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  • Brooks' Bride: A Poseidon's Warriors MC Novel - Book 4 by Darlene Tallman

    Brooks' Bride: A Poseidon's Warriors MC Novel - Book 4 by Darlene Tallman

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Hayley Mize is a small-town girl with goals and dreams. A product of the system, she’s used to keeping her head down and making her way through life unseen. She doesn’t make waves. She doesn’t do anything that could possibly attract the wrong attention. The night she goes to a party with her friend, Elsa, at the Poseidon’s Warriors MC clubhouse, those dreams go up in smoke...
  • The Wrath of the King by Danielle Bourdon

    The Wrath of the King by Danielle Bourdon

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Rocked by an unexpected attack, Latvala and its citizens find themselves at the mercy of a man whose sole intent is to shake up the monarchy. Queen for less than a year, Chey must choose between protecting the man she loves and protecting her unborn child. It's a decision that threatens to tear the fabric of her family apart...
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    suspense  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  royalty  romance
  • Hot Summer School Nights by Michelle Mankin, L.A. Cotton

    Hot Summer School Nights by Michelle Mankin, L.A. Cotton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller. All new and exclusive enemies to lovers and bully romance short stories and previews by:L A Cotton Siobhan Davis Ashley Jade Piper Lawson Tracy Lorraine Michelle Mankin Daniela Romero Ginger Scott Ivy Smoak Becca Steele Shantel Tessier This will be a wide release with special preorder pricing...
  • 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...
  • When You Least Expect It by Haley Cass

    When You Least Expect It by Haley Cass

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Caroline Parker knows three things to be true. First, she is going to be Boston's most sought after divorce attorney by thirty-five. Second, given how terrible her romantic track record is, falling in love isn't in the cards for her. And third, Christmas only brings her bad luck - being broken up with not once, not twice, but three times during the holidays is proof enough of that...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Collateral Damage: A Small Town Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Collateral Damage: A Small Town Romance by Giulia Lagomarsino

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is the second book in The Cortell Brothers series. It is recommended they are read in order...
  • Water of Life by Jennifer Bramseth

    Water of Life by Jennifer Bramseth

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Widowed judge and single parent Cara Forrest lives a grief-filled existence, sustained by the light of her life, her young son. She has no time or inclination to lose her heart again—especially to the likes of Drake Mercer, the rakish attorney who appears in her court on a weekly basis...
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    suspense  legal  romance  humor  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • The One to Hold Your Hand by Erica Lee

    The One to Hold Your Hand by Erica Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Reese James’s life was never easy. Trying to stay upbeat and positive while her twin sister battled cancer took its toll on her. The one thing getting her through was her relationship with her lifelong best friend Bette Mitchell...
  • All In by Eliza Lentzski

    All In by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book Four and the dénouement of the Winter Jacket Series. Hollywood had been a disaster. Elle Graft—Associate Professor of English and once-budding television screenwriter—could admit that much. Now back in Minnesota and back to her old life, Elle’s determined to get her relationship with Hunter back on track. It all started with a broken classroom heater and a blue winter coat...
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    angst  lgbtq  wlw  adult  age-gap  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Behind Her Eyes by Melissa Tereze

    Behind Her Eyes by Melissa Tereze

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A STEAMY AGE-GAP ROMANCEAll it takes is one cold lie to ruin the recipe for a perfect love…Five years ago, Abi was in culinary school and dreaming of working at Adley’s, a Michelin-starred restaurant, and for its equally delectable owner. Instead, she’s alone, broke, and out of friendly couches to sleep on. Her only direction…rock bottom.Abi’s in a mess, but it’s her mess, and she plans to fix it...
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    angst  lgbtq  wlw  adult  age-gap  book  contemporary  fiction
  • 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  lgbtq  second-chances  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • First Lady by Blayne Cooper, T. Novan

    First Lady by Blayne Cooper, T. Novan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The egarley-awaited sequel to their thirteen-month best seller, Madam President. Planning a wedding is never easy. However. most brides don't face the challenges that Lauren Strayer does. Her beloved comes with a ready-made family, something the biographer never imagined for herself...
  • The Art of Us by K.L. Hughes

    The Art of Us by K.L. Hughes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Eighteen-year-old Charlee Parker met the love of her life in a parking lot—a leggy brunette with a valedictorian medal hanging from her rear-view mirror and an attitude as biting as a Boston winter. Alexandra Woodson was guarded, a nineteen-year-old orphan set on a bright future in hospitality administration...
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    angst  lgbtq  second-chances  wlw  adult  audiobook  bisexuality  book
  • Twice Upon A Time by Erica Lee

