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  • 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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    age-gap  lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  grumpy-mc
  • Saving Graces by Ruby Landers

    Saving Graces by Ruby Landers

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Rosalie Carlson is the person everyone turns to in a crisis. She’s kind, calm, caring and a social worker, after all. She’s got it all together… except that her personal life is kind of a disaster. Things can get a little hectic after all, when your complicated best-friendship is with a megastar like Savannah Grace...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Night Cap by J.A. Armstrong

    Night Cap by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It’s autumn in Whiskey Springs, Vermont, and more than the leaves have changed color. Life has never been better for Fallon Foster. Her relationship with the town’s newest citizen, Riley Main is progressing as Fallon had hoped. Fallon finally believes she may get the family she’s dreamed of. Her business is thriving, and her friendship with her former lover, Andi Maguire is back on track...
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    wlw  age-gap  lgbtq  slow-burn  romance  fiction  audiobook  small-town
  • Vengeance Planning for Amateurs by Lee Winter

    Vengeance Planning for Amateurs by Lee Winter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    An offbeat lesbian romantic comedy starring penguins, plotting, and payback.Muffin maker Olivia Roberts has had it with her awful exes taking advantage of her good nature. The theft of her nana’s beloved stuffed penguin is the absolute last straw.She puts up an ad at her local crime bookstore for a henchperson to help her enact a little mild revenge...
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    wlw  lgbtq  age-gap  slow-burn  romance  contemporary  humor  fiction
  • 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
  • Something's Different by Quinn Ivins

    Something's Different by Quinn Ivins

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    An ice queen boss knows there’s something different about her assistant, but she can’t put her finger on it. A fun twin-switch lesbian office romance.Unemployed academic Caitlyn Taylor comes home to family drama. Her carefree twin Chloe plans to ditch her job to visit a guy she met online. Caitlyn steps in to impersonate Chloe so she won’t get fired for skipping town...
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    age-gap  lgbtq  slow-burn  wlw  adult  bisexuality  book  boss-employee
  • Purposefully Accidental by G. Benson

    Purposefully Accidental by G. Benson

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    An unfortunate accident, an old grudge, and a Sapphic fake romance.Since A-List actress and Hollywood’s sweetheart Wren Acker came out, not only is she at the top of the acting world; she’s also crush number one for her queer fanbase. Loving life, loving her job, loving her cat—everything is fantastic. Except that lack of any kind of private life...
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    age-gap  lgbtq  slow-burn  wlw  adult  book  celebrity  contemporary
  • Chemistry by Rachael Sommers

    Chemistry by Rachael Sommers

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    An opposites-attract, ice queen lesbian romance about finding the softest of hearts behind the highest walls.Newly minted high school teacher Lily Cross is young, bubbly, and can’t wait to put her fresh ideas into practice in the classroom. Her excitement is derailed after a disastrous run-in with a colleague...
  • Crashing into Love by Nicole Pyland

    Crashing into Love by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sports Series Book #7. This series is related by a sports theme, not by characters.Drew Oakes had her first chance to take home an Olympic gold medal taken away from her when another rider crashed into her in the first race of the competition.Four years later, she is determined to get on that podium, and preferably, at the top of it...
    Categorized as:
    wlw  lgbtq  age-gap  slow-burn  romance  sports  fiction  lesbian-mc
  • Hunter by Eliza Lentzski

    Hunter by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The Winter Jacket prequel It all started with a navy blue dress... In her junior year of college, Hunter Dyson has some big decisions to make about her future. She wants to be a nurse, that much she knows, but everyone from her parents to her academic advisor is nagging her about what kind of nursing she wants to pursue...
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    age-gap  lgbtq  slow-burn  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Reality In Check by Emily Banting

    Reality In Check by Emily Banting

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the multi-award-winning, best-selling author of Broken Beyond Repair comes a new sapphic celebrity ice queen romance — read as a standalone or as the second book in the South Downs Romance series.Sculptor Arte Tremaine is thrown into the hospitality industry when her beloved late grandmother bequeaths her and her sister a charming yet rundown country hotel with zero guests...
  • Sliced Ice: Lee Winter's Iconic Ice Queens by Lee Winter

