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  • These Thin Lines by Milena McKay

    These Thin Lines by Milena McKay

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Some lines should never be crossed...In the heart of Paris, Chiara Conti is a Queen trapped in an Ivory Tower of haute couture, fortune and lovelessness. Lonely and dejected, she’s longing for inspiration, for direction, for understanding.When Vi Courtenay falls at her feet, losing her shoe like a veritable Cinderella, events are set in motion that will unravel their carefully fashioned lives...
  • Just Three Words by Melissa Brayden

    Just Three Words by Melissa Brayden

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 31 ratings
    Sometimes the one you want is the one you least suspect... Accountant Samantha Ennis craves order and structure. As the bookkeeper at the boutique advertising agency she owns with her three best friends, it’s her job to apply logic to the chaos. When one of those best friends, laid back Hunter Blair, moves in to share her loft apartment, Sam’s carefully organized world is thrown wildly askew...
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  • Then & Now by Monica McCallan

    Then & Now by Monica McCallan

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Lily Connor has focused all her energy into becoming a successful wedding planner, and after five years, she’s on the precipice of taking on more responsibility at Southerland Wedding Company. When the chance finally presents itself, it comes with a complication she couldn’t have dreamt up in her worst nightmares...
  • Shifting Gears by Jazz Forrester

    Shifting Gears by Jazz Forrester

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 20 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...
  • Damaged Goods by Eliza Lentzski

    Damaged Goods by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    New from Eliza Lentzski: Damaged Goods – the sequel to Don’t Call Me Hero. The past few years had been difficult for former Marine, Cassidy Miller. She’d left the military, joined the Minneapolis city police, only to voluntarily remove herself from active duty...
  • The Next Life by Lise Gold, Madeleine Taylor

    The Next Life by Lise Gold, Madeleine Taylor

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    After the painful divorce from her husband, Reina Amari, wealthy mother of two, has lost her sense of self. No longer wife and homemaker, she feels low, lonely and purposeless in her huge mansion in the Hamptons. Her life suddenly changes when she meets Belle, her new pool technician, who brings back feelings long forgotten...
    Categorized as:
    class difference  queer  f-f  audiobook
  • Casting Lacey by Elle Spencer

    Casting Lacey by Elle Spencer

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 28 ratings
    Coming out is easier when you’ve got someone by your side. At least that’s how the hyper-private Quinn Kincaid sees it. When her publicist suggests a good old-fashioned sham of a Hollywood relationship, Quinn reluctantly agrees...
  • Separate Like Stars by Diana Kane

    Separate Like Stars by Diana Kane

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    On paper, Jordan Cohen has it all. With numerous bestsellers under her belt, a number of blockbuster movie adaptations to her credit, and a high profile relationship with one of Hollywood’s most prominent stars, what more could she possibly ask for? Maybe for Olivia Bradley, the only woman to ever break her heart, to exit her life as quickly as she’d re-entered it...
  • One Little Secret by Eliza Lentzski

    One Little Secret by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Most stories have a beginning, middle, and end. But when you work in the Cold Case division, you come to the realization that not every story has a tidy conclusion and not every story starts at the beginning. One little question. Cold Case Detective Cassidy Miller is beginning to feel more comfortable in her new career path...
  • The Forever and The Now by K.J .

    The Forever and The Now by K.J .

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Bron McIntyre, forty-two, has it all together. Terrific job. Loving family. No desperate need for a girlfriend but would be interested if one came along. Bron McIntyre is Teflon.Kate Agostino, forty-eight, is not Teflon. Yes, she has a terrific job. But a loving family? Not really. And her personal life is rapidly disintegrating and turning into dust...
  • Stolen Hearts by Eliza Lentzski

    Stolen Hearts by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In 1984, Danika Laroque, a young indigenous woman, was reported missing. The investigation went cold not long after. Decades later, a True Crime podcaster starts poking around, bringing the missing persons case to the attention of Cassidy Miller...
  • Mirror by Max Ellendale

