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Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits. The stunning hardcover of Atmosphere features beautiful endpapers and a premium dust jacket! “Thrilling . . . heartbreaking . . -
![Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis]()
Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis
From the highly acclaimed, award-winning author of The Gods of Tango, a revolutionary new novel about five wildly different women who, in the midst of the Uruguayan dictatorship, find one another as lovers, friends, and ultimately, family. In 1977 Uruguay, a military government crushed political dissent with ruthless force... -
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![The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden]()
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
An exhilarating, twisted tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the same house in the Dutch countryside during the summer of 1961—a powerful exploration of the legacy of WWII and the darker parts of our collective past. A house is a precious thing. .. It is 1961 and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet...Categorized as:
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![The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite]()
The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite
When Agatha Griffin finds a colony of bees in her warehouse, it’s the not-so-perfect ending to a not-so-perfect week. Busy trying to keep her printing business afloat amidst rising taxes and the suppression of radical printers like her son, the last thing the widow wants is to be the victim of a thousand bees... -
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![Silver Wings by H.P. Munro]()
Silver Wings by H.P. Munro
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWINNER - 2014 Golden Crown Literary Society - Historical Fiction. When in 1943, twenty-five-year-old Lily Rivera is widowed, she finally feels able to step out of the shadows of an unhappy marriage. Her love of flying leads her to join the Womens Airforce Service Pilots, determined to regain her passion and spread her wings, not suspecting that she would experience more than just flying...Categorized as:
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![Like in Love with You by Emma R. Alban]()
Like in Love with You by Emma R. Alban
Mean Girls meets Northanger Abbey in this sharp and sexy Regency Romance that begs the question: what if Cady and Regina just… kissed? When Catherine Pine relocates to Bath in 1817, she comes face-to-face with her mother’s arch nemesis and her daughter—the wildly popular Lady Rosalie...Categorized as:
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Number Six by Lee Winter
What happens when a mysterious former spy with seemingly little interest in sex meets a provocative expert in sexual fantasies? An opposites-attract, spicy lesbian romance set in Lee Winter’s Villains series and Hotel Queens worlds. All cool, pragmatic Ottilie Zimmermann has been dreaming of for years is retiring from her top-secret, morally gray job to sip Mai Tais on a Pacific island... -
![The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite]()
The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
As Lucy Muchelney watches her ex-lover’s sham of a wedding, she wishes herself anywhere else. It isn’t until she finds a letter from the Countess of Moth, looking for someone to translate a groundbreaking French astronomy text, that she knows where to go. Showing up at the Countess’ London home, she hoped to find a challenge, not a woman who takes her breath away... -
![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 Review. Three women, united by love and kinship, struggle to conform to the social norms of the times in which they lived... -
![Hamilton's Battalion: A Trio of Romances by Courtney Milan, Alyssa Cole]()
Hamilton's Battalion: A Trio of Romances by Courtney Milan, Alyssa Cole
Love in the time of Hamilton…. On October 14, 1781, Alexander Hamilton led a daring assault on Yorktown's defenses and won a decisive victory in America's fight for independence. Decades later, when Eliza Hamilton collected his soldiers' stories, she discovered that while the war was won at Yorktown, the battle for love took place on many fronts. .. PROMISED LAND by Rose Lerner... -
![그녀의 심청 (Her Tale of Shim Chong) #1 by 비완, Seri]()
그녀의 심청 (Her Tale of Shim Chong) #1 by 비완, Seri
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEp 1 - 10. Based on a Korean folktale, two very different women find themselves making the same wish - to leave this world behind. One is Shim Chong, a young beggar living off the kindness of others to support herself and her blind father. The other is the bride-to-be of old Chancellor Jang, sold off to him for the sake of her family...Categorized as:
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![The Wilds & The Weeds by Ally North]()
The Wilds & The Weeds by Ally North
On a hot summer’s day in 1975, young heiresses Willow and Ivy Wilde vanish while playing by a pond on the Stonehold estate, never to be seen again. Now, fifty years later, Stonehold is again abuzz, this time in preparation for the homecoming of Summer Wilde and Brody Weston, whose upcoming wedding is all anyone in Echo, Washington can talk about...Categorized as:
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![An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera]()
An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera
