HelenL

I tend to write (and prefer) romantic stories, with seduction being a major component, though I hope I vary the type and tropes enough to keep them interesting.

All of the stories here will be part of a shared world. I didn't set out to create a shared world. But I found one story (Step-Something chapter 3) which could have a neat tie in to another one (Bonds of Friendship), and from that point forward the world grew. The setting has driven a greater percentage of f/f stories than I've written in the past, but there are a few m/f tales in the collection.

That means I do have a recommended reading order, but each story or series is intended to be stand-alone, so if you don't follow the suggestions you won't lose anything other than a little background and possibly slight spoilers for earlier stories.

I will update my suggested reading order as stories become available. Currently it would be:
* Bonds of Friendship (series)
* Breakout
* The Craft So Long To Lerne
* Step-Something (series) (at least to ch. 3)
* Entanglement (series)
* Caffeine
* Mentor (long series)
* Rider (short series)
* Step-Something 4-6 (if you really want to avoid straight encounters, skip to 6, but you'll miss background)
* The Player (short series)
* Business Sense (series)

Most stories in this collection are lesbian sex / romance. "The Craft So Long To Lerne" and "Caffeine" are straight, and "Step-Something" is all over the place. It might be worth at least skimming ones that don't work for you if you want to see background / new development for characters in other stories.

I've been wanting to revisit Fiala's story pretty much since Kayla cast her aside (Mentor, ch. 15). She's not an easy person to get to know. I think I finally broke through. The result is "Business Sense," a five chapter series.

Writing "Business Sense" showed me a whole new path to explore for the Gabby's Girls, and there are likely to be four or five more stories in the Gabby's universe. They're interdependent, which is making them very difficult to write. Also, they're set a few months from now ("Business Sense" is approximately contemporary, give or take the fact that the world doesn't exist) so I wouldn't want to publish them yet even if they were complete.