A Hexcellent Chance to Fall in Love is a cozy romance from Ann Rose that perfectly sets the mood for fall. The protagonist, Pepper, has a cursed contract managing The Dead of Night, a Halloween store that appears every autumn. When it disappears (instantly, because magic), no one remembers Pepper exists. That’s mostly fine with her,Read More
Daphne Fama on the House of Monstrous Women and the Genius of Filipino Horror Lore
House of Monstrous Women is Daphne Fama’s stunning debut novel out August 12, where, “a young woman is drawn into a dangerous game after being invited to the mazelike home of her childhood friend, a rumored witch, in this gothic horror set in 1986 Philippines.” I found it as deeply unsettling as it was tender, andRead More
Annie Mare Talks Cosmic Love At The Multiverse Hair Salon and the Infinity of Queer Love
Cosmic Love at the Multiverse Hair Salon is a gorgeous “multiverse novel about two women who fall in love despite living in worlds that are five months apart, as they try to find a timeline that doesn’t end in disaster” by Annie Mare (she/they). It’s every bit as messy and joyous as it sounds, and IRead More
Landice interviews Anna Burke about her book Spindrift
Anna Burke is not just one of my favorite lesfic authors—she’s one of my all time favorite authors, period. I love her dystopian lesbian pirate debut novel so much that I’ve convinced 6+ different friends to read it, essentially turning my Sapphic Bookstagram group chat into the unofficial Compass Rose fan club, and I creditRead More
Mallory Lass interviews Heather Rose Jones
Heather Rose Jones is the author of the Alpennia historic fantasy series: an alternate-Regency-era Ruritanian adventure revolving around women’s lives woven through with magic, alchemy, and intrigue. Her short fiction has appeared in The Chronicles of the Holy Grail, Sword and Sorceress, Lace and Blade, and at Podcastle.org. Heather blogs about research into lesbian-relevant motifs in history andRead More
Mallory Lass Interviews Elle Spencer
Elle Spencer is finally living her dream job as a romance novelist. She is the author of the best-selling, Goldie-nominated Casting Lacey. Her next release is Unforgettable (Nov 2018) – a collection of two novellas that each start with one-night stands. Elle and her wife love to travel and split their time between Utah and California. When I caught up withRead More
Hannah interviews Ke Payne
British author Ke Payne has kindly agreed to answer some questions for this blog. Ke Payne, can you introduce yourself in a few words/lines? I’m a British YA lesbian author with Bold Strokes Books. I was born and grew up in Bath, in South West England, but now I live in chaotic bliss in theRead More
Hannah intereviews Cari Hunter
Cari Hunter, author of Snowbound, has kindly agreed to answer some questions for this blog. Cari Hunter, can you introduce yourself in a few words/lines? I live near Manchester in north-west England with my partner and two cats. I’ve been a paramedic for eleven years and, more recently, an author with Bold Strokes Books. IRead More
Isabelle interviews author Clare Ashton
I had never heard about Clare Ashton until I read the following review of her novel After Mrs Hamilton at C-Spot Reviews. I added the book to my Amazon wishlist and downloaded it to my iPad a few weeks later. I was hooked right from the beginning and couldn’t put it down. After Mrs Hamilton has also been nominatedRead More
Hannah interviews Yolanda Wallace about her book Month of Sundays
Being somewhat of a foodie myself, a review of Month of Sundays by Yolanda Wallace on Goodreads caught my attention as it mentioned ‘the delicious dishes that Yolanda described’. I soon read the book and sure enough enjoyed the description of the numerous meals the two main characters delight in throughout the novel. When sheRead More