Bywater Books: 75 books

First printing: 5,500 copies. Author is 3 time Lambda Literary Award finalist for Lesbian Romance, and has won multiple Golden Crown Literary Awards in Romance. The author is a popular writer in lesbian romance, and this book will appeal to readers of traditional lesbian romances—the title will...

“This is a literary gem . . . one of the best books I’ve read this year.”—Ellen Hart"This raw and convincing first novel is narrated by a woman who can’t help testing the limits of her ability to endure pain in her intimate relationships with men and women... the vivid characters...

Birdie Holloway is a typical eleven-year-old growing up in a small, corn-fed Kansas town in the early 1980s—that is until her best friend, Grace, is brutally murdered. Suddenly, everything changes for Birdie, and everything she believes she knows about her insulated small town life is called into question....

Marie Santora comes from a volatile Italian family. But when she inherits her grandmother’s estate and everyone turns nice and caring, Marie knows it’s time to hit the road to Los Angeles, but not before one final family vacation.In Jamaica, Marie meets the woman who could change her life....

Art on Fire is the apparent biography of subversive painter Francesca deSilva, the founding foremother of "pseudorealism," who lived hard and died young. But in the tradition of Vladimir Nabokov's acclaimed novel Pale Fire, it's a fiction from start to finish. It opens with Francesca's early life....

“This is not just a luminescent work, it is a transcendent and transformative one. Jill Malone finds and plays the desperate times of the teenaged years like an old Gibson. The reader is instantly, effortlessly, back in those halls of high school, the auditoriums and locker rooms and gyms, the whispered...

“a heartfelt coming-of-age story worth a read . . . Rowan grows and learns more in one summer than a lot of us do in years, which is what made Leap an enjoyable read” -Liberty Press, June 2013Summer 1979. Rowan Marks is done with high school. Next comes college. But in between there's a yawning...

Praise for Red Audrey and the Roping by Jill Malone:“Luminescent writing. . . . Finely tuned, daring, and perceptive, Malone’s auspicious debut leaves us wanting more.”—Whitney Scott, Booklist“A lyrical, passionate novel about desire, about danger, and about the need for self-forgiveness....

“An impressive, gifted storyteller.”—Katherine V. ForrestMary McGhee is a legend—heroic to some, hated by others. Her dead lover’s inheritance has fueled resentment among a dispossessed family, and in the South, grudges are as hard and immutable as the rocks themselves.But...

Feminist scholar Hannah Stern finds herself working at the Library of Congress, assigned to catalogue a donation of rare lesbian books. But it’s more than a one-year job in Washington: it’s a mission handed to her by a powerful and mysterious goddess, The Overhead Herself. When a series of desperate,...

"Legacy of Love delves nicely into the tension between desire and connection, highlighting trust as the essence of intimacy." --The Lesbian Review of Books"This is undoubtedly one of the finest. . . . The sparring between Bristo and Deanne alone makes it worth reading." --Our Own Community PressSage...

Jericho was originally published in late 2011, and quickly established itself as lesbian literary canon. Autostraddle, the progressively feminist online magazine listed it at #69 on their list of 100 Best Lesbian Fiction & Memoir Books Of All Time. And, The Lesbian Review has named it one of the 10...

Praise for Beyond the Pale by Elana Dykewomon:“One of the most compelling novels I have ever read. . . . A work of remarkable importance.”—The Village Voice“One of the best books of the year. . . . Compelling, honest and unselfconscious.”—The Toronto Star“Truly great...

Wake Me When It's Over is Book Two of the Charlie Mack Motown Mysteries. This title will appeal to readers who are looking for strong female protagonists; readers who are looking for books featuring women of color, and for readers who are looking for smart mysteries that feature a diverse cast of primary and secondary characters.