Author: Heather Rose Jones

Goddess by Kelly Gardiner
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Goddess by Kelly Gardiner: Book Review

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Goddess by Kelly Gardiner is a fictionalized biography of Julie d’Aubigny, known as Mademoiselle de Maupin. This bisexual 17th century French swordswoman, opera singer, and daring adventurer would be impossibly

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Precious And Adored by Lizzie Ehrenhalt and Tilly Laskey
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Precious And Adored by Lizzie Ehrenhalt and Tilly Laskey: Book Review

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Precious And Adored by Lizzie Ehrenhalt and Tilly Laskey is a scholarly edition of the correspondence between two socially prominent (and wealthy) American women from the turn of the 20th

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Wild Nights With Emily
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Wild Nights With Emily: Movie Review

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Wild Nights With Emily is an irreverent, hilarious, and biting look at 19th century American poet Emily Dickinson, and in particular the question of the nature of her relationship with

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Life Mask by Emma Donoghue
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Life Mask by Emma Donoghue: Book Review

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Life Mask by Emma Donoghue is a biographical novel that explores late 18th century upper class English history through the life and loves of aristocratic sculptor Anne Damer. Damer’s unlikely

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Creatures Of Will And Temper by Molly Tanzer
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Creatures Of Will And Temper by Molly Tanzer: Book Review

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Creatures Of Will And Temper by Molly Tanzer is a delightful Victorian paranormal romp with swordfighting, art criticism, decadent secret societies, and demons. The free-spirited Dorina Grey (allusions to a

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A Study In Honor by Claire O’Dell
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A Study In Honor by Claire O’Dell: Book Review

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A Study In Honor by Claire O’Dell takes the underlying story-structure of the Sherlock Holmes stories and re-envisions it as a near-future thriller where Watson and Holmes are both queer

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Awake Unto Me by Kathleen Knowles
American Lead (B)Bildungsroman / Coming Of Age (B)Books Fiction (B)Butch / Femme (B)Butch / Stud Lead (B)Coming Out (B)Dramatic Romance (with lots of angst) (B)Femme Lead (B)Friends To Lovers (B)Historical (B)Lesbian (B)Medical Professional (B)Period Piece (B)Reviews & ListsRomance (B)Series (B)

Awake Unto Me by Kathleen Knowles: Book Review

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Awake Unto Me by Kathleen Knowles is a coming of age story following two young women in turn-of-the-century San Francisco (pre-earthquake) from very different backgrounds. Kerry comes from the rough-and-tumble

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Rebeccah And The Highwayman by Barbara Davies
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Rebeccah And The Highwayman by Barbara Davies: Book Review

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Rebeccah And The Highwayman by Barbara Davies could easily be the prototype for the lesbian highwayman romance. In early 18th century England, Rebeccah Dutton is strangely drawn to the gallant

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That Could Be Enough by Alyssa Cole: Book Review

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That Could Be Enough by Alyssa Cole is one of a trio of historical romance novellas (published as Hamilton’s Battalion) inspired by the musical Hamilton and the way it held

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