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Author Ivy L. James 🏳️‍🌈
@authorivyljames.bsky.social
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I write adult sapphic romance and poetry. I offer line edits, copy edits, and proofreading. She/fae.

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My contemporary lesbian holiday romance novella, Make the Yuletide Gay, is OUT NOW!

Enjoy as an ebook, paperback, or audiobook, or read for FREE on KU!

books2read.com/GayYuletide

#indie #author #lesfic #sapphic #romance 🌈📚 #writingcommunity #sapphfic 💙📚
November 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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it's my birthday 💙

some things you can do for me for my birthday:
- buy my book! or request it for your local library
- read book
- tell me nice things about book
- leave a review with the nice things
- tell other people about my book
- make fanart of book
Conveniently Hers: out now! Features internet friends to lovers, marriage of convenience, a fictional European kingdom, slow burn with spice, and sapphic romance (bi x demi women). Find it at books2read.com/ConvenientlyHers
October 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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One month until Make the Yuletide Gay is out!

This contemporary holiday lesbian romance novella is full of all the seasonal tropes we love, plus a little spice for good measure.

books2read.com/GayYuletide

#sapphfic
October 1, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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quick pronouns update: she/her/hers, fae/faer/faers.

thanks for being here with me.
"I wish I could be nonbinary" - nonbinary person who has not come out to themselves yet the fae/faer flag by tumblr user whimsy-flags features stripes of pink, light yellow, and cream/white.
September 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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My new headshot is live on all my socials!
Photo of Ivy, a white woman with wavy shoulder-length brown hair, wire cat-eye glasses, smiling at the camera. Her hands are folded at the wrists in front of her. The background is a blurry plant green.
September 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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My lesbian holiday romance novella, Make the Yuletide Gay, is up for preorder!

If you'd enjoy grump/sunshine coworkers snowed in at a small B&B during a road trip (with ALL the holiday vibes)... books2read.com/GayYuletide

#indie #author #lesfic #sapphic #romance 🌈📚 #writingcommunity #sapphfic 💙📚
Preorder Now: Make the Yuletide Gay by Ivy L. James, coming 1 November 2025! Tropes include snowed in at a small B&B, grump x sunshine, workplace affair, christmas vibes, all in a lesbian romance novella.
September 1, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Nails update (because that's what you're here for, right?): my partner did caitvi nails in gel!
sparkly blue nails with a sparkly red accent nail on the fourth finger
August 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Too late, library
library bathroom sign says "please only flush TP. do not flush (other materials and) hopes or dreams."
August 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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My partner gave me stick-on nails, and it turns out they change color in the sun? Love this for me
sparkly purple French tips sparkly teal French tips
August 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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in case you forgot who REALLY runs this channel:
a sable and white corgi with a pink bow on her princess collar reclines under a desk
August 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Something's cooking... 🩵

#lesfic #indie #author #amwriting #writingcommunity
August 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Looking for a sapphic friends-to-lovers marriage-of-convenience romance? 👀

books2read.com/ConvenientlyHers (ebook and paperback options, plus free on KU)

#indie #author #lesfic #sapphic #romance 🌈📚 #writingcommunity #sapphfic 💙📚
Two friends. One massive inheritance. All they have to do is get married. Hearts in Hartsville book 1 is Conveniently Hers by Ivy L. James
August 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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I got my hair cut! Look at this majestic mane 💙
selfie of a white woman in glasses, with wavy dark brown hair cut to her collarbone
August 5, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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My Arizona writing setup!
a dual monitor desktop computer setup with a Blue the velociraptor plush in between a light to dark blue gradient keyboard with a matching mouse
August 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Conveniently Hers is OUT TODAY (and free on KU)!

