Action Adventure - Julie Tizard for the book Free Fall At Angel Creek
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Synopsis: Hundreds of people on Flight 402 vanish in an instant.
When the airplane carrying her sister is reported missing, then later found a smoking wreck, Detective Dee Rawlings never had the chance to finally reconcile after years of estrangement. She’s desperate to find out why the plane crashed, but Dr. River Dawson, the exacting and relentless aircraft accident investigator, believes Dee’s good intentions are interfering with her case and wants her gone. All that changes when Dee discovers critical evidence that doesn’t add up.
Dee and River must find a way to work together to solve the mystery of what happened to Flight 402, all while keeping their inconvenient and unprofessional attraction in check. Their search for answers at Angel Creek will risk their lives and maybe even their hearts.
When the airplane carrying her sister is reported missing, then later found a smoking wreck, Detective Dee Rawlings never had the chance to finally reconcile after years of estrangement. She’s desperate to find out why the plane crashed, but Dr. River Dawson, the exacting and relentless aircraft accident investigator, believes Dee’s good intentions are interfering with her case and wants her gone. All that changes when Dee discovers critical evidence that doesn’t add up.
Dee and River must find a way to work together to solve the mystery of what happened to Flight 402, all while keeping their inconvenient and unprofessional attraction in check. Their search for answers at Angel Creek will risk their lives and maybe even their hearts.
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Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Bio: Julie Tizard has been a professional pilot for over 35 years. One of the earliest women pilots to graduate from air force pilot training, she served as an instructor pilot flying the T-37 jet trainer. She then flew the KC -10 air refueling tanker as an aircraft commander. She served in several leadership positions including flight commander, chief of pilot upgrade, chief of flight safety, and squadron commander. She retired as a colonel from the Air Force Reserve after 25 years of service. Julie currently flies an Airbus 320 and is a captain at a major airline. She has flown the Boeing 737, 757, 767, and the DC -10. She was an instructor pilot and line check airman on the B737. She also flies her own aircraft, a T-67 Firefly, a military trainer. When not flying, reading about flying, talking about flying, or attending air shows, she can be found renovating houses, playing a baritone horn in the local LGBT band, and traveling with her partner. She lives in Arizona.
Bio: Julie Tizard has been a professional pilot for over 35 years. One of the earliest women pilots to graduate from air force pilot training, she served as an instructor pilot flying the T-37 jet trainer. She then flew the KC -10 air refueling tanker as an aircraft commander. She served in several leadership positions including flight commander, chief of pilot upgrade, chief of flight safety, and squadron commander. She retired as a colonel from the Air Force Reserve after 25 years of service. Julie currently flies an Airbus 320 and is a captain at a major airline. She has flown the Boeing 737, 757, 767, and the DC -10. She was an instructor pilot and line check airman on the B737. She also flies her own aircraft, a T-67 Firefly, a military trainer. When not flying, reading about flying, talking about flying, or attending air shows, she can be found renovating houses, playing a baritone horn in the local LGBT band, and traveling with her partner. She lives in Arizona.
Anthology - TJ Dallas for the book A Shot of AbSINthe
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Synopsis: Fancy something short and sweet? This anthology features fifteen of the hottest lesbian erotica based on my debut Pride trilogy. Within these pages are some of the deleted and bonus scenes that were too hot and too steamy to leave unread! They have been compiled into this delicious anthology, along with some sexy sketches to get the juices flowing. If you love wlw erotica, this anthology is for you!
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Publisher: Self
Bio: Hi, my name is TJ, and I'm a UK-based author of lesfic and lesbian erotica.
Feel free to follow me on Twitter, FB, Instagram, Pinterest, Goodreads, and Reedsy Discovery. I also have character illustrations, merchandise, bonus scenes, and a newsletter on my website.
Bio: Hi, my name is TJ, and I'm a UK-based author of lesfic and lesbian erotica.
Feel free to follow me on Twitter, FB, Instagram, Pinterest, Goodreads, and Reedsy Discovery. I also have character illustrations, merchandise, bonus scenes, and a newsletter on my website.
