Following the news that my publisher, Bellows Press, will soon cease trading, I've written a blog about my experiences. I've tried to be as open and honest as i can, hoping it will be useful to other authors considering going with a small press. marianneratcliffe.com/blog #wwlw #sapphic #hisfic

Reviewers: ARCs are available for my upcoming sapphic romance, Learning Curves. If you're interested, please fill out the ARC request form: bit.ly/3H3i1vn ⁣ Learning Curves has:⁣ 📚 Academia 📚 Age gap 📚 Grumpy/sunshine 📚 Women in art ⁣ It will be out on September 2nd.⁣ Thank you for your interest! ❤️

This is Poppy—she ONLY reads sapphic romances. One bed • small town • found family • friends to lovers • roommates • lots of dogs • extra spicy Windlass by Anna Burke, available everywhere on 07.08.25 #BookRecsSky #SapphicBookSky #SapphicRomanceSky

Today's #LesFicFriday theme is "eyes". EJ Jordan, the lady gang leader in Blood Remains, has some stunning ones that blood mage Callie remembers quite well. BLOOD REMAINS, from @bywaterbooks.bsky.social bywaterbooks.com/product/bloo... 😘 #wlw #LesFic #historical #paranormal #romance #BookSky

The Princess Match is out soon, and is currently on pre-order. Secure your copy now, in ebook or print! clarelydon.shop/products/the-princess-mat... #soccer #lesb#soccers#lesbianb#lesfici#lesbianfictionue#sapphic

March is Indie Press Month, so here's a great way to celebrate: Buy books published by your favorite legacy queer presses —you know, like Bywater Books & Amble Press! Check us out: loom.ly/DL_oi48 #BookSky #AuthorSky #LGBTQSky #SapphicBookSky

Lately, readers looking for sapphic fiction beyond Amazon have asked me for a list of sapphic books in Kobo Plus. As far as I know, no such list existed, so I decided to create one. You can now find it on my blog: jae-fiction.com/sapphic-book...

Lovelies who are Barnes & Noble premium and rewards members, you can get 25% off when preordering THE VENGEANCE www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-vengea... (ends 7th Feb) #booksky (Historical fantasy swashbuckler with pirates and sapphic romance! Pure escapism.)

We’re back for season 4! Join us for a catch up where we share how we’re staving off the winter blues, not just with our usual media, but also with our beloved hobbies. Plus, find out what we have planned for the coming year! Listen now: linktr.ee/swordsandsap...

How about some options for the @iheartsapphfic.bsky.social Reading Challenge? Here's how my books fit into this year's categories. Read awesome sapphic books, win cool prizes, and spread oodles of queer joy! 💖🌈 (1 of 2—More books in next post!)

An unbelievable historical resource. ALL records of criminal trials at the Old Bailey, 1674 to 1913. Start going down those rabbit holes! Here's what I got from searching for trials with the keyword "highwayman." www.oldbaileyonline.org/search/keywo...

NEW Audiobook addition: Vengeance Planning for Amateurs by Lee Winter "Cat Gould is an Australian narrator and her performance is superb. " @leewinteroz.bsky.social @taramdscott.bsky.social @jennabeebs79.bsky.social @tantoraudio.bsky.social @ylva-publishing.bsky.social https://buff.ly/40aFO2m

“It’s a Fabulous Life” was a quick and cute holiday read. Perfect for the end of December! This book is for you if you want to fit in a fast paced, no spice, all fluff wlw romance before the end of the year! #lesfic #wlwbooks

#marketingmonday i'm delighted you are enjoying Encrypted Hearts so much. If you love spies, secrets and code breakers download it today on KU. #sapphicromance #historicalromance #wartimeromance #ww2 #wlw

I'm delighted to be @iheartsapphfic.bsky.social 's Author of the Week! Stay tuned for some fun stuff, and the chance to win a paperback copy of Merry Weihnachten. Today we have Three Truths and a Lie. Can you guess the lie? www.patreon.com/posts/3-trut...

To thank everyone who supported me and my writing over the past few years, "Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained" is FREE for the holiday period. It's a short story sequel to A Lady to Treasure. With our heroines desperate for investment, Sarah has a plan... marianneratcliffe.com/free-stuff #wwlw

Fellow sapphics and WLW! Feeling the holiday blues? Want an inconspicuous-looking read to help escape family drama? Grab your copy of my lesbian Beauty and the Beast retelling for less than a Starbucks coffee. www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B09M...

Day 12: favorite sapphic book by a transgender/nonbinary author. Not sure why I didn't write a review of Cash Delgado is Living the Dream by @tehlorkay.bsky.social, but if you haven't read this small town, single mom, BFFs to lovers sapphic awakening yet, you should check it out. It’s fabulous! 🌈📚

Black sapphic book rec of the day. A grieving young woman with forbidden powers embarks on a dangerous journey to try and turn back time, meeting an alluring ship captain along the way. Loved this! It’s emotional, sweet and surprising. And indie! #booksky #blackbooksky #queerbooksky 🪐📚

This is a great read - snap it up folks!

If you want to read a fun thread of spoiler-free reactions to my lesbian fantasy romance The World Within, check out this one!

For the FIRST time since launch, The Secret of Matterdale Hall is on offer. A gothic mystery/romance perfect for fans of Sarah Waters, Katie Lumsden and Stacey Halls. Sale runs 14-18th October. [wwlw, gothic fiction, sapphic romance, historical romance] books2read.com/u/mVD6oP

My books and ##sapphicseptember! . Find my books here: www.amazon.com/stores/Jo-Ha...

