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Finders Keepers at Books to Watch Out For
Finders Keepers / ReviewsStrong character portraits, interesting and informative plots, and engaging storytelling....
La Belle Eprise Critique – Media-G
Finders Keepers / ReviewsAh ! l'amour... Une histoire qui commence par la fin, pour mieux faire goûter au suspens... Encore de quoi faire rêver les lesbiennes!...
Love by the Numbers at Romance Novels for Feminists
Love by the Numbers / ReviewsBut if much of Love by the Numbers is more cerebral than emotional, its ending is filled with all the love declarations and love-proving gestures that fans of romance crave. I’m looking forward to reading some of...
Reader Comments about Making Up for Lost Time
Making Up for Lost Time / Reviews“It’s as delicious as all the recipes included, and as funny as a screwball comedy.” – Lesbian Reader “Throw in a little innocent deception, a few skeletons in the closet, and a love triangle or two and...
Watermark at Lambda Book Report
Watermark / ReviewsThe young, hot-headed Teresa and the tormented Rayann pull us in immediately......
The Dawning at Midwest Review of Books
Dawning / ReviewsAn enduring intensity from first page to last....
Bell Book and Dyke – Goldie Finalist
Unbeliever / AwardsBell, Book and Dyke: New Exploits of Magical Lesbians This collection of four novellas was a finalist at the 2006 Golden Crown Literary Society Awards for Lesbian Fantasy. The book contains “Unbeliever” as well as novellas...
Petits jeux entre amies – Critique Et-alors.net
All the Wrong Places / Reviews“(…) Karin Kallmaker nous fait entrer dans un univers tout neuf où la descrition érotique n’est enfin ni saupoudrée de pralines fondantes jusqu’à l’anorexie sexuelle, ni trashissime façon éclaboussures de...
Once Upon a Dyke at Midwest Review of Books
Fish Out of Water / ReviewsRomantic, funny, thoughtful, and hot......
All the Wrong Places – Lammy Finalist
All the Wrong Places / AwardsAll the Wrong Places Finalist in two categories for the 2005 Lambda Literary Awards: Best Lesbian Romance and Best LGBT Erotica....
Frosting on the Cake at Bookmarks
Frosting on the Cake Volume 1 / Reviews“With Frosting on the Cake she’s more than imaginative, she’s cleverly inventive…” – Richard Labonte for BookMarks and syndication...
Paperback Romance at Bay Area Reporter
Paperback Romance / Reviews“A fine writer with a real gift for characterization and realistically humorous dialogue. Her erotic scenes are steamy and offer considerably more than mere narrative interruptus. She takes the most relentlessly heterosexist...
The Kiss that Counted at Just About Write
Kiss That Counted / ReviewsA gripping story that will delight Kallmaker fans!...
Unforgettable at Cliterati Blog
Unforgettable / ReviewsKallmaker’s best scenes, in my opinion, are the ones that show the fits and starts, stutters and stumbles, instead of the Perfect Sex Scene, especially since the actual sex is still fantastic and hot. I also liked that we get home...
All the Wrong Places at Bay Windows
All the Wrong Places / ReviewsKarin Kallmaker heats up the lesbian romance genre......
Just Like That at The Lesbian Review
Just Like That / ReviewsThe best kind of romance. It has lesbians, just enough angst and a delightful wit and writing style....
Reader Comments about Frosting on the Cake 1
Frosting on the Cake Volume 1 / Reviews“This book allowed me to lick the last few crumbs off my finger. I especially loved the continued story of Wild Things.” – Sherell “Her characters range from youthful to perimenapausal, butch/femme, caucasian,...
In Deep Waters Volume 2 – Lammy Winner!
In Deep Waters Volume 2 / AwardsIn Deep Waters Volume 2: Cruising the Strip Winner of the 2008 Lambda Literary Award for Best LGBT Erotica. Co-authored with Radclyffe....
Reader Comments about Seeds of Fire
Seeds of Fire / Reviews“…A full range of human emotion — not just what lesbians are “supposed” to feel. These women can hate each other, and hurt each other, and love each other — sometimes in ways so erotic that this...
Reader Comments about All the Wrong Places
All the Wrong Places / Reviews“There is a fine love story here even without the erotica, but who am I to complain?” K. “Throughout the pages, Kallmaker describes so well through her characters’ thoughts and actions the difference between sex and lovemaking. Her mix o...
One Degree of Separation at Midwest Review of Books
One Degree of Separation / Reviews“Life is twisted” is a favored exclamation from Liddy, a twenty-something dyke from Berkeley, California. Newly graduated from Cal with her Masters degree, Liddy has taken a contract to conduct research for a nationally known writer and ...
Sugar at Book Marks
Sugar / ReviewsSugar is a literary snack as delectable as the fabulous desserts created by the Seattle chef....
