#black sapphic paranormal romance

[sapphicbookclub]

Author Spotlight: Tamara Jerée

Check out this wonderful essay on sapphic, Black, paranormal romances from Tamara Jerée. Tamara is the author of The Fall That Saved Us, a current club read out today!

As writers, we often hear that we should write the book we want to read. For me, that’s meant writing into a niche that feels largely unacknowledged. The more descriptors I stack—sapphic, Black, paranormal, romance—the shorter the list of books becomes. Finding darker sapphic romance by and about lesbians of color is hard. Stepping into a bookstore, I often feel like there is still a narrow range within which the publishing industry will allow us to exist. Readers don’t seek out our books in the same ways. Especially when compared to the diverse range of literary experiences for white women, I feel the lack.

I can immediately think of a few adult titles that fit into the Black sapphic paranormal romance genre. There’s Darknesses by Lachelle Seville, a romance featuring a sapphic Dracula. I was excited to find that Fiona Zedde, whose contemporary romances kept popping up as a recommendation for me, also writes paranormal romance. Every Dark Desire is the first in her vampire series. (If you’re interested in a comprehensive list, Tuesday Harper maintains a searchable database of Black WLW books here. I stumbled upon some new titles for my TBR!)

In lieu of paranormal romance, I often find myself reaching for sapphic horror to fill out my moody reading list. The Wicked and the Willing by Lianyu Tan is an F/F erotic horror novel set in Singapore that follows a maidservant and her vampire mistress. House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson is a gothic horror novel that doesn’t call its vampires vampires but nevertheless satisfied my need for bloody, brooding sapphics.

I’m compelled by erotic horror—and horror that winks at the erotic—because it confronts our personal and cultural fears and, in doing so, leaves us with nothing more to be scared of. Here, look at our depth and ugliness and resilience and strange pleasures. Ultimately, look at how we survived. Those darker elements influence all my work. I want the catharsis of safely staring down weird and terrible things. When combined with the structure of romance, the guaranteed HEA reassures. Maybe you’ve been through a long night, but you deserve happiness.

I want to talk about the first novel in the Black lesbian paranormal genre that ever made me feel seen as a writer, the one that sank its teeth into me and made me think this is possible; this is where my work wants to be. Published in 1991, The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez follows a queer Black vampire through the antebellum era and into the present before casting her and her chosen family into a speculative future. The novel isn’t a romance, but it does catalogue Gilda’s lovers through the ages—who she chooses to bring into immortal life and how they care for each other in a hostile world.

In the introduction, Gomez discusses how nervous she was about the book because lesbians in her community were skeptical of the rep. Attaching something taboo like vampirism to a Black lesbian protagonist? It was risky. Their concerns remind me so much of the debate in queer circles today over what depictions of ourselves and our communities are proper. We worry about writing people like us as villains or monsters because it would give fuel to hegemonic perspectives that are already eager to see us as deviant and evil.

As one of those readers and writers who finds power in reclaiming the monster, of being an antagonist to an unjust society, I’m thankful for Gilda. And I’m so glad Gomez took the risk. It’s empowered me as a Black lesbian writing romance that confronts heavy themes of mental illness and healing from abuse through a paranormal and fantastic lens. In my debut novel The Fall That Saved Us, Avitue—the succubus love interest—is an unrepentant villain, a sexy bad girl unafraid to show her teeth to a world that’s hurt her. She’s a monster because others have said so, and she wears the title as a badge of honor. The main character Cassiel, however, views Avitue as a savior—from her scarred past and a stagnant present.

The Gilda Stories expanded for me what we can be and do. There’s an infinite number of Black stories we can tell. Black people can be anything we want, including the hot lady monster who gets the girl.

[daybringersol]

alloaro book recs !

took some time but alright ! well first i gotta say, i havent read any of them (yet), but i will try to find reviews online.

this is mostly based on this database (link) i found, cuz im gonna be so honest with you, its straight up the only place where i could find that information.

Commit to the kick by Tris Lawrence

Urban fantasy. Lead is a demiromantic gay man. Found family. Queer-platonic partnership, though not defined that way (not sure what that means either). Writer is a queer woman. 4.7/5 on Goodreads (link), though only with 7 ratings. Seems batshit insane tbh, the guy transforms into a bear, theres clan politics, magic and sports. Can be read online for free here (link) I think? Can also be bought as a book here (link).

