Radclyffe, a retired surgeon and full time author-publisher, has published over thirty-five novels as well as dozens of short stories, has edited numerous anthologies, and, writing as L. L. Raand, has authored a paranormal romance series, The Midnight Hunters. She is a seven time Lambda Literary Award finalist in romance, mystery and erotica--winning in both romance (Distant Shores, Silent Thunder) and erotica (Erotic Interludes 2: Stolen Moments edited with Stacia Seaman and In Deep Waters 2: Cruising the Strip written with Karin Kallmaker). A member of the Saints and Sinners Literary Hall of Fame, she is also a 2010 RWA/FF&P Prism Award Winner for Secrets in the Stone, an Independent Publisher's award winner (IPPY), an Alice B. Readers' award Winner, and a finalist for the Benjamin Franklin award, the ForeWord Review Book of the Year award, and the 2010 Heart of Excellence Readers' Choice award. She is also the president of Bold Strokes Books, one of the world’s largest independent LGBT publishing companies.
With a disaster brewing in Provincetown Harbor, a journalist who’ll do anything for a story, and a sexy summer PA at the local clinic, small-town cop Andy Champlain has all the excitement she can handle.
Between ruling the night shift in the ER at the Rivers and raising her teenage daughter, Blaise Richeilieu has all the drama she needs in her life, until a dashing young attending appears on the scene and relentlessly pursues her.
First Daughter Blair Powell and Homeland Security Director Cameron Roberts face adversity when their enemies stop at nothing to prevent President Andrew Powell’s reelection.
Allie receives a surprise from friends and discovers her fantasy is nowhere close to the real thing. Ryan turns out to be the key that unlocks Allie's true power to please.
Previously published in Erotic Interludes 3: Lessons in Love, edited by Radclyffe and Stacia Seaman (Bold Strokes Books, 2006); republished in Radical Encounters (Bold Strokes Books, 2009).
In the still dark of the night, a woman writes her desire and dares, at last, to send her words to the woman who inspired them.
Previously published in Erotic Interludes 3: Lessons in Love, by Bold Strokes Books, 2006
Can two people who share a past really be strangers?
Brody figures cutting her ties to the past would be a hell of a lot easier if she could only avoid the woman she’s never been able to forget. Since Val never even knew she was alive back in high school, that shouldn’t be too hard now.
A blind musician and her lover take a romantic journey where love is the melody that plays for only them.
Previously published in In Deep Waters: Cruising the Seas, by Karin Kallmaker and Radclyffe (Bella Books, 2007); republished in Best Lesbian Romance 2009, edited by Radclyffe (Cleis Press).
When one woman sets out to make her lover's dream come true with a sexy, secret present, she ends up on the receiving end of a hot fantasy.
Previously published in Change of Pace: Erotic Interludes (Bold Strokes Books, 2004).
A daring femme proves to her friends that getting down on her knees doesn't mean she isn't in control. And her horny lover couldn't be more happy about the demonstration. An erotic exhibition of just how to do it.
Previously published in Tasting Him, ed. Rachel Kramer Bussel (Cleis Press, 2008); republished in Radical Encounters (Bold Strokes Books, 2009).
Two women embark on a secret summer of seduction that ends with sweet kisses and an unforgettable night.
Previously published in Amor and More: Love Everafter, edited by Radclyffe and Stacia Seaman (Bold Strokes Books, 2013); republished in Best Lesbian Romance of the Year: 2015, edited by Radclyffe (Cleis Press).
When a graduate student volunteers for a clinical trial, she soon discovers the study is all about arousal—hers, to be exact, in the most intimate of settings.
A chance meeting and instant attraction between two women at an airport leads to an all-out seduction on the mat at a martial arts competition. When the winner calls the game, sex turns out to be the no-holds-barred variety.
Agente editorial Emily May está a punto de perder todo el fruto de sus esfuerzos.
