{"id":47643,"date":"2026-09-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/2nd-fiddle-by-kate-calloway-3\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T21:57:58","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T21:57:58","slug":"2nd-fiddle-by-kate-calloway-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/2nd-fiddle-by-kate-calloway-3\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd Fiddle by Kate Calloway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px;\">\r\n\r\nThe letter was brief and to the point: &#8216;If we wanted live with faggots we&#8217;d move to San Francisco. Get out of town. Now.&#8217;<br><br>At their wits end, two gay men hire private investigator Cassidy James to find out who is blackmailing them to leave their home on Cedar Ridge. Cassidy&#8217;s original theory that this is the cowardly act of a homophobic nutcase is quickly negated when she learns that other residents of the Ridge have been getting threatening letters. 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