bella books Archives

August 8, 2011 1 min read

The authors introduce Guin Marcus, LAPD cop and closet psychic. Guin is involved with her sergeant, Cheryl Jones, who is...

‘Leaving L.A.’ by Kate Christie

Pamela Bigelow

Fiction Reviews Romance

August 3, 2011 2 min read

In Leaving L.A., author Kate Christie introduces Eleanor Chapin, who put her plans to become a child psychologist on hold...

‘For Me and My Gal’ by Robbi McCoy

Pamela Bigelow

Reviews Romance

July 25, 2011 2 min read

Shelby Pratt was fired from her waitressing job at an upscale restaurant because a diner took umbrage with the service...

Bits & Pieces: Summer 2011

Victoria Brownworth

Features Mystery Reviews

June 7, 2011 7 min read

Hot Summer Mysteries The lazy hazy crazy days of summer are upon us and who isn’t ready for some really...

‘Wildfire’ by Lynn James

Pamela Bigelow

Reviews Romance

May 4, 2011 1 min read

In Lynn James’ first outing, Wildfire (Bella Books), Captain Elaine Thomas works for the National Forest Service. She has sworn...

New in April: Susie Bright & Susan Sontag

Antonio Gonzalez Cerna

Features News

April 4, 2011 7 min read

April is National Poetry Month Susie Bright (LLA winner) has a new memoir out this month. Arthur Levine, Lesléa Newman and...

‘Jukebox’ by Gina Noelle Daggett

Desiree Diaz

Reviews Romance

March 14, 2011 2 min read

When one thinks of a “coming-of-age” story, it is often a span of short years—perhaps from adolescence to the beginning...

New in March: Bachardy, Vidal, Jansson

Antonio Gonzalez Cerna

Features News

March 7, 2011 10 min read

& Books Not Found Anywhere Else Compiling this list every month is bar none my most challenging duty. Gathering a...

‘End of the Rope’ by Jackie Calhoun

Pamela Bigelow

Reviews Romance

January 6, 2011 1 min read

Jackie Calhoun’s End of the Rope focuses on Meg, whose dream of owning her own horse stable is coming true....

New In January: Toibin, Levithan & Rich

Antonio Gonzalez Cerna

Features

January 3, 2011 3 min read

How beautiful the turning of the year! If, like many of us, you made a resolution to read more books...

Reviews

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Random

A Poem by Octavio R. González

Features

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

Interviews

Bonds & Boundaries: A Conversation with Dale Corvino

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

“What if it was both and all of the above?”: An interview with CJ Hauser

Excerpts

An Excerpt from Sleep Tight Satellite: Stories by Carol Guess

Read This! Excerpt from the delicacy of embracing spirals by mimi tempestt

Read This! Excerpt from American Gospel by Miah Jeffra

‘InSight of the Seer’ by Linda Anderson and Sara Marx

‘Leaving L.A.’ by Kate Christie

‘For Me and My Gal’ by Robbi McCoy

Bits & Pieces: Summer 2011

‘Wildfire’ by Lynn James

New in April: Susie Bright & Susan Sontag

‘Jukebox’ by Gina Noelle Daggett

New in March: Bachardy, Vidal, Jansson

‘End of the Rope’ by Jackie Calhoun

New In January: Toibin, Levithan & Rich

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

The High Stakes of Young Adulthood: A Review of Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas

People Collide by Isle McElroy: A Review

Reviewing Bad Gays; or how we use the past to shape the future

A Review of Cassandra Khaw’s The Salt Grows Heavy

If property is theft, then what is a photograph? A Review of The Unintended by Monica Huerta