Viral airwaves by Claudie Arsenault

Science fiction. One of the main characters is a gay non-binary aromantic person, and has a queerplatonic relationship with a man. Book cover is the colors of the aroallo flag. Writer is an aroace woman from Québec (sorry, that's important to me, I'm québecois). 4.09/5 on Goodreads (link). Can be bought here (link). Look in comments for more info.

The ascencion by A. M. Blaushild

Fantasy, science fiction. One of the main characters is a bisexual aromantic woman. No pairings, only friendships. Author is disabled (chronically ill & autistic) and LGBT+. Can't find that specific book anywhere gonna be honest. Still leaving this here in case I do at some point. Look in comments for more info.

Baker thief by Claudie Arsenault

Fantasy, superhero. Lead is a bisexual aromantic non-binary person. Relationships explored are family, friendship, mentor, queer-platonic relationship (with a woman). Enemies to lovers (?). Lead is mainly attracted to women and femme non-binary genders. Writer is an aroace woman from Québec. 3.95/5 on Goodreads (link). Read it online for 2.99$ USD (minimum) here (link). Can also be bought as a book here (link).

The trouble by Daria Defore

Contemporary, romance, new adult. Lead is an aromantic gay man. Around an indie rock band. Relationships explored are friendships (bandmates), but includes a M/M pairing and explicit sexual content, so I'm guessing it's a friends with benefits situation? I don't know. Written by a most likely queer woman (haven't found her saying it herself but she only writes queer fiction). 3.85/5 on Goodreads (link). Currently unavailable everywhere, including Amazon (link), Ebay (link), Thriftbooks (link), for some reason, which is unfortunate for me because I'd like to read it. First 15 pages are available on Book Read Free (link) though. If you find a way to get it, please link me up.

Mangoverse by Shira Glassman

Fantasy. A series of books. Side character is a straight aromantic woman. Woman-focused, jewish-focused. Don't know if the character is in all the books, and if not, in which ones she is. Her name is Eshvat if that helps. Lots of other queer representation in all the books though. Ratings on Goodreads (link) range from 3.70/5 to 4.35/5.

Holding Onto Day by E. H. Timms

Fantasy, science fiction, paranormal. One of the main characters is a non-binary pansexual aromantic person. Relationships explored are found family and friendships. No pairings. Written by an aroace genderqueer person (she/they). 4/5 on Goodreads (link), though only out of 15 ratings. Involves vampires and werewolves. Only available for kindle on Amazon (link).

Novis by Rachel Tonks Hill

Science fiction. One of the main characters is an allosexual (attraction not specified but I'd assume sapphic) aromantic woman. Relationships explored are queer-platonic (F/F/F) and friendships. Includes moments of microaggressions against aces and aros and a fade-to-black sex scene. Writer is non-binary, bisexual and polyamorous. 4/5 on Bookreads (link), though only out of 9 ratings. Women-focused. Available as a paperback here (link) and as a kindle here (link).

The representative by Ripley Santo

Cuil (link), erotica, dark fantasy, paranormal. One of the leads is a bisexual aromantic man. M/M/F/NB relationship explored (could be romantic or QPR, not sure. probably sexual in nature.). 0 ratings on Goodreads (link). Currently out of print on Amazon (link).

more recommendations in comments !

taglist : @sorting-algorithm

[rolaplayor101]

This Valentines/Aro Day

I'm sharing my Arospec/Black/& Polyam book haul!! ft. Romance or Queer Platonic Relationships!

Legendborn(almost finished): black girl main character, interracial mf relationship, multiple queer supporting characters! YA fantasy with themes of racism and trauma

A Queen Of Gilded Horns(I've only read River of Royal Blood): Black main characters, black mf relationship, romance isn't the main plot which makes it very engaging for a romance tired black person like me! Focus is on racism in the fantasy world, multiple queer supporting characters!

Symbiosis (I haven't read Escaping Exodus yet): Black girl Mc, Sapphic relationship I heard! Mostly sci-fi plot I think! I'll recc it anyway cause I am gonna read it during this Black history month!

