This week’s category of the Sapphic Book Bingo features sapphic books with a masturbation scene.
For this square of your main bingo card, pick up a sapphic story where at least one of the main characters has a moment of solo intimacy on the page.
This is a real hidden gem category because, for some reason, masturbation scenes don’t show up that often in sapphic books, especially outside of erotica or erotic romance. So this post celebrates sapphic stories that aren’t afraid to show characters engaging in self-pleasure.
15 sapphic books with a masturbation scene
Below, you’ll find 15 recommended sapphic books with a masturbation scene:
Heart Trouble by Jae
Dr. Hope Finlay loves her job as an emergency room physician, especially since it allows her only brief encounters with her patients. She learned early in life not to get attached to anyone because it never lasts.
Laleh Samadi, a waitress at her aunt’s restaurant, is the exact opposite. She easily connects with people and loves her big, boisterous Persian family, despite their tendency to meddle in her life.
When Laleh needs to be rushed to the ER with heart trouble, Hope saves her life. Afterwards, strange things begin to occur: Why does Laleh suddenly know even the most obscure diseases, while Hope is fluent in Farsi?
Soon, they can no longer deny that there’s a mysterious connection between them—one that becomes stronger with each passing day.
Are they losing their minds…or their hearts?
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The Woman from the Waves by Roslyn Sinclair
Love and hunger are not the same.
Six years ago, on a remote Scottish island, a mysterious woman saved Sister Madeleine Laurent from drowning. Now, after leaving her convent, Madeleine crosses the ocean again to find the rescuer who changed her life. Instead, her search is disrupted by Hæra North, a brazen, provocative local who stirs Madeleine’s repressed desires—and keeps a secret out of legend.
Hæra has one dream: to become the first female Stormhorse, a powerful leader in her clan of fearsome ocean horse spirits. To do so, she must capture, drown, and eat a worthy human. When she first saw Madeleine, she knew she’d found the one. So why did Hæra save her instead?
Now Madeleine’s back. All Hæra has to do is remain in human form, earn her woman’s trust, then devour her.
But Madeleine is awakening another kind of appetite…
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One Way or Another by A. L. Brooks
Corporate lawyer Sarah Connolly keeps her love life simple—no strings, no complications, and definitely no falling in love. It works for her, even if it’s getting a little, well, boring.
Demure teacher Bethany Keane has been out of the dating pool for ages but is ready to dip her toe back in. She would love to be swept off her feet by some beautiful, romantic soul.
A chance encounter outside a sex shop in London draws the unlikely pair together and the attraction is immediate and powerful. But how can two people so different even connect, let alone fall in love? Can Ms. Wrong ever be right?
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She Comes at Night by Alena Cerulean
When a vampire lives for as many centuries as Anastasia has, she knows a good thing when she sees her. So when she enters the Green Witch bar, she instantly decides to claim its delectable owner as her own. The closer she gets to enthralling Kaci, the more she realizes her new obsession is hiding something dangerous.
Chase has taken down her share of predators, having hunted monsters for most of her adult life. She also knows better than to get involved with a client, but when the Green Witch’s gorgeous owner seeks Chase’s help to stop the vampire stalking her, Kaci proves irresistible.
All three women harbor dark secrets, and Chase’s hunt for Anastasia threatens to expose all of their past sins and destroy them.
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Highland Fling by Anna Larner
Eve Eddison describes her ideal woman to her best friend, Roxanne, over pints in their local pub a few days before she travels to the Scottish Highlands. There she falls head over heels for an enigmatic local, Moira Burns, and the usually reticent Eve wants more than a holiday romance. Forestry officer Moira Burns has no intention of letting go—either of past pain or for present pleasure. If that means she misses out on her chance at happiness, so be it. Convinced Eve is headed for heartbreak, Roxanne advises her to let Moira go…but has Eve found her ideal woman at last?
From the breathtaking Highlands of Scotland to the buzz of a Leicester gay bar, family and friendship are tested to breaking point, as letting go proves painfully hard.
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At Her Service by Anna Stone
Abby Peters can’t catch a break. Stuck in a nightmare nannying job to make rent on her shared Los Angeles apartment, she’s barely scraping by. Until she has a chance encounter with Hollywood executive Valerie Kane. She wants Abby to be live-in nanny to her 2-year-old daughter. But that’s not all the older woman wants from her.
Valerie is the most powerful woman in Hollywood. And as Madame V, she co-owns and runs Club Velvet, a luxury club for ladies who like to play. She doesn’t have room in her life for relationships. Or in her heart.
