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  • Young & Beautiful by Velvetoscar

    Young & Beautiful by Velvetoscar

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Louis, to his horror, attends an elitist university in which the name Zayn Malik means something, Niall Horan doesn't stop talking, there are pianos everywhere, and Harry Styles, only son of a drug-addled, clinically insane ex-rocker, has a perfect smile and empty eyes...
  • Night Tide by Anna Burke

    Night Tide by Anna Burke

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Tides change, but some feelings can’t be washed away.Lillian Lee doesn’t believe in love at first sight. Hate is a different story—and one she is intimately familiar with. Luckily, she hasn’t seen her arch-nemesis, Ivy Holden, since graduating from veterinary school five years ago. Since then, while her life isn’t going exactly according to plan, she’s happy...
  • An Unexpected Fate by Skye Von Triessen

    An Unexpected Fate by Skye Von Triessen

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Dr. Miranda Hayes never anticipated finding herself in a relationship with a woman, but her undeniable attraction to Lane Remington was too powerful to resist. As she surrenders to this unexpected connection, Miranda is forced to confront new facets of her identity...
  • 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
  • Alone On the Water by MadLori

    Alone On the Water by MadLori

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sherlock Holmes never expected to live a long life, but he never imagined that it would end like this. - 7725 WordsSorrow’s my body on the wavesSorrow’s a girl inside my caveI live in a city sorrow builtIt’s in my honey, it’s in my milkDon’t leave my half a heart alone on the waterCover me in rag and bone sympathyCause I don’t want to get over you...
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    lgbtq  realistic  wlw  romance  mlm  contemporary  law-enforcement  sad
  • Sliced Ice: Lee Winter's Iconic Ice Queens by Lee Winter

    Sliced Ice: Lee Winter's Iconic Ice Queens by Lee Winter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ten short stories based on Lee Winter’s fierce and unforgettable ice queens and villains have been gathered into one anthology containing lesbian love, lust, friendship, and romance.Find out what happened after Lee’s stories ended, and in one case, before it began...
  • Fighting for Control by J.J. Arias

    Fighting for Control by J.J. Arias

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When sparks fly between a tenacious talent agent and a sharp-witted lawyer, a heated rivalry transforms into an irresistible attraction in this sizzling enemies-to-lovers sapphic romance.Lola Barros is a rising talent agent burning with ambition in Miami's glitzy entertainment world. Carmen Vargas is a dedicated lawyer poised to conquer the legal field, anchored by her family's prestigious firm...
  • The Scent of Rome by Lise Gold

    The Scent of Rome by Lise Gold

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In a last-ditch attempt to secure an investor for an app she’s developed, Rome Foster travels to her namesake city hoping her luck is going to change. Just as she’s about to pitch her life’s work, she meets the charming and captivating Nadine; a high-end escort who shocks Rome by flirting with her...
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    lgbtq  realistic  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Just Might Work: A Queer Fake Dating Romance by Katia Rose

    Just Might Work: A Queer Fake Dating Romance by Katia Rose

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Dane Marner’s aunt is obsessed with soul mates.As a self-proclaimed ‘cosmically guided matchmaker,’ she’s played every card in the deck trying to set Dane up with the perfect match she’s found.The problem? The ‘perfect’ match is Evangeline Hudson. Dane and Evangeline rent rooms in Dane’s eccentric aunt’s house, but that’s where their similarities end...
  • Graceless by Ruby Landers

    Graceless by Ruby Landers

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Savannah Grace is on top of the world. She’s back to selling out stadium tours and winning Grammys, and she’s just arrived home from her honeymoon after marrying the love of her life… nothing could burst this bubble. Except, of course, her estranged family...
  • Unbelievers by AgnesBellex

    Unbelievers by AgnesBellex

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    It’s Louis’ senior year, and he’s dead set on doing it right. However, along with his pair of cleats, a healthy dose of sarcasm and his ridiculous best friend, he’s also got a complicated family, a terrifyingly uncertain future, and a mortal enemy making his life just that much worse. Mortal enemies “with benefits” was not exactly the plan...
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    lgbtq  enemies-to-lovers  wlw  romance  steamy  fiction  new-adult  mlm
  • The Life Coach by Sienna Waters

