1. Myriam Lacroix - How It Works Out

This wildly inventive debut is a page-turner about "what-ifs" in a lesbian relationship. What if your partner becomes a cannibal? What if, in another universe, she becomes a power-hungry submissive CEO and you a lowly employee and dominatrix at the same time? This book is full of creative possibilities and inventions for female same-sex desire.

2. Layla Martinez - Wormwood

This powerful, slim book will leave you gasping. Two women, a grandmother and her granddaughter, live in a house that never stops terrorising them with secrets and curses. The mysterious disappearance of a young boy eventually leads them to confront their dark past and repressed desires.

3. Hanna Johannson - Antiquity

Written in the sublime yet unsettling atmosphere narrative, this book follows the erotic desire of a thirty-something woman who becomes infatuated with an older female artist, Helena. When Helena invites her to join her in the Greek city of Ermoupoli, she must confront her murky understanding of love, power, desire, and jealousy!