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A cisgender woman who dresses and behaves like a man in order to pass for one. Not necessarily a butch character (but often is). This is often a case of having to pass as a man in order to survive or be safe.

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Two Wings To Fly Away by Penny Mickelbury: Book Review

Two Wings To Fly Away by Penny Mickelbury braids together the historic, romance, and thriller genres in a story about personal and racial relationships and found family in Philadelphia on

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Goddess by Kelly Gardiner: Book Review

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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A Touch Of Rage by Nita Round: Book Review

A Touch Of Rage by Nita Round is the second book in the Towers Of The Earth series.  It is a breathtaking dystopian, paranormal and steampunk mashup that lures you

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Pioneering by K’Anne Meinel: Book Review

Pioneering by K’Anne Meinel is the third book in the Vetted Series. This lovely story emphasizes the point that love makes a family and anything is possible when everyone in

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Rebeccah And The Highwayman by Barbara Davies: Book Review

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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The Princess Deception by Nell Stark: Audiobook Review

The Princess Deception by Nell Stark is a fun interpretation of Twelfth Night and the third novel in the Princess Affair series. It’s a standalone story, so you don’t have

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Cavalcade by K’Anne Meinel: Book Review

Cavalcade by K’Anne Meinel is a romantic historical novel about facing your fears and taking risks anyway and creating a family with love as the sturdy foundation. Everything happens for

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The Covert Captain: Or, A Marriage Of Equals by Jeannelle M. Ferreira: Audiobook Review

The Covert Captain: Or, A Marriage Of Equals by Jeannelle M. Ferreira is quite simply the best, most enjoyable lesbian Regency romance I have read so far. (And I’m something

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The Crown Valencia by Catherine Friend: Book Review

The Crown of Valencia by Catherine Friend is the artfully crafted sequel to her book The Spanish Pearl. Catherine Friend is fast becoming one of those authors you could just hand

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The Spanish Pearl by Catherine Friend: Book Review

The Spanish Pearl by Catherine Friend was one of those books that I wished my first time could have been in paperback. I know for a fact that I will

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