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About Eliza Andrews
When I started thinking of a new pen name to write fiction featuring lesbian protagonists, I commandeered the name of an ancestor. Eliza Frances Andrews was a southern belle who lived through the Civil War as the privileged daughter of a prominent plantation owner. She became a relatively well-known novelist, essayist, and -- get this -- botanist.
Borrowing her name is somewhat tongue-in-cheek; Eliza was a hard-core racist and I can only imagine what she would have to say about LGBTQ people. This is my reimagining of Eliza, therefore -- an Eliza 2.0, a GenX / Millenial version who grew up after women's lib and the Civil Rights movement and Stonewall. Perhaps a 21st-century Eliza would grin at me and say, "Right on." Perhaps the 19th-century Eliza is rolling over in her grave -- if she is, call it karmic justice.
Anyway.
Reach out anytime: eliza@ninja-writer.com.
http://authorelizaandrews.com
PS, I also write young adult science fiction / fantasy under the name R. A. Marshall (another borrowed name). LGBTQ readers might enjoy the Lost Children trilogy. http://ninja-writer.com
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Who would you be during the zombie apocalypse — the hunter or the hunted?
Some zombie apocalypse stories are full of fighting and gore and dramatic battles and narrow escapes.
If that’s the kind of zombie tale you’re looking for, look elsewhere, because this is not that story.
This is a zombie apocalypse story about the choices we’re faced with when trying to survive. Specifically, it’s about Willow (just call her Will), her dysfunctional mother, and the fiancé who recently cheated on her. When the three of them stumble across a post-apocalyptic vegan hippie commune in the mountains of North Carolina, they think they’ve found a true utopia. (Well, except for the veganism. And all the hippies.)
The community takes them in without realizing that Will and her companions are harboring a dark secret — a secret Will, her mom, and her fiancé will do almost anything to keep hidden.
But when mother nature transforms their new utopia into a dystopia, Will and the community she’s with face some hard choices. Ultimately, no matter what the survivors each believe about themselves, they are reminded that the only real choice you can make in a zombie apocalypse is the choice between being the hunter or the hunted.
There’s not a lot in between.
Bigger Monsters is a little bit The Walking Dead, a little bit The L Word, and 100 percent a wild ride.
Rebellious Princess Natasia has always known that her fate is to marry a man her father can shape into his heir. But everything changes after a would-be assassin nearly takes Tasia's life. Someone with means and connections is obviously trying to destabilize the Empire, but who? No noble family is above suspicion, so the Emperor takes the extraordinary step of naming his daughter his true heir.
Tasia suddenly finds herself saddled with learning to rule an entire Empire. But there are enemies on every side, threatening to disrupt the Empire's fragile peace -- there's the long-standing and deeply unpopular war in the East, disagreements amongst her father's closest advisors, angry lords threatening their defiance, and rumors of a faraway kingdom trying to sow discord.
Can Tasia rise to the occasion? Will she be the leader her father believes her to be? Or is the Empire doomed to fall?
For fans of epic fantasy… with an LGBTQ twist.
To Have Loved & Lost is a tale of love, loss, and college basketball. It is the story of Alex and Graham, two young women whose lives are spiraling out of control. Can coming together bring both of them back up?
"I was a little concerned that this book would be a bit of a downer for me. I was completely wrong. Once I started reading it, I could not put it down. The story begins in the aftermath of duel tragedies that our two protagonists (Alex and Graham) are trying to overcome in order to heal their hearts, their minds and their souls. Little by little their stories are revealed and they find themselves in their individual strength and in each other. The story is uplifting, at times humorous and always hopeful."
"If books could be soulmates, this one would be mine. It is romantic, sexy, intelligent, thought-provoking, and I came away learning a thing or two about basketball and myself. It is everything a woman could want."
Anika takes the long way home up soul mountain catches up with Anika Singh, one of the characters from To Have Loved & Lost, a few years after the epilogue from the first book. At thirty-eight, Anika's basketball career is almost over. Headed home to Ohio to help her family, Anika encounters two people she didn't expect: Her ex-wife and a beautiful stranger she met on the plane. Is it true what they say, that you can never go home again?
