Overview

A tender, slow-burn lesbian romance for fans of bookshop love stories, poetry, and emotionally intimate WLW fiction.

What happens when a quiet bookseller meets a girl who reads like she’s searching for something more?

In Between Bookshelves, debut author Sylvie Mercer invites you into a soft, emotionally rich lesbian love story set in a cozy independent bookstore. If you adore queer romance, found family, and sapphic slow burns that take their time unfolding, this is the WLW novel you’ve been waiting for.

Follow Sophie—a guarded bookstore owner with a poet’s soul—and Ava, a curious literature student whose questions go deeper than the page. Their connection begins with books, blossoms in the margins, and lingers long after the final chapter. From shared cups of tea to almost-kisses and whispered confessions, this story celebrates what it means to be truly seen—and truly loved.