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In this book, Sandra Gerth draws on her experience as an editor and a best-selling author to show you how to show and tell you when to tell. Each chapter includes concrete examples and exercises that will hone your writing skills. Whether you're a novice writer working on your first story or an established author who has already learned the basics of showing and telling, this book will help you to:Grasp the difference between showing and telling.Understand why showing is such a powerful tool.Spot telling in your own manuscript.Fix bland passages and turn them into compelling scenes.Keep from telling what you have already shown.Avoid the three danger areas of telling.Describe your characters and your setting in interesting ways.Put powerful emotions into your writing.Incorporate backstory into your novel without resorting to telling.Recognize telling in dialogue.Avoid overshowing and swamping your readers with too many details.Learn when telling is actually a good thing.Immerse your readers into your story and keep them captivated from beginning to end.

A fast-paced lesbian celebrity romance with a closeted star, an awed fan, and...only one bed!Andrea Canton is the sexy, sultry-voiced actress of Freddie Nguyen's dreams-especially given her TV police show is dripping with lesbian subtext.A series of awkward and amusing chance encounters at a fan convention lead Freddie to wonder the incredible: What if Andrea isn't as straight as she seems? And what if she's actually charmed by Freddie and all her clumsy, earnest, foot-in-mouth ways?Even if that's true, Freddie being a failed college soccer star from a conservative Vietnamese family makes being with a closeted famous actress a minefield.They both have reasons to hide. But maybe they can embrace their true selves together?

An offbeat lesbian romantic comedy starring penguins, plotting, and payback.Muffin maker Olivia Roberts has had it with her awful exes taking advantage of her good nature. The theft of her nana's beloved stuffed penguin is the absolute last straw.She puts up an ad at her local crime bookstore for a henchperson to help her enact a little mild revenge. To her astonishment, Margaret Blackwood, the mysterious, icy, and annoyingly opinionated bookstore owner, applies.For two clever, capable women, they turn out to be woeful at vengeance. But much to their dismay, they discover they're pretty good at falling in love!

Take one ex-girlfriend, a wilderness adventure, and only one cabin. What could possibly go wrong in this fun second-chance lesbian romance?Avery is finally going on the winter excursion to the Yukon she's been planning all year. Dog sledding, ice fishing, the Northern Lights... It's going to be amazing! Then her boyfriend dumps her the night before the trip. Worse, she gets paired up with the only other solo traveler in the group: Summer, her ex-girlfriend from high school.Unlike Avery, who has a plan for everything, Summer lives a nomadic life-free, spontaneous, with no time for relationships. There would be no point in rekindling what they had-not when the last time ended so badly.Stuck in a tiny yurt together and forced to partner up for activities, Avery and Summer must find a way to get along. But what if, amidst all that ice and snow, they also discover a flame that was never extinguished?

A charged lesbian romantic suspense set in the early nineties, with gripping twists, turns, and surprising secrets.A mission gone wrong leads to rising-star CIA operative Annie Weaver quitting her job and reinventing herself as a college student. But the CIA, desperate for her skills, refuses to let her go without a price.Annie finds herself juggling classes in Criminology and falling for her beautiful landlord, Professor Helen Everton, while dealing with off-the-books secret missions for an increasingly controlling ex-boss.As the perceptive Helen circles ever closer to the truth, Annie has to figure out how to keep her freedom without putting Helen in danger-and without revealing her own past.

It's never too late to find your heart in this gentle, opposites attract lesbian romance. Dani Morrison is at rock bottom. Her professional writing dreams have crashed and burned. Her girlfriend has broken up with her. Being in a rut is the kindest spin she can put on her life.An upcoming wedding for her sister, 3,600 miles away in Northern Ireland, could give her both a distraction and a much-needed kick in the pants.Then she meets Sophie Chambers, her sister's alluring best friend from college. Sophie is thoughtful, smart, and gorgeous, but she's also a people pleaser and completely closeted.Between their combined emotional baggage and badly misguided set-up attempts by the bride, Dani and Sophie struggle to find a way to be together.Under the beautiful Irish night skies, can two unlikely, lonely souls discover love?

