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  • The Girl Who Always Wins by Victoria Quinn

    The Girl Who Always Wins by Victoria Quinn

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
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    family  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Destination You: An Age-Gap Lesbian Romance by J.J. Arias

    Destination You: An Age-Gap Lesbian Romance by J.J. Arias

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Fantasy Becomes Reality in this Super Steamy Age-Gap, Ice Queen RomanceWhen 27-year-old free-spirit Taylor Lopez flies back to Miami to attend her high school reunion, she doesn’t expect to run into Mrs. Alonso — her former history teacher — at the airport...
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    lgbtq  steamy  wlw  adult  age-gap  book  contemporary  fiction
  • These Inconvenient Fireworks by mdasch, everydayslike

    These Inconvenient Fireworks by mdasch, everydayslike

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    One Direction FanficFuture AU in which nobody tries out for X Factor but the boys end up finding one other eventually anyway. Louis is a jaded bastard who owns a cat named Duchess and teaches drama to teenagers, Harry is an idealistic aspiring photographer/part-time footy coach, Zayn teaches English lit and wears leather jackets, Liam saves people from burning buildings, and Niall is Niall...
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    lgbtq  steamy  wlw  romance  mlm  fiction  contemporary  new-adult
  • The Girl Who Doesn't Quit by Victoria Quinn

    The Girl Who Doesn't Quit by Victoria Quinn

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ...
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    family  steamy  contemporary  fiction  book  adult  romance
  • A Heart Unchained by Red Phoenix

    A Heart Unchained by Red Phoenix

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A trip to Russia will rock Brie’s world, and an extended visit to Italy warms her heart when Nonna holds their second child for the first time.In solidarity, the community bands together to help one of their own as a new father fights to hold on.But Brie is about to stumble on a tragic secret involving Sir’s family...
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    family  steamy  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Line Brawl by Bianca Sommerland

    Line Brawl by Bianca Sommerland

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Not all fights are one on one. In a team, no man should stand alone. ‘You can’t keep me.’ Shawn ‘Easy’ Pischlar has given his speech so often, it should be written on the white board in the Dartmouth Cobra’s locker room. Too many of his own teammates have heard the words. And the games he’s played are finally catching up to him...
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    family  lgbtq  steamy  adult  athlete  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Crazy For You by Harper Bliss

    Crazy For You by Harper Bliss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Only love can heal a scarred soul Jessica Porter is recovering from a medical procedure that has left her scarred, both physically and mentally. Before she goes back to work as a TV executive, she decides to call upon the services of her trusted escort, Laurel. When a mix-up at the agency brings Liz to her door instead, it doesn’t take long for her to charm Jessica...
  • Nothing But A Fling: A Carlsbad Village Lesbian Romance by Sabrina Kane

    Nothing But A Fling: A Carlsbad Village Lesbian Romance by Sabrina Kane

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Vanessa Murray owns La Vida Mocha, the hip new coffeeshop in Carlsbad, California. But after the Covid pandemic hit, business is practically non-existent.Megan Baldwin started the year having her heart shattered by her girlfriend but now she has just gotten an exciting new job promotion which will force her to leave Carlsbad and move to New York City...
  • Heal Their Hearts by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Heal Their Hearts by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A tale of heartbreak, tragedy, sex, and a coming together of a family torn by loss and put back together again by love, and hope, and the endless possibilities that await.Georgia Samuels lives her life with no commitments other than the love of her job, and the flashy little apartment overlooking the Thames...
  • The Scent of Rome by Lise Gold

    The Scent of Rome by Lise Gold

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In a last-ditch attempt to secure an investor for an app she’s developed, Rome Foster travels to her namesake city hoping her luck is going to change. Just as she’s about to pitch her life’s work, she meets the charming and captivating Nadine; a high-end escort who shocks Rome by flirting with her...
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    lgbtq  steamy  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • 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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    family  lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  drama  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...
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    lgbtq  steamy  wlw  adult  billionaire  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Scarlett Fever by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Scarlett Fever by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    On a girl's night out with her friends; fifty-something, divorced, and really not looking for any attention, Claudia Maddox is somewhat surprised when girls' night takes on a whole new meaning. Ending up in bed with a woman twenty years her junior, hadn’t been the plan, but it was a night she certainly wouldn’t forget. Scarlett was sexy, and fun and knew just what she was doing...
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    lgbtq  wlw  family  steamy  romance  contemporary  humor  age-gap
  • Red Rock Ranch by Lise Gold, Madeleine Taylor

