{"id":7757,"date":"2015-04-13T10:02:18","date_gmt":"2015-04-13T10:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/?p=7757"},"modified":"2026-09-29T22:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T22:14:10","slug":"amanda-by-paula-christian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/amanda-by-paula-christian\/","title":{"rendered":"Amanda by Paula Christian"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Amanda<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><\/em><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Paula Christian<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/good-4-stars.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"50\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ev writes &#8216;les books&#8217;, but she&#8217;s not a lesbian; she simply puts a woman in the man&#8217;s &#8216;traditional&#8217; place. 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