California Assembly Certificate of Recognition
EPHEMERA / Other Cool StuffAssemblyman Mark Leno commends, "your dedication to enriching our lives with your use of the written word, broadening LGBT awareness, and being an inspiration..."...
Love by the Numbers at Dear Author
Love by the Numbers / ReviewsThe romance takes its time developing as annoyed acquaintances slowly become lovers… I like to see a couple fall in love outside of the bedroom as well as in it and it works for me. By the end of the story, Nicole and Lily have...
Reader Comments about Watermark
Watermark / Reviews“The emotional power of this book is raw and unvarnished and yet not mawkish or melodramatic… I simply did not expect this kind of writing and moving prose in a romance novel.” – A Customer “…It was...
In Deep Waters 1 at Diva Magazine
In Deep Waters Volume 1 / ReviewsKallmaker and Radclyffe come together to pen these hot short stories... A perfect bedtime read!...
18th and Castro at Family and Friends
18th and Castro / ReviewsKarin Kallmaker continues to amaze me with yet another story told in a totally different fashion than most… 18th & Castro takes the reader on an erotic journey and proves why Kallmaker is indeed the “Undisputed Mistress...
Roller Coaster at the Lesbian Review
Roller Coaster / ReviewsI had that complete happy sigh that comes after reading an excellent romance......
Reader Comments about Embrace in Motion
Embrace in Motion / Reviews“I agree that the final scene with Leslie was extremely touching… Fortunately Frosting on the Cake exists. Delightful and thoughtful… A satisfying book.” – Rabkeb “Kallmaker had me longing to be one...
Substitute for Love at Bay Area Reporter
Substitute for Love / ReviewsSubstitute for Love may just be the best Kallmaker I've read in a long time, and given her extraordinary talent, that's saying something....
Finders Keepers at Just About Write
Finders Keepers / ReviewsThe icing on the permissible small sliver of cake is the sexy and truly romantic love story....
Reader Comments about Unforgettable
Unforgettable / Reviews“Fasten your seatbelts, you are in for a great ride.” – Jeanne “…A wonderful tale of true love, and spine tingling sex scenes, you’ll find yourself grinning hopelessy at the end!” –...
Roller Coaster – Goldie Finalist
Roller Coaster / AwardsRoller Coaster Finalist at the 2012 Golden Crown Literary Society Awards for Lesbian Romance....
Reader Comments about In Deep Waters 2
In Deep Waters Volume 2 / Reviews“…Delightful to devour, and so full of good-natured optimism about women, loving women, and optimism about connecting with others…” – Rabkeb “Kallmaker and Radclyffe are a perfect match as far as...
Finders Keepers – Lammy Finalist
Finders Keepers / AwardsFinders Keepers Finalist for the 2006 Lambda Literary Awards: Best Lesbian Romance....
Tall in the Saddle – Goldie Finalist
Cowboys and Kisses / AwardsTall in the Saddle: New Exploits of Western Lesbians This collection of four novellas was a finalist at the 2008 Golden Crown Literary Society Awards for Lesbian Erotica. The book contains “Cowboys and Kisses” as well as...
In Deep Waters 1 at Curve Magazine
In Deep Waters Volume 1 / ReviewsThis winning combination gives us fantasy, romance and smut throughout....
Reader Comments about Car Pool
Car Pool / ReviewsCar Pool “…A solid, intriguing romance between a closeted white accountant and a Japanese-American environmental biologist.” – Lesbian Reader “I went along for the ride in Car Pool and the journey was well...
Lesbicanarias Review of En Aguas Profundas
In Deep Waters Volume 1 / ReviewsLesbicanarias: mis opiniones sobre el libro Pero dejémonos de rodeos y hablemos de el libro, ¿vale la pena o no? pues como todo en esta vida, depende y ¿depende de qué? Pues por ejemplo si estás buscando un libro que leer en esos ra...
Finders Keepers at The Lesbian Review
Finders Keepers / ReviewsFinders Keepers is a rare gem that should be treasured and revisited regularly.
All the Wrong Places at Wishing Well
All the Wrong Places / ReviewsThis is a delightful Bella After Dark story full of steamy sex and strong emotional realizations. Fitness trainer Brandy Monsoon, who works for a resort in coastal Florida, has her pick of beautiful women… As her life changes in...
Sugar at Wishing Well
Sugar / ReviewsThis cute novel held me enthralled wondering who cake designer Sugar Sorenson would end up with — beautiful TV producer Emily Dorsett, hunky butch firefighter Charlie Bronson, or wonderful Goddess-child Tree Racine. Though plagued with...
Reader Comments about Painted Moon
Painted Moon / Reviews“Kallmaker teases the reader, building enough romantic tension to melt an iceberg.” – Jeanne “…Classic Kallmaker elements with interesting characters, wry wit and steamy love scenes.” – MJ...
