#contemporary lesbian fiction

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All Things Beautiful

The details… Title ‏ : ‎ All Things Beautiful Author ‏ : ‎ Alaina Erdell Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bold Strokes Books Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 16, 2024 Available formats‏ : ‎ ebook, paperback File size ‏ : ‎ 1333 KB Print Length ‏ : ‎ 312 pages Genres ‏ : ‎ Contemporary romance Themes ‏ : ‎ the art scene, New York City, artists, friendship, motherhood, children, abusive relationships,…

[grrlterrier]

Earth girls are easy

Gouache, Acrylic & Ink on Watercolour Paper. 14”x17”

[archergrid]

BE GAY DO CRIME

archergrid.substack.com NEW CHAPTER EVERY WEDNESDAY 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 Butch/femme 💰 Steal from the rich 👾 Hacker main character 🌹 Butch-fatale love interest 🌶️ Spicy love scenes When her former boss is acquitted of the crime she gave up everything to expose, a hypervigilant hacker masterminds a heist to get her revenge. But when a sexy yet reckless ex-yakuza joins the crew, the hacker’s meticulous plan begins to unravel. "Six of Crows" meets "Mr. Robot" in this snappy sapphic heist full of colorful criminals ripping off a megalomaniacal tech CEO in the South American port city of Valparaíso.

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💖 Sapphic Books Coming Out August 2024

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

💖 Which ones are you adding to your TBR?

Contemporary 💖 Can’t Buy Me Love - Georgia Beers 💖 The Heart Wants - Krystina Rivers 💖 Hers for the Weekend - Helena Greer 💖 You Can’t Go Home Again - Jeanette Bears 💖 Worth the Wait - Kenna White 💖 One Summer in Miami - Amber Rose Gill 💖 The Last Woman I Kissed - Venetia Di Pierro 💖 Changing Her Tune - Amanda Kabak 💖 Chance Encounter - Renee Roman 💖 The Italy Letters - Vi Khi Nao 💖 Our Slice of Paradise - Tiana Warner 💖 Dancing With Dahlia - Julia Underwood 💖 Untethered - Shelley Thrasher 💖 Comes in Waves - Ana Hartnett 💖 Libertad - Bessie Flores Zaldívar 💖 The Avian Hourglass - Lindsey Drager 💖 Mamele - Gemma Reeves 💖 Mighty Millie Novak - Elizabeth Holden 💖 A Bánh Mì for Two - Trinity Nguyen 💖 Don’t Let It Break Your Heart - Maggie Horne 💖 Chance Encounter - Renee Roman 💖 Southern Lights - Liz Arncliffe

Paranormal/Horror 💖 The Curse - Alexandra Riley 💖 The House Where Death Lives - ed Alex Brown 💖 Full Shift - Jennifer Dugan & Kit Seaton 💖 The Dark We Know - Wen-yi Lee 💖 This Ravenous Fate - Hayley Dennings 💖 Come Out, Come Out - Natalie C. Parker

Fantasy 💖 The Crimson Crown - Heather Walter 💖 The Phoenix Keeper - S.A. MacLean 💖 Oath of Fire - K. Arsenault Rivera 💖 The Palace of Eros - Caro De Robertis 💖 Gentlest of Wild Things - Sarah Underwood 💖 Queen of Dreams - Kit Rocha 💖 The Sunforge - Sascha Stronach 💖 The Ending Fire - Saara El-Arifi 💖 Skyscraper - Gun Brooke 💖 Fyrebirds - Kate J. Armstrong 💖 The New Camelot - Robyn Schneider 💖 The Storm and the Sea Hawk - Kiran Millwood Hargrave 💖 Practical Rules for Cursed Witches - Kayla Cottingham 💖 Netherford Hall - Natania Barron 💖 The Duchess of Kokora - Nikhil Prabala 💖 Rise and Divine - Lana Harper

Historical 💖 Not for the Faint of Heart - Lex Croucher 💖 Accidental Darlings - Crystal Jeans

