Cellmate Secrets

This collection includes four steamy sapphic tales of prison romance. These stories feature women who must fight for love. The Butterfly Tattoo, Love Beyond Redemption, The Price of Loyalty, and From Rivals To Redemption.

THE BUTTERFLY TATTOO

Gabrielle "Gap" Carter, hardened, yet beautiful, finds herself locked up on a three year bid, after a botched bank robbery due to opiate addiction. On the bus ride to state prison, she meets handsome, butch shot caller, Scarlett "Scar" Ramirez, who just did twelve years. Scar is returning on a patrol violation.

The two hit it off immediately. They fall in love during their 3 months together in reception and classification. Sadly, the two lovers are separated when they are classified into different units. Now, they will only see each other outside of the unit - in classes, at chow, or in the yard.

In her new dorm, Gap is assigned to clean the showers with Dolores "Dolly" Johnson, a tattoo artist with a life bid and a dark past. Soon, an attraction blooms. As Scar becomes violent and possessive, Gap falls more deeply in love with Dolly. The fallout may have deadly consequences. Can the lovers escape Scar's wrath as she wreaks havoc upon their lives?

LOVE BEYOND REDEMPTION

Tanasha "Asha" Graves is sentenced to ten years in Rose Hill Woman's Correctional after her alcoholism leads to the tragic death of her son. Her ex-wife, Jacqueline "Jax" Graves, a streetwise thug with ties to the criminal underworld, despises Asha, blaming her for the death of their son.

Asha struggles with depression when she first arrives in prison. While waiting to see a psychiatrist, she meets April "Sapphire" Rain, a recovering addict and victim of alcoholic parents. Asha and Sapphire fall in love, although Asha keeps the details of her crime hidden.

However, when Jax violates her parole and shows up at Rose Hill, Asha's new relationship will be put to the test. Will Asha and Sapphire's love be able to withstand Jax's revenge?

THE PRICE OF LOYALTY

Micha "Mouse" Bredwell, a suburban mom, is sentenced to three years in Rose Hill Correctional after getting caught delivering a package of drugs. Harassed by her former dealer, Slick, and missing her young son, she is lonely and scared.

Juniper "June" Flores, a handsome shot caller, is instantly smitten with the new prisoner. Mouse rebuffs her advances. However, when the two are assigned to work at the prison library together, an attraction blooms. However, June finds it difficult to balance her responsibilities as a prison shot caller and her new relationship.

When Slick shows up at the prison, Mouse's son, Milo, is put in grave danger, and June's loyalties are put to the test. Will June choose Mouse over the hustle? Can the couple make it out of Rose Hill alive?

FROM RIVALS TO REDEMPTION

Deidre "Diamond" Brown is a fiery Eastside shot caller. After a failed jewelry heist, she finds herself locked up in Rose Hill Women's Correctional, with her fiercest rival, the icy Southside queen, Valentina "Vixen" Rivera. Vixen has angered Lucinda "Luca" Moretti, a butch pimp, who vows revenge.

The sworn enemies find common ground, teaming up to blackmail a lecherous guard. Soon, the hardworking hustlers are stacking their cash, even while locked up. Romances bloom and flourish in the lonely prison.

Unfortunately, Luca resurfaces, along with his psycho flunky, Lola, putting the ex-rivals in grave danger. Diamond and Vixen's lives, loyalty, and commitment to the hustle are put to the test. Can Diamond and Vixen make it out of Rose Hill unscathed?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Ling Walters is the pen name of a formerly incarcerated woman. She draws on her time spent in prison to create these skillfully woven narratives, and true-to-life characters. Released in 2024, she enjoys arts and crafts and spending time with he