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Historical Fiction, Gay and Lesbian, Contemporary

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Award-winning novelist Elena Graf has been scribbling stories since high school. Her first novel, Occasions of Sin was published in 2012. She considers herself primarily a historical novelist, but she is probably best known for the contemporary Hobbs series, featuring a group of middle-aged women living in a small town in Maine.

The novels in the Passing Rites series are set in Europe in the early 20th century and show how a noble family dealt with the momentous changes of the period. Two volumes in the series won both Golden Crown Literary Society and Rainbow Awards for historical fiction.

Elena Graf pursued a Ph.D. in philosophy and often explores difficult moral situations in her fiction. She ended up in the “accidental profession” of pub ...more

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	High October (Hobbs, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 399 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Is My Body (Hobbs, #2) 4.40 avg rating — 215 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Occasions of Sin (Passing Rites, #2) 4.48 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Love in the Time of Corona (Hobbs, #3) 4.53 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thirsty Thursdays (Hobbs, #4) 4.45 avg rating — 135 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dark Winter (Hobbs, #5) 4.59 avg rating — 122 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Strands (Hobbs #7) 4.60 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Summer People (Hobbs, #6) 4.53 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The More The Merrier (Hobbs, #1.5) 4.38 avg rating — 111 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rector's Wedding (Hobbs, #8) 4.57 avg rating — 102 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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"I wish she'd leave out the politics," wrote one reviewer. I get it. No one looking to be entertained wants to read a sermon instead. But I just finished writing a new book, Strands, in which the story turns on whether the characters can marry. Some of the noises from the U.S. Supreme Court, notably decisions regarding abortion, make me worry that the right of same sex couples to marry may be in d Read more of this blog post »

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Hobbs (12 books)
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Passing Rites (4 books)
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A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)

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“So, while she innocently sang devout words in the convent chapel, I was very deliberately plotting my way into her vagina.”
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“For a woman who took such pride in self-control, she was so damn easy to seduce.”
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