18th and Castro at In the Know
18th and Castro / ReviewsIt’s hard enough to find erotica for lesbians and harder still to find depictions of what we do that are realistic. To find a collection of exceptionally written short stories that convey sex, love and romance the way that most lesbian...
Frosting on the Cake 2 – LesFic Readers Choice Winner!
Frosting on the Cake Volume 2 / AwardsFrosting on the Cake 2: Second Helpings Winner of 2010 Favorite Anthology/Story Collection as voted by member of the Lesbian Fiction Readers Choice Awards....
Reader Comments about 18th and Castro / 16 Shades of Lesbian Love
18th and Castro / Reviews“With sensuously skillful caresses of erotic imagery, Ms. Kallmaker reminds us that each of us leaves an impression on those around us, knowingly or not.” – Lois “While every story is a little different, some...
Reader Comments about One Degree of Separation
One Degree of Separation / ReviewsAll my life I have had the hots for librarians....
18th and Castro – Lammy Finalist
18th and Castro / Awards18th and Castro Finalist for the 2006 Lambda Literary Awards: Best LGBT Erotica....
Just Like That – Lammy Finalist
Just Like That / AwardsJust Like That Finalist for the 2005 Lambda Literary Awards: Best Lesbian Romance....
Car Pool at Small Press Magazine
Car Pool / Reviews“Car Pool is … a delicious romance with just a hint of intrigue … an uncommonly realistic romance, one that surmounts class, race and closets.” – Small Press Magazine...
Above Temptation – Goldie Winner!
Above Temptation / AwardsAbove Temptation Winner of a Goldie award for Best Lesbian Romance at the Golden Crown Literary Society’s 2011 Awards Ceremony....
Captain of Industry at Lambda Literary Review
Captain of Industry / ReviewsCaptain of Industry is subtle and engaging, a Kallmaker love story with the kind of angst to which we can probably all relate...
Love by the Numbers at the Lesbian Reading Room
Love by the Numbers / ReviewsThis had my dopamine, seratonin and oxytocin levels creeping higher and higher......
Painted Moon at Lambda Book Report
Painted Moon / ReviewsA classic Kallmaker romance – as steamy as readers like it to be. Lambda Book Report Painted Moon – Karin Kallmaker...
Reader Comments about In Every Port
In Every Port / Reviews“…The story line is very captivating.” – Dobbie “I love a book where the women are strong and commanding. It was a GREAT read and I couldn’t put it down.” – Patricia “I love reading...
Sugar at MegaScene
Sugar / ReviewsSugar is another delightful romance from a great lesbian romance writer. Kallmaker has won the Lambda Literary Award for Maybe This Time (also published by Bella Books). With Sugar she gives the reader a light, frothy story that is...
Reader Comments about Sleight of Hand
Sleight of Hand / Reviews“…Best piece of lesbian-written lesbian-centered fantasy I’ve read in years. The story is flawless, the writing exceptional and greatly moving.” – A Customer “I don’t want to raise...
Comfort and Joy at the Lesbian Reading Room
Comfort and Joy / ReviewsA delightful, gentle tale of an unexpected connection......
“Butch,” “Salt,” and “Steam” at the Lesbian Reading Room
Butch Across the Hall / Ice and Fire / Salt - A Story / Steam Across the Hall / ReviewsExquisite writing, extremely fiery sex, great characterisation despite the length and a totally enjoyable read....
10 Quick and Easy Salads at the Lesbian Review
10 Quick and Easy Salads+2 / ReviewsOne of my favourites! Charming and wonderfully written....
Kiss that Counted – Lammy Winner!
Kiss That Counted / AwardsThe Kiss that Counted Winner of the 2008 Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Romance....
All the Wrong Places – Goldie Finalist
All the Wrong Places / AwardsAll the Wrong Places Finalist at the 2006 Golden Crown Literary Society Awards: Best Lesbian Romance....
Above Temptation – LesFic Readers Choice Winner!
Above Temptation / AwardsAbove Temptation Winner of 2010 Favorite Adventure Book as voted by member of the Lesbian Fiction Readers Choice Awards....
Anna Furtado reviews Warming Trend
Warming Trend / ReviewsThe broken relationship between Eve and Ani will have the reader on tenterhooks until the end....
Kiss that Counted – LesFic Readers Choice Winner!
Kiss That Counted / AwardsThe Kiss that Counted Winner of 2008 Favorite Romance Book as voted by member of the Lesbian Fiction Readers Choice Awards....
Sugar – Goldie Winner!
Sugar / AwardsSugar Winner for Best Lesbian Romance “Goldie” at the Golden Crown Literary Society 2005 awards ceremony....
Stonewall Library and Archives Distinguished Author Series
EPHEMERA / Other Cool StuffThe Distinguished Author program brings authors to the Library and Archives located in Fort Lauderdale, to standing room only audiences....
