My Lady Lipstick

This is a well written, interesting and very entertaining romance. For some reason, I found the book cover/title to be somewhat off-putting. I kept delaying reading this book, even though Karin Kallmaker is one of my favorite authors. I shouldn’t have worried. A few chapters in, the book took a turn I wasn’t expecting and I was hooked.There is quite a bit going on, on several levels and I love how skillfully the author pulls the various threads together in unexpected ways, to tell a smart, engaging, often funny and highly readable story. I love both main characters, especially because they are both deeply flawed, which is part of what makes them fit so well together. There is also great dialogue and I think the reference to some of the darker aspects of social media, is both relevant and well done.Bottom line, I loved reading this book. It’s smart, funny and very relatable. I highly recommend it.

This felt like it could just as easily been a short story. If "Carpool", "Love by the Numbers", "Watermark" and "Captain of Industry" were chocolate mousse, this is a 3 Musketeers bar (light and fluffy.) I thought they were naive in a way that her characters usually aren't. I always re-read Ms Kallmaker's books right after the first time, in order to savor my favorite parts. I finished this one and had no interest in a second reading.

Paris Ellison, a butch writer of bodice rippers for straight romance readers, hides her identity to avoid trouble from a previous life. She comes across a woman, Diane Beckinsale, who picks up a letter Paris has dropped, that is addressed to Ellison’s nom de plume Anita Topaz. Beckinsale recognizes the name but can’t believe the butch woman she saw drop the letter could possibly be the romance author. Both women have secrets that all come to light as the story progresses, will love find a way.

Women of colour. Anxiety attacks. Chameleons. Authors. Gamers. Thieves. Rich powerful men. Strong women. Righteousness. What’s not to like? Lovely lovely book. Will gladly recommend. Lovely characters that I instantly fell in like with. The flow is good, the plot is excellent. 📙📕📗📘

As always, kallmaker knocked it out of the park with this one. Covers a lot of issues that aren't usually in books.All in all, always a pleasure reading and if you are looking for a fantastic Butch/femme read... kallmaker are the books to reach for.

Karin Kallmaker can really write a great love story. I enjoy that her characters are not all perfect and that she represents both butch and Femme characters in her stories. This Particular book I really enjoyed. The characters were much different than in her previous stories. And of course it had a happy ending. I couldn’t put th book down.

Slow starting but sooooo worth it. Another Great Kallmaker. Enjoyed the two characters with their sidekicks. Didn't want it to end.

Not your everyday formulaic romance. I enjoyed the storyline and the characters were engaging.

After having read a few 3 star novels it feels great to read something by Karin Kallmaker, she like all my favourite authors, are pretty much guaranteed to dish out a great story with relatable and likeable characters in a writing style that screams her talent and experience. I have to say though this story did have me perplexed at the start and overall had lots of new elements in the storyline that I couldn't immediately predict, something that I'm finding is a rarer treat at the moment.Really enjoyed it and can recommend it easily.

I absolutely loved Diana, and absolutely felt the chemistry between her and Paris. The only real issue was it was a little unclear what was happening at the start

I can't imagine how Karin Kallmaker came up with the idea for this story, but as with all her books I loved it and grew fond of both characters. Nice to find Lisa from Warming trend again too.

Although i like all of Karin Kallmaker's books this one very quickly turns out to be one of my favorites!