    Mirror by Max Ellendale

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In the final installment of the Four Point Trilogy, Sali and Maggie, despite their retirement, find themselves tirelessly recruited by civilians asking for their help. When a desperate mother appeals to Sali's sensitivities to search for her missing daughter, the duo, reluctantly, give in...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  f-f  mystery  length-medium
  • The Delicate Things We Make by Milena McKay

    The Delicate Things We Make by Milena McKay

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Hitting rock bottom in the concrete jungle of Manhattan, investigative journalist Jamie Walker lands the assignment of a lifetime: Find the most elusive artist of a generation, who has enthralled the art and fashion world for over a decade.This assignment is supposed to finally be Jamie’s ticket to journalistic fame and fortune...
  • Cigar Club by J.A. Armstrong

    Cigar Club by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Fallon Foster is Whiskey Springs' self-proclaimed token lesbian. She isn't a token any longer. After her year-long affair with best friend, Andi Maguire ends, Fallon hopes to earn the trust and win the heart of the town's newest resident, Riley Main. Ghosts from the past still haunt Fallon and Riley. Informed by loss and betrayal, the pair endeavors to find their way to each other...
  • Hunter's Revenge by Gerri Hill

    Hunter's Revenge by Gerri Hill

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    When a seventy-one-year-old man is shot dead in his home, it seems like a random act of violence. But the hundreds of photos of Detective Tori Hunter found at the scene seem to say otherwise. And when the gun that proves to be the murder weapon in the brutal murder of Tori’s family some thirty-something years earlier is found, Tori is not only facing her past, but a massive conflict of interest...
  • Betrayal by Nancy Ann Healy

    Betrayal by Nancy Ann Healy

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    There is no one to trust in Nancy Ann Healy’s thrilling new novel, Betrayal.FBI agent Alex Toles is relieved to return to work at the NSA after a frightening on-the-job ordeal. Her life partner, Cassidy O’Brien, and Cassidy’s seven-year-old son, have also been instrumental in healing Alex’s wounds...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  f-f  mystery  suspense  betrayal  length-long  audiobook
  • Conspiracy by Nancy Ann Healy

    Conspiracy by Nancy Ann Healy

    Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    The past sins of fathers will return to haunt their daughters in the final installment of the Alex and Cassidy series. What had started as a simple case three years earlier, forever altered the course of FBI Agent Alex Toles’ life. A committed investigator, Alex had always avoided personal entanglements. That was until she meet Cassidy O’Brien...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  f-f  mystery  military  suspense  length-long  audiobook
  • Not for a Moment by Cheyenne Blue

    Not for a Moment by Cheyenne Blue

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 15 ratings
    Desperate situations call for desperate lies in this charming, fake-relationship lesbian romance.Andi Barrons has no time for kids or the chaos they bring—certainly not when she runs a high-end decorating business...
  • Separate Like Stars by Diana Kane

    Separate Like Stars by Diana Kane

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    On paper, Jordan Cohen has it all. With numerous bestsellers under her belt, a number of blockbuster movie adaptations to her credit, and a high profile relationship with one of Hollywood’s most prominent stars, what more could she possibly ask for? Maybe for Olivia Bradley, the only woman to ever break her heart, to exit her life as quickly as she’d re-entered it...
  • Spin Serve by Nicole Pyland

    Spin Serve by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sports Series Book #8. This series is related by a sports theme, not by characters.Aspen Ashley had been a beach volleyball star on the court for years now, but due to an issue with a previous partner, this was her first real shot to represent the US at the Olympics...
  • When We're Meant to Be by Skye Von Triessen

    When We're Meant to Be by Skye Von Triessen

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    When Dr. Alexandra Edison’s world was ripped apart, the last thing she expected was to end up in a casual affair with Blake Westmore. Soon after she was forced to choose between her past and her present, when her strong sense of obligation forced her to leave the woman whom she shared one of the most unforgettable experiences with, and head back to L.A. to help the woman who broke her heart...
  • Marking Time by Sherryl D. Hancock