Jean Stewart Reviews Seeds of Fire
Seeds of Fire / Reviews“In this book, a middle story, Kallmaker has extended her scope and her technique to a new level. A skilled craftswoman and bard has evolved into an artist. She is doing more in this book than telling a story about friends, power...
Reader Comments about Touchwood
Touchwood / ReviewsOne of the few books about a older woman with a younger woman. Both sensitive and serious as well as filled with humor....
Reader Comments about “Do Overs Plus Two More”
Do Overs + 2 / ReviewsAn excellent writer, with lots of experience, and it shows....
Stepping Stone – Lammy Finalist
Stepping Stone / AwardsStepping Stone Finalist for a 2009 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Romance....
Unforgettable at MegaScene
Unforgettable / ReviewsKallmaker has been called the ‘Queen of Lesbian Romance.’ With her novel, Unforgettable, Kallmaker holds on to her well-deserved title. The joy of her novels, however, is not just the sex and romance, but the underlying...
Sugar at Books to Watch Out For
Sugar / ReviewsEven when Karin Kallmaker tries to whip up some bit of frothy dessert — as in Sugar — she still spins out a sweet — but not saccharine — story. – Books To Watch Out For! Les Fic Edition #14...
Reader Comments about The Dawning
Dawning / Reviews“I got goosebumps when Amanda gets her chance to rewrite history, and I so wanted her to succeed!” – Reader “Being a descendant of First Generation Americans, I am impressed by this attention to detail. Plus,...
Just Like That at Family & Friends
Just Like That / Reviews“Kallmaker has done it again with Just Like That. She has created a marvelous story of two head-strong women, Syrah Ardani and Toni Blanchard, whose fates are more braided together than grape wine, all set against the Napa Valley...
All the Wrong Places at MegaScene
All the Wrong Places / Reviews...A winsome heroine, hot sex, and an interesting plot....
Unforgettable at Lambda Book Report
Unforgettable / ReviewsInside the pages of a romance women can find themselves, reveal unhealthy pasts, and discover solutions for anything from troublesome adolescents to unsavory murders. Are romances escape fiction? You bet! Does Unforgettable, a lesbian...
Christabel at MegaScene
Christabel / Reviews“Christabel is part ghost story and part a traditional tale of good and evil. It is a story told over time, going back and forth from the days of colonial America to the modern business and financial district of New York City. It is also...
Roller Coaster at C-Spot Reviews
Roller Coaster / ReviewsI enjoyed the dialogue as well as the minor characters in the story....
Unforgettable at the Lesbian Review of Books
Unforgettable / ReviewsThe kind of indestructible and talented woman we all dream we could be - much like Molly Bolt in Rubyfruit Jungle....
Substitute for Love at Book Marks
Substitute for Love / ReviewsThe lesbian hybrid of Joyce Carol Oates and Danielle Steele....
Touchwood at Bay Windows
Touchwood / ReviewsTouchwood explores… with a deft, sensitive touch. It’s a wonderful book…truly outstanding. – Bay Windows...
Reader Comments about Above Temptation
Above Temptation / ReviewsAbove Temptation “…An action-spy-story-mystery with dramatic possibilities and breathtaking plot developments.” – Gordon “The resolution is fun and the epilogue level finale is just optimistic enough that...
Reader Comments about Night Vision
Night Vision / Reviews“It is science fiction but it was not over the top. I often could see where it was going, but it still kept me enthralled. The ending actually choked me up.” – L. “The ending was moving and very satisfying....
Maybe Next Time at Midwest Review of Books
Maybe Next Time / ReviewsScientists who map the human brain have discovered that when most people hear music, their pleasure centers are stimulated in the brain. When musicians hear music, their language centers are stimulated. For violin virtuoso Sabrina Starli...
Recensione da La siepe di more
Substitute for Love / Reviews...In bilico tra il romantico e della blanda letteratura lesbica....
All the Wrong Places at the Lesbian Review
All the Wrong Places / Reviews...Steamy sex, family drama, and all the angst you could hope for with a main character falling for her straight best friend....
Touchwood and Watermark at Bay Area Reporter
Touchwood / Watermark / ReviewsKallmaker has a sure sense of the power of language and of the power of eros. The two are combined in scenes that left me gasping … with pleasure. Touchwood … is a wonderfully written, wonderfully entertaining novel. That...
Reader Comments about Sugar
Sugar / Reviews“…While Sugar herself is indecisive and founders a bit in trying to decide what love is and isn’t, when it comes to what’s right for her family, doing the right thing, she doesn’t hesitate.” –...
Reader Comments about Maybe Next Time
Maybe Next Time / Reviews“…Uplifting, touching, wrenching, heartbreaking.” – A Customer “This is a romance that reads like saga, is structured like a mystery, and is written with an ear for music. By the way, the [physcial] scenes...
