Larissa Lovshaft — Author
Larissa Lovshaft
LGBTQ+ romance · dark erotic fiction

Love that hurts. Desire that heals.

Queer romance with heart and heat in equal measure — trans-inclusive love stories, and a dark sapphic crime romance saga that refuses to look away.

Browse the books About Larissa
Portrait of Larissa Lovshaft in front of a bookshelf
Larissa Lovshaft

Books

Ebook & paperback · English editions
Series · dark romance

Two Hearts, One Blade

A dark sapphic crime romance in three books. Mel's journey into a world of sexuality and dominance — and into a danger she never saw coming. First published in German in 2018 as Liebe und Schmerz; the English edition began in 2025.

Cover of Two Hearts, One Blade, Book One

What Starts as a Game Becomes Obsession

Book 1 · 2025 · Ebook & paperback

Mel is a confident, controlled accountant. Julia is a dominant entrepreneur who sees exactly what Mel is missing — and exactly how to take it from her. What starts as an erotic game becomes obsession.

Read more

Julia's control deepens. Her hunger sharpens. And Mel sinks further into a relationship where pain and pleasure are impossible to tell apart — until she can't say where submission ends and danger begins.

Then Julia crosses a line that changes everything. Two strangers appear. The situation turns violent, fast — and Mel realizes the woman she surrendered to may also be the one who gets her killed.

Cover of Two Hearts, One Blade, Book Two

The Past Is Not Done with Her

Book 2 · 2026 · Ebook

Mel survived. But the weeks with Julia left something behind that won’t simply be shaken off — her desire is gone, her body frozen. With Marc, the police officer, she tries to find a way back into her life.

Read more

He is gentle, patient, everything Julia was not. A holiday together is meant to be the start of a new chapter.

Instead, the holiday ends in catastrophe. Mel is abducted and sold into slavery — into a life there seems to be no way back from. Will she ever see Marc again? Or is what she had with him gone for good?

Content warning: graphic depictions of sexual violence, captivity and pregnancy loss.

Cover of Two Hearts, One Blade, Book Three

Some Cages Have No Door

Book 3 · 2026 · Ebook

She was sold. Now she has to survive. A holiday that should have been a new beginning ended in catastrophe. Now Mel has lost everything: her freedom, her name, any say over her own body. In a world where obedience is the only currency, she has to learn the rules of her captivity before they break her.

Read more

Will she find a way out? And will she ever see Marc again?

Some Cages Have No Door is the darkest and most intense book in the Two Hearts, One Blade series: a psychological dark romance about control, endurance, and the part of a woman no one can own.

Book 3 of Two Hearts, One Blade. Read Books 1 and 2 first.

Content warning: explicit adult content, captivity, non-consent and violence. For readers 18+ only.

Series · trans-inclusive love story

In Love with a Transwoman

A queer romance in three books. An unconventional love story about courage, honesty, and the emotional risk of choosing connection over certainty — erotic without excess, intimate without sentimentality. Larissa's first book, and the one that began as a bet.

Cover of In Love with a Transwoman, Book 1

When a Goodbye Becomes a Beginning

Book 1 · 2025 · Ebook & paperback

After the collapse of a long-term relationship, Tom is left drifting through loneliness and unanswered questions about desire, intimacy, and who he is allowed to love. Then he meets Lisa.

Read more

Their connection is immediate and deeply felt, charged with attraction and emotional intensity. When Tom discovers that Lisa is a trans woman, the ground beneath him shifts. What once felt simple becomes complicated, forcing him to confront fears and assumptions he has never questioned before.

As their relationship deepens, Tom is pulled into a quiet but powerful reckoning with identity, masculinity, and emotional vulnerability. Desire collides with doubt, and love begins to challenge the limits he once believed defined him.

Cover of In Love with a Transwoman, Book 2

When Betrayal Comes Easier Than Loyalty

Book 2 · 2025 · Ebook & paperback

When Tom is forced to leave his apartment, fate steps in. Lisa offers him a place to stay, giving them both a chance to explore what they truly mean to each other. But just as he starts to embrace his feelings, his past comes knocking.

Read more

His ex-girlfriend Karin suddenly reappears, stirring old emotions and unfinished business. The pull of the past versus the possibilities of the present leaves Tom at a crossroads. Should he return to the familiar or take a leap into the unknown with Lisa? As desire, confusion, and longing collide, Tom must make a choice — and he sets up a date with Karin to find out.

Cover of In Love with a Transwoman, Book 3

When Love Finds a Third Way

Book 3 · 2026 · Ebook

Lisa longs for a child she can never carry herself. The answer she finds brings Karin back into Tom’s life — and forces all three of them to ask what a family can be.

Short stories · erotic fiction

Short Stories

Shorter, sharper, and each with a twist at the end. Two collections of erotic short fiction — the place to start if you'd like a taste of Larissa's writing before committing to a series.

Cover of Beyond Bondage

Beyond Bondage

2 short novels · 2019 · Ebook & paperback

Two men facing new sexual situations and breaking out of their comfort zones. The two stories differ in approach and writing style — with a final surprise at the end of the second.

Cover of Three women

Three women

3 erotic stories · 2021 · Ebook & paperback

Three erotic adventures, each with a surprising ending. The second and third stories play with the name of the female character — avid readers may work out who the author is referring to.

About Larissa

Larissa Lovshaft is a journalist by day and a writer of erotic fiction by night. Her first book, In Love with a Transwoman, began as a bet — and turned into a calling.

With Two Hearts, One Blade, a dark sapphic crime romance, she took on her first full-length saga: the story of Mel, a woman finding her way into a world of sexuality and dominance, with a crime plot running through it like a live wire.

Larissa writes LGBTQ+ love stories — trans-inclusive, sincere, and unafraid of desire. Her characters are flawed and fully alive; her romances move fast and cut deep. Whether she is tracing the delicate first days of a relationship or the raw ache of longing and loss, she writes with honesty, warmth, and a deep respect for how complicated queer love can be.

Her stories are for readers who want romance that goes straight to the heart — and stays there long after the last page.

Contact

Questions, reader mail, or press and review-copy requests — Larissa reads everything, and answers when she can.

Auch auf Deutsch

The German originals — Liebe und Schmerz and Verliebt in eine Shemale — are listed on the German page, including volumes not yet translated.