    Marking Time by Sherryl D. Hancock

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 11 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 dancerturned cop, Raine captivates the eyes of the dance teacher and with a little push from their friend, they embark on a whirlwind romance...
    Categorized as:
    queer  angst  f-f  sports  military  length-short
  • Letters Never Sent by Sandra Moran

    Letters Never Sent by Sandra Moran

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    "The story unfolds like a flower; the impact of it on each person is profound. It’s a spectacular offering of love gained, lost, and struggled with over a lifetime—a poignant tale with a marvelous reveal at the end."—Anna Furtado, Lambda Literary ReviewThree women, united by love and kinship, struggle to conform to the social norms of the times in which they lived...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  f-f  historical  length-medium  audiobook
  • Hers to Keep by Anna Stone

    Hers to Keep by Anna Stone

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 16 ratings
    Lindsey had big plans for her post-art school life--a successful art career, excitement, adventure, meeting the man of her dreams. She never expected she'd end up joining a sugar baby website to pay off her crippling debt. And she definitely didn't expect that her first client would be a charming, vivacious woman named Camilla...
  • Loved and Lost by Stephanie Kusiak

    Loved and Lost by Stephanie Kusiak

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Blake Fortnier and Rachel Kaplan are the perfect couple. Fifteen years into a marriage that will seemingly last forever, a tragic accident tears them apart. After reaching the end of her rope, Blake is blessed with the chance to relive her life. She can right her wrongs, live life to the fullest and change the course of fate, or so she hopes...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  f-f  contemporary  length-long
  • A Woman Undone by T.B. Markinson

    A Woman Undone by T.B. Markinson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Despite Lizzie’s attempts to hide from her family, circumstances pull her even deeper into the complicated Petrie web. After a disastrous family Christmas, Lizzie’s friends and family seek her counsel, dragging Lizzie back into their orbit...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  humor  f-f  length-medium  audiobook
  • Lasting Impressions by Michele L. Rivera

    Lasting Impressions by Michele L. Rivera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fifteen years ago, Bryce Keating and Cameron Shapiro met for the first time on the worst blind date of their lives. They ended the night hoping to never see each other again and went their separate ways.Unfortunately for Bryce and Cameron, fate had other plans. Over a decade later, the two women randomly run into one another. It’s disastrous and stirs up mixed feelings for them both...
  • Donegal's Wish by JA Armstrong

    Donegal's Wish by JA Armstrong

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    No one should have to wait until December for a dose of holiday cheer! Meet Abby Turner and Bess Riley. Abby Turner is a dedicated nurse and mother who spent her life in New York City until the death of her longtime partner, Connie. Abby’s adjusting to a new, quieter life in suburban Connecticut. Most days she finds the change refreshing...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  f-f  second chances  length-medium
  • Call of Love by Lee Haven

    Call of Love by Lee Haven

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Separated by fear. Reunited by fate. Will they get a second chance at life and love?Parker Snow left home at nineteen after being abandoned by her family for loving her foster sister, Kate Cain. She joined the Marine Corps and has had little contact with her parents since. But when she’s transferred back to Washington D.C...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  f-f  contemporary  length-medium
  • Heart of the Storm by Ally McGuire

    Heart of the Storm by Ally McGuire

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sometimes a storm is just what you need to clear the skies ahead.When Amber Archer inherits a mysterious house from relatives she thought were long-dead, she sees it as her ticket out of the current chaos consuming her New York life. A little time out in the sticks can’t hurt, can it?Nestled in the middle of nowhere is The Willows, the premier racing stables in Kentucky owned by Rowan Payton...
  • Don't Quit Your Daydream by Adrian J. Smith

