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Best Sapphic Western

Apr 1, 2026 | Best of the Best Winners

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It’s time to crown this week’s Best of the Best Winners.

How do we decide on the sapphic books to include in these polls? We value reader input, so we ask them on Patreon to nominate their favorites. It’s easy to follow the account for free. We take those nominations to create a best of the best poll and put it to the readers for a vote.

Nominating and voting is a fantastic way to show your favorite authors some rainbow love.

We’re grateful to Melissa Tereze for sponsoring today’s post. Please check out her online store.

Before we get to the Best of the Best Winners this week, it’s time for Guess the Author

Every week we’ll provide five clues about a sapphic author. This game helps readers get to know their favorite authors while having fun.

Here is today’s clue:

Clue #3: Her favorite tropes are slow-burns, fake relationships, and only-one-bed scenarios.

Find Clue #1 here.

Find Clue #2 here.

Don’t forget to check out the Best of the Best Poll post tomorrow for Clue #4.

Now for this Week’s Winners

Drum roll please… Below you’ll find the winners for Best Western

Contemporary Romance

Available as an audiobook at some retailers
Storms

By Gerri Hill

Estranged for years from her father and four brothers after her mother’s death, Carson Cartwright is surprised when she gets a phone call from her twin brother, urging a reconciliation before their father succumbs to his final illness.

The big Montana sky crackles with thunder and lightning as emotions twist in unbidden directions. Neither Carson nor Kerry is prepared for the wild storms of summer.
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Historical Romance

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Bloom Town: Genesis

By Ally North

A preacher’s daughter with a secret. An outlaw running from the gallows. A love story spanning oceans and deserts and years.

When Abby Proctor is kidnapped from a train in the middle of the desert halfway to her new life in California, she makes a promise to herself—she will escape. Because there’s a reason Abby is leaving Iowa and all its oppressions behind, and she refuses to be someone’s prisoner again. Especially when that someone is the infamous female outlaw Joey ‘JT London’ Taylor, Abby’s brash, brooding, and inconveniently beautiful captor.
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Historical Romance

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Backwards to Oregon

By Jae

2,000 miles of raging rivers, searing heat, and tender love

“Luke” Hamilton accepted that she would spend her life alone when she chose to live her life disguised as a man. Nora Macauley, who worked in a brothel for years, has lost all illusions about love. But now they find themselves married and on the dangerous journey to Oregon.
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Today’s post is also sponsored by Persephone Black. Please check out Captive of the Crime Queen.

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Thanks so much for stopping by!

Miranda and TB

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