One last summer. For Manuela del Carmen Caceres Galvan, the invitation to show her paintings at the 1889 Exposition Universelle came at the perfect time. Soon to be trapped in a loveless marriage, Manuela has given herself one last summer of freedom—in Paris, with her two best friends. One scandalous encounter. Cora Kempf Bristol, Duchess of Sundridge, is known for her ruthlessness in business... -
![The Price of Salt by Claire Morgan, Patricia Highsmith]()
The Price of Salt by Claire Morgan, Patricia Highsmith
THE PRICE OF SALT also published as CAROL. THE PRICE OF SALT (1952) is a romance novel by Patricia Highsmith, written under the pseudonym Claire Morgan. The author – known as a suspense writer following the publication of her previous book, STRANGERS ON A TRAIN – became notorious due to the story's latent lesbian content and happy ending, the latter having been unprecedented in homosexual fiction... -
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![Shaken to the Core by Jae]()
Shaken to the Core by Jae
Kate Winthrop, the only child of a wealthy shipping magnate, has the course of her life charted for her by her parents. She’s expected to marry well and produce a successor to the Winthrop empire. But Kate has a very different path in mind. Her true passion lies with photography—and with women...Categorized as:
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![In the Shadow of Truth by J.E. Leak]()
In the Shadow of Truth by J.E. Leak
She thought she wanted the truth. Now she’d give anything to forget it. New OSS trainee Jenny Ryan is brimming with equal parts excitement and fear. She is one step closer to serving her country overseas, but when her ambition costs her dearly, she realizes the fight has come to her and love has turned to lies. OSS instructor Kathryn Hammond is no stranger to sacrifice...Categorized as:
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![Her Forgotten Promise by Corin Burnside]()
Her Forgotten Promise by Corin Burnside
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA wartime secret. A journey to uncover the truth. Claire has always had a special bond with her aunt Margaret, but she’s astonished when Margaret suddenly begins talking about a friend called Agnes, who Margaret met working as a WAAF in World War 2 – a past Claire had no idea about. Margaret and Agnes were best friends until Agnes started acting strangely, becoming secretive and distant... -
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The Map of Bones by Kate Mosse
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe stunning conclusion to The Joubert Family Chronicles has arrived. 'Mosse is a master storyteller' – Madeleine Miller, bestselling author of Circe. Their journey is over. But their story has just begun. A sweeping and epic story of adventure and courage, injustice and triumph, The Map of Bones by Kate Mosse is the sequel to the number one bestselling The Ghost Ship... -
![Occasions of Sin by Elena Graf]()
Occasions of Sin by Elena Graf
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor seven centuries, the convent of Obberoth has been hiding the nuns' secrets-scandalous manuscripts locked in a vault, a ruined medical career, forbidden passions, perhaps even a murder. In the spring of 1931, Margarethe von Stahle, an aristocratic physician, arrives at the convent to interview a candidate for head nurse. Dr. von Stahle has a reputation for perfectionism and a quick temper... -
![A Lady for All Seasons by T.J. Alexander]()
A Lady for All Seasons by T.J. Alexander
From the acclaimed author of Chef’s Kiss and A Gentleman’s Gentleman comes a riotous Regency romp, featuring a charming and unforgettable genderfluid lead. “The perfect blend of rich Regency romance and frothy screwball, Alexander has brewed a queer and cozy cup of something sure to delight. ”. —L. C. Rosen, author of Lavender House... -
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Heavy Sugar by Roslyn Sinclair
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIn this sizzling novella straight out of the Jazz Age, an irrepressible New York dancer named Alice catches the eye of Cora Carter-Price, a wealthy businesswoman, social doyenne, and all-around ice queen...Categorized as:
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Proper English by K.J. Charles
A shooting party at the Earl of Witton’s remote country house is a high treat for champion shot Patricia Merton—until unexpected guests turn the social atmosphere dangerously sour. That’s not Pat’s biggest problem. She’s visiting her old friend, the Earl’s heir Jimmy Yoxall—but she wants to spend a lot more time with Jimmy’s fiancée... -
![Chain Reactions by Lynn Ames]()
Chain Reactions by Lynn Ames
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSome of Diana Lindstrom’s fondest memories involve childhood experiments conducted under the watchful supervision of her Great-Aunt Nora, a celebrated physicist long ago shunned by the family for mysterious reasons. Now in her adult years and a sought-after scientist herself, Diana learns that Nora is dying. She hires private-duty nurse Brooke Sheldon to care for Nora... -
![Words Heard in Silence by T. Novan, Taylor Rickard]()
Words Heard in Silence by T. Novan, Taylor Rickard
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...Categorized as:
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![Flowers by Night by Lucy May Lennox]()
Flowers by Night by Lucy May Lennox
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA vivid, meticulously researched novel that depicts unconventional lives during the first half of the 19th century in Edo—the city that would become Tokyo—a city wracked by frequent natural disasters, but where one can find bawdy, thrilling entertainment of every kind...Categorized as:
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![Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor]()
Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsUSA Today bestselling author Jillian Cantor reimagines and expands on the literary classic The Great Gatsby in this atmospheric historical novel with echoes of Big Little Lies, told in three women’s alternating voices. On a sultry August day in 1922, Jay Gatsby is shot dead in his West Egg swimming pool... -
![That Could Be Enough by Alyssa Cole]()
That Could Be Enough by Alyssa Cole
Mercy Alston knows the best thing to do with pesky feelings like "love" and "hope": avoid them at all cost. Serving as a maid to Eliza Hamilton, and an assistant in the woman's stubborn desire to preserve her late husband's legacy, has driven that point home for Mercy—as have her own previous heartbreaks...Categorized as:
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![All the Painted Stars by Emma Denny]()
All the Painted Stars by Emma Denny
To win her heart, she'll have to fight…Oxfordshire 1362. When Lily Barden discovers her best friend Johanna’s hand in marriage is being awarded as the main prize at a tournament, she is determined to stop it. Disguised as a knight, she infiltrates the contest, preparing to fight for Jo’s hand...Categorized as:
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![Kicker's Journey by Lois Cloarec Hart]()
Kicker's Journey by Lois Cloarec Hart
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThemes: Romance, lesbian. In 1899 two women from very different backgrounds are about to embark on a journey together - one that will take them from the Old World to the New, from the 19th century into the 20th, and from the comfort and familiarity of England to the rigours of Western Canada, where challenges await at every turn...Categorized as:
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![Vera Kelly: Lost and Found by Rosalie Knecht]()
Vera Kelly: Lost and Found by Rosalie Knecht
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEveryone’s favorite sleuth—Vera Kelly—is back and put to the test as she searches for her missing girlfriend. It’s spring 1971 and Vera Kelly and her girlfriend, Max, leave their cozy Brooklyn apartment for an emergency visit to Max's estranged family in Los Angeles... -
![Daring Duplicity by Edale Lane]()
Daring Duplicity by Edale Lane
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSolving mysteries is her business. Finding love is her dream. Will combining the two get her killed? Victorian Era England. Stetson revels in being unconventional. So when society shies away from her independent nature, the bold woman creates an imaginary boss and opens her own detective agency...Categorized as:
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![Something Between Us by Krystina Rivers]()
Something Between Us by Krystina Rivers
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the waning days of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Quinn Prescott and Kirby Davis met during military training. Despite different backgrounds, services, and plans, they fell hard and fast. However, it wasn’t long before distance and the pressures of serving in silence drove them apart. Ten years later, Kirby literally runs into Quinn at Chicago Pride... -
![Basic Training of the Heart by Jaycie Morrison]()
Basic Training of the Heart by Jaycie Morrison
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSocialite Elizabeth Carlton impulsively joins the Women’s Army Corps to escape love’s disappointments and her father’s attempts to control her life. Still, she has never been one to accept discipline imposed by others—not even someone as intriguing as her new sergeant. Sergeant Gale Rains is accustomed to challenges, but she’s never had a recruit quite like this one...Categorized as:
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![Reverence by Milena McKay]()
Reverence by Milena McKay
Two ballerinas. Two fates. One stage. It's the carefree '80s and Juliette Lucian-Sorel has it all. She’s the greatest dancer to ever grace the floorboards of Palais Garnier, she's royalty to her adoring fans, and Paris is at her feet. Or so it seems…. Katarina Vyatka is defecting from behind the Iron Curtain, desperate to save herself and her career. Or so she claims…...Categorized as:
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![A Halifax Holiday by Alexandra Vasti]()
A Halifax Holiday by Alexandra Vasti
An epilogue to the whole series, this forty-page story peeks in on the Halifax family (in all their joy and chaos! ) eight years after the events of the Halifax novellas. This epilogue is only available to newsletter subscribers. -
![Aimée & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943 by Erica Fischer, Edna McCown]()
Aimée & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943 by Erica Fischer, Edna McCown
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsExcerpts. A letter from Lilly to Felice, March 31st, 1943. Felice, I love you! What a feeling it is to be able to say that! Oh, Felice, the nicest fate I could hope for is that of lasting happiness. I want to live with you for a long, a very long time, do you hear? And life is so beautiful, so wonderful... -
![The Breath Between Waves by Charlotte Anne Hamilton]()
The Breath Between Waves by Charlotte Anne Hamilton
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPenelope Fletcher gave up everything to board the RMS Titanic. Forced to travel to America for her father’s new job, Penelope left her home in Scotland, her beloved grandmother, and even her girlfriend, who promptly got engaged to someone else. Heartbroken, Penelope isn’t looking forward to the weeklong journey. Or that her parents want her to find a husband in America... -
