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  • Felix the Watcher by Blue Saffire

    Felix the Watcher by Blue Saffire

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Award winning Bestselling Author Blue Saffire presents Brothers Black 5: Felix The Watch Book 5 in the Brothers Black Series I’m a P.K., a pastor’s kid. I’ve done almost everything I’ve been told since I was a little girl,—no matter how confining that has felt. I’ve hidden my dreams and desires to toe the line. So imagine the burn of being blamed for something you didn’t do...
  • Those Who Wait by Haley Cass

    Those Who Wait by Haley Cass

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Sutton Spencer’s ideas for her life were fairly simple: finish graduate school and fall in love. It would be a lot simpler if she could pinpoint exactly what she should do when she graduates in less than a year. Oh, and if she could figure out how to talk to a woman without feeling completely hopeless, that would be great too. Charlotte Thompson is very much the opposite...
  • A Very Marian Christmas by Lucy Lennox

    A Very Marian Christmas by Lucy Lennox

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    12 Marian Men-A-Mating... I mean, A-Meeting11 Blind Dates-A-Blinding 10 Lords-A-Leaping (to conclusions)9 Ladies Dancing (okay, maybe that's Griff)8 Kids-A-Complaining 7 Changes-A-Clothing6 Love Junk Gadgets5 **DRA-AAG QUEENS**4 Calling Neighbors3 Nosy Grannies2 Men Falling In LoveAnd a partridge in a pear tree...
  • Midnight Rain: a Those Who Wait story by Haley Cass

    Midnight Rain: a Those Who Wait story by Haley Cass

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    What if...What if Charlotte didn't decide to come out in Those Who Wait? What if she and Sutton didn't get back together? How would that one decision alter the course of their lives, forever?Charlotte Thompson appears to have it all – by forty, her political plans are panning out exactly as she’d always hoped...
  • Better Than Expected by Haley Cass

    Better Than Expected by Haley Cass

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Hannah Dalton had a lot of expectations in her life. Growing up watching her mother struggle for everything they had, she resolved to make sure she did everything she could to make those hardships worthwhile. She would pursue the career she dreamed of, she would marry someone trustworthy and kind, and she would try to give her own daughter everything her mother gave her, only without the struggle...
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    family  friends-to-lovers  legal  lgbtq  slow-burn  wlw  adult  book
  • Give Me A Reason by Lyn Gardner

    Give Me A Reason by Lyn Gardner

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Intelligent, confident and beautiful, Antoinette Vaughn had it all until one night she went to help a friend and paid for it...with a life sentence in hell. Four years later, Toni’s judgment is overturned, but the damage is already done. She walks from the prison a free woman, but she’s hardly free. Actually, she’s hardly alive. A prison without rules can do that to a person...
  • Beneath the Stain - Part Seven by Amy Lane

    Beneath the Stain - Part Seven by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The one lesson that Trav's learned with the band's return to Tyson is that it should be hard to say good-bye. Mackey, Kell, Jefferson, and Stevie have to say good-bye to the person who helped make them and break them. They have to say good-bye to their bitterness and anger, and they have to say good-bye to lingering hope that one of the best parts of their childhood can be with them always...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  family  lgbtq  steamy  abuse  adult  age-gap
  • Discovering Nicola by Clare Ashton

    Discovering Nicola by Clare Ashton

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Sparks fly between Nicola Albright KC and Geeta Sachdeva, but not the good kind. They’re the sort that leave small fires, devastation, and everyone peeping between their fingers at arrogant lawyer, Nicola, on one side, and everyone’s favourite mum, Geeta, on the other...
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    wlw  lgbtq  legal  grumpy-mc  family  romance  contemporary  fiction
  • A True Fit by Michele Notaro

    A True Fit by Michele Notaro

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Trent~ My life has been great the past few years and I have zero intention of screwing anything up. I’m certainly not going to let some guy ruin things for me, especially not my boss’s ex. But for some reason, every time I run into Declan, I become more and more intrigued by him...
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    angst  drama  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  steamy  adult  book
  • Melody by Helen Hardt

