O: Volume One - Erotic Lesbian Short Stories Signed Paperback Includes Set of Limited O Women Bookmarks
O: Volume One - Erotic Lesbian Short Stories Signed Paperback Includes Set of Limited O Women Bookmarks
Every signed copy now comes with an exclusive O Women bookmark pulled from the collection itself. A little extra sapphic temptation slipped between the pages.
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Last year, bestselling erotic lesbian author Ruby Scott drew thirty-four women in their most intimate moments. This is the first eight, paired with the original ink portraits that began them.
Last year I sat down with a pen and started drawing women. O.
Thirty-four ink portraits in all, every one of them caught in private, every one a stranger I'd somehow already met.
So I asked the women who read my books to name them, and to tell me who she was before the ink met her skin.
This volume is the first eight. Eight erotic lesbian stories about women in the unguarded moment they stop managing their desire, and find themselves gloriously alive.
I drew them. You named them. They did the rest.
Volume One of four.
INSIDE VOLUME ONE
Shannon. Eleven years anchoring the network's late bulletin, and five Tuesdays now of leaving the side door unlocked at 10:45 for an extern she has run out of language to call a colleague.
Adeline. Newly arrived principal of a girls' boarding school six thousand feet above the Garhwal valley in 1920s India, undone in lamplight by a slim volume of Sappho left on her desk without a note.
Sienna. A US combat medic at 0200 in a desert shower block after a medevac that nearly cost her crew, and the Black Hawk pilot who flew them out.
Bailey. A half-Thai chef thirty floors above Bangkok, and the French sous-chef she hired knowing exactly what she was doing.
Rebecca. Afternoon office hours that stopped being office hours weeks ago. A constitutional law professor with an analytical streak, and a student who would do anything she asked.
Rowan. A converted cannery on a Pacific Northwest island, a single mother who has not let herself want anyone in six years, and the non-binary produce driver who arrives every Thursday on the eleven-fifteen ferry.
Vivienne. A Berlin ophthalmologist in a marriage of parallel schedules, and the sculptor whose face she held in her hands in the dark.
Valentina. A New Orleans bar owner who has spent seven years giving people the wanting and keeping the thing itself, until a guitar player from Frenchmen Street walked in and looked away first.
PERFECT FOR READERS WHO LOVE
- Slow burn to high heat
- Workplace and forbidden desire
- Age-gap encounters
- First-time sapphic experiences
- Non-binary love interest
- Combat zone setting
- International settings
- Single mother
- Married woman exploring sapphic desire
- Sapphic D/s and light BDSM
O: Volume One is the first of four illustrated sapphic anthologies from bestselling author Ruby Scott. There are twenty-six more women waiting.
If you have read the Awakening of Desire series and wanted to know what Ruby Scott can do in shorter form, O is the answer.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Ruby Scott writes desire the way other authors write heartbreak. Quietly devastating, beautifully observant, and impossible to look away from.”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “The combination of the portraits and the stories makes this feel less like a book and more like holding someone’s private thoughts in your hands.”
Continue the O Collection
O: Volume One is the first of four illustrated erotic lesbian anthologies. Volumes Two, Three and Four will follow as the remaining twenty-six portraits find their names and their stories.


More lesbian romance by Ruby Scott
If you enjoy steamy lesbian romance and emotionally intense relationships, you may also love:
- Awakening of Desire series — a bestselling erotic lesbian romance series exploring dominance, submission, slow burn desire, power exchange, and emotionally intense relationships between women.
- The Healing Hearts series — emotionally rich slow burn sapphic romance with strong women, found family, deep emotional healing, and beautifully earned heat.
Each copy is personally signed by the author and includes a one-of-a-kind inscription written just for you. Your book is beautifully wrapped by hand and presented in a gift box with a few extra treats inside, making the entire experience feel as special as the story itself, from the moment it arrives to the moment you turn the first page.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Ruby Scott writes desire the way other authors write heartbreak. Quietly devastating, beautifully observant, and impossible to look away from.” ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “The combination of the portraits and the stories makes this feel less like a book and more like holding someone’s private thoughts in your hands.”
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Full Description
Full Description
A year ago Ruby Scott set herself a question: what does a woman look like in her most honest
moment, when nobody is watching her and she has stopped curating herself for anyone?
The answer was thirty-four ink portraits, drawn over the course of the year, every one of them
a stranger she had somehow already met. She gave them to the women who read her books
and asked them to do what she could not — to name these women, and to tell her who they
were before the ink met their skin.
O: Volume One is the first eight to be returned to her with names attached, and the first eight
stories she wrote in response.
Eight encounters. Eight intimate portraits printed alongside their stories. Eight women, every
one of them stepping out of the careful, contained life she has been managing and into the
truth of what she wants.
This is character-driven erotic sapphic fiction in its most stripped-back, most intimate form.
Atmospheric and literary. Written for readers who want the unspoken finally made plain, and
the heat that comes when a contained woman lets herself be known.
O: Volume One is the first of four illustrated sapphic anthologies. There are twenty-six more
women waiting.
Themes and Tropes
Themes and Tropes
Erotic sapphic short fiction
Illustrated anthology
Workplace desire
Forbidden attraction
Power-dynamic encounters
Age-gap relationships
Sapphic D/s and light BDSM
First-time sapphic experiences
Married woman exploring sapphic desire
Non-binary love interest
1920s historical setting
Combat zone setting
International / global locations
Single mother
Reader-collaboration project
Original ink art
Character-driven sapphic erotica
Literary erotica
Chapter One Look Inside
Chapter One Look Inside
SHANNON Inspired by Marisa Buccieri
The red pen has been uncapped for forty minutes and I haven't marked a word.