But when she sees her new nanny on her knees, she can’t deny her attraction. Abby is completely off-limits, but the chemistry sizzling between them might be enough to break Valerie’s iron will.
However, her vindictive ex-wife is hell-bent on reinserting herself into Valerie’s life, even if that means destroying her and everything she’s built. As the illicit relationship between Abby and Valerie deepens, their undeniable connection threatens to unravel Valerie’s empire. Can the two women risk it all for love, or will their pasts tear them apart?
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Sailing With Her Wolf by Ariel Marie
Wolf shifter, Marley Gerwulf, was protective of her human best friend, Zara York. Their friendship dated back to their sophomore year in high school. Throughout the years they had been glued to each other’s hip, experiencing life together. When Zara broke up with her longtime boyfriend, Marley suggested a three-week girls trip, sailing the Pacific Ocean. It would help her friend clear her mind and celebrate her newly found single life.
Marley had spent the last fourteen years of her life, knowing they’d only ever be friends. Her wolf had identified Zara as her mate the day they’d met. The urge to mate was strong, but she was always able to overcome it, knowing she’d rather have Zara in her life as a friend, then not at all.
After setting sail with Tahiti as their destination, an intense storm caught them off guard damaging their yacht. Floating aimlessly along in the ocean, Marley was determined to ensure their survival. With life or death situations at every turn, will Marley be able to protect Zara while resisting the call to mate?
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Betrayal & Lies by Avery Gearhardt
Amber and Kameron are two women whose lives get turned upside down when their spouses die in a plane crash. As Amber begins to investigate the crash, she discovers their spouses were having an affair with each other. Amber, a police sergeant, and Kameron, a congresswoman, as well as a mother to 16 year old daughter Ava, are left to pick up the pieces. They start off as strangers but end up forming a strong bond as they uncover the truth together.
Their journey is filled with emotional ups and downs. They face public scrutiny, especially Kameron, whose political career takes a hit, while Amber’s police career flourishes. Despite the challenges, their friendship deepens, and they eventually fall in love.
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Irregular Heartbeat by Chris Zett
After nearly a decade as a professional drummer, Diana Petrell leaves her rock-star life behind to continue her residency in emergency medicine. She’s determined not to let anything stop her—not even falling in love with her aloof mentor, Dr. Emily Barnes. Emily has only ever focused on her career as a senior attending in the emergency department, and she isn’t happy about having to babysit a resident with a ten-year gap in her résumé, no matter how intriguing she is.
But every time they work together, it’s not just their patients’ heartbeat that gets a little irregular. Soon, the once-clear lines between work and personal life begin to blur. When Diana’s unorthodox secret past is revealed, putting her job in jeopardy, Emily has to choose between her career and her relationship.
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The Heartbreak Hotel by Emily Wright
Ella has officially hit rock bottom.
After getting dumped by her girlfriend and soon-to-be ex-boss, Ella’s thirties have her feeling lost. In an attempt to cheer her up, her best friend colludes with her mother to send her to Sandy Springs, a wellness retreat on a remote Portuguese island. Ella can’t deny that sun, sand, and sea sound like the perfect combination to drown her sorrows.
But Sandy Springs is not a holiday.
It’s an alcohol-free, signal-less hellhole with an interfering cockerel called Bernardo. Forced to confront her life without any distractions, Ella’s urge to give up and float out to sea is stronger than ever. That is, until she meets Riley, the attractive yoga instructor, and things on the island start to shift.
Riley’s career is her solace, but even now she can’t escape the memories that haunt her. When she comes across the fiery Ella, she realises just how much she’s been holding herself back.
As their feelings for each other grow, the two of them must make a decision: continue down a path of self-destruction or face some difficult truths. Can they resist temptation or will they risk everything for love in paradise?
After all, what harm could a holiday romance really do?
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The Honeymoon Mix-up by Frankie Fyre
The perfect storm. A fake marriage weathered to last.
When her fiancée leaves her at the altar, Basil Jones’s picture perfect life turns upside down, but nothing can stop her from enjoying her honeymoon—not even the luxurious island resort’s strict “couples only” policy. Basil’s vacation and her six-figure wine deal with the resort’s owners are riding on her finding a fake wife ASAP, and her sights are soon set on tall, dark, and gorgeous Caroline.
If only she knew Caroline had eyes on her first…
Caroline King never stays in one place—or in a woman’s bed—for too long. After risking her career in the past, the emotionally detached private investigator created two rules: always finish a job and never mix business with pleasure.
But when she gets roped into a false marriage with her breathtakingly beautiful target, she finds herself teetering the line of not just one but both rules.
