Valerie Taylor

When a middle-aged woman's husband is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, their secret lives collide head-on, revealing a tangled web of sex, lies, and DNA and forcing her to decide whose life to save--her husband's or her own.

What's Not Said

Three small-town girls move to the big city in this reissue of a classic 1950s pulp.

The Girls in 3-B

A Novel

What's Not True

Through the eyes of an overachiever, the schemes of a homewrecker, and a CAT, award-winning author Valerie Taylor propels this charming romance to an unexpected and delightful conclusion.

What's Not Lost

First Digital Edition; Grier Rating: A*** Frances and her new husband, Bill, have recently moved to the Midwest to set up house in 1960s suburbia. Frances is determined to pull off a straight marriage in the wake of a bad lesbian affair, but it’s not working. No matter what she does, no matter what she tells herself, Frances knows she will never truly be happy or fulfilled with a man. While Bill is at work she ventures out in search of a woman to love. Frances meets Erika at a bookstore and is drawn to her immediately. The two women soon begin spending time together and before long, Frances falls head over heels in love with Erika. Fortunately, Erika also fancies Frances… and the women embark on a passionate love affair. Frances realizes she has never loved anyone as much as she loves Erika. Will she have the courage to extricate herself from a loveless marriage and make a life with Erika? Once again, novelist Valerie Taylor solidifies her position as one of the premiere writers in the Lesbian Pulp Fiction genre. Certainly few can match her dramatic realism and artistic sensitivity when writing about this subject matter.

Return to Lesbos

"Who said 'life begins at 40? For Eldora it began at 60, when she met Ann, a closeted dyke who had retired from her job and traded the hustle of big city life for the solitude of a small town to live out her remaining years"--Review on lower cover.

Prism

Ben Mckelvey

Now the focus of a major documentary VALERIE TAYLOR: PLAYING WITH SHARKS, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. From JAWS to BLUE LAGOON and beyond, this is the exceptional and unique life story of pioneering marine conservationist, photographer and shark expert Valerie Taylor. At 83 years old, Valerie Taylor has lived a big, bold adventurous life. Born in Australia, Valerie spent a great deal of her childhood in New Zealand. A talented artist, she dropped out of school when she contracted polio and was saved by Sister Elizabeth Kenny's treatment plan; it was two years before she could walk unaided. When Valerie was fifteen, she found work as an animator and moved back to Australia with her family. All the while she thrived on being close to the ocean, and was a keen spear fisher. In the 1950s, she met Ron Taylor and then her real adventures started. Together they sailed all over the world, photographing and filming their travels for magazines, TV and movies, and making many documentaries. Valerie and Ron became interested in conservation, and focused on sharks in particular. They did all the shark work on Jaws, and James Cameron decided he wanted to become a filmmaker because of Valerie and her husband. Valerie is working with the brilliant Ben Mckelvey to share her story of falling in love with the ocean and with her husband, Ron. From trainee animator to Spielberg, from JAWS to BLUE LAGOON, this is the remarkable story of an incredible woman.

The remarkable story of the trailblazing ocean conservationist, photographer and shark expert

Valerie Taylor: An Adventurous Life

First Digital Edition; Grier Rating: A*** Frances has been married to Bill for many years. Their son, Bob, is in high school. Frances had been left alone too often. Bill's occupation with business, his insensitivity, his indifference had drained their marriage of meaning and warmth. Yet, it never occurred to her to think of divorce – or to have an affair with another man. It was easier to shut herself off from all desire, all feeling. It was like being dead… but it was safe. Then she met Mary Baker – Bake, for short. Bake… with her dark, knowing eyes, her young body, so alive, so full of passion and hunger. Shy Frances is drawn to Bake immediately and accepts her invitations for socializing… which leads to a certain amount of drinking and flirting. Before long, the relationship becomes much more than just a friendship – the two fall hard for each other and Frances becomes Bake’s girl. It’s not a smooth road for them, though, as Frances is married… still living at home with Bill and her son. With Bake’s encouragement, Frances regains strength as an individual and finds employment outside of the home. The independence she gains as a result of having her own money does wonders for Frances. For the first time in her life, she feels confident and courageous – strong enough, perhaps, to consider pursuing a new life for herself. Can she trust Bake's feelings for her? Will she leave Bill and her son? Can she trust Bake to stay with her if she does divorce her husband? Will our lovers fight against all odds to make their relationship survive?