    The Life Coach by Sienna Waters

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    It's time to let a little sunshine into your life...Meet Vivien Curtis, a divorced, depressed, reclusive true crime addict. All she wants is to be left alone, and for the kids to stay off her lawn.Until Alice Knowles appears. A young life coach hired by Viv's best friend Evie to get Viv back on her feet again, Alice wants nothing more than to meet Ms. Right, get married, and start adopting cats...
  • Taming the Bad Boy by Ivy Coleman

    Taming the Bad Boy by Ivy Coleman

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Where Secrets Are Safe by Jamey Moody

    Where Secrets Are Safe by Jamey Moody

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    At a Texas lake resort, swimming in romance, an enemy ice queen thaws right into her Hollywood happy ending. Krista Kyle knew how hard it was to be a closeted lesbian in Hollywood. Unfortunately being out and proud could affect your career. But after twenty years as an award winning actress Krista was able to be her authentic self in a world where being someone else was the norm...
  • Wren Martin Ruins It All by Amanda DeWitt

    Wren Martin Ruins It All by Amanda DeWitt

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Now that Wren Martin is student council president (on a technicality, but hey, it counts) he’s going to fix Rapture High. His first order of business: abolish the school’s annual Valentine’s Day Dance, a drain on the school’s resources and general social nightmare—especially when you’re asexual...
  • Side by Side by Nicole Pyland

    Side by Side by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sports Series Book #6. This series is related by a sports theme, not by characters.As teenagers, Belle Elrod and Chandler Wolfe had been chosen to be part of Team USA figure skating’s elite training program. But when something happened, and Belle left the program, they were both left wondering what might have been...
  • Let Go by Nicole Pyland

    Let Go by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is book #1 in the Boston Series.Gretchen Carpenter didn’t come from money. She didn’t have a lot growing up in her small town. As the black sheep of her family, instead of staying home and taking over the family business, she moved to Boston, got into Harvard Law School, and is about to graduate when she gets an internship at a personal injury law firm...
  • Vesting Period by Monica McCallan

    Vesting Period by Monica McCallan

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    App designer Carter Montgomery has thrown herself into being a successful co-founder of LadyLuck for the last half decade. Until now, she’s been content to focus on work mixed with a little light fun. It takes a horrible date with an infuriating woman to make her realize that maybe she isn’t so satisfied with things and that it’s time she got serious about investing in her love life...
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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...
  • Partners by Jae

    Partners by Jae

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ice queen Dee has never before shared the top spot with anyone. Running a new company with her girlfriend, Austen, is taking some getting used to, especially since Austen doesn’t deem knocking heads together to be an acceptable leadership choice...
  • What Happened After... by Nicole Pyland

    What Happened After... by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Do you ever read a story, fall in love with the characters and wonder what happens to them after the book ends? Epilogues are nice, but they’re a snapshot in time. Maybe it’s a year after the end of the book or even just six months. Maybe there’s a proposal or a wedding. Maybe a character announces she’s pregnant. Maybe a character just got their dream job...
  • 11:59 by Erica Lee

    11:59 by Erica Lee

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After spending her whole childhood in and out of foster care, TJ Edmonds has created a whole brand around not getting attached to other people. She has a best-selling novel and a popular phone app both dedicated to helping people stay detached from their significant others, so they don't get hurt. She even uses the method in her own life to allow her to jump from woman to woman...
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    lgbtq  wlw  fiction  lesbian-mc  romance  contemporary  book  adult
  • 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...
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    lgbtq  wlw  romance  fiction  age-gap  contemporary  young-adult  book
  • Making It by Laura Kay

    Making It by Laura Kay

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From the author of Wild Things comes a heartwarming and relatable queer rom-com about an isolated young woman whose artistic celebration of her pet chinchilla suddenly launches her into the professional art world, reality TV fame, and first love.Isobel's life is just her, her mum, and her pet chinchilla, Abigail, in their council flat on the Kentish coast...
  • Elite Connections: an LGBTQ Romance Charity Anthology by Ana Ashley, B.A. Tortuga

