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Karelia Stetz-Waters

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in Alberta, Canada

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Romance, Gay and Lesbian

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Karelia Stetz-Waters remembers a time when happy endings romantic love was a holy grail she thought she would never find. Stories about lesbians all ended tragically. At seventeen, she was certain the best she could hope for was to die nobly for the woman she loved (who would never love her back, of course). Four years later, she saw her true love across a crowded room, and they have been together for twenty-plus years.

Knowing that happily-ever-after is possible for everyone, Stetz-Waters has made it her life’s mission to craft happy endings about women finding true love with other women. She is also on a quest to spread “cliteracy” across the country, using her work as a romance writer to teach readers about female sexual anatomy, desire, ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 15,079 ratings · 2,844 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Satisfaction Guaranteed 3.82 avg rating — 9,017 ratings — published 2021 — 5 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
	Behind the Scenes 3.81 avg rating — 3,028 ratings — published 2023 — 6 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
	Forgive Me If I've Told You This Before 4.08 avg rating — 814 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Something True (Out in Portland, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 655 ratings — published 2015 — 6 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
	Second Night Stand by Karelia Stetz-Waters (Goodreads Author), Fay Stetz-Waters 3.89 avg rating — 585 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	For Good (Out in Portland, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 268 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Worth the Wait (Out in Portland, #3) 3.79 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 2018 — 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
	Taste the Love by Karelia Stetz-Waters (Goodreads Author), Fay Stetz-Waters 3.57 avg rating — 252 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
	Dysphoria 4.06 avg rating — 127 ratings — published 2013 — 6 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 Purveyor 4.23 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2014 — 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

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Series by Karelia Stetz-Waters

Out in Portland (3 books)
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Ivers & Wilson (2 books)
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Iris Kelly Doesn't Date (Bright Falls, #3)

by Ashley Herring Blake

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How to Stop Overthinking: The 7-Step Plan to Control and Eliminate Negative Thoughts, Declutter Your Mind and Start Thinking Positively in 5 Minutes or ... (Master the Art of Self-Improvement Book 1)

by Chase Hill

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Ready, Set, Bake

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Karelia Stetz-Waters rated a book it was amazing The NeverSleep by S.E. Smyth (Goodreads Author)	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 NeverSleep is a hauntingly beautiful exploration of loss, resilience, and the slow unraveling of the world as we know it. Poetic and surreal, The NeverSleep is both a romance and a new take on the apocalyptic novel. As political unrest and enviro ...more
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“Then for no reason and for every reason, she burst into tears.”
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“Apparently, this was adulting: doing the right thing and still not getting what you wanted.”
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tags: adulting, adults, humor, life

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“I was then, and I was now, and I was as big as the sky.”
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Karelia’s Quotes

“Possibility, infinity, beauty -- none of those words were right. [...] What he really wanted to say was: have you felt this? this phantom life streaking like a phosphorescent hound at the edges of your ruin? ”
― Haven Kimmel, The Solace of Leaving Early

tags: philosophy

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“As your lover describes you, so you are.”
― Jeanette Winterson, Sexing the Cherry

tags: love, self-fulfilling-prophecy

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“They say that every snowflake is different. If that were true, how could the world go on? How could we ever get up off our knees? How could we ever recover from the wonder of it?”
― Jeanette Winterson

tags: inspirational

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“In the sunset of dissolution, everything is illuminated by the aura of nostalgia, even the guillotine.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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“The brain appears to possess a special area which we might call poetic memory and which records everything that charms or touches us, that makes our lives beautiful ... Love begins with a metaphor. Which is to say, love begins at the point when a woman enters her first word into our poetic memory.”
― Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being

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