Lesbian fiction

WLW & Lesbian Books Set Outside of the US (F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge #27)

September 17, 2020 by Jae

Most lesbian books and novels featuring women-loving women are set in the US, so today’s puzzle features books that take place outside of the US. The puzzle includes books set in South America, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Canada, and various countries in continental Europe and the United Kingdom. So, here’s the “WLW & lesbian books set outside the US” puzzle: You can either download the crossword grid by right-clicking on the picture below or download the PDF with the crossword grid and the clues. You don’t necessarily need a printer to play. You don’t need to send in the filled-out …

12 WLW & Lesbian Phone or Online Romance Novels

September 12, 2020September 16, 2020 by Jae

I realized there aren’t that many WLW & lesbian romance novels around in which the characters meet online—maybe via a dating app—or start communicating via emails, texts, or phone calls and meet face-to-face only a little later in the book. Which is a little strange, since so many of us find love—or great friends—online, right? So I thought I’d put together a list of 12 f/f romances that start out on the Internet or via the phone. Make sure you scroll all the way down for a free bonus story. Wrong Number, Right Woman by Jae Flirting has …

WLW & Lesbian Books with Characters Over 40 (F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge #26)

September 10, 2020 by Jae

Just as we lack a lot of books with plus-sized characters, middle-aged and older characters also seem underrepresented in WLW & lesbian fiction, especially in romances. So to prove that there’s love & life after 40, this week’s F/F Fiction Crossword Puzzle features WLW & lesbian books with characters over 40. In some of the featured books only one of the main characters is over 40 while the other is younger, making it an age gap romance. In others, both main characters are over 40. The age of the characters in these books ranges from their early forties—as in my …

WLW & Lesbian Science Fiction Novels (F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge #15)

May 21, 2020 by Jae

This week’s F/F Fiction Crossword Puzzle features WLW & lesbian science fiction novels. Science fiction is a fascinating genre. It explores new worlds, new technologies, and new ideas, while embracing diverse characters and tackling issues of human—or alien—society. But there aren’t that many sci-fi novels with women-loving women around, so I hope this puzzle gives you new books to read if you like this genre. You can still solve previous puzzles & win ebooks! If you haven’t solved all the previous puzzles yet, you can still do so! For every solution you send in, you get an entry into …

Popular WLW & lesbian fiction authors (F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge #14)

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 by Jae

Today’s F/F Fiction Crossword Puzzle is different from the previous ones: instead of featuring books, this puzzle is about some of the most popular WLW & lesbian fiction authors. This time, there are also more clues than usual—20 instead of 15—because it was incredibly tough to narrow down the long list of lesbian fiction authors to just a few handfuls. Really a wonderful problem to have! Isn’t it great that we live in a time when there are so many authors writing books about women-loving women? Each of the clues describes an author, and you’ll have to put their (pen) …

WLW & Lesbian Books with Main Characters Who Are Mothers (F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge #13)

May 7, 2020 by Jae

This week’s F/F Fiction Crossword Puzzle features WLW & lesbian books with characters who are mothers. Some of them will be single moms, while others have a co-parent; some will be mothers of teenagers or even adults, while others will be new mothers of a baby. You can still solve previous puzzles & win ebooks! If you haven’t solved all the previous puzzles yet, you can still do so! For every solution you send in, you get an entry into the drawing for the grand prize. So, here’s the WLW & lesbian books with characters who are mothers …

WLW & Lesbian Romantic Suspense Novels (F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge #12)

April 23, 2020 by Jae

This week’s F/F Fiction Crossword Puzzle features WLW & lesbian romantic suspense novels. A romantic suspense novel combines a romance between the main characters with a mystery or intrigue plot in which the characters solve a crime or face danger together. If that sounds like your kind of book, sharpen your pencil and take a crack at the romantic suspense puzzle! You can still solve previous puzzles & win ebooks! If you haven’t solved all the previous puzzles yet, you can still do so! For every solution you send in, you get an entry into the drawing for …

WLW & Lesbian Books from Bywater Books (F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge #11)

April 16, 2020 by Jae

It’s time for another publishers edition! This week’s F/F Fiction Crossword Puzzle features novels from Bywater Books. Bywater publishes lesbian books, feminist-themed fiction, and narrative nonfiction from authors such as Ann McMan, Ellen Hart, Katherine V. Forrest, Marianne K. Martin, Anna Burke, and many more. Read up on the rules If you are discovering the F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge only now, read up on the rules and prizes, then come back here and try to solve the Bywater Books puzzle. You can also still send in the solutions for the previous puzzles, including the “toaster oven” puzzle. Everyone who solves that …

Join the F/F Fiction Easter Egg Hunt and win one of 33 f/f fiction ebooks

April 9, 2020April 10, 2020 by Jae

Happy Easter, everyone! It’s been a while since I hunted for hidden eggs or chocolate on Easter, but I think you’re never too old for an Easter egg hunt. Since most of us are staying home, self-isolating, I put together a virtual F/F Fiction Easter Egg Hunt! 33 authors of WLW & lesbian fiction donated ebook prizes for you to win. Here’s how to participate in the F/F Fiction Easter Egg Hunt To participate in the Easter Egg Hunt, visit the websites of the authors on the list below. Each author hid a picture of an Easter egg somewhere …

WLW & Lesbian “Toaster Oven” Romance Novels (F/F Fiction Crossword Challenge #10)

April 5, 2020April 2, 2020 by Jae

This week’s F/F Fiction Crossword Puzzle features so-called “toaster oven” romance novels—books about women who go through a process of self-discovery during the course of the book and figure out that they are not as straight as they previously assumed. Most of them find themselves attracted and fall in love with another woman for the very first time. The “toaster oven” is an old joke within the LGBT+ community. To my knowledge, it originated when Ellen DeGeneres’s character on the 1990s sitcom Ellen came out as gay in the infamous “Puppy Episode” and her love interest was presented with …