    Red Rock Ranch by Lise Gold, Madeleine Taylor

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Casino lights and desert nights, love takes a wild gamble. Dakota's plan was drive to Las Vegas, start her dream job at a luxury spa, and leave her old life behind. But when her ancient pickup breaks down in the middle of the Nevada desert, she's stranded, helpless, and alone.Enter Frankie, a charming cowgirl with a heart of gold and a big ranch to run...
  • Escalation Clause by Liz Crowe

    Escalation Clause by Liz Crowe

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Young love burns hot and bright. Soul mates are found, then lost in the blink of an eye. When young widow Maureen Gordon Taylor meets her daughter's sexy soccer coach, her body and heart slowly unthaw. But will holding tight to the past cost her a future? A devastating blow shatters a family's fragile happiness...
    Categorized as:
    family  steamy  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Solanum by Max Ellendale

    Solanum by Max Ellendale

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Caroline Donovan and Nora Brody are assigned to the same unit of the FBI, they become fast friends. As they navigate through their careers, the connection they share changes and grows along with them. Their unique challenges, and favorite kinks, entangle them in ways neither expected...
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    wlw  steamy  lgbtq  family  crime  fiction  lesbian-mc  mystery
  • This Above All by Nicole Pyland

    This Above All by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is book # 3 in the San Francisco Series. Hillary Robins had watched all of her friends couple off. Everyone in her group had their person now, while she’d turned into something like the eighth wheel. After Caroline had broken her heart, Hillary had always known that she’d be the last of her friends to find someone. Caroline had done a number on her...
  • Paradise Pride by Lise Gold

    Paradise Pride by Lise Gold

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    London-based casino manager Meghan has no expectations of her two-week holiday in Spain; she’s just tagging along with her friend who’s visiting her love interest. When they arrive at a deserted hotel due to a booking fault and her friend leaves to see her boyfriend, she’s left with the bartender who stays on for the night...
  • Meant to Be by Skye Von Triessen

    Meant to Be by Skye Von Triessen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Some couples are destined for eternity, while others are fleeting moments in the grand mosaic of time. Blake and Alexandra’s journey has been a saga of trials that, against all odds, wove their fates together. Their love endured the unimaginable and in the process, their bond strengthened as they healed together, choosing to live each day as if it were their last...
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    wlw  lgbtq  steamy  medical  lesbian-mc  fiction  contemporary  romance
  • Frost by Elizabeth Knox

    Frost by Elizabeth Knox

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    FrostI’m doing something I’d never thought I would. Something I swore I wouldn’t do when Elena went off and married Reed. But, as the years went by I saw the unity within the biker lifestyle and I began to crave it. Now I’m in my late-thirties and all I have to show is scars on my body, battle wounds and marks that will forever scar my skin after being on the field for the bureau...
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    lgbtq  steamy  wlw  adult  biker  book  contemporary  crime
  • Journey's End by A.E. Radley

    Journey's End by A.E. Radley

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Newly-retired Olivia Lewis is throwing herself into married life and aiming to be a domestic goddess before the first week is over. In a reversal of roles, Emily finds herself commuting from New York to London every week in order to realise her dreams of becoming a professional scriptwriter...
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    family  lgbtq  wlw  adult  age-gap  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Be My Home by Carly Marie

    Be My Home by Carly Marie

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Hometown returns to the studio to record an album, hours become days in the studio. Stressed out, overworked, and exhausted, Derek can’t help but breathe a sigh of relief when a snowstorm threatens to cripple Nashville, and shuts the studio down for the weekend. Unfortunately, in the chaos of recording, Derek forgets about Valentine’s Day until it’s too late...
  • 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...
  • Always Emilie: A Sapphic Romance by Alyson Root