A no-strings-attached agreement with a dominatrix seems perfect for a sexually frustrated academic...until she learns the other woman's identity. A moving BDSM erotic romance.Icy, aloof professor Vivienne Carter is too busy working and raising her teenage niece to have time for a relationship. When she discovers a business card for mysterious Selene, a local dominatrix, Vivienne is intrigued. Why not get her itch scratched? No feelings need be involved.But then she discovers her alluring dominatrix is actually the bossy new principal at her niece's high school.What happens when Vivienne's called to her office because her niece just can't seem to stay out of trouble? Worse, what happens when feelings do get involved?

When a notorious art thief surfaces, warring detective exes reunite for the hunt. A second-chance lesbian romantic suspense that fuses the fine line between love and hate.Six years ago, the "Fabulous Gustave" slipped the grasp of Agent Fleur van Beekhof, making off with a priceless artwork...and Fleur's beautifully ordered life. Suddenly the cool, pragmatic Europol detective lost her detective partner and wife, her rising career, and her control, thanks to the addictive lure of cards.When a new Italian art theft bears all the markings of Gustave's taunting style, Fleur is put back in the field, because no one knows him better. She jumps at the chance to correct the mistake that ruined her life. The hitch? She has to work with her fiery ex-wife.Where Fleur is by the book, Renata skirts the rules, leaps into danger, and looks frustratingly hot while doing it.As Fleur and Renata chase flamboyant Gustave around Europe, will their case push them back into each other's arms, or shatter what's left of Fleur's heart?

How far would you go to live the life of your dreams? Would you fake-date your total opposite while trapped on a road trip together? A charming, fake-relationship lesbian romance about being bold and taking chances.A camper van, a camera, and the open road are all laidback Carol Lavoie wants in life-and she's using her career as a social media video creator to fund her adventures. The problem is, if she can't work out how to get more followers soon, she'll have to give it all away.Minimalist vlogger Ruby Hayashi has over a million followers who watch her meticulously edited takes on cooking, van living, and her cute rescue dog. She exists in a world of perfection that is getting boring and badly needs an injection of fresh energy.When Coral and Ruby team up for a road trip to boost their audiences, it's a clash of opposites in what could be the change they both need. As they hit the Oregon coast, what they don't count on is how their enthralled followers start rooting for their favorite lesbians to get together.Could faking a relationship for the cameras be the key to going viral and boosting their careers? But even if they make peace with lying to their fans, for how long will their hearts be able to tell the difference between fake flirtation and real love?

A fabulous twin-swap lesbian romance where the toaster oven could double as a wedding gift.Accountant Allie Lane would do anything for her injured twin sister, including pretend to be her to save Sophie's fledgling event-planning business. All Allie has to do is fake being a lesbian for a few weeks and co-ordinate a rural gay wedding festival. Simple. Except she's nothing like her outgoing sister and, last Allie checked, she was straight.Tarryn Harris cannot stand weddings. Now her small Australian town of Quandong is being overrun by matrimonial madness for its first gay wedding festival. The other hitch is she's been roped into being the assistant to the cute lesbian event planner. Frankly, she'd rather be left alone with her alpacas and metal art.The finale of the festival is a fake wedding. Surely no one will vote for a wedding hater and an undercover straight woman to play the fake couple? Right?

Two soccer stars share a secret along with a rivalry that stretches halfway around the world in this light-hearted, second-chance lesbian romance. Knockabout Australian Keeley McGee is living her childhood dream of playing soccer at the World Cup. The only thing that could kill her focus is coming up against the cool and dispassionate US team's star striker. Beautiful, brilliant Christine Delacourt was the college girlfriend who dumped Keeley out of the blue years before. What will it be like reuniting under the stadium lights, especially since they know the other's game-and each other-so intimately? Despite a strict "no distractions" rule from her coach, Keeley finds herself drawn to Christine in a way that feels almost dangerous. Will Keeley be able to rekindle what she once shared with her now on-field enemy with the eyes of the world on them? Dare she even try?