    Don't Quit Your Daydream by Adrian J. Smith

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    What happens in the elevator doesn’t stay in the elevator. When Laura Finch’s business partner hires Skylar to bring their company to the next generation, Laura sees red. An obnoxious millennial isn’t someone she wants to work with—they’re known for failing their side hustles...
  • Heal their Hearts by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Heal their Hearts by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Georgia Samuels lives her life with no commitments other than the love of her job, and the flashy little apartment overlooking the Thames. That is until tragedy strikes and her sister, Aston, and Aston's husband Ben are both killed when the plane they're returning home on crashes, leaving the family rocked, and three kids orphaned...
  • French Kissing: Season Five by Harper Bliss

    French Kissing: Season Five by Harper Bliss

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    ASIN B07S73K4SR moved to the more recent edition Paris... City of lights, City of love... City of drama! With a year remaining on Dominique's first presidential term, the Laroche camp is gearing up for her re-election campaign. Dominique herself, however, doesn't seem so keen on going through it all again.Aurore and Solange's relationship has been on and off so many times, nobody can keep count...
  • Intersection: 10th Anniversary Edition by Nancy Ann Healy

    Intersection: 10th Anniversary Edition by Nancy Ann Healy

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    When FBI agent Alexis Toles was dispatched to New York to investigate threats sent to Congressman Christopher O’Brien, the last thing she expected to find was romance. But during her investigation, Alex finds herself in a love affair with the congressman’s ex-wife, all while discovering the convoluted conspiracy behind the threats...
  • The Trip by Robin Alexander

    The Trip by Robin Alexander

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Who wants to take a road trip with two old, bickering women and a complete stranger? Not Jill Savoy. She finds herself behind the wheel of her father’s sacred Winnebago anyway, responsible for her grandmother and adopted aunt, both of whom are mischievous teenagers in old bodies, and then there’s Shay. The last thing on Shay Macaluso’s mind was a vacation...
  • All the Love Songs by Nicole Pyland

    All the Love Songs by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Peyton Gloss is the world’s most famous and popular singer/songwriter known for her chart-topping hits as well as her famous girl squad and July 4th events, inviting all of her famous friends to celebrate. This year, she did something even more extravagant than ever and invited her friends to join her for a week-long adult summer camp experience...
  • Awakenings by Susan X. Meagher

    Awakenings by Susan X. Meagher

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Despite the questions of her roommates and the objections of her fiance, Jamie Evans persists in enrolling in a college course that seems an odd choice for a young woman of her background. What no one can know is that the course, The Psychology of the Lesbian Experience, will propel Jamie onto a journey of self-awareness and realization...
  • Cabin Fever by Addison M Conley

    Cabin Fever by Addison M Conley

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Kate Minton's life is collapsing. She's fired, her estranged father dies, and her girlfriend dumps her. Her older half-brothers inherit everything, and all Kate gets is a remote, rundown Idaho cabin that no one knew existed. But if Kate lives there for a year, she’ll inherit half a million dollars. The move leads her to family secrets and an infuriating, and inconveniently sexy, contractor...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  f-f  length-medium  audiobook
  • Before You Go by Melissa Tereze

    Before You Go by Melissa Tereze

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ryann Harris has everything she needs. A thriving tattoo studio and the woman she loves by her side.But Ryann’s world is turned upside down when she discovers lies and deceit.With the belief that she has no comeback, Ryann makes a drastic decision. She heads towards the river.And then she meets Lydia Nelson.Both are at the river railings for different reasons...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  f-f  contemporary  length-medium
  • Kissed By Her by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Kissed By Her by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    I was so looking forward to this summer. My job as a nanny for eleven-year-old twins means never a dull moment, and I’m excited about hanging out with my best friend, Joy, and reading all the books we can get our hands on next to my employer’s fabulous pool.Then my boss goes and hires a new assistant who is clearly gunning to be his second wife...
  • Shameless Expectations by Adrian J. Smith