Drama - Karen Badger for the book The Fifty and One
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Synopsis: Lia Purvis and Elliot Walker find themselves in a fight for Lia’s life two months after they freed the souls of the slaves tortured by a sadistic, aristocratic mistress one hundred and eighty years earlier in New Orleans. With the assistance of their friends Marissa, Julie and Phoebe, Lia and Elliot thought they had eliminated the evil mistress, but now she was free, and the future suddenly seems uncertain.
They have the insurmountable task of breaking the curse that has killed every descendant in the lineage that began with one slave woman who lived at 1140 Rue Royale—who fell victim to the evil mistress’ torture—and it ends with Lia Purvis herself, who is within days of becoming the curse’s final victim.
They have the insurmountable task of breaking the curse that has killed every descendant in the lineage that began with one slave woman who lived at 1140 Rue Royale—who fell victim to the evil mistress’ torture—and it ends with Lia Purvis herself, who is within days of becoming the curse’s final victim.
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Publisher: Badger Bliss Books
Bio: Karen D. Badger was born in Vermont at the end of the hippie era. She is the second of five children and was raised by a divorced mother. Karen graduated from college in 1978 with B.A.’s in Drama and Elementary Education. Later, she returned to school and in 1994 earned a B.S. in Scientific Mathematics. In addition to writing books, she is currently in her 36th year as an Engineer in the semiconductor computer chip manufacturing field. In 2007, at the Golden Crown Literary Society Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, she met Barb Sawyer, who would later become her wife. Karen and Barb have two grown sons, three grandkids and countless family and friends, all of whom they enjoy immensely. In their spare time they enjoy home improvement projects, karaoke, camping, kayaking and motorcycling.
Bio: Karen D. Badger was born in Vermont at the end of the hippie era. She is the second of five children and was raised by a divorced mother. Karen graduated from college in 1978 with B.A.’s in Drama and Elementary Education. Later, she returned to school and in 1994 earned a B.S. in Scientific Mathematics. In addition to writing books, she is currently in her 36th year as an Engineer in the semiconductor computer chip manufacturing field. In 2007, at the Golden Crown Literary Society Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, she met Barb Sawyer, who would later become her wife. Karen and Barb have two grown sons, three grandkids and countless family and friends, all of whom they enjoy immensely. In their spare time they enjoy home improvement projects, karaoke, camping, kayaking and motorcycling.
Fantasy - Alison Naomi Holt for the book Spyder's Kiss
this year there was a tie for Fantasy, two winners
this year there was a tie for Fantasy, two winners
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Synopsis: She was born and bred to be a warrior princess. Is she willing to give that up to follow her heart?
A master of swordplay, military tactics, and stealth movement, Liris can do everything except listen to her heart.
Sent on a mission by the King of Anacafria, Liris stumbles on three bodies hanging in a peaceful glade. What began as a simple quest quickly turns complicated as the king's cousin joins her in the hunt for those responsible for the brutal murders.
Can a woman who guards the Duchess of Danforth somehow become her lover as well? It's what her heart desires, but not what fate has allowed...not yet anyway.
A master of swordplay, military tactics, and stealth movement, Liris can do everything except listen to her heart.
Sent on a mission by the King of Anacafria, Liris stumbles on three bodies hanging in a peaceful glade. What began as a simple quest quickly turns complicated as the king's cousin joins her in the hunt for those responsible for the brutal murders.
Can a woman who guards the Duchess of Danforth somehow become her lover as well? It's what her heart desires, but not what fate has allowed...not yet anyway.
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Publisher: Denabi Publishing
Bio: Alison, who grew up listening to her mother reading her the most wonderful books full of adventure, heroes, ducks, and curly-tailed pigs, promotes reading wherever she goes and believes literacy is the key to changing the world for the better.
In her writing, she follows Heinlein’s Rules, the first rule being You Must Write. To that end, she writes in several genres simply because she enjoys the great variety of characters and settings her over-active fantasy life creates. There’s nothing better for her than when a character looks over their shoulder, crooks a finger for her to follow, and heads off on an adventure. From medieval castles to a horse farm in Virginia to the police beat in Tucson, Arizona, her characters live exciting lives, and she’s happy enough to follow them around and report on what she sees.
