With Halloween approaching, it’s time to take a closer look at paranormal books with lesbian or women-loving women main characters.
Paranormal books are set in a world that looks like our current, ordinary world at first glance—but paranormal creatures and supernatural beings such as werewolves, shapeshifters, vampires, demons, or ghosts exist along with humans.
If paranormal fiction is a square that you struggle with, take a look at these tips on how to complete your book bingo card even when you don’t like speculative fiction.
15 GREAT LESBIAN PARANORMAL BOOKS
I’ve put together a list of 15 paranormal books featuring women-loving women. I hope you’ll enjoy these novels.
Good Enough to Eat (The Vampire Diet Series, book 1) by Jae & Alison Grey
Robin is a vampire who wants to change her eating habits. To fight her cravings for O negative, she goes to an AA meeting, where she meets Alana, who battles her own demons.
Despite their determination not to get involved, the attraction is undeniable.
Is it love or just bloodlust that makes Robin think Alana looks good enough to eat? Will it even matter once Alana finds out who Robin really is?
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The Devil You Know (Darkmirror Agency, book 2) by Marie Castle
Cate Delacy isn’t thrilled to be volunteered as a finder of lost bodies, but she’s not immune to Gemini Roskov’s grief and righteous desire to claim her father’s remains. It means a confrontation with the hostile Council of Supernatural Beings that controls far too much of New Orleans’ darker mysteries and…personalities.
Available at: Bella BooksAmazonApple iBooks
Beauty and the Wolf by Bridget Essex
Bella has lived her whole life in the little town of Paris, Vermont. Her family’s restaurant, the Rose Garden Diner, has been a point of pride…until they’re forced to sell it.
Every day, a mysterious woman comes to the diner for lunch. Mel Grim enchants Bella, and when Grim makes her an offer she can’t refuse, Bella goes to work for her. But Grim has a secret. Is their love strong enough to overcome the truth? Or are they destined for an unhappily ever after?
The Awakening (Sisters of Spirits Trilogy, book 1) by Yvonne Heidt
Sunny Skye, a psychic medium, is the head investigator and founder of Sisters of Spirits, a paranormal society dedicated to helping others understand what they can’t see. She is excellent at finding ghosts but finds it difficult to cope in the real world. When she meets Jordan, she is instantly attracted and completely unnerved by the personal demons she carries around with her.
Available at:Bold Strokes BooksAmazonApple iBooks
Ex-Wives of Dracula by Georgette Kaplan
Mindy’s best friend, Lucia, is a vampire. Every second Mindy spends with her she’s in danger of becoming dinner. But Lucia needs help. To keep her alive they need fresh blood, and to cure her they have to kill her sire. So why is it that Nosferatu, the cops, and the chance of becoming an unwilling blood donor don’t scare Mindy half as much as the way she feels when Lucia looks at her?
Available at:Ylva PublishingAmazonApple iBooks
Five Moons Rising by Lise MacTague
Code-named Malice, Hunter Mary Alice Nolan was genetically modified and rigorously trained to use her great strength, heightened senses, and killer instincts to eliminate supras who prey on the innocent. Werewolf Ruri Samson is comfortably situated as the Beta of her peaceful pack. Until she is betrayed by the woman she loves and an evil outsider massacres her pack. Although these two women should despise each other, fate compels them to join forces on a dangerous quest to avenge their loved ones—and will ignite a forbidden passion that neither of them ever imagined.
Available at:Bella BooksAmazonApple iBooks
Wild by Meghan O’Brien
The only thing that frightens shapeshifter Selene Rhodes more than the full moon is the idea of falling in love.
Available at:Bold Strokes BooksAmazon
Apple iBooksAudible (audio book)
Witch Wolf (Kassandra Lyall Preternatural Investigator series, book 1) by Winter Pennington
Preternatural Private Investigator and Paranormal Huntress Kassandra Lyall is used to working alone. Whenever there’s a murder or a mystery to solve that involves the preternatural—she’s the witch they call. When she’s called in to help the local cops work on a mysterious murder case, she finds herself needing all the help she can get.
