Love in Lavender

Written by Wendy Dalrymple, Elena Berrino, Rachel Bowdler and 2 more

Narrated by Courtney Bailey

Feel the pride with this anthology of five gay and lesbian romance novellas! Includes:

Out of the Ring: A Fight for Forbidden Love by Wendy Dalrymple

Georgia Harper never thought she would find herself competing as a fighter on the amateur MMA circuit. But after a scary encounter, Georgia is determined to take her protection into her own hands, and discovers martial arts along the way.

Phoenix Ferrera is the reigning womens’ bantamweight MMA champion of the southeast, known as much for her powerful strikes as for her striking good looks. When newbie Georgia Harper joins her gym, Phoenix takes her under her wing and quickly realizes that the petite Southern blonde is a knockout in more ways than one.

Capture the Colours by Elena Berrino

Francisco Garcia sailed from Spain to the Caribbean looking for a place to set up as a doctor and live in peace away from his overbearing father, who disapproves of his career in medicine and pressures him to marry. Ending up in jail after a tavern brawl was not part of the plan. When Francisco is asked to tend to a badly beaten fellow prisoner, however, his life turns about onto an even more unexpected tack: James Thomas is a pirate captain. Francisco’s orders are to fix him up just so he can hang, an unbearable thought to a doctor who does everything he can to keep people alive. But what else can he do?

Partners in Crime by Rachel Bowdler

Though they are polar opposites in many ways, best friends Bryce and Thea are both attracted to all things horror, including true crime — and to prove it, they co-host weekly podcast episodes of Perfect Crimes together with their producer, Mikey, in the dusty basement of Stone Grange’s local bookstore. When a string of murders suddenly begins to plague their small, unassuming town and the police find themselves at a loss, it seems that there’s nobody more qualified to help solve the mystery.

However, it’s soon realized that Bryce and Thea are already more entangled than they could have ever expected, because the murders follow a pattern. Their pattern. With every case discussed in the podcast comes a new imitation of the circumstances surrounding the victim’s death, and Bryce and Thea find themselves trapped in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the killer, as their friendship — and feelings that they’ve always left hidden until now — is pushed to its breaking point.

Fries and Shine by Imogen Markwell-Tweed

Cole is a small town diner owner, struggling to keep up. Thomas is a hot-shot lawyer, struggling to find his place in his family’s sleazy firm.

Small time life throws them in each others’ way again and again and soon, Thomas and Cole have no choice but to acknowledge the inevitable: without meaning to at all, they've fallen hopelessly, and haplessly, in love with each other.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bryant Street Shorts
• Release date: May 31, 2022
• ISBN: 9781094438238

Wendy Dalrymple

Wendy Dalrymple crafts highly consumable, short and sweet romances inspired by everyday people. When she’s not writing happily-ever-afters, you can find her camping with her family, painting (bad) wall art, and trying to grow as many pineapples as possible. Keep up with Wendy at www.wendydalrymple.com!

Reviews for Love in Lavender

[Karen Chandler · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is another short interesting story by Wendy Dalrymple that you can read when time is limited