![Alice & Jean by Lily Hammond]()
Alice & Jean by Lily Hammond
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsEvery lover has her story, and every town has its secrets. It’s 1946 in New Zealand, and Alice Holden has fallen for the woman delivering her milk every morning... -
![The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet by Lindz McLeod]()
The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet by Lindz McLeod
Jane Austen meets Bridgerton in this sapphic romance between Charlotte Lucas and Mary Bennet that begins four years after the end of Pride and Prejudice. When Mr. Collins dies after just four years of marriage, Charlotte is lost. While not exactly heartbroken, she will soon have to quit the parsonage that has become her home. In desperate need of support, she writes to her best friend, Lizzie... -
![Carol by Claire Morgan, Cassandra Campbell]()
Carol by Claire Morgan, Cassandra Campbell
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 56 ratingsArguably Patricia Highsmith's finest, The Price of Salt is story of Therese Belivet, a stage designer trapped in a department-store day job, whose salvation arrives one day in the form of Carol Aird, an alluring suburban housewife in the throes of a divorce... -
![Cobalt by Nathan Aldyne]()
Cobalt by Nathan Aldyne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe two sometimes-detectives from VERMILION have teamed up again for a summer of fun in Provincetown. While Valentine browses for Mr. Right, Clarisse nabs a hunky cop all her own. But suddenly suspicion burns hotter than the sun as a string of murders mars the merriment. And somehwere in the endless secrets, jealousies, and lies behind the beautiful faces around them is a motive for murder. -
![The Murder Next Door by Sarah Bell]()
The Murder Next Door by Sarah Bell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJuly 1912. Leeds, England. A man is found dead on his study floor and his now-missing wife is the obvious suspect. To their neighbour, Louisa Knight, it's a shocking piece of news but nothing more. However, when she tells her 'companion' over breakfast, Ada Chapman nearly breaks their teapot and looks ready to run out the door... -
![The Gods of Tango by Carolina De Robertis]()
The Gods of Tango by Carolina De Robertis
From one of the leading lights of contemporary Latin American literature—a lush, lyrical, deeply moving story of a young woman whose passion for the early sounds of tango becomes a force of profound and unexpected change... -
![A Bluestocking's Guide to Decadence by Jess Everlee]()
A Bluestocking's Guide to Decadence by Jess Everlee
Love can make even the most buttoned-up bluestocking come undone…. London, 1885. A lesbian in a lavender marriage, Jo Smith cuts a dashing figure in pin-striped trousers, working in her bookshop and keeping impolite company. But her hard-earned stability is about to be upended thanks to her husband’s pregnant paramour, who needs medical attention that no reputable doctor will provide. Enter Dr...Categorized as:
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![Mrs. Martin's Incomparable Adventure by Courtney Milan]()
Mrs. Martin's Incomparable Adventure by Courtney Milan
Mrs. Bertrice Martin—a widow, some seventy-three years young—has kept her youthful-ish appearance with the most powerful of home remedies: daily doses of spite, regular baths in man-tears, and refusing to give so much as a single damn about her Terrible Nephew. Then proper, correct Miss Violetta Beauchamps, a sprightly young thing of five and sixty, crashes into her life...Categorized as:
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![Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule]()
Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsTwo women meet and fall in love in Reno, Nevada. This classic of lesbian eroticism is Jane Rule's first novel. Set in the late 1950s, this is the story of Evelyn Hall, an English professor, who goes to Reno to obtain a divorce and put an end to her disastrous 16-year marriage...Categorized as:
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![The Case of the Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend by Mabel Maney]()
The Case of the Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend by Mabel Maney
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA collector's edition of the best-selling all-girl action adventure novel! -
![The Way Home by Lily Hammond]()
The Way Home by Lily Hammond
In 1941 May Lewis is looking for a fresh start. Leaving the city and an old love affair behind, she buys a medical practice in a small country town. Here she hopes to find peace, friendships, and the sort of medical practice she’s always dreamed of, where she knows all her patients by name...Categorized as:
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![Her Countess to Cherish by Jane Walsh]()
Her Countess to Cherish by Jane Walsh
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMiss Beatrice Everson has managed to marry the Earl of Sinclair, solving her family’s disastrous financial problems for good. She should be the happiest woman in London, but a less than satisfactory wedding night has Beatrice fleeing her husband and planning an affair with the dashing Mr. George Smith... -
![In Another Place, Not Here by Dionne Brand]()
In Another Place, Not Here by Dionne Brand
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAcclaimed by Adrienne Rich as "fierce, sensuous . . . a work of great beauty and moral imagination," In Another Place, Not Here tells of two contemporary Caribbean women who find brief refuge in each other on an island in the midst of political uprising...
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