HOWL: Home of the Wayward Lovers
I Heart Sapphfic Pride Collection • Book 7
by Lucy Bexley
Why You'll Love This
A sapphic Coyote Ugly set in Boston's last queer bar — and the woman trying to save it is the same one who nearly destroyed it.
- Great if you want: sapphic romance with real stakes wrapped around found community
- The experience: breezy and warm with enough tension to keep pages turning
- The writing: Bexley balances comedy and genuine heart without letting either undercut the other
- Skip if: you want a deep mystery — the romance and bar drama are the real story
About This Book
When Lou McCallister's queer bar is all that's left of Boston's once-thriving LGBTQ+ nightlife scene, losing it isn't just a business failure — it's losing a home. When a well-meaning but catastrophically timed mistake by her newest bartender, Clementine, tanks the deal that could have saved everything, the two women find themselves in an unexpected partnership fueled by guilt, grudging respect, and something neither of them is quite ready to name. HOWL is a story about what we fight for, who we fight alongside, and why some places matter in ways that can't be measured on a balance sheet.
Bexley writes with a light, quick wit that keeps the pages turning without sacrificing the emotional weight underneath. The Coyote Ugly premise gives the story its propulsive energy and comic rhythm, but what lingers is the warmth — for the characters, for queer community spaces, for the messy grace of trying to fix what you've broken. As a standalone in the I Heart SapphFic Pride Collection, it delivers exactly what it promises: sharp, funny sapphic romance that earns its happy ending.