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libraryleopard · 2 months

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an island princess starts a scandal by adriana herrera (canary street press, 2023)

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pridepages · 1 year

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e-ARC Review: An Island Princess Starts a Scandal

A HUGE thank you to Netgalley and Harlequin Trade for providing me an eARC in exchange for an honest review!

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

GOODREADS SYNOPSIS: Manuela del Carmen Caceres Galvan is soon to be trapped in a loveless marriage. Invited to show her paintings at the 1889 Exposition Universelle came at the perfect time, Manuela has given herself one last summer of freedom in Paris. Cora Kempf Bristol, Duchess of Sundridge, is known for her ruthlessness in business. She chases power to secure her position among her rivals. There is an opportunity to secure it with the purchase of land for a railway. How difficult could it be to convince the mercurial Miss Caceres Galvan to part with land she’s sworn never to sell? Tempted by Cora’s offer, Manuela proposes a trade: her beloved land for a summer with the duchess in her corner of Paris. A taste of the wild, carefree world that will soon be out of her reach. What follows thrills and terrifies Cora, igniting desires the duchess long thought dead. As they fill their days indulging in a shared passion for the arts and their nights with dark and delicious deeds, the happiness that seemed impossible moves within reach…though claiming it would cause the greatest scandal Paris has seen in decades.

RELEASE DATE: May 30, 2023

See my full review under the cut!

What better way to close Lesbian Visibility Week than with a review of a steamy sapphic romance you won’t want to miss?

An Island Princess Starts a Scandal is actually a second book in a series. Adriana Herrera first introduced readers to most of the cast in book one of Las Leonas: A Caribbean Heiress in Paris. While you don’t need to read the first installment to understand or enjoy the second, I do caution readers who are afraid of spoilers to start from the beginning. There is an overlapping timeline which naturally leads to minor spoilers for the first installment.

That said, let’s get right to the good stuff.

I adored this book! Manuela and Cora are clearly founded in some time-honored romcom tropes (example: sunshine one loves grumpy one). But they bring fully realized backstories and personalities that prevent them from feeling like placeholders. Neither woman is perfect. Each has her flaws that get in her way. Manuela is simultaneously impulsive and flighty but still terrified to free herself from her controlling, homophobic family. Cora is generous and courageous, but she can also be highhanded and controlling. Each has to work on herself in order to make their love successful, and Herrera gives them both the necessary scope to do so.

I also enjoyed the way that Herrera clearly used research into the era to ground her story in actual history. Though I complain frequently about the fact that it’s hard to find happy sapphics and electricity in the same story, I do have to admit that it was a joy to see Herrera make use of a real, thriving, and loving queer community for her fiction. Not all of history is about pain and homophobia. We’ve always been here, and we’ve always found ways to bring our light to the world.

Finally, I salute the way that Herrera writes the actual acts of women loving women. Cora and Manuela are described in real ways. They are bodies that one can actually picture instead of imagining some idealized barbie doll forms. And Cora and Manuela describe each other’s realistic bodies with genuine desire. Their sexual encounters feel grounded in a genuinely sapphic perspective. This isn’t meant to titillate pruriently curious straight people. These are two women who adore every inch of each other and do so fearlessly. The reader can feel their love--and attraction--in every description.

So, if you’re looking for a steamy, tender romance full of love and joy? I can’t recommend this book strongly enough. It’s the perfect way to kickstart Pride for women who love women.

#an island princess starts a scandal #adriana herrera #las leonas #earc review #sapphic #wlw #lesbian #lgbt reads #queer lit

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hlurz · 1 year

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Necesito que la Scaloneta le gane el viernes a Países Bajos, entre otras cosas, para vengar a Las Leonas (que perdieron la final del Mundial este año) porque la carita de llanto de Belén Succi no se me olvida

#no cazo un fulbo #las leonas #parece que ahora soy polideportiva

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mtonino · 4 months

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Cinediario 2023 - agosto

Las Leonas (2022) Isabel Achaval, Chiara Bondi

#cinediario 2023 #agosto #las leonas #isabel achaval #chiara bondi

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bethly126 · 8 months

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Quick Review: A Caribbean Heiress in Paris by Adriana Herrera

This was lovely. I really enjoyed reading about Luz Alana and Evan’s romance. It just was the fluffy romance I was looking for. Luz Alana is an heiress to a Rum fortune from the Dominican Republic. She and her 2 best friends and younger sister have come to Paris to expand her Rum into the European markets during the World’s fair. However, not many men are willing to do business with a women. Meet…

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#readmorediversebooks #a Caribbean heiress in paris #adriana herrera #beth reads #bethlylou reads #bethylou reads #Diverse Authors #diverse lives #Diverse Narrators #diverse stacks #Diverse Stacks #Diverse Lives #las leonas #Review #romance

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neverthetwinsshallmeet · 1 year

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Do you like ROMANCE NOVELS? Do you like HISTORY? Then surely you’ll like our most recent episode on historical romance novels!

