Best of
Femslash

2015

Loving the Heartland


Marjorie Jones - 2015
    Guns. Murder. Kendra Williams has been the sole caretaker of her four younger siblings since their parents were killed in an alcohol-related airplane crash when she was only twenty years old. She has worked her entire adult life, sacrificing her dreams and her chance at love, to keep her family together and to keep their family cattle ranch safe for future generations. Someone doesn't want that to happen. Michelle Loving has made a successful career out of telling the American public what to think and what they should care about. She is hired to create an image of historical significance for the century-old cattle ranch,but finds herself in over her head. Not only is someone gunning for the ranch, but when it comes to loving the rustic, controlling, beautiful woman in charge of the Heartland, Michelle is shooting in the dark. Two women... One impossible task... A love that will not be silent.

The Chameleon's Tale


Andrea Bramhall - 2015
    One privileged and the other little more than a slave, yet they thought nothing could tear their friendship apart.But a changing political landscape and an uncertain future cast Imogen into a lonely world away from everything and everyone she knows, and by the time she returns to Africa, everything has changed. Betrayal, deceit, and anger are the currency of the day, and it is a far cry from the life Imogen wants to lead.When Amahle’s family is caught up in the middle of a bitter legal battle, she fights for what she believes is right. But what happens when those you believe in let you down? What happens when friend becomes foe and your world turns upside down? What can be built from the ashes of betrayal?

Persephone's Fruit


Corrine A. Silver - 2015
    An innocent falling under the sorcery of a halfing-God’s speech. When she sees Orpheus’ intent, Persephone cannot countenance Eurydice’s marriage. She intervenes, killing Eurydice to save her from that life. The life that she sees as a mirror of the life Hades tried to force on her. And the women come together in a passionate tryst. When Orpheus entreats Hades to return his wife, Persephone points out that Eurydice cannot return to life after eating of the fruits of the Underworld. She devises a test that she is sure Orpheus will fail, but it will require all of Eurydice’s bravery and fortitude. Will they find themselves allowed to carry-on their love, or will Orpheus thwart them?

Midnight at the Orpheus


Alyssa Linn Palmer - 2015
    Cecilia Mills is new to town and struggling to survive. Her world is turned upside down when she falls for gangster Franky Greco’s moll Nell Prescott. Working at The Orpheus dance hall thanks to Nell, she becomes known as CeeCee and rubs elbows with gangsters and the city’s elite, and she and Nell hide their affair from Greco.Patrick Sheridan is fresh out of prison, bent on revenge, with Greco in the crosshairs. He gets a job as CeeCee’s bodyguard, and despite her infatuation with Nell, love blossoms between CeeCee and Sheridan. When Sheridan sees his chance, thanks to a disillusioned cop seeking his own revenge, he must choose where his loyalties lie as CeeCee and Nell are caught in the middle.

Rising from the Sand


Ria Fritz - 2015
    Between late-night adventures at lesbian bars and her job as a Protectorate Escort Specialist, she knows the planet, its people and its sources of mischief too well. But her latest assignment gets her in way over her head, even with her rookie colleague Laris, mechanical genius Plutonia, and flirtatious detective Kirin at her side. Spontaneous cases of amnesia have flooded the city, and when the clues aren't adding up, the team has to throw the rulebook out the window. Trusting a Tiorian cop like Kirin is the start of a wild ride in itself, but tracking down the cause of the missing memories will force Wynette to go far above and beyond what she ever dreamed of signing up for.

But We're Both Girls...


Snow McNally - 2015
    If you want to read about girls blushing, hearts pounding and fingers touching, this is the book for you.

Mikala


Sylvia Aguilar-Zéleny - 2015
    Although they are a loving couple, they have their own dreams and hopes for Mikala. First on this list, is having her date a guy from her own culture. Two problems: Mikala likes girls, and she hates everything that has to do with Hawaii. Mikala is forced to lie to her grandparents while writing fantasies in her diary. She and Soledad, her only lesbian friend, sneak out to New York City once in a while to live as themselves. While partying in the Big Apple Mikala has an experience that will change her life forever.