    Melody by Helen Hardt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    He’s the melody in her mind… Beautiful Brianna Steel has her life planned out. Graduate college early. Check. Work with her father in the Steel family orchard. Check. Marry Jesse Pike. No check there. Jesse has never given her a look. Finagling her way onto a rock and roll tour with Jesse and his band, Dragonlock, should help move her final goal along. At least Brianna hopes it will...
  • Spindrift by Anna Burke

    Spindrift by Anna Burke

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can a hot summer fling mend the hearts of two broken women?Morgan Donovan had everything she ever wanted: a dream job as a large animal veterinarian, awesome friends, and a loving and supportive fiancée. But it all comes crashing down when her fiancée dumps her after realizing that Morgan’s job will always come first...
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    drama  family  lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Someone to Love by Kelly Elliott

    Someone to Love by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Seaside ChroniclesJanuary 3, 2023On the HookSeasiders,News on the beach is Braxton Bradley has caught the eye of Seaside’s very own darling, Harlee Tilson. Now, this might come as a shock to many of you, since the eldest Bradley sibling has been rumored to have made a vow to never marry. After all, his fishing charter has always been his number one love...
  • Tex by Aiden Bates, Ali Lyda

    Tex by Aiden Bates, Ali Lyda

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Jazz: I’m in love with my straight best friend …Prison changed me, mostly for the better, but it could never erase my love for Tex. Growing up together in foster care he was my one constant, and I hate all the ways I’ve let him down. Now that I’m free my biggest wish is to settle back into our friendship and life in our MC. I know I’ll never have anything more...
  • Then & Now by Monica McCallan

    Then & Now by Monica McCallan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lily Connor has focused all her energy into becoming a successful wedding planner, and after five years, she’s on the precipice of taking on more responsibility at Southerland Wedding Company. When the chance finally presents itself, it comes with a complication she couldn’t have dreamt up in her worst nightmares...
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    angst  drama  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  wlw  adult  audiobook
  • Painted On My Heart by Kindle Alexander

    Painted On My Heart by Kindle Alexander

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Artist Kellus Hardin let love and loyalty cloud his past decisions, a mistake he definitely won’t make again. Now, lost and alone, he’s left to pick up the shattered pieces of his broken heart while facing the truth of his reality. Arik Layne exudes power, confidence, and determination...
  • Ready or Not by Melissa Brayden

    Ready or Not by Melissa Brayden

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Sometimes wrong is extra right. Mallory Spencer is in charge. As the face of Soho Savvy, the advertising firm she owns with her three best friends, it’s important that she’s poised, polished, and put together. However, as she watches her friends couple up and settle down, she wonders about her own happily ever after. One thing’s for sure...
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    angst  family  grumpy-mc  lgbtq  steamy  wlw  adult  audiobook
  • Except You by Cora Rose

    Except You by Cora Rose

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A straight man walks into a gay bar searching for meaning…It sounds like the start of a lousy joke. And honestly, that’s what my life is beginning to feel like. I look back at all the hateful things I’ve said and done—so many things I can’t take back—and I’m not proud. I let my ignorance steal my relationship with my youngest brother, Magnus...
  • Spencer Cohen by N.R. Walker

    Spencer Cohen by N.R. Walker

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Finally going from fake-boyfriends to the real thing, Spencer Cohen and Andrew Landon are trying to take things slow. They know what they have could be something special and despite the flammable sexual tension, they don’t want to crash and burn. Spencer is learning to open up, sharing the secrets of his past with Andrew...
  • Spencer Cohen, Book One by N.R. Walker, Joel Leslie

    Spencer Cohen, Book One by N.R. Walker, Joel Leslie

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Spencer Cohen is the guy who gets answers to relationship questions. Playing the role of the new lover, his job is to make his client’s ex realise one of two things: he doesn’t want to break up or he really does. Either way, his client gets answers.The ex would either apologize and beg, or turn and walk. But in the end, Spencer’s client won. If he wanted his ex back and got him, it was great...
  • Escalation Clause by Liz Crowe

    Escalation Clause by Liz Crowe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Young love burns hot and bright. Soul mates are found, then lost in the blink of an eye. When young widow Maureen Gordon Taylor meets her daughter's sexy soccer coach, her body and heart slowly unthaw. But will holding tight to the past cost her a future? A devastating blow shatters a family's fragile happiness...
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    family  steamy  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Sundae Funday: A Curvy Woman Romance by C.L. Cruz

