Bella Books review
Bella Books has a shelf called Spicy in its catalogue of fiction about women who love women. I’d start there if I wanted to choose between a novel and a collection of shorter pieces. The same shelf shows both, so the author or editor line is the first thing I look at.
Pick an anthology or follow one writer
“Kiss the Rain” gives me one author to look up, Larkin Rose. “Stolen Moments” lists Radclyffe and Stacia Seaman as editors. Bella also places it on the separate Short Story Anthologies shelf. I’d open that shelf if I wanted to see what else those editors had put together. For a connected series with an order already laid out, I’d use our Cecilia Tan review to start with the first Struck by Lightning book.
Check the publisher and format on the title page
Bella publishes its own books and stocks work from other publishers. The site has a publisher menu, a paperback shelf and a separate audiobook shelf. If I found a title I wanted in print, I’d check its listing for that edition before ordering. Bella’s customer service page says buyers can retrieve a purchased e-book in the formats it makes available for that title.
Anabel’s take
I’d start with an anthology and make a note of the writers I wanted to read again. If one story stayed with me, I’d look up its author in the index and pick a full-length book from there.