Because I Said So

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Pub Date 23 Jul 2019 | Archive Date 27 Jun 2019

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Description

Kesa Sapiro had to grow up fast. With her parents gone and a little sister to protect, Kesa has spent over a decade of her life trying to keep a roof over their heads. She’s learned the hard way that love is a luxury and that the price is way too high. When her sister Josie announces she wants to marry a boy she’s known for less than a month, Kesa immediately forbids it.

Shannon Dealan is floored when her son-by-choice says he wants to get married to a girl he’s just met. Shannon has real reason to scrutinize any strangers who come into Paz’s life. She’s not about to let him do anything stupid—and that includes believing in love at first sight. She knows too well there’s no such thing.

Hoping to soften the objections of their jaded, overbearing elders, Josie and Paz arrange for them to meet and discuss the future like civilized adults…but absolutely nothing goes as planned.

Kesa Sapiro had to grow up fast. With her parents gone and a little sister to protect, Kesa has spent over a decade of her life trying to keep a roof over their heads. She’s learned the hard way that...


A Note From the Publisher

Karin Kallmaker has always written about lesbians and love and isn't likely to change. Her thirty+ novels include Painted Moon, Captain of Industry, and Maybe Next Time. She's also written more than five dozen short stories and novellas. She has won three Lambda Literary Awards and is a Golden Crown Literary Society Trailblazer.

When she’s not writing books she’s thinking about books, enjoying life in the San Francisco Bay Area, or embarking on new adventures by plane, train, or automobile. Learn more at kallmaker.com or search social media or favorite book sites for “Kallmaker” - there’s only one.

Karin Kallmaker has always written about lesbians and love and isn't likely to change. Her thirty+ novels include Painted Moon, Captain of Industry, and Maybe Next Time. She's also written...


Marketing Plan

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Online marketing plan: direct to customer newsletters and new release announcements(E-mail lists of over 5000 readers) from Publisher, Author, and Distributor; New release e-mail announcements direct...


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There’s a reason why Karin Kallmaker has been hailed as the queen of lesbian romance. While this might not be her best book (or at least not my favorite), it definitely more than does the job.

Because I Said So is a second chance romance. Four years after an intense three days that ended for the wrong reasons, Kesa and Shannon meet again as Kesa’s younger sister (whom Kesa has been taking care of since their parents’ death) and Paz, whose unofficial guardian Shannon has been for a few years, plan to marry.

There’s a lot to like in this book, but the best is, as often with Kallmaker, both the characters and their jobs. I know it might sound strange, but the way she seems to research her MCs occupation makes their day to day life feel real. It has impressed me since my first Kallmaker book more than 20 years ago, and it still does. Both MCs and the small community of secondary cast are really good (I wish they existed and invited me to dinner, there’s a lot of food in this book and it all sounds yummy), and I loved the Jennifer Lamont cameo.

I received an ARC from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

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Because I Said So by Karin Kallmaker is a beautiful, though angst filled love story. As a veteran author with some thirty books to her name, she is obviously skilled in writing great stories, and this book is a great example of her work.

The tale actually has two couples. Josie Sapiro, a nineteen year old college student who has fallen in love with Paz, a twenty year old college student, and even though they have known each other less than a month, they want to get married. When Josie announces this fact to her sister Kesa, who has raised her since a young child, she flatly refuses. Paz gets pretty much the same from his guardian, Shannon Dealan. Josie and Paz come up with a plan to get Kesa and Shannon to meet. Since both are lesbians, they hope that they might become distracted with each other and let Josie and Paz do what they want. However, things don’t go exactly as they hoped.

This is a character/relationship driven novel, you will not find a lot of action or adventure here. For this kind of story, you really need well-defined characters, and Ms. Kallmaker has provided exactly that. These characters have depth. There is also a great deal of chemistry, especially between Kesa and Shannon. Their attraction crackles with electricity from their first meeting to the last page. Josie and Paz present as first loves with all the youthful enthusiasm you expect from this age, including the flashes of immaturity young adults sometime display. The characters make this story, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading their tale. If you enjoy a good romance with great characters and a fair bit of angst in the story, then this book is for you.

I received an ARC from NetGalley and Bella Books for an honest review.

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Karin Kallmaker is a fantastic author who knows how to write a great book. Her characters are interesting and well developed.

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