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Meryl Wilsner Has Done It Again With This Friends-to-Lovers Romance With Killer Sex Scenes

In a sea of skinny sapphic romance novels, I found Wilsner’s latest to be a refreshing change for the genre.

ashni —

Apr 29, 2025

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Jasmine Guillory’s First Sapphic Romance ‘Flirting Lessons’ Is a Fun Take on a Classic Trope

Overall, Flirting Lessons is about what happens when you try to overcome what other people think about you.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Apr 28, 2025

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15 Queer Romance Books and Sapphic Literary Novels Set On Reality TV Shows

As a population, lesbians tend to be especially hopeful about the possibility of lesbian love blossoming on a reality show that’s supposed to be about straight love or baking cakes.…

Riese —

Apr 17, 2025

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Sapphic Romance Novel ‘Cover Story’ Brings Us Back to 2005, When It Was Much Harder To Be Out and Famous

What would things have looked like if we got openly queer Kristen Stewart from the beginning of the Twilight franchise?

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Mar 31, 2025

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13 Sapphic Holiday Romances To Devour This Winter

These stories make you want to curl up on the couch in a thick sweater with a mug of your favorite hot chocolate while sitting next to your twinkling Christmas…

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Dec 7, 2024

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Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick Are Co-Authoring Sapphic YA Romances While Balancing Motherhood

With a toddler and another baby on the way, Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick have to carve out space to keep making art together.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Oct 7, 2024

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A Cozy Queer Romance for Lovers of Tarot With Mommy Issues

In “The Lovers” by Rebekah Faubion, two women’s romance is written in the cards.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Sep 24, 2024

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Casey McQuiston’s Bi4Bi Romance ‘The Pairing’ Is for Queer Hedonists Everywhere

The bisexual and trans romance is a delectable feast.

ashni —

Aug 6, 2024

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Exclusive Cover Reveal + Excerpt: Get a Sneak Peek of Amy Spalding’s Upcoming Sapphic Rom-Com ‘On Her Terms’

Check out the first chapter of On Her Terms, a sapphic rom-com with a fake relationship plot.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jul 1, 2024

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‘Everyone I Kissed Since You Got Famous’ Is a Perfect Sapphic Second-Chance Summer Romance

For fans of second-chance romance, friends to lovers, and ‘celebrity falls for regular person’ tropes.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Jun 13, 2024

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This Month, We Get Two Sapphic Romances Featuring Black Main Characters

I hope this means there will be more trad pubs looking to publish Black sapphic stories, because my bookshelf is ready.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

May 30, 2024

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17 Queer “Celebrity Falls For Normal Person” Romance Books If You Liked ‘The Idea Of You’

If you liked “The Idea of You” but wished it was gay, these lesbian, queer and gay novels that feature romance between a celebrity and a normal person will definitely…

Riese —

May 10, 2024