    Sliced Ice: Lee Winter's Iconic Ice Queens by Lee Winter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Ten short stories based on Lee Winter’s fierce and unforgettable ice queens and villains have been gathered into one anthology containing lesbian love, lust, friendship, and romance.Find out what happened after Lee’s stories ended, and in one case, before it began...
  • 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...
  • All In by Eliza Lentzski

    All In by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Book Four and the dénouement of the Winter Jacket Series. Hollywood had been a disaster. Elle Graft—Associate Professor of English and once-budding television screenwriter—could admit that much. Now back in Minnesota and back to her old life, Elle’s determined to get her relationship with Hunter back on track. It all started with a broken classroom heater and a blue winter coat...
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    age-gap  lgbtq  wlw  adult  angst  audiobook  book  contemporary
  • 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...
  • Behind Her Eyes by Melissa Tereze

    Behind Her Eyes by Melissa Tereze

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A STEAMY AGE-GAP ROMANCEAll it takes is one cold lie to ruin the recipe for a perfect love…Five years ago, Abi was in culinary school and dreaming of working at Adley’s, a Michelin-starred restaurant, and for its equally delectable owner. Instead, she’s alone, broke, and out of friendly couches to sleep on. Her only direction…rock bottom.Abi’s in a mess, but it’s her mess, and she plans to fix it...
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    age-gap  lgbtq  wlw  adult  angst  book  contemporary  fiction
  • 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...
  • Damage Control by Jae

    Damage Control by Jae

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    An actress practically since birth, Grace Durand has finally made it in Hollywood. When a photo of her in a seeming compromising situation with another woman is plastered all over the tabloids, she fears for her career as a lead in romantic movies...
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    age-gap  lgbtq  slow-burn  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  boss-employee
  • 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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    age-gap  lgbtq  slow-burn  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Evolution by M.J. Duncan

    Evolution by M.J. Duncan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Life in The Royal Ballet comes with a set of unwritten rules, and no one knows them better than Nina Devereaux. Even in her current role as the Company’s Artistic Director, those expectations still loom menacingly over her life...
  • Where Secrets Are Safe by Jamey Moody

    Where Secrets Are Safe by Jamey Moody

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    At a Texas lake resort, swimming in romance, an enemy ice queen thaws right into her Hollywood happy ending. Krista Kyle knew how hard it was to be a closeted lesbian in Hollywood. Unfortunately being out and proud could affect your career. But after twenty years as an award winning actress Krista was able to be her authentic self in a world where being someone else was the norm...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Worth the Wait by Jae

    Worth the Wait by Jae

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Actress Jill and her girlfriend, stuntwoman Crash, explore new territoryWhen struggling actress Jill lands her dream TV role, she rushes home to celebrate with her girlfriend, stuntwoman Crash.A steamy shower leads to sheet-rumpling passion as they try out a new sex toy...
  • Euphoria by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Euphoria by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Euphoria, is the latest standalone contemporary romance novel by Best-Selling author of women loving women fiction, Claire Highton-Stevenson. When Alexandra Montgomery took on the persona of Sasha, she had no idea where her life would lead.Wanting to rebel against her feisty mother, she joined a pop band, Solar Flare, and found a foothold on the ladder to fame and fortune...
  • 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...
  • No More Secrets by Jamey Moody

    No More Secrets by Jamey Moody

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Krista Kyle’s world is turned upside down, there’s only one person that can save her.First love is a mighty strong emotion. Krista knows this and has been given several chances over the years to have the life she dreamed of, but something always got in the way.Melanie Zimmer has loved Krista Kyle for over half her life. She now has the courage to do something about it...
  • 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...
  • Everything Has Changed by Addison Clarke

    Everything Has Changed by Addison Clarke

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Sophia Beauchamp is offered a lecture spot at a literary conference in Paris, she is more than ready to head back to her hometown. She has a list of things she wants to show her longtime girlfriend, Emily Crawford, and the two are excited about their Parisian vacation...
  • Magdalene Nox by Milena McKay