    Always Emilie: A Sapphic Romance by Alyson Root

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Charlie Baxter has it all. A beautiful house, successful company and a set of tattoos that light women on fire at the mere sight of them. Not to mention, she’s tall and gorgeous! Life is good… Well, that is until her old music teacher calls insisting she return to her old school to take part in their annual charity ball. Charlie left Pickerton Academy behind twenty years ago...
  • Under Construction by J.A. Armstrong

    Under Construction by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It takes well laid plans to build a lasting relationship. Jameson (J.D.) Reid has years of experience designing tall buildings and even restoring majestic structures. She's worked to lay a solid foundation to her burgeoning relationship with Senator Candace Fletcher. But, love and architecture require different materials and tools...
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    family  lgbtq  steamy  wlw  adult  age-gap  anthologies  contemporary
  • Let Go by Nicole Pyland

    Let Go by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    This is book #1 in the Boston Series.Gretchen Carpenter didn’t come from money. She didn’t have a lot growing up in her small town. As the black sheep of her family, instead of staying home and taking over the family business, she moved to Boston, got into Harvard Law School, and is about to graduate when she gets an internship at a personal injury law firm...
  • 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...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • The Flaw in Our Design by Monica McCallan

    The Flaw in Our Design by Monica McCallan

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Olivia Carver’s life in Lake Cabot, New York is simple. That’s how she likes it, even if she can’t stop the town she loves from being overrun by wealthy tourists each summer. When she’s not working at her family’s paddleboard shop or spending time with her lovable but infuriating brothers, she puts her energy into writing professionally, a dream that has yet to materialize...
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    family  lgbtq  steamy  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • Conditional Offer by Liz Crowe

    Conditional Offer by Liz Crowe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Craig Robinson and Suzanne Baxter had no reason to meet, no real excuse to be friends. But when heart calls to heart...blood to blood..
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    family  steamy  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction
  • 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:
    family  lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  celebrity  contemporary  fiction
  • Online by Madeleine Taylor

    Online by Madeleine Taylor

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I'm Valerie, a recently divorced CFO from LA. After discovering lesbian erotica, I joined an online book club and have been indulging in steamy novels ever since. A new chapter in my life starts when Syd, a fellow member I've been sharing a sexy online exchange with, invites me to her house in Quebec...
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    lgbtq  steamy  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  female-author
  • 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...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • High Rise: The Complete Collection by Harper Bliss

    High Rise: The Complete Collection by Harper Bliss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Four 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...
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    lgbtq  steamy  wlw  adult  age-gap  angst  anthologies  contemporary
  • First Christmas: Marcus and Thomas Christmas Vignette by Joey W. Hill

    First Christmas: Marcus and Thomas Christmas Vignette by Joey W. Hill

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Marcus and Thomas from Rough Canvas celebrate their first Christmas together as a married couple.Found on the Joey W. Hill fan forum:http://www.jwhconnection.com/forums/t...Also found at:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d..
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    family  lgbtq  steamy  wlw  adult  age-gap  angst  book
  • 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...
  • It's in Her Kiss: A Lesbian Romance by Rachel Lacey

    It's in Her Kiss: A Lesbian Romance by Rachel Lacey

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The second book in Rachel Lacey's exciting new lesbian romance series, Midnight in Manhattan.Two Broadway actresses, one starring role, and a kiss that might turn rivals...into lovers...
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    lgbtq  steamy  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  lesbian-mc
  • 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  steamy  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  slow-burn
  • Tyler Tied Up by Joey W. Hill

    Tyler Tied Up by Joey W. Hill

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Tyler's Birthday present from Marguerite...
    Categorized as:
    family  steamy  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  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
  • Begin Again by Nicole Pyland

    Begin Again by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is book #4 in the Tahoe Series. Chris Florence’s circumstances had never been ideal, but they’d gotten worse after a car accident took the lives of her parents and left her with a kid brother to support...
    Categorized as:
    wlw  lgbtq  family  workplace  fiction  small-town  contemporary  book
  • Arms Wide Open by Donna Jay

