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The Delicate Things We Make by Milena McKay
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHitting rock bottom in the concrete jungle of Manhattan, investigative journalist Jamie Walker lands the assignment of a lifetime: Find the most elusive artist of a generation, who has enthralled the art and fashion world for over a decade.This assignment is supposed to finally be Jamie’s ticket to journalistic fame and fortune... -
![On the Same Page by Haley Cass]()
On the Same Page by Haley Cass
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRiley Beckett met Gianna Mäkinen – drop-dead gorgeous influencer, trilingual, daughter of world-famous models, yes, that Gianna Mäkinen – their first year at Boston University, and it changed everything for the both of them... -
![The Blind Side of Love by Ingrid Díaz]()
The Blind Side of Love by Ingrid Díaz
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA second draft of a not yet published romance novel The Blind Side of Love, about love between an artist Kristina Milano (21) and a famous actress Julianne Franqui (25).Julianne Franqui is a hot actress and secretly gay. On a trip to New York she sees the artwork of artist Kris Milano, whose talent is not the only thing she's attracted to... -
![Destination You: An Age-Gap Lesbian Romance by J.J. Arias]()
Destination You: An Age-Gap Lesbian Romance by J.J. Arias
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFantasy Becomes Reality in this Super Steamy Age-Gap, Ice Queen RomanceWhen 27-year-old free-spirit Taylor Lopez flies back to Miami to attend her high school reunion, she doesn’t expect to run into Mrs. Alonso — her former history teacher — at the airport... -
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![Saving Graces by Ruby Landers]()
Saving Graces by Ruby Landers
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRosalie Carlson is the person everyone turns to in a crisis. She’s kind, calm, caring and a social worker, after all. She’s got it all together… except that her personal life is kind of a disaster. Things can get a little hectic after all, when your complicated best-friendship is with a megastar like Savannah Grace... -
![Finding Jessica Lambert by Clare Ashton]()
Finding Jessica Lambert by Clare Ashton
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJessica Lambert, movie star and ingénue, is in danger of burning out. Returning to London for the premiere of her latest film, she’s recognised everywhere she goes. When she runs away through the streets of London, she’s taken in by the beautiful and more mature Anna... -
![Meeting Millie by Clare Ashton]()
Meeting Millie by Clare Ashton
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOxford – celebrated city of dreaming spires and class warfare – is an ambition come true for lesbian, geeky, upper-middle-class Charlotte and straight, charismatic, working-class Millie. Against the odds, theirs is an instant, best friendship. Forever. Exuberant Millie is a breath of fresh air for polite Charlotte and a force of nature within the university's hallowed walls... -
![The Love Conspiracy by J.J. Arias]()
The Love Conspiracy by J.J. Arias
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCould you fall in love with your husband’s mistress?Forty-year-old Veronica Marin is a force to be reckoned with - a fierce trial lawyer who's always in control, including in her marriage to Gabe. But when a stranger shows up and exposes Gabe's infidelity, Veronica's reality is rocked. Her solution? To track down all of Gabe's unsuspecting partners before filing for divorce... -
![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 ratingsWhat 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... -
![Purposefully Accidental by G. Benson]()
Purposefully Accidental by G. Benson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAn unfortunate accident, an old grudge, and a Sapphic fake romance.Since A-List actress and Hollywood’s sweetheart Wren Acker came out, not only is she at the top of the acting world; she’s also crush number one for her queer fanbase. Loving life, loving her job, loving her cat—everything is fantastic. Except that lack of any kind of private life... -
![Chemistry by Rachael Sommers]()
Chemistry by Rachael Sommers
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAn opposites-attract, ice queen lesbian romance about finding the softest of hearts behind the highest walls.Newly minted high school teacher Lily Cross is young, bubbly, and can’t wait to put her fresh ideas into practice in the classroom. Her excitement is derailed after a disastrous run-in with a colleague... -
![Ensnared in Her Symphony by Jolie Dvorak]()
Ensnared in Her Symphony by Jolie Dvorak
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMaestro Virve Vintinen is at the very top of her game. She’s the principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra – the classical music world is hers to rule and she does so in style. She has a reputation, sure. She’s been known to make entire brass sections cry with one raised brow. She’s reduced the harshest music critics to tears of rapture... -
