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  • The Story of Carnage: Books 1-5 by Lesley Jones

    The Story of Carnage: Books 1-5 by Lesley Jones

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Story Of Carnage. . . 'This story has everything going for it. It is superior in its storytelling, its love, its angst, its everything! This novel captured every emotion. Outstanding!' This book contains dirty rock stars, bad boys and smoking hot Alphas. An epic series of love story ’s which starts in the ’80s and spans over forty years...
  • Clean Break by Lisa Suzanne

    Clean Break by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    After two brothers shatter her world, Reese Brady escapes to her old life. She occupies herself with work and friends in an attempt to find comfort after her catastrophic summer. When Reese receives a desperate call from someone she thought she’d never hear from again, she’s forced to confront the love she could’ve had...
  • First by Kimberly Stedronsky Adams

    First by Kimberly Stedronsky Adams

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It was 1990, and we were tying yellow ribbons around old oak trees. And we were waiting. The time I’d spent with Grant Butler was stolen. Each moment between us only fueled our need for each other. He was older, and forbidden by my parents. And then he was gone. Grant wrote to me from Saudi Arabia, and in his very first letter, he asked me to marry him...
  • Forever Love: A Duet by Siobhan Davis

    Forever Love: A Duet by Siobhan Davis

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An emotional, angsty, new adult romance duet from USA Today & WSJ bestselling author Siobhan Davis. Over 700 pages of binge-worthy romance. Each book focuses on a new couple and ends with an HEA. When Forever Changes GabbyLooking back, I should have seen the signs. Perhaps I did, but I subconsciously chose to ignore them...
  • Den Mund voll ungesagter Dinge by Anne Freytag

    Den Mund voll ungesagter Dinge by Anne Freytag

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Wenn Sophie es sich aussuchen könnte, wäre ihr Leben simpel. Aber das ist es nicht. Und das war es auch nie. Das fängt damit an, dass ihre Mutter sie direkt nach der Geburt im Stich gelassen hat. Und endet damit, dass Sophies Vater plötzlich beschließt, mit seiner Tochter zu seiner Freundin nach München zu ziehen. Alle sind glücklich. Bis auf Sophie...
  • A Whisper of Solace by Milena McKay

    A Whisper of Solace by Milena McKay

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    What makes an Ice Queen?Neve Blackthorne, head of one of the most successful Studios in Hollywood, is the one to rule them all. Powerful, beautiful, and aloof, she’s ruthless, yet irresistible. Above all, she has an unquenchable survival instinct.Surely a fleeting entanglement with one Audrey Avens, a bright, young, rising star in her company, won’t bring down the Wicked Queen of Tinseltown...
  • Finding Me by Mariah Dietz

    Finding Me by Mariah Dietz

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I came here to escape. Leave the debris and avoid the inevitable truths. Things are better. Worse. Different. I’m finding me, but in the process I fear I’m forgetting those I have left, and the ones who have left me. Maybe I’m losing who I was...
  • Gray For You by Spencer Spears

    Gray For You by Spencer Spears

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I might be your fantasy. But I’m nobody’s forever… Gray: I’m not the kind of guy you take home to meet your mother. I’m an ex-adult film star with a GED and a giant co...llection of movie credits I can’t talk about in polite company. I might be good at helping other guys get their happy endings, but I’ve more or less given up on finding one of my own. Until Tyler Lang walks into my life...
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    age-gap  angst  drama  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  adult  audiobook  book
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Show Me How by Molly McAdams

    Show Me How by Molly McAdams

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Molly McAdams delivers another heart-wrenching, emotional novel in her Thatch series… After her first love was ripped from her grasp four years earlier, Charlie Easton was sure she would never be able to trust anyone with the shattered pieces of her heart again. That is, until Deacon Carver forces himself into her life, and makes those pieces swirl in chaos...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Palm South University: Season 2 Box Set ) by Kandi Steiner

    Palm South University: Season 2 Box Set ) by Kandi Steiner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Drama. Lies. Sex. Welcome to Palm South University. The weather isn’t the only thing heating up in South Florida. At a school where fraternities and sororities don’t exactly play by the rules, relationships are bound to be tested...
  • The Journey Home by Kelly Elliott

    The Journey Home by Kelly Elliott

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fate has a way of stepping in and righting itself when we least expect it. Maddison Powers has been regretting the biggest mistake of her life when she walked away from the only man who has ever sparked something deep inside her. After comparing every guy she dates to Cale Blackwood, she finally gives up all hope of ever finding him. One dare by Maddison throws Cale back into her life..
  • To the Stars by Molly McAdams