Ruin of Stars (only read Mask of Shadows): poc gender fluid main character in relationship with a woman, aromantic and black supporting character!! Fantasy with assassins and political commentary and trauma

Moonlight Love Witchcraft(havent started): Multiple Poc Mcs, polyam relationship, nonbinary main character, asexual werewolf mc!! Indigenous mc!! Comfy fantasy!

Silver Under Nightfall(haven't finished): Black Mc alongside Asian Mc and genderfluid southeast asian??? mc!! Polyamorous relationship! Paranormal vampire fantasy with great plot!! So far!! Tw for SA and trauma

Blasted Research(haven't finished): ace and nonbinary mc!! Polyam m/nby/nby relationship! Dystopia sci-fi and only on ebook!

Role Playing(almost finished): Asian American mc and bi demirose mc! Mf relationship but queer!! Video game romcom with themes about the harms of amatonormativity featuring 50 year olds!

The Bone Season(haven't really started): Multiple poc supporting characters, main character is demirose! Multiple queer characters! Fantasy dystopian setting! Love interest is nonbinary??? In second book.

Genesis of Misery(haven't finished): nonbinary southeast asian mc! Sapphic relationship! Religious political sci-fi plot with multiple queer and poc characters!

Most Ardently(haven't finished): trans and queer retelling of Pride and Prejudice! Gay relationship! Plain historical romance! Multiple queer supporting characters!

By Your Side(finished): a short queerplatonic story! Bi mc with aro mc! Polyam queerplatonic relationship!! Realistic college fiction that's like 38 pages!

Is Love the Answer (finished): aroace nonbinary mc and multiple aspec mcs! All poc cause they're Japanese. Possible queerplatonic relationships discussed! Realistic college fiction!

I Want To Be A Wall(finished): Japanese Aroace mc and gay mc married in a qpr!! Realistic comedic fiction! Full review here

If the authors have anything to add, I'll @ them here! @linseymiller @sshannonauthor @whatnowrin @coffeequills @thegabecole @themargherita-s @queerio-cheerios @itsneonyang

I also do art commissions if anyone would like to help me buy more queer and poc books 😢 😭

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

💖 Sapphic Books Coming Out September 2024

🩷 It's Sapphic September!! There's something especially sweet about a sapphic romance. Here are only a few of the amazing sapphic books hitting shelves in September 2024.

💖 Which ones are you adding to your TBR?

Contemporary 💖 The View from the Top - Rachel Lacey 💖 The Seemingly Impossible Love Life of Amanda Dean - Ann Rose 💖 I'll Get Back to You - Becca Grischow 💖 Back to Belfast - Emma L McGeown 💖 The Lovers - Rebekah Faubion 💖 Perfect - Kris Bryant 💖 Rabbit & Juliet - Rebecca Stafford 💖 Saving Graces - Ruby Landers 💖 All Daughters Are Awesome Everywhere - DeMisty D. Bellinger 💖 Superficial - Diane Billas 💖 Wild Wales - Patricia Evans Cox 💖 The Dating Countdown - N.G. Peltier 💖 Exposure - Nicole Disney & Kimberly Cooper Griffin 💖 Royal Expectations - Jenny Frame 💖 Fire Fall - JD Glass 💖 Love and Sportsball - Meka James

Paranormal/Horror 💖 The Hunter's Gambit - Ciel Pierlot 💖 We Came to Welcome You - Vincent Tirado 💖 Lucy Undying - Kiersten White 💖 How to Survive a Horror Movie - Scarlett Dunmore 💖 To the Bone - Alena Bruzas 💖 The Beauty of Us - Farzana Doctor 💖 Old Wounds - Logan-Ashley Kisner 💖 Touch of Death - Taylor Munsell This World Is Not Yours - Kemi Ashing-Giwa

Fantasy 💖 The Gods Below - Andrea Stewart 💖 Shadow Rider - Gina L. Dartt 💖 A Dark and Drowning Tide - Allison Saft 💖 The Cottage Around the Corner - D.L. Soria 💖 Night Owls - A.R. Vishny 💖 Spells to Forget Us - Aislinn Brophy 💖 This Will Be Fun - E.B. Asher 💖 The Tapestry of Time - Kate Heartfield 💖 Hunt of Her Own - Elena Abbott 💖 Pathways: Chronicles of Tuvana - Elaine Tipping 💖 Faeries Never Lie: Tales to Revel In - Various

