Ylva’s Sapphic Book Bingo list

A new year has started and with it a new reading challenge for readers of lesbian books!

Here at Ylva, we love making reading more interesting for readers of women-loving women books, so we are jumping into the Sapphic Book Bingo, the year-long reading challenge created by our best-selling author Jae.

 Check out the rules of the Sapphic Book Bingo 2023 on Jae’s website, and then fill your bingo card with some of the Ylva books below.

 To help you find books for all categories, we put together a list of our books and what bingo squares they fit.

 Happy reading!

MAIN BINGO CARD CATEGORIES

Here’s how the Ylva books fit into the categories of the main bingo card:

SAPPHIC AGE-GAP ROMANCE

• Cheyenne Blue: Party Wall
• Andrea Bramhall: Just My Luck
• A.L. Brooks: The Long Shot
• Lois Cloarec Hart: Coming Home
• Quinn Ivins: The Love Factor; Worthy of Love; Something’s Different
• Jae: Wrong Number, Right Woman; Next of Kin; Just a Touch Away
• Georgette Kaplan: The Woman at the Edge of Town; Scissor Link
• Lola Keeley: The Music and the Mirror; Presidential
• Catherine Lane: Heartwood
• Jess Lea: A Curious Woman; A Curious Visit; Looking for Trouble
• Liz Rain: Perks of Office
• Roslyn Sinclair: The X Ingredient; The Lily and the Crown; Truth and Measure; Above All Things
• Rachael Sommers: Never Say Never; In Too Deep
• Alex K. Thorne: Chasing Stars
• Tiana Warner: From Fan to Forever
• Lee Winter: The Red Files; Under Your Skin; The Brutal Truth; Breaking Character; Chaos Agent; The Fixer
• Ana K. Wrenn: Strange Attractors
• Fiona Zedde: House of Agnes

MAIN CHARACTER IS A BODYGUARD OR SECURITY GUARD

• Jae: The Roommate Arrangement; Love Beneath the Christmas Tree
• Lee Winter: Shattered 

CHARACTER GOES ON A BLIND DATE

• Jae: Something in the Wine

“HEART” IN THE TITLE

• Cheyenne Blue: A Heart This Big
• A.L. Brooks: A Heart to Trust
• Jae: Heart Trouble
• Catherine Lane: Heartwood
• RJ Nolan: In a Heartbeat
• LT Smith: Hearts and Flowers Border
• Emma Weimann: Heart’s Surrender
• Chris Zett: Heart Failure; Irregular Heartbeat

CO-AUTHORED BOOK

• Jae & Alison Grey: Good Enough to Eat

ROOMMATE ROMANCE

• Cheyenne Blue: For the Long Run; Not for a Moment
• A.L. Brooks: Up on the Roof
• Jae: Just a Touch Away; The Roommate Arrangement

INHERITANCE

• Cheyenne Blue: The Number 94 Project
• Jae: Just a Touch Away

FREE SAPPHIC BOOK

• Joan Arling: Rich Girl
• Lois Cloarec Hart: Yak
• Alison Grey: For the First Time
• KL Hughes: The Sea
• Jae: A Place to Call Home; Nature of the Pack; Seduction for Beginners; Lessons in Love and Life; Dress-tease; The Morning After
• Diane Marina: Landslide
• RJ Nolan: The Wish; A Treat for Halloween Tricksters
• KD Williamson: Erasing the Lines
• Lee Winter: Flashbang
• Anthologies: Connected Hearts; Gingerbread Hearts; Spread the Love

SET IN COUNTRY OR STATE YOU HAVEN’T VISITED

Set in Canada:

• A.L. Brooks: Miles Apart
• Lois Cloarec Hart: Stone Gardens; Bitter Fruit; Kicker’s Journey; Coming Home; Broken Faith; Walking the Labyrinth
• Michelle L. Teichman: Rescue Me
• Tiana Warner: From Fan to Forever

Set in Europe:

• Alison Grey: Hot Line (Germany)
• Jae: Paper Love (Germany)
• HP Tune: Rewriting the Ending (several countries)
• Hazel Yeats: Bunny Finds a Friend (The Netherlands)
• Rachael Sommers: In Too Deep (Tenerife)

Set in the UK:

