Blue Notes and Red Lipstick

Blue Notes and Red Lipstick is a slow-burn sapphic romance set in the 1990s. Lola Mercer, a young artist new to the city, becomes captivated by Carmen Vaughan, a magnetic jazz singer whose voice is impossible to forget. From the stage, Carmen notices the quiet stranger in the crowd long before Lola realizes she's been seen.

Their connection begins across the smoky glow of a jazz club. But their story doesn't stay beneath dim lights and blue notes for long. Through teasing conversations, late-night walks, afternoons wandering the city, and quiet moments that feel far too intimate to be innocent, fascination turns into friendship.

As Lola struggles with feelings she's spent her life hiding, Carmen finds herself letting someone past the walls she thought no one could cross.

In a world where honesty can come with consequences, friendship starts to blur into something more. Pulled between fear, longing, and vulnerability, both women must decide if protecting themselves from judgment is worth losing one another.