Why am I passionate about this?

Two people (or more!) who find a home in each other when they don't have a home in the world make my heart leap. I love romance, and I've been writing and drawing them professionally for over 20 years. I got my start writing and drawing sexy comics when I was out of college, my work has been featured in the Museum of Sex in NYC and various anthologies focused on queer and intersectional feminist stories about love and sex. I love stories about queer people, or outcasts, or people who don't quite understand themselves yet. 


I wrote

Chester 5000

By Jess Fink ,

Book cover of Chester 5000

What is my book about?

This is a romance set in the Victorian era. A struggling marriage between two people with very different needs leaves…

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The books I picked & why

Book cover of Letters for Lucardo

Jess Fink Why I love this book

This is a book I press to my heart. The art style, the sense of humor, and the facial expressions leave me kicking my feet every time I read it, and I’ve read it quite a few times.

There is poetry in the way the world slowly unfolds. There is mystery and darkness in the vampires and the world they’ve built, there is the pressure of the Night Court and the terrifying will of the god they worship. The softness between Lucardo and Ed feels so easy and true.

By Otava Heikkilä ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Letters for Lucardo as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Ed Fiedler is an aging scribe in a royal palace. Lucardo von Gishaupt is a forever-young aristocrat, and member of the mysterious and powerful Night Court. When the two develop feelings for one another, both are forced to contend with the culture shock of a mortal man's presence among the deathless.


Book cover of The Lawrence Browne Affair

Jess Fink Why I love this book

I love stories about outcasts, persistent f*ck-ups, people who’ve been told a story about themselves their whole lives that somewhere along the line they started to believe. I love when they find someone who’s been told a similar story, and they help each other to not believe in those stories anymore. 

By Cat Sebastian ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked The Lawrence Browne Affair as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

An earl hiding from his future . . .

Lawrence Browne, the Earl of Radnor, is mad. At least, that’s what he and most of the village believes. A brilliant scientist, he hides himself away in his family’s crumbling estate, unwilling to venture into the outside world. When an annoyingly handsome man arrives at Penkellis, claiming to be Lawrence’s new secretary, his carefully planned world is turned upside down.

A swindler haunted by his past . . .

Georgie Turner has made his life pretending to be anyone but himself. A swindler and con man, he can slip into an…


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The Duke's Christmas Redemption by Arietta Richmond,

A Duke who has rejected love, a Lady who dreams of a love match, an arranged marriage, a house full of secrets, a most unneighborly neighbor, a plot to destroy reputations, an unexpected love that redeems it all.

Lady Charlotte Wyndham, given in an arranged marriage to a man she…

Book cover of The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal

Jess Fink Why I love this book

These are real people; they have to be because I’ve never read a book and felt more like I knew the characters in real life. The dialogue makes me feel like a teen riding in the backseat with friends, at a crossroads in life, flying by the seat of my pants. 

By E.K. Weaver ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

E.K. Weaver's critically-acclaimed road trip romance comic is collected here in this award-winning, commercially-successful omnibus edition. Less Than Epic tells the story of Amal (just out of the closet and freshly disowned by his parents) and TJ (a mysterious and eccentric vagrant) and their journey across the continental United States.


Book cover of The Chromatic Fantasy

Jess Fink Why I love this book

The colors and compositions sweep me off my feet, make me feel drunk. There is so much fluidity of line I can almost see the characters moving across the page.

This book is so charming, so inventive, such a lightning bolt to my heart and brain. 

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Trusting Her Duke by Arietta Richmond,

A Duke with rigid opinions, a Lady whose beliefs conflict with his, a long disputed parcel of land, a conniving neighbour, a desperate collaboration, a failure of trust, a love found despite it all.

Alexander Cavendish, Duke of Ravensworth, returned from war to find that his father and brother had…

Book cover of Ruined

Jess Fink Why I love this book

There are so many lovely, soft moments in this book that I adore. Catherine blushed on the other side of a closed door, unable to make a decision. Best friends sitting so close, knowing each other’s secrets.

I love the subtle humor, the incredible warmth, and the depth of each character’s angst and heartache. 

By Sarah Vaughn , Sarah Winifred Searle , Niki Smith

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Ruined as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

The whole town is whispering about how Catherine Benson lost her virtue, though they can never agree on the details. Was it in the public garden? Or a moving carriage?

Only a truly desperate man would want her now - and that's exactly what Andrew Davener is. His family's estate is in disrepair, but Catherine's sizeable dowry could set it to rights.

After the two wed, Catherine finds herself inexplicably drawn to Andrew. But could falling in love with her husband tear her marriage apart? In this richly detailed Regency romance, duty and passion collide in a slow-burn tale of…


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Chester 5000

By Jess Fink ,

Book cover of Chester 5000

What is my book about?

This is a romance set in the Victorian era. A struggling marriage between two people with very different needs leaves Priscilla lonely and unfulfilled. To solve this problem, Robert, the busy inventor, creates a robotic lover for his wife.

She finds companionship in Chester’s attentive arms, but her husband’s jealousy soon rears its ugly head when he suspects she might actually love the robot. Hand-painted in black and white with gorgeous Art Nouveau details. Book one in a two-part series, winner of the 2017 Ignatz award for best series. 

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