Painted Moon at the Lesbian Review of Books
Painted Moon / ReviewsPainted Moon is a classic that could very well become the next Curious Wine. Lesbian Review of Books Painted Moon – Karin Kallmaker...
Kiss that Counted – Ann Bannon Popular Choice Winner!
Kiss That Counted / AwardsThe Kiss that Counted Winner of a Golden Crown Literary Society Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award at the Golden Crown Literary Society’s 2009 awards ceremony. This award is voted on by the Society’s membership in an annual poll....
Alice B Readers Lifetime Achievement Medal
AwardsIt simply reads “In Appreciation” The Alice B. Award for Lifetime Achievement comes from a group of dedicated readers in Arizona who every year name veteran writers and debut authors as Medalists and Lavender Award...
Reader Comments about Frosting on the Cake 2
Frosting on the Cake Volume 2 / Reviews“The stories are well-crafted and the characters are engaging. This collection is a great way to sample Ms. Kallmaker’s work…” – Ruth “The styles range from humorous to serious to erotic and visit a...
Maybe Next Time at the Lesbian Review
Maybe Next Time / ReviewsA brilliant book. I loved every moment of it....
La Belle Eprise Critique – Universe-L
Finders Keepers / Reviews(…) J’apprécie les romans de Karin Kallmaker parce qu’au-delà de l’histoire d’amour lesbienne, il y a une vraie profondeur. Autant le dire tout de suite, j’ai adoré ce livre que j’ai dévoré en quelques heures ce week-end. (…) Sans...
Comfort and Joy at Dear Author
Comfort and Joy / Reviews“…The spark of sexual interest is clearly there and only requires the opportunity and time for Milla and Tyna to act on their desire and need for the other. I liked that neither woman appears to simply be scratching an itch or...
Reader Comments about In Deep Waters 1
In Deep Waters Volume 1 / ReviewsThese stories are great as stand alone and as surprise returns of characters I had read before....
18th and Castro – Goldie Winner!
18th and Castro / Awards18th and Castro Winner of a Goldie award for Best Lesbian Erotica at the Golden Crown Literary Society’s 2007 Awards Ceremony....
18th and Castro at In News Weekly
18th and Castro / ReviewsOne pleasure of reading a Kallmaker novel – she’s written 20-plus – is that her fiction hasn’t fallen into a formulaic rut. There are assured givens in every book: lesbians and love. And, first with All the...
Warming Trend at Just About Write
Warming Trend / ReviewsKallmaker has given her fans a beautifully written novel, complete with breathtaking descriptions of Alaska. Hers is not the Alaska of the cruise lines, but the heart of Alaska, with particular attention to its glaciers, ice, and norther...
In Deep Waters Volume 1 – LesFic Readers Choice Winner!
In Deep Waters Volume 1 / AwardsIn Deep Waters Volume 1: Cruising the Seas Winner of 2007 Favorite Erotica Book as voted by member of the Lesbian Fiction Readers Choice Awards. Co-authored with Radclyffe....
Seeds of Fire – Lammy Finalist
Seeds of Fire / AwardsSeeds of Fire Finalist for a 2002 Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Fantasy....
Sugar at WomanSpace
Sugar / ReviewsSugar is an apt title for this little book of fluff from author Kallmaker. It’s light, sweet and easily read. That’s not bad praise for an upbeat romance that begins with a house fire that threatens a woman’s...
Love by the Numbers at the Lambda Literary Review
Love by the Numbers / ReviewsLove by the Numbers is another win for Kallmaker to the delight of readers everywhere… The love story is engaging and is filled with just the right amount of tension to make the nerve endings buzz… It’s also filled with that...
Reader Comments about Just Like That
Just Like That / ReviewsIt wasn't that long ago I thought romance novels had nothing to offer a sophisticated reader. I was wrong......
Above Temptation – Lammy Finalist
All the Wrong Places / AwardsAbove Temptation Finalist for the 2010 Lambda Literary Awards: Best Lesbian Romance....
18th and Castro – LesFic Readers Choice Winner!
18th and Castro / Awards18th and Castro Winner of 2006 Favorite Anthology/Story Collection as voted by member of the Lesbian Fiction Readers Choice Awards....
Frosting on the Cake 2 – Goldie Winner!
Frosting on the Cake Volume 2 / AwardsFrosting on the Cake 2: Second Helpings Winner of a Goldie award for Best Lesbian Short Stories at the Golden Crown Literary Society’s 2011 Awards Ceremony....
Once Upon a Dyke – Lammy Finalist
Fish Out of Water / AwardsOnce Upon a Dyke: New Exploits of Fairy Tale Lesbians This collection of four novellas was a finalist at the 2004 Lambda Literary Awards for LGBT Fantasy. The book contains “Fish Out of Water” as well as novellas by Barbara...