    Magdalene Nox by Milena McKay

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Magdalene Nox doesn't cast wishes upon stars... She simply makes them happen. But for this particular wish, she had waited for thirty years. Her retribution against those who discarded her three decades ago should be swift and simple.Except a chance encounter and an unforgettable night turn her entire life upside down. Torn between vengeance and lust, Magdalene is forced to re-evaluate everything...
    Categorized as:
    wlw  lgbtq  age-gap  slow-burn  romance  audiobook  fiction  grumpy-mc
  • The Very Worst by Julia Wolf

    The Very Worst by Julia Wolf

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    James O’Malley is hot.Built like a lumberjack with a beard to match, I can’t take my eyes off him.I really should be able to, considering we had the very worst sex of my life six months ago. But he won't stop looking at me with his broody, soulful gaze every time I take a seat at his bar and I’m quickly becoming addicted to it...
    Categorized as:
    age-gap  slow-burn  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  humor  romance
  • 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:
    age-gap  lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  lesbian-mc
  • Wanted: Tender Daddy by Sammi Cee

    Wanted: Tender Daddy by Sammi Cee

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Some hurts change the course of your life forever, but with the devoted attention of an older Daddy, can a boy become comfortable enough in his own skin to hold on tight to the life he deserves? As the last boy left from the original crew of waiters at The Tap Tavern searching for his Daddy, Archie’s filled with nervous excitement. And a little dread. Okay, he’s scared to death...
  • 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:
    age-gap  lgbtq  slow-burn  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction
  • 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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    age-gap  lgbtq  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  family
  • 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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    age-gap  lgbtq  slow-burn  wlw  adult  angst  bisexuality  book
  • A Little Light by Melissa Tereze

    A Little Light by Melissa Tereze

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When perfect drops into her lap, can she trust that it’s here to stay? Andi Palmer had it all. A perfect life with her wife of twenty years, and a successful career as an estate agent, helping clients move in, move out, and move on. Fifteen months after her wife’s death, Andi can finally say she’s moved on. It’s time to sell the beautiful loft home they’d shared...
  • Learning to Trust by Kallie Mont

    Learning to Trust by Kallie Mont

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    “Parker?”Parker loved that voice and she adored hearing it say her name. But in this moment, it scared the shit out of her.In the sleepy coastal town of Doveport, the pot isn’t just stirred—that bitch is boiling over.Maggie and Parker are new... like, brand-spanking-new. But for all of their flirting and butterflies and romantic intention, the universe has devised one giant beaver-dam...
  • 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...
  • His Last Christmas in London by Con Riley

    His Last Christmas in London by Con Riley

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Falling for his final client won’t make leaving London easy… Ian ~ A talented, young photographer desperate to stay in London.Guy ~ An older, fierce food critic, determined to keep him in his city.Ian shouldn’t be attracted to a scathing food critic like Guy Parsons, not after the last time he fell for someone older, arrogant, and gorgeous...
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    age-gap  lgbtq  slow-burn  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  holidays
  • The Love Project by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod

    The Love Project by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can a long shot bring love to a couple of lonely hearts?Joni Fisher is facing economic ruin. The once successful advice column she runs with her mother is on the brink of cancellation, and it’ll take a miracle to turn things around...
  • 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
  • The Adventurers by Bryce Oakley

    The Adventurers by Bryce Oakley

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    They're about to embark on their greatest adventure yet.Joey Moore got her heart stomped on. At her engagement party. So, she did what any normal, completely rational 28-year-old would do — she moved to a new city with her dog to start a new life. Without much of a plan, it turns out...
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    age-gap  lgbtq  slow-burn  wlw  adult  animals  audiobook  book
  • Reservations of the Heart by T.B. Markinson

    Reservations of the Heart by T.B. Markinson

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Can two wounded souls find solace together? 41-year-old doctor Stella Gilbert used to have it all. Her career was on fire, and she had a picture-perfect family--until she was blindsided by her wife doing the unthinkable...
    Categorized as:
    wlw  lgbtq  age-gap  slow-burn  romance  medical  audiobook  fiction
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