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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... -
These Inconvenient Fireworks by mdasch, everydayslike
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOne Direction FanficFuture AU in which nobody tries out for X Factor but the boys end up finding one other eventually anyway. Louis is a jaded bastard who owns a cat named Duchess and teaches drama to teenagers, Harry is an idealistic aspiring photographer/part-time footy coach, Zayn teaches English lit and wears leather jackets, Liam saves people from burning buildings, and Niall is Niall... -
A Family Chosen: Volume 1 by Sloane Kennedy
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings***Note that this bundle includes books already available as single titles*** Save $2 if you buy the bundle vs the individual titles in each bundle! Come meet my amazing extended family of men, the Protectors and the Barrettis! Since all of my series cross over with one another, I've gotten many requests to bundle my bestselling books by reading order... -
An Unexpected Fate by Skye Von Triessen
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDr. 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... -
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When You Least Expect It by Haley Cass
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCaroline 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... -
All the Battles We Surrender by Garry Michael
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTime. That was what Sawyer Montgomery thought he had until he realized that it was running out. Now, all he wanted to do was right a wrong from three years ago. He made a vow to spend what little time he had left with Hawkins, the only man he ever loved. He would try everything to penetrate Hawkins’ armor before it was too late. Time... -
Crazy For You by Harper Bliss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOnly love can heal a scarred soul Jessica Porter is recovering from a medical procedure that has left her scarred, both physically and mentally. Before she goes back to work as a TV executive, she decides to call upon the services of her trusted escort, Laurel. When a mix-up at the agency brings Liz to her door instead, it doesn’t take long for her to charm Jessica... -
Nothing But A Fling: A Carlsbad Village Lesbian Romance by Sabrina Kane
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVanessa Murray owns La Vida Mocha, the hip new coffeeshop in Carlsbad, California. But after the Covid pandemic hit, business is practically non-existent.Megan Baldwin started the year having her heart shattered by her girlfriend but now she has just gotten an exciting new job promotion which will force her to leave Carlsbad and move to New York City... -
Entanglement by Max Ellendale
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUranium isn't something that Detective Billie Olsen often finds on bodies of homicide victims. The unusual situation connects her to physicist and college professor, Mira Lewis. Incited by the discovery of the weak radioactive element, the two join forces to unravel a cryptic cipher. It isn't the investigation, however, that nudges their paths to continuously cross... -
Heal Their Hearts by Claire Highton-Stevenson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA tale of heartbreak, tragedy, sex, and a coming together of a family torn by loss and put back together again by love, and hope, and the endless possibilities that await.Georgia Samuels lives her life with no commitments other than the love of her job, and the flashy little apartment overlooking the Thames... -
The Scent of Rome by Lise Gold
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn 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... -
Ensnared Hearts by Anna Stone
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA trip to Paris. A seductive older boss. An illicit, irresistible escape. Kat Walker needs a distraction. Broken-hearted from a breakup and working long hours as an intern at Mistress Media, she longs for an escape. So when the opportunity to accompany her boss to Paris arises, Kat can’t say no, especially since she’ll be spending the week with Lydia Davenport, Mistress Media’s new CFO... -
All In by Eliza Lentzski
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 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... -
Red Rock Ranch by Lise Gold, Madeleine Taylor
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCasino lights and desert nights, love takes a wild gamble. Dakota's plan was drive to Las Vegas, start her dream job at a luxury spa, and leave her old life behind. But when her ancient pickup breaks down in the middle of the Nevada desert, she's stranded, helpless, and alone.Enter Frankie, a charming cowgirl with a heart of gold and a big ranch to run... -
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Unbelievers by AgnesBellex
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt’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... -
Escalation Clause by Liz Crowe
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYoung love burns hot and bright. Soul mates are found, then lost in the blink of an eye. When young widow Maureen Gordon Taylor meets her daughter's sexy soccer coach, her body and heart slowly unthaw. But will holding tight to the past cost her a future? A devastating blow shatters a family's fragile happiness... -
The Phoenix Chronicles by C.J. Bishop, A.M. Snead
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*A continuation of the Phoenix Club series"I don’t know if my story is truly that powerful, as to light the path for another soul... -