"This is honestly one of the best stories I have read, and I read a lot. It is funny, deep, and accurate."
"Amazing! Andrews' writing draws you in and holds on tight, I couldn't put this story down! Anika is as real as anyone you'd meet on the street and her story is beautiful and heart wrenching and intoxicating all at the same time. Read this book. You won't regret it!"
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(The pre-order will be live on October 25)
Adam loves Eve. Eve loves… Lilith?
Adam and Eve live in a suburban paradise. Eve is a stay-at-home mother of two; Adam works hard to provide for the family he loves. But despite how things look on the surface, Eve isn’t happy. And when she meets Lilith by chance in a city park, her whole world begins to change. Lilith is offering Eve a fruit she’s never tasted before; will Eve have the courage to partake?
Paradise is a short novella that reimagines the Book of Genesis in modern-day suburbia -- with a queer twist. A blend of romance, introspection, and tongue-in-cheek humor, Paradise provides a fresh look at one of the oldest tales in the Western world.
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Small town love isn't always quaint: A lesbian romance... with some twists.
Lucinda Hamilton settles down in sleepy Reverie, South Carolina, because she’s running from the troubles of her past. But when her dangerous ex-husband evades law enforcement, she fears that no amount of running will ever make her safe again.
Two women are determined to keep Lucinda’s past at bay — the mysterious young nurse living on the other side of Lucinda’s duplex, who won’t even tell Lucinda her name, and Ardie Brown, an ex-marine who’s recently moved back to Reverie herself. It’s hard for Lucinda to trust either one of them; it’s even harder to admit to herself that she’s falling for both of them.
What will happen when Lucinda’s ex-husband finally catches up to her? Will the girl next door or Ardie have the power to stop him?
Or will Lucinda finally have to face her past all by herself?
About this book (Warnings!)
This book is best classified as "romantic suspense," but it is neither a traditional "romance" nor a traditional "suspense" and does not fall neatly into either category. If you're looking for a light-hearted, formulaic, run-of-the-mill lesbian romance with a predictable HEA, then this book is *not* for you. It's not fluff. It's rated R, and it has some trigger warnings. But if you're looking for something with substance that will keep you reading -- and guessing -- until the final scene, then start reading today.
This book includes:
- Sexual content
- Mention of domestic violence (nothing explicit)
- Discussion of PTSD (somewhat explicit)
Julie Aron is happy for her friend Hope, who was once both her best friend and her first love. While Julie struggles to fulfill her own dreams, she’s watched Hope’s rise to fame from afar, quietly celebrating her old friend’s victories. Julie can’t let her support of Hope show too much, though — if she does, she’ll only upset her wife, and they have enough problems as it is.
When tragedy shatters Hope’s spirit — and her body — she finds herself doing something she never thought she’d do: She heads back home to small town Georgia for the holidays. Julie is there to help Hope recover, but Hope’s healing leads to complicated feelings for both of them…
* Please note: This novella was previously included in last year's Winter Hearts collection.
From the outside, Kasey James had the perfect life. She had a rich husband, two perfect kids, and a big house in Eastside with a pool in the backyard. None of her friends understand why she left her husband and went back to a stressful job teaching high school. She knows they’ll understand even less when she tells them she’s started dating a woman from Westside.
*If* she tells them, that is. After all, Kasey has her kids to think of, not to mention the upcoming school board election. What if her neighbors withdraw their support when they find out she’s seeing a woman?
Drea Robbins has a good life, too. She owns her own home and operates her own business, making enough money doing what she loves that she can support her mom, sister, and niece. She wishes she had a “special someone” in her life, but in the grand scheme of things, being single isn’t that big of a deal.
Kasey James, a white woman living in Eastside, is the absolute last person Drea expects to fall for. Kasey’s recently divorced from a man, she’s got two kids, she lives in the middle of rich suburbia — to say her lifestyle is different from Drea's would be the understatement of the year. But it’s like Drea’s mom says — we can’t control whom we fall for, and whether Drea likes it or not, she’s falling for Kasey. Hard.
Opposites attract… right?
But when a real estate development controversy puts Drea and Kasey on opposite sides of a battle line, will their new love prove strong enough to survive? Or is it just unrealistic for two women with so many differences to find a common ground they can hold against all the world’s pressures?