Night Vision at the Bay Area Reporter
Night Vision / ReviewsIf anyone had suggested to me that I would have been moved and enthralled by a fictional alien encounter, I would never have believed it, but there you have it. Go figure… I especially enjoyed the ways these dykes pitched in to...
Just Like That at MegaScene
Just Like That / Reviews“…Another delightful read. This one takes place in the Napa Valley wine country. It’s filled with wonderful characters, including a “play the field” butch who finally finds the woman to steal her heart,...
Reader Comments about Roller Coaster
Roller Coaster / Reviews“I devoured it- couldn’t put it down because I had to know where the story was going.” – Lira “It was not too light that a reader could not connect but not too thorough that the reader would feel...
“If Only They Knew” at the Lesbian Reading Room
If Only They Knew / ReviewsBrilliant and fun and delightfully well done. Made me smile and dream of such a love....
Frosting on the Cake Volume 1 at Lambda Book Report
Frosting on the Cake Volume 1 / Reviews“I started with And Now a Word…or Two, and ate the whole thing, buttercream rose and all, savoring every bite.” – Carol Rosenfeld for Lambda Book Report...
Seeds of Fire at Book Marks
Seeds of Fire / Reviews“The prolific Karin Kallmaker is blessed with a second bestselling persona. As ‘Laura Adams,’ she’s the author of magic-infused, time-shifting, other-worldly fables, the mesmerizing fifth of which is Seeds of...
Reader Comments about The Kiss that Counted
Kiss That Counted / Reviews“The perfect mix of angst and comfort, with insights into and comments on the human condition, mixed with drama and romance… I was riveted.” – B. “I can’t imagine what more I’d want in this...
Paperback Romance at the Lesbrary
Paperback Romance / Reviews“…The book has good things to say about staying true to yourself (once you figure out what that is). Of the three characters in the triangle, only Carolyn (and Samantha, the woman in love with Alison who keeps that...
Maybe Next Time – Lammy Winner!
Maybe Next Time / AwardsMaybe Next Time Winner of the 2003 Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Romance....
The Kiss that Counted at Lambda Book Report
Kiss That Counted / Reviews“Full of suspense and mystery, award-winning Karin Kallmaker pens another page-turner that draws the reader in with her deeply moving characters and storytelling.” – Cecilia Martin, Oscar Wilde Bookstore, for Lambda...
Night Vision at the Lesbian Review of Books
Night Vision / ReviewsBut where the author really shines is what she does for love....
Reader Comments about Captain of Industry
Captain of Industry / ReviewsThis was my first Karin Kallmaker book but now I'm hooked......
Substitute for Love at the Lesbian Review
Substitute for Love / ReviewsTop 10 Lesbian Romances list...
Night Vision at Mystery Buff Magazine
Night Vision / Reviews“There’s no murder to solve, but that doesn’t mean it’s not mysterious… The premise for the story is interesting and imaginative. The friendship and humor that develops as the group of women search for...
Captain of Industry at Rainbow Reviews
Captain of Industry / ReviewsFor as much as I thought I disliked both women for different reasons, Kallmaker sucked me in with deeper character analysis that left me cheering them both on in the last few chapters....
Just Like That at Golden Threads
Just Like That / Reviews“…Sparks have been created and things happen that were definitely not planned. A sweet romance for a rainy afternoon.” – Golden Threads...
Substitute for Love at Womyn’s Words
Substitute for Love / ReviewsI’ve never been big on reading romance novels, which is why I’m so surprised to come to the revelation that I’m hooked on Karin Kallmaker’s books… Substitute for Love is no exception. It doesn’t seem...
Reader Comments about Stepping Stone
Stepping Stone / Reviews“…Readable, delightful and romantic. As all her books are.” – Gordon “Great read. I just want to keep reading. I would love a sequel.” – April “…The humor is as always spot...
Unforgettable at Celebrate!
Unforgettable / ReviewsKarin Kallmaker takes the reader through a fascinating and totally believable roller coaster with unexpected complications and intriguing plot twists as two women, passionately attracted to each other, search for a way for their...
Trailblazer – Golden Crown Literary Society
Awards2011 Trailblazer Award from the Golden Crown Literary Society Previous Trailblazers include Ann Bannon, Sarah Aldridge, Jane Rule, Katherine V. Forrest, Lee Lynch and Ellen Hart. The Trailblazer Award is given to a lesbian writer for...
Libera Me – Critique GayVox
Wild Things / Reviews“(…) Karin Kallmaker est connue pour être la reine du roman lesbien sentimental anglo-saxon… La dame mérite son titre, car on est très loin des récits à l’eau de rose surannée, avec sentiments dégoulinants de...
Stepping Stone at Dear Author
Stepping Stone / ReviewsThe filmmaking details were fascinating to me... The behind-the-scenes added to the story without getting in the way....