The Show Must Go On by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBaker 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... -
Evolution by M.J. Duncan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife in The Royal Ballet comes with a set of unwritten rules, and no one knows them better than Nina Devereaux. Even in her current role as the Company’s Artistic Director, those expectations still loom menacingly over her life... -
Macon's Heart by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is book # 2 in the San Francisco Series. Macon Greene is a reluctant, world-renowned violinist. She’d never had a problem playing for a crowd as long as she wasn’t giving a solo. Her friends never seemed to notice her reluctance. In fact, her friends seemed to only really notice one thing about Macon – she always had a different woman around her. Sometimes, she’d flirt... -
This Above All by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is book # 3 in the San Francisco Series. Hillary Robins had watched all of her friends couple off. Everyone in her group had their person now, while she’d turned into something like the eighth wheel. After Caroline had broken her heart, Hillary had always known that she’d be the last of her friends to find someone. Caroline had done a number on her... -
Paradise Pride by Lise Gold
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLondon-based casino manager Meghan has no expectations of her two-week holiday in Spain; she’s just tagging along with her friend who’s visiting her love interest. When they arrive at a deserted hotel due to a booking fault and her friend leaves to see her boyfriend, she’s left with the bartender who stays on for the night... -
Worth the Wait by Jae
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsActress Jill and her girlfriend, stuntwoman Crash, explore new territoryWhen struggling actress Jill lands her dream TV role, she rushes home to celebrate with her girlfriend, stuntwoman Crash.A steamy shower leads to sheet-rumpling passion as they try out a new sex toy... -
Meant to Be by Skye Von Triessen
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome couples are destined for eternity, while others are fleeting moments in the grand mosaic of time. Blake and Alexandra’s journey has been a saga of trials that, against all odds, wove their fates together. Their love endured the unimaginable and in the process, their bond strengthened as they healed together, choosing to live each day as if it were their last... -
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Frost by Elizabeth Knox
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrostI’m doing something I’d never thought I would. Something I swore I wouldn’t do when Elena went off and married Reed. But, as the years went by I saw the unity within the biker lifestyle and I began to crave it. Now I’m in my late-thirties and all I have to show is scars on my body, battle wounds and marks that will forever scar my skin after being on the field for the bureau... -
Lily's Fire by Lise Gold
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLily, a heartbroken editor from London, has just learned the hard way that love is unpredictable. After finding her fiancee entangled with another woman, she travels to Bali to recover from her failed relationship. River is a womanizing artist with a troubled past and serious commitment issues. She traded a successful career in L.A... -
Always Emilie: A Sapphic Romance by Alyson Root
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCharlie Baxter has it all. A beautiful house, successful company and a set of tattoos that light women on fire at the mere sight of them. Not to mention, she’s tall and gorgeous! Life is good… Well, that is until her old music teacher calls insisting she return to her old school to take part in their annual charity ball. Charlie left Pickerton Academy behind twenty years ago... -
Constructing the Soul: Souls of Chicago series by Annabella Michaels
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAkio Forrest loved his life. He had an amazing job, great friends, supportive parents and was recently given the responsibility of heading up the Agape House project, the construction of a new facility for the Chicago-based center that helped LGBTQ teens... -
Let Go by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis 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... -
Distant Shores, Silent Thunder by Radclyffe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNo 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... -
Beautiful Dreamer by Melissa Brayden
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWho 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... -
The Dom with the Clever Tongue by Sorcha Black, Leia Shaw
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReece and Scarlet have everything a loving couple could want, except a hot kinky sex life. Malachi, an experienced Dom, steps in to help them sort that out. But not only is he a terrible memory from Reece’s past, he’s a smartass and damaged goods, too. As they all learn to trust each other, Malachi becomes more than just their kink coach... -
Online by Madeleine Taylor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'm Valerie, a recently divorced CFO from LA. After discovering lesbian erotica, I joined an online book club and have been indulging in steamy novels ever since. A new chapter in my life starts when Syd, a fellow member I've been sharing a sexy online exchange with, invites me to her house in Quebec... -