This sapphic marriage of convenience romance is lighthearted and soft, and it has a special place in my heart.

books2read.com/ConvenientlyHers

#indie #author #lesfic #sapphic #romance 🌈📚 #writingcommunity #sapphfic 💙📚
ConvenientlyHers is out now! A tablet with the book cover is surrounded by wedding photos of two women, plus two engagement rings.
August 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Conveniently Hers comes out in just 5 days! You can preorder at books2read.com/ConvenientlyHers

(sapphic romance, marriage of convenience, slow burn with spice, queer ensemble cast, small Virginia town, tiny European kingdom, etc., etc.)

#author #lesfic #sapphic #romance 🌈📚 #writingcommunity 💙📚
July 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Silvi is down bad. We love to see it.

books2read.com/ConvenientlyHers

#lesfic #sapphic #romance 🌈📚 #sapphfic 💙📚
July 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Preorder my sapphic friends-to-lovers marriage-of-convenience romance, and get a bonus spicy epilogue on release day!

Preorder: books2read.com/ConvenientlyHers
Bonus chapter form: forms.gle/XmrGqS3coMb4...

#indie #author #lesfic #sapphic #romance 🌈📚 #writingcommunity #sapphfic 💙📚
Preorder a copy of Conveniently Hers and send your receipt to receive a bonus NSFW chapter!
July 20, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Silvi's entire world turns upside down when she realizes who she's in love with...

books2read.com/ConvenientlyHers

#lesfic #sapphic #romance 🌈📚 #sapphfic 💙📚
July 16, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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WRITTEN IN THE STARS x BROKEN BEYOND REPAIR

Painfully introverted, exvangelical tech writer Gabrielle hires a professional companion to pretend to be her girlfriend at a destination wedding, where she hopes to win her ex back.

#BluePit 📖 #W #R #OV #LGBT #ND
The moodboard for THE PLUS-ONE CONTRACT by Ivy L. James is a 3x3 square. It includes two feminine hands in a rainbow, the name "Gabrielle" on black, a stack of binders/manuals, the beach at sunset, the title and author name on tan, a woman in a wedding dress with a bouquet, two red-lipsticked women's mouths close to kissing, the name "Sabrina" on brown, and two women blurred out as they slow-dance.
July 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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CONVENIENTLY HERS features:
- a marriage of convenience
- sapphic (bi x demi) romance
- Internet friends to lovers
- a small town in Virginia
- a tiny European kingdom
- sapphic awakening
- slow burn with spice

Preorder: books2read.com/ConvenientlyHers

#lesfic #amwriting #lesbianromance #sapphfic
The cover of CONVENIENTLY HERS, Hearts in Hartsville Book 1, features a Black woman with short hair. It's coming out 2 August 2025. The universal book link is books2read.com/ConvenientlyHers
July 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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my partner flies in on Sunday I can't wait
July 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Preorder my sapphic friends-to-lovers marriage-of-convenience romance, and get a bonus spicy epilogue on release day!

Preorder: books2read.com/ConvenientlyHers
Bonus chapter form: forms.gle/XmrGqS3coMb4...

#indie #author #lesfic #sapphic #romance 🌈📚 #writingcommunity #sapphfic 💙📚
Preorder a copy of Conveniently Hers and send your receipt to receive a bonus NSFW chapter!
July 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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I'm a "multiple WIPs at a time" girlie

here's a peek at my current plate
My Current WIPs: The Hearts in Hartsville novels (Conveniently Hers, marriage of convenience; Relentlessly Hers, gym rivals to lovers; Royally Hers, princess x matchmaker). Pomegranate Lips (exvangelical femme florist x butch tattoo artist lesbian romance novella). The Plus-One Contract (exvangelical "fake dating at a wedding to win her ex back" sapphic romance novel). Bonus: secret novella, title TBD.
July 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Preorder my sapphic friends-to-lovers, marriage-of-convenience romance for a bonus spicy epilogue on release day!

Preorder: books2read.com/ConvenientlyHers
Bonus chapter form: forms.gle/XmrGqS3coMb4...
Preorder a copy of Conveniently Hers to receive a bonus NSFW chapter!
July 5, 2025 at 3:08 PM