Stranger On Lesbos

RISING STAR He was the perfect man! Janet Resnick could juggle an appointment book with the best of Wall Street, but two days of caring for her sister's three kids stopped her cold. They'd already eaten her out of house and home—including Vaseline, houseplants and ballpoint pen ink. And now Janet had run out of staples for closing diapers and was on a first-name basis with those folks at Poison Control. There was only one thing to do: Call Mom. Or rather, The Mommy School. But then "Mom" turned out to be a hunky guy in jeans, with a seen-it-all smile and a know-it-all attitude…. "Valerie Taylor has the rare and enviable ability to make you laugh out loud while she touches your heart. She's the brightest new star on the romance horizon." —Jennifer Cruise, RITA Award-winning author

THE MOMMY SCHOOL

Whisper Their Love (Little Sister's Classics)

A World Without Men

Steven Savage

Rod Taylor

Explores life in an underwater world of plants, animals, and shipwrecks, with a look at the inside of a submarine and an undersea laboratory, along with some historical information.

Oceans

First Digital Edition; Grier Rating: A* Jo works for the publisher of a small magazine. She is very good at what she does and enjoys the challenges that come with her job. Jo is not looking for love, having just ended a relationship with Karen who used her and cheated on her. No, Jo is going to focus on her work and stay away from women… until she meets Betsy at work. She is surprised to be so strongly attracted to Betsy, but resolves to stay away from her. Betsy appears to be straight and has begun dating their boss, Stan. Feeling terribly lonely, Jo ventures out… and before long circumstances bring her and Linda together. Linda and Jo are unable to fight the powerful attraction between them, however Jo's heart still yearns for the seemingly unattainable Betsy. When the relationship between Betsy and Stan grows and becomes entangled, Betsy turns to Jo for help and comfort… which is almost too much for Jo to bear. Almost. A highly-talented writer, Valerie Taylor brings us the poignant and absorbing story of a young woman's search for love and fulfillment in a world of shadowed embraces and secret vows. And, as is often the case with her lesbian pulps, Ms. Taylor refuses to condemn her characters to negative and tragic consequences.

Unlike Others

Jeannette Howard Foster

The Poetry of Jeannette Foster and Valerie Taylor

Two Women

Ron Taylor

Denizens of the deep leap from the pages of this lavish photo book. Readers share the seas with a fabulous cast of marine characters. With 40 years of experience in shooting oceanic wildlife--and boasting a specialty in sharks--the two have compiled an impressive portfolio. 119 color photos. reviews in New York Times and Los Angeles Times. Featured on PBS and the Discovery Channel.

Blue Wilderness

Two Women Revisited

With Peter Goadby The classic collection of shark writings, both fiction and non-fiction - with selections from Peter Matthiessen, Arthur C Clarke, and Ernest Hemingway. This is the first volume ever to present a large selection of the literature and lore surrounding these awesome creatures of the sea, and includes the most famous shark encounters of all time, as well as the amazing discoveries of such famous scientists as William Beebe and Eugene Clark, shark legends of Polynesia and India and stories from the sets of films Jaws-

Great Shark Writings

With the court date set for her divorce and the future she’d planned with a younger man presumably kaput, Kassie O’Callaghan shifts attention to reviving her stalled marketing career. But that goal gets complicated when she unexpectedly rendezvous with her former lover in Paris. After a chance meeting with a colleague and a stroll along Pont Neuf, Kassie receives two compelling proposals. Can she possibly accept them both? Kassie’s decision process screeches to a halt when her soon-to-be ex-husband has a heart attack, forcing her to fly home to Boston. There, she confronts his conniving and deceitful fiancée—a woman who wants not just a ring on her finger but everything that belongs to Kassie. In the ensuing battle to protect what’s legally and rightfully hers, Kassie discovers that sometimes it’s what’s not true that can set you free.

First Digital Edition; Grier Rating: A** Desire and torment swept through Joyce's trembling young body at the gentle touch of Edith's cool hand upon her face. She had never felt like this before. It frightened her ... and filled her with a terrible excitement! Joyce is a young woman off to her first year at college at prestigious all-girl school. She gets along well with her roommate, Mary Jean, who is somewhat boy-crazy. Joyce begins to think there’s something wrong with her… that perhaps she is frigid… because she has no interest in boys. Then she meets Edith, the dean of the college, and falls head over heels in love. Suddenly all that mattered to her was a woman twice her age. Whisper Their Love is a haunting and courageous story of how a young girl's hunger for love leads her to discover passions she didn’t know existed. Only a writer as skillful and sensitive as Valerie Taylor could have taken such a daring subject and fashioned it into such a stirring a novel.

Valerie Taylor

About

Books

Join the club