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Karmen Lee @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social · 3d

Got some things brewing over on my Patreon 👀
👉🏾 www.patreon.com/karmenlee
Members (free and paid) are voting on the next serial coming in 2026! Will it be a cozy, queer small-town romance, a darker, steamy sapphic mafia romance, or a workplace romance full of secrets? Which sounds good to you?

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Love, lust, and everything in between

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Sapphic World Book Club @sapphicworldbkclub.bsky.social · 13d

We had an absolute hoot & a half with @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social talking all about her wonderful booktastic story "The Secret Crush Book Club" on Saturday.😍

If you missed it or just want to relive all the fun.😉 Head over to our YouTube channel now!👇
youtu.be/FyGUkupnoAs

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Karmen Lee @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social · Sep 18

⏰ Two Weeks Left to Preorder! ⏰
Preorders for my exclusive hardcovers, discreet covers, and the special Steamy Lit–only swag close in just two weeks! Preorder here: beventi.co/orderform/0z...

Karmen Lee, SLC2025 2025

Preorder form for Karmen Lee who is attending SLC2025 2025

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Karmen Lee @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social · Sep 17

✨More Smalltown Sapphic romances are coming✨
PEACHES AND HONEY, the second book in my Hickory Springs world, is coming November 10, 2025!

🍑 Signed Paperback Preorder karmenlee.com/hickory-spri...
🍯 eBook Preorder amzn.to/3ZeXF8S

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Karmen Lee @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social · Sep 11

Stop expecting Black folks to be sympathetic to people who hate us. Stop expecting queer folks to grieve for people who think we shouldn't exist.

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Karmen Lee @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social · Sep 7

I think the Patrons are getting another chapter today. The brain wants to write messy Black lesbians debating the best place to hide a body while joining the mile high club 🤦🏾‍♀️

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Karmen Lee @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social · Sep 3

It's Sapphtember 3. Let's see how many words I can get done today...

a man in a yellow turtleneck sweater is making a funny face while holding a box .

ALT: a man in a yellow turtleneck sweater is making a funny face while holding a box .

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Karmen Lee @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social · Sep 1

It's Sapphtember 1, and I'm kicking it off by announcing my Peaches and Honey Book Boxes are officially live for preorder on my website!🎉
If you enjoy small-town sapphic romance, Peaches and Honey is for you 🥰

🍯 bit.ly/peacheshoneybookbox

#SapphicRomance #BlackRomance #LGBTQBooks #RomanceNovels

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Karmen Lee @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social · Aug 31

Thank you Fred!

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Karmen Lee @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social · Aug 31

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Karmen Lee @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social · Aug 31

LOL, but she is a cutie so can't even be mad🥰

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Karmen Lee @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social · Aug 19

Things are heating up in this Patreon serial. There are already 19 chapters for you to enjoy and the first two chapters are free to read for those who support women's wrongs and morally gray FMCs😈

👉🏾 patreon.com/karmenlee

💙📚 #BlackBookSky🌈📚

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Karmen Lee @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social · Aug 6

Operation upload another sapphic mafia chapter on Patreon is in progress, but there ARE already 17 chapters there for you to read👇🏾
www.patreon.com/karmenlee
💋

💙📚 #BlackBookSky🌈📚

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Love, lust, and everything in between

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Alechia Dow @alechiadow.bsky.social · Aug 5

FRIENDS!! Fiercereads is doing a giveaway of UNTIL THE CLOCK STRIKES MIDNIGHT right now on goodreads! Enter to win an advance galley here: bit.ly/4l6FtX3
Check my website for content warnings though, and be prepared for a very inclusive fairytale with banter and magic :))

Book giveaway for Until the Clock Strikes Midnight by Alechia Dow Aug 04-Sep 01, 2025

Enter to win one of 50 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Aug 04-Sep 01, 2025. Enter for a chance to win an advance galley of UNTIL THE CLOCK STR...

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Karmen Lee @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social · Aug 5

Oh hi! PEACHES AND HONEY, the second book in my Hickory Springs smalltown sapphics world, is coming November 10, 2025!

The eBook will be up on KU, but print copies will ONLY be available via direct sale on my website👇🏾
(karmenlee.com/hickory-spri...)

💙📚 #BlackBookSky🌈📚

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Karmen Lee @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social · Aug 2

Planning out this upcoming week's newsletter and if you'd like a sneak peek from TWO of my upcoming releases, you should probably sign up to get it
🤭 eepurl.com/g_UiEb

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Karmen Lee @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social · Jul 9

Oh hi! Sliding through to let you know THE RELATIONSHIP MECHANIC is now in Kindle Unlimited, so...small town sapphic romance anyone?🍑
a.co/d/dYFf5Hw

💙📚 #BlackBookSky🌈📚

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Karmen Lee @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social · Jul 3

“Sure,” she said. “Friends. Complete with custom muffin inventory and heart eyes that scream ‘sit on my face and tell me that you love me’.”
This Patreon-exclusive novella is absolutely cozy, sapphic, smut and I love it 🤣 Coming to my Patreon soon!
Get in on this here 👉🏾 patreon.com/karmenlee
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Love, lust, and everything in between

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Karmen Lee @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social · Jul 2

Which trope would you choose?💕

💙📚 #BlackBookSky🌈📚

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Karmen Lee @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social · Jun 30

I have it on good authority that a teaser of my upcoming Patreon-exclusive novella just dropped. You know, just in case you need more Black sapphic romance in your eye holes😉👇🏾
patreon.com/karmenlee

💙📚 #BlackBookSky🌈📚

Get more from Karmen Lee on Patreon

Love, lust, and everything in between

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Karmen Lee @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social · Jun 9

Do you want more Peach Blossom goodness to read before THE SECRET CRUSH BOOK CLUB comes out in August? I have a free online read, HOMEGROWN, releasing everyday for the next 5 days!

Check it out here 👇🏾
bit.ly/pbhomegrown

💙📚 #BlackBookSky🌈📚

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Karmen Lee @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social · Jun 4

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Karmen Lee @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social · Jun 4

Celebrating Pride all month long (and beyond) and what better way than with a preorder for more Black sapphic small town goodness!

PEACHES AND HONEY, the second book in my Hickory Springs world is coming November 10, 2025!

🍑🍯👉🏾 amzn.to/3ZeXF8S

💙📚 #BlackBookSky🌈📚

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Karmen Lee @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social · May 28

Soooo, a little book-loving birdie told me The Secret Crush Book Club is up on NetGalley and available to request 😁

👉🏾 bit.ly/43Nfkai

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Karmen Lee @authorkarmenlee.bsky.social · May 15

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