    Elite Connections: an LGBTQ Romance Charity Anthology by Ana Ashley, B.A. Tortuga

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Every need met. Every desire fulfilled.Welcome to Elite Connections, the secret, exclusive service where money is no object and your every wish is guaranteed to come true.Fake dates, arranged marriages, or just some company for the night, whatever it is, with Elite you are covered...
  • Carly's Sound by Ali Vali

    Carly's Sound by Ali Vali

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Is passion still possible the second time around? Poppy Valente has the world in the palm of her hand until fate steals from her the one thing that matters most – her wife Carly. When breast cancer ends their life together, Poppy finds herself at a loss as to how to begin to live again...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mlm  romance
  • Water Under Bridges by Harper Bliss

    Water Under Bridges by Harper Bliss

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can you build a future if you don't let go of the past?   Louise Hamilton has returned to Sydney after her long term relationship broke down in Brisbane and she's loving her new job at Glow, Darlinghurst's freshly opened yoga studio. She's found new friends in her boss Amber and the gang at the Pink Bean and feels like her life is finally back on track...
  • Guide on How to Fail at Online Dating by Jiang Zi Bei, 酱子贝

    Guide on How to Fail at Online Dating by Jiang Zi Bei, 酱子贝

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The cousin that Jing Huan has been closest to since he was a child was labelled as “the other woman” in a certain popular online game: only after devoting herself did she know that the other party was a jerk with a girlfriend.After several days of being bullied online by people in the game, his cousin went abroad in a fit of anger and sorrow...
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    lgbtq  realistic  wlw  book  comedy  contemporary  drama  fiction
  • Performance in a Leading Role by MadLori

    Performance in a Leading Role by MadLori

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sherlock/Watson FanficSherlock Holmes is an Oscar winner in the midst of a career slump. John Watson is an Everyman actor trapped in the rom-com ghetto...
  • 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...
  • Flight SQA016 by A.E. Radley

    Flight SQA016 by A.E. Radley

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Spurred on by overwhelming and ever-increasing debts, Emily White takes a job working in the first-class cabin on the prestigious commuter route from her home of New York to London with Crown Airlines. A gruelling transatlantic schedule means she is in the air nearly as much as she is on the ground and desperately misses her five-year-old son...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Bet Against Me by Fiona Riley

    Bet Against Me by Fiona Riley

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Trina Lee would sell her own mother’s house out from under her if it meant securing a sale, no joke. Her reputation as a ruthless deal closer and her record sales year in Boston’s luxury property market should’ve landed her Realtor of the Year, so when the award goes to new girl rival Kendall Yates, Trina is left speechless. And, okay, turned on...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Something Far Away and Happy by Bryce Oakley

    Something Far Away and Happy by Bryce Oakley

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can you ever truly get over your first love?Julia Evans has never had anything handed to her: She's worked hard to get where she is — just one high-profile interior design client away from landing her dream job of designing a brand new boutique hotel...
  • Unadulterated Something by M.J. Duncan

    Unadulterated Something by M.J. Duncan

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Emma Beauchamp and Campbell Jordan’s rivalry on the ice was legendary. Retirement should have closed that chapter of their lives, but when Campbell joins the faculty at Stonebridge—the prestigious Berkshires boarding school where Emma now teaches—it takes on a brand new life...
  • Blend by Georgia Beers

    Blend by Georgia Beers

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    When the widowed owner of the wine bar Vineyard decides she wants to take some time off and travel abroad, she leaves her business in the very capable hands of the two women she trusts most: her daughter Piper and Vineyard's general manager, Lindsay.For Lindsay Kent, Vineyard is her dream job...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Disclosures by Susan X. Meagher

    Disclosures by Susan X. Meagher

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    June in San Francisco and a young woman's thoughts turn to ... Pride Weekend! Ryan begins to introduce Jamie to some of the "secrets" of the lesbian lifestyle. The first night they make love in her family home, Jamie falls asleep while Ryan whispers "Go goinnne Dia thu." ay God keep you...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  lesbian-mc  romance
  • When You Know by Kiki Archer

