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  • Choices - Volume 2 by MesserMoon

    Choices - Volume 2 by MesserMoon

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Choices has been split up into three volumes, the second of which covers 6th year (chapters 20-41)...
  • Deal with the Devil by Ali Vali

    Deal with the Devil by Ali Vali

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s business as usual for crime boss Cain Casey as she maneuvers to form an alliance with the Jatibon organization and secure peace among the ruling families in New Orleans. Cain’s new associate Remington Jatibon is a lot like Cain used to be—a playgirl with a passion for bedding beautiful women and an even greater passion for expanding her father’s empire, on both sides of the law...
  • The Love Conspiracy by J.J. Arias

    The Love Conspiracy by J.J. Arias

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Could 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...
  • Between Heaven and Hell by Sherryl D. Hancock

    Between Heaven and Hell by Sherryl D. Hancock

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sinclair Christensen’s life is a mess. While working as an undercover cop she met River and the two struck up a relationship, but River knows nothing about Sinclair’s real work or her failing marriage. Parker Gaines’ marriage is on the outs, and to make matters worse an injury meant she was reassigned from her K9 unit, to become media liaison to actress Talon Valois...
  • Wind Dancer by K.C. Luck

    Wind Dancer by K.C. Luck

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    If the lights go out forever, can love survive?Darkness still prevails throughout the world but in Astoria, Chief of Police Taylor Barnes has everything under control. There is only one more thing she wants to do—marry the always challenging Jackie Scott...
  • Beyond: Volume Two by Kit Rocha

    Beyond: Volume Two by Kit Rocha

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This bundle contains Book #4, Book #5 and Book #6 in the bestselling, award-winning BEYOND series.Catch up before the final book comes out at the end of 2016!Beyond Jealousy - Beyond, Book FourWhen Rachel Riley sacrificed a life in Eden to protect the O'Kanes, she earned her place in the powerful Sector Four gang. But the former crime princess is tired of being everyone's sweet little sister...
  • Storm Surge - Book One by Melissa Good

    Storm Surge - Book One by Melissa Good

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It's fall. Dar and Kerry are traveling - Dar overseas to clinch a deal with their new ship owner partners in England, and Kerry on a reluctant visit home for her high school reunion. In the midst of corporate deals and personal conflict, their world goes unexpectedly out of control when an early morning spurt of unusual alarms turns out to be the beginning of a shocking nightmare neither expected...
  • The One to Hold Your Hand by Erica Lee

    The One to Hold Your Hand by Erica Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Reese James’s life was never easy. Trying to stay upbeat and positive while her twin sister battled cancer took its toll on her. The one thing getting her through was her relationship with her lifelong best friend Bette Mitchell...
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    lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  angst  book  contemporary  death  family
  • First Lady by Blayne Cooper, T. Novan

    First Lady by Blayne Cooper, T. Novan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The egarley-awaited sequel to their thirteen-month best seller, Madam President. Planning a wedding is never easy. However. most brides don't face the challenges that Lauren Strayer does. Her beloved comes with a ready-made family, something the biographer never imagined for herself...
  • The Sagittarius by K. Aten

    The Sagittarius by K. Aten

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kyri has known her share of loss in the two decades that she has been alive. She never expected to find herself a slave in roman lands, nor did she think she had the heart to become a gladiatrix. But with her soul shattered she must fight to see her way back home again...
  • The Archer by K. Aten

    The Archer by K. Aten

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kyri was raised a fletcher but after finding a new home and family with the Telequire Amazons, she discovers a desire to take on more responsibility within the tribe. She has skills they desperately need and she is called to action to protect those around her. But Kyri's path is ever-changing even as she finds herself altered by love, loyalty, and grief...
  • Vellmar the Blade by Fletcher DeLancey

    Vellmar the Blade by Fletcher DeLancey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An elite warrior. A split-second decision that launches a legend.Lead Guard Fianna Vellmar is the daughter of a champion, raised from childhood to work hard and be the very best. When she is given the opportunity to compete at the highest level and earn her place among Alsea’s elite warriors, a stunning turn of events forces her to choose between life and glory, mercy and pride...
  • Storm Surge - Book Two by Melissa Good

    Storm Surge - Book Two by Melissa Good

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The conclusion of the story begun in Storm Surge, Book One. Its fall. Dar and Kerry are traveling - Dar overseas to clinch a deal with their new ship owner partners in England, and Kerry on a reluctant visit home for her high school reunion...
  • The School of Starting Over by Lisa Swift

