As a companion list to Sasha and Amber Read’s amazing “2021 – The Year of Sapphic Book Excellency,” here you will find scheduled sapphic releases in 2021 from LGBTQ+ indie publishers, including Bella Books, Bold Strokes Books, Bywater Books, Ylva Publishing, and several self-published authors. All information is provided by publishers and authors. If you are looking for more new releases with strong women and feminist/queer themes, check out Women and Words’ monthly updated page. The following list contains books featuring sapphic main character(s) and/or sapphic relationships. It will be updated accordingly as more information becomes available. This is a passion project. I did not receive any compensation for this, nor are any of the links affiliated with any company. last updated on March 9th 2021 January The Clinch by Nicole Disney Release Date: January 12th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Action & Adventure, Contemporary, Romance publisher’s page Journey to Cash (Cash Braddock #4) by Ashley Bartlett Release Date: January 12th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: General Fiction publisher’s page The Last First Kiss by Julie Cannon Release Date: January 12th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Contemporary, Romance publisher’s page | add on Goodreads Liberty Bay by Karis Walsh Release Date: January 12th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Contemporary, Romance publisher’s page The Mandolin Lunch by Missouri Vaun Release Date: January 12th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Contemporary, Romance publisher’s page | add on Goodreads Scent by Kris Bryant Release Date: January 12th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Contemporary, Romance publisher’s page | add on Goodreads Shadows of Steel (Moon Shadow #2) by Suzie Clarke Release Date: January 12th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Action & Adventure, Intrigue & Thriller, Romance publisher’s page Thor: Daughter of Asgard by Genevieve McCluer Release Date: January 12th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Romance, Speculative Fiction publisher’s page | add on Goodreads Veterinary Technician (Thresherton Community #2) by Nancy Wheelton Release Date: January 12th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Contemporary, Romance publisher’s page Choosing Grace by Regina Jamison Release Date: January 15th 2021 Publisher: Bella Books Genre: Romance publisher’s page | add on Goodreads The Last Time We Met by Maggie Brown & Leni Hanson Release Date: January 15th 2021 Publisher: Bella Books Genre: Romance publisher’s page A Message in Blood (A Chiara Corelli Mystery #3) by Catherine Maiorisi Release Date: January 15th 2021 Publisher: Bella Books Genre: Mystery publisher’s page Night Tide (Seal Cove Romance #2) by Anna Burke Release Date: January 18th 2021 Publisher: Bywater Books Genre: Romance (small-town) publisher’s page | add on Goodreads Testimony by Paula Martinac Release Date: January 19th 2021 Publisher: Bywater Books Genre: Historical Fiction (Southern) publisher’s page | add on Goodreads The One to Hold Your Hand by Erica Lee Release Date: January 23rd 2021 Publisher: Self-Published Genre: Romance add on Goodreads February Body Language by Renee Roman Release Date: February 9th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Erotica, Romance publisher’s page Carrie and Hope by Joy Argento Release Date: February 9th 2021 (reissue) Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Contemporary, Romance publisher’s page | add on Goodreads Detour to Love by Amanda Radley Release Date: February 1st 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books, Genre: Contemporary, Romance publisher’s page The Devil Incarnate (Cain Casey) by Ali Vali Release Date: February 9th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Action & Adventure, Crime & Mystery, Intrigue & Thriller publisher’s page | add on Goodreads A Far Better Thing by JD Wilburn Release Date: February 9th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Intrigue & Thriller, Romance publisher’s page Fishwives by Sally Bellerose Release Date: February 9th 2021 Publisher: Bywater Books Genre: Literary Fiction (older women) publisher’s page | add on Goodreads Ice Queen by Gun Brooke Release Date: February 9th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Contemporary, Romance publisher’s page | add on Goodreads Masquerade by Anne Shade Release Date: February 9th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Historical, Romance publisher’s page Royal Family (A Royal