Lesbicanarias Review of Inolvidable
Unforgettable / Reviews“El primer punto positivo que le encontré al libro fue la edad de las protagonistas, y es que ha sido un placer tener la oportunidad de leer una historia sobre mujeres en sus cuarentas. Eso le ha dado una dimensión distinta al libro y ...
Reader Comments about Love by the Numbers
Love by the Numbers / Reviews“I could not put it down until I’d read it cover to cover.” – Silverlock “Love By The Numbers is not only a fantastic addition to her body of work, but it also ranks among my favorites of all-time.” – Fantasmic “I truly enjoyed this stor...
The Kiss that Counted Review by Konnys Lesbenseiten
Kiss That Counted / ReviewsTreue Kallmaker-Leserinnen wissen es längst, allen anderen sei es verraten: die Expertin für Liebesschmökerromanzen macht es ihren Liebenden nicht leicht, lässt ihre Ladies immer erstmal leiden, hat aber dennoch ein großes, weites Herz...
Substitute for Love – Lammy Finalist
Substitute for Love / AwardsSubstitute for Love Finalist for a 2001 Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Romance. This was the first year that a category for Romance was included by the LLF....
L-Word.de reviews Tanz auf dem Eis
Warming Trend / Reviews“Love on the Rocks. Oder: Ganz heiß auf (dem) Eis – das hätte auch als Titel gepasst für „Tanz auf dem Eis“, dem jüngst auf Deutsch erschienenen Karin-Kallmaker-Roman. Die Happy-End-Garantin schafft es spielend, mit Hilfe von...
Reader Comments about Finders Keepers
Finders Keepers / Reviews“It is remarkable that while reading this novel, I laughed and sometimes choked back tears. I don’t think you can ask more than that of a good book, or from a very good writer.” – Bett “I would encourage...
Sleight of Hand at Lambda Book Report
Sleight of Hand / Reviews“In Sleight of Hand…complicated plot elements are handled beautifully by Kallmaker Adams; the story continues to build in suspense as it heads towards its climax.” – Lambda Book Report...
Once Upon a Dyke at Wishing Well
Fish Out of Water / ReviewsSpeaking of Karin Kallmaker – what a story she has crafted this anthology! An erotic Little Mermaid, Kallmaker’s [A Fish Out of Water] tells how mermaids can infect humans with incredible, terminal longing. The twist is...
Love by the Numbers at Frivolous Views
Love by the Numbers / Reviews“Love by the Numbers is another of Kallmaker’s books that has been added to my ‘re-read’ pile… Kallmaker’s writing is so vivid – she paints the picture so wonderfully it’s as if I’m right there with the...
Painted Moon at the Midwest Review of Books
Painted Moon / ReviewsPainted Moon has what this reader considers classic Kallmaker elements with interesting characters, wry wit and steamy love scenes. (Some of the images of Jackie and Leah have lingered in my mind for years.) If you missed this title...
LJ Maas Memorial Award
AwardsIn Recognition of Mentorship Awarded by the Executive Director of the Golden Crown Literary Society, the LJ Maas Memorial Award was presented as “recognition of your mentorship of young writers and your commitment and dedication...
Reader Comments about Comfort and Joy
Comfort and Joy / Reviews“…Warm, fun and real characters. The intimacy is likewise real. The humor is my favorite part…” – Cassidy “The relationship between the two women has been developed with a lot of thought. I really...
Bell, Book and Dyke at Golden Threads
Unbeliever / Reviews“Some magic both in and out of relationships, some amusing twists on both magic and Druidism, and totally enjoyable for those who have a more esoteric bent. Great fun to read!” – Golden Threads...
Reader Comments about Warming Trend
Warming Trend / Reviews“For sure an easy five stars!” – Shabba “The setting – Alaska with its ice and northern lights – was different and vividly described. The way the main characters felt about each other, their...
Embrace in Motion at MegaScene
Embrace in Motion / Reviews“Kallmaker, the author of several record-breaking best sellers, has once again proven her skill at creating characters that engage the interest of the reader.” – R. Lynne Watson for MegaScene...
Wild Things at On Our Own
Wild Things / ReviewsA tale of romance, with just enough hot sex to keep it interesting, Wild Things will brighten the day for all of the truly romantic-at-heart.. – On Our Own...
Jean Stewart reviews Sleight of Hand
Sleight of Hand / Reviews“There is simply no way to describe the plot in the abbreviated manner necessary for this review without making a jumble of a cohesive, tightly-knit and dynamic tale. READ THE BOOK. Sleight of Hand…the best Kallmaker...
Love by the Numbers – Lammy Finalist
Love by the Numbers / AwardsLove by the Numbers Finalist for the 2014 Lambda Literary Awards: Best Lesbian Romance....