![Invisible, as Music by Caren J. Werlinger]()
Invisible, as Music by Caren J. Werlinger
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHenrietta Cochran has spent nearly forty years dealing with the effects of the polio she contracted in 1945. Her braces and crutches restrict her, define her, but they also give her independence. Almost. She hates that she has become increasingly reliant on a series of live-in companions to help her. For some reason, the companions never seem to want to stay very long... -
![Crashing into Love by Nicole Pyland]()
Crashing into Love by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSports Series Book #7. This series is related by a sports theme, not by characters.Drew Oakes had her first chance to take home an Olympic gold medal taken away from her when another rider crashed into her in the first race of the competition.Four years later, she is determined to get on that podium, and preferably, at the top of it... -
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![Reality In Check by Emily Banting]()
Reality In Check by Emily Banting
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom the multi-award-winning, best-selling author of Broken Beyond Repair comes a new sapphic celebrity ice queen romance — read as a standalone or as the second book in the South Downs Romance series.Sculptor Arte Tremaine is thrown into the hospitality industry when her beloved late grandmother bequeaths her and her sister a charming yet rundown country hotel with zero guests... -
![Falls From Grace by Ruby Landers]()
Falls From Grace by Ruby Landers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSavannah Grace is a huge star in Nashville. At least, she was. Her hit band Twice Struck topped the country music charts for almost a decade until her high profile marriage to her bandmate and co-writer publicly exploded. Now she’s fading from the spotlight and her own life, just trying to keep her head above water. Brynn Marshall is a little lost... -
![Thrust by Rachel Spangler, Ann Shanks Etter]()
Thrust by Rachel Spangler, Ann Shanks Etter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFencing prodigy Jess Kidman has always been ahead of her peers. At the age of thirteen she made the varsity team, won a state championship, came out, and fell head over heels in love with her team captain, Lauren Standish... -
![Gray For You by Spencer Spears]()
Gray For You by Spencer Spears
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI 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... -
![Behind Her Eyes by Melissa Tereze]()
Behind Her Eyes by Melissa Tereze
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA 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... -
![The AM Show by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod]()
The AM Show by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWould you give up your lifelong dream for a shot at everlasting love?Amanda Morgan is a morning show host with a fierce reputation, but a bitter divorce has left her feeling all washed up. Being mistaken for a grandmother at her own son’s wedding has her teetering on the edge—until a stranger at the reception rocks her world... -
![Damage Control by Jae]()
Damage Control by Jae
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn actress practically since birth, Grace Durand has finally made it in Hollywood. When a photo of her in a seeming compromising situation with another woman is plastered all over the tabloids, she fears for her career as a lead in romantic movies... -
![The Proposal by T.B. Markinson]()
The Proposal by T.B. Markinson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIs a single day worth changing the course of your entire life?Marley Royce has just two goals for her seventy-two-hour stay in London: land a career-making business deal and finally meet the woman of her dreams face to face.Fate has something else in mind.The mega conglomerate Marley works for wants to acquire the venerable but struggling Braithwaite Books... -
![She'll Steal Your Heart by Rachel Lacey]()
She'll Steal Your Heart by Rachel Lacey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA thief seeking redemption forms an unlikely connection with a former lawyer looking for a fresh start of her own, but what starts as friendship soon feels like much more…Last year, Lauren Booker fled New York with a warrant out for her arrest. Now she’s back and ready to make amends for her crime. She wants to rebuild her life, and Brooklyn is home... -
![What Happened After...: Celebrities Series Finale by Nicole Pyland]()
What Happened After...: Celebrities Series Finale by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHere’s a glimpse into the lives of the ladies of the Celebrities Series. Find out what’s been going on with Dani & Peyton, Kenzie & Lennox, Maddox & Avery, and Jessica & Venice. Epilogues are nice, but they’re a snapshot in time. Maybe it’s a year after the end of the book, or even just a few months. Maybe there’s a wedding. Maybe a character announces she’s pregnant... -