    To the Stars by Molly McAdams

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the second book in  New York Times  and  USA Today  bestselling author Molly McAdams’ Thatch series, Knox Alexander must convince his long-time love Harlow Evans that they’re meant to be together. He promised to wait for her. She told him he was wasting his time. Not waiting for him ended up being the biggest mistake of her life...
  • Changing Spaces by Annie Dyer

    Changing Spaces by Annie Dyer

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She said one night. He said more. She should’ve known better than to argue with a lawyer. Ava Callaghan was never going to be just one night. She was going to be more, much more. She just didn’t know it yet. Hotshot lawyer Elijah Ward can’t be interested in his friends’ and colleagues’ little sister...
  • Anika takes the long way home up soul mountain: A lesbian romance by Eliza Andrews

    Anika takes the long way home up soul mountain: A lesbian romance by Eliza Andrews

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    ** On sale for 99c for a limited time! **You can’t outrun your past. If you try, it will chase after you in a silver DeLorean. The last thing Anika Singh wants is to go home to Ohio, but when her mother is diagnosed with cancer, what choice does she really have? She’ll go home if she has to, but she won’t stay long...
  • Hiroku by Laura Lascarso

    Hiroku by Laura Lascarso

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hiroku Hayashi is just coming into his own when he meets Seth Barrett on the basketball courts in the suburbs of Austin. With his shredded jeans, tousled hair and risky behavior, Seth more than lives up to his bad boy reputation. Seth sees in Hiroku something Hiroku doesn’t see in himself—potential...
  • Everything Has Changed by Addison Clarke

    Everything Has Changed by Addison Clarke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Sophia Beauchamp is offered a lecture spot at a literary conference in Paris, she is more than ready to head back to her hometown. She has a list of things she wants to show her longtime girlfriend, Emily Crawford, and the two are excited about their Parisian vacation...
  • Starts With a Bang by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Starts With a Bang by Aimee Nicole Walker

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The best way to get over a cheating jerk is to get under someone new. Dominic isn’t looking for love or salvation at the Thirsty Cowboy. He needs a temporary escape from the drudgery his life has become, and the universe provides him with the sexiest distraction he’s ever seen. Sven is a sucker for sad eyes, thick thighs, and a Royal Cosmopolitan...
  • Beneath the Stain - Part One by Amy Lane

    Beneath the Stain - Part One by Amy Lane

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In one breath of shotgunned pot smoke, Grant Adams breaks every taboo Mackey knows—and Mackey refuses to look back. In the shadows of their small town, Mackey and Grant carry on a precocious affair under the noses and behind the backs of girlfriends, parents, and overprotective older brothers. When Mackey's band finally has a chance to make it big, Mackey and Grant are put to the test...
  • 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...
  • It Ended with the Truth by Lisa Suzanne

    It Ended with the Truth by Lisa Suzanne

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Brian Fox finally tells the truth, it costs him everything. His company. His friends. The girl he loves. He’s forced to start over, and it’s his brother who once again steps in. Working for a record label isn’t how he imagined his life when he owned a successful company, and life on the road only makes him long for everything the truth cost him...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  lgbtq  wlw  adult  bisexuality  book  contemporary
  • Choosing Forever by Mia Kayla

    Choosing Forever by Mia Kayla

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Life is made up of choices. Single choices like bricks laid out in a path. A path that leads to your future. At twenty four years old, I would have never guessed I would be stuck between two men—two men from opposite spectrums of the universe. Their lives, their worlds, their demeanor is as different as the darkest of nights and the lightest of days. I love them both, but I have to choose...
  • Everlasting Light by Shey Stahl

    Everlasting Light by Shey Stahl

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    We were two hearts, two souls, devastated by the same loss. I met Beau Ryland where the red clay danced along the water’s edge, and bursts of light rained down on us. A night when the heat couldn’t be escaped. As he whispered against sun-kissed summer-sweet skin, “Baby, look up and get lost on that everlasting light,” it was easy to believe it would last forever. But things changed...
  • You're Mine Tonight by Lucia Franco

    You're Mine Tonight by Lucia Franco

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’m a lover and a player, a Hollywood socialite with a reputation I strive to live up to. But when I meet Brody, my soul ignites with an ombré of colors. The tortured artist is a dangerous addiction, and the perfect companion to my party girl ways.Then I meet River at an audition to play his co-star. He’s a slow burn that soothes my reckless heart...
  • CRASH (Daring the Kane Brothers) by Kelly Gendron