Historical 💖 The Duke's Sister and I - Emma-Claire Sunday 💖 The Butcher's Daughter - Corinne Leigh Clark & David Demchuk

Mystery/Thriller 💖 Everything Glittered - Robin Talley 💖 The Breakdown - Ronica Black 💖 Jones - Gerri Hill 💖 Stone Cold Secrets - Nance Newman

Sci-Fi 💖 Countess - Suzan Palumbo 💖 Tribute - L.M. Rose 💖 In the Shadow of the Ship - Aliette de Bodard 💖 Rumor Has It - Cat Rambo

[skyekilaen]

Fellow queer bibliophiles of Tumblr, I'm back with another roundup of new and recent queer romance books that are self-published, small press, and all over the rainbow with rep.

This month we've got all kinds of new books and characters:

- sci-fi, fantasy, paranormal, dystopian

- shifters, mages, elves, orcs, vampires, and necromancers who knit

- historicals

- contemporaries with celebrity, artist, and vintner MCs

- positive sex worker rep!

- ace, nonbinary, and trans MCs

- Black sapphic MCs

AND MORE.

Could I even fit all the covers in one graphic? No, no I could not.

Come on over and check out the list!

[zorlok-if]

I saw you're reading legends and lattes which I haven't read yet, but I'd like too! So seeing as you seem like a big reader do you have any recommendations for Halloween reads? Traditional books or if?

I am a pretty big reader. But, even more than that, I'm a library associate so knowing a lot about books and providing recommendations is a core aspect of my job (a job that I adore) 😊

I have been recommending and will continue to recommend Legends and Lattes as a cozy, sweet, delightfully queer read. Definitely give it a go if you've been considering it.

I haven't been able to read much IF recently (so, honestly, I'd be very interested in any recommendations you all might have for good Halloween IF reads) but here are some traditional books (and graphic novels) that I'm happy to pass on. If you have a more specific genre you're interested in, let me know (like I said, this is what I do and I adore it). Many of these don't directly relate to Halloween, but for whatever reason, I think they fit the spooky season. I tried to present a wide range of titles and these are in no order whatsoever. Please enjoy.

Some Spooky Season Recommendations

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree [cw]

(adult fiction, high fantasy, queer romance, sapphic slow-burn, cozy, for dnd fans)

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas [cw]

(young adult, queer fiction, spirits and brujería, paranormal romance, first in a duology)

Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas [cw]

(adult fiction, gothic, vampires, slow-burn romance, historical fiction)

The House Witch by Delemhach [cw]

(adult fiction, high fantasy, witchcraft, romance, cozy mystery, comedy, first in a series)

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle [cw]

(adult fiction, horror, queer fiction, genuinely horrifying camp)

(and yes, that Chuck Tingle)

The Skull by Jon Klassen [cw]

(juvenile fiction, illustrated, folktale, short, gently spooky)

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman [cw]

(juvenile fiction, horror, ghosts, graveyards, macabre, coming of age tale)

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson [cw]

(adult fiction, horror, gothic, haunted house, mystery)

Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones [cw]

(adult fiction, werewolves, horror, coming of age tale)

The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa (in particular, the audiobook narrated by Vico Ortiz) [cw]

(teen fiction, historical fantasy, queer fiction, trans mc, pirates, magic powers, deals with devils)

The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna [cw]

(adult fiction, cozy mystery, romance, urban fantasy, witchcraft)

The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag [cw]

(juvenile fiction, graphic novel, queer fiction, magic and witches, first in a series)

Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women, edited by Lee Murray [cw]

(adult fiction, horror anthology, short stories)

Hollow by Shannon Watters [cw]

(teen fiction, graphic novel, queer fiction, sleepy hollow retelling)

Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia [cw]

(adult fiction, urban fantasy, horror, vampires)

A Witch's Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley [cw]

(adult fiction, romantic comedy, urban fantasy, witchcraft, demons, first in a series)

Fledgling by Octavia Butler [cw]

(adult fiction, horror, science fiction, vampires)

The Clackity by Lora Senf [cw]

(juvenile fiction, horror, mystery, paranormal investigators, ghosts, first in a series)

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir [cw]