    Sundae Funday: A Curvy Woman Romance by C.L. Cruz

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sundae Funday is a short, sweet, and steamy romance book featuring a strong, independent heroine and the man who wins her heart after it's already been broken before. Sundae Funday is the 4th in the series but can be read as a standalone with a HEA and no cliffhangers!InesSixteen years ago, everyone told me to steer clear of my ex, but I didn’t listen...
  • Shaun's Salvation by K.C. Wells

    Shaun's Salvation by K.C. Wells

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Romance is the last thing Shaun wants, but what if it’s exactly what he needs – and deserves?A selfless son barely holding onShaun doesn’t have much of a life. When he’s not working in the restaurant in Portland, Maine, he’s home looking after his dad, who has dementia...
  • Merciless in Love by C.L. Cruz, Liz Fox

    Merciless in Love by C.L. Cruz, Liz Fox

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s winning at life. She’s just off the streets. When they meet again, will they get a second chance?EliasI have everything…Except a woman.That’s because only one girl ever had my heart.But we were just kids.When I run into Maggie again, it feels like my last chance.She’s curvy, stubborn, and knows what she wants...
  • And The Truth Is... by Jamey Moody

    And The Truth Is... by Jamey Moody

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When the love you've been searching for magically appears in the most unexpected person.Lauren Nichols' longtime marriage was over. She’d done what was expected, married her high school sweetheart, raised two great kids and now what? There had to be more to life than work. She wanted to share the passion she knew lived deep in her heart...
  • Broken Bridges by Tania Joyce

    Broken Bridges by Tania Joyce

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He's lost his band, his lover and his grandfather - the friends and family who'd accepted his lifestyle choices.She's lost her career, the love of her life and after a freak accident has to accept she'll never be the same.A chance audition for The Flintlocks could change his life.A move across the country could be the fresh start he needs.She needs to find her way in the world again...
  • Levi's Love by K.C. Wells

    Levi's Love by K.C. Wells

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Unrequited love hurts like hell Levi Brown has loved Noah White since he was a teenager, but Noah isn’t looking for a relationship. Every time Levi sees him, his heart aches for what it cannot have. Because dear Lord, he wants Noah, in his life, in his bed.Especially in his bed. The only reason Levi is still a virgin is because he was waiting for Noah. Except Noah doesn’t want him...
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    angst  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  slow-burn  steamy  adult  book
  • In the Long Run by Haley Cass

    In the Long Run by Haley Cass

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Free-spirited and easygoing Taylor Vandenberg left her hometown of Faircombe, Tennessee as soon as she could, and in the twenty-five years since, she has rarely looked back. She wouldn’t change anything about how her life has turned out – having traveled to nearly every country, never staying anywhere long enough to feel stifled...
  • Communion by Ella James

    Communion by Ella James

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Finally, he's mine, and I can say that out in public.Luke McDowell, one of the most beloved public figures in America, is my forever. At least that's what we said.But love is different in the harsh glare of the spotlight. Sometimes it feels like the whole world's against us. Now our unofficial honeymoon is over. Luke is back at Evermore, trying to live the life he had before he met me...
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    angst  drama  family  lgbtq  steamy  adult  audiobook  book
  • Black by Quin, Perin.

    Black by Quin, Perin.

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Meow!”There it was.The sound that made my knees buckle.He purred, neck stretched, eyes half-lidded.With those cat ears, in his hair.And the tail, that he flicked.A ray of sun in the drizzling rain. I’d been a traveler, floating adrift, while he’d stayed in one place. How was I supposed to know he’d become my anchor? My light. My everything...
  • All the Way Home by Nancy Ann Healy

    All the Way Home by Nancy Ann Healy

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When two bicycles collide at the end of a driveway in 1993, three lives are changed forever.Katelyn (Kat) Summers’ family has just moved to Webster, Massachusetts. It’s the day before her twelfth birthday, and all Katelyn wants to do is go back home to Pennsylvania. That is until a ten-year-old boy named Neil Masters crashes into her bicycle...
  • Flirting with Disaster by Hailey Shore