    CRASH (Daring the Kane Brothers) by Kelly Gendron

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I DARE YOU TO MARRY ME ...Three years ago, I "married" my best friend's sister on a dare and the next day, my best friend died. Maggie Mae is back in town and she wants a divorce. The thing is, we're not really marriedAt least, I didn't think we were..
  • 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:
    age-gap  angst  lgbtq  wlw  adult  anthologies  contemporary  fiction
  • Trail Magic: A Lesbian Romance by Cara Malone

    Trail Magic: A Lesbian Romance by Cara Malone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Trail magic (noun). An unexpected gift bestowed on long-distance hikers. Raven is two years cancer-free on the day she arrives on the Appalachian Trail, ready to prove to the world that she’s more than just a breast cancer survivor. She’s still Raven, and she’s strong enough to tackle the 2,000-mile journey. Kit shows up with nothing but a hastily-packed bag and a new pair of hiking boots...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  domestic-drama  lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  breakup
  • 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:
    age-gap  angst  drama  lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary
  • Lithium Tides: A Lithium Springs Novel by Carmel Rhodes

    Lithium Tides: A Lithium Springs Novel by Carmel Rhodes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Whose bed is this? That was Kensie’s first thought as she peeled her eyes open to find herself in an unfamiliar room. She noted the crumpled red dress, tiny black thong, and Louboutin heels in the corner. Whose arms are these? That was her second thought as the tattooed arms engulfing her tightened their grip. Her phone buzzed on the nightstand...
  • Scandal by Gianni Holmes

    Scandal by Gianni Holmes

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love’s true test sometimes is a scandal.Charles knows his affair with August is the most scandalous thing he’s ever done. It has the potential to ruin his relationship with the people who matter most to him. Worse, the expiration date he’s tacked on their affair has lost its meaning since he’s gone and fallen in love with his Sir.August believes there’s a future for him and Charles...
  • Handle With Care by Michele L. Rivera

    Handle With Care by Michele L. Rivera

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Newly divorced Quinn Gellar is rebuilding her life—something she never thought she’d be doing in her forties. A creature of habit, she’s trying to embrace change and go with the unexpected. But when the unexpected appears to her in the form of an alluring bartender, Quinn becomes uncertain of exactly how much change she’s ready to embrace.Theo Harrington isn’t much of a planner...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  age-gap  romance  fiction  contemporary  young-adult  book
  • Saving Grace by H.P. Munro

    Saving Grace by H.P. Munro

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Charlotte Grace left Grace Falls at the age of seventeen, she swore she’d never return. More than twenty years on she still regrets breaking the heart of her first love. Reaching a crossroads in her life, Charlotte has started to merely drift along. Erin Hunter has spent a lifetime recovering from having her heart shattered by the person she trusted most...
  • Finding Home by Jamey Moody

    Finding Home by Jamey Moody

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ASIN B089T81STS moved to the more recent editionHow do you find something you didn’t know you’d lost?Olivia King has had it. She’s out of shape and tired of being alone. When she takes a tour of a fitness center, she had no idea how much she would gain while trying to lose.Frankie Dean and her two best friends own Your Way, a place where fitness means more than improving your body...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  drama  lgbtq  wlw  adult  audiobook  book
  • Storm in Her Heart by KC Luck

    Storm in Her Heart by KC Luck

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Love can weather the stormiest of hearts…Athena Storm, the resilient owner of a struggling tavern, has weathered many storms in her life. As she fights to keep her establishment afloat, she is convinced she does not have time for a relationship.Enter Kate Franklin, an ex-cop turned delivery driver who seeks refuge from her past...
  • Reject Me by Jennifer Foor

    Reject Me by Jennifer Foor

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Peyton Hutchinson and Jamey Billings were an unlikely couple from the start. They'd been together for a while, half of it in secret, but she's ready to get serious and take things to the next level.  She moves in with Jamey, forcing him to label what they are to each other, and he's not pleased about it...
  • Denial by Jackie Kennedy

    Denial by Jackie Kennedy

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Time spent in Somalia has Doctor Celeste Cameron accustomed to living and working in a war zone. Coming back home to America, Celeste is glad to see the end of the peril she has been in—or so she thinks. Danger seems to follow Celeste and she finds it in the shape of Amy. What Celeste feels for Amy scares her more than anything she has faced in war zones...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  cheating  domestic-drama  drama  lgbtq  wlw  adult
  • Aria by Jennifer Hartmann

