#Rien Gray

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“They were sovereign of summer and the warrior of winter, proud head crowned with a thousand thorns.”

Character and Story from A Strip of Velvet by Rien Gray

Art from Vivid Shadows 2021

[transbookoftheday]

Books To Read For Genderfluid Visibility Week

Happy Genderfluid Visibility Week! Here are some books with genderfluid main characters you should read and/or preorder:

Book titles:

The Honeys by Ryan La Sala

Dragonfall by L.R. Lam

Something Spectacular by Alexis Hall

Salt the Water by Candice Iloh

Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore

Valerin the Fair by Rien Gray

Nine of Swords, Reversed by Xan West

Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller

The Manor House Governess by C.A. Castle (comes out November 7, 2023)

A River of Golden Bones by A.K. Mulford (comes out December 5, 2023)

[hpowellsmith]

Reading: The Scales of Seduction (Rien Gray)

I read The Scales of Seduction by Rien Gray! It's a 33,000 word F/F erotic romance novella between a butch trans woman and a feral cis femme, focused on lesbian desire and reclaiming one's body from those who would destroy it.

Here's what I thought! (spoiler, I loved it)

[lauren-ce]

My beautiful physical copy of Rien Gray's excellent (and incredibly gay) The Scales of Seduction just arrived! @theivorytowercrumbles even signed it in a wonderfully bold and iridescent gold!

I put it on one of my gay shelves :3

[lgbtqreads]

Exclusive Cover Reveal: Double Exposure by Rien Gray

Today on the site, we’re revealing the cover of Rien Gray’s F/NBi romantic suspense, Double Exposure, which releases September 4th! Here’s the story: Love always shows your true face. Jillian Rhodes lies to everyone she meets. As one of the world’s best art thieves, a life of infiltration and con artistry has left her flying solo, which is exactly the way she likes it. When Jillian is hired to…

[the-novel-approach-reviews]

Review: Double Exposure by Rien Gray

Title: Double Exposure Author: Rien Gray Publisher: Amazon/Kindle Unlimited Length: 174 Pages Category: Contemporary Romantic Suspense, F/NB Romance Rating: 3.5 Stars At a Glance: Double Exposure would have benefitted from more character backstory. Overall, a good if not perfect diversion. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Love always shows your true face.Jillian Rhodes lies to everyone she meets.…

[judeinthestars]

New sapphic book review! Double Exposure by Rien Gray

[nikkimira2006]

I’m not the only one thinking…

[whatsuptyler]

for anyone who wants some sapphic knights books please check out @theivorytowercrumbles who has a whole series of them

HOLYYY SHIT

[wiltking]

reading the scales of seduction by rien gray (f/f trans erotica) and i want to howl at how good every paragraph is. delicious writing. absolutely and firmly in my alley

[the-bi-library]

HAPPY BI VISIBILITY MONTH!!! 🩷💜💙

I wish all bi folks a very pleasant bi month!

Here are bi books of September!

Books listed:

💕 This Spells Disaster by Tori Anne Martin 💕 In the Ring by Sierra Isley 💕 Those Pink Mountain Nights by Jen Ferguson 💕 The Darkest Stars (The Broken Stars #2) by Kristy Gardner 💕Daughter of Winter and Twilight (Queen of Coin and Whispers #2) by Helen Corcoran 💕 Time to Shine by Rachel Reid 💕 Herc by Phoenicia Rogerson 💕 Fly with Me by Andie Burke 💕 Everyone's Thinking It by Aleema Omotoni 💕 A Crown So Cursed (Nightmare-Verse, #3) by L.L. McKinney 💕 This Dark Descent (This Dark Descent, #1) by Kalyn Josephson 💕 Providence Girls by Morgan Dante 💕 Wolf, Willow, Witch (The Gideon Testaments #2) by Freydís Moon 💕 What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell 💕 Thank You for Sharing by Rachel Runya Katz 💕 Cities of Women by Kathleen B. Jones 💕You, Again by Kate Goldbeck 💕 Double Exposure: A F/NBi Enemies to Lovers Romantic Suspense by Rien Gray 💕 The Fractured Dark (The Devoured Worlds, #2) by Megan E. O'Keefe 💕 Cover Story by Valerie Gomez 💕 The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White 💕 The Death I Gave Him by Em X. Liu 💕 Better Left Unsaid by Tufayel Ahmed 💕 Dearborn by Ghassan Zeineddine 💕 A Green Equinox by Elizabeth Mavor 💕 Salt Kiss (Lyonesse, #1) by Sierra Simone 💕 The Amazing Alpha Tau Boyfriend Project (Alpha Tau, #1) by Lisa Henry

Make sure to check the TWs for all books if necessary 💕

Here is the goodreads list of these books

[transbookoftheday]

Valerin the Fair by Rien Gray

Follow a fellowship of sapphic knights as they’re seduced by witches, queens, goddesses—and each other—in a dark, lush fantasy inspired by Arthurian legend.

Under the reign of King Theomacha the Exalted, the Land of Maidens flourishes. Her knights protect and explore the realm, seeking artifacts lost to time and fending off wicked, cunning magics. 

Born in the isolated Brocéliande Forest, Valerin is raised as a warrior by druids of great power. Her unusual strength and invulnerability is said to be the blessing of a goddess, but when Sebille, a sorceress empowered by fire and rot, arrives to challenge her claim, Valerin must come to terms with her true nature — or fall to the seduction of the woman she's destined to kill.

Valerin the Fair is a 15,000 word high heat F/F fantasy romance featuring:

➼ a genderfluid butch protagonist ➼ an older high femme sorceress ➼ highly intimate duels and notions of chivalry ➼ consensual / body-affirming transformation

This is the first book in the Out of True novella series.

[hpowellsmith]

absolutely adored Love Kills Twice by Rien Gray aka @theivorytowercrumbles (50% off at Smashwords until 9th March) - thriller F/NBi revenge romance in which a woman hires an (extremely hot) assassin against her abusive husband not knowing that he hired them against her too, 10/10 no notes other than that I would very much enjoy quite a few of Campbell's outfits (as well as their physique tbh)

[golden-heretic]

September is such a magical month-- it's bisexual visibility month, Latinx Heritage month, my birthday month AND Sapphic September? I just keep winning ♥️✨️

So in giddiness to participate in #SapphicSeptember 🌸 I've prepared a list of not only TBRs but recommendations but remember 🍷 READ SAPPHIC ALL YEAR AROUND💋

TBR 📚

🌙 The Cradle of Eternal Night by Ladz

🐍 Scales of Seduction by Rien Gray

🦪 Mother of Pearl by AA Fairview

🩸 Unholy with Eyes like Wolves by Morgan Dante

☀️ As the Sun Comes Up by Olive J. Kelley

Recommendations 📚

🐟 Providence Girls by Morgan Dante

🪽 The Fall that Saved Us by Tamara Jerée

🥀 Where Willows Weep by Luna Fiore

❄️ Ice Upon a Pier by Ladz

🍷 A Dowry of Blood by ST Gibson

[morkaischosen]

Finally got round to reading this. It was as good as I hoped. The language is gorgeous and rich, the characters are deftly drawn, and the interplay of their brittle pride in a fabulously tangled power dynamic is right up my street - especially with the aching tenderness that emerges through the cracks.

Going to be chewing on this one for a while.

[judeinthestars]

New review! A Love So Dark by Rien Gray