    Arms Wide Open by Donna Jay

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Julie's at her wit’s end with her beautiful, stressed wife, Yvonne, whose moods are as erratic as her sex drive. Something's troubling her, and Julie’s determined to get to the bottom of it. When soft kisses and romantic dinners fail, maybe it’s time to sit down and really talk...
    Categorized as:
    wlw  lgbtq  steamy  contemporary  polyamory  fiction  lesbian-mc  book
  • Second Time Around by Laura Conway

    Second Time Around by Laura Conway

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    After 20 years in the music business, Tracy McCoy was wondering if it was time to call it quits.Since her divorce from country music superstar, Logan Shields, five years ago, the words had stopped flowing, which meant no new album, no reason to go on tour.Tracy's star was fading and if she didn't get over the rut she was in, Tracy knew she would have to call time on her career...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  steamy  age-gap  celebrity  contemporary  fiction  book
  • Strength of the Heart by Carrie L. Carr

    Strength of the Heart by Carrie L. Carr

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Lex and Amanda are caught up in the planning of their upcoming nuptials while trying to get the ranch house rebuilt so they can move back to their home. But an arrest, a brushfire, and the death of someone close to her forces Lex to try and work through feelings of guilt and anger...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  family  romance  contemporary  lesbian-mc  western  fiction
  • The Way Things Should Be by Carrie L. Carr

    The Way Things Should Be by Carrie L. Carr

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In this, the sixth novel in the Lex and Amanda series so many readers have come to love, Amanda begins to feel her own biological clock ticking while her sister prepares for the birth of her first child. Lex is busy with trying to keep her hands on some newly acquired land, as well trying to get along with a new member of her family...
    Categorized as:
    lgbtq  wlw  family  romance  contemporary  lesbian-mc  children  crime
  • What Happened After... by Nicole Pyland

    What Happened After... by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Do you ever read a story, fall in love with the characters and wonder what happens to them after the book ends? Epilogues are nice, but they’re a snapshot in time. Maybe it’s a year after the end of the book or even just six months. Maybe there’s a proposal or a wedding. Maybe a character announces she’s pregnant. Maybe a character just got their dream job...
  • Goddess of the Moon by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Goddess of the Moon by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Diana Maddox is a creature of comfort, she plays by the rules and she likes things done properly. Now, she finds herself in a bit of a rut. Single after an almost decade-long relationship with Jason, who cheated on her, Diana is sharing a flat with her sister and nephew. Her friends have all married and had families of their own, so there's only one thing for it, Diana decides...
  • Where the Heart Is by Lily Seabrooke

    Where the Heart Is by Lily Seabrooke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Kissing her childhood friend on a family Christmas vacation is probably a bad idea…The Jackson family is primed to explode over Christmas—with Stella’s parents hiding their divorce proceedings from the family during a two-week vacation to the cozy Christmas town of Bellsford, Stella and her sisters are under strict orders not to cause drama...
  • It's All About Bex by Melissa Tereze

    It's All About Bex by Melissa Tereze

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Old grudges are the hardest to overcome, and the heaviest burden on new love. Ellis Patterson can’t lie, the unexpected visit of her best friend’s auntie could be the most exciting thing that’s happened since Ellis drifted to this small town several months ago. She pictures Bex Naylor as a typical favourite eccentric, childless, probably flitting about in flowered dresses, burning sage...
  • Hard to Please by Cynthia Dane, Hildred Billings

    Hard to Please by Cynthia Dane, Hildred Billings

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    What do you do when the love of your life asks you to marry her? Run, of course! Precious pearls and diamond rings may command Eva Warren’s life, but the jewel of her heart is long-term girlfriend Nadia Gaines...
    Categorized as:
    wlw  lgbtq  steamy  romance  lesbian-mc  contemporary  sad  fiction
  • The Red Carpet by J.A. Armstrong

    The Red Carpet by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    It'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...
    Categorized as:
    family  lgbtq  wlw  adult  angst  anthologies  celebrity  contemporary
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