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June 2 Edition: Starting Over, Second Chance, Celebrity Romance, and More!

Celebrate this week's new sapphic books!

It’s Tuesday which means it’s time to reveal this week’s hot new sapphic books! There’s a great mix of new women loving women books in so many subgenres this week, including lesbian fiction love stories with popular tropes: lesfic starting over, queer second chance, and sapphic celebrity romance. There’s also erotica, mystery, suspense, paranormal, fairytale, […]


Best Dressed Pets: Kizmet

Let’s have some silly fashion fun. TB here. Before I get to the fun, I want to make it very clear that I came up with this idea and I find it funny. Sometimes people worry that stating a fact, like I don’t have fashion sense, will hurt my feelings. It doesn’t. I’m very much […]


Author Interview: Rosalie Rayburn Chats about The Power of Rain

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Get ready to learn more about the book The Power of Rain in this discussion with sapphic author Rosalie Rayburn. Join us for an exclusive peek behind the scenes as we quiz Rosalie Rayburn about The Power of Rain, writing, reading, and more. This book is part of the New Mexico category in the 2026 IHS […]


All About: Bad at Love by Shannon O’Connor

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Bad at Love by Shannon O’Connor Released: June 01, 2026 Genre: Contemporary Romance Why this book and why now? I wanted to write a book that encompassed mental health struggles without “magically curing” them when the character falls in love. I wanted a sapphic book where they both struggle, they work on themselves, they go […]


2026 I Heart SapphFic Reading Challenge Week Twenty-One: 20 Books on Sale

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Welcome to Week Twenty-One of the 2026 IHS Sapphic Reading Challenge, where we have so many sapphic books to share! 20 of the books below are on sale so scoop up some fantastic sapphic fiction reads at bargain prices. The sale ends Friday, June 5. There are two sections in today’s post. The top section […]


Best Dressed Pets: BB and PufNStuf

Let’s have some silly fashion fun. TB here. Before I get to the fun, I want to make it very clear that I came up with this idea and I find it funny. Sometimes people worry that stating a fact, like I don’t have fashion sense, will hurt my feelings. It doesn’t. I’m very much […]


2026 IHS Reading Challenge Week Twenty-One Giveaway

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Welcome to the 2026 IHS Reading Challenge Week Twenty-One Sapphic eBook Giveaway! Each week as part of the I Heart SapphFic Reading Challenge, we will be holding a sapphic book giveaway with books from the current week’s category. Authors and publishers are generously offering these eBooks as prizes, for which we are very grateful. We […]


Sapphics Around the Globe: Lizz chats about Belgium

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It seems like every time we read the news LGBTQ+ rights are under attack someplace. Yet, we always hear wonderful stories from queer people about how amazing the country, state, city, town, neighborhood, or cabin in the woods where they live really is. This year’s IHS reading challenge will focus on books set in different […]


Author Interview: Annathesa Darksbane Chats about Wolf of the Wastes

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Get ready to learn more about the book Wolf of the Wastes in this discussion with sapphic author Annathesa Darksbane. Join us for an exclusive peek behind the scenes as we quiz Annathesa Darksbane about Wolf of the Wastes, writing, reading, and more. This book is part of the Fantasy category in the 2026 IHS Reading […]


All About: The Colour-Coded Calendar by Rowan Bennet

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The Colour-Coded Calendar by Rowan Bennet Released: May 05, 2026 Genre: Erotica / Erotic Romance Why this book and why now? Having attempting (too many) big, high-concept stories, I found myself increasingly interested in the quieter question underneath all of them: how do people actually make unconventional relationships work day-to-day? Queer domesticity not as compromise, […]