    The School of Starting Over by Lisa Swift

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nell’s going back to school… but now she’s learning lessons of the heartReception class teacher Nell Shackleton has a plan. At least, she had until she arrived at her new home of Humblebee Farm, a dilapidated farmhouse on the Yorkshire moors...
  • The Proposal by T.B. Markinson

    The Proposal by T.B. Markinson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Is 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...
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    lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  book  fiction  grumpy-mc  humor
  • Marking Time by Sherryl D. Hancock

    Marking Time by Sherryl D. Hancock

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Raine 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...
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    lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  angst  book  fiction  military
  • Water under the Bridge by Sherryl Hancock

    Water under the Bridge by Sherryl Hancock

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Shenin 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...
    Categorized as:
    wlw  lgbtq  romance  military  mlm  angst  action-adventure  fiction
  • Vendetta by Sherryl Hancock

    Vendetta by Sherryl Hancock

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    At only twenty-two, Cody Falco has been through more than anyone should in a lifetime. Brought back from the depths of despair by her mothers, Lyric and Savanna, she now spends her days working to stop other young girls going down the same terrifying path that she once did. While working undercover she meets McKenna, the wife of her latest suspect, and there is an instant connection...
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    wlw  lgbtq  romance  military  mlm  action-adventure  fiction  book
  • Lightning Strykes by Sherryl Hancock

    Lightning Strykes by Sherryl Hancock

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Former marine and MMA fighter Remington LaRoché doesn’t quite know what she’s letting herself in for when she agrees to take on some bodyguard work for BJ Sparks. Her charge is the famous pop star Wynter Kincade. On a packed tour, it isn’t long before the two become friends, much to the annoyance of Wynter’s girlfriend...
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    wlw  lgbtq  romance  military  mlm  action-adventure  fiction  book
  • Outcast by K.J .

    Outcast by K.J .

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Rhiannon Clarke is having a week. A week in which her identity is stolen, she is pursued by underworld thugs, then, at the back of a laundromat, she falls through a portal into another realm...
  • a great, big tragedy by Zeppazariel

    a great, big tragedy by Zeppazariel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Trojan War lasted for ten years...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  romance  fantasy  horror  young-adult  drama  sad
  • Unusual Enemies by H.C. Mills

    Unusual Enemies by H.C. Mills

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Teamwork ain’t easy. Especially with your life on the line.Emma made it out of Hub Two, but now she’s faced with the next set of Trials. And this time, they will ‘involve’ combat.Whatever that’s supposed to mean.Thankfully, she’s not going in alone. Instead, she’ll be facing the Trials together with her little gang of misfits, relying on them to pull their weight in life-or-death situations..
  • Tropical Convergence: Book 7 in The Dar & Kerry Series (Dar and Kerry Series) by Melissa Good

    Tropical Convergence: Book 7 in The Dar & Kerry Series (Dar and Kerry Series) by Melissa Good

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    There's trouble on the horizon for ILS when a rival challenges them head on, and their best weapons, Dar and Kerry, are distracted by life instead of focusing on the business. Add to that an old flame, and an aggressive entreprenaur throwing down the gauntlet and Dar at least is ready to throw in the towel...
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    lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  animals  book  contemporary  dog
  • Red Sky At Morning by Melissa Good

    Red Sky At Morning by Melissa Good

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A connection others don't understand... A love that won't be denied... Danger they can sense but cannot see... Dar Roberts was always ruthless and single-minded...until she met Kerry Stuart. Kerry was oppressed by her family's wealth and politics. But Dar saved her from that. Now new dangers confront them from all sides. While traveling to Chicago, Kerry's plane is struck by lightning...
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    lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  animals  book  contemporary  dog
  • Thicker Than Water by Melissa Good

    Thicker Than Water by Melissa Good

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This sequel to Red Sky at Morning is the continuing saga of Dar Roberts and Kerry Stuart. It starts off with Kerry involved in the church group of girls. Kerry is forced to acknowledge her own feelings/experience toward/with her folks as she and Dar assist a teenager from the group who gets jailed because her parents tossed her out onto the streets when they find out she is gay...
  • Heart of Gold by L. Dreamer

    Heart of Gold by L. Dreamer

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ASIN B087QSZ37L moved to the more recent editionSometimes to be yourself, you have to become someone else.Thomasina Miller knew from a young age she wasn't like other girls. She didn't want to be a rancher's wife, so she makes the harrowing decision to leave all she's known, risking everything for the chance to choose her own fate in life...
  • Lily's Fire by Lise Gold