Alison's previous life as a cop gave her a bizarre sense of humor, a realistic look at life, and an insatiable desire to live life to the fullest. She loves all horses & hounds and some humans…
Alison enjoys hearing from her readers. Visit her website.
In her writing, she follows Heinlein’s Rules, the first rule being You Must Write. To that end, she writes in several genres simply because she enjoys the great variety of characters and settings her over-active fantasy life creates. There’s nothing better for her than when a character looks over their shoulder, crooks a finger for her to follow, and heads off on an adventure. From medieval castles to a horse farm in Virginia to the police beat in Tucson, Arizona, her characters live exciting lives, and she’s happy enough to follow them around and report on what she sees.
Alison's previous life as a cop gave her a bizarre sense of humor, a realistic look at life, and an insatiable desire to live life to the fullest. She loves all horses & hounds and some humans…
Alison enjoys hearing from her readers. Visit her website.
Fantasy - K.Aten for the book Elemental Attraction
this year there was a tie for Fantasy, two winners
this year there was a tie for Fantasy, two winners
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Synopsis:
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Self-Published
Bio: Award winning author and Michigan native, Kelly Aten-Keilen brings heroines to life in a variety of blended LGBTQ fiction genres. She specializes in speculative fiction, focusing on extra-ordinary women who are as flawed as they are compelling. She's not afraid of pain or adversity, but loves a happy ending. Kelly's goal with each new novel is to make people #Think, #Feel, and #Discuss.
Bio: Award winning author and Michigan native, Kelly Aten-Keilen brings heroines to life in a variety of blended LGBTQ fiction genres. She specializes in speculative fiction, focusing on extra-ordinary women who are as flawed as they are compelling. She's not afraid of pain or adversity, but loves a happy ending. Kelly's goal with each new novel is to make people #Think, #Feel, and #Discuss.
Fiction - Cindy Rizzo for the book The Papercutter
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Synopsis: A deeply polarized and ungovernable United States of America has separated into two nations—the God Fearing States (GFS) and the United Progressive Regions (UPR).
Judith Braverman, a teenager living in an Orthodox Jewish community in the GFS, is not only a talented artist accomplished in the ancient craft of papercutting, she also has the gift of seeing into peoples’ souls—and can tell instantly if someone is good or evil.
Jeffrey Schwartz has no love for religion or conformity and yearns to escape to the freedom of the UPR. When he’s accepted into an experimental pen pal program and paired with Dani Fine, an openly queer girl in the UPR, he hopes that he can finally find a way out.
As danger mounts and their alarm grows, Judith embeds a secret code in her papercuts so that she and Jeffrey can tell Dani what’s happening to Jews in the GFS without raising suspicions from the government. When the three arrange a quick, clandestine meeting, Jeffrey is finally faced with the choice to flee or to stay and resist. And Judith is reeling from a pull toward Dani that is unlike anything she has ever felt before.
Judith Braverman, a teenager living in an Orthodox Jewish community in the GFS, is not only a talented artist accomplished in the ancient craft of papercutting, she also has the gift of seeing into peoples’ souls—and can tell instantly if someone is good or evil.
Jeffrey Schwartz has no love for religion or conformity and yearns to escape to the freedom of the UPR. When he’s accepted into an experimental pen pal program and paired with Dani Fine, an openly queer girl in the UPR, he hopes that he can finally find a way out.
As danger mounts and their alarm grows, Judith embeds a secret code in her papercuts so that she and Jeffrey can tell Dani what’s happening to Jews in the GFS without raising suspicions from the government. When the three arrange a quick, clandestine meeting, Jeffrey is finally faced with the choice to flee or to stay and resist. And Judith is reeling from a pull toward Dani that is unlike anything she has ever felt before.
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Publisher: Bella Books
Bio: Cindy has worked in philanthropy for many years and has a long history of involvement in the LGBT community. She serves on the boards of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York and Funders for LGBTQ Issues. She lives in New York City with her wife, Jennifer, and their two cats. They have two grown sons, a wonderful daughter-in-law, and a baby granddaughter.