• Cheyenne Blue: Never-Tied Nora
• A.L. Brooks: The Club; The Club Revisited; One Way or Another; Write Your Own Script; Dare to Love;

Set in India:

• Sheryn Munir: Falling Into Place

Set in Australia:

• Cheyenne Blue: All at Sea; A Heart This Big; Almost-Married Moni; Fenced-In Felix; Party Wall; Not-So-Straight Sue; Code of Conduct; The Number 94 Project; For the Long Run; Not for a Moment; I Do
• A.L. Brooks: Dark Horse
• G Benson: Flinging It; All the Little Moments
• Fonseca: Where the Light Plays; Food for Love
• Jess Lea: A Curious Woman; Looking for Trouble
• Emily O’Beirne: Here’s the Thing
• Liz Rain: Perks of Office; Onside Play
• Jane Waterton: Times of Our Lives
• Lee Winter: Requiem for Immortals

Set in New Zealand:

• Lee Winter: Changing the Script

Set in Mexico:

• Fiona Zedde: A Lover’s Mercy

Set in other far-away places:

• Andrea Bramhall: Rock and a Hard Place (Patagonia)
• Georgette Kaplan: Candice Cushing and the Lost Tomb of Cleopatra; Easy Nevada and the Pyramid’s Curse (Sudan)
• Lee Winter: Shattered (Socotra)

Set in California:

• A.L. Brooks: The Long Shot
• RJ Nolan: L.A. Metro; Wounded Souls
• Jae: Just for Show; The Roommate Arrangement; Falling Hard; Heart Trouble; Something in the Wine; Departure from the Script; Damage Control; Just Physical; Shaken to the Core

Set in Florida:

• Liz Rain: Onside Play

Set in Illinois:

• A.L. Brooks: The Long Shot; Never Too Late for Heroes
• Quinn Ivins: Something’s Different
• Olivia Janae: The Loudest Silence

Set in Michigan:

• Jae: Second Nature

Set in Missouri:

• Jae: Perfect Rhythm; Not the Marrying Kind

Set in Nevada:

• Catherine Lane: Romancing the Kicker

Set in New York:

• A.L. Brooks: The Long Shot; A Heart to Trust; Chasing Dreams; Never Too Late for Heroes
• Jae: True Nature; Manhattan Moon; Good Enough to Eat

Set in North Carolina:

• A.L. Brooks: Never Too Late for Heroes
• Jae: True Nature
• Ana K. Wrenn: Strange Attractors

Set in Oregon:

• A.L. Brooks: Chasing Dreams
• Jae: Just a Touch Away; Chemistry Lessons; Hidden Truths; Conflict of Interest; Next of Kin; Under a Falling Star
• Tiana Warner: The Road Trip Agreement

Set in Pennsylvania:

• Charley Clarke: Always a Love Song; The Business of Love

Set in Virginia:

• A.L. Brooks: The Long Shot

Set in Washington, D.C.

• A.L. Brooks: Never Too Late for Heroes

Set in Washington:

• Chris Zett: Heart Failure; Irregular Heartbeat

MAIN CHARACTER IS A SINGLE PARENT

• Cheyenne Blue: A Heart This Big; Not for a Moment
• A.L. Brooks: Make Her Wish Come True
• Alison Grey: Contract for Love
• KL Hughes: Popcorn Love
• Jae: Falling Hard; Love Beneath the Christmas Tree; Backwards to Oregon; True Nature; Beyond the Trail
• Olivia Janae: The Loudest Silence
• Lola Keeley: Presidential; Her Royal Happiness; Major Surgery
• Roslyn Sinclair: Truth and Measure
• Emma Weimann: Heart’s Surrender
• Chris Zett: Heart Failure

ENEMIES-TO-LOVERS ROMANCE

• G Benson: Who’d Have Thought
• A.L. Brooks: A Heart to Trust; Up on the Roof; Chasing Dreams
• Cheyenne Blue: Code of Conduct; Party Wall; All at Sea; For the Long Run
• Shaya Crabtree: You’re Fired
• Jae: The Roommate Arrangement; True Nature; Second Nature; Paper Love; Just a Touch Away
• Olivia Janae: The Loudest Silence
• Lola Keeley: Major Surgery; A Roll in the Hay; Her Royal Happiness; The Music and the Mirror
• Jody Klaire: In Fashion
• Jess Lea: A Curious Woman; Looking for Trouble
• Faith Prize: The Fifth Surgeon
• Liz Rain: Onside Play
• Roslyn Sinclair: The Lily and the Crown
• Rachael Sommers: Chemistry
• Wendy Temple: Defensive Mindset
• KD Williamson: Drawing the Line
• Lee Winter: Breaking Character; The Red Files; The Brutal Truth; Changing the Script; Shattered; Hotel Queens; Requiem for Immortals; Chaos Agent;
• Fiona Zedde: The Power of Mercy; House of Agnes
• Chris Zett: Heart Failure

