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Crossed Over: A coming out story by Santana Knox
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom international best-selling author Santana Knox, comes an LGBTQ, women’s fiction, coming out story like nothing you’ve ever read before. A tale that grips the hearts of those who failed to see eye-to-eye with a parent, and anyone who’s ever denied the truth about themselves... -
![Maverick by Max Ellendale]()
Maverick by Max Ellendale
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRenowned doctor, Lauren Lewis, purchases an old Victorian home after the loss of her former residence and channels her energy into restoring the new property. When a wandering antique restorer shows up to take on the job, together, they uncover the secrets the house harbored for a century... -
![Executive Order by JA Armstrong]()
Executive Order by JA Armstrong
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAdjusting to life as the first family takes time. As Candace and Jameson learn to embrace their home in the White House, life all around them continues to change. Jameson navigates the sometimes rocky landscape of motherhood with Cooper. Relationships are reinvented as Candace’s adult children look to establish roots in new places. Marianne and Scott make a move to Connecticut... -
![Falling For Who by Erica Lee]()
Falling For Who by Erica Lee
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsMarjorie Madden has it all. She’s been out since middle school, is the most popular person in her grade, and according to her friends could get any girl she wants (even the straight ones).Marjorie isn’t interested in dating, though. All of her focus is on becoming a starter on the varsity basketball team and leading her team to victory... -
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![Western Shores by Lise Gold]()
Western Shores by Lise Gold
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMadison Wilson, a marine biologist, has recently graduated and is ready to start her adult life with her first job as a research technician in Santa Cruz. After moving to Capitola, a sweet and colorful beach town in Northern California, she is immediately enchanted by her new house, as well as her beautiful landlady, Ally... -
![True North by Carina Lupo]()
True North by Carina Lupo
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsElla Kerr, a master pianist and gifted composer in her thirties has a renowned and enviable career but her personal life is at a standstill. Two years after the passing of her husband, she is lost, still trying to pick up the pieces of her life. That’s until one day she meets Katherine Wilde at a bar in San Francisco, a chance encounter that will change both their lives... -
![The Loyal Pin Vol.1 by Mon Maw]()
The Loyal Pin Vol.1 by Mon Maw
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPeriod Girl Love novel in 1950 between Princess Anilaphat and Lady Pilantita. In Sawetawarit Palace, Lady Pilantita has grown up as a well-manner young lady. Throughout her childhood with Princess Anilaphat who always treated her with love and care, their relation turn to be more complicated... -
![Halcyon Nights by M.J. Duncan]()
Halcyon Nights by M.J. Duncan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEmerson Riis has a job she loves, friends she considers family, and her goofy malamute Sasha for company. As far as she’s concerned, life in the small town of Mystic is pretty much perfect. Enter Mari Davenport, a Hollywood screenwriter with a dozen blockbusters to her name, who arrives in a car that is completely unfit for the north woods of Minnesota... -
![Fireflies by Lise Gold]()
Fireflies by Lise Gold
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSenior purser Mia Donoghue is always on the go, leaving her little time for herself. She doesn’t mind being busy; it provides distraction from painful memories and her daily struggle to stay sober. Captain Ava Alfarsi has just been promoted, carrying more responsibility than she’s ever had before... -
![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 Unexpected Dream by Nicole Pyland]()
The Unexpected Dream by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSports Series Book #3.Mia Landis was so close to being an Olympian. Instead, she watched the Tokyo Olympics and her would-be-team from home with her one-year-old daughter. When Mia heard about a serious professional softball league starting up in the US, she thought it would be crazy to try out... -
![Finding a Keeper by Nicole Pyland]()
Finding a Keeper by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSports Series Book #4. This series is related by a sports theme, not by characters.Sloan Rossi is about to go to college on a soccer scholarship. She has spent the past six years living in London and playing for a well-known team... -