    Twice Upon A Time by Erica Lee

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Kari Adelberg is happy. She has her friends, family, and a dog. What else could she need? At least that’s what she keeps telling herself, unwilling to think about what she lost until it ends up next door to her. Kacey Caldwell was the one that got away. They were college sweethearts and had plans for the future until Kacey ripped those plans apart with no explanation...
  • Going Hard by Kelsey Browning

    Going Hard by Kelsey Browning

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Slick sports agent Griffin Steele is living the highlife in Los Angeles, far from the shadow of the North Carolina mountains where he grew up. But when his hometown falls on hard times and needs his help, Grif reluctantly agrees to commute between coasts. He never expects the lush scenery, in the form of pretty tomboy Carlie Beth Parrish, to be such a temptation...
  • Back in Your Arms by Monica McCallan

    Back in Your Arms by Monica McCallan

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Seventeen years ago, Quinn McKinley left her small town of Kingsford for a shot at a happier life. Now a successful real estate agent in New York City, she’s brought back on behalf of a client, begrudgingly accepting her return home in order to close the deal of a lifetime...
  • The Show Must Go On by Nicole Pyland

    The Show Must Go On by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Baker Eagan has just wrapped the TV show she created and ran for the past five years of her life. She’s ready for a break and to refocus on her writing, and the last thing she wants to do is go to her agent’s birthday party. Little does she know that her agent plans to play matchmaker.Casey Jinx is the lead actress on a hit TV show...
  • Thrust by Kiki Burrelli

    Thrust by Kiki Burrelli

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    alternate cover edition of ASIN B0BGJPQ6CZZayne wants controlZayne Andino wants his life back. For years, his father has set him up with mate after mate, but only as a pretext to gain more money and power. Zayne is sick of being a bargaining chip, but he can't anger his father without jeopardizing his own status as agent in the Lunar Council Enforcement Agency...
  • Bourbon & Bonfires by Andrea Johnston

    Bourbon & Bonfires by Andrea Johnston

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Landon Montgomery has suddenly found himself the lone bachelor in his group of friends. With a new career handed to him and a string of unsuccessful blind dates behind him, Landon is ready to search for love. A chance meeting and immediate attraction have him wondering if things are about to turn around or if he’s stuck in the single life forever...
  • The Wrong Groom : A Second Chance Fake Marriage Romance by Emelia Blair

    The Wrong Groom : A Second Chance Fake Marriage Romance by Emelia Blair

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I was a guest at the wedding. I ended up marrying the bride. Ten years ago, I made a mistake that drove her away. Now she’s tied to me, and I’m not letting her go. I’ll be the perfect fake husband and take care of her like no other man could. I never thought it was possible for me to lose myself in a woman like this...
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    suspense  angst  romance  contemporary  fiction  book  adult
  • The Long Route by Kiersten Modglin

    The Long Route by Kiersten Modglin

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lydia never planned to return to Love, GA. She never planned to see Adam again or to rehash the night that changed their lives forever.But when an assignment at work brings her back to Love, she discovers the boy she left behind is not the same man there waiting for her. Adam once thought his future with Lydia was set...
  • Enchanted by Ainsley St. Claire

    Enchanted by Ainsley St. Claire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    WilliamWomen don’t hold my interest past a week, until she accidentally leaves me a voice mail so hot it melts my phone.Quinn has only been the woman in black, but now I see past the color she hides behind. She's the blonde with the heart-shaped ass, perfect tits, and luscious ruby-red lips. The woman I need.Those words keep replaying in my head and I can't stop thinking about her...
  • Stranger on the Shore by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Stranger on the Shore by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Quinn Harper is living the life she always wanted. She’s well-liked and respected by everyone and has been a success in life with awards to prove it. She spends her free time running along the shore, returning to her quiet home on the beach.It was almost the perfect life, but there was one thing missing: Love...
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    wlw  lgbtq  angst  romance  lesbian-mc  dark  contemporary  fiction
  • To Be With You by T.J. O'Shea

    To Be With You by T.J. O'Shea

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Leah Vasquez and Victoria Lockwood should not fall in love.They’re smart enough to know a star-crossed lovers’ situation never works out. Leah’s a loner from the poor side of town, working two jobs, and aching to leave their sleepy hometown in her rear view forever...
  • The Promise: A second chance romance. by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    The Promise: A second chance romance. by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *A heartwrenching, yet heartwarming, book that will have you reconsidering what matters most!* Ali and Susan Jenkins have it all. Their life together is mapped out on a one-way path to happiness, that is until Susan is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Ali refuses to accept it - her world is shattered...
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    wlw  lgbtq  angst  romance  audiobook  contemporary  sad  fiction
  • You're Still The One by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    You're Still The One by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A twenty-five-year-old heartbreak. A surprising reunion. Their lives are completely different now, but what about their hearts?Natalie Shultz is a success in business but not in love. Although she’s built an empire of female-empowering sex toy stores, she’s never been able to find a deep, passionate connection of her own since running away from the girl of her dreams twenty-five years ago...
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    lgbtq  wlw  angst  romance  contemporary  lesbian-mc  fiction  book
  • Nightingale by Andrea Bramhall

