Sapphic speculative fiction, especially sapphic paranormal fiction and urban fantasy, doesn’t get as much attention as contemporary romance. But what’s not to love about lesbian vampires, sapphic werewolves, bisexual witches, asexual sirens, queer demons, and other fantastical creatures?
That’s why I decided to put together a big giveaway for everyone who loves speculative fiction with sapphic characters! I teamed up with 30+ authors, so you can win one of 36 amazing books.
There are ebook, audiobook, and paperback prizes. Most are paranormal romances or urban fantasy novels, but we also have several paranormal mysteries and paranormal women’s fiction novels.
Our book prizes
Here are the 36 sapphic paranormal fiction and urban fantasy novels you can win in our giveaway. Check out the descriptions and then tell me in the giveaway form which one(s) you’d like to win.
Midlife is the Cat’s Meow by TB Markinson & Miranda MacLeod
Signed paperback | Paranormal women’s fiction
A witch without powers. A secret to die for. A midlife sapphic awakening?
If you’re hungry for a paranormal story that celebrates women over 40 and strong female friendships, with snarky humor, quirky family members, a mischievous cat, a murder mystery, time travel, ghosts, and a leather wearing, motorcycle-riding physician who sparks an unexpected midlife sapphic awakening, look no further than Midlife is the Cat’s Meow!
Second Nature by Jae
Ebook, signed paperback, audiobook | Paranormal romance
For solitary novelist Jorie Price, true love seems as fictional as the shape-shifting creatures she writes about in her paranormal romances.
Griffin Westmore doesn’t believe in love either, but she’s one of those not-so-fictional shape-shifters who secretly live among humans.
When Jorie’s writing gets uncomfortably close to the truth, Griffin is sent to investigate and, if necessary, kill the author to protect the secrets of her kind.
But when Griffin unexpectedly finds herself drawn to Jorie, her world is turned upside-down. Hell, she’s supposed to kill the human, not fall in love with her! How can she complete her mission now?
The Dragon and Her Thief by Ariel Marie
Signed paperback | Paranormal romance
A possessive dragon. A sexy thief. A job gone wrong…or did it?
Kelsey Rose wasn’t crazy. She was determined. A family heirloom was stolen years ago, and she was the perfect person to recover it. No job was too big for her, but this one was going to be a challenge for her.
The only obstacle?
A dragon shifter.
Mythia Zinfina spent centuries protecting and growing her hoard. The powerful dragon shifter was patiently waiting for the day she would find her mate. Never did she expect the tiny slip of a woman breaking into her castle to be the one who was destined to be at her side for all eternity.
The second their eyes met, Mythia’s dragon determined she would never let Kelsey go.
Venandi by KC Luck
Signed paperback | Paranormal romance
The dark and mysterious Saxon Montague is Hollywood’s most sought-after movie director. Savvy and brilliant, she is a rising talent—and secretly a two-hundred-year-old vampire.
Faye Stapleton knows her movie career is at a crossroads. Quickly becoming too old to be America’s rom-com sweetheart, she yearns to play a serious role.
When the two women meet, their chemistry is electric. Tensions mount as each woman struggles to control their mutual desires. When their passions and secrets collide, both quickly realize not everything is as it appears and that following their hearts could lead them into disaster.
Consecrated Ground by Virginia Black
Ebook | Paranormal romance, Urban fantasy
Joan Matthews is a war witch who uses spellcraft to fight vampires. Upon news of her estranged father’s death, she returns to her hometown to find it besieged by a vampire lord’s attacks—and the key to stopping him lies with the woman who chose a rival over Joan.
Leigh Phan once believed her heart was safe and her future set. Now Leigh harbors a dark secret. Her only hope of survival lies in trusting the war witch who left her behind.
With their town on the brink of destruction, Joan and Leigh join forces and face inconvenient truths to save their town—and each other.
Wicked Girls by Kinsey Leigh & Cara Malone
Ebook (international), audiobook (US or UK only) | Urban fantasy
You’re a witch, Teagan!
That’s what my new roommate tells me – not exactly what I was expecting from my first week of college.
My first thought is she’s off her rocker, but when she brings me to a huge, gothic building in the middle of town that I somehow never noticed before and welcomes me to Lilith Academy – a school for witches – it starts to feel real.
And so do my powers, especially when my roomie and two of the other girls from class are nearby. They make my newfound magic go wild and if I don’t find a way to tame it, the academy will take away my power – and sever my bond to the three girls who’ve become my whole world.
Love, Blood, and Sanctuary by Brenda Murphy, Megan Hart & Fiona Zedde
Ebook | Paranormal romance, Urban fantasy
Haunted? Hunted? Welcome to Sanctuary, New York’s most exclusive club for magical beings and the backdrop of three sexy stories from three award-winning authors.
