"Daisuki." "Hatsukoi." "Seikou." (Lesbian Romance)

Author: Hildred Billings
Publisher: Barachou Press
Total Pages: 718
Release: 2013-03-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

The REN'AI RENSAI (Serial of Love) series is an ongoing look into one lesbian relationship over the span of decades, told in non-chronological order in novel, novella, novelette and short story formats. "DAISUKI." Approximately 43,000 words Aiko and Reina have been together for almost 20 years, yet one thing remains unsaid between them: "Daisuki," or, "I love you." As they approach their anniversary, their relationship comes to an impasse as Aiko the Japanese housewife begins demanding "I love you" with a side of marriage and romance. But Reina doesn't understand complex concepts like "love" or other heavy emotions. She's spent years supporting her girlfriend via a soul-sucking salary job and tending to their mutual needs in the bedroom. Isn't that sufficient? In a culture demanding Reina choose between the "feminine" and the "masculine" worlds, it's bad enough she's trying to find her role without Aiko adding extra pressure. Some words need not saying, but "I love you" is about to destroy a relationship already surviving strange side-lovers and even stranger exploits. "DAISUKI." takes place from December, 2011 - July, 2012. "HATSUKOI." Approximately 83,500 words If society has taught Aiko anything, it's that one day she will marry a man. Not until she meets Reina, a lesbian with a knack for flirting, does she decide she wants to experience a different kind of sexual liberation - assuming she can overcome her insecurities and nosy family. As she succumbs more and more to Reina's charms, however, Aiko wonders if she can really abandon everyone's expectations. Reina has met plenty of girls like Aiko before: cute, naive, and ready to screw the status quo. After being burned by countless young women who go on to marry men and forget their lesbian lives, how can Reina trust yet another "good girl" following her around? Especially when she thinks she may be having those foreign feelings for her best friend instead. Time will only tell if Hatsukoi, or "first love," has really come to two such different people. Is their relationship genuine or just another footnote amongst flirting, lying, and sneaking around love hotels? "HATSUKOI." takes place from December, 1992 - April, 1993. "SEIKOU." Approximately 70,000 words For over twenty years Reina has sexually celebrated the women around her with a reverence only tolerated by her wife, Aiko. But when Reina misinterprets the fluidity of their open relationship, she's backed into a corner where her gender dysphoria reigns supreme. In order to salvage her marriage, she may have to reanalyze the way she views the world, her life, and her experiences. Just when she thinks she's figured her spouse out, Aiko faces an unexpected transgression. Can she forgive her? Or will love finally give way to the fatigue that accompanies being with someone like Reina? A sick mother and unsympathetic sister are not helping Aiko's dilemma. Even the most passionate relationships sometimes fall asunder to "seikou," the sexual character at the core of one's identity. Will Reina and Aiko reunite with stronger hearts, or is it finally time to go their separate ways? And if they do split up, who will help them pick up the pieces - the stoic therapist, the desperate socialite, or the young couple who initiated this mess to begin with? "SEIKOU." takes place from March - April 2013 NOTE - These books contains the following: Graphic language Sexual situations Polyamory / Open relationships Gender dysphoria Infidelity A lot of love for women who love women. Intended for mature audiences only.

"Hatsukoi." (Lesbian Romance)

Author: Hildred Billings
Publisher: Barachou Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2012-11-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

The REN'AI RENSAI (Serial of Love) series is an ongoing look into one lesbian relationship over the span of decades, told in non-chronological order in novel, novella, novelette and short story formats. "HATSUKOI." Approximately 83,500 words If society has taught Aiko anything, it's that one day she will marry a man. Not until she meets Reina, a lesbian with a knack for flirting, does she decide she wants to experience a different kind of sexual liberation - assuming she can overcome her insecurities and nosy family. As she succumbs more and more to Reina's charms, however, Aiko wonders if she can really abandon everyone's expectations. Reina has met plenty of girls like Aiko before: cute, naive, and ready to screw the status quo. After being burned by countless young women who go on to marry men and forget their lesbian lives, how can Reina trust yet another "good girl" following her around? Especially when she thinks she may be having those foreign feelings for her best friend instead. Time will only tell if Hatsukoi, or "first love," has really come to two such different people. Is their relationship genuine or just another footnote amongst flirting, lying, and sneaking around love hotels? "HATSUKOI." takes place from December, 1992 - April, 1993. NOTE - This book contains the following: Graphic language Sexual situations Hilarious '90s fashion A lot of love for women who love women. Intended for mature audiences only.

"Daisuki." (Lesbian Romance)

Author: Hildred Billings
Publisher: Barachou Press
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2012-09-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

The REN'AI RENSAI (Serial of Love) series is an ongoing look into one lesbian relationship over the span of decades, told in non-chronological order in novel, novella, novelette and short story formats. "DAISUKI." Approximately 43,000 words, or 170 pages. Aiko and Reina have been together for almost 20 years, yet one thing remains unsaid between them: "Daisuki," or, "I love you." As they approach their anniversary, their relationship comes to an impasse as Aiko the Japanese housewife begins demanding "I love you" with a side of marriage and romance. But Reina doesn't understand complex concepts like "love" or other heavy emotions. She's spent years supporting her girlfriend via a soul-sucking salary job and tending to their mutual needs in the bedroom. Isn't that sufficient? In a culture demanding Reina choose between the "feminine" and the "masculine" worlds, it's bad enough she's trying to find her role without Aiko adding extra pressure. Some words need not saying, but "I love you" is about to destroy a relationship already surviving strange side-lovers and even stranger exploits. "DAISUKI." takes place from December, 2011 - July, 2012. All copies now come with a first scene preview of book 2, "HATSUKOI." at the end of the book. NOTE - This book contains the following: • Graphic language • Sexual situations • Polyamory / Open relationships • Gender dysphoria • A lot of love for women who love women. Intended for mature audiences only.