Bio: Cindy has worked in philanthropy for many years and has a long history of involvement in the LGBT community. She serves on the boards of Congregation Beit Simchat Torah in New York and Funders for LGBTQ Issues. She lives in New York City with her wife, Jennifer, and their two cats. They have two grown sons, a wonderful daughter-in-law, and a baby granddaughter.
Mystery - Benna Boss for the book Investigating Helen
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Synopsis: Dr. Helen Nims is hauled into the police station when her new girlfriend is found murdered. Terrified and confused, she finds comfort from a stranger. But when that stranger turns out to be a crime reporter, Helen has to decide if she can be trusted or if confiding in the stunning podcaster will pull Helen deeper into suspicion.
Agnes Coates loves reporting on true crime. But it hits a little close to home when her first crush from high school is found dead in a bathtub. A gorgeous surgeon is tangled up in the police dragnet as they search for the killer, and Agnes must navigate her own feelings as she digs into the mystery and seeks out the truth.
With so much to lose, Agnes and Helen will walk the line between kisses and crime.
Agnes Coates loves reporting on true crime. But it hits a little close to home when her first crush from high school is found dead in a bathtub. A gorgeous surgeon is tangled up in the police dragnet as they search for the killer, and Agnes must navigate her own feelings as she digs into the mystery and seeks out the truth.
With so much to lose, Agnes and Helen will walk the line between kisses and crime.
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Publisher: Flashpointpublications
Bio: Benna writes WLW mystery fiction that takes place in the rich environment of San Francisco. Her novels are born at the crossroads of her love for romance, true crime, and the deep places in one's soul that are touched by a good story.
Bio: Benna writes WLW mystery fiction that takes place in the rich environment of San Francisco. Her novels are born at the crossroads of her love for romance, true crime, and the deep places in one's soul that are touched by a good story.
New Author - Jo Havens for the book The Blood We Spill
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Synopsis: What would make the most ruthless ice-queen assassin in the Kingdom hesitate?
Bound to the Kingdom for life, Cie serves a cruel King, her knives pledged to his word, her life at his mercy. She is also one of the Kingdom’s most privileged slaves – one of the Praetoria: five of the best, sworn to protect the Prince and, one day, to rule at his side. It’s not a bad life – luxurious parties in any of the eighteen worlds, beautiful women falling over themselves to land in her bed, her orders to be obeyed by over forty-eight billion citizens.
But when a routine job goes spectacularly wrong, Cie discovers there is a witness to her failure – a witness to a political assassination the King would never want revealed. It’s Cie’s intense misfortune that the witness is a beauty – a woman with sweet, warm skin that Cie longs to sink into, with deep, brown eyes that hold promises that Cie has only ever dreamt of, a woman whose embrace offers a gentleness and a kindness Cie craves above all else.
Jemma thought she’d been in love before, but when she falls for the King’s assassin, she falls hard. Cie burns her up – the assassin plays fast and loves harder, and Jemma’s head is whirling even as her body is thrilled. Jemma watches as a growing terrorist threat pushes the King to madness and Cie’s orders become more and more violent. The woman she thinks she loves is steeped in red. Is it even possible for a girl from the suburbs to love a person so drenched in blood?
Bound to the Kingdom for life, Cie serves a cruel King, her knives pledged to his word, her life at his mercy. She is also one of the Kingdom’s most privileged slaves – one of the Praetoria: five of the best, sworn to protect the Prince and, one day, to rule at his side. It’s not a bad life – luxurious parties in any of the eighteen worlds, beautiful women falling over themselves to land in her bed, her orders to be obeyed by over forty-eight billion citizens.
But when a routine job goes spectacularly wrong, Cie discovers there is a witness to her failure – a witness to a political assassination the King would never want revealed. It’s Cie’s intense misfortune that the witness is a beauty – a woman with sweet, warm skin that Cie longs to sink into, with deep, brown eyes that hold promises that Cie has only ever dreamt of, a woman whose embrace offers a gentleness and a kindness Cie craves above all else.