At a singles auction where no one was bidding on love, a warmhearted ER nurse finds herself dating a prickly doctor in this enemies-to-lovers lesbian romance.Ellie Fisher loves most things about being a nurse in the emergency department...just not working with Regina Novak, an icy attending physician who acts as if she's God's gift to medicine.The dislike is completely mutual. Regina thinks Ellie is a starry-eyed romantic with a sentimental attitude that has no place at work.When Regina gets talked into volunteering at a singles auction, Ellie accidentally bids on her-and ends up winning. Oops!Since the money raised is for a good cause, they reluctantly decide to go through with the dates.Thanks to a baking class that turns into a competition and a hot-as-hell road trip snack incident, the ice between them starts to thaw. Is it possible the ER isn't the most unromantic place on earth after all?

A chance weekend fling becomes an electrifying escape for two strangers-until they meet again under very different circumstances. A one-night-to-forever lesbian romance.Uptight, icy Ava Harris, rocked by grief and terrible romantic decisions, moves to Melbourne for a new university job. She definitely doesn't expect to encounter the ghost of a dirty weekend in her first week there.Kind, charismatic Sofia Juma, who runs a campus tutoring program for migrant students, barely recognises Ava as the charmer she met months ago, given the woman's frosty brush-offs.When the universe keeps hurling them together, and that old attraction flares again, Ava keeps giving in to Sofia's charms. Sex is easy, but intimacy takes courage. While Sofia is brave, a wounded Ava is still running scared. If she ever catches up, will it be too late?A second chances romance about healing old wounds and learning that independence doesn't have to mean being alone.

An opposites attract, young adult lesbian romance about finding a way to fight for your future.At a summer journalism course for teens in Tasmania, privileged Samira, from a conservative, political family, and over-achiever country girl Alex bang heads.While covering a news story together, their fiery clashes turn into first love. But when things fall apart, they're left hurting.A year later, they discover they're both interning for the same university student paper. Awkward isn't even the start of the tension between them. One thing that hasn't died is the attraction between them. Still bruised and battling expectations from friends and family, can they be brave enough to repair what broke them?

Lesbian fiction's funniest odd couple is back, investigating tall tales, extinct creatures, and a crumbling house filled with secrets, in this offbeat Australian romantic mystery. Partners in love, life, and earnest museum appreciation, Margaret Gale and Bess Campbell desperately need a break. Strict, meticulous ice queen Margaret has been fired for frightening her auction house customers, while free-spirited Bess hates her office job.While holidaying in Tasmania, they receive a call for help that leads them to a creepy, old house in the wilderness. There, they meet a mysterious woman from Margaret's past, who warns she's being stalked and something terrible is coming.What's going on? What secrets lie within Crossroads House? And why on earth are there hidden cameras around the grounds, recording everything that happens?Unexplained incidents turn sinister, endangering Bess and Margaret-and their trust in one another. But they don't give up easily...

Desperate situations call for desperate lies in this charming, fake-relationship lesbian romance.Andi Barrons has no time for kids or the chaos they bring-certainly not when she runs a high-end decorating business. Mischief and little fingers around expensive materials? No thanks!But then her gorgeous friend, Sarah Santoro, winds up in a custody battle with Sarah's former in-laws and now... Well, somehow Andi's agreed to pretend she's Sarah's live-in partner.She's still not quite sure how she got stuck playing a role she's so utterly clueless about and that's everything she doesn't want in life. But as long as Sarah and Noa, the world's cutest seven-year-old, don't get a hold of her heart, she'll be fine.Easy, right?

