Friendly reminder: Sapphic Shelf Explosion happens on February 26, 2026. If you’re shopping ahead of time, some books may not be on sale just yet. All participating titles will be free or $0.99 on 2/26/26, so be sure to check the price before you buy.
The Blue Door – Carol Holland March
Author-provided blurb:
Delia loves a beautiful green-eyed woman who offers exquisite sensual pleasure but only in her dreams. To meet her love in flesh, she must find the blue door in the local duke’s castle. When the duke proposes, she marries him and locates her lover behind the blue door. The duke accuses her of witchcraft, and Delia fears for her life. Is her love strong enough to show her what is real and what’s a trap?
Where to get it on 2/26/26:
• Amazon
• Kobo
• Barnes & Noble
A Place to Call Home – Jae
Author-provided blurb:
Together, Luke and Nora survived the hardships and dangers along the Oregon Trail in 1851. What started out as a marriage of convenience between a woman living as a man and a former prostitute slowly grew into love.
But now that they have arrived in Oregon City, the real adventure is just beginning. Winter is approaching, and they need to claim a piece of land and build a cabin, all while trying to establish their new roles as life partners and parents.
Will they find a place to call home and, more importantly, a way to grow as a couple?
“A Place to Call Home” is a lesbian historical romance short story that continues Jae’s award-winning Oregon series. It picks up directly after the end of Backwards to Oregon.
Where to get it on 2/26/26:
• Amazon
• Kobo
• Apple
• Barnes & Noble
Róisín Campbell: An Irishwoman in New York – Joseph P. Garland
Author-provided blurb:
18 year old Róisín Campbell must leave her family farm as nearly all such people did in 1870. She emigrates to New York City where she is trained to be a maid. Losing that job through no fault of her own, she becomes a nurse. In that capacity, she briefly meets Elizabeth Geherty, though names are not exchanged. By coincidence, they encounter each other again after the Gehertys, once a society family in Gilded Age, have lost their money. They don’t understand it, but they became a couple and need to overcome obstacles, ultimately in the two women’s battle to obtain legal custody of Róisín’s orphaned son.
Where to get it on 2/26/26:
• Amazon
• Kobo
• Apple
• Barnes & Noble
• Google
In the Dark Heart of Winter – Mere Rain
Author-provided blurb:
Isabeau thought heartbreak was the worst that could happen, until she found herself isolated in a castle full of secrets. Does the mysterious stranger who seems toshare her forbidden desires bring danger or salvation?
Where to get it on 2/26/26:
• Amazon
• Publisher Site
Sweet Mother, I Cannot Weave – T.D. Cloud
Author-provided blurb:
Laelia Naevius is cursed by the goddess Venus. Despite her father’s fervent prayers, every single suitor she finds herself betrothed to dies before she can make it to the altar. She supposes she should be upset by this—the gods know her father is—but she can’t help but thank the Goddess for throwing her a bone. She doesn’t want to get married at all. She’s too busy staring at another girl.
Lady Jihane is a skilled warrior, one of the best, and watching her fight as a gladiatrix awakens something in Laelia that she has never felt before. There is power in what Jihane does, in how she lives her life and clashes with others in the arena, and Laelia can’t help but want to be a part of it, no matter how many bruises or late-night training sessions it takes.
Where to get it on 2/26/26:
• Itchio
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