I Heart SapphFic reading challenge category for the week of 09/09/24: Only One Bed. www.facebook.com/groups/butch... 🌈📚💜 | Sapphfic | Lesfic | Sapphic Book | Queer Romance #ihsreadingchallenge #lesfic #sapphicbooks #butchfemme

Looking for some diverse takes on the Regency romance? As recommended by Good Housekeeping magazine. [wwlw, sapphic romance, queer romance] www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/lifestyle...

Readers have said they'd love to see more of Sarah and Louisa's life after the end of A Lady to Treasure. Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained is a short story sequel taking place in the period described in the Epilogue. Available FREE to newsletter subscribers. www.marianneratcliffe.com #wwlw #sapphic

If you are interested in: Return to hometown Only one bed Ace spectrum Disaster/survival Dog that steals your heart In love with best friends sister Small town romance Under the Sitka Sky (read by Parker Everly) is 60% OFF now to 6/3 www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

This week in the I Heart SapphFic reading challenge Of Light and Love is on offer as part of the set in the UK. A grumpy/sunshine age gap contemporary romance. When an artist loses her muse how does she survive? Check out all of the featured books here: iheartsapphfic.com/2024/05/13/i... #wlw

Between Boat & Shore, my novel set in Neolithic Orkney (Scotland), is on sale in this week's @iheartsapphfic.bsky.social reading challenge. Visit iheartsapphfic.com/2024/05/13/i... for six other books also set in the UK or Ireland.

With less than a month to the Lammys you can snap up A Lady to Treasure ebook (shortlisted in the lesbian romance category) for only $2.99/£2.99. Features as part of this week's Iheartsapphic challenge (based in UK). iheartsapphfic.com/2024/05/13/i... wwlw lesfic sapphic romance queer romance

Happy Fri #lesficfri Friends! 🤗 Today's theme is ****SMILE**** Let's share some SMILING action from our stories! 😊😉🙃☺️

#lesficfri ****SMILE**** books2read.com/u/mYqQ8p

Just me, sharing a shelf with one of my favourite authors! [BarbaraPym, Barbara Pym, Pym Society, historical fiction, English authors, bookshelf, Waterstones]

Need some help! I'll be on a dialogue panel later this month (more on that later!) and I'm having a hard time picking a scene to share. Have you read NO SHELTER BUT THE STARS? What was your favorite scene or bit of dialogue? (Haven't read it yet? Get it here: www.bywaterbooks.com/product/no-s...)

😍😍A Lady to Treasure has been shortlisted for a Lammy Award in the Lesbian Romance category. Find out more about the book using the link: books2read.com/u/mYqQ8p Congratulations to the other finalists, Melissa Brayden, Kris Bryant, Georgia Beers and Lisa Peers. It's an honour be among this list ♥️

Anyone else read this? A great evocation of a time and place. Explores the value of curiosity, compassion and community. #TLOST #yorkshire #2024books #HistoricalFiction (sort of)

For one week only, the eBook of my Regency romance, A Lady to Treasure, is for sale at the bargain price of 99p/99c.  books2read.com/u/mYqQ8p [sapphic romance, historical fiction, queer romance]

I Heart SapphFic reading challenge category for the week of 02/05/24: Black/African American Author.   🌈📚💜 | Sapphfic | Lesfic | Sapphic Book #ihsreadingchallenge #lesfic #sapphicbooks #butchfemme

Matterdale Hall has been out for more than a year, so it's lovely to still see readers engaging with it. This recent Amazon review sums up exactly what I hope to do with my writing, which is present more inclusive (and, yes, sapphic!) spin on traditional or classic literature tropes.

#LesficFri #truth A Lady To Treasure | Universal Book Links Help You Find Books at Your Favorite Store! (books2read.com)

Happy LesFicFriday! "woman" From A lady to Treasure: books2read.com/u/mYqQ8p

With the implosion of that other site, I grabbed my archived posts, and bemoaned content that was only ever there now behind more barriers to see. This is one of the threads I'm most proud of. Blogged to preserve the content. Sapphic community | Trans family www.kallmaker.com/i-stand-with...

I was blown away by this debut novel. There's not enough room on the graphic to capture its complexity, but if you are looking for something with a unique voice, prose that rises almost to poetry, queer protagonists captured with searing insight and honesty, then this might be for you.

My top 5 sapphic reads of 2024, as featured on the the IHS website: iheartsapphfic.com/2024/01/03/m... [sapphic romance, historical fiction, fantasy, lesfic, queer romance, LGBT books]

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Reverend Arthur Mottram is living the perfect life. A loving wife, two adoring daughters, happy and grateful parishioners. If only it wasn't all built on a lie. storage.googleapis.com/production-f... [Dickensian Christmas story]

My latest blog concerns ambiguity in gothic and gay fiction. I also explain how (and why) I try to incorporate it into my own writing. Blog - Marianne Ratcliffe Author Of Historical Fiction [sapphic romance, historical fiction, queer fiction]

Book Box Day isn't quite as exciting as Book Box Day packing materials...if you're a cat. All Things Beautiful - Coming January 1st. tinyurl.com/ATB2024bsb sapphic / sapphic books / sapphic romance / wow @boldstrokesbooks.bsky.social

Reviewers: ARCs are available for my upcoming sapphic romance, Cover Story. If you're interested, please fill out the ARC request form here: bit.ly/CoverStoryARC Cover Story has: ⭐️ Hollywood romance ⭐️ Fake dating ⭐️ Bodyguard Thank you so much for your interest in reviewing! ❤️

'Tis the season for heartwarming stories! I've joined forces with some fellow authors of sapphic romance to offer a selection of holiday romances that will leave you feeling all warm and cozy. Click below to discover your next favorite holiday read! bf.johanagavez.com/sapphic-holi...