This lesbian summer holiday romance comes with tangy cocktails, arched eyebrows, and a sweet side of mystery.Lucy Holloway is dying for an escape. The high-flying lawyer's life has just spectacularly imploded so it's time to hit the reset button and soak up some sun, sea, and relaxation at a swanky hotel across the Atlantic.Laid-back physical therapy student Elena Garcia is home for the holidays. Picking up a few shifts as a lifeguard at Sol Plaza, the hotel her father manages, sounds like fun. Speaking of fun...there's also that sweet summer flirtation she's having with a smoking hot American lawyer. But when their sizzling romance slides into real emotions, everything gets complicated.Also complicated? Wild accusations against Elena's father about how Sol Plaza's being run. Teaming up with Lucy, Elena's determined to clear his name.But will working together bring the two even closer? Where do flings end and feelings begin, anyway?

The only thing worse than fake marrying a woman for a job is falling in love with her! An opposites-attract lesbian romance that puts the ache in fake relationship.Driven, reserved businesswoman Mackenzie Watson has one goal-take over her family company and secure her little sister's future. The only wrinkle is her late grandmother's decree that her company's CEO must be married. Adding marriage into Mack's well-ordered life is a recipe for disaster. Her oh-so-logical solution? She'll just hire a woman to be her wife for a year. Besides, maybe a little chaos is exactly what she needs...Enter Taylor Sutton, the woman Mack accidentally stood up for a date six months ago. With a mountain of college debt, the barista could seriously use the money that comes with playing Mack's wife. The big hitch-so to speak-is that her new wife is pretentious and arrogant and Taylor can't stand even being in the same room with her.God, Taylor pities anyone who'd fall in love with annoying, gorgeous Mack Watson and her kissable lips.Wait, what?

What happens when the sweetest employee learns her boss's evil secrets? This opposites-attract ice queen romance asks: Can a villain truly be redeemed?CEO Michelle Hastings has foolishly promoted a kind, clueless activist to her full-time staff. Now, on top of fighting her inconvenient feelings, Michelle must hide the evil they do.Eden Lawless relishes her new job, the hot boss who gives her butterflies, and her eccentric workmates who tell weird jokes about their day. Blackmail? Hacking? Doxing? Hilarious! But what if it's not a joke? Would that mean Eden has to fight the boss she's falling for?Chaos Agent, the last book in The Villains Series, is a lesbian romance filled with intrigue, humor, hurt, and heart. It's set in The Red Files universe but can be read as a standalone series.

A naive activist is hired by a corporate villain but doesn't realize it. Cue one awkward farce, a twisty puzzle, and the slowest of slow burns in this opposites-attract, ice queen romance. Nine years ago, aloof, icy Michelle Hastings chose career over love. She's now living with that choice as she rules a secret corporation catering to the rich and powerful.Enter Eden Lawless. The guileless activist finds it a bit weird being employed by a mystery organization to bring down a corrupt mayor. But, hey, she's up for a challenge. Much harder is getting her beautiful new boss out of her head. The pull between them is electric.Book one in The Villains Series is a lesbian romance filled with intrigue, humor, and heart. It's set in The Red Files universe but can be read as a standalone series.

The end is only the beginning! These ten standalone short stories pick up after the happily-ever-afters in some of our most popular lesbian romances and mysteries.From bridal yoga in Australia and animal chaos in Scotland to cupcakes and confessions in New York, experience excitement, love, and laughter-from months to years after our couples first fell in love.Find out what happens next in our second After Happily Ever After anthology, with stories from some of our best-selling authors: Roslyn Sinclair (The Carlisle Saga), Chris Zett (Irregular Heartbeat), Quinn Ivins (Worthy of Love), Fiona Zedde (House of Agnes), Rachael Sommers (Never Say Never), Jess Lea (A Curious Woman), A.L. Brooks (Up on the Roof), Cheyenne Blue (A Heart This Big), Harper Bliss (Seasons of Love), and Lola Keeley (A Roll in the Hay).

An ice queen boss knows there's something different about her assistant, but she can't put her finger on it. A fun twin-switch lesbian office romance.Unemployed academic Caitlyn Taylor comes home to family drama. Her carefree twin Chloe plans to ditch her job to visit a guy she met online. Caitlyn steps in to impersonate Chloe so she won't get fired for skipping town. Unfortunately, this means answering phones for an icy, dismissive boss.Busy college president Ruth Holloway never paid much attention to her mediocre assistant. Suddenly, "Chloe" demonstrates insight into faculty politics and a baffling talent for analytics. And since when has she been so attractive?Caitlyn dreams of getting closer to her sister's boss but how can she? Everything they've shared has been based on a lie.