Mystery/Thriller 💖 Better Left Buried - Mary E. Roach 💖 A Midnight So Deadly - Wren Handman 💖 Death At Morning House - Maureen Johnson 💖 A Gravely Troubling Discovery - Hannah Hendy 💖 Verity’s Game - Jennifer Giacalone

Sci-Fi 💖 Time’s Agent - Brenda Peynado 💖 New Adventures in Space Opera - ed Jonathan Strahan

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Grace and Julia <3

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anyone wanna rec me lesbian fantasy or sci fi or horror/paranormal books bc i fucking hate contemporary unless its well done (and it never is)

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Lover Birds by Leanne Egan

Pages: 400 Publisher: Harper Fire Released: 4th of July 2024 With an irresistible enemies-to-lovers romance, and perfect for fans of Alice Oseman and Becky Albertalli, Lover Birds is a beautifully-written, inclusive and heart-pounding romance. When Isabel Williams moves to Liverpool, she criticises seemingly everything in Eloise Byrne’s life – her city, her accent, her trademark boldness – so…

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Attention everyone! I am publishing my novel. It will be out in August 2024. You can check out my Instagram page here.

The description:

Not so many years ago, the whole world changed. All the masterpieces humanity had to offer were sold to private collectors, and museums were robbed of their glory and beauty. No one could see art anymore, and this was a problem for people in the field, but especially for art students.

Specialising in art, Eli Bellini lives in Amsterdam. She moved there before the global decision to sell art was made, and now she began to lose interest in anything; her life lacked variety, and she felt stuck in an academic life with no prospects. Until one day when she meets a mysterious redheaded woman named Natasza in the Rijksmuseum, in front of one of the last untouched masterpieces, Jan Asselijn's The Threatened Swan. Natasza didn’t come there only to offer Eli a job opportunity. She wanted more than that...

Eli realises that the missing works of art - which have been in the possession of rich people - could be returned to the general public, but not in the most legal way...

Will they be able to get back any of the pieces of art?

And will art be enough to strengthen their relationship beyond just an employment opportunity?

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White Rabbit: Chapter Six

cw: eating disorder mention, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric medication, homophobia, car crash, flashback due to ptsd, overdose mention, drug mention

I don’t know how many days pass. I lose track of how many breakfasts I eat and how many times I go to bed and how many times the sun rises. But eventually I’ve been there for long enough for them to take David off my case and put me in a normal four-person room. I still don’t have anything but the same one pair of clothes I’ve been wearing. I haven’t built up the courage to take a shower yet, so my hair is greasy and my skin is sticky. I hope whoever my roommates are, they understand. David leads me to a room down the hall and knocks on the cracked door before pushing it open and announcing himself. Carrie lies on the bed with her butt on her pillow and her legs on the wall, her arm outstretched at the ceiling as she mutters numbers to herself. I am never going to sleep again. I bite my lip to keep from cursing. The bed beside Carrie is empty and made. I look across from her at the other two. Helena sits in one, her hands folded on her lap as she stares out the back window. The other one is empty, too, but messy. Someone sleeps there. Who? “Carrie? Helena?” David says. Carrie turns. Helena flinches and glances over her shoulder. “Diana!” Carrie squeals. She shoots up, nearly knocking herself off the bed. “You know Diana, good,” David says. “She’s going to be your new roommate.” He gently pats my shoulder and says, “I won’t be with you twenty-four seven anymore, but I’ll be around if you need me, okay?” I nod. “I’ll leave so you can settle in,” he says, and he does. I look up at the ceiling where Carrie was pointing. There’s nothing special there. The lights are off because it’s still bright outside. I glance over at Helena. She’s looking back out the window again.

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'The No-Girlfriend Rule'- Randall, Christen

Disability Rep: Anxiety (MC), ADHD (SC)

Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Comedy

Age: Young Adult

Setting: USA

Additional Rep: Queer Fat Female MC x Lesbian POC Female LI, F/F, Transgender SC, POC SCs

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Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

Today's sapphic book of the day is Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin!