(adult fiction, horror, queer fiction, necromancy, haunted space castle, first in a series)

Slewfoot: A Tale of Bewitchery by Brom [cw]

(adult fiction, dark fantasy, historical setting, witchcraft, devils, revenge, illustrations)

The Saturday Night Ghost Club by Craig Davidson [cw]

(adult fiction, horror, mystery, ghosts, coming of age tale)

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow [cw]

(adult fiction, gothic horror, romance, mystery, haunted house, curses, nightmares)

Nimbus by Jan Eldredge [couldn't find any cws]

(juvenile fiction, fantasy, mc is a magic cat, witchcraft, goblins, for the Warrior Cat kids)

[gretchensinister]

Perhaps you should buy yourself a book as a present

Such as…

It’s Spring Break, and five friends have decided to spend the week at a cabin in the Berenson Wilderness Recreation Area to get away from the stresses and pressures of college. It turns out they’re the only ones staying at the park, but that shouldn’t be anything to worry about—even if someone did recently get killed in an apparent animal attack just outside the park’s boundaries. They know enough to stick together.

Unfortunately for them, it isn’t anything as ordinary as a mountain lion or bear that’s responsible for that death. It’s something—someone—truly extraordinary that calls the park his home, and calls them the perfect prey.

But even a monster wants more out of life than simple survival, and this one might well decide that one of these campers could be something other than prey to him.

Fear is in the air—but so is spring.

Berenson Wilderness Recreation Area invites you to a story that’s not as familiar as it might first appear, an exploration of friendship, fear, family, and finding out just how far you’ll go for the ones you love. ($2.99, equivalent to 234 print pages)

OR PERHAPS

Stella Black has been followed by a terrifying, malevolent entity since she was a child, but she’s never been certain of its ability to affect the physical world until now. With new evidence of its power to affect matter, she can only assume it is finally going to end her life. Desperate, she seeks out a paranormal society, and, to her astonishment, they promise to do whatever they can to help her, despite her destitute state. The entity, however, proves too powerful to be destroyed by the society’s means. While it is temporarily bound, the mysterious Alexandra Poppy says that she might be able to permanently destroy it using the knowledge contained in books on her rural estate, Dreamers’ Hill. The powerful draw of freedom and of time spent alone with Alexandra lead Stella to agree to accompany her far away from any life she’s ever known, but the forbidden wishes of her heart are not the strangest possibilities that might come to fruition under the cold stars of the year’s longest night… *** The Solstice Alliance is a story of sapphic romance and dark magic set in a strange Victorian England where love is not the only way to bind souls together. ($4.99, equivalent to 442 print pages)

OR THERE’S ALWAYS

The Watcher and the Sacrifice, which is only $1.99 and is about a young man who is all too willing to be his village’s sacrifice to their local terrifying many-limbed monster. It turns out that this is not a lethal kind of sacrifice, and a very good time is had by all.

The first reblog will have a link to all the ebooks. If you do not want to go through this Major Retailer please message me and we can work out a way for you to buy the file directly from me.

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It's the time of year when reading The Solstice Alliance would really suit the mood! I know I'm the one that wrote it, so I'm biased, but I've been thinking about rereading it myself. The dead of winter, mysterious and threatening magic, and discovering that one is a lesbian via overwhelming crush on a mysterious wealthy woman...it's good times!

[usertiff]

a list of FREE sapphic books on KINDLE — TONIGHT ONLY

keep in mind some of these books contain steamy romance. however, i personally went through and omitted books that were triggering or contained taboo topics. the books that aren't the first in the series CAN be read as stand-alone books, and the ones that cannot, i listed their other books as well.

some of these books contain plus size, disabled, poc, and trans representation as well as lesbian/sapphic! take a look!

