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  • Tired Tired Sea by MediaWhore

    Tired Tired Sea by MediaWhore

    Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    As a B&B owner on the most remote of all the British Isles, Louis Tomlinson is used to spending the coldest half of the year in complete isolation, with his dog and the sea as sole companions. Until, one day, a mysterious stranger on a quest to rebuild himself rents a room for the winter...
  • On the Same Page by Haley Cass

    On the Same Page by Haley Cass

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Riley 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...
  • Meeting Millie by Clare Ashton

    Meeting Millie by Clare Ashton

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Oxford – 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...
  • 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...
  • 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 ratings
    What 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...
  • 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
  • Spindrift by Anna Burke

    Spindrift by Anna Burke

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can a hot summer fling mend the hearts of two broken women?Morgan Donovan had everything she ever wanted: a dream job as a large animal veterinarian, awesome friends, and a loving and supportive fiancée. But it all comes crashing down when her fiancée dumps her after realizing that Morgan’s job will always come first...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  drama  family  fiction
  • Ensnared Hearts by Anna Stone

    Ensnared Hearts by Anna Stone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A 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...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  adult  billionaire  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy
  • 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...
  • The Show Must Go On by Nicole Pyland

    The Show Must Go On by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Baker 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...
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    lgbtq  slow-burn  wlw  adult  book  celebrity  contemporary  fiction
  • She'll Steal Your Heart by Rachel Lacey

    She'll Steal Your Heart by Rachel Lacey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A 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...
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    lgbtq  slow-burn  wlw  adult  age-gap  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Charmed By Her by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Charmed By Her by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The 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...
  • Enthralled by Her by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Enthralled by Her by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Night & Day by Lily Seabrooke

    Night & Day by Lily Seabrooke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Parker Ferris needed a roommate, but for the crabby ball of snark she is, maybe upbeat Instagram lifestyle influencer Cassie Peterson wasn’t the best choice.Not like she had a choice: with her business rival Gary Founders crushing her coffee supply business, and her family still needing money, she’s eager to save rent. But it’s only delaying the inevitable...
  • And The Truth Is... by Jamey Moody

    And The Truth Is... by Jamey Moody

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When the love you've been searching for magically appears in the most unexpected person.Lauren Nichols' longtime marriage was over. She’d done what was expected, married her high school sweetheart, raised two great kids and now what? There had to be more to life than work. She wanted to share the passion she knew lived deep in her heart...
  • 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...
  • 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 ratings
    A 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...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  romance  contemporary  lesbian-mc  fiction  angst  book
  • Escapade by Dolce.

    Escapade by Dolce.

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Twenty-nine-year-old Lucas Thompson is at the top of the corporate ladder. But when his lifelong friend and ex-boyfriend invites him to his last-minute destination wedding in the Bahamas, Lucas realizes his corporate success can’t hide his private loneliness. Nor will he be able to escape seeing his family at the wedding—and having to explain, yet again, why he’s rich, handsome… and still single...
  • Champagne Kisses by M.J. Duncan

    Champagne Kisses by M.J. Duncan

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Flying solo at a wedding is the absolute last way Aubrey Gill wants to ring in the new year, so when she rolls into Whistler for the event, it’s with one goal in mind—survive the weekend. The Fates have other plans for her, however, as Beau Demers crashes into her life the moment she arrives...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  adult  age-gap  book  contemporary  fiction  lesbian-mc
  • Until There Was You by Nancy Ann Healy

    Until There Was You by Nancy Ann Healy

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
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    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  slow-burn  wlw  adult  age-gap  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Love Walked into The Lantern by Nicole Pyland

    Love Walked into The Lantern by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Summer 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...
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    lgbtq  slow-burn  wlw  adult  age-gap  angst  bisexuality  book
  • Change Of Plans by K.J .

    Change Of Plans by K.J .

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Emily Fitzsimmons, award-winning architect, creates meticulous plans for every aspect of her life, which is understandable considering her difficult childhood. After all, prudence keeps her safe. Lately, though, too many of those comforting plans are disintegrating and Emily is forced to function spontaneously which has spiked her anxiety so much, she’s put her therapist on speed-dial...
  • Shifting Gears by Jazz Forrester

    Shifting Gears by Jazz Forrester

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A spicy, small-town, opposites attract lesbian romance about learning to let go, no matter the cost.Workaholic Eleanor Cromwell blows into rural Canada, laser focused on her real estate development project. Given the locals already hate her father’s company, she plans to hide away in a cabin and conceal her identity to get the job done...
  • Forget Her Not by Elle Spencer

    Forget Her Not by Elle Spencer

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Stunning and sophisticated, art dealer Samantha King is the only person who knows she doesn’t have it all (unless you count her mother and sister, which Sam doesn’t). When it comes to men, Sam won’t make time for anything more than a one night stand. No commitments, no connections. The night her life changes forever is a night Sam actually can’t remember...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  drama  fiction
  • Not My Type by Michele L. Rivera

    Not My Type by Michele L. Rivera

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    At twenty-nine years old, Blake is living the life she has worked hard to build for herself in exactly the way she wants to live it: unattached. Meanwhile, somewhere on the other side of town, Hayden has just turned thirty and she wants nothing more than to be with the one woman she cannot have, living a life she can only imagine...
  • All the Way Home by Nancy Ann Healy

