-language