We Choose to Be by Megan Hart: When hemomancer Hadassah meets the woman of her dreams, she is a blood demon. What is love, after all, unless it’s bound by blood?
Sanguine Faith by Brenda Murphy: When a seductive spirit offers Laurel a means of escaping the life her uncle has planned for her, she learns free doesn’t mean without cost.
Promises Made by Starlight by Fiona Zedde: Abandoned by her wife years before, devastated Izzy loses nearly everything. When her wife reappears, Blood gods walk the earth her ex is back to reclaim what’s hers.
Finding Faith by AC Adams
Audiobook (US & UK codes only) | Paranormal romance
Can an angel and a demon find love?
Provocative. Scandalous. Taboo. Irresistible.
Kalili’s a demon. In 10th century Rome, her job is simple: corrupt humans. It’s also dead boring. But she’s content with her life, easing through her days, until she’s told of a new angel in town. One sent to kill her.
Faith has a simple job. Go to Earth, find a demon, slay her for demonic acts, and return. Of course, it’s always the simplest things which are the trickiest. Not because Kalili resists, but because there’s…something between them.
When they can no longer deny their attraction, they’re left with the question: what next? What they discover will shatter their perception of the world and give them the chance at love they seek.
Midnight Snack by Aunt Georgia Lee
Unsigned paperback | Paranormal romance, Urban fantasy, Paranormal women’s fiction
If you could choose from one of three delicious treats from the southern belle of black sapphic erotic romances, which would you choose? If you’re like most of Aunt Georgia Lee’s fans, you will settle for nothing less than the three. Well, it’s a good thing; our author thinks just like you. So, enjoy this compilation of three of her tales: The Bad Girls, Caught Up and Strapped Up, and Stalk Her Much.
Hecate’s Hollow by Tallie Rose
Ebook (international), signed paperback (US only) | Paranormal romance
Hecate’s Hollow is a paranormal sapphic romance set in Appalachia about a witch falling for the jewel thief she is trying to cure of a vampiric curse.
Coven Be Charmed by Caitlin Ryan
Ebook | Urban fantasy
A little charm goes a long way.
Rose Cromwell is a life coach but that doesn’t mean she believes in all that woo-woo stuff. When her romantic weekend away at the mysterious Honeydrop House turns supernatural, she doesn’t believe it. A witch? She can’t be.
It turns out it’s harder to escape who you are than it is to outrun a bushfire. Rose is thrust into a world of witches, warlocks, witch hunters, and demons where ancient tensions put her in the middle of a fight to destroy not only the coven but Rose herself.
Forced to rely on a coven she never wanted to join, Rose discovers nothing in her world is what it seems. Not even her girlfriend.
Remember, November by Cameron Darrow
Ebook | Historical fantasy
Britain has won the Great War, but for Millie Brown and her sister witches, it doesn’t feel like victory. Brought together to try to end the war more quickly with magic, their failure could mean the disbanding of their budding coven and the overturning of lives already shattered. It could also mean the beguiling Elise Cotillard being sent back to France before Millie can tell her how she truly feels.
But when Millie’s best friend goes missing, she’ll have to find much more than just her courage. With powers unheard of in the history of witchcraft but no memory of who she is, bringing her home becomes Millie’s last, best chance at keeping her chosen family together.
A Bittersweet Garden by Caren J. Werlinger
Ebook, signed paperback | Paranormal women’s fiction, Paranormal mystery
Nora McNeill’s summer in Ireland is living up to her dreams, except for the ghost in her cottage.
Briana Devlin isn’t interested in a fling with an American who’s leaving in a few months. As Nora’s ghost becomes more demanding, Briana watches Nora seem to fade away. Past and present are on a collision course, leaving Nora and Briana caught in a ghostly intrigue.
Silver Moon by Catherine Lundoff
Ebook | Paranormal/Small-town fantasy
Becca Thornton is newly divorced, just turned 50, has a crush on her cute lesbian neighbor and is about to meet Wolf’s Point’s menopausal werewolf pack. Nothing is ever going to be the same…
Pack of Her Own by Elena Abbott
Ebook, signed paperback | Paranormal romance
Natalie Donovan is looking to get over her past. Wren Carne is a lone Alpha werewolf who has no intention of having a pack. When the two meet in the sleepy town of Terabend, sparks fly as the connection between the two of them flares.
As the two women dance around and towards each other, fallout from both their pasts encroaches on the small town. Wren has to push past the secrets of her past to embrace her nature as Natalie worries that her own secret – that she’s transgender – will be too much for Wren to handle.
