This list is for thirsty butches and femmes who need to read a good book. You’re Welcome.
- All the Pretty Things Rae D Magdon
- Departure from Script by Jae
- Second Nature by Jae
- Backwards to Oregon by Jae
- The Cain Casey Series by Ali Vali
- Homecoming By Nell Stark
- The Princess and the Prix by Nell Stark
- Micky Knight Series by J.M Redmann
- Emma Victor Book Series by Mary Wings
- Winds of Fortune by Radclyffe
- The Color of Love by Radclyffe
- Above All, Honor by Radclyffe
- Blind Eye Mystery series by Diane and Jacob Anderson-Minshall
- A Royal Romance by Jenny Frame
- Unexpected by Jenny Frame
- Royal Rebel by Jenny Frame
- Heart of the Pack by Jenny Frame
- Courting the Countess by Jenny Frame
- Sword of the Guardian by Merry Shannon
- Crybaby Butch by Judith Frank
- The Harder She Comes: Butch Femme Erotica by D.L King
- Sometimes She Lets Me: Best Butch Femme Erotica by Tristan Taormino
- Back to Basics: A Butch-femme Anthology by Therese Szymanski
- A Touch of Temptation by Julie Blair
- Playing Passion’s Game by Lesley Davis
- Built to Last by Aurora Rey
- Butch Girls Can Fix Anything by Paula Offutt
- Goldenseal by Gill McKnight
- Heart of the Game by Rachel Spangler
- Choices Book Series by Skyy
op this is SUCH a lovely collection of fun romances. i don’t usually comment on reblogs but i hope it’s cool if i expound on a couple that i’ve read just in case someone is looking at this list and isn’t sure where to start. there are just some things that are nice to know going in, that aren’t necessarily found in plot summaries.
departure from the script by jae – this is a very very VERY sweet story. there really honestly isn’t a huge plot. if you like mundane fanfiction-y type pieces, i would say this would suit you nicely. it really is just two women meeting and slowly falling in love. the other two books in the series (damage control and just physical) are a little meatier, though not butch/fem like this one.
second nature by jae – a fun supernatural read! and a little different than your usual werewolf/shapeshifter story. (the butch lead shifts into a liger.) fun read, pretty hot, but it’s by jae so don’t expect a lot of steamy supernatural sex. it’s a little more plot heavy, and her stuff is almost always slow-burn with one concluding love scene
backwards to oregon by jae – honestly you can debate about whether this is about a butch lesbian or a transgender man, despite the author using ‘she’ pronouns in the narration. it’s hard to assign gender in historical contexts though (this takes place on the oregon trail). the interpretation is ultimately up to you. it’s a nice story however you read it. it’s also by jae so it’s a slow burn as well. also the lead is a former prostitute so warnings for a few attempts of rape/assault, and she spends almost the whole book pregnant which i wish i knew going in because i really hate reading pregnancy stories lmao just not for me.
the cain casey series by ali vali – i only read the first book and it wasn’t my favourite thing ever, but it is a VERY popular series. you have to accept that you are reading this for fantasy and escapism and nothing else. it’s about a crime family and it’s cool i guess but i had a lot of problems with its character framing. i also don’t like books that start AFTER a break-up, even if it’s about getting together again, because the entire narrative is saturated in angst, so you have to be in the mood for that.
the princess and the prix by nell stark – SO MUCH FUN! a princess and a race car driver! that being said, neither lead is butch. i imagine the race car driver is the closest character, and she is DEFINITELY a more masculine woman, but butch means something very specific and she isn’t that. she is mad sexy, though, as is this book.
coincidentally, i would say the lead in the first princess book by nell stark, the princess affair, actually IS butch, at least more so than the one in princess and the prix. she still doesn’t explicitly identify as such, but you can see the difference in their character.
the color of love by radclyffe – THE PLOT SUMMARY IS VERY MISLEADING and i’m still bitter about it lmao. it’s a fun romance but given the summary, i thought it was about a fake marriage where they fall in love, which is always fun, but it’s not at all. it’s really just two women meeting and falling in love normally. i recommend it but i was disappointed when the whole reason i bought it (the fake marriage thing) wasn’t mentioned till the 80% mark and not even as an active thing lmao
BOOKS NUMBERED 14-18. JENNY FRAME BOOKS. okay, listen, her books, more than any, are the most explicit and outright butch/fem cheap penny paperback romance novels. they are the cheesiest, fluffiest pieces of fiction you will ever read. they can be read in a single sitting because they’re easy to get through, and don’t require a lot of deep thought. you read them to relax and feel good. they also always have butches and their fems together The Way We Like To Be, having sex The Way We Do, and engaging in our attraction That Way, and if you know what i mean Then You Know What I Mean and her books are for you. they are sweet and loaded down with sexiness and cheesy as fuck. really. so so so so so cheesy. please don’t expect high lit. she doesn’t write that and she seems to relish in it and i can damn well respect that.
every single book of hers is butch/fem, even those not on this list. they’re cheap and they’re quick and they’re fun. perfect rainy day reads, all of them. (unexpected is also a pregnancy storyline, though, just fyi)
21-23 are anthologies and they are really great ones. I won’t review every short story but they are perfect for this list because while there are dozens of lesbian erotic anthologies, and a few butch/fem ones, those are good places to start.
goldenseal by gill mcknight – ah, the garouls. lesbian werewolves by the truckload. not necessarily explicitly butch/fem but certainly leads in that direction, what with the sexy broody werewolf lesbos. there’s a few books in this series and they’re all pretty good. if you only read one, though, i would personally recommend the second one, ambereye. (also goldenseal has one kinda funny love scene that, like, is fine for steamy erotic werewolf sex fiction, but if someone pulled that crap with you in bed in real life you’d have to smack them and walk away, regardless of their sex appeal.)
anyway, i won’t talk about them all. i have some other fave butch/fem books (or similar to that, and a couple butch/butch as well!) so if someone ploughs through these and is still looking for more, always feel free to message.
again, thank you, op! also thank you for all the links! i’m sure that wasn’t easy work, ha. ❤
Books with Butch Leads
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