![Marking Time by Sherryl D. Hancock]()
Marking Time by Sherryl D. Hancock
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRaine Mason has never been in a relationship with a woman… or anyone for that matter. Then she meets Natalia, the feisty Latina dance teacher. A dancer-turned cop, Raine captivates the eyes of the dance teacher and with a little push from their friend, they embark on a whirlwind romance... -
![Two Hearts Forever by Harper Bliss]()
Two Hearts Forever by Harper Bliss
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter overcoming their difficulties in Two Hearts Together, Anna and Zoe are nurturing their relationship, letting it grow slowly but surely. When a surprise visitor shows up in Donovan Grove, things threaten to go off course... -
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![Sun Catcher: Book Two by Giselle Fox]()
Sun Catcher: Book Two by Giselle Fox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove can find you … even when you’re hiding Taylor is on the run from Stinger James, her drug-crazed criminal of a husband. Along with her mother and her baby boy, she hides out in a small town where she hopes they’ll all be safe. One of her new neighbors, a woman named Jericho, soon enchants Taylor with her kindness and charm... -
![Water under the Bridge by Sherryl Hancock]()
Water under the Bridge by Sherryl Hancock
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShenin and Tyler have been happily married for four years. Well, almost happily. Shenin, currently living alone in LA, is struggling with some dark secrets that are tearing their marriage apart. Those secrets end up landing her in hospital before the situation goes from bad to worse. Her friend, Jet, ends up in a nightmare crash with Skyler and Sebastian that leaves her fighting for her life... -
![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... -
![Hot off the Press: A Branded Hearts Romance by K.E. Morrison]()
Hot off the Press: A Branded Hearts Romance by K.E. Morrison
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Great Britain has an unexpected General Election, political journalist Jenna Edwards is excited to go on the campaign trail. That is until she’s assigned to cover the Green Party and their attempt to win more than one paltry seat in Parliament. Disappointed, Jenna resigns herself to weeks of reporting on tree-hugging, plant-based diets, and renewable energies... -
![Stranger on the Shore by Claire Highton-Stevenson]()
Stranger on the Shore by Claire Highton-Stevenson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsQuinn Harper is living the life she always wanted. She’s well-liked and respected by everyone and has been a success in life with awards to prove it. She spends her free time running along the shore, returning to her quiet home on the beach.It was almost the perfect life, but there was one thing missing: Love... -
![Sun Catcher: Book Three by Giselle Fox]()
Sun Catcher: Book Three by Giselle Fox
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThree sisters, three lovers, and one stolen diamond.The final chapter in the Sun Catcher Trilogy.Paris police detective Angelique Floret has a theory after a diamond dealer is shot in broad daylight. Fashion model Charlotte Duke is in Paris, and the connections are too many to ignore. With only one way to prove if she's right, Angelique must go undercover... -
![The Promise: A second chance romance. by Claire Highton-Stevenson]()
The Promise: A second chance romance. by Claire Highton-Stevenson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*A heartwrenching, yet heartwarming, book that will have you reconsidering what matters most!* Ali and Susan Jenkins have it all. Their life together is mapped out on a one-way path to happiness, that is until Susan is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Ali refuses to accept it - her world is shattered... -
![Everything Has Changed by Addison Clarke]()
Everything Has Changed by Addison Clarke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen 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... -
![You're Still The One by Claire Highton-Stevenson]()
You're Still The One by Claire Highton-Stevenson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA twenty-five-year-old heartbreak. A surprising reunion. Their lives are completely different now, but what about their hearts?Natalie Shultz is a success in business but not in love. Although she’s built an empire of female-empowering sex toy stores, she’s never been able to find a deep, passionate connection of her own since running away from the girl of her dreams twenty-five years ago... -
![Turning Tables by Sherryl D. Hancock]()
Turning Tables by Sherryl D. Hancock