Mer Made (A Black Trans Fairy Tale Book #2)

Sign of Seduction: Arrogant Intent

Waiting For Her

Infiltrated (Concealed in Shadows)

Target: A Snowverse Novel

Colour Her (Flowers and Keyboards): A Geeky Romance Novel

Royalty & Romance (book 2 is free)

Her Unforgotten Bear Mate: A Crescent Lake Bears Story (x)

Value in Visions: A Godstouched Sapphic Romance

Oh Mycelium (The Shifting Shapes Gathering)

Midsummer: A Kinky Lesbian Bear-Shifter Romance

Lesbian Lumberjack: A Forced Proximity Sapphic Romance

Betting on the House: Fixer Upper

The Geek Girl Squad: Mia

A Taste of Sin (How Sweet it Is)

Just Like Heaven (The Apartment Complex Book 1)

The Blackburn's-Zara: OTT Dark Mafia Lesbian Instalove Short Romance

Tentacles and Teeth: A Consorting with Monsters Novella

The Witch and the Werewolf (Betwixt Realms book 1)

Eternally Bound (A Paranormal Vampire Romance)

On Stolen Tides

Where Shadows Lie

Kissed by Her

[nothwell]

There’s a new episode of Right Here Write Queer waiting for you in your favorite podcast app!

Noah Hawthorne interviews A.K. Mulford and K. Elle Morrison about cowriting, grief, inspiring representation, small town autumn, and their new cozy paranormal sapphic romance Pumpkin Spice & Poltergeist.

A.K. Mulford (they/she) is the author of the Five Crowns of Okrith novels and the Golden Court series, amongst others. You can connect with them at akmulford.com

K. Elle Morrison (she/her) is the author of the Princes of Sin: The Seven Deadly Sins series, the Black Banners books, and others. You can connect with her at kellemorrison.com

@noahhawthorneauthor (he/they), also writing as Aelina Isaacs, is the author of queer fantasy such as Phantom and Rook. You can connect with him at neshamapublishing.com

[sapphicbookclub]

Author Spotlight - Rien Gray

Rien Gray, author of Her Wolf in the Wild, brings a fascinating guest post about the history of lesbian mystery novels! Her Wolf in the Wild is a paranormal romance that our members are current reading.

Like a lot of F/F readers, I struggled finding books with sapphic protagonists when I was younger, and held onto every book I could find like it was worth its weight in gold. So when I found out about the history of lesbian mystery novels, I was shocked to find out that hundreds of them had been published since the 1970s, often distributed through mailing services, magazines, and independent feminist presses like Naiad.

Also known as lesbian detective fiction, these books follow, you guessed it, lesbian detectives. Despite the name, plenty of characters in these novels are also bisexual or unlabeled but clearly attracted to women, and the gamut of the queer community tends to appear as the mysteries in question progress. 

The genre appears to have started with A Reason to Kill by Eve Zaremba in 1978 with her middle-aged lesbian private investigator Helen Keremos. Mary Wings joined soon after with a butch protagonist named Emma Victor, a private eye. Nikki Baker became the first Black writer of lesbian mysteries with In the Game, a series that follows financial analyst and burgeoning sleuth Virginia Kelly. And there are dozens and dozens more.

Most of these authors wrote substantial series, following the same protagonists for years, taking their detectives through new jobs, heartbreaks, and self-discovery with each case. It’s worth noting that a lot of these characters are cops, but what I found interesting about that in the novels I read was how deeply the authors engaged with what that means when a protagonist is both queer and a member of law enforcement, and how often that clashed, especially in decades-old books where gay bars being raided was in recent memory.

If you want to know more about the genre, Megan Casey wrote The Lesbian Detective Novel, which features a database of every fitting writer and title the author could find, as well as several essays on the books in question.

[jessread-s]

✩📦📚Book Mail:

@fiercereadsya was kind enough to send me a finished copy of @meriammetoui ’s debut novel and I am so excited to sink my teeth into this one! 

The book at a glance: 📸 Horror YA 📸 Paranormal mystery 📸 Sapphic romance with the friends to lovers trope  📸 Includes over 30 interior black and white photos by the author

Full Synopsis: Something is building, simmering just out of reach.

The room is watching. But Mira and Layla don't know this yet. When the two best friends are stranded on their spring break college tour road trip, they find themselves at the Wildwood Motel, located in the middle of nowhere, Indiana. Mira can't shake the feeling that there is something wrong and rotten about their room. Inside, she's haunted by nightmares of her dead brother. When she wakes up, he's still there.

Layla doesn't see him. Or notice anything suspicious about Room 9. The place may be a little run down, but it has a certain charm she can’t wait to capture on camera. If Layla is being honest, she’s too preoccupied with confusing feelings for Mira to see much else. But when they learn eight people died in that same room, they realize there must be a connection between the deaths and the unexplainable things that keep happening inside it. They just have to find the connection before Mira becomes the ninth.