Reader Comments about Wild Things
Wild Things / Reviews“Most of all, I love that both these women are smart, and it shows in all they do.” – A Customer “The love scenes are intense and tender, the story truly touching.” – Lesbian Reader “This one...
Roller Coaster at the Lesbrary
Roller Coaster / Reviews“As Laura and Helen encounter romantic challenges with other people, Kallmaker quietly but effectively sets the stage for their relationship as they live and work together in a family setting. But there are still several secrets...
Captain of Industry at the Lesbian Reading Room
Captain of Industry / ReviewsExtremely well written in classic Kallmaker style, with a great supporting cast of friends and colleagues and a fascinating exploration on the social scene these women inhabit......
Just Like That – Goldie Winner!
Just Like That / AwardsJust Like That Winner of a Goldie award for Best Lesbian Romance at the Golden Crown Literary Society’s 2006 Awards Ceremony....
Libera Me – Critique Monchoix.net
Wild Things / Reviews” (…) c’est bien mené, bien écrit… avec la dose de romantisme nécessaire… Et finalement, tous ces ingrédients mis ensemble en font un livre qui se lit facilement, et qui, encore une fois, fait rêver. (…) “ Monchoix.net...
18th and Castro at Lambda Book Report
18th and Castro / ReviewsAward-winning author Karin Kallmaker comes up with another hot, steamy, erotic and engaging book for us romantics at heart. 18th & Castro tells the story of the occupants of a particular building on a Halloween night in the Castro, where...
Reader Comments about “Unbeliever”
Unbeliever / Reviews“Karin Kallmaker turned me on with a character’s memory early in the story, then left me in tears by the end – and yet feeling unbelievably positive and hopeful about, well, the universe.” – Collie...
Captain of Industry at the Lesbian Review
Captain of Industry / ReviewsI expect a lot from Kallmaker and she delivered a good romance with interesting characters and a plot line that left me mulling it over for days....
Just Like That at Midwest Book Review
Just Like That / Reviews“Austen fans will recognize several familiar names in Just Like That. Bennett, Netherfield, Jane and Bingley are among the names and characters borrowed from Pride and Prejudice and some of the structure of the story is similar...
Night Vision – Top Five of the Year at BAR
Night Vision / ReviewsBibliophile’s Bounty: Night Vision, Laura Adams [Karin Kallmaker] — Top Five of the year! – Bay Area Reporter...
Reader Comments about Cowboys and Kisses
Cowboys and Kisses / Reviews“Karin Kallmaker managed to break my heart with her story Cowboys and Kisses about a frontier whore.” Constant...
Stepping Stone at Just About Write
Stepping Stone / ReviewsThis novel was a sheer pleasure and joy to read. The insights of Hollywood, the location shooting in Spain, the power moves, who the players are and how to become one – this novel was sheer delight… So many perfect moments! When Selena g...
All the Wrong Places at Loving Venus – Loving Mars
All the Wrong Places / Reviews“What I really enjoyed about All The Wrong Places is that it was a nice slow build to a sweet love story between Brandy and Tess. I love it when I’m reading and half way through I’m really dying for two people to get together,...
Reader Comments about Substitute for Love
Substitute for Love / Reviews“…Genuine characters with a spellbinding plot!” – Jeanne “I am in utter awe of how KK weaves mathematical concepts in Holly’s internal dialogue to illustrate the character’s emotional state,...
Comfort and Joy at the Lesbian Review
Comfort and Joy / ReviewsI’ll be reading this one again next year....
Unforgettable at Journal of Lesbian Studies
Unforgettable / ReviewsThe book’s underlying message is one of lesbian empowerment… Kallmaker’s reign as “queen of lesbian romance” no doubt will continue. – Journal of Lesbian Studies...
Castle Wrath at The Lesbian Review
Castle Wrath / ReviewsCastle Wrath is the fun, erotic horror lesbian rewrite of Northanger Abbey that we never knew we needed.
Paperback Romance at Celebrate!
Paperback Romance / Reviews“This, friends, is good reading.” – Judy Lawrence, Celebrate!...
Reader Comments about Christabel
Christabel / Reviews“The resolution is electric and quite, quite satisfactory.” – Lesbian Reader “Love can conquer anything, even time and always evil. That’s the message of this book, which I could not put down.”...
All the Wrong Places at Lambda Book Report
All the Wrong Places / ReviewsKallmaker gently pokes fun at and pays homage to the paperback romance novels of the past; in [Erotica] she does the same. We have a physical fitness trainer at a Florida resort, where sexual conquests of a very transient nature are abun...
In Deep Waters Volume 1 – Goldie Winner!
In Deep Waters Volume 1 / AwardsIn Deep Waters Volume 1: Cruising the Seas Winner of a Goldie award for Best Lesbian Erotica at the Golden Crown Literary Society’s 2008 Awards Ceremony. Co-authored with Radclyffe....