The problem? Micah's not the same person she was a year ago. A lot has happened to Micah since then, she's no longer the quiet intern Olivia remembers. She's now darker, edgier, and carrying around a secret blacker than the leathers she prefers to wear. Olivia thought she preferred being the one in charge, until this new Micah shows her another path. Micah feels broken, dealing with her life the only way she knows how, she's begged off romance for more physical outlets...until Olivia finds her again and they start a passionate and challenging relationship that will only work if both of them are willing to redefine their lives. Switching Gears was originally released in 2013. This is the 2nd edition and has been improved upon and expanded. The original Switching Gears won a Goldie Award in 2014 for Lesbian Erotica...but there is so much more to this story. Passionate, sensual and transformative, this novel isn't your standard romance. Micah is tormented, dealing with her past has made her put up some serious barriers that have served her well, but now prevent her from completely giving in to the one woman she can't stay away from. Secrets have to be told, and the risk is great...but if Olivia and Micah can find their way, the rewards will be well worth it.

    Between its covers you will find eleven stories delving into the world of butch-femme love, sex, and power dynamics. These stories are raw and vulnerable, exploring the tenderness and brutality of BDSM sex, as well as the emotional healing possible. Sacchi Green says: “Miel Rose writes with passion and intensity from deep within the world of femmes and butches. Her fiction blends strength with vulnerability, raw sex with sensitivity, and pain with joy, depicted with both earthy realism and strikingly original lyricism. My personal favorite, perhaps because it was included in my anthology Lesbian Lust, is “August Crazies,” where Miel depicts the bdsm world of power exchange in scorching detail, at the same time illuminating the underlying complexities and desires with tenderness and no less heat. Each of these pieces offers fully-realized characters, evocative settings, and down-and-deliriously-dirty sex, and all of them stir both flesh and spirit.” ~ Lulu.com

    Under the placid veneer of suburban playparks and middle-class conformity churns a hidden London: femmes and butches dancing close in basement bars; clandestine love between women. To Sherlock Holmes, struggling private detective and mistress of disguise, it’s a realm she renounced years before. To Johnnie Watson, daredevil ambulance driver turned auto mechanic, it’s become a little too familiar. But when someone is murdered in the washroom of the city’s most notorious lesbian club, the investigation will lead both women to reconsider their assumptions about themselves, each other, and the world in which they live.Cover by moonblossom graphics (moonblossom on AO3)Words: 132,531Chapters: 20/20Sherlock (TV) Fandom