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Say Cheese by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA spicy age gap romance where one night of passion could lead to a lifetime of love... -
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![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... -
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![Cougar Boss by Kerry Belchambers]()
Cougar Boss by Kerry Belchambers
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOlivia Williams is a hardworking part-time student who is about to get kicked out of her studio apartment for barely making enough to cover her rent and bills. A last-minute interview lands her a challenging but fruitful job at Amelia Gallagher's mansion and immediately, intimidation sets in... -
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Party Animal by Ali K. Mulford
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe’s never done love long-term. But will faking it lead to forever?Finch Lachlan works hard and parties harder. But tired of her siblings judging her fun-loving ways, the head veterinarian at her family’s zoo vows to prove she can make it past the third date. And maybe she can begin with the hottie who just seized her attention with a sizzling kiss.Chef, Frankie Benedetti, craves a fresh start... -
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Blurred Lines by Olivia Lucas
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis week is not going to plan…So far, I’ve been stood up, taunted by a kid, and dunked in coffee. And that was just on my way to my job interview.I almost couldn’t believe it when the hot stranger who crashed into me in the coffee shop came to my rescue. Unfortunately, this stranger has a name – Natalie Dalton – and she might’ve also popped up at my job interview. And then on a night out... -
![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... -
![Going Up by A.E. Radley]()
Going Up by A.E. Radley
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA ruthless executive. A destitute woman. Both on the way up. Selina Hale is on her way to the top. She's been working towards a boardroom position on the thirteenth floor for her entire career. And no one is going to get in her way. Not her clueless boss, her soon to be ex-wife, and most certainly not the homeless person who has moved into the car park at work... -
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Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDrama, American Literature, Gay and Lesbian Studies, PlaysTorch Song Trilogy is a collection of three plays by Harvey Fierstein rendered in three acts: International Stud, Fugue in a Nursery, and Widows and Children First! The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a torch song singing Jewish drag queen living in New York City in the late 1970 and 1980s... -
![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... -
![Mules of Love (American Poets Continuum) by Ellen Bass]()
Mules of Love (American Poets Continuum) by Ellen Bass
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBalancing heart-intelligent intimacy and surprising humor, the poems in Ellen Bass's Mules of Love illuminate the essential dynamics of our lives: family, community, sexual love, joy, loss, religion and death. The poems also explore the darker aspects of humanity-personal, cultural, historical and environmental violence-all of which are handled with compassion and grace... -
![Kai's Aftermath by K. Elle Collier]()
Kai's Aftermath by K. Elle Collier
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKai, Todd and Alana are back in this sequel to My Man’s Best Friend, which ended with Kai's surprise pregnancy. Kai’s Aftermath picks up with Kai relocating to New York City with hopes of putting her life back together as she awaits the birth of her child... -
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![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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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... -
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![The Human Line by Ellen Bass]()
The Human Line by Ellen Bass
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Poetry,” writes best-selling author Ellen Bass, “is the way I pay attention, appreciate, give praise, struggle, grieve, rage, and pray. It’s the way I embody my love for the world.” The Human Line, Bass’ seventh book of poems, startles with its precise detail, intimate images, and wild metaphors... -
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3 stepbrothers by Animallover55
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTori lived with her dad and little sister. She never expected to have a stepmother, much less a stepbrother. But whats worse is not only one stepbrother, not two either. No three stepbrothers. But it gets worse, the three boys just happen to be the three triplet sport stars of the school. The same three boys that have gone out with nearly all those girls that wear short short skirts... -
![The Wedding That Almost Wasn't by Sienna Waters]()
The Wedding That Almost Wasn't by Sienna Waters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt’s time to fall in love. Literally.American Emily Jackson has been in love with her best friend’s oldest sister Savannah for as long as she can remember. Which is why a family wedding in far-off Scotland is a dream come true. A week trapped in the Highlands with Savannah is exactly what she needs to prove that they belong together.Harry Lorde has a problem... -
![You Spin Me Round by Natasha West]()
You Spin Me Round by Natasha West
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSet in the glamorous chaos of celebrity divorces, You Spin Me Round is the hilarious and heartwarming tale of two quick-witted PR agents, Alex Walker and Leigh Calloway. Once entangled in a fiery one-night stand that ended on awkward terms, fate reunites them on opposing sides of the latest headline-making breakup... -
![Soul Unique by Gun Brooke]()
Soul Unique by Gun Brooke
