10 Best Lesbian Novels Based In The UK
Welcome to The Lesbian Review Podcast. Today I am joined by avid reader and fan of all things lesfic, Beni Gee - moderator of lesbian audiobook group on facebook, and moderator of the yahoo group the virtual living room
We are talking UK lesfic and books we really, really loved.
Criteria: Written by UK based author, main character is from the UK.
Sheena’s Picks
1 Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
London in 1862 – Sue Trinder is an orphan who grows up among petty thieves (fingersmiths).
Maud is born into a wealthy family. She works with her uncle on documenting his collection of books.
One evening Gentleman enlists Sue’s help and proposes a scam to get hold of Maud’s money. Sue is to play Maud’s maid and help her realise that she is in love her painting teacher, Gentleman.
Gentleman will then propose to Maude, they will marry and he will be rich.
But, things are not as they seem. The novel is full of twists and turns that keep you guessing.
This book crossed into mainstream and managed to keep excellent reviews
Full review here
2 Courting The Countess by Jenny Frame
The story is about Henrietta “Harry” Knight and Annie Brannigan. Harry loves her job as a professor of Archeology at Cambridge University and when her father dies and she becomes Countess of Axedale she is pulled away from her beloved career to fulfil a promise she made to her grandfather. The promise was that she would restore Axedale Hall to its former state of glory.
Harry is in need of a housekeeper to help her manage the house while she is overseeing the renovations on the property. Enter Annie, housekeeper extraordinaire and mother to Riley a sweet, curious, girl who is utterly fascinated by history.
Harry doesn’t believe in true love. She saw her mother destroyed by her father’s cruelty and feels a deep sense of abandonment because her mother left when she was a little girl.
Annie wants to find a forever home for her and Riley. She wants a place to call her own so that she doesn’t have to keep dragging her daughter from post to post.
The question is, will Harry and Annie be able to put their own fears and histories aside to see what is really between them?
Two reviewer favorite badges - Sheena and Tara and we did it as a book club read
Read full review here
3 Lost In The Starlight by Kiki Archer
This is the story of two women from very different backgrounds. On the one hand you have singing superstar, Honey Diamond and on the other hand you have the owner of a popular gossip website, Meg.
Honey is a sweet, naive and over protected superstar. As a result she has lived an idealistic, yet sheltered life and has never really had to ask the tough questions or handle giving difficult answers even though she has been famous for most of her life and is no stranger to the spotlight.
One day Honey opens a gossip website and sees that there is speculation on whether or not she is a lesbian. She has never had to formally come out because no one has ever actually asked her about her sexuality and she cannot understand why her mother is so against her publicly announcing that she is, in fact, a lesbian.
Meg is smitten with Honey and feels it deeply that Honey hasn’t come out to the public. She has no idea the stir she causes when she writes a piece for her website about Honey being a lesbian and little does she know this will lead to a life changing event for both women.
Lost In The Starlight is an absolutely charming, hilarious and gorgeous story or two women from different backgrounds learning that life is a little more complicated than they thought when it comes to love and secrets.
This book was done as a book club read
Read the full review here
4 It Had To Be You by Clare Lydon
Georgia and Milly are in a relationship and Milly wants Georgia to come home with her for Christmas. Georgia worries that their significant age gap will be a problem, she is old enough to be Milly’s mother and she is not convinc