    Shameless Expectations by Adrian J. Smith

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Escaping the past is hard. Living in the present is harder.Monti Schroeder is on a quest for peace. She has been since the moment she was born, but peace has remained elusive. Living as a nomad, she takes work where she can get it. When her sister calls with a favor for her neurotic boss, Monti agrees for a few extra bucks. What Monti finds when she arrives is a woman just as broken as she is...
  • Scaredy Cat by Robin Alexander

    Scaredy Cat by Robin Alexander

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Blake Taylor isn’t the queen of horror, but she’s certainly a member of the royal court. Blake has made a career out of writing novels that make her readers want to leave the lights on at night. What Blake’s fans and very few people realize is that Blake Taylor is scared of her own shadow and just about everything else...
  • Dare to Stay by Georgia Beers

    Dare to Stay by Georgia Beers

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Welcome to Junebug Farms, a successful, well-known animal shelter in upstate New York, where every day brings something new—love, stress, heartbreak, warmth—and not just from the animals. Since inheriting Junebug Farms from her grandmother, Jessica Barstow’s life revolves around it, and she has no time or energy for much else. Not hobbies. Not fun. Not love—certainly not love...
  • Not Only One Bed by Sienna Waters

    Not Only One Bed by Sienna Waters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Not falling in love has never been so hard...Trix Winchester has been promoted to head of romance acquisitions for London’s leading literary agent. The problem? Trix hasn’t believed in romance for years.Kel Bradshaw’s looking for a sugar mommy to pay her way through art school. But she just can’t bring herself to be mercenary enough to trick someone into it...
  • Ghosted Christmas Past by Bryce Oakley

    Ghosted Christmas Past by Bryce Oakley

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Last Christmas, I gave her my heart, but the very next day…Well, you know how it goes.Merritt Perkins has spent an entire year thinking maybe it was too cliche to be real. Dylan Camber: the cute private chef, and her: the nanny — connecting over being tucked away in the Rockies while working through the holidays...
  • The Island Between Us by Wendy Hudson

    The Island Between Us by Wendy Hudson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Lesbian romance and adventure collide in this gripping story of survival and second chances. Georgia Hamilton is an adventurer. After a life spent exploring the most remote places on earth, she's found her way back home to Scotland, where she teaches her expert survival skills...
  • Two is a Pattern by Emily Waters

    Two is a Pattern by Emily Waters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    A charged lesbian romantic suspense set in the early nineties, with gripping twists, turns, and surprising secrets.A mission gone wrong leads to rising-star CIA operative Annie Weaver quitting her job and reinventing herself as a college student. But the CIA, desperate for her skills, refuses to let her go without a price...
  • The Summer You Were There Vol. 4 by Yuama, ゆあま

    The Summer You Were There Vol. 4 by Yuama, ゆあま

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    At the start of summer, Kaori suggested to her writer classmate Shizuku that they should pretend to date to give Shizuku material to write about. Together, they've not only gone on dates and grown closer, Kaori has also helped Shizuku face her past. But now, as Kaori sits in a hospital bed thanks to her chronic illness, she tells Shizuku that they should break-up. Shizuku is shocked...
    Categorized as:
    queer  angst  f-f  contemporary  length-short
  • Play It Again, Ma'am by Sienna Waters

    Play It Again, Ma'am by Sienna Waters

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Is music really the food of love?When a tiny lie to her crush leaves barmaid Jules Hawthorne needing to learn to play the piano in just six weeks, she’s determined to get the job done. She’s got a prophecy to fulfill, after all...
  • A Game Of Two Hearts by Iona Kane

    A Game Of Two Hearts by Iona Kane

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Tess Kennedy isn’t where she thought she’d be at forty-six. She’s focusing on keeping things together as a single parent as she returns to a town that holds mixed memories. As she tries to build a new life for her family, she’s relieved that she’s finally in control of her own destiny. The last thing she’s looking for is a relationship.Rowan Russell is living her regular, predictable life...
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