Author of contemporary sapphic fiction
General fiction and romance with real life themes
LATEST RELEASE
Sometimes the only way to be yourself is to be someone else
Callie Johnson has everything she needs in her curated safety bubble: her family, her home and her job at Brisbane’s hottest drag king bar, Club Sappho. All that’s missing is what she secretly craves most of all: love. When she notices a beautiful woman turning up at the club each week to watch her perform, she feels compelled to meet her. But offstage, Callie can’t summon the confidence and swagger of her drag king alter ego.
Maya Freeman has decided this is going to be the year she finally lives in her authenticity. She’s ready to tackle her perfectionist and overthinking tendencies, celebrate her sexuality and find love. She might even try reviving those long-buried performing dreams. So when Maya finds herself returning to Club Sappho to watch a charismatic drag king, she has an uncanny sense they’re destined to be part of her new life.
As Callie and Maya step out of their comfort zones and into each other’s, they soon discover that falling in love has a way of making you face who you really are. But when one is scared to step into the spotlight and the other is scared to drop the act, can they find the happy ever after they both long for?
King Love is a heartwarming lesbian romance about love, self-expression, gender and performance.
eBook ISBN: 978-0-9756111-5-9
Paperback ISBN: 978-0-9756111-4-2
ABOUT
Samantha L. Valentine is an Australian author of contemporary sapphic fiction, both general fiction and romance. She's passionate about storytelling and would love the world to read more diverse Australian stories.
She is the author of three published novels and three short stories. She holds a BA in English Language and Linguistics and a Master's in Writing, Editing and Publishing. She lives in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
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REVIEWS
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Within the first few pages I fell in love with Callie and Maya. The author has crated an atmosphere of inclusion and growth within the pages of the book. You'll find that as you watch both MC's grow and face their own personal challenges, as well as those that form within the bounds of their new relationship, you as the reader will grow and challenge your own perceptions of acceptance.
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God, I absolutely loved this book. I devoured it in a few days and it was the first book I annotated because so much of it really spoke to me.
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Oh wow. This went straight into my Top 10 All Time Favourite Romances. I'm so, so in love with this book.Beautifully written, perfectly paced, great settings...and above all, stellar character development.