Tag Archives: historical

Review of “Mistress Moderately Fair”, historical f/f romance between actress and playwright

Posted on April 17, 2017 by Shira

This review originally appeared in The Lesbrary The English Restoration, i.e. when Charles Stuart II returned to England to take his father’s throne back from the Puritans, fascinates me for being a renaissance of both art and hedonism. Theaters opened … Continue reading →

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“Miss Jacobson’s Journey” – Jewish Regency spy-romance-adventure

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Shira

Miss Jacobson’s Journey by Carola Dunn is a lighthearted spy romance set during the Napoleonic wars and starring an Ashkenazi Jewish hero and heroine. I am so glad I found this book and read it on Shabbat. It was a quick … Continue reading →

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Dates: truly marvelous short queer historical fiction comics anthology

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Shira

The stories in the Dates graphic fiction anthology, edited by Zora Gilbert and Cat Parra, are all super-short, so they’re perfect for little moments when you need a bite of LGBTQ+ positivity in the middle of your day like a … Continue reading →

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Lesbian fiction in WWII England: “A Wartime Love” by Shiralyn Lee

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Shira

It’s a relief to be able to read a good, “old-fashioned” novel that’s neither sexually explicit nor specifically aimed at young adults — just a regular, grownup book about suffering bravely through war together and coming out into the sunshine … Continue reading →

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Jane Eyre? Jane Austen? No, it’s the girls from The Second Mango, Regency-style!

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Shira

The f/f backstory in The Second Mango, done up as a Regency romance AU by Becca Schauer. So, here we have a grand estate, in which the sickly daughter of the house is falling in love with the cook who’s helping … Continue reading →

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“Tiffany and Tiger’s Eye”: New Young Adult horror novel with lesbian romance from Foxglove Lee (Prizm Books)

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Shira

Tiffany and Tiger Eye by Foxglove Lee is a teen horror novel with a lesbian romance set in the 1980’s and starring a lonely, butch-presenting girl. It’s published by Prizm, where my books live as well, so I’ve had it on … Continue reading →

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