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Author: Kiran Millwood Hargrave Publisher: Little, Brown ISBN: 0316529222 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 289
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The women in an Arctic village must survive a sinister threat after all the men are wiped out by a catastrophic storm in this "gripping novel inspired by a real-life witch hunt. . . . Beautiful and chilling" (Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe). When the women take over, is it sorcery or power? Finnmark, Norway, 1617. Twenty-year-old Maren Magnusdatter stands on the craggy coast, watching the skies break into a sudden and reckless storm. All forty of the village’s men were at sea, including Maren’s father and brother, and all forty are drowned in the otherworldly disaster. For the women left behind, survival means defying the strict rules of the island. They fish, hunt, and butcher reindeer—which they never did while the men were alive. But the foundation of this new feminine frontier begins to crack with the arrival of Absalom Cornet, a man sent from Scotland to root out alleged witchcraft. Cornet brings with him the threat of danger—and a pretty, young Norwegian wife named Ursa. As Maren and Ursa are drawn to one another in ways that surprise them both, the island begins to close in on them, with Absalom's iron rule threatening Vardø's very existence. "The Mercies has a pull as sure as the tide. It totally swept me away to Vardø, where grief struck islanders stand tall in the shadow of religious persecution and witch burnings. It's a beautifully intimate story of friendship, love and hope. A haunting ode to self-reliant and quietly defiant women." (Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize winning author of Shuggie Bain)
Author: Kiran Millwood Hargrave Publisher: Little, Brown ISBN: 0316529222 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 289
Book Description
The women in an Arctic village must survive a sinister threat after all the men are wiped out by a catastrophic storm in this "gripping novel inspired by a real-life witch hunt. . . . Beautiful and chilling" (Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe). When the women take over, is it sorcery or power? Finnmark, Norway, 1617. Twenty-year-old Maren Magnusdatter stands on the craggy coast, watching the skies break into a sudden and reckless storm. All forty of the village’s men were at sea, including Maren’s father and brother, and all forty are drowned in the otherworldly disaster. For the women left behind, survival means defying the strict rules of the island. They fish, hunt, and butcher reindeer—which they never did while the men were alive. But the foundation of this new feminine frontier begins to crack with the arrival of Absalom Cornet, a man sent from Scotland to root out alleged witchcraft. Cornet brings with him the threat of danger—and a pretty, young Norwegian wife named Ursa. As Maren and Ursa are drawn to one another in ways that surprise them both, the island begins to close in on them, with Absalom's iron rule threatening Vardø's very existence. "The Mercies has a pull as sure as the tide. It totally swept me away to Vardø, where grief struck islanders stand tall in the shadow of religious persecution and witch burnings. It's a beautifully intimate story of friendship, love and hope. A haunting ode to self-reliant and quietly defiant women." (Douglas Stuart, Booker Prize winning author of Shuggie Bain)
Author: Gabrielle Fox Publisher: Gabrielle Fox ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 71
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It was two years into our marriage that I felt it. A yearning. I needed something fundamentally different. Rob was a nice man. I could see us living our lives out… quiet. Uneventful. Unsatisfying. Unfulfilled. No, that wasn’t what I wanted. I tried to ignore it… tried to be the good wife. Tried to be the straight wife. But, deep down, I knew I wasn’t. I craved something… something I didn’t realize when I was a younger woman. Something that needed maturity and time to blossom. And now I was going to get what I craved. I was going to quench that thirst. I knew it would ruin the marriage. I knew my life would change forever. I knew a lot of things… But what I didn’t know was that it would lead to… …true love. * Starting Over: A Lesbian Love Story is a sweet, steamy, and sensual love story telling the tale of Jessica’s new sexual awakening, and how she finds true love, and her happily ever after, with an amazing, beautiful, and sexy woman.
Author: Amelia Possanza Publisher: Catapult ISBN: 1646222237 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 289
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For readers of Saidiya Hartman and Jeanette Winterson, Lesbian Love Story is an intimate journey into the archives—uncovering the romances and role models written out of history and what their stories can teach us all about how to love When Amelia Possanza moved to Brooklyn to build a life of her own, she found herself surrounded by queer stories: she read them on landmark placards, overheard them on the pool deck when she joined the world’s largest LGBTQ swim team, and even watched them on TV in her cockroach-infested apartment. These stories inspired her to seek out lesbians throughout history who could become her role models, in romance and in life. Centered around seven love stories for the ages, this is Possanza’s journey into the archives to recover the personal histories of lesbians in the twentieth century: who they were, how they loved, why their stories were destroyed, and where their memories echo and live on. Possanza’s hunt takes readers from a drag king show in Bushwick to the home of activists in Harlem and then across the ocean to Hadrian’s Library, where she searches for traces of Sappho in the ruins. Along the way, she discovers her own love—for swimming, for community, for New York City—and adds her record to the archive. At the heart of this riveting, inventive history, Possanza asks: How could lesbian love help us reimagine care and community? What would our world look like if we replaced its foundation of misogyny with something new, with something distinctly lesbian?