Every Dark Desire by Fiona Zedde
Ebook | Paranormal romance
Desire can be dangerous. No one knows better than Naomi McElroy who, during a moment of intense ecstasy, is transformed into Belle, a ruthless beast whose hungers know no bounds. Hungers that inevitably endanger the people she loves. Set in the lush landscapes of modern-day Jamaica and Alaska, Every Dark Desire is a vampire’s tale of passion, discovery, and survival under starlight.
Pacific Pack by Harlowe Frost
Ebook | Paranormal romance, Urban fantasy
Tamsin Hath, the rightful leader to her family’s werewolf pack, left them in the care of her older, more experienced beloved uncle. She now lives in Chicago and is at the mercy of the local pack. The death of her uncle in a dominance fight left her angry, but she understood. When her aunt was found dead, due to supposed natural causes, Tamsin suspects her pack’s new leader is at the bottom of it all. Unable to count on the police, with their lack of insight into the werewolf world, to whom can she turn?
Paige Glass spent her days monitoring the beaches of Santa Cruz and her nights reporting on crime. On the trail of information into a local murder, she finds herself in a world people only read about in books. One in which vicious beasts attack you for coming too close to the truth. Can she find an ally in this world of monsters and murders?
Neither Tamsin nor Paige was looking for love when they found each other. Theirs was a mission to solve the murder of Tamsin’s aunt. Will their forced proximity and conjoined efforts bring them more than the pleasure of solving the crime?
Carmilla & Laura by SD Simper
Paperback | Paranormal romance
In the late 19th century, Laura lives a lonely life in a schloss by the forest, Styria, with only her doting father and two governesses for company. A chance accident brings a new companion, however – the eccentric and beautiful Carmilla.
Carmilla, the classic vampire novella written by J Sheridan LeFanu, receives new life in this retelling, centered on the provocative, controversial leads of the original, Carmilla and Laura.
Wake the Dead by Sophie Whittemore
Ebook | Urban fantasy, Paranormal romance, Paranormal mystery
An ominous presence awakens in the small town of Gamin.
Fairies murdered by crazed monsters. Magic that makes immortals lose their heads (literally). Whispers of a vendetta against the fairy crime lords who own the infamous Kraken Club.
One ace siren detective, Lili, is dragged back into defendING her turf…and hopefully, she doesn’t die this time around.
Wolf Healer by Huckleberry Rahr
Ebook | Urban fantasy
A young shifter excited to take her place in the pack. A savage attack that could destroy her future.
Jade Stone cherishes her family. With loving parents and a supportive community, the fifteen-year-old queer soon-to-be-werewolf can’t wait to take her place in the pack as a healer. But when she’s invited to vacation in Florida, she discovers the shocking existence of werepanthers… after one bites her.
Returning to her native Wisconsin with feline blood coursing through her, Jade is confused and disappointed when former packmates shun her. As she navigates a brand of bigotry she never knew existed, Jade fears she may be exiled from the home and family she loves.
Ostracized and alone, will Jade find a place she belongs?
Heart’s Claim by Issy Waldrom
Ebook | Paranormal romance, Urban fantasy
Riley’s a dragon, Elara an author just trying to make her way in life. But when their paths cross again, five years after the Convergence, when their worlds touched, it ends up being more than just a chance meeting, their lives suddenly very much intertwined.
A low angst sappphic shifter romance about learning to follow your heart, of magic, dragons, and two rather different worlds. One just like our own, and the other, of fantasy.
An Unlikely Partnership by Katie Trapp
Signed paperback (US only), Ebook (international) | Paranormal mystery
A reluctant witch and an overworked detective find themselves forced to work together to stop a murderer on a rampage. The pair struggles to navigate their new partnership while attempting to squash the feelings fluttering within them.
V.A.M.P. Book One—Serena & Katerina by Kimberly A. Todd
Signed paperback (US only) | Paranormal romance
Is it possible to find a second chance at love?
Being rich, powerful, and thirty years old for eternity has its perks. Being a heartbroken, 800-year-old lesbian vampire, not so much.
Serena Vanderen is chairman and CEO of V.A.M.P. Global. Advertiser by day; scientist, murderer, and cleanup artist for her pharmaceutical client by night.
Since her girlfriend was killed thirty years ago, Serena has been going through the motions of running her advertising agency while grieving and trying to armor her heart against any more pain. But when Katerina Davenport attends her company gala, everything changes.
Can this captivating, gorgeous, sexy redhead help Serena find love again? Will she reignite Serena’s long-dormant sexual desires?