    Nightingale by Andrea Bramhall

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Charlie Porter meets Hazaar Alim her first year of university, she’s instantly smitten. Hazaar has it all: beauty, talent, and brains. What she doesn’t realize is that Hazaar’s future has already been decided, and Charlie has no place in it.Hazaar desperately wants to break with her traditions and stay with Charlie, but when forced to choose, she chooses her family over love...
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    angst  lgbtq  second-chances  suspense  wlw  adult  audiobook  book
  • You Know I Need You: Book 2, You Know Me duet by Willow Winters

    You Know I Need You: Book 2, You Know Me duet by Willow Winters

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    I married the bad boy from Brooklyn.The one with the tattoos and the look in his eyes that told me he was bad news.The look that comes with all sorts of warnings.I knew what I was doing.I knew by the way he put his hands on me; how he owned me with his forceful touch.I couldn’t say no to him, not that I wanted to. That was then, and it seems like forever ago...
  • Love Walked into The Lantern by Nicole Pyland

    Love Walked into The Lantern by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Summer Taft is a twenty-seven-year-old billionaire, who founded a tech startup with her brother while she was still in college. As that company’s CEO, she feels stuck and underappreciated. She also has to take care of the company while her brother goes off exploring the world, leaving her holding the bag. The company recently opened an office in Chicago, where Summer has met some new friends...
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    angst  lgbtq  wlw  adult  age-gap  bisexuality  book  contemporary
  • Someday, Maybe by Addison Clarke

    Someday, Maybe by Addison Clarke

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Walker Forsyth is two years sober and back in her hometown of Moonflower Cove after two years away. She’s made her amends with her sisters and friends and is ready to start a new chapter in her life. More than anything though, she’s hoping to have a second chance with the love of her life.Maddie Carlson has spent two years wondering what it would be like when Walker came back to the Cove...
  • Symphony in Blue by M.J. Duncan

    Symphony in Blue by M.J. Duncan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It was just supposed to be a working weekend in Maui and not anything remotely life-altering, but all that changes the moment Gwen Harrison holds a hotel elevator for Dana Ryan. Beautiful and charming, Dana is a breath of fresh air that Gwen is helpless to resist—something she dearly regrets when their whirlwind weekend is over and reality sets back in...
    Categorized as:
    angst  lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  grumpy-mc
  • Noble by Annabella Stone

    Noble by Annabella Stone

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Red Squadron is the tip of the spear in the war against global terrorism. Navy SEAL Commander, Noble Bauer, leads the JASOC Taskforce and knows his team won’t be complete until he finds a Communications Specialist. He knows just the man for the job. The only problem is can he get him to listen...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  second-chances  suspense  angst  romance  military  mlm  war
  • Distant Shores, Silent Thunder by Radclyffe

    Distant Shores, Silent Thunder by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    No matter how much we plan, life—and people—have a way of surprising us. For Doctor KT O’Bannon, a near-fatal tragedy derails a career and disrupts everything she thought she knew about herself and her future. Battered and nearly broken, she turns for solace to the one woman who knows her best, her ex-lover Doctor Tory King...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • The Devil Inside by Ali Vali

    The Devil Inside by Ali Vali

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Brains, guts, and ruthless ambition should be enough to come out on top in any fight. Except when the battle is over love, all bets are off. Derby Cain Casey was groomed from birth to take the reins of the Casey family enterprises, which just happens to be one of the major crime organizations in New Orleans...
  • Out of the Ashes by Cara Dee

    Out of the Ashes by Cara Dee

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    We screwed up, Master. It wasn’t until I stood there alone in the ashes, raw, naked, enraged, and in more pain than I could handle that I realized we’d been wrong from the beginning. I saw our history in the rubble—all our memories, the pictures filled with devotion and laughter, my wholehearted submission to him. And we had to rewrite the ending. We had to. Kingsley and I couldn’t be over...
  • Code of Honor by Radclyffe

    Code of Honor by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The face of terror is hard to recognize—especially when it’s homegrown. Blair Powell is set to join her father on the campaign trail even though a domestic terrorist group has already launched one attack on President Andrew Powell's life...
  • Back to the Start by Monica McCallan