#a caribbean heiress in paris #las leonas #adriana herrera #the siren of sussex #mimi matthews #the queer principles of kit webb #cab sebastian #the duke who didn't #courtney milan #wedgeford trials #the lady's guide to celestial mechanics #olivia waite #feminine pursuits #captain's log #never the twins shall meet #podcasts

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cgus2014 · 2 years

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Belén Succi: personalidad destacada de San Isidro

Fue arquera de la selección argentina de hockey sobre césped hasta julio de este año, fecha en la que se retiró. Este año, asimismo, obtuvo el reconocimiento de Mejor Arquera del campeonato mundial 2022. Actualmente, además, mantiene el puesto de arquera en el Club Atlético River Plate. Nació en San Isidro y en la actualidad da clases en los campos deportivos municipales de la comuna. En el acto…

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#Belén Succi #hockey sobre césped #las leonas #posse #san isidro

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denorteanorte · 2 years

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Belén Succi: personalidad destacada de San Isidro

Fue arquera de la selección argentina de hockey sobre césped hasta julio de este año, fecha en la que se retiró. Este año, asimismo, obtuvo el reconocimiento de Mejor Arquera del campeonato mundial 2022. Actualmente, además, mantiene el puesto de arquera en el Club Atlético River Plate. Nació en San Isidro y en la actualidad da clases en los campos deportivos municipales de la comuna. En el acto…

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#Belén Succi #hockey sobre césped #las leonas #posse #san isidro

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informativoar · 2 years

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Las Leonas derrotaron a Inglaterra con lo justo y se clasificaron a las semifinales del Mundial

El seleccionado argentino de hockey sobre césped femenino venció hoy aInglaterra por 1-0 en el Estadio Olímpico de Terrassa y se clasificó a lassemifinales del XV Mundial que se está desarrollando en España y PaísesBajos.La delantera Victoria Granatto marcó el gol del triunfo al minuto delúltimo cuarto de un partido parejo, con desenlace feliz para el equipoargentino.Las dirigidas por Fernando…

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#Argentina #Clasificación #Hockey #Informativo #Las Leonas #Misiones #Mundial #Noticias #Noticias de Misiones

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venusphoriia · 3 months

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header image by Yunii from Amino !!

୨୧ ; ❛ percy jackson ❜

⤷ Clarisse La Rue

— The Second Act , loving you is her greatest weakness, but also her greatest desire.

— Drunken Tears and Soft Confessions , you drink away the pain, hoping it will eventually fill the void. It never does.

— Lovesick Denial , jealousy and denial, not really a good combo, is it?

— Maybe in Another Life , she honestly would’ve loved you.

୨୧ ; ❛ obey me ❜

⤷ Lucifer, Sin of Pride

— His Morning Star , obey me! yandere scenarios.

⤷ Mammon, Sin of Greed

— 0:53 am , in which you are finally reunited with your long lost lover.

୨୧ ; ❛ twisted wonderland ❜

⤷ Leona Kingscholar

— 2:43 am , in which, leona grows infatuated with you after a one night stand.

part ii

୨୧ ; ❛ dc comics ❜

⤷ Diana Prince (Wonder Woman)

— The Pain of Loving You , in the grief of losing one, she also lost you.

#percy jackson #obey me #twisted wonderland #clarisse x reader #clarisse la rue x y/n #clarisse x you #clarisse pjo #clarisse la rue x reader #clarisse la rue #leona kingscholar #leona kingscholar smut #leona kingscholar x reader smut #obey me lucifer #lucifer x reader #diana prince x you #diana prince x reader #dc comics #masterlist #masterlists

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f-smutt-fitzgerald · 1 year

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TWST CH. 6 Incorrect Quote: La Chancla

***🦐[End of Chapter 6 spoilers... Sorta]🦐***

🦐Yuu: *yanking off their shoe and yelling over the intercom* God dammit Idia! When I get down there I’m gonna whoop your ass so hard!

💀Overblot Idia at the door to the Underworld: It seems that Yuu is on the way as well? Fufufu, what does that magicless noob hope to accomplish once they get here? This is going to be easy…

🦐Yuu: *bursting through the door with mighty chancla in hand* How many times do I have to teach you lil’ shits this lesson!?

💀Idia: *trying to run away* EEEP!

🦐Yuu: *grabbing Idia and whacking him across the face with their shoe* STOP *slap* TRYING *slap* TO *slap* END *slap* THE *slap* WORLD *slap* DAMMIT!

[Vil, Leona, Jamil, Azul, Riddle, Rook, and Epel in the doorway watching as Yuu beats the shit out of Idia.]

🍎Epel: *nervously eyeing the others* Should… Should we help…?

👑Vil: *staring with awe* It… It looks like Yuu’s got it covered…

🍎Epel: No, I meant… Should we help Idia…?

[Idia trying to crawl away and Yuu pulling him back in to throw him across the room.]

🦐Yuu: I’m tired of you mother fuckin’ wizards and your mother fuckin’ bullshit!

🦁Leona: *stepping back nervously along with the others* Probably best that we stay out of this one…

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libraryleopard · 2 months

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Adult historical F/F romance novel set in Belle Epoque France

Heiress Manuela comes to Paris for one more summer of freedom before her arranged marriage and enters into a contract with the infamously ruthless Duchess Cora–one summer of Cora's guidance through the carefree lesbian scene of the city in exchange for selling a parcel of family land that Cora needs for her business ventures

But as the two of them grow closer during their summer of art and scandal, Manuela and Cora must decide if it's worth risking their contract–and their reputations–for love

Afro-Dominican-Venezuelan lesbian main character; Chilean lesbian main character

#this was really fun!#it felt very well researched (loved the author's note at the end) and is just so full of lesbian community and history #i'm excited for the third one now #oh btw this is the second in a series #you can read them separately though i did enjoy the first book #las leonas #an island princess starts a scandal #adriana herrera #lulu reads las leonas #lulu reads an island princess starts a scandal #books #2023 reads #lulu speaks #lulu reads

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yuri-is-online · 7 months

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