    All the Way Home by Nancy Ann Healy

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When 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...
  • 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...
  • Chasing Stars by Katia Rose

    Chasing Stars by Katia Rose

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nestled in a towering fir forest on British Columbia’s famous Vancouver Island, Three Rivers Campground is calling you to come relax, explore, and maybe even fall in love...Clover Rivers is completely, totally over her ex.Sure, her first ever relationship with a girl might have ended in a catastrophic breakup people still whisper about, but Clover is done with it...
  • 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
  • Sparks Like Ours by Melissa Brayden

    Sparks Like Ours by Melissa Brayden

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Gia 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...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction  sports
  • No After You by Nicole Pyland

    No After You by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Dani 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...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  slow-burn  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  celebrity  contemporary
  • Atramentum by M.J. Duncan

    Atramentum by M.J. Duncan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Joss Perrault left Sky, Colorado after high school with no intention of ever returning, but all that changes when she inherits Atramentum...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Awaiting by Nicole Pyland

    Awaiting by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is book #4 in the Royalty Series.Alexandria – or Alex, as she preferred to be called – would one day be the next Queen of the United Kingdom. She would also be the first out lesbian who would take that title...
  • Writer's Block by J.A. Armstrong

    Writer's Block by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life for Addison and Emma is wonderful but chaotic. They are about to take an enormous step in their relationship. At the same time, OFF SCREEN has earned Addison her first Emmy nomination and she is feeling the pressure to live up to everyone's expectations. Tamara and Christie have their own revelations and each turn to Addy and Emma for advice...
  • Casting Call by J.A. Armstrong

    Casting Call by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Three years passes quickly in the limelight. Writer Addison Blake, and her wife actress Emma Bronson, have weathered more than one storm together. The popular television show that the two helped create called OFF SCREEN continues to draw audiences, making the couple a hot commodity. But, something is missing for Emma...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  celebrity  contemporary  family  fiction
  • Operation: Secret Santa by M.J. Duncan

    Operation: Secret Santa by M.J. Duncan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Holly Burke saw who she’d drawn for Secret Santa, she knew she had to do something to make it special. It was Christmas, after all, and if anyone deserved some extra Christmas cheer, it was Mo Davy...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Intermission by J.A. Armstrong

    Intermission by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Addison Blake and Emma Bronson are headed away from the bright lights of Hollywood for the holidays. Emma is eager to take a step back and spend time with her family. The stress and demands of a television production have left Emma feeling fatigued and missing the quiet months she and Addison had spent after their daughter’s birth. Addison is battling her own demons...
  • Once a Month by Nicole Pyland

    Once a Month by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She 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...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  slow-burn  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  steamy
  • A Little Christmas: Morrie by B. Ripley

    A Little Christmas: Morrie by B. Ripley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ve never made a Christmas wish, but if I could, I’d ask Santa for a Daddy who understands me.I learned early on in life that gentle hands and friendly smiles can hide darkness underneath. I shy away from cuddles and hugs and refuse to let anyone get too close to me. It’s safer if they stay away and I don’t mind putting up as many barriers as I can to keep everyone out of my space...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  slow-burn  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mlm  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...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Beyond the Break by Kristen Mae

    Beyond the Break by Kristen Mae

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "It's just a fantasy, Hazel. It's harmless." Hazel Duval craves an ordinary life free of the pitying looks from those who know about her traumatic past—about what he did to her. About what she had to do to survive...
  • Just One Date by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Just One Date by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hollis Carr never expected her city-loving self moving to Castleton, Maine, and living in a converted barn. She’s not totally hating the slower pace of life in Castleton, but one thing she can’t handle is the pressure from her mother and her sister to find a nice person to settle down with. Hollis doesn’t do love, period...
  • Oh My Stars by S-Jay Hart

    Oh My Stars by S-Jay Hart

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Can you ever find something you never knew you’d lost? You can outgrow a place, it’s common knowledge. You can even outgrow people. Honey Rosenberg has spent her entire life in the small town of Verity Vale and it still fits her perfectly. She lives her life in certainties. She goes to work every day with her sisters at their family deli...
  • Crossing the Pond by Sienna Waters

    Crossing the Pond by Sienna Waters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    How 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...
  • Just One Kiss by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Just One Kiss by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sasha Klein couldn’t be less happy to be living in Castleton, Maine. If only her sister hadn’t fallen in love with a Castleton guy nicknamed Skippy who got her pregnant and then bailed on her and her little girl and gone to Las Vegas. Sasha plans to get out of the tiny town just as soon as her sister, Lizzie, is back on her feet...
  • Rising from Ash by Jax Meyer

    Rising from Ash by Jax Meyer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Phoenix Murray has had enough. Enough of her incompetent boss. Enough of her addict father always asking for money. Enough of the struggle to survive. So when her aunt offers her a job as a cook at the South Pole, she jumps at it. Even when she’s asked to avoid casual sex to keep the peace in the tiny community.Astrophysicist Ashley Bennett can’t wait for her year at the South Pole...
  • 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...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  fiction  lesbian-mc  romance  contemporary  book  adult
  • You Spin Me Round by Natasha West

    You Spin Me Round by Natasha West

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Set 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...
    Categorized as:
    wlw  lgbtq  romance  contemporary  workplace  fiction  humor  book
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