Our Books

  • A Field Guide to Deception
  • All in the Seasoning
  • Angels and Manners
  • Babies, Bikes and Broads
  • Bleeding Hearts
  • Blood Guilt
  • Booked for Murder
  • Cat Rising
  • Common Murder
  • Conferences are Murder
  • Dance in the Key of Love
  • Dawn of the Dance
  • Deadline for Murder
  • Dreams and Swords
  • For Now, For Always
  • Girls with Hammers
  • Greetings from Jamaica, Wish You Were Queer
  • Hostage to Murder
  • I Came Out For This?
  • Idaho Code
  • Last Chance at the Lost and Found
  • Legacy of Love
  • Love in the Balance
  • Mirrors
  • Miss McGhee
  • Mouths of Babes
  • Never Ending
  • Red Audrey and the Roping
  • Report for Murder
  • Risk
  • Stranded
  • Thicker than Water
  • Under the Witness Tree
  • Verge
  • What's Best for Jane

Featured

Spotlight: The Lindsay Gordon Series by Val McDermid Spotlight: The Lindsay Gordon Series by Val McDermid

Before Lindsay Gordon, there were sleuths who liked whiskey. And sleuths who liked cigarettes. And of course there were sleuths who liked women. The thing is, they were all men. Lindsay Gordon was the first lesbian. Out from the start, she strode fearlessly...  More →

Events

Sappho’s Salon Reading and Signing | Chicago Sappho’s Salon Reading and Signing | Chicago

Elana Dykewomon will be reading and signing as part of Sappho’s Salon at Women  More →

Saints and Sinners Literary Fesitval Saints and Sinners Literary Fesitval

Marianne K. Martin, Jill Malone, and Kelly Smith will be attending the Saints and  More →

Golden Crown Literary Conference Golden Crown Literary Conference

Marianne K. Martin, Z Egloff, Bett Norris, Joan Opyr, Marcia Finical, and Georgia  More →

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Newsletters

January 2010 January 2010

We love good books, just like you do January 2010 Welcome to Bywater Books   More →

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Authors

Cynn Chadwick Cynn Chadwick

CYNN CHADWICK was born and raised in New Jersey but has lived in the South for over  More →

Georgia Beers Georgia Beers

Georgia Beers just wants “to become the best writer I can be.” She already has  More →

Marcia Finical Marcia Finical

Marcia Finical was born and raised in Seattle and lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico,  More →

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News

Review: A Field Guide to Deception | outinprint.net Review: A Field Guide to Deception | outinprint.net

I love “iceberg” books like this – small and simple on the surface yet massive  More →

Review: Verge | Lesfic Underbelly Review: Verge | Lesfic Underbelly

Lesfic Underbelly has posted a rather animated review of Verge, by Z. Egloff. Check  More →

Kelly and Val on Women-Stirred Radio Kelly and Val on Women-Stirred Radio

Val McDermid and Kelly Smith were interviewed on Women-Stirred Radio on Feb 4, 2010.  More →

Review: A Field Guide to Deception | AfterEllen.com Review: A Field Guide to Deception | AfterEllen.com

Similar to Malone’s celebrated debut novel, Red Audrey and the Roping, her  More →

Review: Verge | Lambda Book Report Review: Verge | Lambda Book Report

In November, Lambda Literary News reviewed Verge, the first novel by Z Egloff, published  More →

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Submissions

Submission Form Submission Form

Manuscript Submission Use this form to submit your work. Be sure...  More →

Submission Tips Submission Tips

The Basics: 1. Follow Directions While it may seem that publishers are in a conspiracy to force you to make changes every time you have to submit a manuscript, this is not the case....  More →

Submitting your manuscript to Bywater Books Submitting your manuscript to Bywater Books

How to Submit Your Manuscript Bywater Books is looking for well-written commercial fiction targeted to lesbian readers. We are especially interested in mysteries, romances and general...  More →