    Flirting with Disaster by Hailey Shore

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There are two things you need to know about First, I am not cool. No, no, don’t let my tuxedo shirt and anklet socks fool you. I’m 26-year-old virgin not cool. I’m carry my cat around in a special backpack not cool.Second, I’m cursed. Every Piedmont woman is. We are doomed to fall in love with men who will break our hearts. So, I’m never going to fall in love.But I wouldn’t mind a little flirting...
  • When We're Meant to Be by Skye Von Triessen

    When We're Meant to Be by Skye Von Triessen

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When Dr. Alexandra Edison’s world was ripped apart, the last thing she expected was to end up in a casual affair with Blake Westmore. Soon after she was forced to choose between her past and her present, when her strong sense of obligation forced her to leave the woman whom she shared one of the most unforgettable experiences with, and head back to L.A. to help the woman who broke her heart...
    Categorized as:
    wlw  steamy  lgbtq  angst  grumpy-mc  romance  contemporary  fiction
  • Forever by Kindle Alexander

    Forever by Kindle Alexander

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dr. Robert Adams grew up with more advantages than most, the son of a former vice president, he had two loving fathers, a twin sister he adores and wonderfully doting grandparents. Life is good until one afternoon when his dreams flat-line. And no scalpel can repair the guilt and grief he carries with him for the first time in his life...
  • Just Ten Seconds by Jeannine Colette

    Just Ten Seconds by Jeannine Colette

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    "Top 2019 Reads List!" -Guide To Romance Novels Just Ten Seconds That's all it took for my life to change forever. I left my posh life in Manhattan and escaped to the Hudson Valley in hopes of a fresh start. It wasn't until I happened upon a bereavement group when I finally found a place I felt understood. I told them my husband was dead when, really, I was the one who had died inside...
  • Lawless by R.G. Alexander

    Lawless by R.G. Alexander

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author R.G. Alexander, Book 8 in the Finn Factor Series Who says love isn’t Lawless? Chief Solomon Finn needed a change. After leaving the force to help his family and think about his future, it doesn't take him long to figure out what it is that he's been missing. Hugo Wayne...
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    angst  drama  family  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  steamy  adult  book
  • Controlled Chaos by Nikki Ash

    Controlled Chaos by Nikki Ash

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A Single Mom, Rock Star Romance Camden I’ve been in love with my best friend since high school.My biggest regret? Walking away without telling her.I planned to. But then catastrophe struck, making us part ways without a word.She left for Boston with her fiancé, while I left for L.A. with my band–Raging Chaos...
  • A Lifetime Kissing You by Riley Hart

    A Lifetime Kissing You by Riley Hart

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    CharlesI have a great family, a successful career, and never struggle to find the company of a man when I want it, and I do—often. The loss of my brother years ago is the one dark spot in an otherwise perfect life. But at forty-three, my world suddenly feels emptier than it should. Something’s missing...
  • Awaiting by Nicole Pyland

    Awaiting by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is book #4 in the Royalty Series.Alexandria – or Alex, as she preferred to be called – would one day be the next Queen of the United Kingdom. She would also be the first out lesbian who would take that title...
  • Strawberries for Dessert by Marie Sexton

    Strawberries for Dessert by Marie Sexton

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    When Jonathan Kechter agrees to a blind date with Cole Fenton, he expects nothing more than dinner and a one-night stand... but he gets more than he bargained for in Cole. Cole is arrogant, flamboyant, and definitely not Jon’s type. Still, when Cole suggests an arrangement of getting together for casual sex whenever they're both in town, Jon readily agrees...
  • The Law of Miracles by K.C. Wells

    The Law of Miracles by K.C. Wells

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The sequel to A Christmas Promise… Joshua Trant is doing his best to support his son Micah and Micah’s partner Greg as they approach the trial of Greg’s attackers. This was never going to be easy, especially as Greg wants them prosecuted for a hate crime, but County Attorney Alexander Rycliffe assures them he’ll do his utmost to make sure the perpetrators are held accountable for their actions...
  • The Progress of Sherlock Holmes by Ivy Blossom