CHARACTERS ATTEND PRIDE

• Jae: Wrong Number, Right Woman; Pigeon Post

 SAME-SEX WEDDING

• Cheyenne Blue: Almost-Married Moni
• Charley Clarke: The Business of Love
• Jae: Not the Marrying Kind
• Lee Winter: Under Your Skin

NEW AUTHOR

• Charley Clarke
• Shaya Crabtree
• Alison Grey
• Olivia Janae
• Faith Prize
• Liz Rain
• AJ Schippers
• Emily Waters
• Ana K. Wrenn
• Chris Zett

ANGSTY ROMANCE

• Jae: Conflict of Interest
• Charley Clarke: Always a Love Song
• Emily Waters: Honey in the Marrow
• Olivia Janae: The Loudest Silence
• Ana K. Wrenn: Strange Attractors
• Jess Lea: A Curious Visit
• Cheyenne Blue: Party Wall
• Lee Winter: Chaos Agent
• Rachael Sommers: Chemistry
• Roslyn Sinclair: The X Ingredient; The Lily and the Crown; Truth and Measure

LOW-ANGST ROMANCE

• Cheyenne Blue: For the Long Run; Not for a Moment; The Number 94 Project; A Heart This Big
• Charley Clarke: The Business of Love
• Jae: Wrong Number, Right Woman
• Lola Keeley: Major Surgery;
• Tiana Warner: From Fan to Forever; The Road Trip Agreement
• Lee Winter: Changing the Script

 COFFEE SHOP ROMANCE

• A.L. Brooks: Dark Horse
• Jae: Just for Show

BOSS/EMPLOYEE ROMANCE

• Quinn Ivins: Something’s Different
• Jae: Under a Falling Star
• Olivia Janae: The Loudest Silence
• Liz Rain: Perks of Office
• Roslyn Sinclair: The X Ingredient; The Lily and the Crown; Truth and Measure
• Rachael Sommers: Never Say Never
• Lee Winter: The Brutal Truth;
• Chris Zett: Irregular Heartbeat

SECOND BOOK IN A SERIES

• Cheyenne Blue: Not-So-Straight Sue
• Andrea Bramhall: Under Parr
• Paulette Callen: Fervent Charity
• Karen Frost: Daughter of Fire: The Darkness Rising
• Jae: Damage Control; Not the Marrying Kind; Next of Kin; Hidden Truths; Natural Family Disasters;
• Georgette Kaplan: Face It
• Jess Lea: A Curious Visit
• RJ Nolan: In a Heartbeat
• Emily O’Beirne: The Sum of These Things; All the Ways to Here
• Roslyn Sinclair: Above All Things
• KD Williamson: Crossing Lines
• Lee Winter: Chaos Agent; Under Your Skin
• Fiona Zedde: A Lover’s Mercy
• Chris Zett: Heart Failure

 WORKAHOLIC CHARACTER

• Cheyenne Blue: A Heart This Big
• Charley Clarke: The Business of Love
• Jae: Next of Kin; Conflict of Interest; Just a Touch Away; Just for Show; Under a Falling Star
• Lola Keeley: Presidential; Her Royal Happiness; Major Surgery
• Roslyn Sinclair: The X Ingredient; The Lily and the Crown; Truth and Measure; Above All Things
• Lee Winter: The Brutal Truth; Hotel Queens; Chaos Agent; The Fixer
• Ana K. Wrenn: Strange Attractors
• Chris Zett: Heart Failure; Irregular Heartbeat 

