Flowers for Sara

A Novel

By: Davina Kotulski

Narrated by: Davina Kotulski

Dani Riman is the ultimate lesbian Casanova.

Dani, a 25-year-old genderqueer lesbian who wants to finish her first novel, may be having trouble writing, but she doesn’t have any problems getting beautiful women to sleep with her. That is, until she travels to Venice, Italy, the city of love and romance, and meets Sara, an alluring poetess and tour guide. Then all bets are off. What is it about this hard-to-get tour guide obsessed with Venetian history that makes her immune to Dani’s charms?

Dani is notoriously distracted by her sexual conquests. At least, that’s what her best friend, Veronica, claims. A successful food writer, Veronica is annoyed by Dani’s lack of follow-through, her one-night stands, and her inability to put down the torch for her closeted high school girlfriend, Michelle. So, she makes a bet with Dani, and when Dani loses, the penalty is she must go to Venice to write. Once there, Dani is haunted both by her past and by thoughts of the elusive Sara, who teaches her about the dark history of the Venetian Jewish ghetto even as she piques Dani’s amorous interest.

A coming-of-age story that promises laughs, romance, beautiful scenery, and a few historical facts.

©2023 Davina Kotulski (P)2023 Davina Kotulski

All I can say, is wow truly amazing

I have been a big fan of the author since her first book, a non-fiction piece about the history of same-sex marriage in America, but it seems like with each book Davina‘s talent grows exponentially. This one is by far my favorite I was on the edge of my seat every step of the way I laughed. I cried. I got goosebumps at the end. This book made me feel all the feels. As a delightful added, treat, the book was narrated by the remarkably talented author herself.
It was also a wonderful piece of nostalgia having lived in San Francisco myself, and also having travel to Europe, although I have not yet been to Venice, I have had the experience of navigating a foreign country in which I did not speak the language and in doing so learned a great deal about myself as a Danni does in this book.
This is the lesbian romance novel we never knew we wanted or needed it had everything you could ever want in a story without the over bearing male presence found too often in even lesbian fiction. I hope to see this book turned into a movie someday I’ll be at the midnight showing if it is.