The Price of Salt is also known as Carol, like the title of the famous movie with Cate Blanchett and Roony Mara. This is a beautiful, romantic and well-written novel.
Oldies
These are titles I read a long time ago. So I don’t recall exactly all the specifics but these are all books I would love to re-read. Some I already have.
To The Edge: best friends to lovers romance by Cameron Abbott
Available at Amazon All the recs on my blog are available in e-book or at least digitally. This title is not. But I have to tell you about this one. I've read this novel by Cameron Abbott at least 4 times. I love the delicious slow burn in To The Edge. It's a friends to … Continue reading To The Edge: best friends to lovers romance by Cameron Abbott
In Every Port – The first one by Karin Kallmaker
Available at Bella Books I recently re-read this first novel by Karin Kallmaker. First published in 1989 it bears the sign of the times. It's probably one of the reasons I like this book well enough to read it more than once. In fact it was probably the 3rd or 4th time I read it. … Continue reading In Every Port – The first one by Karin Kallmaker
Lucifer Rising: A hot detective romance by SL Bowers
Read it on Ausxip.com or use links below to PDF and Epub Link naar PDFDownload Link naar Epub *repost with Epub file* This story was originally an Uber Xena fic. Later it was first published in 1999. I had a copy but after a few reads, the pages fell out. Tried to buy a new … Continue reading Lucifer Rising: A hot detective romance by SL Bowers
Heaven Down Here – Rebecca Hall
Read it on Ausxip.com It's time for a XWP classic! Heaven Down Here was released in 1996. When I began to think how many years ago this is, I couldn't believe it has been 26 years 😱! That is a bit frightening, to tell you the truth. Luckily my brain still works, and I can … Continue reading Heaven Down Here – Rebecca Hall
Age Gap Romance in Touchwood
Available at Bella Books Wow, what a bizarre sensation. I first read Touchwood by Karin Kallmaker some 25 years ago. Back then I thought it was strange that the 29-year-old Rayann falls for almost 60-year-old Louisa. I didn't think it was sexy, and not romantic either. In the meantime, I seem to think otherwise. Of course, it's unrelated to the fact. … Continue reading Age Gap Romance in Touchwood
Casey and Tessa: A Forbidden Romance in XWP
Read it on The Bard's Corner, PDF in the link below, or paperback Meridios-Daughter-L.J.-MaasDownload Another XWP 'blast from the past'. LJ Maas was a Xena fanfic legend. She has written great stories in the Xena fandom. Stories like this one. This was an uber fiction story, what would now be called an Alternative Universe. Casey is Meridio's Daughter. She is on her way … Continue reading Casey and Tessa: A Forbidden Romance in XWP
Above All, Honor – Radclyffe
Available at Bold Strokes Books Being a lover of lesbian novels, I have of course read a number of novels by Radclyffe. She knows better than anyone the art of writing an excellent cun-uh heart throbbing romance. Above All, Honor is one of her first novels, I think. First published as an original fiction story on a fanfiction platform. Where you can … Continue reading Above All, Honor – Radclyffe
An Emergence of Green – Katherine V. Forrest
Available at Bella Books As far as I'm concerned, this novel by Katherine V. Forrest does not fall into the 'light reading' category. It's a pretty intense story. Originally published in 1986. Dated? Maybe, but certainly in some cases unfortunately still current. Paul and Carolyn Blake live a sluggish and bourgeois life. And Paul tries very hard to keep … Continue reading An Emergence of Green – Katherine V. Forrest
Just Between (serie) – Gina L. Dartt
Read it on Gina L. Dartt Ok, ok, ok, here's the godmother of the J/7 fanfics 🥰! Gina started this series in 1998 and it has become 50 stories spread over 5 seasons. And I just don't know where to start, this is so good. Everything you could have imagined, hoped for, fantasized about a love … Continue reading Just Between (serie) – Gina L. Dartt
Towards Sunset – Della Street
Read or download via the link below – pdf Towards-SunsetDownload Xena as a bandit in a western story? Yes, anything is possible in fanfiction 🪅. And luckily so! In Towards Sunset, the bandit Jess resides in the town of Meyersville. To pass the time, she goes after the good schoolteacher Mattie. Mattie is intimidated by the arrogant Jess, who … Continue reading Towards Sunset – Della Street
Kara’s Moon – Gerri Hill
Read it on Gerri Hill's website One of Gerri Hill's first stories was published on the Academy of Bards. Since I have to read everything from Gerri Hill, of course, I also read this. And you know what, I loved it so much! While it's...yeah, how shall I put it, it's kind of dated. But maybe that's exactly the reason … Continue reading Kara’s Moon – Gerri Hill
Resistance – Della Street
Read the story by clicking the link below Resistance - Della Street pdfDownload Della Street is one of my favorite XWP authors. She knows how to describe the Xena/Gabrielle dynamics so beautifully. And her stories are so romantic 🥰. Her story Resistance is a classic for me. Literally now because she wrote this in the late 90s. It's a … Continue reading Resistance – Della Street
Queen – L.N. James
Read it on AusXip (very nice site where you can find a lot of XWP info and fanfic) Oh, this one is so good. It's been years since I've read this story, but I still remember it like it was yesterday. This XWP story of LN James is not just 🔥🔥🔥 the characterization of Xena and Gabrielle is … Continue reading Queen – L.N. James
My Protector – J.C. Wilder
My Protector – J.C. Wilder. Download via the link below (pdf) My Protector - J.C.-WilderDownload Finally, here's my first XWP fanfic fav I'm writing about. I have quite a few that I would like to share. Unfortunately, not everything can be found online. And now, I had burned everything to a cd disc years ago (yes, it's been … Continue reading My Protector – J.C. Wilder
The Birds and the Bees – Omega13
The Birds and The Bees - Omega13 Read or download it: The Birds and The Bees - Omega13Download Star Trek Voyager, a female captain, plus a super sexy Borg, that's all you need to write an appealing story, right? Omega13 probably thought so too but manages to give an interesting twist to the story in The Birds … Continue reading The Birds and the Bees – Omega13
Painted Moon: snow bound romance
Available at Bella Books Painted Moon was initially published in 1994. This copy is a special issue celebrating the book's 25th anniversary. You can look for the 1994 version. However, this one is even more fun. Karin Kallmaker added 2 additional short stories, 8 and 25 years later. She has also written a foreword. In it, she shares … Continue reading Painted Moon: snow bound romance
Curious Wine: A Landmark Lesbian Romance
Available at Bella Books This book by Katherine V. Forrest was first published by Naiad Press in 1983. As far as I'm concerned, this book is the Godmother of the lesbian novel, the founder of the lesfic genre! I read this book a long time ago. And I was immediately sold. This was the proof, that romance novels with women … Continue reading Curious Wine: A Landmark Lesbian Romance