Iām a full-time writer, part-time editor, and avid reader of romances between queer women. Iāve just published my twenty-third novel, and Iām still amazed and humbled at getting to live my dream: writing sapphic romances for a living. Discovering sapphic books was a life-saver for me since I grew up in a tiny little village, with no openly LGBT+ people around, and I love knowing that my books are now doing the same for my readers.
Breaking Character is a lesbian celebrity romance, but itās also so much more than that. The main character, icy British actress Elizabeth, is in the closet for fear of risking her career. When she meets her younger colleague Summer, she starts letting someone close for the first timeāand the result is a romance that is sizzling and sweet at the same time.
If you like age-gap romances with a fake relationship and well-written characters, this is a great introduction to Lee Winterās books.
Life has become a farcical mess for icy British A-lister Elizabeth Thornton. Americaās most-hated villain stars in a top-rated TV medical drama that she hates. Now, sheās been romantically linked to her perky, new co-star, Summer, due to the young womanās clumsiness. As a closeted actress, thatās the last thing Elizabeth needs. If she could just get her dream movie role, life would be so much better. The only problem is that the eccentric French film-maker offering it insists on meeting her āgirlfriendā, Summer, first.Summer Hayes is devastated when her co-star shuns her for accidentally sparking rumors theyāre lovers. Nowā¦
Ask, Tell is the story of Captain Sabine Fleischer, a surgeon in the US Army during the āDonāt Ask, Donāt Tellā era. The book is told entirely from Sabineās point of view, so as a reader, I could really feel her pining for her superior officer, stunning and competent Colonel Rebecca Keane. Itās a story that will make you laugh and cry and understand much better what LGBT+ people serving in the military went through during that time.
Where can you turn when youāre caught in a crossfire of war and passion?
Captain Sabine Fleischer is a skilled and dedicated U.S. Army surgeon deployed to a combat hospital in Afghanistan. She is also one of the thousands of troops who are forced to serve in silence because of the militaryās anti-gay policy of āDonāt Ask, Donāt Tell (DADT).ā
Usually driven and focused, Sabine finds that battles raging both inside and outside the perimeter walls are making it more and more difficult for her to deal with her emotions. Dealing with loss and mortality, lack of privacy, sleep deprivation,ā¦
Artist Nilda Ricci could use a stroke of luck. She seems to get it when she inherits a shadowy Victorian, built by an architect whose houses were said to influence the mindāsupposedly, in beneficial ways. At first, Nildaās new home delivers, with the help of its longtime housekeeper. And Nildaā¦
This book is the epitome of a slow-burn romance, so as a reader, you get to know both main charactersāsmall-town doctor Maddie and new-in-town librarian Sydāreally well and fall in love with them as you watch them slowly fall in love with each other. The author has a unique sense of humor, and the witty banter between Maddie and Syd made me laugh out loud several times.
Librarian Syd Murphy flees the carnage of a failed marriage by accepting an eighteen-month position in Jericho, a small town in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia. Her plans to hide out and heal her wounds fall by the wayside as she gets drawn into the daily lives of the quirky locals. When Syd gets a flat tire and is rescued by the town physician, Maddie Stevenson, the two women form a fast friendshipābut almost immediately begin struggling with a mutual attraction. And, if thatās not enough, Syd is straight and going through a divorceāand Maddie somehow forgets to mention herā¦
Without a Front combines two of the genres I enjoy most: a heart-warming romance with three-dimensional characters and a well-written sci-fi novel with amazing world-building. The culture and history of Alsea, a planet of empaths, is portrayed in fascinating detail, but it never distracts from the love story. I fell in love not only with the world but also its characters, most of all Salomen, a stubborn farm owner who is a worthy opponent and eventual love interest for Tal, the ruler of Alsea.
Alsea is fractured in the aftermath of war. So is its leader. Though devastated by a personal loss, Lancer Andira Tal must somehow stitch her world together and move it forward when all the rules have changed. Every decision is fraught with risk, and her enemies wait for her to stumble.
During a global debate over alien technology, Tal stuns the world when she accepts a challenge from her most vocal critic in the producer caste. By trading the staff of office for the tools of a field worker, she hopes to swing the producers to her side.
In 1660, Amsterdam is the map-printing capital of the world. Anneke van Brug is a colorist, paid to enhance the black-and-white maps for the growing number of collectors. Her talent brings her to the attention of the great Joan Blaeu, owner of a prestigious publishing house. Not content to simplyā¦
Just from the bookās back cover description, I didnāt expect to enjoy it as much as I did because any kind of cheating and love triangles are not my cup of tea in a romance novel. If you are the same, give this book a chance anyway. Janāwho cared for her husband for yearsāand the much-younger writer Terry never planned to fall in love, but when they do, the author handles it with complexity and integrity. Itās a book that will make you feel all the emotions the characters are going through.
A triangle with a twist, Coming Home is the story of three good people caught up in an impossible situation.
Rob, a charismatic ex-fighter pilot severely disabled with MS, has been steadfastly cared for by his wife, Jan, for many years. Quite by accident one day, Terry, a young writer/postal carrier, enters their lives and turns it upside down.
Injecting joy and turbulence into their quiet existence, Terry draws Rob and Jan into her lively circle of family and friends until the growing attachment between the two women begins to strain the bonds of love and loyalty, to Rob andā¦
Hannah, a professional cuddler, inherits half of a building, but thereās a catch: To inherit, sheāll have to share an apartment with prickly workaholic Winter for 92 days.
Winter is determined to dislike her rival, but soon finds Hannah isnāt what she expected at all. Thanks to a hilarious doormat war, a cuddle dare, 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?
Annie Kurtz joins the Marines, deploys to Afghanistan, and has to make a split-second decision. She can follow her orders. Or she can follow her conscience. Nick Willard is a journalist who has pined for Annie since they were in prep school together. While doing his job, he discovers whatā¦
Captain James Heron First Into the Fray
by
Patrick G. Cox,
Captain Heron finds himself embroiled in a conflict that threatens to bring down the world order he is sworn to defend when a secretive Consortium seeks to undermine the World Treaty Organisation and the democracies it represents as he oversees the building and commissioning of a new starship.