    Aria by Jennifer Hartmann

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    When the lead singer of my rock band sets his sights on a pretty waitress, I’ll do whatever it takes to make sure she doesn’t get in the way of our dreams.Only, my plan unravels when she accidentally spills her darkest secrets to me one night, triggering a profound connection neither of us saw coming...
  • Graceful Waters by B.L. Miller, Verda Foster

    Graceful Waters by B.L. Miller, Verda Foster

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "...I'm sending you and that smart mouth of yours to Sapling Hill." The judge's words meant nothing to Grace Waters. He was just another disapproving voice in a long line of disapproving voices. Grace learned at an early age not to trust, not to reach out, not to believe. She'd do her time at Sapling Hill and move on with her life. She didn't need anyone...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  angst  drama  lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary
  • Before It Stains by R.E. Bradshaw

    Before It Stains by R.E. Bradshaw

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Falling in love is easy. Staying in love is work.Stephanie Austin has it all – a loving wife of 17 years, a handsome teenage son, a comfortable home in the suburbs, professional success, and a bright future. At forty, Stephanie’s life is all she’d ever dreamed of, but like the old blues song says, “What a difference a day makes...
    Categorized as:
    angst  cheating  domestic-drama  drama  lgbtq  wlw  adult  book
  • All We Are by Elisabeth Grace, Michelle Lynn

    All We Are by Elisabeth Grace, Michelle Lynn

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Coming face-to-face with my past changes EVERYTHING. I'm at the top of my game. All my struggles have finally paid off. Life should be great. I mean, life is great. Except for the fact that I can't stop thinking of her. The woman who mangled my heart into a bloody pulp and never looked back. If I could free myself of our shared memories, my future would be golden...
  • A Different Kind of Love by Nicola Haken

    A Different Kind of Love by Nicola Haken

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Love is simple. People are not. Despite growing up without it, William Walker knows all about love. He loves his wife. He loves his children. He loves the cat. He has the perfect family, and all he had to do to get it was push aside one pesky little feeling.Unfortunately, love doesn’t pay the bills...
  • Encore by Shira Anthony

    Encore by Shira Anthony

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A Blue Notes Novel Cool kid violinist Roger Nelson doesn’t give a damn about anything. Wannabe conductor John Fuchs is awkward, effeminate, and just figuring out he’s gay. Despite their differences, they become friends—then lovers—and after college, they try to make it work. But it’s the 1970s, and Roger can’t bring himself to admit he’s gay...
  • Sweet Alibi by Adriane Leigh

    Sweet Alibi by Adriane Leigh

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From USA Today Bestselling author Adriane Leigh comes a passionate contemporary romance about giving in to desire so sharp and sweet it threatens to consume... Georgia Montgomery is desperate for an escape from the life she’s been leading. The perfect job, the perfect apartment, the perfect boyfriend—all are on the cusp of driving her over the edge...
  • Bound by Stephie Walls

    Bound by Stephie Walls

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I want to prove my worth, show them what I have.   I may be flawed; we all are. But I'm smart, driven, and ready to take on the world.   No one needs to know the rest. I wasn't counting on him, couldn't imagine someone like him coming into my life. The blue eyes, the chiseled body, the man I can't resist. Truthfully, I have no plans of ever resisting him...
  • Revel by Bryce Oakley

    Revel by Bryce Oakley

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Billie and Vero are getting married and the gang’s all here, even the only two members left of the Singles Girl’s Club, Isla and Freya.When the wedding planner mixes up reservations for the wedding, party girl Isla and jaded artist Freya find that they’re either sharing the very last room available or one of them is sleeping out on the beach...
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    age-gap  drama  friends-to-lovers  lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  celebrity
  • The Doctor's Wish by Andrew Grey

    The Doctor's Wish by Andrew Grey

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Dr. Jackson Burnside is an orthopedic surgeon who made his own way. Always different, he got out of Natchez before his family could throw him out, but still wishes things could be reconciled. He's built a successful practice and a sound reputation in Carlisle. When he's called to the hospital for a consultation, the last person he expects to meet is Wes...
  • Finding the Grain by Wynn Malone

    Finding the Grain by Wynn Malone

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Augusta "Blue" Riley's parents are killed by a tornado in her last month of high school, Blue is thrown into a world where nothing is what she expected. She moves from her farm in Alabama to North Carolina to be near her aunt and attend college. Interesting classes and the love of sorority girl Grace Lancaster help Blue let go of her grief...
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