Romance Story) by Jenny Frame Release Date: February 9th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Contemporary, Romance publisher’s page Share the Moon by Toni Logan Release Date: February 9th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Paranormal & Urban Fantasy, Romance publisher’s page | add on Goodreads Spirit of the Law by Carsen Taite Release Date: February 9th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Intrigue & Thriller, Romance publisher’s page | add on Goodreads The Tender Grave by Sheri Reynolds Release Date: February 9th 2021 Publisher: Bywater Books Genre: Literary Fiction (Southern) publisher’s page | add on Goodreads Breaking Out by Lise MacTague Release Date: February 15th 2021 Publisher: Bella Books Genre: Romance publisher’s page Closeness by Y.L. Wigman Release Date: February 15th 2021 Publisher: Bella Books Genre: Romance publisher’s page Lawless by Jenna Rae Release Date: February 15th 2021 Publisher: Bella Books Genre: Mystery publisher’s page Lead Me Home by Shannon O’Brien Release Date: February 15th 2021 Publisher: Bella Books Genre: Romance publisher’s page Modern English (Full English #2) by Rachel Spangler Release Date: February 16th 2021 Publisher: Bywater Books Genre: Romance publisher’s page Sing for my Baby by Jenn Matthews Release Date: February 2021 Publisher: Ylva Publishing Genre: Romance publisher’s page Me, You, and the Sunken Treasure by Georgette Kaplan Release Date: February 2021 Publisher: Ylva Publishing Genre: Adventure, Romance March Leaving’s Not the Only Way to Go by Kay Acker Release Date: March 15th 2021 Publisher: Bella Books Genre: Romance publisher’s page | add on Goodreads On the Rocks by Riley Scott Release Date: March 15th 2021 Publisher: Bella Books Genre: Romance publisher’s page Table for Two by Kate Gavin Release Date: March 15th 2021 Publisher: Bella Books Genre: Romance publisher’s page Guarding Evelyn by Erin Zak Release Date: March 16th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Contemporary, Romance Love’s Falling Star by B.D. Grayson Release Date: March 16th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Romance Love’s Truth by C.A. Popovich Release Date: March 16th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Romance Next Exit Home by Dena Blake Release Date: March 16th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Romance (workplace) The Noble and the Nightingale by Barbara Ann Wright Release Date: March 16th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Fantasy, Romance What a Tangled Web (A Tangle Valley Romance #3) by Melissa Brayden Release Date: March 16th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Contemporary, Romance Never Say Never by Rachael Sommers Release Date: March 2021 Publisher: Ylva Publishing Genre: Romance publisher’s page Shimmer (Working Title) by C. Fonseca Release Date: March 2021 Publisher: Ylva Publishing Genre: Romance, Suspense April Cute Mutants Vol 4: The Sisterhood of Evil Mutants (Cute Mutants #4) by SJ Whitby Release Date: April 6th 2021 Publisher: Self-Published Genre: Sci-Fi (superhero), Young Adult author’s page Accidental Desperados by Lee Lynch Release Date: April 13th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Feminist Fiction Always Believe by Aimée Release Date: April 13th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Romance Courage by Jesse J. Thoma Release Date: April 13th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Romance A Fae Tale by Genevieve McCluer Release Date: April 13th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Fantasy, Romance The Princess and the Odium by Sam Ledel Release Date: April 13th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Fantasy, Romance The Queen Has a Cold by Jane Kolven Release Date: April 13th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Romance (lesbian-nonbinary/trans/intersex) The Secret Poet by Georgia Beers Release Date: April 13th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Contemporary, Romance You Again by Aurora Rey Release Date: April 13th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Contemporary, Romance Across the Hall by Kat Jackson Release Date: April 15th 2021 Publisher: Bella Books Genre: Romance publisher’s page Cure for Insomnia by Laina Villeneuve Release Date: April 15th 2021 Publisher: Bella Books Genre: Romance publisher’s page Words Unsaid (The Shaken Series #5) by KG MacGregor Release Date: April 15th 2021 Publisher: Bella Books Genre: Romance publisher’s page Zero Chill (Corey Curtis and Thayer Reynolds #3) by Carolyn Elizabeth Release Date: April 15th 2021 Publisher: Bella Books Genre: Romance, Thriller publisher’s page Counting the Stars by Cheyenne Blue Release Date: April 2021 Publisher: Ylva Publishing Genre: Romance Death’s Champion by Karen Frost Release Date: April 2021 Publisher: Ylva Publishing Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy publisher’s page | add on Goodreads Worthy of Love by Quinn Ivins Release Date: April 2021 Publisher: Ylva Publishing Genre: Romance May Before. 