TW for death mentioned in summary (also a prevalent theme throughout the book)

Summary: "Gilda, a twenty-something lesbian, cannot stop ruminating about death. Desperate for relief from her panicky mind and alienated from her repressive family, she responds to a flyer for free therapy at a local Catholic church, and finds herself being greeted by Father Jeff, who assumes she’s there for a job interview. Too embarrassed to correct him, Gilda is abruptly hired to replace the recently deceased receptionist Grace.

In between trying to memorize the lines to Catholic mass, hiding the fact that she has a new girlfriend, and erecting a dirty dish tower in her crumbling apartment, Gilda strikes up an email correspondence with Grace’s old friend. She can’t bear to ignore the kindly old woman, who has been trying to reach her friend through the church inbox, but she also can’t bring herself to break the bad news. Desperate, she begins impersonating Grace via email. But when the police discover suspicious circumstances surrounding Grace’s death, Gilda may have to finally reveal the truth of her mortifying existence."

[archergrid]

Read my serial sapphic heist romance, GIRL WITH NO NAME, on Substack if you like: 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩Butch/femme 💰Steal from the rich 👾Latina hacker main character 🌹Asian butch-fatale love interest 🌶️spicy love scenes

Or DM me if you'd like to be a beta reader!

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The Apple Diary

The details… Title: The Apple Diary Author: Gerri Hill Publisher: Bella Books Publication date: December 19, 2023Available formats: ebook, paperback, audiobook Print length: 304 pages Audiobook length: 9 hours and 2 minutes (Tantor Audio, Narrator Abby Craden) Genre: romance Themes: women love women, romance, family history, family business, family loyalty, soul mates, love, apple…

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We Deserve Monuments

We Deserve Monuments - Fiction – Contemporary Realistic Jas Hammonds Published 2022 by Roaring Brook Press

Jas Hammond’s debut novel We Deserve Monuments is a young adult, queer contemporary novel that finds itself on the 2023 Goodreads Choice Awards nomination for best YA Fiction.

Readers follow Avery Anderson as her life in DC is uprooted her senior year of high school to move with her family to take care of her terminally ill grandmother, Mama Letty. Avery is desperate to learn the shared past of her mother and Mama Letty while also learning about who she really is in this new place with her new friends. As Avery grows closer with her Mama Letty and her new friends Jade and Simone, she uncovers the mysteries behind her family as well as the racist history of Bardell, Georgia- expanding her expression of queerness and finding romance along the way. What will she uncover about her Mama Letty and the town throughout this romantic, slow-burn mystery?

This book takes an excellent look at the impact of generational racism and trauma, the effects it has on individuals as well as the community as a whole. We also get to see a teenager come to terms with toxic past relationships and foster newer and better ones that allow her to fully realize herself. 

With a piece like this and similar readings, I think there could be validating recognition of a range of readers in the experiences present in these pages as well as host larger conversations in relation to the aforementioned: generational racism, generational trauma, identity and queerness. 

We Deserve Monuments could count itself as a member of a number of displays regarding mixed race protagonic representation, queer representation, black representation, and perhaps more focused possibilities. There is possibly for a piece like this to be present in a range of representational experience and discussion; passively or actively. 

I look forward to future works from Jas Hammond and finding similar voices to read and support.

- Ray

11/18/2023

Goodreads. (n.d.). We deserve monuments. Goodreads. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58484187-we-deserve-monuments 

Zamora, K., Brown, A., &amp; Summers, J. (2023, February 2). Encore: Author Jas Hammond on their book, “we deserve monuments.” NPR. https://www.npr.org/2023/02/02/1153936550/encore-author-jas-hammond-on-their-book-we-deserve-monuments

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Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake

Genre | Contemporary Fiction Romance Page #s | 400Publishing Date | November 2022 For Astrid Parker, failure is unacceptable. Ever since she broke up with her fiancé a year ago, she’s been focused on her career–her friends might say she’s obsessed, but she knows she’s just driven. When Pru Everwood asks her to be the designer for the Everwood Inn’s renovation, which will be featured on a popular…