All My Hexes by Leigh Landry
Ebook (international), signed paperback (US only) | Paranormal romance
Pastry chef & witch Crystal left all her exes (and hexes) behind in Texas… or so she thought.
Carving pumpkins with her ex wasn’t part of head chef Erin’s figure-out-a-new-life plan.
Will trick-or-treating together cast a spell on them both?
Chasing Shadows by Lila Bruce
Ebook, signed paperback | Paranormal romance, Paranormal mystery
Avery Smith, who returned to her hometown of Bethel Springs after time spent away in the big city, is finally beginning to absorb the culture shock and settle into her job at the local Sheriff’s Department. The pay’s not great, there’s a decided lack of decent coffee and available women in town, but those are sacrifices she’s willing to make to in order to be closer to her aging and increasingly eccentric grandmother.
When the discovery of a dead body in the county coincides with the arrival of attractive but irritating tv personality Cameron Reinhart, Avery has to put aside her feelings of skepticism and disbelief when Cam claims to have seen Avery’s murder victim—after she was murdered.
Kissed the Mark by Lila Gwynn
Ebook | Urban fantasy
A fairy bounty hunter stumbles into a vampire conspiracy and gets more than she bargained for…
Olympia Carter is the fourth-best bounty hunter in the supernatural town of Mayfair, Missouri, which isn’t exactly an accomplishment she’s proud to take home to her Unseelie fairy parents.
Enter Leandra, a vampire who’s high up on the vampire food chain. She has a proposition for Olympia that could make her a ton of money, if the target is even real…
And if it isn’t, what is Leandra plotting?
The Wolf’s Consort by Max Ellendale
Ebook (international), signed paperback (US only) | Paranormal romance, Paranormal women’s fiction
When reporter Mack Parker accepted the task of an exclusive article about suspicious activity at a local hospital, she never expected to stumble into a preternatural world hidden in plain sight. A near-death rescue launches Mack into the arms of Zara Weston; a grumpy, reclusive police officer who impedes Mack’s investigation at the brink of every discovery. Her officious, vigilant demeanor forces Mack to take matters into her own hands. Can the reporter slip under the radar of the meddlesome cop to uncover the truth? Or will their crossed paths bring them closer to each other and to the dangerous world of werecreatures and vampires that haunts the fringes of society?
No Bones About It by Rachel Ford
Ebook (international), unsigned paperback (US only) | Urban fantasy
He’s a skeleton who used to be a cop. I’m a Freak who used to be a detective. Together, we’re going to find the woman I love.
My fiancée, the star witness in the biggest embezzlement case in a century, is missing, and I’m going to find her. But not alone.
In a world of magic and undead beings, Normies avoid Freaks like me like the plague. Our magic terrifies them.
There’s one place I know I can turn to find the help I need: the undead. So here I am, trusting the fate of my career and the love of my life to a 150-year-old undead investigator.
And that’s a recipe for disaster. No bones about it.
Fur & Fangs (Volumes 1-10) by Rae D. Magdon
Ebook (international), signed paperback (US only) | Paranormal romance, Urban fantasy
Moving to big, bustling New York City from rural Georgia is already exciting for country wolf Riley Evans, but it becomes downright exhilarating when she spots a beautiful woman in a yellow dress on her morning commute. The only problem is, she has no idea what to say to city girls…especially one that happens to be a vampire.
Her Wolf in the Wild by Rien Gray
Paperback (US, Canada, or Mexico only) | Paranormal romance
Christiana Arjean needs to get out. She tried to fix her relationship, but making a break for it is her only shot. She almost doesn’t make it, until a butch biker tosses Christiana on the back of her bike.
Micah Nubilo knows a lot about keeping secrets. Rescuing Christiana is a bad idea, and letting her hang around is even worse. But there’s something calling to Micah: an impossible bond no werewolf should ever feel for a human, even one as beautiful as Christiana.
Christiana and Micah must fight against threats both outside the pack and inside themselves for a chance at putting it all behind them and finding a way forward—together.
The Grass Witch’s Song by Serenity Snow
Ebook | Paranormal mystery
Axton Kennedy has always known she was different and that it would take a special woman to win her heart. However, she doesn’t expect to come face to face with the love of her life.
As they drive to save a teenager, both Danica and Axton’s lives are put in danger and their growing bond is put to the test. When Danica is investigated for a hit man’s murder, not even danger can stop the lure of Grass Witch’s Song.
Stalk Her Much: It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye by Aunt Georgia Lee
Audiobook | Urban fantasy
What if a room carried the whispers and stories of a certain type of town folk from a little place called Social Circle, Georgia? What would these walls say if they could talk? They would tell a story about a witch with a bad attitude, so sassy and unpredictable that only her lover would enjoy. They would sigh with sweet sorrow as they mourned for the defiant lover’s defeat when she must heel to her assignment.
