Why am I passionate about this?

Iā€™m a full-time writer, part-time editor, and avid reader of romances between queer women. Iā€™ve just published my twenty-third novel, and Iā€™m 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. 


I wrote

Book cover of Just a Touch Away

What is my book about?

Hannah, a professional cuddler, inherits half of a building, but thereā€™s a catch: To inherit, sheā€™ll have to share anā€¦

When you buy books, we may earn a commission that helps keep our lights on (or join the rebellion as a member).

The books I picked & why

Book cover of Breaking Character

Jae Why did I love this book?

Breaking Character is a lesbian celebrity romance, but itā€™s 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 timeā€”and 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 Winterā€™s books.

By Lee Winter,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Breaking Character as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Life has become a farcical mess for icy British A-lister Elizabeth Thornton. Americaā€™s most-hated villain stars in a top-rated TV medical drama that she hates. Now, sheā€™s been romantically linked to her perky, new co-star, Summer, due to the young womanā€™s clumsiness. As a closeted actress, thatā€™s 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 ā€œgirlfriendā€, Summer, first.Summer Hayes is devastated when her co-star shuns her for accidentally sparking rumors theyā€™re lovers. Nowā€¦


Book cover of Ask, Tell

Jae Why did I love this book?

Ask, Tell is the story of Captain Sabine Fleischer, a surgeon in the US Army during the ā€œDonā€™t Ask, Donā€™t Tellā€ era. The book is told entirely from Sabineā€™s point of view, so as a reader, I could really feel her pining for her superior officer, stunning and competent Colonel Rebecca Keane. Itā€™s 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. 

By E.J. Noyes,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Ask, Tell as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Where can you turn when youā€™re 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 militaryā€™s anti-gay policy of ā€œDonā€™t Ask, Donā€™t 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€¦


Ad

Book cover of Return to Vienna: The Special Operations Executive and the Rebirth of Austria

Return to Vienna by Peter Dixon,

"Captain Charles Kennedy" parachuted into a moonlit Austrian forest and searched frantically for his lost radio set. His real name was Leo Hillman and he was a Jewish refugee from Vienna. He was going home. Men and women of Churchillā€™s secret Special Operations Executive worked to free Austria from Hitler'sā€¦

Book cover of Jericho

Jae Why did I love this book?

This book is the epitome of a slow-burn romance, so as a reader, you get to know both main charactersā€”small-town doctor Maddie and new-in-town librarian Sydā€”really 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. 

By Ann McMan,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Jericho as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

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 friendshipā€”but almost immediately begin struggling with a mutual attraction. And, if thatā€™s not enough, Syd is straight and going through a divorceā€”and Maddie somehow forgets to mention herā€¦


Book cover of Without a Front

Jae Why did I love this book?

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. 

By Fletcher DeLancey,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Without a Front as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

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 theā€¦


Ad

Book cover of A Diary in the Age of Water

A Diary in the Age of Water by Nina Munteanu,

This climate fiction novel follows four generations of women and their battles against a global giant that controls and manipulates Earthā€™s water. Told mostly through a diary and drawing on scientific observation and personal reflection, Lynnaā€™s story unfolds incrementally, like climate change itself. Her gritty memoir describes a near-future Torontoā€¦

Book cover of Coming Home

Jae Why did I love this book?

Just from the bookā€™s back cover description, I didnā€™t 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. Janā€”who cared for her husband for yearsā€”and the much-younger writer Terry never planned to fall in love, but when they do, the author handles it with complexity and integrity. Itā€™s a book that will make you feel all the emotions the characters are going through. 

By Lois Cloarec Hart,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Coming Home as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

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€¦


Explore my book šŸ˜€

Book cover of Just a Touch Away

What is my book about?

Hannah, a professional cuddler, inherits half of a building, but thereā€™s a catch: To inherit, sheā€™ll have to share an apartment with prickly workaholic Winter for 92 days.

Winter is determined to dislike her rival, but soon finds Hannah isnā€™t 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?

Book cover of Breaking Character
Book cover of Ask, Tell
Book cover of Jericho

Share your top 3 reads of 2024!

And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.

1,997

readers submitted
so far, will you?

Ad

šŸ“š You might also likeā€¦

Book cover of The Child Riddler

The Child Riddler by Angela Greenman,

Zoe Lorel, an elite operative in an international spy agency, is sent to abduct a nine-year-old girl. The girl is the only one who knows the riddle that holds the code to unleash the most lethal weapon on earthā€”the first ever ā€œinvisibilityā€ nano weapon, a cloaking spider bot. But whenā€¦

Book cover of That First Heady Burn

That First Heady Burn by George Bixley,

Donā€™t mess with the hotheadā€”or he might just mess with you. Slater IbƔƱez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get interesting when they start to overlap. A freelance investigator, Slater trolls the dark side ofā€¦

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in love triangle, lesbian topics and characters, and the Appalachian Mountains?

Love Triangle 78 books