Author: Jill Gutowitz Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1982158506 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 240
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A "collection of personal essays exploring the intersection of queerness, relationships, pop culture, the Internet, and identity, introducing one of the most undeniably original new voices today. Jill Gutowitz's life--for better and worse--has always been on a collision course with pop culture, [including] ... the pivotal day when Orange Is the New Black hit the airwaves and broke down the door to Jill's own sexuality. In these honest examinations of identity, desire, and self-worth, Jill explores perhaps the most monumental cultural shift of our lifetimes: the mainstreaming of lesbian culture"--
Author: Nicole Avery Publisher: Nicole Avery ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 146
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Murphy had never suspected that she might be a lesbian. It had never even crossed her mind. Not until she meets Gloria, a gorgeous woman with a commanding air about her. Murphy is instantly struck by Gloria’s beauty. She’s taken with the woman. For days, she can’t get the woman out of her head. She thinks about her constantly. Murphy’s confused, and doesn’t know what to think. But when she receives an invitation to dinner from Gloria, she accepts it, not knowing what the night will bring. She never could have guessed it would bring white-hot ecstasy, and physical bliss like she’d never felt. She never could have guessed that it would be so damn good to be with a woman… She certainly never could have guessed that she would start to fall in love… * Unraveled: A Lesbian Love Story is a sensual and sizzling lesbian F/F romance with scenes of a *very* steamy nature, surprise babies, and a happily-ever-after.
Author: Gabrielle Fox Publisher: Gabrielle Fox ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 205
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Chancing Love: Lesbian Love Stories is a bundle of 3 steamy and sensual lesbian F/F romances from lesbian fiction author Gabrielle Fox. If you’re looking for heartwarming lesbian romances full of love and joy with plenty of steam, and that all end with happy endings, then Chancing Love will not leave you disappointed. The three love stories contained in this boxed set are: Roommate, Starting Over, and Unexpected. * Roommate Love… to be completely honest, I never thought I’d find it. By the time I got to college, I’d never been on a date. Never had a guy tell me he liked me. Never even felt attracted to a guy. Never yearned for… anyone. Maybe it just wasn’t for me. Maybe it just wasn’t meant to be. Until I saw my roommate. Karen stole my breath away. She was gorgeous, funny, and she really turned me on. Now there’s something I never expected. Freshman year at college, and I’m falling for my roommate… who’s a girl. What’s next? A whirlwind romance? White-hot nights of sapphic pleasure? Finding… love? Come on. That never happens. …right? * Starting Over It was two years into our marriage that I felt it. A yearning. I needed something fundamentally different. Rob was a nice man. I could see us living our lives out… quiet. Uneventful. Unsatisfying. Unfulfilled. No, that wasn’t what I wanted. I tried to ignore it… tried to be the good wife. Tried to be the straight wife. But, deep down, I knew I wasn’t. I craved something… something I didn’t realize when I was a younger woman. Something that needed maturity and time to blossom. And now I was going to get what I craved. I was going to quench that thirst. I knew it would ruin the marriage. I knew my life would change forever. I knew a lot of things… But what I didn’t know was that it would lead to… …true love. * Unexpected I never saw it coming. It was totally unexpected. I was married with kids. She was eighteen and adventurous. It was never supposed to happen. This is not how I pictured my life. I thought I’d live a… conventional life. I never thought a young and beautiful woman would steal my heart away. I never thought I’d become addicted to a sexy, passionate girl who knew how to pleasure me in ways I’d never experienced. I never thought I’d yearn to start over… to start again. That I’d fall in love with her. That I’d leave my husband for her. That I’d find… myself. That I’d find happiness. *
Author: Gabrielle Fox Publisher: Gabrielle Fox ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 64
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I never saw it coming. It was totally unexpected. I was married with kids. She was eighteen and adventurous. It was never supposed to happen. This is not how I pictured my life. I thought I’d live a… conventional life. I never thought a young and beautiful woman would steal my heart away. I never thought I’d become addicted to a sexy, passionate girl who knew how to pleasure me in ways I’d never experienced. I never thought I’d yearn to start over… to start again. That I’d fall in love with her. That I’d leave my husband for her. That I’d find… myself. That I’d find happiness. * Unexpected: A Lesbian Love Story is sexy and sensual lesbian love story following Liza as she discovers the life she’s been living is a lie, and in turn manages to find her true self with the beautiful and amazing Karla.
Author: Meryl Wilsner Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0593102525 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 338
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A showrunner and her assistant give the world something to talk about when they accidentally fuel a ridiculous rumor in this debut romance. Hollywood powerhouse Jo is photographed making her assistant Emma laugh on the red carpet, and just like that, the tabloids declare them a couple. The so-called scandal couldn't come at a worse time—threatening Emma's promotion and Jo's new movie. As the gossip spreads, it starts to affect all areas of their lives. Paparazzi are following them outside the office, coworkers are treating them differently, and a “source” is feeding information to the media. But their only comment is “no comment”. With the launch of Jo’s film project fast approaching, the two women begin to spend even more time together, getting along famously. Emma seems to have a sixth sense for knowing what Jo needs. And Jo, known for being aloof and outwardly cold, opens up to Emma in a way neither of them expects. They begin to realize the rumor might not be so off base after all…but is acting on the spark between them worth fanning the gossip flames?
Author: Jackie Hill Perry Publisher: B&H Publishing Group ISBN: 1462751237 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 140
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“I used to be a lesbian.” In Gay Girl, Good God, author Jackie Hill Perry shares her own story, offering practical tools that helped her in the process of finding wholeness. Jackie grew up fatherless and experienced gender confusion. She embraced masculinity and homosexuality with every fiber of her being. She knew that Christians had a lot to say about all of the above. But was she supposed to change herself? How was she supposed to stop loving women, when homosexuality felt more natural to her than heterosexuality ever could? At age nineteen, Jackie came face-to-face with what it meant to be made new. And not in a church, or through contact with Christians. God broke in and turned her heart toward Him right in her own bedroom in light of His gospel. Read in order to understand. Read in order to hope. Or read in order, like Jackie, to be made new.
Author: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Author: Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Author: Gabrielle Fox
Author: Amelia Possanza
Author: Jill Gutowitz
Author: Nicole Avery
Author: Jane Traies
Author: Gabrielle Fox
Author: Gabrielle Fox
Author: Meryl Wilsner
Author: Jackie Hill Perry