Here are some recommended lesbian books for September 2021. As usual, we have new releases, audiobooks, and a 2020 book you should read.
Enjoy!
**Recommended new releases**
Traditional Romance
That Woman Next Door by Harper Bliss
Olivia Chevalier lives alone and isolated in a rural area in Brittany, France. She follows a strict routine and avoids human interaction as much as possible. That is until… See Gaby’s review
Beginner’s Bet by Fiona Riley
Ellison Gamble is the owner of the most successful luxury real estate firm in Boston but despite all her money and success, she feels alone. Katie Crawford needs to… See Gaby’s review
Dramatic Romance
An Unlit Candle by Caren J. Werlinger
This book is broken up into two stories. One is the story about a character you will know from In This Small Spot, her life from young adult to their 70s (I think) and the other… See Lex’s review
Debut / Action / Romance
Holding Fire by Annelise Sorrell
As an employee of Nexus Security, Rei Takeda is assigned to look after her boss’s estranged sister Sora Hoshino, who is the heir to the Flame Born Clan, a dangerous crime organisation. When Sora’s father is arrested for his multiple criminal activities, it starts a war between gangs to control the city. While Rei and Sora battle for survival, they’ll discover an irresistible attraction… See Gaby’s review
Fantasy / Rom-com
Elemental Attraction by K. Aten
Fauxmances are my favorite romance trope and to put one in a fantasy setting which includes a dragon shifter… I just knew this would be… See Lex’s review
Historical Fiction / Mystery
The Tell Tale by Clare Ashton
In the early 1970s, Beth Griffiths goes back home with her daughter to her small town in Wales after years of absence. A few months later… See Gaby’s review
Legal Thriller / Romance
Trial by Fire by Carsen Taite
Attorney Wren Bishop is having problems adjusting from her lucrative job in a big firm to the public defender’s office. To make things worse, her first case pits her against… See Gaby’s review
Science Fiction
Distant Gardens: Ten Stories of Exploration, Biodiversity, and Found Family by JS Fields (editor)
There are ten stories in this collection, written by five authors, each offering a standalone story and one linked to previous works. There are murderous AIs, sneaky spores, fairies, krakens, scientists of all species and genders, mutinies, and all sorts of… See Jude’s review
Young Adult
The Convincing Hour by Ann Roberts
I’m a big fan of YA and this book in particular is very well written. This is the kind of YA that a teenager would like but this is absolutely a story for… See Lex’s review
Audiobooks
The Summer of Our Discontent by Robin Alexander, Audiobook narrated by Lori Prince
Faith Leblanc and Rachel Chauvin have hated each other since childhood. Frequently playing practical jokes on each other, they never considered the possibility of… See Gaby’s review
At Your Most Beautiful by Harper Bliss, audiobook narrated by Angela Dawe
Quinn Hathaway and Maya Mercer shared a one-night stand that they agreed to keep secret. Ten years later, they meet again and discovered that… See Gaby’s review
Delay of Game by Tracey Richardson, audiobook narrated by Anastasia Watley
To say that Niki Hartling and Eva Caruso have a history together is an understatement. Not only they competed against each other in an ice hockey Olympic final but they were also… See Gaby’s review
The Next Life by Lise Gold and Madeleine Taylor, audiobook narrated by Abby Craden and Tessa Stavers
After a painful divorce from her husband, Reina Amari lives a quiet life by herself in a mansion in the Hamptons until Belle Rodgers comes into her life. Belle is a… See Gaby’s review
Last Year’s Book you should Read
Art of Magic by K.J.
KJ ventures into magical realism story territory, which is both surprising since neither of her previous books even hints at it, as far as I remember, and not because it’s… See Jude’s review
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