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Best Lesbian Romance of the Year Kindle Edition

by Radclyffe (Editor) Format: Kindle Edition
3.8 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
The stories in Best Lesbian Romance 2015 will have readers falling in love with love all over again. A celebration of the swooning sensation of a first crush, the dizzying feel of a first touch and the raw electric elation of sexual passion are all captured here. Radclyffe, the highly lauded romance novelist and master editor always covers the full range of lesbian love- a real spectrum of experience with plenty of room for passion and possibility, as praised by The Advocate, "Every story the human heart can tell."
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  1. Print length
    218 pages
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    English
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    Cleis Press
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    June 9, 2015
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"An impressive literary treat, and will make for some great bedside-table reading."
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Radclyffe is the founder of the publishing house Bold Strokes Books and a recipient of the 2003/2004 Alice B. Toklas award. Also recognized with a Lambda Literary Award, she lives in upstate New York.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07H43X9CN
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cleis Press
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 9, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 738 KB
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 218 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1627781022
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    3.8 out of 5 stars 22 ratings

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  1. Giselle Renarde

    Giselle Renarde

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    Giselle Renarde is an award-winning queer Canadian writer. Nominated Toronto’s Best Author in NOW Magazine’s 2015 Readers’ Choice Awards, her fiction has appeared in well over 100 short story anthologies, including prestigious collections like Best Lesbian Romance, Best Women’s Erotica, and the Lambda Award-winning collection Take Me There, edited by Tristan Taormino. Giselle's juicy novels include Anonymous, Cherry, Seven Kisses, and The Other Side of Ruth.

    Find Giselle online at http://donutsdesires.blogspot.com or on Twitter @GiselleRenarde.

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  2. Elizabeth Black

    Elizabeth Black

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    I write erotic romance, erotica, and horror. My stories including THE OILY, BACK BEYOND THE HEDGEROW, WE'RE ALL MAD HERE, TROUBLE IN THIGH HIGH BOOTS, CLIMBING HER TOWER, TRAILER TRASH ZOMBIES, ALICIA, SHATTERING THE MEAT TUNNEL, PURR, and DON'T CALL ME BABY. My awards include Night Owl Top Pick 4 1/2 star review for DON'T CALL ME BABY, and "Best Short Horror Story" with the Preditors and Editors Poll Awards 2008 for my short erotic horror story SWEET SPOT, published by Whiskey Creek Press Torrid in its "Monster Mash" Halloween anthology. My fiction has appeared in many locations including STUPEFYING STORIES, ZIPPERED FLESH 2: MORE TALES OF BODY ENHANCEMENTS GONE BAD, MIDNIGHT MOVIE CREATURE FEATURE, MIRAGES: TALES FROM AUTHORS OF THE MACABRE, KIZUNA: FICTION FOR JAPAN, WOMEN ON THE EDGE OF SPACE, and LIKE A MYTH. My publishers include Circlet Press, Xcite Books, Rampant Loon Press, Smart Rhino Press, and Ravenous Romance. I live with my husband, son, and four cats on the Massachusetts coast smack in the middle of Lovecraft country.

    My blog is located at http://elizabethablack.blogspot.com/

    Friend me at Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elizabethablack

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    Tamsin Flowers has been writing erotica for three years. She started out with short stories and has featured in more than 20 anthologies to date from Cleis Press, Go Deeper Press, House of Erotica, Xcite Books and Velvet Books. Her works have featured in collections curated by some of today's most celebrated editors - including Violet Blue (Best Women's Erotica 2014 and 2015), Rachel Kramer Bussel (The Big Book of Submission: 69 Kinky Tales), Alison Tyler (Twisted: Bondage with an Edge, Bound for Trouble: BDSM for Women, Just for Her, Just for Him) and Kristina Wright (Best Erotic Romance 2014 and 2015, Passionate Kisses: Erotic Romance Fantasies for Couples).

    She has also self-published a sizzling collection of zombie erotica, Zombie Erotoclypse, and has had novels and novellas released by Xcite Books (The Christmas Tattoo, Her Boss and His Client), Secret Cravings (The Crimson Bond, The Scarlet Bond) and Totally Bound (Doing It for the Coach). She is currently releasing a monthly series called Alchemy xii.

    Find out more at www.tamsinflowers.com or at www.alchemyxii.com

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  4. Dena Hankins

    Dena Hankins

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    Dena writes aboard her sailboat, preferably in a quiet anchorage. A queer, poly, kinky former sex educator, she knows that the sexy bits can be the best parts!

    Wanderlust is her waking state. Since 1999, she has sailed waters from Seattle to San Francisco, across to Hawaii, from Maine to Florida and across to Bermuda and the Azores...so far as of January, 2024. Whether traveling in the physical world or ranging far in her imagination, she is happiest accompanied by her partner since 1996, James Lane.

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  • Eneida Eriyamulla
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2017
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  • Lia X.
    3.0 out of 5 stars Okay
    Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2019
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    I love short stories that Radclyffe puts together from other lesbian authors, but I'd like to read books with entirely new short stories. There were a couple short stories in this book that I recognized from other books. It feels a little cheap to buy a book just to read the same stories again.
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  • LBAS Book Blog
    4.0 out of 5 stars A good read in all
    Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2015
    This collection of stories are the perfect holiday read, enough to dip in and out of whilst sunning yourself on the beach – which is exactly what I did.

