Lesbian romance reviews.
We're in the UK, COVID-19 has forced us to our homes, and stress levels are HIGH. Time for some historical lesbian romance! Woman A is an astronomer who's just watched her lover of 5 years marry some bloke. Her father has recently died, and with it her access to a life in science. Her brother … Continue reading The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
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Everyone is currently swooning over Megan Rapinoe and her World Cup and Golden Boot and purple hair and sunglasses and 'not fucking going to the White House' quote. But let's not forget her recently-retired, and wildly eloquent, predecessor on the US National Women's Soccer team, the mighty Abby Wambach. She is famous for kissing her … Continue reading Forward: A Memoir by Abby Wambach
This 'historic' (Victorian?) novel opens with our orphaned American heroine choking back sobs of distress at her ex-girlfriend's wedding. A pair of lovely young English aristocrats (brother and sister) help her blow her nose. Friendship ensues. Within a ridiculously short space of time, the brother proposes. Our heroine accepts, partly to get away from everything … Continue reading The Haunting of Heatherhurst Hall by Sebastian Nothwell
How would you like to spend some time in the head of an anxious former child genius? Yes? Then this is the book for you! Your host for this trip will have suffered a massive and public breakdown in her teens and is now living a reclusive existence under an assumed name. She holds down … Continue reading Listen by Kris Bryant
Totally readable, slightly fraught romance. Woman A is a hotshot American author, recently humiliated by a very public divorce from a no-good-cheatin'-wife. In her grief-ridden state, she runs away from it all to a house she buys, sight-unseen, in small town, UK. Her grandmother spent her childhood in small town, UK and our hotshot author … Continue reading Full English by Rachel Spangler
I'm a bit of a tennis fan, so when this popped up on my Kindle recommendations just a day or two after Andy Murray announced his imminent retirement, and I was lying in bed with a cold in need of some comforting fluff, I didn't need to think twice. Tennis Mom is a powerful, black … Continue reading Love all by Rachel Spangler
This much-anticipated sequel to the brilliant Ask, Tell, picks up shortly after the first book finished. The Major surgeon Bec and the Captain surgeon Sabine have got together despite the outrageous difficulties of the US Army's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' policy. Bec has left the army to become a civilian surgeon. Sabine has had to … Continue reading Ask Me Again by E J Noyes
Radclyffe is back on the horse! After the "Don't Bother" that was Love After Hours we now have a gem of a surgeons-go-at-it-like-surgeons book. Raaaah! Radclyffe makes these two surgeons genuinely interesting and intriguing women, thrown deep in really tricky situations in their professional as well as in their personal lives. This is primarily an excellent … Continue reading Passionate Rivals by Radclyffe
Set in Jae's own Germany, the location is probably the most interesting thing about this book. Uh oh! Woman A is a hotshot business consultant who quits her job after being passed over for all the cool projects by her sexist workplace. Woman B is the assistant of Woman A's uncle, helping to run his … Continue reading Paper Love by Jae
What has happened to Gerri Hill? Once a favourite author of mine, this is one of the rare books to make it onto our "don't bother" list. Woman A is a reluctant celebrity actress, closeted and friendless, and mysteriously successful in her movies. Her next, and final role before her planned retirement from acting, is … Continue reading The Locket by Gerri Hill
Swooooon. I admit, I totally fell for this book, which leaves me with the realisation I might be really into older, powerful women fantasies. In fact, I got so much into this, I can even tell you the characters names! Maddie is a 30ish Australian trying to make her way in New York's media industry. … Continue reading The Brutal Truth by Lee Winter