    Back to the Start by Monica McCallan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When Remy’s grandmother dies, it means leaving her life in San Francisco and returning to a town she swore she'd never revisit, forced to confront a world she'd worked hard to put behind her over the last twelve years...
  • Turn Back Time by Radclyffe

    Turn Back Time by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Love has a way of derailing the best of plans. Wynter Thompson, divorced with a young child, struggles to balance the demands of her surgical residency with the responsibilities of motherhood -and between the two, discovers there is little time left for anything else...
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    lgbtq  second-chances  suspense  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  children
  • Beautiful Dreamer by Melissa Brayden

    Beautiful Dreamer by Melissa Brayden

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Who says you can’t go home again? Philadelphia real estate broker Devyn Winters is at the peak of her career, closing multimillion-dollar deals and relishing it. She’s pretty much blocked out her formative years in Dreamer’s Bay, where the most exciting thing to happen was the twice a year bake sale. Unfortunately, a distress call hauls her back home and away from the life she’s constructed...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Holding Space by Michele L Rivera

    Holding Space by Michele L Rivera

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After thirty-seven years of heartache, Hannah Bradshaw has every reason to be cynical about love—except she’s not, which turns out to be a real problem when she meets Charlie on an alleged blind date...
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    angst  lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  female-author  fiction
  • Broken In by B.A. Tortuga

    Broken In by B.A. Tortuga

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Greyson Hayden wants to prove to his ex that he's made it. He's a successful stock contractor with a couple of million dollar bulls, a ranch owner with more acres than he can count, and he stopped drinking when Kyler kicked him out. He's had a lot to prove, but now he's back in town to show Kyler that he has. And maybe rub it in...
  • Intentions by Susan X. Meagher

    Intentions by Susan X. Meagher

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    New Book - Intentions is the ninth installment of the twenty-six book serial novel I Found My Heart in San Francisco. In this book, Jamie tries to acclimate to her changing relationship with her father, Jim. Despite his promise to honor and respect her and Ryan's relationship, she has her doubts-both about his sincerity and his ability to follow through...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    angst  lgbtq  wlw  adult  age-gap  anthologies  contemporary  fiction
  • Ariana: Love always finds a way home by Emma Nichols

    Ariana: Love always finds a way home by Emma Nichols

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    On the back of an unhappy marriage and bitter divorce, stressed out Ariana Carter-Cruz, returns to the remote Greek island of Sakros, to claim the estate of her late grandmother, Sophia. A straightforward affair - go there, sell the house, get out - and start a new life with her daughter...
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    angst  lgbtq  second-chances  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Humbug's Holiday Homecoming by J.A. Armstrong

    Humbug's Holiday Homecoming by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    It’s Christmastime, and Dr. Mick Mulligan has just arrived back at her childhood home after a five-year absence. She’s determined to help her mother, Leona, care for the house she grew up in and resolved to adjust to life back in Connecticut. After the childhood loss of her father, Mick proclaimed herself a “humbug.” Mick is happier in an operating room that gathering around a Christmas tree...
  • 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  lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  drama  family
  • Snowed Inn with Madelyn by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Snowed Inn with Madelyn by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nothing says “Merry Christmas” more than arriving at the adorable inn your mom has booked for your family and seeing your former babysitter, and first crush, sitting behind the desk. Turns out Madelyn Hawthorne is the owner, and after a massive snowstorm traps us, we’re all going to be getting pretty cozy for the next week...
  • Karma by Susan X. Meagher

    Karma by Susan X. Meagher

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Karma is the eleventh book in the I Found My Heart in San Francisco series. Love can be a dangerous game. When to risk, when to run, when to submit. Jordan and Mia have been playing the game as nonchalantly as they can manage, but their feelings are harder and harder to dismiss. Jim and Catherine have had so many ups and downs that they’ve lost track...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Rebel Without A Claus by Bryce Oakley

    Rebel Without A Claus by Bryce Oakley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ve finally gotten a handle on my life. Sure, it’s taken into my 30s to get here, but I’ve finally got all my candy canes in a row. A job I love, a house I adore, and a town that still takes my breath away every holiday season.Let’s just forget all of the things that had to go wrong for me to get here. In fact, that’s just what I’m doing when Joy Martin waltzes back into town for the holidays...
  • Love on Location: A Sapphic Travel Romance Anthology by Margaux Fox, Johana Gavez

    Love on Location: A Sapphic Travel Romance Anthology by Margaux Fox, Johana Gavez

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Seven trips across the globe, and seven loves to last a lifetime. Got your ticket?Airport layovers and far-flung islands, sunny shores and breathtaking mountains—step out of your comfort zone, leave the world you know behind, and join seven of today’s top sapphic romance authors on adventures across the world...
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