Derian Winfield, entusiasta de carreras de autos, aventurara y temeraria, es llamada por su familia, cuando su tía, la única persona en su familia que todavía ama, se enferma.
Professional rivalry and long-simmering passions create a combustible combination when Emmett McCabe and Sydney Stevens are forced to work together, especially when past attractions won't stay buried.
A contractor gets a special treat when her wife packs her lunch. A sexy romance short.
Previously published in A Is for Amour, ed. Alison Tyler (Cleis Press, 2007); republished in Radical Encounters (Bold Strokes Books, 2009).
Army National Guard Colonel Sawyer Kincaid has served her time dueling with death in the deserts of Africa. Tropical Storm Leo is about to draw her in to another life or death war, this time on home soil.
Dr. Dara Sims has too many critical patients in the intensive care units at Miami Memorial to consider evacuation, no matter how determined the battle-hardened colonel is to make her.
Two women take their edgy sex public—the combination of being watched, being envied, and being helpless in the hands of a domineering lover ups the heat factor into the too-hot-to-handle zone.
Previously published in Radical Encounters (Bold Strokes Books, 2009).
What can you expect when you finally meet the woman you've been falling for online? Two women find out when all those late-night fantasies suddenly come true.
An artist, a model, a secret unspoken. Strangers, roommates, a passion revealed in silent glances. Two women share an erotic night after class is dismissed and the true lesson begins.
A romantic evening gone awry turns into a hot interlude when two women refuse to let unavoidable obstacles derail their passion. The story revisits two all-time favorite lovers from Turn Back Time.
Previously published in Love Burns Bright: A Lifetime of Lesbian Romance, ed. Radclyffe (Cleis Press, 2013).
When Gina Antonelli agrees to renovate Carrie Longmire’s new house, she doesn’t welcome Carrie’s overtures at friendship or her own unexpected attraction. A Rivers Community Novel.
Two BFFs spend a dateless night together complaining about the absence of hot sex in their lives—until a bet over the likelihood of a steamy erotic story being just the remedy for a terminal case of horniness delivers a payoff that rocks their universe.
Previously published in Erotic Interludes 3: Lessons in Love, ed. Radclyffe and Stacia Seaman (Bold Strokes Books, 2006).
When two medics share more than forbidden sweets at the fairground, summer temperatures soar and passions ignite. Giving in to their hunger turns cinnamon secrets into kisses that promise so much more.
Previously published in Sex and Candy: 22 Succulent Stories, ed. Rachel Kramer Bussel (Pretty Things Press, 2007); republished in Radical Encounters (Bold Strokes Books, 2009).
Two BFFs decide to spend Valentine's Day together and discover the true love they've been seeking in all the wrong places. A Radclyffe romance short story.
Previously published in The Perfect Valentine, ed. T. Szymanski and B. Johnson (Bella Books, 2006).
One night during a lunar eclipse, four friends with a Ouija board open a door to another dimension, and two women from different worlds share a night of passion that changes past and future. A Radclyffe erotic short story.
Previously published in The Call of the Dark, ed. T. Szymanski (Bella Books, 2005).
A writer with a deadline she'd like to ignore finds a welcome diversion when her best friend calls and their conversation unexpectedly moves from playfulness to passion. A Radclyffe erotic short story.
Previously published in Fantasy: Untrue Stories of Lesbian Passion, ed. B. Johnson and T. Szymanski (Bella Books, 2007).
An accident-prone rodeo rider and an EMT find time on the circuit to share a night of pleasure.
Previously published in Lesbian Cowboys: Erotic Adventures, ed. S. Green and R. Valencia (Cleis Press, 2009).
Kip Kensington's past follows her into Jordan Rice’s carefully constructed world, disrupting Jordan’s orderly life and threatening to uncover all the secrets she's guarded as closely as her heart.
A young farmhand has a hard time convincing her older and very sexy boss she's serious about getting involved with her until one sunny summer day she finds her boss alone in the barn and takes matters into her own hands.