Available at:Bold Strokes BooksAmazonApple iBooks
The Midnight Hunt (Midnight Hunters, book 1) by L.L. Raand
Medic Drake McKennan has never been good at following protocol, so she doesn’t think twice about rendering emergency care when a young girl’s life is at stake—even if the girl is in the throes of Were fever and any sane human should know better. It isn’t the bright shining pain of the bite or even the wrenching agonies of the fever that convinces her everything in her life has changed.
Available at:Bold Strokes BooksAmazonApple iBooksAudible (audio book)
The Devil’s Tree (The Hunter series, book 1) by Ali Spooner
Torn between her love for the pack and her need to find what’s missing in her life, Devin Benoit travels to New Orleans. She senses something calling to her as she enters a small club off Bourbon Street and her eyes are drawn to the DJ spinning music. Without any doubt, she knew she had found the missing piece of herself. When her new love Tia is kidnapped, Devin and her brother Damen, alpha of the Baton Rouge werewolf pack, must return to the Devil’s Tree, where lives and souls are lost, and sad memories abound. Will the previous happenings at the Devil’s Tree help or hinder Devin in the fight of her life, and the life of Tia, the woman who now owns her heart?
Available at:Affinity Rainbow PublicationsAmazonApple iBooks
Fury’s Bridge by Brey Willows
Avenging fury Alectho (Alec) Graves has been tasked with saving the world. If she fails in her mission, those she loves will cease to exist. Philosophy professor Selene Perkton lives an ordinary, well-scheduled life. When Alec appears, the world she thought she knew becomes a very different place. Can Alec and Selene put aside their differences, or will the evil lurking in the shadows manage to pull them apart?
Available at:Bold Strokes BooksAmazonApple iBooks
Twisted Echoes by Sheri Lewis Wohl
Can a reluctant psychic set things right, or will an angry spirit destroy those she loves the most? Lorna Dutton is ready for something new and a chance to move beyond the numbness of a broken heart. Inheriting her great-aunt’s house on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, she embarks on an exciting adventure only to discover things are more complicated than simply starting over.
Available at:Bold Strokes BooksAmazonApple iBooks
If you haven’t done so already, download your bingo card, pick the book you want to read for the “paranormal” square, and start reading! Remember that you can either read one of the 15 books listed above or pick another lesbian paranormal book.
Lesbian Book bingo giveaway: Win a book by leaving a comment
For the paranormal square, I’m giving away an e-book copy of:
- The Devil’s Tree by Ali Spooner
- Five Moons Rising by Lise MacTague
- Fury’s Bridge by Brey Willows
Anyone can enter. To be entered into the drawing, leave a comment on this blog and let us know which book you’re going to read for the “paranormal” square or if you can think of other lesbian books that fit this category.
Entries close on Thursday, October 25, 2018, 10 a.m. CET, when I’ll draw the winners using a random numbers generator. I’ll notify winners via email. Your email address won’t be used for any other purpose.
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Happy reading!
Jae
So many good titles….currently I am reading Five Moon, but for my bingo I read Paradox Valley by Gerri Hill….which was great!
Wow. I’ve only read five of those! Of course their all the ones offered as prizes.
The Brey Willows book sounds good.
What I like most of this category are the vampire stories. But a good wolf story is good too. Good enough to eat is one I loved, has vampires and it’s funny. There are more I like not in the humour side. Also liked the shifter series by Jae. From this list wild is one I loved too. I’m looking forward to reading more
I’ve read a few already. No I start with Wild by Meghan O’Brien.
Not really my favourite genre (when associated with romance that is), but these are good suggestions. I haven’t read any of them but I think I’ll go with “Beauty and th Wolf” and “Twisted Echoes”. I’ll save “Good Enough to Eat” for a later time, when the mood for a rom-com hits me ;)
Paranormal is the last square left to fill on my bingo card. Thanks for the recommendations!