Basil always gets what she wants—but Caroline’s professional reputation is on the line.
As Basil and Caroline’s attraction blazes like the island sun, both women struggle to fight delicious temptation while protecting their secrets—as well as their hearts—on the most romantic honeymoon island in the world.
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Something New by Jacqueline Ramsden
Thea Cooper is heading to her sister’s wedding in Montana for Christmas. The problem is that her ex is going to be there and her mother is hoping they’ll rekindle their romance. All Thea wants is to enjoy the lodge, the holiday, and celebrate her sister.
Erin Foxglove, wedding planner extraordinaire, is giving up her Christmas to work the Cooper-Perez wedding. Despite her best friend’s hopes that she’ll at least reward herself with a fun little fling while she’s away, Erin isn’t interested. She’s there to do a job and she has her rules about not sleeping with clients.
That is, until she meets Thea.
As sparks fly between them, Thea realizes she might not be as straight as everyone thinks, and Erin finds some people are worth breaking her rules for. But, faced with an expiration date on their time at the mountain retreat together, will their romance fizzle out or will they get everything they’re wishing for?
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Breaking from Frame by Jazz Forrester
In the spring of 1969, Mrs. Claire Davis struggles through a discontented life to play the perfect homemaker. When beautiful, unmarried Jackie Callas moves in next door, the mysterious and thoroughly modern photographer upends everything Claire thought was normal.
Embracing Jackie’s friendship while trying to avoid the judgment of gossipy Acacia Circle, Claire finds herself swept down a path of longing and self-discovery that shatters her suburban bubble. But when her secret dreams threaten to become real, will Claire have the strength to choose love over safety?
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A Soft Place to Land by Kelsey Kranz
After an unexpectedly intimate encounter in the fall of 1950, best friends Virginia and Elaine part ways to each follow their dreams—Elaine to medical school, and Virginia to find a husband. When Elaine returns, and Virginia turns up in the middle of the night, the two realize their mutual youthful crush has evolved into much deeper romantic feelings. But in an era when widespread fears of communism produce immense pressure to adhere to rigid social norms, there is no path for two women to fall in love. Together, they must learn how to protect their relationship—and each other—from the consequences of choosing love.
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To The Bone by Kylie Cross
I want revenge, but they want me.
Atwood University is supposed to be my escape.
The man who assaulted me won’t let me go. But once I arrive on campus, his attempts to ruin me are mysteriously thwarted.
Until his frat brother’s murder is pinned on me, and my dark protectors are forced to step out from the shadows.
Teresa: the whip-smart hacker who knows everything about me.
Kennedy: the charmer who can talk their way out of any crime and into any bed.
And Xander: their brutish leader who wants me dead.
She’s hiding a bloody secret — one that involves me.
Their protection comes at a price: complete loyalty.
But staying loyal doesn’t mean I trust them.
Everyone has their secrets — some darker than others. I need to clear my name to survive. And distractions as gorgeous as Teresa, as roguish as Kennedy, and as lethal as Xander won’t make that easy.
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Captive in the Underworld by Lianyu Tan
In the land of the dead, Queen Hades’ word is law. Hades gets what she wants–always–and what she wants is a certain goddess of the springtime.
Innocent Persephone chafes beneath her mother’s hawkish gaze and mercurial temper. Demeter has rebuffed all her daughter’s suitors, but she is not yet satisfied; she strives to crush Persephone’s spirit.
Still, when Hades pulls her into the dark realm of the underworld, Persephone longs for the world above, even if it means an eternity under her mother’s thumb.
With her tears and pleas for freedom ignored by pitiless Hades, Persephone must learn to satisfy her keeper in all ways, lest she suffer the consequences.
And though she cannot deny that something blooms within her, something forbidden, Persephone despairs of ever feeling the sun upon her skin once more.
No matter the cost, Hades intends to keep her.
Forever.
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Good Game by Suzanne Lenoir
Sam O’Brian might be blasting her way up the pro computer-gaming charts, but her dislike of the spotlight and her baggy clothes, undercut hair, and queer vibe make her a hard sell as a poster girl.
Enter polished marketing executive Lauren Johanssen—ambitious, driven, and a people pleaser. Her new company wants to recruit Sam for its local eSports gaming team to fix their boys’ club image. They also want Lauren to pretty up Sam’s look to appeal to the masses.
While Lauren’s up for a challenge, the more she’s pushed to change Sam, the more she likes her just as she is. She’s sworn never to date a professional gamer again, but she might be falling for the guarded, sweet gamer who still lives with her dad.
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