A national gathering of federal agents leads to a surprising, and sexy, turn of events when two women who helped each other survive training share a room and discover their feelings go way beyond the boundaries of friendship.
Ex-Army medic Glenn Archer and recent LA transplant Mariana Mateo fight their mutual desire in the face of past losses as they work together in the Rivers Community Hospital ER.
A girl submits to her lover's plans to deck her out in latex for a hot all-girl rubber party--until the prep turns into a very sexy treatment that makes her beg to be done.
Previously published in Radical Encounters (Bold Strokes Books, 2009
Nothing is as sweet as forever love, and nothing hurts as much as when you can’t tell her. Two girls, a dance, and a heart on the line...
Previously published in Romance for Life (Intaglio Publications, 2006)
Black sheep Derian Winfield needs to convince literary agent Emily May to marry her to save the Winfield Agency and solve Emily's green card problem, but Derian didn’t count on falling in love.
Flannery Rivers is content to let her sister Harper carry on the family dynasty—at the Rivers hospital where they both work and on the home front. Now that Harper is settled and soon to be happily married, Flannery can ease back into her life of casual flirtations and find all the excitement she needs in the ER. She’s even got her next playmate all lined up, or so she thinks.
Blair Powell and Jane Graves have much in common and even more that sets them apart in an invisible battle raging on home soil. Blair’s father is the president of the United States, while Jane’s is a domestic terrorist bent on bringing about a new world order at the expense of the present one.
Adventure, "sport," and sex on the road. From erotic travel adventures to games of seduction and conquest—diverse, out on the edge lesbian erotica with a hint of risk/danger. Established couples looking for a little spice (what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas); business women and conference goers sharing one-nighters, threesomes or more; play parties, private clubs and secret rites.
Sign on for a class in love...
Ronica Black, Cheyenne Blue, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Crin Claxton, Amie Evans, Lynne Jamneck, Karin Kallmaker, Meghan O'Brien, Radclyffe ...and over twenty more of the best lesbian erotica writers take us to "school" with stories of how to make passion an experience to remember.
Harper Rivers was set to take her father’s place at the helm of Argyle Community Hospital whenever he decided to hang up his shingle. Unfortunately, the board of directors had other ideas—they plan to close the hospital’s doors to the community that depended on it. And Presley Worth, a high-powered corporate financier, came to town to oversee the closure.
Imagine the excitement when everything you thought you knew about love becomes so much...more.
An anthology of sensual love stories about women sharing passion, surprises, and secret desires. Discover the thrill of love as you never dreamed it could be with more than twenty selections from best-selling romance authors.
When just one happy ending is not enough...
An anthology of passionate, sensual love stories about falling in love, being in love, and celebrating the love between women of every age—yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Discover the passion, the thrill, and the heartwarming satisfaction of love time and again with the tales from today's best-selling romance writers.
A new entry in Bold Strokes' Erotic Interludes collection, this anthology offers no-holds-barred erotica from some of today's best lesbian authors. Love on the run, in the office, in the shadows... women stealing time from ordinary life to make passion a priority, if only for a moment. Fast, furious, and almost too hot to handle.
Forbidden Fruits: Over thirty tales of love and lust that know no bounds—or boundaries.
Today's hottest erotica writers explore just how far women will go to get the girl. Seduction, abduction, champagne and flowers, bondage...extreme moves that are sooo bad, they're too good to miss.
Two friends share a walk on the wild side in Amsterdam's Red Light district; a construction worker discovers a pleasant distraction in the surgical locker room; a femme top welcomes her lover home from the road; a woman enjoys a lazy summer afternoon with solo pleasures...and more than twenty additional erotic interludes to spark more than your imagination.
Auden Frost discovers a shifting landscape that will force her to question everything she has believed to be true about herself and the nature of love. Auden sets out to interview for a much-needed position as an editor in the nonfiction division of Palmer Publishing. Haydon Palmer, however, the powerful young head of the company, offers Auden something far different.