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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 ratingsAt 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... -
![Holding her Heart by Melissa Tereze]()
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![What to Bring to Your Ex-Girlfriend's Wedding: A Cornwall Lesbian Romance by Sabrina Kane]()
What to Bring to Your Ex-Girlfriend's Wedding: A Cornwall Lesbian Romance by Sabrina Kane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe past five months have been terrible for bookshop owner Darcie Spencer…Her American girlfriend, Jeannette, went to New York to visit her family…and fell in love with another woman.Now that some time has passed, Darcie is beginning to heal, until one day the post arrives at her home, containing an unpleasant surprise: an invitation to Jeannette’s wedding in nearby Newquay, Cornwall... -
![In Plain Sight by Sherryl Hancock]()
In Plain Sight by Sherryl Hancock
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMeet Memphis McQueen: a music obsessed, quirky individual, who becomes fascinated with her best friend Oliver’s online girlfriend, often speaking to her under his name. Meanwhile, her career as a budding DJ starts to take off, and it isn’t long before she catches the ear of superstar singer and producer, BJ Sparks... -
![Charmed By Her by Chelsea M. Cameron]()
Charmed By Her by Chelsea M. Cameron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe only thing I had to look forward to was getting as far away from my hometown of Arrowbridge, Maine, as possible. That is, until I bump into a single mom and her bug-loving daughter. Ingrid Davidson and I have absolutely nothing in common. She’s older, she has a child, and she’s settled in Arrowbridge for good.Still, I can’t stop finding reasons to spend time with her, and her adorable toddler... -
![An Art to Love by Helena Harte]()
An Art to Love by Helena Harte
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLauren Gray escaped her small town so she could do big things. Changing the world has always been her dream, and she’s been busy making that dream come true. But when tragedy strikes, she’s forced to return home, where memories and grief threaten to pull her to pieces... -
![The Queens of Crime by Sienna Waters]()
The Queens of Crime by Sienna Waters
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s a match to die for…Best-selling American crime novelist Adelaide Park is running away. Until an altercation with a tractor leaves her stuck in the little English town of Whitebridge with no driver’s license and nowhere left to run to.Whitebridge bookstore owner Anthea Monroe has been dumped for the umpteenth time and has now officially sworn off women for good... -
![Euphoria by Claire Highton-Stevenson]()
Euphoria by Claire Highton-Stevenson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEuphoria, is the latest standalone contemporary romance novel by Best-Selling author of women loving women fiction, Claire Highton-Stevenson. When Alexandra Montgomery took on the persona of Sasha, she had no idea where her life would lead.Wanting to rebel against her feisty mother, she joined a pop band, Solar Flare, and found a foothold on the ladder to fame and fortune... -
![No More Secrets by Jamey Moody]()
No More Secrets by Jamey Moody
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Krista Kyle’s world is turned upside down, there’s only one person that can save her.First love is a mighty strong emotion. Krista knows this and has been given several chances over the years to have the life she dreamed of, but something always got in the way.Melanie Zimmer has loved Krista Kyle for over half her life. She now has the courage to do something about it... -
![Broken Bridges by Tania Joyce]()
Broken Bridges by Tania Joyce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHe'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... -
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![Pas de Deux by Mj Duncan]()
Pas de Deux by Mj Duncan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThough she’s still struggling to put her personal life back together a year after leaving Los Angeles, Mallory Collingswood’s career is perfectly on track as she takes to the role of Leader of the London Symphony Orchestra like it’s her birthright. She’s determined to focus on her music and enjoy her second year back home when she’s approached about a collaboration with the Royal Ballet... -
![Until There Was You by Nancy Ann Healy]()
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![Love Walked into The Lantern by Nicole Pyland]()
Love Walked into The Lantern by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSummer 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... -
![Your Hand Found Mine by Adrienne Marsh]()
Your Hand Found Mine by Adrienne Marsh