Tomorrow's rundown lies across the anchor desk in front of me, twenty-three items total, the
overnight ratings for tonight's bulletin clipped to the upper right corner so I can inform
tomorrow's editorial decisions with the discipline that has governed this newsroom for eleven
years. My governance. Eleven years of it and not a day missed.
There is a light on in the research bay.
It has not left my attention since the floor crew dispersed, since James, my floor manager for
nine of those eleven years, packed his bag without looking at me, since the studio contracted
to monitors and cold light and the distant mechanical rhythm from post-production two floors
below. I haven't looked directly at the research bay. I don't need to. I know whose light it is,
whose it has been on every one of the fourteen evenings I have extended my hours beyond
any editorial necessity I could credibly articulate.
Cara Walsh arrived six weeks ago on a Tuesday at nine-fifteen and disagreed with me in front
of seven people before she'd been inside the building forty minutes…
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Ruby Scott has just added a new dimension to sapphic erotica! Erotic short stories with sketches of the ladies faces at their most intimate moment.
These eight stories are the first of thirty two. Each one a different woman in a different exotic locale. Each one with its own flavor, its own scorching heat and its own intimate finish.
This has to be the most unique collection of sapphic erotica short stories there is and it's just the beginning. Expect more original sketches, new exotic locations and more explosive heat!
O would be the perfect first read for someone who has yet to experience Ruby's talent like I have for many years. I can't recommend this book enough.
Thank you so much for this incredibly enthusiastic review.
I’m genuinely delighted that you connected so strongly with O: Volume One, and especially that you noticed the combination of story and artwork working together. That interplay between image and narrative was something I wanted to feel intimate but also interpretive, giving each reader space to bring their own imagination into the experience.
I’m also really pleased you picked up on the structure of the collection and the wider plan for it. These women, their stories, and the worlds they inhabit were always intended as a much larger tapestry, so it means a great deal to hear that the sense of continuation and expansion came through.
What I love most about your review, though, is your comment that this could be a first entry point into my work. That’s exactly how I hoped it might feel for new readers, while still offering something fresh for those who’ve been with me for a long time.
Thank you for reading so deeply, for your kind words, and for recommending it so warmly.
Ruby x
O Volume 1 by Ruby Scott Review - 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
It’s taken me a while to get my thoughts down for O, not because I didn’t enjoy it, but mostly because I’m still fanning myself down after two back to back reads! 😅 This one is scorching hot! 🔥
I fell in love with the women of O when they were first released as drawings. I even have them hanging on my wall and bought the O mug!
I then followed along on the FB page as readers named them. So to see these characters come to life and read their stories was just so much fun! 🤩
Each woman, each story, is packed with heat and emotion. A collection of short stories, snippets of their lives, that leave you feeling like you know them intimately.
I loved Volume 1 and can’t wait to see what Ruby does with Volume 2! Such a brilliant book. 🫶🏻
Thank you so much, Kellie! ❤️ I love that you followed the women all the way from the original drawings to the finished stories. Knowing they came alive for you on the page means the world to me. I can't wait for you to meet the women in Volume Two!
Great author, writing is exceptionally love the book. Buying from Ruby brings a special service and extras. Really appreciated thankyou ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ .
Thank you so much for your lovely review! ❤️
I'm delighted you enjoyed the book, and your kind words about buying direct from me mean just as much. I always try to add a few extra touches where I can, so it's wonderful to know they're appreciated.
Thank you again for your support and for taking the time to leave a review. It genuinely means the world to an indie author.
Well… that was a thoroughly indecent little masterpiece! 🔥
Ruby Scott’s ‘O’ series just ripped up the rule book on erotic shorts - you heard it here first!
Yes, this book gives us eight incredible women and eight exquisitely intimate moments, but reducing it to just erotica feels wildly unfair. This was an experience for me. It was immersive, sensual, and unexpectedly artful in a way that completely caught me off guard.
The fact that Ruby not only penned these stories but sketched the characters too - outrageous talent! It added such a unique layer of intimacy, as though I was being invited even further into her imagination.
And the range? Glorious. Different settings, different dynamics, different continents and tropes! I literally devoured every page of this book.
If you enjoy erotica with substance, style, and enough heat to ruin your evening plans… buckle up. This ride is fire! 🔥
Now the countdown is on for Volume 2! 👏🏼
Thank you so much for this wonderful review! ❤️
I love that you enjoyed not just the heat, but the stories underneath it. That's always the goal. Desire, emotion, character, and just enough fire to keep readers turning pages. 🔥
I'm also delighted the drawings added something extra to the experience. These women have been living in my head for a long time, so it's lovely to know they found a place in yours too.
And yes, I'm taking the Volume Two countdown as both a compliment and a gentle threat. 😉
The first volume of this series and the room is on fire, or at least that’s what it felt like. Grab yourself a copy, a fan and somewhere quiet to immerse yourself in these sizzling hot stories.
Thank you so much! ❤️🔥
I think 'the room is on fire' may be one of my favourite descriptions of O so far! 😅
I'm delighted you enjoyed the women and their stories, and I'm especially pleased the collection left such an impression. Thank you for reading, for taking the time to leave a review, and for recommending the fan. It sounds like sensible advice! 😉
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