    Lily's Fire by Lise Gold

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Lily, 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...
  • A Song in Her Heart by T.B. Markinson

    A Song in Her Heart by T.B. Markinson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In the heart of Nashville, where dreams and secrets collide, two women find themselves entangled in a love story that could shatter their worlds or make them whole.Hannah Taylor, a rising country music sensation, stands on the brink of superstardom. But beneath the glitz and glamour, she harbors a secret, one that could shatter her carefully crafted image and jeopardize her career...
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    wlw  lgbtq  romance  audiobook  steamy  angst  slow-burn  small-town
  • Diving Into Her by Alyson Root

    Diving Into Her by Alyson Root

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kim Richmond is a 5’5” sassy blonde bombshell with a love of vintage dresses and killer heels. She is also a woman on the edge of losing her mind after her boyfriend cancels their holiday again. Accepting a two-week trip to the south of France courtesy of her best friend is the just what she needs. Staying at the five-star luxury Sapphire Hotel and Spa is like a dream come true...
  • Price of Honor by Radclyffe

    Price of Honor by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Honor and duty are not always black and white—and when self-styled patriots take up arms against the government, the price of honor may be a life. Blair Powell and Jane Graves have much in common and even more that sets them apart in an invisible battle raging on home soil...
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    lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  audiobook  book  crime  fiction
  • When Angels Fall by Sherryl D. Hancock

    When Angels Fall by Sherryl D. Hancock

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Skyler Boche' survived the war, and a crash that should have killed her and her entire crew. What the crash didn't do, PTSD kept loosely at bay, is working on doing damage to what remains of Skyler's heart. But when she meets headstrong, beautiful and wild Devin James, she's met someone she can't push away or put off...
  • Fearless by Robin Alexander, Lori Prince

    Fearless by Robin Alexander, Lori Prince

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Falon Whyte books a cruise for her girlfriend of two years. What she hopes will be a fun vacation quickly turns out to be a nightmare. Falon is normally a woman who can roll with the punches, but life delivers a series of blows that knock her on her butt and leave her stranded in Honduras with the company of an uptight woman she doesn’t like. Haley Hollis isn’t having a good time, either...
    Categorized as:
    wlw  lgbtq  romance  audiobook  humor  comedy  contemporary  lesbian-mc
  • The Christmas Catch by Clare Lydon

    The Christmas Catch by Clare Lydon

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Two stranded travellers. One secret crush. Can they make it home without falling in love? Thrown together when their plane conks out and a blizzard rolls in, Morgan Scott and her childhood friend Ali Bradford are on a mission to make it from Glasgow to Devon in time for Christmas...
  • Uprising by Fletcher DeLancey

    Uprising by Fletcher DeLancey

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A caste Prime with a personal grudge that may bring down the government. A captured soldier seeking peace with his former enemies. A rural landowner thrust into the highest levels of political power.As Alsea looks to the future, its foundations are cracked by the past...
  • Sea Wolf by Anna Burke

    Sea Wolf by Anna Burke

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In the year 2514, the only thing more dangerous than the seas is those who sail them.Life aboard the mercenary ship Man o’ War is rarely dull as hurricanes, swarms of jellyfish, and man-eating squid pose daily doses of danger...
  • The Devil Behind Us by S.C. Wilson, Elizabeth Saydah

    The Devil Behind Us by S.C. Wilson, Elizabeth Saydah

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The Devil Behind Us is the much-anticipated sequel to The Devil Between Us.After enduring unimaginable tragedy and heartbreaking loss, Jessica “Jesse” Pratt has actually found happiness in her life again. A relationship she once thought lost forever has been restored. She has managed to win the heart of Abby, the woman she loves. And, she is no longer forced to hide her true identity...
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    lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  angst  book  drama  family
  • Redemptio Animae by Sydney Gibson

    Redemptio Animae by Sydney Gibson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Catriona “Kit” Witmer was a shooting star in the Secret Service. When a high profile detail goes horribly wrong, her career is derailed, leaving her to fall into a bottle. Forced to pick up low level celebrity security details to keep herself afloat, Kit is set on a path of self-destruction and increasing isolation...
  • 烏鴉六人組 上 by Leigh Bardugo, 莉·巴度格