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJericho Tehrani is a veteran law enforcement officer who’s recently been appointed by California Attorney General Midnight Chevalier as the new Director of the Division of Law Enforcement. With the appointment comes a move to Los Angeles and the decision by her wife of ten years to leave her... -
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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... -
![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... -
![Sparks Like Ours by Melissa Brayden]()
Sparks Like Ours by Melissa Brayden
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGia Malone wants one thing and one thing only: to be the best surfer in the world. Her biggest obstacle is the annoyingly perky Elle Britton. Not only is Elle number one in the rankings, she’s also a fan favorite. But there’s a lot about Elle that Gia never noticed, like her surprising sense of humor and picture-perfect mouth. Elle Britton is tired... -
![Text Talk by merlywhirls]()
Text Talk by merlywhirls
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFandom: Harry PotterRelationship: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin--------------------------------------------------Sirius is in boarding school, Remus is in the hospital, and they don't know each other until Sirius texts the wrong number... -
![Beautiful Dreamer by Melissa Brayden]()
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... -
![KELABU by Nadia Khan]()
KELABU by Nadia Khan
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSenang kalau hidup dalam dunia hitam putih.Baik-buruk, betul-salah, cinta-benci,lelaki-perempuan.Apa jadi pada yang tengah-tengah?Apa jadi pada orang-orang macam aku?Bila Jun datang pada aku, menawarkan posisi sebagai 'boyfriend kontrak', aku tak tolak... -
![Endgame by Zoe Reed]()
Endgame by Zoe Reed
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAudrey Caplan knew what she wanted. It was simple, really: get the spot as captain of her college soccer team, and focus on school. That was it, and with her aptitude for structure and discipline, it'd be easy to ignore distractions. At least it would've been if Morgan Bailey hadn't shown up... -
![One Fine Morn by Natalie Debrabandere]()
One Fine Morn by Natalie Debrabandere
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BECOME WHOLE AGAIN?Following the helicopter crash that left her scarred for life, Hollywood star Emily-Jane Fraser is physically wounded and emotionally exhausted. Determined to get back on track, she leaves Los Angeles and heads home to her native Scotland.Snowboarding instructor Logan Mackenzie is a loner with a difference... -
![Holding Space by Michele L Rivera]()
Holding Space by Michele L Rivera
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter thirty-seven years of heartache, Hannah Bradshaw has every reason to be cynical about love—except she’s not, which turns out to be a real problem when she meets Charlie on an alleged blind date... -
![Intentions by Susan X. Meagher]()
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... -
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![High Rise: The Complete Collection by Harper Bliss]()
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... -
![The Blessing and The Curse by The Black Arrow]()
The Blessing and The Curse by The Black Arrow
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBy pretending she is falling for Edward, Bella is fulfilling Esme's dying wish. But sexy, possessive Edward can read her mind. Will she ever get into his? Can Bella forget the pain of her teenage years, and can she resist his relentless seduction? AH... -
![Trail Magic: A Lesbian Romance by Cara Malone]()
Trail Magic: A Lesbian Romance by Cara Malone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTrail 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... -
![Ariana: Love always finds a way home by Emma Nichols]()
Ariana: Love always finds a way home by Emma Nichols
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOn the back of an unhappy marriage and bitter divorce, stressed out Ariana Carter-Cruz, returns to the remote Greek island of Sakros, to claim the estate of her late grandmother, Sophia. A straightforward affair - go there, sell the house, get out - and start a new life with her daughter... -
![Humbug's Holiday Homecoming by J.A. Armstrong]()
Humbug's Holiday Homecoming by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s Christmastime, and Dr. Mick Mulligan has just arrived back at her childhood home after a five-year absence. She’s determined to help her mother, Leona, care for the house she grew up in and resolved to adjust to life back in Connecticut. After the childhood loss of her father, Mick proclaimed herself a “humbug.” Mick is happier in an operating room that gathering around a Christmas tree... -
![Karma by Susan X. Meagher]()
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... -
