Happy weekend!
Saturdays are when we curate all the sapphic book news and queer happenings of the week into one convenient location. Think of it as your personal reading directory! After all, we know the weekend is when so many of us are able to unwind for a minute and want to get lost in a good woman loving woman book. What could be better?
In today’s post, you’ll find cheerful LGBTQ+ news stories to combat all the negative ones bombarding our screens.
Sapphic reader Diane shares a Caturday photo of three adorable cats.
One of the things we love about the weekly lesfic author selfie is getting to know the personality behind the words. Check out the picture Payton Frischhertz submitted for the book Under the Gown. It’s not your typical author photo!
Finally, scroll to the bottom of the post to see photos of TB and Miranda’s visit to a mansion on the coast of Massachusetts.
Before we get to today’s post, it’s time to reveal the identity of this week’s Guess the Author!
Every week we provide five clues about a sapphic author. On Saturday, we reveal the author’s identity.
Before we unveil this week’s author, here are all 5 clues in case you missed them:
1. I’m from Canada, but my partner and I recently relocated to England for a four year adventure living abroad.
2. I’m obsessed with tea and cannot sit down to write without a full kettle nearby.
3. My first sapphic romance features a fictional college lacrosse team called the UNS Lobsters.
4. My top selling book series is about three sisters who run a campground together on Vancouver Island.
5. I’m making my young adult debut with my newest release: a romantic comedy about two very different girls who make a pact to complete the same summer bucket list.
Now it’s time to reveal their name. Drum roll please…
This week’s author is Katia Rose!
Check out The Summer List, Katia Rose’s new release!
One summer can change everything.
At least, that’s what Naomi has heard. Personally, she’s not interested in changing anything. With the start of university looming like the Ghost of Adulthood Yet to Come, Naomi is ready to spend the most uneventful summer of her life house sitting for her dad’s boss.
Her friends might be making epic summer bucket lists, but to Naomi, two months alone in a giant mansion sounds like just the escape she needs from the anxiety that’s spent her whole life telling her change can’t be anything but bad.
Andrea is ready for a change. Sure, she might have taken things a little too far by dumping her boyfriend, quitting her job, and breaking into her dad’s seemingly empty house to spend the summer plotting her next move, but Andrea has never done anything by halves.
When she discovers the house is not, in fact, empty, and that the mysterious house sitter with the biggest blue eyes she’s ever seen is hiding a secret summer bucket list, Andrea hatches a plan to tick the items off together.
It’s the perfect trade: Naomi gets an accountability buddy, Andrea gets an excuse to avoid planning her own future for just a little longer, and once the list is complete, they go their separate ways.
It’s simple, it’s effective, and it definitely doesn’t leave room for them to fall in love—no matter how many times they stay up all night talking, or how good it feels when their hands touch, or how much they both wish September would stay far, far away.
One summer can change everything…for better or for worse.
Katia Rose’s bio:
Katia Rose is not much of a Pina Colada person, but she does like getting caught in the rain. She loves to write romances that make her readers laugh, cry, and swoon (preferably in that order). She’s rarely found without a cup of tea nearby, and she’s more than a little obsessed with tiny plants. Katia is proudly bisexual and has a passion for writing about love in all its forms.
Monday kicks off a fresh Guess the Author game!
NEED A BOOK FOR THE WEEKEND?
If you’re looking for something to read this weekend, below you’ll find 15 books on sale.
Need more choices? Check out the BookFinder, which has more than 7,120 books for you to choose from, ranging from steamy sapphic romance books, ice queen wlw romances, lesfic audiobooks, queer superheroes, best friends to lovers lesbian romances and so much more!
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Without further ado, let’s get to all the weekly queer news!
TB is determined to spread good rainbow news during 2024, which let’s face, is going to be a rough year. There are a lot of elections all over the world, which means we’re in for a lot of scaremongering. While it’s important to stay informed, it’s also vital not to lose sight of all the kindness in the world. Below are the happy queer stories that made TB smile this week. They’re queer news links worth clicking!
Adele gushes over lesbian pop goddess Chappell Roan: ‘She is spectacular’ — We agree!
Kim Coco Iwamoto will be Hawaii’s first trans lawmaker after beating the House speaker — Amazing!
Out transgender woman athlete will make history as she competes in Paralympic Games — Good luck!
Chasten Buttigieg is releasing a children’s book & it’s super adorable — Aww!
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Meet Heaven, Chadda, & Bella! My fur babies always find the most comfortable place in the house. Submitted by Diane, a sapphic reader.
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