VINEYARD ROMANCE

• Jae: Something in the Wine

MAIN CHARACTER IS A COWGIRL OR RANCHER

• Jae: Backwards to Oregon; Hidden Truths; Beyond the Trail

CHARACTER’S SIBLING PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE

• Cheyenne Blue: I Do
• A.L. Brooks: Make Her Wish Come True
• Quinn Ivins: Something’s Different
• Jae: Just a Touch Away; Second Nature; Just for Show; Paper Love; The Roommate Arrangement
• Lola Keeley: Presidential; Her Royal Happiness
• RJ Nolan: In a Heartbeat
• Tiana Warner: The Road Trip Agreement

TOOL BELT / CHARACTER WORKS IN CONSTRUCTION

• Cheyenne Blue: The Number 94 Project; Not for a Moment
• Rachael Sommers: Fool for Love
• Emma Weimann: Heart’s Surrender

FAKE RELATIONSHIP ROMANCE

• G Benson: Who’d Have Thought
• Cheyenne Blue: Not for a Moment
• Andrea Bramhall: Rock and a Hard Place
• A.L. Brooks: Make Her Wish Come True
• Charley Clarke: The Business of Love
• Alison Grey: Contract for Love
• KL Hughes: The Wrong McElroy
• Jae: Just for Show; Something in the Wine; Backwards to Oregon; The Roommate Arrangement
• Georgette Kaplan: Face It
• Lola Keeley: Her Royal Happiness
• Alex K. Thorne: Chasing Stars
• Tiana Warner: The Road Trip Agreement
• Lee Winter: Breaking Character

BOOK UNICORN CATEGORIES

The Book Unicorn bingo card represents harder-to-find themes and categories. Here’s a list of Ylva books that will help you cover all the Unicorn squares!

ICE QUEEN IS YOUNGER THAN HER LOVE INTEREST

• Jae: Next of Kin
• Lee Winter: The Awkward Truth

IMPERFECT SEX

• A.L. Brooks: Up on the Roof
• Quinn Ivins: Something’s Different
• Jae: Just Physical
• Tiana Warner: From Fan to Forever

BUTCH CHARACTER IS SHORTER THAN HER LOVE INTEREST

• Jae: Wrong Number, Right Woman

BOTH MAIN CHARACTERS HAVE BROWN EYES

• Cheyenne Blue: Not for a Moment
• Quinn Ivins: Worthy of Love
• Jae: Not the Marrying Kind

UNUSUAL FIRST DATE

• Jae: Wrong Number, Right Woman; Something in the Wine
• Lola Keeley: Her Royal Happiness

IMMIGRANT OR EXPAT

• Cheyenne Blue: Not-So-Straight Sue; Almost-Married Moni
• Jae: Shaken to the Core

STUNNING OR UNUSUAL COVER

• Jae: Under a Falling Star
• Roslyn Sinclair: The Lily and the Crown; Truth and Measure
• Ana K. Wrenn: Strange Attractors
• Lee Winter: Hotel Queens
• Fiona Zedde: House of Agnes

 PERSON OF COLOR ON THE COVER

• A.L. Brooks: Up on the Roof
• Quinn Ivins: Worthy of Love
• Jae: Falling Hard
• Olivia Janae: Colstead & Andie
• Lola Keeley: Major Surgery
• Jenn Matthews: Reasons to Heal
• KD Williamson: Drawing the Line
• Fiona Zedde: The Power of Mercy; A Lover’s Mercy

FIVE-STAR READ

• Andrea Bramhall: Under Parr; The Last First Time
• Jae: Hidden Truths
• Roslyn Sinclair: Above All Things
• Alex K. Thorne: Chasing Stars
• Lee Winter: The Red Files

ROMANCE WITHOUT A SEX SCENE

• Charley Clarke: Always a Love Song
• Jae: Something in the Wine; Shaken to the Core
• Rachael Sommers: Never Say Never

CHARACTER IS GOING THROUGH MENOPAUSE

• Jenn Matthews: Words Shimmer
• Ana K. Wrenn: Strange Attractors

UNUSUAL SETTING

• Cheyenne Blue: All at Sea
• Andrea Bramhall: Rock and a Hard Place
• Olivia Janae: Colstead & Andie
• Jess Lea: A Curious Visit
• Roslyn Sinclair: The Lily and the Crown
• Tiana Warner: The Road Trip Agreement

Now pick your books and start reading!

If we forgot an Ylva book that fits one of the Sapphic Book Bingo categories, please let us know in the comments!