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I Think I Thought I’d Remember

Karin Kallmaker 10/17/2019 Book News, Painted Moon 25th Anniversary Edition

When I was writing Painted Moon, it’s very possible that all those years ago I thought I’d remember all the details. If so, that didn’t work out.

#lesfic#NewClassic#wlwLesbian Romance
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Instalove, Because I Said So, and Frozen

Karin Kallmaker 07/07/2019 Because I Said So, Book News 0 Comments

How Frozen, Absolutes, Instalove Tropes, and all the rest that made the brain soup that cooked into Because I Said So. Also, #MarvElsa

#Ariel#lesfic#MarvElsa#wlwLesbian RomanceLittle MermaidLove at First Sight
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Because I Said So – Meet Shannon Dealan

Karin Kallmaker 04/28/2019 Because I Said So, Book News 1 Comment

Meet Shannon Dealan in this excerpt of Chapter 2 from Because I Said So. Available July 2019 from Bella Books. Yes, it will be available at GCLS!

#lesfic#neversayneverLesbian RomanceLove California Style
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Paris and Diana at Last – My Lady Lipstick Now Available!

Karin Kallmaker 02/16/2018 Book News, My Lady Lipstick 0 Comments

Diana wears Maniac Red lipstick and high heels. Paris wears men’s suits and a Windsor knot in her ties. Learn more about My Lady Lipstick now available from Bella Books!

#Butch-Femme#f/f#NewBookNewBookNewBook#wlwLesbian Romance
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Love is Magic is Love – How “Unbeliever” Came to Be

Karin Kallmaker 01/31/2018 Book News, Unbeliever 2 Comments

I don’t choose between my stories for favorites but I have to admit that I’m extra partial to Unbeliever. It’s full of the magic women create for themselves and together.

#f/f#lesfic#MagicBook#wlwLesbian Romance
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A Fish Out of Water – The Little Mermaid with Lesbians

Karin Kallmaker 09/30/2017 Book News, Fish Out of Water 0 Comments

The original “The Little Mermaid” needed changes. A heroine who lived for starters. And lesbians, it really needed lesbians.

#DisneyLittleMermaid#f/f#LesbianLittleMermaid#lesfic#Splash#wlwLesbian RomanceThe Shape of Water
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Your Conference Call is Live!

Karin Kallmaker 06/25/2017 Anthologies, Book News 1 Comment

I invite you to enjoy the opening from “LARP,” my this-could-be-the-start-of-something-good contribution to Conference Call, a new romance anthology available first at #GCLS2017

#GCLS2017#LARP#lesfic
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First Look the Second: My Lady Lipstick (Diana)

Karin Kallmaker 05/12/2017 Book News, My Lady Lipstick 3 Comments

Vivid hair, impossibly green eyes and red, red lips. Meet “My Lady Lipstick” – Karin Kallmaker’s next lesbian romance.

#f/f#lesfic#MyLadyLipstick#preview#wlw
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Now It’s More than a Teapot – Travel Synchronicity

Karin Kallmaker 05/11/2017 Book News, My Lady Lipstick 9 Comments

I’d already picked out the teapot to use in My Lady Lipstick. Then we toured the place where that teapot was born.

#Belleek#synchronicity#travel
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First Look: My Lady Lipstick (Paris)

Karin Kallmaker 03/29/2017 Book News, My Lady Lipstick 17 Comments

Paris Ellison, the real woman behind Queen of the Bodice Rippers Anita Topaz, has received a disturbing letter – and burnt the brownies! And meets the mysterious Diana.

#f/f#lesfic#MyLadyLipstick#preview#wlw
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