“The gay is radioactive, the snark is weapons-grade”
A sequel to Shell Game, Darren–socially awkward, exiled noblewoman turned pirate queen–and Lynn sorta kinda Darren’s slave girl, sorta kinda Darren’s life coach, and altogether the bossiest backseat helmsman that ever set foot on a pirate ship are at it . . . again.
Darren receives a message delivered by her dying brother pleading for her to warn their father about a traitor. Meaning Darren has to return home to Torasan Isle, and to the father who keeps sending assassins after her. Lynn thinks it’s crazy, insane, and obviously certain death for Darren, and is not overly happy about the idea. As usual, Lynn is right and chaos ensues.
Rainbow Awards
Winner
2018-2019 Best Lesbian Fantasy
“It’s funny, brilliant and entirely unnerving as you realise that Benny Lawrence may just be more cunning than you thought was possible . . . The saddest thing for me is that this book will never get the kind of reach and exposure that it should. It will remain obscure in lesfic with few people daring to read it. And honestly, it should be out there winning awards. It is brilliant. It is the kind of book that should be nominated for all the big book awards.” — The Lesbian Review
“I chuckled when I realized I’d started reading this story on ‘Talk like a Pirate Day’. There was enough exposition on what had happened in the previous book to enable me to catch up easily. The characters, both main and secondary, as well as the plot, were grounded and real, and the occasional hints of melodrama were perfect . . . it was a pirate story after all.” — Rainbow Award judge
Mindancer Press
370 pp. ● 6×9
$18.95 (pb) ● $9.99 (eb)
ISBN 978-1-949290-02-8 (pb)
FICTION / Fantasy
Publication date: January 2019
Benny Lawrence lives in Toronto, Canada, where she works as a lawyer while wondering just when in hell she grew up. Occasionally, she dons elaborate hats and sallies out after dark to solve crimes. There being no crimes lying around for her to solve, she mooches off home and eats cookies instead. She enjoys dead languages, not-dead cats, fizzy drinks, preparing for the apocalypse, and board games. She has been told that she takes her board games much too seriously. On a literature front, she is obsessed with mysteries, science fiction, and fantasy books, as long as they involve snappy dialogue and females who can deliver it.
Top 10 Lesbian Book Beginnings – The Lesbian Reader
10 Best Lesbian Books – The Lesbian Reader
Interview With Fiction Writer Benny Lawrence – The Rainbow Hub
Interview with Benny Lawrence by AJ Adair
Guest Blog: Benny Lawrence – Unusual Historicals