From the desk of lesbian romance author Lee Winter
OUT now at the Ylva shop and at Amazon from July 9 is When DC Loved Iowa, a novella from The Red Files and Under Your Skin world. There’s also a cross-over character, Monique Carson from Hotel Queens. The book can be read as a standalone. Here’s the blurb.
What happens after the morning after? Polar opposites fall in love in this low-angst, ice queen lesbian romance about a DC finance journalist and a cheeky butch flight mechanic.
Cynthia Redwell can’t believe she bedded some ex-softballer/mechanic at her best friend’s Iowa wedding. Worse, the woman has a smart mouth, a cute grin, and a baffling immunity to her fabulously biting barbs.
Suzette Beringer wakes up beside closeted, bitchy, beautiful Cynthia and instantly knows she’s trouble. She should definitely steer clear. So how come they keep reconnecting…to the point she’s just invited Cynthia to meet her parents? And why on earth did Cynthia say yes?
The funny short story from Lee Winter’s Red Files universe has now been expanded into a novella.
BOOK three in the Villains Series, Number Six, is out now at the Ylva shop and Amazon. And the best news is there’s an audiobook narrated by Angela Dawe coming August 19, 2025. You can pre-order the audiobook now.
So, what’s it all about? What happens when a mysterious former spy with seemingly little interest in sex meets a provocative expert in sexual fantasies? An opposites-attract, spicy lesbian romance set in Lee Winter’s Villains series and Hotel Queens worlds.
On that note, absolutely love this. Lee’s readers created this amazing trailer for Number Six. Talented Laura Castori with the help of some of the Ice Pack and the narration talents of Jennifer Kaloper-Bersin, created this. It. Is. Awesome. Sound on!
SPRING CLEAN time… Lee’s having a Back of the Closet sale to make space for Number Six.
Fun fact, all Lee Winter books and merch live tucked away in a big wardrobe. At the very, very back lives a stash of audiobooks on CD. Remember CDs? Yeah. Good for older cars with disc players. Or for ripping a disc to the format of your choice and then always having that CD backup forever. As you can see from the photo (click to enlarge), there’s not many titles left, so maybe get your skates on if you want one. Lee’s selling each audiobook SIGNED ON THE COVER for AU$25 (they’re over AU$70 on Amazon).
Go to the page for getting a signed Lee Winter book which explains how to buy products from Lee.
FUN fact – there is now merchandise available for Vengeance Planning for Amateurs! It’s a bit of “punny” fun inspired by Olivia Roberts’s button pins in the romantic comedy. And proceeds go to feeding our backyard wild quendas, lizards, and birds. 
https://www.redbubble.com/people/slkx/shop
If you check out this thread on Twitter, you’ll see some of the beautiful wildlife from our backyard that I’m talking about. Up to and including the kickboxing birds!
Discover Lee Winter’s inspirations
WANT to know where my characters live, work, how I saw them, and all the other trivia that filled my brain when writing my books? Readers can now check out the inspirational and/or research pictures I’ve posted on my Pinterest page. Number Six has just gone up and that page joins Vengeance Planning for Amateurs, The Villains Series, The Awkward Truth, Hotel Queens, Changing the Script, Breaking Character, The Brutal Truth, Shattered, and The Red Files.
As always, my newsletter readers were the first to see all my latest book’s “Pinspirations”, so subscribe for content like this and other goodies.
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EVERY month or two I’ll share any new-release info or other writing stuff I have on the boil. No spamming ever, Scout’s honor. I occasionally also drop free short stories for my subscribers. Each newsletter includes links to previous subscriber freebies, which includes an exclusive Angela Dawes-narrated short scene The Ice Queens Meet. It’s between two of my ice queens, Elena (The Brutal Truth) and Elizabeth (Breaking Character)
New subscribers will also be emailed a free short story set in the Red Files universe, When DC Met Iowa in the welcome letter. This is also the opening chapter of When DC Loved Iowa.
IF you want to buy a signed copy of a Lee Winter book, the website has been updated to explain how. Click here for details.