Learning to Love by M.A. Innes
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLeon’s trusted very few people in his life…but that’s starting to change.Finally understanding why love and attraction were always confusing for him has changed Leon’s life in more ways than he can count, but the biggest has been how he sees Morgan. They’ve gone from barely being friends to so much more but trust requires honesty, and Leon knows it’s time to start opening up about his past... -
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Intentions by Susan X. Meagher
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew 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... -
High Rise: The Complete Collection by Harper Bliss
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFour 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... -
It's in Her Kiss: A Lesbian Romance by Rachel Lacey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe second book in Rachel Lacey's exciting new lesbian romance series, Midnight in Manhattan.Two Broadway actresses, one starring role, and a kiss that might turn rivals...into lovers... -
Love Forged by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTate Antonio has been without her father for nearly thirteen years. He left one day and never came back. Tate had given up on hearing from her father ever again when a strange letter arrives in the mailbox of her apartment that she shares with her best friend since birth, Flynn McEntire. Born just two weeks apart, the two girls grew into women with a plan... -
Once a Month by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe has a fantasy she wants to explore and has the means to do it. Joining a monthly sex club was never part of her big life plan, but the desire to explore that part of herself is too intense, the pull – too strong. The first month she goes, she meets a woman who is every bit her type, but flees. Each month she returns to find the same woman working the event to enjoy one night with her... -
Tyler Tied Up by Joey W. Hill
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTyler's Birthday present from Marguerite... -
Karma by Susan X. Meagher
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKarma 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... -
All the Ways to Here by Emily O’Beirne
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this sequel to Future Leaders of Nowhere, Finn and Willa come home from camp to find everything is different. Even as they grow more sure of their feelings for each other, everything around them feels less certain. When Finn gets involved in a new community project, she’s forced to question where her priorities lie at school... -
Arms Wide Open by Donna Jay
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJulie's at her wit’s end with her beautiful, stressed wife, Yvonne, whose moods are as erratic as her sex drive. Something's troubling her, and Julie’s determined to get to the bottom of it. When soft kisses and romantic dinners fail, maybe it’s time to sit down and really talk... -
Second Time Around by Laura Conway
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter 20 years in the music business, Tracy McCoy was wondering if it was time to call it quits.Since her divorce from country music superstar, Logan Shields, five years ago, the words had stopped flowing, which meant no new album, no reason to go on tour.Tracy's star was fading and if she didn't get over the rut she was in, Tracy knew she would have to call time on her career... -
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Welcome To Paradise by Lise Gold
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsParadise Hotel is anything but paradise. Lisa Walker comes to that conclusion the moment she arrives at the all-inclusive resort in Benidorm, Spain. Recovering from a painful break-up as well as the impact of the pandemic—including the loss of her job and her flat— she was hoping the low-budget escape might do her good, yet she couldn’t have been more wrong... -
Crossing the Pond by Sienna Waters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow clumsy do you need to be to fall in love?Fired, divorced, and broke, Piper Garland is all out of hope. Until she inherits a house in a village she's never heard of. A house that's all the way across the Atlantic.Building contractor Camilla Fabbri spends her life pleasing others: her friends, her clients, not to mention her enormous Italian immigrant family... -
11:59 by Erica Lee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter 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... -
Forgetting With You by Robin Clairvaux
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA simple night of forgetting. A connection that’s simply unforgettable.Camryn Durant plays it safe. Since losing her heart to the wrong woman ten years ago, the shy graphic designer focuses on work and never takes risks... -
Goddess of the Moon by Claire Highton-Stevenson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDiana Maddox is a creature of comfort, she plays by the rules and she likes things done properly. Now, she finds herself in a bit of a rut. Single after an almost decade-long relationship with Jason, who cheated on her, Diana is sharing a flat with her sister and nephew. Her friends have all married and had families of their own, so there's only one thing for it, Diana decides... -
Handle With Care by Michele L. Rivera
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNewly 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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