    The Progress of Sherlock Holmes by Ivy Blossom

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Author's summary: Sherlock is head over heels for John, but you wouldn't know it by looking at him. First-person present-tense series of short scenes from Sherlock's point of view, borrowing heavily from Arthur Conan Doyle's stories...
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    angst  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  slow-burn  steamy  wlw  adult  book
  • High Rise: The Complete Collection by Harper Bliss

    High Rise: The Complete Collection by Harper Bliss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Four women. One building. A million complications. High Rise is a series of lesbian erotic romance novellas focusing on four women who live in The Ivy, the ‘sexiest building in Hong Kong’. Alex, a local gym instructor. Her room mate Nat, a celebrated American writer who moved to Hong Kong for love. Their upstairs neighbour Maddie, a workaholic investment banker...
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    angst  lgbtq  steamy  wlw  adult  age-gap  anthologies  contemporary
  • First Christmas: Marcus and Thomas Christmas Vignette by Joey W. Hill

    First Christmas: Marcus and Thomas Christmas Vignette by Joey W. Hill

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Marcus and Thomas from Rough Canvas celebrate their first Christmas together as a married couple.Found on the Joey W. Hill fan forum:http://www.jwhconnection.com/forums/t...Also found at:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d..
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    angst  family  lgbtq  steamy  wlw  adult  age-gap  book
  • Strollers and Swings by Erica Lee

    Strollers and Swings by Erica Lee

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lesbian romance writer, Laurel Lake (Kinsley Harper-Scott), knows there is no such thing as a happily ever after in real life. She expected there would always be ups and downs, but what she didn't expect was for marriage to be THIS hard...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  family  lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary
  • Once a Month by Nicole Pyland

    Once a Month by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She has a fantasy she wants to explore and has the means to do it. Joining a monthly sex club was never part of her big life plan, but the desire to explore that part of herself is too intense, the pull – too strong. The first month she goes, she meets a woman who is every bit her type, but flees. Each month she returns to find the same woman working the event to enjoy one night with her...
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    lgbtq  slow-burn  steamy  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Faith's Crossing by Carrie L. Carr

    Faith's Crossing by Carrie L. Carr

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the sequel to Destiny's Bridge, new lovers Lexington Walters and Amanda Cauble have withstood many things to be together. When Amanda decides to move to Texas for good, she goes back to her family's California home to get the rest of her things, taking Lex with her. Even though her parents have never understood her "lifestyle", they've not exactly fought against it...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  family  lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  book
  • Tyler Tied Up by Joey W. Hill

    Tyler Tied Up by Joey W. Hill

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tyler's Birthday present from Marguerite...
    Categorized as:
    family  steamy  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Claire and the Lady Billionaire 3 by Giselle Fox

    Claire and the Lady Billionaire 3 by Giselle Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Fun and Sexy Lesbian Romance (Book Three)Camille's departure looms near and Claire must face the reality that her affair with the beautiful billionaire is coming to an end. Nevermind that her MBA program begins in a matter of weeks.The lovers grand finale weekend in the city takes a very unexpected turn when Claire meets someone new and witnesses something scandalous...
    Categorized as:
    angst  drama  insta-love  lgbtq  steamy  wlw  adult  age-gap
  • More Than Words by Harper Bliss

    More Than Words by Harper Bliss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Building walls around your heart is much easier than breaking them down Katherine Jones has said goodbye to her old job as a luxury lesbian escort and embarked on a new adventure with her best friend Rocco: opening a third branch of the Pink Bean coffee shop. Rocco's aunt, Hera Walker, is tasked with renovating the building of the new Pink Bean...
    Categorized as:
    wlw  lgbtq  grumpy-mc  steamy  angst  audiobook  fiction  age-gap
  • Goddess of the Moon by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Goddess of the Moon by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Diana Maddox is a creature of comfort, she plays by the rules and she likes things done properly. Now, she finds herself in a bit of a rut. Single after an almost decade-long relationship with Jason, who cheated on her, Diana is sharing a flat with her sister and nephew. Her friends have all married and had families of their own, so there's only one thing for it, Diana decides...
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