An addictive, absurd, and darkly hilarious debut novel about a young woman who embarks on a ten-day getaway with her partner and two other queer couples.

Sasha and Jesse are professionally creative, erotically adventurous, and passionately dysfunctional twentysomethings making a life together in Brooklyn. When a pair of older, richer lesbiansprominent news host Jules Todd and her psychotherapist partner, Mirandainvites Sasha and Jesse to their country home for the holidays, theyre quick to accept. Even if the trip includes a third coupleJesses best friend, Lou, and their cool-girl flame, Darcywhose It-queer clout Sasha ridicules yet desperately wants.

As the late December afternoons blur together in a haze of debaucherous homecooked feasts and sweaty sauna confessions, so too do the guests secret and shifting motivations. When Jesse and Darcy collaborate an ill-fated livestream performance, a complex web of infatuation and jealousy emerges, sending Sasha down a spiral of destructive rage that threatens each couples future.

Unfolding over ten heady days, Dykette is an unforgettable love story at the crossroads of queer nonconformity and seductive normativity. With propulsive plotting and sexy, wickedly entertaining prose, Jenny Fran Davis captures the vagaries of desire and the many devastating places in which we seek recognition.

Author: Jenny Fran Davis
Publisher: Holt
Page Count: 320pp
Size: 5.25 x 8
Notes: paperback
Release Date: May 21, 2024
ISBN: 978-1250843173