Oh, but the girlish giggles they would perfume the environment with at the mischievous and sinful pleasures that the witch’s familiar would enjoy in the name of love.
They would release the most satisfying moan from the depths of their yoni as they relived the passion play of their occupants.
But as they empty their entire contents, they would howl like the mightiest wind as they relived the conquering and devouring made possible by the mighty big black wolf!
How To Get A Girlfriend When You’re Dead by Angela McKenna
Signed paperback (UK only) | Paranormal mystery, Paranormal women’s fiction
A lesbian paranormal murder mystery with demons, witches, and a sprinkling of the undead!
Curses aren’t real, are they?
Easy-going genealogist Ally Brooker knows three things. First, she’s in love with best friend, Char. Second, there’s a chance Char might love her back. Third, she won’t live long enough to find out because of the curse.
You shall know undying death!
The witch’s words have haunted Ally for decades, and now her fortieth birthday has arrived. Deep down, she doesn’t believe the curse is real, and neither does Char. But later that night, undying death arrives to prove them both wrong.
But there’s good news; Ally can break the curse. The bad news is that to do it, she must find and help the one who won’t be helped, then source a soul for Azagor the crow demon, and deliver it to him in Hell. Easier said than done when the only clues available are a handful of long-lost items from her childhood; one of them possessed by the restless spirit of Elvis Presley.
Assisted by Char and her thirteen-year-old sister Emma, Ally sets out to solve the mystery.
The Bad Girls: They love to play for sin by Aunt Georgia Lee
Ebook | Paranormal romance, Paranormal women’s fiction
The Bad Girls is an erotic Halloween tale of two lovers who are in for a treat of unmeasurable pleasures on Hallow’s Eve night. But is it real or just a dream? By the end of this story, readers will be thinking they’ve seen a ghost of their own; one that’s filled with carnal desires waiting to be satiated with sweet pussy nectar from the objects of their desires.
Cougar Woods by Tiana Warner
Ebook | Paranormal romance
A sapphic age-gap shifter romance novella about overcoming the forces that control you.
When Liza’s twin brother vanishes from Vancouver Island without a trace, Liza packs her bags to investigate his disappearance. But as she looks for clues in Cougar Woods, the town where he was last seen, she discovers a mysterious history of animal attacks.
Then Liza meets a woman named Winter, who lives an affluent life on the coast and has a dark secret. As Liza works to unravel the ancient legend of cougar shifters, she fights her attraction to the one woman she should fear the most.
Under the Moon by Tiffany E. Taylor
Ebook | Paranormal romance, Urban fantasy
Rian MacNiall is the Alpha of the MacNiall pack—a Lycan shifter carrying energy called féarúil or butch. All Lycans—féarúil and baineann, or femme—were condemned to infertility because of their past disregard for life. When an alpha is gifted a rare Luminara mate, the curse is broken.
Luminara Fallon Conroy not only carries the Fae magick Rian’s pack needs to break the curse, it also allows féarúil shifters to impregnate their baineann mates… and Fallon is Rian’s long-awaited mate. But only the final bonding ceremony during the full moon will keep Fallon safe. When a rival pack hunts Fallon with help from a MacNiall pack traitor, Rian’s pack must fight to keep their Luminara out of treachery’s way.
How to enter the giveaway
Anyone can enter the drawing for one of our 36 book prizes, no matter where you live.
To participate, fill out this short form and let me know which book(s) you prefer.
Entries close on May 1, 2023, at 10 a.m. Central European Time, when I’ll draw the winners using a random number generator. The winners will be notified via email.
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Great list! Inspiring–just when I’m in the midst of editing my novel, “Vampires of a Certain Age,” which asks the eternal question: Is a 500-year-old woman too old for sex? Especially with a 50-year-old mortal woman…
Thank you Jae
I would love to win The Dragon and Her Thief by Ariel Marie. I love her sapphic books!
Please make sure to fill out the short survey to enter the giveaway. It has an option to choose books. Here’s the link again: https://airtable.com/shrHoY3yw2Ha2F5s2
Chasing Shadows by Lila Bruce sounds like my kinda book! Thanks for the opportunity, Jae!
Thank you Jae
You’re very welcome. Keeping my fingers crossed for you!
K.C. Luck
KC Luck
would just love to win a book to read
thank you
This is amazing, thank you for all your efforts. 😊
Fantastic! Thank you.
that’s sounds fabulous. thanks for email and the give away prizes of such great books to read.. never enough books to read lol xxx