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGreer Landon is a successful art gallery owner. She has created an empire by discovering and developing new artists. When she agrees to visit an art school in Boston, she encounters a woman, Hayden Rowe, whose paintings take her breath away. Greer realizes Hayden is not a student, but lives in a remote wing of the school and the maddeningly frustrating headmaster is her mother... -
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Flight SQA016 by A.E. Radley
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSpurred 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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Unlikely Match by Fiona Riley
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShelly White is a coding genius who has mastered the IT world but hasn’t quite mastered dating. While she searches for Ms. Right with the help of Samantha Monteiro’s matchmaking agency, Shelly embraces her inner nerd, and when one of her newest ideas turns into a creative goldmine, she hires PR exec Claire Moseley to help her professional dreams become reality... -
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![A Shot at Love by T.B. Markinson]()
A Shot at Love by T.B. Markinson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCan the sassy American win the shy Brit?Josie Adams had a brilliant speechwriting career in American politics--until a scandal destroyed everything. Unsure what to do with the rest of her life, she moves home with her mother in the Cotswolds.Journalist Harriet Powell ditched London after getting sacked and divorced within six months of each other... -
![The Glow Up by Cara Malone]()
The Glow Up by Cara Malone
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA coveted summer internship takes a small-town girl to the Windy City, where she’s totally out of her element – and learning who she is for the first time.Jo’s dreams have always been too big for her small-town Montana life. When she lands a competitive internship in Chicago, her conservative parents worry about letting her go. But it’s the opportunity of a lifetime, sure to change her world... -
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Blend by Georgia Beers
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen 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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Les falaises by Virginie DeChamplain
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsV. vient d’apprendre que l’on a retrouvé le corps sans vie de sa mère, rejeté par le Saint-Laurent sur une plage de la Gaspésie, l’équivalent « du bout du monde »... -
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Kellen's Moment by Robin Alexander
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsKellen McLin has been waiting for her moment for a long time. She says when two people who are meant to be together find each other, they know it instantly. Kellen believes her moment girl has finally arrived, but there’s one big problem—she’s a Sealy. The McLins and the Sealys are south Louisiana’s version of the Hatfields and the McCoys... -
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Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAn interior designer who is never without the perfect plan learns to renovate her love life without one in this new romantic comedy by Ashley Herring Blake, author of Delilah Green Doesn't Care. For Astrid Parker, failure is unacceptable. Ever since she broke up with her fiancé a year ago, she's been focused on her career--her friends might say she's obsessed, but she knows she's just driven... -
![Blame It on the Fame by Tracie Banister]()
Blame It on the Fame by Tracie Banister
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA power-trippin’ bitch, a has-been, a skanky ex-model, a press-shy indie queen, and a British stage actress no one knows – that’s how the Best Actress hopefuls in this year’s too-close-to-call Oscar race cattily describe each other... -
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Lesson Plans by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLesson Plans is a spin-off of the series By Design and would fall somewhere between books 2 and 3 of that series.Life in the Fletcher-Reid family is always interesting. For Michelle Fletcher, it's about to take an unexpected turn when a feisty redheaded architect named Melanie McKenna captures her heart. Love is the last thing that Michelle was looking for... -
![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... -
![Out of Practice by Carsen Taite]()
Out of Practice by Carsen Taite
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAttorney 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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![Treacherous Seas (Provincetown Tales) by Radclyffe]()
Treacherous Seas (Provincetown Tales) by Radclyffe
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsReese 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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After Happily Ever After by Alex K. Thorne, Lola Keeley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat if the story didn’t have to end? Nine best-selling authors have come together to imagine what happened after the happily-ever-after in some of Ylva’s most popular lesbian fiction novels. Discover the irresistible magic of the morning after, or the month after, or even years later... -
![Twice Shy by Aurora Rey]()
Twice Shy by Aurora Rey
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSometimes, you get a second chance at love. Sometimes, you hook up with your ex and remember why you broke up in the first place.Amanda Russo knows better than to give her failed marriage another try, but the brief fling reminds her there's more to life than work and parenting... -
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In Absentia by Kelli Jae Baeli
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is an alternate cover edition - ASIN: B00IVX77EKA Rain Falls Romantic Dramedy, book 2Dammit, but a happy ever after should last more than a few months. Not that India and Tegan are thinking too much about the future - they're having far too good a time exploring, well, each other, and that idyllic life neither thought would ever be theirs... -
