If you’ve ever closed a book, hugged it to your chest, and thought “yes—THAT’s the feeling,” there’s a good chance romance did its job. And lesbian romance? It does that job while giving women-loving-women stories the spotlight they deserve: [...]
A Heart to Trust by A.L. Brooks is an opposites attract, enemies-to-lovers, workplace romance in the world of TV production. And it has just been released in German, too, as Im Job und in der Liebe. In this interview, [...]
Here at Ylva we love to start a new year not only by setting goals for the next twelve months, but also by looking back at our past year and seeing all that we accomplished. And we have to [...]
Not all couples get their happily ever after right away. But if it’s meant to be, they might get a second chance. In the lesbian romance novel You’re My Kind, British author Clare Lydon brings two women together who [...]
The Music and the Mirror is about ballet, but most importantly, it’s about an intimidating ice queen, fierce rivalries and emotions, and healing. In honor of the novel’s translation into German, Lola Keeley talks to us about her stunning [...]
Roslyn Sinclair’s sci-fi ice queen romance, The Lily and the Crown, is one of Ylva’s most popular books. What makes this unusual romance so damn good? Is it really accessible to readers who aren’t into science fiction? Ylva author Quinn [...]
Charlotte Loudermilt, beta reader, lesbian fiction lover, and sex scene expert offers her insights into intimate moments in wlw books. Let’s talk about sex scenes in books. Authors usually hate writing them, and readers usually love reading them. And [...]
We love a good lesbian book at Ylva, so we’re cheering on the Sapphic Reading Challenge 2021, dreamed up by our best-selling author, Jae, by tossing in some Ylva titles of our own. To participate in this fun challenge [...]
What a great time this is to be a person with an anxiety problem. Seriously, I love it. At last, the rest of the world understands how we feel. Like most people these days, I’m worried. I worry about [...]
Ever wondered what a lesbian publisher reads when she’s not flipping through submissions and checking manuscripts? Head of Ylva Publishing and all-round superwoman, Astrid Ohletz shared her favorite lesbian books with us. She loves a variety of genres, from [...]