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Always. by Morgan Lee Miller Release Date: May 11th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Romance (medical) add on Goodreads Bet the Farm by Fiona Riley Release Date: May 11th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Contemporary, Romance Cowgirl by Nance Sparks Release Date: May 11th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Romance Give In to Me by Elle Spencer Release Date: May 11th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Romantic Comedy Hidden Dreams by Shelley Thrasher Release Date: May 11th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Action & Adventure, Romance In the Spotlight by Lesley Davis Release Date: May 11th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Suspense, Romance Origins (A Jamis Bachman Mystery) by Jen Jensen Release Date: May 11th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Romance A Woman to Treasure by Ali Vali Release Date: May 11th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Action & Adventure, Romance Love’s No Joke by Cheri Ritz Release Date: May 13th 2021 Publisher: Bella Books Genre: Romance publisher’s page One Weekend in Aspen by Jaime Clevenger Release Date: May 13th 2021 Publisher: Bella Books Genre: Romance publisher’s page Pas de deux by E. J. Noyes Release Date: May 13th 2021 Publisher: Bella Books Genre: Romance publisher’s page Whispers in the Wind by Marianne K. Martin Release Date: May 18th 2021 Publisher: Bywater Books Genre: Romance The Beekeeper by Bev Prescott Release Date: May 2021 Publisher: Bywater Books Genre: Literary Fiction publisher’s page | add on Goodreads In Camera (Seekers #2) by Josie Jaffrey Release Date: May 2021 Publisher: Self-Published Genre: Urban Fantasy author’s page June Queen of All by Anya Josephs Release Date: June 8th 2021 Publisher: Zenith Publishing Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult add on Goodreads Beyond the Smoke by Stacy Lynn Miller Release Date: June 15th 2021 Publisher: Bella Books Genre: Mystery Desires After Dark by MJ Williamz Release Date: June 15th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Paranormal (vampire), Erotica, Romance Hashtag Love by RL Burgess Release Date: June 15th 2021 Publisher: Bella Books Genre: Romance Her Consigliere by Carsen Taite Release Date: June 15th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Suspense, Romance Measure of Devotion by CF Frizzell Release Date: June 15th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Historical, Romance Not Guilty by Brit Ryder Release Date: June 15th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Erotica, Romance Opposites Attract: Butch/Femme Romances by Meghan O’Brien, Aurora Rey, Angie Williams Release Date: June 15th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Contemporary, Romance Swift Vengeance by Jean Copeland & Jackie D & Erin Zak Release Date: June 15th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Romance A Turn of Fate by Ronica Black Release Date: June 15th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Romance Under Her Influence by Amanda Radley Release Date: June 15th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Romantic Comedy Wasteland (The Badlands Series) by Kristin Keppler & Allisa Bahney Release Date: June 15th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Romance When In Doubt by VK Powell Release Date: June 15th 2021 Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Genre: Thriller, Crime, Suspense, Romance Old Love by Nancy J. Hedin Release Date: June 17th 2021 Publisher: Bella Books Genre: Romance publisher’s page The Papercutter by Cindy Rizzo Release Date: June 17th 2021 Publisher: Bella Books Genre: Young Adult, Speculative publisher’s page Save the Date edited by Ann Roberts Release Date: June 17th 2021 Publisher: Bella Books Genre: Romance, Anthology publisher’s page Simply the Best by Karin Kallmaker Release Date: June 17th 2021 Publisher: Bella Books Genre: Romance publisher’s page Warn Me When It’s Time (Charlie Mack Motown Mystery #6) by Cheryl A. Head Release Date: June 29th 2021 Publisher:...