![Running the Tides by Amanda Kayhart]()
Running the Tides by Amanda Kayhart
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHistory runs deep. Love runs fast. And Avery Greene . . . runs the hell away. Left with scraps from several broken relationships, carpenter Avery Greene builds herself a safe and steady life in Upstate New York. No love. No loss. No problem. But when she makes a jarring discovery in her grandmother’s attic, it cracks her stable life at its vulnerable foundation... -
![Exposing Eden by J.A. Armstrong]()
Exposing Eden by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDiana Lansing is an art gallery owner who knows a lot about loss. Her adult life has been spent trying to convince herself that living offers more than grief. Dr. Eden Holbrook is a pediatrician who loves art. One of Diana’s many indulgences is attending her best friend, Jessie’s Saturday Night Soirees... -
![Finding Faith by J.A. Armstrong]()
Finding Faith by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSadie Watkins has lost her faith—or so she thinks. Sadie’s life once appeared the picture of success—an accomplished prosecutor with an adoring wife and two beautiful children. After an amicable yet painful divorce, and a 360-degree turn in her career, Sadie believes she has accepted what her future holds. Planning, structure, and familiarity are here things Sadie prizes... -
![Riding on High by Natalie Debrabandere]()
Riding on High by Natalie Debrabandere
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBritish Rescue Leader Lucy Mitchell once travelled the world to save people... After a terrible accident put an end to her career, Lucy found new purpose in running the Starlight Ranch, an equine therapy centre located in the French Pyrenees. There, she helps First Responders and Army vets deal with the PTSD and depression that once almost destroyed her... -
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![Time of Day by Nicole Pyland]()
Time of Day by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is book #2 in the Tahoe Series. Kinsley James has a nice life in South Lake Tahoe. She has a great career in real estate and a great group of friends she’s known for a long time. She also has a crush. Things had been easy when the object of that crush lived on the other side of the lake. Kinsley had been able to push her attraction aside. She’d dated other women... -
![Sleepless Nights by Iona Kane]()
Sleepless Nights by Iona Kane
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlex Knight is a rock star at the top of her game. Her life might be a little secretive and a lot lonely, but she’s selling out stadiums around the world on her most successful tour yet. Who wouldn’t want a piece of her success?Tyra MacLean has been there, done that, ripped the sleeves off the T-shirt... -
![Many Roads to Home by Kaya LaSalle]()
Many Roads to Home by Kaya LaSalle
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThat stereotype about the mid-life crisis involving smoking-hot flings with younger women? Yeah, turns out that might be true after all...Brooke has resigned herself to being single forever. She's almost 40 and practically married to her career. When she decides to take some time off to renovate a run-down farmhouse in the middle of nowhere, everyone tells her she's having a midlife crisis... -
![Lifers: A Sapphic Dark Romance by K.C. Blume]()
Lifers: A Sapphic Dark Romance by K.C. Blume
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRILEY Nearly everyone who enters Elsberry leaves in one way or another, but I am the one constant. I am always here. I continue to remain. Time doesn't pass in days between these walls. It passes in people. The girl with peach pink hair who I loved in my head but never got the chance to speak to. The boy that swung from the stairwell because he couldn't love himself enough... -
![Making It Count by Nicole Pyland]()
Making It Count by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSports Series Book #5. This series is related by a sports theme, not by characters.NOTE: The characters of this book are living during the first year of the pandemic.Shay Amos chose Dunbar University because she wanted to play basketball at a smaller school and be the best player on the team... -
![The Red Carpet by J.A. Armstrong]()
The Red Carpet by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's been six months since that fateful Saturday afternoon when Emma Bronson collided with Addison Blake. There have been more than a few changes. Addison has sold her first screenplay and Emma has moved onto some new projects as well. But, there are realities in Tinseltown. The love affair between Addy and Emma has heated up, and the two are nearly inseparable behind closed doors...
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