    The stories range from sweet heart warming stories to sensual tales and downright hot! It is a collection that has something for everyone who likes tales of love and romance.

    I particularly enjoyed Some Nudity Required by Axa Lee, which was the first story in the anthology. It tells of slow discovery of your own beauty through the lens of a photographer. The model uses her imagination to get the right poses and boy is her imagination hot! We are left wondering if the two end up together or not so follow the clues and you might figure it out.

    Long Drive by L.C. Spoering tells of love over the internet. It is the day when they will finally meet after many hours spent together on Skype, where their desire for each other has slowly built up. We feel the anticipation, longing and the desperation they feel to claim each other as quickly as possible. They seem to have found a home together.

    Love Dance by Merina Canyon was also a fave. It tells of two lovers who have parted. They meet again at a party where we learn that they parted because of the desire of one of the girls to keep their relationship under wraps. During a dance with another work colleague passion is ignited from afar and we see them wanting a future together no matter what may lie ahead. A real Ahhh moment.

    Going to that chapel by Giselle Renarde is the last one I am going to mention. The wedding day has arrived and our couple reminisce about the journey that has lead them to the chapel. Along the way we learn of a homophobic neighbour who has been abusive to them. After a messy start- literally - they go home to change and discover this angry neighbour collapse. Girls go to the rescue and the locals stop to find out what’s going on. They save the life of the neighbour and are crowned heroes with many of their community wanting to enjoy their special day with them.

    As I said there are different types of stories and the above are just some that I enjoyed in the book. There were others that were not to my taste – mostly those that focused on the sex rather the an insight into individuals.

    A good read in all.

    Disclaimer: This book was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
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  • Amazon Customer
    2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2016
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    Short stories that end too soon - left me wanting more.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2016
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  • Jill
    3.0 out of 5 stars A Solid Anthology
    Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2015
    Ah. Lesbian romance. I'm a sucker for a good female/female romance, since my partner and I are happily in love and she is in fact a female. I was excited when Best Lesbian Romance fell into my hands. I love Cleis anthologies, I love lesbians, and I love romance- what's not to like? Overall, this was a really enjoyable book that offers something for everyone. There are different pairings that make each story unique- new lovers, old lovers, "straight" women, butches, femmes. There are tons of variations in these stories, and I think that's part of what makes this book a pleasant one to read. There are 18 independent short stories in this book, so it's easy to read either all at once, or in bite sized little pieces.

    Since it's an anthology, the stories were hit and miss for me. I loved some, but didn't enjoy others as much. It's unprofessional and disrespectful to call out specific stories and why I didn't like them, in my opinion, so I'll be vague. There's a negative stereotype in the LGBT community that lesbians move too fast in relationships. It's a running joke. That's how I felt about some of these. These are short stories, so you only have a limited space to create love- I understand that. But a lot of them felt rushed, and not in a whimsical love-at-first-sight kind of way. I was also irritated at a story that kept referring to a girl as a nerd or a geek (I got it the first time) and a story where it closed with the main character saying "Love you too." "Love you" and "I love you" are two very different tones to this reader.

    Now that the unpleasant bits are out of the way, I'd like to take my review space to highlight the good stories instead of going over all of the bad. I'd like to share with you my three favorite stories in this anthology. The following stories are in no particular order. The first story that I loved is called "Red Velvet Cake" by Tamsin Flowers. I've read Flowers' work before and loved it, and this story definitely lives up to my admiration of her. This story involves a barista, a loyal customer, and a flirty game of "do you like girls or not". The title drew me in first, admittedly, as I adore red velvet cake. But the whole coffee shop romance thing came off as steamy as a good espresso and sweeter than a frappe. The second story that stood out to me is called "Waterfall" by LT Masters. This tells the tale of a lover left waiting, a stranded and injured hiker, and a hidden cave in the woods. I thought this one was really sincere and it made me all warm and fuzzy inside. I'd really like to see it become part of a longer story arc, but that's just me being greedy, I'm sure ;) I love hiking and the woods, so this was an extra fun read for me. The last one that I'd like to highlight is called "Gargoyle Lovers" by Sacchi Green. This is another author whom I've read before and really enjoyed, so it's not at all surprising that this is one of my top picks. This story includes a honeymoon trip to Paris, a chained rendez-vous on a balcony, a fascination with gargoyles, and a trip to the local adult shop. This one was equal parts of dreamy and sexy, and honestly has created a whole new fantasy that I'd like to bring to life, s'il vous plait.

    I tried to just do three, but I am giving an honorable mention to "Like a Breath of Ocean Blue" by Elizabeth Banks, and the story she weaves using the ocean, Kahlua, and a tourist-y t-shirt shop. It's summery and nice, and it's summery and nice while I'm reading it, so it was an extra nice treat.

    All in all, I think that this is an anthology that blends together the sex scenes Cleis Press is known for, softened by the melty, warm feeling of falling in love all over again. I'd recommend it to lesbian readers, fans of F/F romance, or even just romance in general. I'm happy to display this on my shelf, and I'm sure I'll revisit some of these stories again.

    I received a copy in exchange for my honest review.
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