Please check the content warnings before reading!

Cross-posted to: Instagram | Amazon | Goodreads | StoryGraph

[mybiggaybooktour]

Looking for a high-stakes deiselpunk book that gives purge meets paranormal romance?

Join the team for @neshamapublishing 's June tour of The Rebel Foxes before June 9th.

To sign up to be a host click HERE

BLURB:

A dark dieselpunk fantasy with a big found family of shifters, a queer polyamorous romance, enemies with benefits, along with corrupt governments and the rebels who fight them.

Welcome to the Dome, a special kind of hell where flora and fauna are legends brought to life by shifters, a mutant race that the malevolent and overtly wealthy Citadel hunts down endlessly in fear of what they might do if given a foothold in society.

The Rebel Foxes are a powerful gang led by Rajni, a fox shifter hellbent on bringing down the oppressive system impoverishing and endangering humans and shifters alike. They take in those who need shelter, and give away their wealth to the poor.

Her pack is thriving and for the first time in years, they have a counter attack planned for The Hunt, a night of crime sanctioned by the Citadel. A night dedicated to flushing shifters out so anyone can murder them without the worry of standard daily limits and hunting tags.

But, all good things must come to an end, and Rajni's past catches up with her on the night of the Hunt. The human with amber eyes that once saved her life demands her help. Or else.

Fight with Rajni and her foxes.

Drystan, the peaceful panther and nanny.

Jaromir, the wise polar bear who loves to bake.

Balderik, the golden canine with healing hands.

Hotaru, the black fox who likes chemistry too much.

Xylia and Takara, the foxes who share Rajni's bed, and her dreams.

Genre: Dark Fantasy, LGBTQ+, Romance, Dieselpunk Representation: Trans, Sapphic, Polyamorous, Queer Cast, Mental Health and Disabilities TW: Violence, Gore, Sex, Off-page torture, abuse, and child death

[iindieiinfestation]

Sapphic love story about a vampire and a human. (Pending Title)

So, one of my favourite things to read is paranormal romance. And something I felt I've been lacking on my shelf are queer romances of women loving women but one of them happens to be a vampire. So I have decided to take the liberty (again) to try to create a story about two roommates who slowly discover that they love each other- while the other has no idea that she's a vampire.

In essence I mainly made this account to give a crack at motivating myself to write and post after a few years hiatus from the internet. I am excited to share with the world my ideas for stories and my love of reading, art, and literature!

About my vampire universe:

(BIIIG work in progress things may change in the future as I hash out more ideas and flesh out lore.)

In this universe, humans know of the existence of vampires and have since the dawn of time. Often the vampires are believed to be born from darkness, while humans were born of light. Humans believed that vampires were born as a mockery of the human race and were thought to be only capable of evil. Most, lived in fear of their corroborators- the "wretched" they shared the Earth with. But as times moved on, may wars ebbed and flowed over the centuries-. rival species fighting for dominance, control, power and blood. Eventually they struck a truce...

Present time, vampires live with humans- peaceful for the most part but the stigma of the species still lingers in some spaces; making existence difficult for some. The main heroine of the story is Lilith, the daughter of a large political figure in the vampire world. Lilith wan't nothing to do with her family's business and desires to live with the humans and try to salvage a normal life for herself. She works a night shift at an undisclosed location (until I figure out were I want her to work, lol!) and lives with her roommate, Aurora.

What I hope to convey in this story is a tale of light and dark, two unlikely people coming together and honestly kicking some ass. A sweet romance that will make people laugh, cry, and fall in love with my characters and universe. (even if I abandon this idea, I hope future ideas pique interest in others!!! I also draw so stay tuned for that!!)

Some things to note about this universe!

Vampires are born, not made. It is not a disease. They burn in the sunlight, and the sclera (the whites) of their eyes turn a deep black when agitated, excited, eating. they have fangs that are *not* retractable. Their body temperature is lower than a humans, causing them to be colder as well as healing slowly unless they recently fed on fresh blood. They cannot die of old age (like a lobster lol) but can die from substantial blood loss. Also they have black blood, which when agatated, pumps faster in their veins causing black lines to appear in their skin.