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Big Rod by Blake Wilder
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMichael I’ve got a big advantage, thanks to being struck by lightning and left with a permanent big rod. Science and nature have made me a superhero with the women in my small town. But I’m bored, restless, and I’ve got a big secret… Hadley My whole life I’ve been a “dumb blonde,” which has its pros and cons. The upside is success came easy... -
![The Bright Side : A Flippin' Fantastic Romance by Lucy Bexley]()
The Bright Side : A Flippin' Fantastic Romance by Lucy Bexley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDarby lives her life on the bright side. She loves her two best friends Mia and James, so much in fact that she’s built an awesome career running Flippin’ Fantastic Renovations with them. All she wants is to decorate houses, cheerlead the people around her, and for no one to call her by her given name (Jane).Astrid West is restless. She’s curated a life that ties her to nothing and no one... -
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Mistletoe and Ivy by Jacqueline Ramsden
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIvy Stringer loves Christmas, lesfic, and, secretly, the fact that she shares a first name with her favorite author, Ivy Winters. With every book she reads, she hopes for her own magical holiday love story.Kit Gunderson is back in Beaumont for the holidays and feeling more at home than she has in a long time, especially when she meets her adorable niece’s teacher, Ms. Stringer... -
![Moonbeams and Skye by Kate Sweeney]()
Moonbeams and Skye by Kate Sweeney
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the sequel to Winds of Heaven, we find the Kennedy-Bennett family enjoying their first six months of newborn bliss—except when Casey has to change Tara’s diaper for the first time. But her best buddy little Skye comes to the rescue in her own adorable way. Life seems good for Casey, Liz and the girls. It’s like dreaming on a moonbeam, as Skye believes... -
![Sunscreen & Coconuts by Eliza Lentzski]()
Sunscreen & Coconuts by Eliza Lentzski
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMidwest-transplant, Mercy Lewis, has always been responsible. Cautious. Careful. She wore sunscreen to the beach. A lifejacket on a boat. She crossed the street at crosswalks. She enjoyed life in moderation, and she didn’t indulge... -
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The Holiday Treatment by Elle Spencer
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBy day, Holly Hudson’s a story editor for Wifetime Network. By night, she’s the writer for the network’s very cheesy, very straight holiday romance series―Christmas in Evermore. Holly took the job to accomplish exactly one thing: a gay Christmas movie. She’s been shot down before, but things start to look up when Meredith Drake unexpectedly moves into the network’s holiday division... -
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![All the Right Words by Natasha West]()
All the Right Words by Natasha West
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGina Nash is a great assistant. Maybe a little too good. Because when her socially awkward boss Olivia Noble meets the woman of her dreams, she turns to Gina to assist her in bedding the target of her affections. Gina isn’t exactly thrilled to find herself sending flowers and coaching her boss through dates with Harper Blake... -
![Is This a Cry for Help? by Emily R. Austin]()
Is This a Cry for Help? by Emily R. Austin
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEmily Austin, the bestselling “queen of darkly quirky, endearingly flawed heroines” (Sarah Haywood, author of The Cactus), returns with a luminous new novel following a librarian who comes back to work after a mental breakdown only to confront book-banning crusaders in an empowering story of grief, love, and the power of libraries.Darcy’s life turned out better than she could have ever imagined... -
![We Could Be Rats by Emily R. Austin]()
We Could Be Rats by Emily R. Austin
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA moving story about two very different sisters, and a love letter to childhood, growing up, and the power of imagination—from the bestselling author of Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead and Interesting Facts About Space... -
![Perfect Pairing by Rachel Spangler]()
Perfect Pairing by Rachel Spangler
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHal Orion is an accomplished chef and food truck owner. She loves her life, her longtime sous chef and best friend, and the food she shares with the residents of her beloved city of Buffalo. Her life is exactly how she wants it: no strings, no commitments, and no roots—just great grilled cheese and a whole lot of freedom on the side... -
![The Bishop's Daughter by Tiffany L. Warren]()
The Bishop's Daughter by Tiffany L. Warren
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEmoni Prentiss is strong in her Walk—but unsure about her future. She keeps the business affairs of her father’s successful Atlanta church in order—but can’t get her personal business moving in the right direction. She’s the oldest and most reliable of Bishop Kumal Prentiss’s children—but is wonder if she’s tried too hard not to be a “wild preacher’s kid... -
![The Farmer Has a Wife by Sienna Waters]()
The Farmer Has a Wife by Sienna Waters
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe needed a husband. She got a wife… and a whole lot of feelings.Eleanor Brewster is a proper English lady with a crumbling manor to prove it, and one inconvenient problem: she needs to marry to keep her family estate.Danni Franks is a no-nonsense farmer with a newly acquired (and deeply in debt) farm, a complicated family, and precisely zero interest in aristocratic drama...
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