Jemma thought she’d been in love before, but when she falls for the King’s assassin, she falls hard. Cie burns her up – the assassin plays fast and loves harder, and Jemma’s head is whirling even as her body is thrilled. Jemma watches as a growing terrorist threat pushes the King to madness and Cie’s orders become more and more violent. The woman she thinks she loves is steeped in red. Is it even possible for a girl from the suburbs to love a person so drenched in blood?
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Publisher: Self-Published
Bio: Bio: Not every romance is sugar-sweet. Sometimes the path to happily-ever-after is narrow, scary and full of doubts and heartbreak. But it is the grit that makes the pearl. Though it takes time, effort and patience, in Jo Havens' books, love is always the softly glowing beauty on the final page.
Bio: Bio: Not every romance is sugar-sweet. Sometimes the path to happily-ever-after is narrow, scary and full of doubts and heartbreak. But it is the grit that makes the pearl. Though it takes time, effort and patience, in Jo Havens' books, love is always the softly glowing beauty on the final page.
Romance - Sue Graham for the book Playing with Fire
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Synopsis: Michaela is driven by ambition and her vast creative fire burns for expression, acknowledgement and acclaim. Kim has been there, knows the cost, and has lost the spark of inspiration she once had. Their chance meeting and growing friendship sets in motion a series of events that leads them through loss and heartbreak onto new paths of discovery. How will they finally put the past behind them to find their peace and place in the world?
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Self-published
Bio: Growing up in Zimbabwe, I had the privilege of experiencing my African bush surroundings on horseback. Each day after school, I would take my horses out to exercise them through the scrub bush and farmland around the stables, where we often encountered small game. From an early age, I was infused with a great love of the African wilderness and the bounty of life there.
In my early adult years, I became an honorary ranger at a South African game reserve and spent many weekends working there. I also spent as many weeks in the year as I could roughing it in the Kalahari and Okavango Delta in Botswana. I never lost touch with that great soul in the African wilderness, and I still immerse myself there at every opportunity.
After travelling for many years, living and working in various countries, I returned to South Africa. I now live in Cape Town, with a menagerie of cats and dogs, but I’m not far from the Cape Nature Reserve, which has some wonderful game viewing opportunities amid the unique Cape fynbos vegetation.
Bio: Growing up in Zimbabwe, I had the privilege of experiencing my African bush surroundings on horseback. Each day after school, I would take my horses out to exercise them through the scrub bush and farmland around the stables, where we often encountered small game. From an early age, I was infused with a great love of the African wilderness and the bounty of life there.
In my early adult years, I became an honorary ranger at a South African game reserve and spent many weekends working there. I also spent as many weeks in the year as I could roughing it in the Kalahari and Okavango Delta in Botswana. I never lost touch with that great soul in the African wilderness, and I still immerse myself there at every opportunity.
After travelling for many years, living and working in various countries, I returned to South Africa. I now live in Cape Town, with a menagerie of cats and dogs, but I’m not far from the Cape Nature Reserve, which has some wonderful game viewing opportunities amid the unique Cape fynbos vegetation.
Science Fiction – Karen Badger for the book A Shadow in Love
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Synopsis: Mackenzie Caldwell was given a choice...be true to who she was and be shunned for the rest of her life by her entire family, or suppress her attraction to women and live the rest of her life knowing ‘her place’ in the misogynistic cult-like religion she was raised in. Kenzie chose herself, and relocated to Sedona, Arizona, a beautiful desert town surrounded by red-rock buttes, steep canyon walls, and famous for metaphysical enhancement while hiking and spending time among the many vortices in the area.
Zangendar Tafadon is on a mission to help her community find a new home world, as her planet, Vakillia is slowly dying and would soon be unable to support the proliferation of their species. For generations, Vakillians had travelled to other planets in order to use the resources of those worlds in the procreation process between Vakillian females, after which, they would return to Vakillia to raise their offspring . Only this time, the planet of Vakillia was approaching toxic levels. Zan was on one of many investigatory missions to several different worlds, and her destination was Earth.