Eastside / Westside / Love is a story about race, class, gentrification, and inequality. But more than that, it’s a story about hope, and about finding out that what brings us together is stronger than what pulls us apart.
Not the War in the East — that is a war everyone already knows about, the war that some wanted to end so badly that they murdered an Emperor to stop it. No, this is a different war. A war between the Shadowlands and the mortal world, a war between light and darkness. A war the Brotherhood of Culo has warned about for generations. But no one wanted to listen.
And as war brews, an Empress in exile struggles to regain her crown, and the warrior sworn to protect that Empress fights to make it back to her. Yet the warrior faces an enemy which even she, the Empire’s greatest living sword master, may not be able to defeat: The warrior battles time itself.
And time is running out for the soldiers of the House of Dorsa.
The shadows are coming. Can you hear them?
This is book 2 in a series of 3. Read Princess of Dorsa first!
Four and a half years have passed since the Battle of the Empress's Last Stand, the battle that sealed the fate of the East and ended Empress Natasia's reign. The War in the East is finally over, but it didn't end the way the Empire anticipated.
Linna isn't ready for the war to be over, and she's also not convinced that the Empress and Joslyn of Terinto, the Commander of the Empress's Palace Guard, are actually gone forever. To find out what really happened during that last battle, Linna has traveled alone to the East. She doesn't plan to stop in the East, though. She intends to journey past the Empire's former borders and make her way all the way to the Kingdom of Persopos, a land so shrouded in mystery that some people claim it may not even exist.
It's in that mysterious land that Linna hopes she'll find the truth. It's there that she hopes she'll find her Empress and Commander still alive.
When two people's lives are spiraling out of control, can coming together pull both of them back up?
Alexis Woods knows who she is — or at least, she thought she did. She's number 17, point guard, MVP, all-star, co-captain of the Lady Raiders NCAA Division I women's basketball team. But there's a darkness growing inside of her, a darkness that started the night her beloved died in her arms, and if she doesn't turn things around soon, the darkness just might swallow her whole.
Graham Griffin knows a thing or two about darkness. That's been her zip code ever since the car accident that took her boyfriend's life — the car accident she caused. When she meets Alex, she sees a reflection of her own sorrow. And she can't help but want to fix it.
About This Book
If this book were a movie, it would be rated "R" for explicit sexual content, mature topics, and strong language. If that's not your cup of tea, you shouldn't buy this book.
This is also a lesbian romance. If that's not your cup of tea, you shouldn't buy this book.
But if you're in the mood for a lesbian love story, one that's got some dark, gritty moments but ends happily ever after by the final scene, you'll enjoy this.
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** Stay tuned at the end of the book for a special sneak peek at A.E. Radley's The Road Ahead!**
The last thing Anika Singh wants is to go home to Ohio, but when her mother is diagnosed with cancer, what choice does she really have? She’ll go home if she has to, but she won’t stay long. Because all Marcine, Ohio, has for Anika is bad memories — memories of being an outcast, even within her own family, and memories of a perfect love that was soured by betrayal.
Jenny’s betrayal. Anika’s high school sweetheart-turned-ex-wife. Anika hopes she won’t run into Jenny… Or maybe she hopes she will run into her. It’s hard to say.
Then there’s Amy, a dark-haired beauty Anika meets on the flight to Cleveland, who happens to be in Marcine for a friend’s wedding. Nothing serious can happen with Amy; she’s only going to be in town for a week. Which means that falling for her would be stupid, especially given the fact that Jenny might be available again.
But Anika is famous for doing stupid things.
A story flavored with curry and cornbread, family drama, and a whole lot of f-bombs, Anika takes the long way home up soul mountain will have you laughing, crying, and grimacing as Anika gets chased around by a silver DeLorean and attempts to answer the age-old question: Can you ever really go home again?
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Part of the Rosemont Duology: This is the second book in the Rosemont Duology, following up from To Have Loved & Lost. However, Anika takes the long way home can also be read as a stand-alone novel.
This lesbian romance is rated R for
⁃ A lot of really bad language
⁃ Sexual content
⁃ Adult situations