Verdict: A classic Radclyffe medical slow burn: high-risk obstetrician Hollis Monroe, who keeps every patient at a professional distance, is thrown together with midwife and single mom Annie Colfax, whose life she saved in an emergency four years earlier. Fans love the medical realism, the midwifery focus and the returning PMC cast; critics found the … Read more
Verdict: A sweet, funny older lesfic romance with a tearjerker premise: commitment-shy composer Casey agrees to her late ex’s dying request to help her grieving partner Liz — who is pregnant and caring for a three-year-old. Readers adore little Skye and the warmth; critics found it unrealistic, rushed and messily told. Best for: Readers who … Read more
Verdict: A gentle, very slow-burn romance across a nine-month pregnancy: teacher and choir soloist Rosie is having a baby on her own, and Amber, one year sober, joins the choir on impulse after meeting her outside an AA meeting. Readers praise the realistic characters and handling of recovery; many found it too slow to hold … Read more
Verdict: A warm, funny butch/femme romance built on a water aerobics meet-cute, a genuinely likeable vet and real 5/5 heat, let down by a final act that stalls on a conflict many readers felt the book didn’t need. Best for: Readers who want a steamy, low-angst sapphic romance with a sweet butch lead, meddling seniors … Read more
Verdict: A slow-burn ice-queen workplace romance with the best-drawn fashion tyrant in sapphic fiction, undercut by an ending that is really a page break. Best for: Readers who want a burn measured in hundreds of pages, who care more about pining and dialogue than about how explicit the sex is, and who can accept that … Read more