These are all good choices. I read Yak by Lois Cloarec Hart for this square.
I’ve added all these to my to-read list, I love paranormal romance. The first one I’ll read for the square will be “Beauty and the Wolf”, I think.
Why oh why do they always have to be series? Don’t get me wrong I like that but it also means I can’t stop.. That is one of the reasons I haven’t started on Garoul or Midnight Hunters (yet).. First of all because I always want to start at the beginning and second some already have a dozen in a series (so I need the time)..
That said I’ve already read Wild and Five Moons Rising for my first two cards. I have Good Enough To Eat lined up and I’m still looking for a fourth.. I like the idea that Liitle Dip is kinda like the start of the Garoul series but I haven’t bought it yet.. And the series by Brew Willows and Winter Pennington sound great too! The most funny part of it all.. This is not even one of my go to genre.. Just started to read this thanks to this bingo so thanks a lot Jae!
I have only heard the ones on audio. But I would love to read the rest
Lots of good ones on this list, and I’ve read most (but not all!) of them. Thanks for putting this together
I’ve only read a few of these. A lot of them sound so good. Good Enough to Eat is one I’ve always been curious to read.
I real Indigo Moon by Gill McKnight for this category; it’s part of the Garoul series. Her (non-Garoul) book Cool Side of the Pillow fits this square as well.
Good Enough To Eat and Fury’s Bridge are also great reads.
I loved Good enough to eat. And usually I don’t read paranormal books. But on this list I found 2, which interest me.
Wonderful choices. Thank you!
I actually really love this category and the books listed are amazing! My most recent was Five Moons Rising and I enjoyed it so much I’m making my wife read it.
Nice list
Great list, as I have read every one of them! lol
I will re-read “Witch Wolf”, that was really good.
Wild by Meghan O’Brien
I love, love, love paranormal books! This is a great list! I recently read “Little Dip” and “Fury’s Bridge” and re-read “Witch Wolf” and “Ex-Wives of Dracula.” And I’m interested in reading “Stranger Than Fiction,” so thanks for the recommendation!
I’ll read Five Moons Rising for this square
I read Aftershadow by Kim Pritekel. It’s a beautifully spooky read and perfect for Halloween.
Loads of promising books here (and I haven’t read a single one; not big on paranormal!).. but Wild looks really good.
This is an interesting square, I have read a few on the list. I think I will give my Wild audio book a
re-listen and I have never read anything written by Brey Willows, so that’s my pick.
I’m gonna go with Good Enough To Eat!
I’ve read a lot of these and more with vampires and werewolves, but I put Reverie by Eliza Andrews in this square. I read it when it was first available. Can’t believe it’s not on this list!
I would love to read any of these.
Second nature was on my first bingo card. I also read Reverie and loved that book! It should be on the list too, Marsha, but there are so many good books that could be on it.
This is the square I really struggle with. Vampires, witches and werewolves are not subjects I like to read about. But that is the thought behind the whole bingo card.
For my second bingo card I chose The Empath by Jody Klein.
I’m gonna read Coitus Interruptus Dentalis to this square (:
Great list! Lot’s of new books for me to read. I’ve read Fury’s Death by Brey Willows for this square.
Ooohhh one of my favourite genres! I haven’t read Fury’s Bridge yet so that would be awesome to win!
Fun, seasonal list! I’m reading everafter by Nell Stark and Trinity Tam for this square.
Good list. I read Helen MacPherson – Love’s Redemption, Cate Culpepper – Riverside, Ali Vali – Carly ‘s Sound and D Jackson Leigh – Take a Chance. Not sure what I’ll read next. Both of Jae’s shapeshifter novels and their accompanying short stories are excellent. But I need to say Good Enough to Eat is a great read, as is the short story sequel Coitus Interruptus Dentalis. I recommend reading the novel before the short story.
Ooh I loved Wild, curious about the others…