Will add more later! have a lovely night!

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

💖 Sapphic Books Coming Out September 2024

🩷 It's Sapphic September!! There's something especially sweet about a sapphic romance. Here are only a few of the amazing sapphic books hitting shelves in September 2024.

💖 Which ones are you adding to your TBR?

Contemporary 💖 The View from the Top - Rachel Lacey 💖 The Seemingly Impossible Love Life of Amanda Dean - Ann Rose 💖 I'll Get Back to You - Becca Grischow 💖 Back to Belfast - Emma L McGeown 💖 The Lovers - Rebekah Faubion 💖 Perfect - Kris Bryant 💖 Rabbit & Juliet - Rebecca Stafford 💖 Saving Graces - Ruby Landers 💖 All Daughters Are Awesome Everywhere - DeMisty D. Bellinger 💖 Superficial - Diane Billas 💖 Wild Wales - Patricia Evans Cox 💖 The Dating Countdown - N.G. Peltier 💖 Exposure - Nicole Disney & Kimberly Cooper Griffin 💖 Royal Expectations - Jenny Frame 💖 Fire Fall - JD Glass 💖 Love and Sportsball - Meka James

Paranormal/Horror 💖 The Hunter's Gambit - Ciel Pierlot 💖 We Came to Welcome You - Vincent Tirado 💖 Lucy Undying - Kiersten White 💖 How to Survive a Horror Movie - Scarlett Dunmore 💖 To the Bone - Alena Bruzas 💖 The Beauty of Us - Farzana Doctor 💖 Old Wounds - Logan-Ashley Kisner 💖 Touch of Death - Taylor Munsell This World Is Not Yours - Kemi Ashing-Giwa

Fantasy 💖 The Gods Below - Andrea Stewart 💖 Shadow Rider - Gina L. Dartt 💖 A Dark and Drowning Tide - Allison Saft 💖 The Cottage Around the Corner - D.L. Soria 💖 Night Owls - A.R. Vishny 💖 Spells to Forget Us - Aislinn Brophy 💖 This Will Be Fun - E.B. Asher 💖 The Tapestry of Time - Kate Heartfield 💖 Hunt of Her Own - Elena Abbott 💖 Pathways: Chronicles of Tuvana - Elaine Tipping 💖 Faeries Never Lie: Tales to Revel In - Various

Historical 💖 The Duke's Sister and I - Emma-Claire Sunday 💖 The Butcher's Daughter - Corinne Leigh Clark & David Demchuk

Mystery/Thriller 💖 Everything Glittered - Robin Talley 💖 The Breakdown - Ronica Black 💖 Jones - Gerri Hill 💖 Stone Cold Secrets - Nance Newman

Sci-Fi 💖 Countess - Suzan Palumbo 💖 Tribute - L.M. Rose 💖 In the Shadow of the Ship - Aliette de Bodard 💖 Rumor Has It - Cat Rambo

[creatrackers]

17, 25, 27 for the writer ask game!!

Hope you’re doing well my lovely!

Thanks @buffythevampirelover !! :) you too!

17. What are some tropes and character dynamics found in your wips?

Tropes: found family (duh!), friendly neighbourhood vampire, cryptids, runaways, pirates, quests Dynamics: sapphic relationships, queer platonic relationships, black cat x golden retriever, nerd x jock (lol actually a scientist x knight but same thing), misfit found family

25. What’s your favourite genre to write? Is it also your favourite genre to read?

Write: romance, slice of life, fantasy, poetry, and of course paranormal fiction! Read: romance, slice of life, poetry, mystery, and I'm trying to get into more horror right now!

27. What are your favourite movies?

Whisper Of The Heart, La La Land, Spiderverse movies, Fire Of Love (a doc), I Saw The TV Glow, Paranorman... to name a few... I have so many tbh

[libraryleopard]

watching domino day while i have amc+–paranormal show about a succubus-like witch who feeds on humans and catches the attention of a coven in manchester) and it seems interesting so far. there's magic that can be scary and uncontrollable and have consequences which i like in fantasy story, the protagonist's magic is a little vampire-like, and one of the other witches practices obeah which i haven't seen in a paranormal show. also lots of witches of color (domino is black) and maybe a sapphic romance developing?