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCassandra Vasquez wasn't hiding away. She was just really busy; the design studio she and her brother owned was really starting to make a name for itself, and the work was just flying in. That was the only reason she didn't go out much, or really even keep in touch with her friends anymore. It had nothing to do with her ex; she wasn't hung up on Sarah, or afraid to get back out there. She wasn't... -
![Meeting Mrs. Garret by Raquel De Leon]()
Meeting Mrs. Garret by Raquel De Leon
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNatalie Navarro is just looking to help a friend come out when she meets Madeline Garret. A busy young woman working her way through college, Natalie isn’t looking for any complicated emotional entanglements. Madeline Garret has been married to the same man for nearly twenty years. With her daughter in college and him often away for work, Maddie often finds herself alone in their empty house... -
![A Shot at Gold by Nicole Pyland]()
A Shot at Gold by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsElodie Booker was a phenomenon. No one had ever taken the sport of archery by storm the way she had. Trophies and accolades piled up around her even in her first years in the sport. Then, something terrible happened. She lost the only father figure she had ever known after losing person after person in her life... -
![Pieces of Us by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod]()
Pieces of Us by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe nanny is hot for her boss, but she’s been burned falling for a straight woman in the past. Julianna Bristol is on the brink of success as her fledgling video game design company goes after the opportunity of a lifetime. But her ex-husband is intent on making her fodder for late-night comedy... -
![In the Long Run by Haley Cass]()
In the Long Run by Haley Cass
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFree-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... -
![Some Part of Me Is You by Adrienne Marsh]()
Some Part of Me Is You by Adrienne Marsh
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlison has been in her brother's indie rock band, Right Turn, since she was a teenager... -
![All the Way Home by Nancy Ann Healy]()
All the Way Home by Nancy Ann Healy
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen 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... -
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![Tasting Temptation: A Sapphic Age-Gap Romance by J.J. Arias]()
Tasting Temptation: A Sapphic Age-Gap Romance by J.J. Arias
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA forbidden taste. An irresistible attraction.Young, headstrong chef Slade has talent to spare but a chip on her shoulder. When she loses her job after clashing with a tyrannical boss, she reluctantly takes a private chef gig for a group of wealthy women at a lavish retreat. Little does she expect to meet Marissa Guzman, a glamorous TV personality on the brink of forty wrestling with complacency... -
![Don't Cry for Me by Rachel Lacey]()
Don't Cry for Me by Rachel Lacey
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA frosty television host, a bubbly bar owner, and a litter of abandoned kittens. The recipe for ratings gold...or heartbreak?Eve Marlow has her eyes on the prize: a third season of her popular business makeover show, Do Over. But when her ratings take an unexpected dive, Eve needs a blockbuster new client, or she can kiss season three goodbye... -
![In Development by Rachel Spangler]()
In Development by Rachel Spangler
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom a young age, Cobie Galloway made a career of playing the girl-next-door on the silver screen. Only, she's not a teenager anymore. Ready to challenge herself artistically and earn the part she's always dreamed of, she's forced to face the realization that in order to win the roles afforded to edgier actresses, she might first have to audition by playing someone edgier in her day-to-day life... -
![No After You by Nicole Pyland]()
No After You by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDani Wilder only intended to go to a fundraiser and donate money to a worthy cause. She had no idea that she’d meet the love of her life that night. There were only a couple of problems with that chance meeting. Dani had a boyfriend. That chance meeting – it was with Peyton Gloss, the world’s most famous music star, who also happened to be a woman.Peyton had only planned on performing that night... -
![Living by Lise Gold]()
Living by Lise Gold
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsDuring her morning exercise, yoga instructor Cam Saunders finds herself rescuing a young woman who has walked into the sea, seemingly intent on taking her own life. When the woman in question turns out to be a famous actress, Cam promises to keep her secret safe... -
![The Progress of Sherlock Holmes by Ivy Blossom]()
The Progress of Sherlock Holmes by Ivy Blossom
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAuthor'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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