    When You Know by Kiki Archer

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "When You Know," is the sequel to Kiki Archer’s best-selling lesbian fiction novel, "One Foot Onto The Ice." Teacher, Susan Quinn, and Club Ski instructor, Jenna James, have finally found love. True love. Real love. Breathless love. There’s chemistry. There’s passion. There’s a future...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor  romance
  • Out of Practice by Carsen Taite

    Out of Practice by Carsen Taite

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Attorney Abby Keane’s vacation is perfect, especially her steamy interlude with a beautiful stranger. But her newfound zen crumbles when her biggest client, a chain of bridal stores, leaves hundreds of brides without dresses. As if reentry isn’t bad enough, a new wedding blogger is doing her best to stoke the anger of the already unhappy brides, and has chosen Abby as the villain...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Reality Check by Nicole Pyland

    Reality Check by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Cali Banks lost her job and needs money fast. When her best friend tries to sign Cali up to appear on a reality show where contestants complete ridiculous challenges for cash and prizes, Cali tells her she’s crazy. When she gets a call back for an audition, she thinks there’s no chance the show will be interested in her boring life. Little does she know; that’s just what they’re looking for...
  • Treacherous Seas (Provincetown Tales) by Radclyffe

    Treacherous Seas (Provincetown Tales) by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Reese Conlon’s much anticipated family leave is only two weeks away, and nothing is going to stand in the way of her being at her wife’s side for the upcoming birth—not even the summer crowds in Provincetown, a new rookie cop with a hero complex, and a cruise ship at anchor in the harbor with a reported outbreak of a mysterious illness...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Fidelity by Susan X. Meagher

    Fidelity by Susan X. Meagher

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Fidelity is the sixth installment in a twenty-six book series following the lives of Jamie Evans and Ryan O'Flaherty. Jamie, Ryan, their friends, families and the times they live in are chronicled in the series, which was created for the reader who hates to have a book end just when it's getting good...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  lesbian-mc  romance
  • Entwined by Susan X. Meagher

    Entwined by Susan X. Meagher

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In Awakenings, the first of 26 novels of the series, we met Ryan O'Flaherty and Jamie Evans, juniors at the University of California at Berkeley. Since then we've followed them from the first flicker of attraction to their declarations of love, struggles with their families and a long, love-filled honeymoon. Now they're back in Berkeley, enjoying their summer vacation...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  lesbian-mc  romance
  • Getaway by Susan X. Meagher

    Getaway by Susan X. Meagher

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Getaway is the seventh installment in a twenty-six book series following the lives of Jamie Evans and Ryan O'Flaherty. Jamie, Ryan, their friends, families and the times they live in are chronicled in the series, which was created for the reader who hates to have a book end just when it's getting good...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  lesbian-mc  romance
  • Honesty by Susan X. Meagher

    Honesty by Susan X. Meagher

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Honesty is the eighth installment of the planned twenty-six book serial novel I Found My Heart in San Francisco. The previous books in the series are also available here on Amazon. In this book, the fun they had on their short holiday is a fading memory as Jamie and Ryan return to the world of family, school and sports. Jamie is determined to have it out with her father over his treatment of Ryan...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  lesbian-mc  romance
  • Journeys by Susan X. Meagher

    Journeys by Susan X. Meagher

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Journeys is the tenth installment of the twenty-six book serial novel I Found My Heart in San Francisco. Love is in the air! Martin and Maeve find themselves having a big, joyous wedding - with Catherine’s fingerprints are all over the celebration. Jim is determined to win Catherine back and is on his best behavior...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  lesbian-mc  romance
  • Playing the Spy by Maggie Brown

    Playing the Spy by Maggie Brown

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hollywood star and the nation’s favorite daughter, Eleanor Godwin wants nothing more than time by herself, especially from the persistent press. What better place to recuperate after a particularly gruelling round of interviews than a picture-perfect exclusive island resort in the Great Barrier Reef? Political reporter Sophie Marsh is used to digging up dirt...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  philosophy  romance
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