Life will never be the same for Kenzie or Zan when their paths literally cross on the hiking trails of Sedona, Arizona.
Publisher: Badger Bliss Books
Zangendar Tafadon is on a mission to help her community find a new home world, as her planet, Vakillia is slowly dying and would soon be unable to support the proliferation of their species. For generations, Vakillians had travelled to other planets in order to use the resources of those worlds in the procreation process between Vakillian females, after which, they would return to Vakillia to raise their offspring . Only this time, the planet of Vakillia was approaching toxic levels. Zan was on one of many investigatory missions to several different worlds, and her destination was Earth.
Life will never be the same for Kenzie or Zan when their paths literally cross on the hiking trails of Sedona, Arizona.
Publisher: Badger Bliss Books
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Publisher: Badger Bliss Books
Bio: Karen D. Badger was born in Vermont at the end of the hippie era. She is the second of five children and was raised by a divorced mother. Karen graduated from college in 1978 with B.A.’s in Drama and Elementary Education. Later, she returned to school and in 1994 earned a B.S. in Scientific Mathematics. In addition to writing books, she is currently in her 36th year as an Engineer in the semiconductor computer chip manufacturing field. In 2007, at the Golden Crown Literary Society Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, she met Barb Sawyer, who would later become her wife. Karen and Barb have two grown sons, three grandkids and countless family and friends, all of whom they enjoy immensely. In their spare time they enjoy home improvement projects, karaoke, camping, kayaking and motorcycling.
Bio: Karen D. Badger was born in Vermont at the end of the hippie era. She is the second of five children and was raised by a divorced mother. Karen graduated from college in 1978 with B.A.’s in Drama and Elementary Education. Later, she returned to school and in 1994 earned a B.S. in Scientific Mathematics. In addition to writing books, she is currently in her 36th year as an Engineer in the semiconductor computer chip manufacturing field. In 2007, at the Golden Crown Literary Society Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, she met Barb Sawyer, who would later become her wife. Karen and Barb have two grown sons, three grandkids and countless family and friends, all of whom they enjoy immensely. In their spare time they enjoy home improvement projects, karaoke, camping, kayaking and motorcycling.
Cover - Kate Castle for the book Girl Island
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Synopsis: Six teenage girls. One deserted island. Removed from civilized society, can they challenge class, identity and toxic femininity to pull together and survive? Or will they descend into savagery?
This thrilling must-read adventure novel is perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent.
Seventeen-year-old farm girl Ellery is used to being alone; used to taking care of herself. After she wins an athletics scholarship to a prestigious new school, she finds herself facing her own personal nightmare – stuck on a plane with a bunch of mean girls, the school dork and her ex-best friend. But when the plane crashes and they find themselves alone on a deserted island, the real challenge begins.
As they fight for survival, long-buried secrets are uncovered and – one by one – each girl’s true character emerges. Can friendships, like fires, be relit? And can Ellery survive on Girl Island?
This thrilling must-read adventure novel is perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and Divergent.
Seventeen-year-old farm girl Ellery is used to being alone; used to taking care of herself. After she wins an athletics scholarship to a prestigious new school, she finds herself facing her own personal nightmare – stuck on a plane with a bunch of mean girls, the school dork and her ex-best friend. But when the plane crashes and they find themselves alone on a deserted island, the real challenge begins.
As they fight for survival, long-buried secrets are uncovered and – one by one – each girl’s true character emerges. Can friendships, like fires, be relit? And can Ellery survive on Girl Island?
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Bio: Kate Castle is the author of the best-selling adventure novella 'Born of the Sea'. Her debut novel 'Girl Island' - a contemporary Young Adult adventure - is out now.Kate's books fall into the Young Adult and New Adult adventure and romance categories. Kate is passionate about representing young queer females in mainstream literature and writes about fierce, independent young women - the kind of characters she wished she could have read more about growing up.
Read more about Kate, or sign up for new releases, giveaways, and other news at www.kate-castle.com. Or follow her on social media @katecastlebooks.
Read more about Kate, or sign up for new releases, giveaways, and other news at www.kate-castle.com. Or follow her on social media @katecastlebooks.
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