    烏鴉六人組 上 by Leigh Bardugo, 莉·巴度格

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
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  • Sun Catcher: Book One by Giselle Fox

    Sun Catcher: Book One by Giselle Fox

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Playing it safe may be the greatest risk of all ...Cate is sick of her boring job and stolid boyfriend. She craves excitement, and a trip to Panama to visit a wild and crazy friend from her college days is the perfect solution.The expat community there welcomes her, but Cate is more intrigued by Lexi, her friend’s beautiful but mysterious neighbor...
  • One Fine Morn by Natalie Debrabandere

    One Fine Morn by Natalie Debrabandere

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    WHAT 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...
  • Everybody Needs a Hero by KC Luck

    Everybody Needs a Hero by KC Luck

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Hold on to your heart...The daughter of an actress superstar, Ashley Landish wants nothing more than to simply run her popular coffee shop on the Venice Beach boardwalk and enjoy the sun and beaches of beautiful southern California. There is only one thing missing in her life—someone special to take her breath away...
  • Stormy Waters by Melissa Good

    Stormy Waters by Melissa Good

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    As Kerry begins work on the cruise ship project, Dar is attempting to produce a program to stop the hackers she has been chasing through cyberspace. When it appears that one of their cruise ship project rivals is behind the attempts to gain access to their system, things get more stressful than ever...
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    lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  alpha-mc  book  female-mc  fiction
  • Words Heard in Silence by T. Novan, Taylor Rickard

    Words Heard in Silence by T. Novan, Taylor Rickard

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An epic love story in war-ravaged Culpeper during the Civil War where an unlikely romance blossoms between the widowed Rebecca and the dashing Union Officer Colonel Charles. Can their love survive the agony of war?It's 1864 in Culpeper, Virginia, and the Civil War is raging. War widow Rebecca Gaines struggles to manage the family farm on her own...
  • Faith's Crossing by Carrie L. Carr

    Faith's Crossing by Carrie L. Carr

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the sequel to Destiny's Bridge, new lovers Lexington Walters and Amanda Cauble have withstood many things to be together. When Amanda decides to move to Texas for good, she goes back to her family's California home to get the rest of her things, taking Lex with her. Even though her parents have never understood her "lifestyle", they've not exactly fought against it...
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    lgbtq  wlw  action-adventure  adult  angst  book  contemporary  drama
  • Juliana by Vanda

    Juliana by Vanda

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    “An Absolutely Beautiful and Moving Novel!”--Philip Crawford, author of Mafia and the GaysReaders say, “I can’t wait for the next book in the series."She went looking for fame, and found her true self, instead.New York City, 1941. Alice “Al” Huffman and her childhood friends are fresh off the potato farms of Long Island and bound for Broadway...
  • A Woman to Treasure by Ali Vali

    A Woman to Treasure by Ali Vali

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An ancient scroll isn’t the only treasure Levi Montbard finds as she starts her hunt for the truth—all she has to do is prove to Yasmine Hassani that there’s more to her than an adventurous soul.Levi Montbard loves history and isn’t afraid to search it out no matter where it takes her...
  • 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...
  • In the Company of Crocodiles by Maggie Brown

    In the Company of Crocodiles by Maggie Brown

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Two strong-willed women are fighting for survival in a primitive wilderness of venomous snakes, stinging insects, and crocodile-infested swamps. Too bad those are the least of their worries. After being severely wounded in a covert operation, ex-Australian Secret Service officer Vivian Andrews has built a quiet life for herself in a small fishing village in Northern Queensland...
    Categorized as:
    wlw  lgbtq  romance  action-adventure  mystery  crime  heist  fiction
  • Heart of the Devil by Ali Vali

    Heart of the Devil by Ali Vali

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    There was a time when Dalton Casey ran the Casey family while grooming the next generation, but Cain Casey inherits the reins too early when Dalton is gunned down. His loss leaves Cain devastated, and she does her best to keep the business together, but his loss has left her adrift and hungry for revenge. That ends the night a new employee douses her in beer...
    Categorized as:
    wlw  lgbtq  romance  mystery  crime  action-adventure  fiction  book
  • Stunted Heart by Helena Harte

    Stunted Heart by Helena Harte

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A stunt rider who lives in the fast lane. An ER doctor who can’t take chances. A passion that could turn their worlds upside down.Taryn Taylor wants it all, and she wants it fast. As a stunt rider she’s always looking for the next big jump, the next adrenaline fix, and the next scorching encounter with an irresistible woman...
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