An enemies-to-lovers lesbian sports romance about making it to the finish line.A koala ruined her life. Well, that's how elite athlete Shan Metz sees it.When an idiot charity runner in a koala suit trips Shan during a community fun run, her knee blows out, destroying her dream of making the Australian Commonwealth Games team. Recovering from knee surgery will be bad enough, but living on her building's fourth floor will make it a nightmare.Consultant Lizzie Carras, aka the dream-wrecking koala, does guilt like a pro. The only decent thing to do is offer Shan her spare bedroom during recovery. Their incompatible lifestyles don't help matters. Neither does Shan's training partner, the haughty and possessive Celia. But they'll muddle through until Shan's knee has healed enough to get out of Lizzie's life.Because it's not like Shan would ever miss a dream-wrecking koala or anything. Right?

An enemies-to-friends-to-lovers lesbian romance about finding heart, hope, and second chances you never thought you'd have. Stella Carter is a former criminal prosecutor and new widow facing down middle age alone in Los Angeles. Without being a prestigious lawyer and someone's wife, she's not sure who she is anymore or where her life is headed.When she invites her niece to move in with her, Stella accidentally reconnects with her former colleague, LAPD Captain Elizabeth Murphy. The woman is beautiful but cold; someone she was always at odds with on the job.Surprisingly, Stella finds herself leaning on her niece and Elizabeth more and more to navigate her loss. But as time goes on, Stella can't keep seeing Elizabeth and pretending she's not attracted to her. Besides, there's absolutely no way Elizabeth feels the same way. Is there?

Earth's first black, lesbian superheroine has had enough of humanity and disappeared. In this moving, opposites-attract, science-fiction tale, a stubborn tracker is sent to bring her home...any way she can.Shattergirl is a brilliant but aloof black, alien superheroine, called a guardian, who can hurl and destroy large objects. The world reveres her and other guardians like her, yet she's suddenly refusing to save people and has gone off the grid.Lena Martin, the street-smart human tracker with a silver tongue and a disdain for the rogue guardians she chases, has only days to bring Shattergirl home.As the pair clash heatedly, masks begin to crack, and brutal secrets are exposed that could shatter them both.An award-winning, opposites-attract, lesbian science fiction tale embracing the special people who pass through our lives and change us forever.

A contemporary coming-of-age lesbian novel about discovering who you want to be and finding how to live with your past-without repeating it.City girl Luce May's first year out of high school has been the worst. When she escapes her turbulent life in Sydney to start over at a university in the middle of nowhere, the last thing she wants is anyone in her new life to know of her past. Especially that to escape her chaotic, alcoholic mother, Luce also had to abandon her teenage sister.As Luce slowly starts to find another version of herself in this place, she also finds a new family in her eclectic group of friends. She even begins to find solace and possibility in her budding relationship with Eva, the girl who loves trees so much she travelled across the world to live among them.But when Luce's sister back home starts to follow Luce's own wild footsteps, and Luce's guilt starts to grow, she finds it harder to keep her old and new worlds apart. Can Luce find a way to embrace this new life and take care of her family without returning to her old destructive ways?

A beautiful, opposites attract lesbian romance about hearing the music in your heart.Rising star cellist Kate Flynn is new to Chicago and her job at the Windy City Chamber Ensemble. On day one, she is surprised by the board's intriguing president, Vivian Kensington. Not only does the woman come with a formidable reputation, but she's also Deaf.However, between a familiar face Kate isn't ready to see again and the difficulties of being a single mom, she isn't sure Chicago is the right place for her.When tendrils of friendship develop with Vivian, Kate finds beneath her prickly ice queen persona unexpected kindness and warmth. Is the promise of more enough to make her stay? Can two such different women, one from a world of sound and one a world of silence, truly understand one another?