Sapphic historical romance “A Place to Call Home” – Reading Companion
Starting today, my brand-new short story “A Place to Call Home” is available everywhere, including Amazon worldwide and Ylva!
It’s part of the Oregon series and picks up right after the end of my sapphic historical romance Backwards to Oregon, which is my most popular novel. Luke and Nora have survived the dangers along the Oregon Trail, but now they have to find a new home and grow as a couple.
At 13,000 words, it’s considered a novelette (longer than a short story, but shorter than a novella).
Since the reading companion for my novel Chemistry Lessons was so popular with readers, I put together one for “A Place to Call Home” too. I hope you enjoy looking at some pictures and videos while you read so you can imagine the setting and what Luke and Nora are doing as they build their home.
Mistaken identity in a sapphic book (Sapphic Reading Challenge #41)
This week’s Sapphic Reading Challenge features sapphic books with a mistaken identity theme.
A character is mistaken for someone else for at least a part of the book. Usually, it’s misunderstanding (or at least it starts out that way), rather than one character intentionally lying or disguising herself. The misunderstanding can be cleared up quickly or the other character can play along and start pretending to be someone she isn’t, but the situation didn’t start out as an intentional disguise.
Girl-next-door character (Sapphic Reading Challenge #39)
This week’s Sapphic Reading Challenge features sapphic books with a girl-next-door character.
“Girl next door” doesn’t mean that the main characters need to actually be neighbors and live door-to-door. It means that one of the main characters is the “girl next door” type—sweet, kind, and unpretentious. She’s generally well-liked by everyone, and she’s often described as pretty or cute, but usually, she’s not movie-star stunning.
Sapphic book with a Jewish main character (Book Unicorn #9)
This week’s Sapphic Reading Challenge category features books with a Jewish main character.
Ideally, try to pick a sapphic book that was written by a Jewish author.
Book with a road trip (Sapphic Reading Challenge #36)
This week’s Sapphic Reading Challenge category features books in which the main characters take a road trip together.
They don’t necessarily have to take a car; any vehicle, including a plane, a boat, or a horse-drawn wagon, will do as long as they travel from one place to another and it’s more than just their daily commute.
Sapphic character works in the food industry (Sapphic Reading Challenge #34)
This week’s Sapphic Reading Challenge category features characters who work in the food industry. The protagonist could be a chef, a baker, a pastry chef, a waitress, or a caterer, or maybe they own a restaurant, a bakery, an ice cream shop, or some other yummy place.
People working with beverages count too for this category, so the main character could also work as a barista, a bartender, a winemaker, etc.
Most of the books on the list below are foodie romances that might cause some serious food cravings and are best enjoyed with a snack of your choice!