Hatsukoi

Hatsukoi
Author: Hildred Billings
Publisher:
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2013-02-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9780615762128

If society has taught Aiko anything, it's that one day she will marry a man. Not until she meets Reina, a lesbian with a knack for flirting, does she decide she wants to experience a different kind of sexual liberation - assuming she can overcome her insecurities and nosy family. As she succumbs more and more to Reina's charms, however, Aiko wonders if she can really abandon everyone's expectations. Reina has met plenty of girls like Aiko before: cute, naive, and ready to screw the status quo. After being burned by countless young women who go on to marry men and forget their lesbian lives, how can Reina trust yet another "good girl" following her around? Especially when she thinks she may be having those foreign feelings for her best friend instead.Time will only tell if Hatsukoi, or "first love," has really come to two such different people. Is their relationship genuine or just another footnote amongst flirting, lying, and sneaking around love hotels?

Alter Ego

Alter Ego
Author: Ana C. Sánchez
Publisher: TOKYOPOP
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2021-01-02
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1427868522

Noel has always been in love with her best friend Elena, but she's never been able to find the courage to confess her feelings. Then, when her friend starts dating a boy, Noel’s world collapses as she sees her chance at love slipping away. One night, in a moment of desperation, Noel ends up confessing her feelings for Elena to a complete stranger — but as fate would have it, this stranger turns out to be a girl named June, Elena's other best friend... and Noel's rival in love! Worst of all, now June knows Noel's secret. With everything suddenly going wrong, how can Noel ever win the girl of her dreams? The heart-pounding romantic drama by breakout Spanish artist Ana C. Sánchez!

Luck in the Shadows

Luck in the Shadows
Author: Lynn Flewelling
Publisher: Spectra
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2010-11-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307774996

"A new star is rising in the fantasy firmament...teems with magic and spine-chilling amounts of skullduggery."–Dave Duncan, author of The Great Game When young Alec of Kerry is taken prisoner for a crime he didn’t commit, he is certain that his life is at an end. But one thing he never expected was his cellmate. Spy, rogue, thief, and noble, Seregil of Rhiminee is many things–none of them predictable. And when he offers to take on Alec as his apprentice, things may never be the same for either of them. Soon Alec is traveling roads he never knew existed, toward a war he never suspected was brewing. Before long he and Seregil are embroiled in a sinister plot that runs deeper than either can imagine, and that may cost them far more than their lives if they fail. But fortune is as unpredictable as Alec’s new mentor, and this time there just might be…Luck in the Shadows.

Writing the Love of Boys

Writing the Love of Boys
Author: Jeffrey Angles
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2011
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0816669694

A pioneering look at same-sex desire in Japanese modernist writing.

Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs of a Geisha
Author: Arthur Golden
Publisher: Longman
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9781405882675

"Captivating, minutely imagined . . . a novel that refuses to stay shut" ("Newsweek"), "Memoirs of a Geisha" is now released in a movie tie-in edition.

Missunderstanding- Fate Looked Back

Missunderstanding- Fate Looked Back
Author: Vera Schneider
Publisher: Sa Dame: Vera Schneider & Bevin Smith
Total Pages: 27
Release: 2020-07-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

In the male talent agency run by two women, Hana Fukuhara and Megumi Shimada, many strict rules have to be obeyed. Some of them are hard to follow. No relationships. No sexual activities. Not even self-stimulation. But things happen... Kenta Yamamura is somehow always dragged into forbidden encounters with other boys. His inability to say no causes him a lot of troubles. He does want to be faithful because he has a partner he loves more than anything in the world. His partner is Hana Fukuhara. This is a secret. But... Kenta has more secrets. One of them is... Kenta and Yuta have a special connection… what is it? Find out in this Fate Looked Back. Part of a controversial boys love novel Missunderstanding- My Thread.

Kisses, Sighs, and Cherry Blossoms Pink: The Complete Collection

Kisses, Sighs, and Cherry Blossoms Pink: The Complete Collection
Author: Milk Morinaga
Publisher: Seven Seas
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013-06-04
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 9781937867317

From Milk Morinaga, the author of the New York Times bestselling manga Girl Friends! When the cherry blossoms bloom it means the start of another school year—and for the girls at Sakuraki High, it signals the birth of new dreams, fears, and relationships. In "Even If We're Not Friends," Nana and Hitomi have been dear friends since childhood, but when Nana gets into the exclusive Sakuraki High while Hitomi doesn't, their true feelings for each other emerge. In "The Summer Closest to Heaven," Natsuka is a ghost who resides at the school, still in love with one of the former students who is now the school nurse. In "A Kiss, Love, and a Prince," Narumi gets her first kiss from Tachiba in the school play, and is shocked at being kissed by a girl. Fourteen stories of blossoming romance between girls are interspersed throughout this heartfelt and adorably illustrated manga collection.