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  • Word of Honor by Radclyffe

    Word of Honor by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    All Cameron Roberts and Blair Powell want is a small, intimate wedding, but the paparazzi and a domestic terrorist have other plans. First Daughter Blair Powell and her lover Cameron Roberts, newly appointed deputy director of the Homeland Security Office, escape to a ski chalet in the Rockies after a harrowing attack by members of a domestic terrorism organization...
    Categorized as:
    queer  f-f  fantasy  contemporary  length-medium
  • The Apple Diary by Gerri Hill

    The Apple Diary by Gerri Hill

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Following the death of her grandmother, reluctant heiress Madilyn Marak agrees to stay with her grandfather at the estate for the summer. While there, she finds a diary—The Apple Diary—written by her great-grandmother Isabel, telling the story of a long ago love affair with a woman named Lorah...
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  • Broken Wings by L.-J. Baker

    Broken Wings by L.-J. Baker

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    In a magical world where being different is the norm, why must Rye Woods fear for her life if the truth about her hidden identity is revealed? When Rye Woods, a fairy, meets the beautiful dryad Flora Withe, her libido, as squashed and hidden as her wings, reawakens along with her heart...
  • The Traitor And the Chalice by Jane Fletcher

    The Traitor And the Chalice by Jane Fletcher

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Tevi and Jemeryl, soldier and sorceress, must risk all in the race to uncover a traitor and retrieve the chalice that, in the wrong hands, could bestow dangerous powers.A dark presence is threatening to uncover long hidden secrets, and the future of the whole Protectorate is at stake...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  f-f  fantasy  suspense  length-short
  • The High Priest and the Idol by Jane Fletcher

    The High Priest and the Idol by Jane Fletcher

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jemeryl and Tevi's relationship is put to the test when the Guardian sends Jemeryl on a mission that lands her not only in harm's way, but also back into the sites of a previous lover. The Protectorate of Lyremouth promises liberty for all its citizens, but this does not mean that everyone is equal...
    Categorized as:
    queer  f-f  fantasy  contemporary  length-medium
  • Sappho's Fables, Volume 1: Three Lesbian Fairy Tale Novellas (Sappho's Fables: Lesbian Fairy Tales) by Elora Bishop, Jennifer Diemer

    Sappho's Fables, Volume 1: Three Lesbian Fairy Tale Novellas (Sappho's Fables: Lesbian Fairy Tales) by Elora Bishop, Jennifer Diemer

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The Sappho's Fables series takes well-known, beloved fairy tales and retells them from a lesbian perspective. Volume One contains the first three novellas in the series: SEVEN (Snow White), BRAIDED (Rapunzel) and CRUMBS (Hansel and Gretel), compiled together in an enchanting omnibus edition...
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    queer  contemporary  fantasy  f-f  length-short
  • A Pirate's Heart by Catherine Friend

    A Pirate's Heart by Catherine Friend

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Four women, a long-lost treasure, and more than one “thief of hearts” share a destiny beyond time. To foil a map thief, librarian Emma Boyd searches for a pirate's long-lost treasure map. She’s aided in her search by investigator Randi Marx, who proves to be as frustrating as she is beautiful...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  pirates  historical  fantasy  f-f  contemporary  humor
  • Divine Touched by Cassandra Duffy

    Divine Touched by Cassandra Duffy

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Harper, Sword Maiden for the illustrious Goddess of the Open Sea, has returned to the fabled city of Griffon's Rock at the end of the Last Road to rest for the winter months after a disappointing year treasure hunting...
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    queer  f-f  fantasy  contemporary  length-medium
  • Watermark by Karin Kallmaker

    Watermark by Karin Kallmaker

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Teresa Mandrell's first encounter with advertising executive Rayann Germaine begins badly and goes downhill from there. Within minutes of their meeting, Rayann dubs Teresa a "bumbling amateur." The event changes the course of Teresa's life -- she abandons the corporate world for what she hopes is a more satisfying career in Fine Arts Management...
  • Making Up for Lost Time by Karin Kallmaker

    Making Up for Lost Time by Karin Kallmaker

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When three love-starved lesbians decide to make up for lost time, the recipe is romance. And with Karin Kallmaker cooking, you know the result will be hot, spicy and mouth-wateringly delicious! Master Chef Jamie Onassis has used every penny she has to buy a beautiful country inn she plans to turn into a five-star restaurant...
  • The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales by Kirsty Logan

    The Rental Heart and Other Fairytales by Kirsty Logan

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Twenty tales of lust and loss. These stories feature clockwork hearts, lascivious queens, paper men, island circuses, and a flooded world.• On the island of Skye, an antlered girl and a tiger-tailed boy resolve never to be friends – but can they resist their unique connection?• In an alternative 19th-century Paris, a love triangle emerges between a man, a woman, and a coin-operated boy...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  contemporary  f-f
  • How to Wrestle a Girl: Stories by Venita Blackburn

    How to Wrestle a Girl: Stories by Venita Blackburn

    Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Venita Blackburn's characters bully and suffer, spit and tease, mope and blame. They're hyperaware of their bodies and fiercely observant, fending off the failures and advances of adults with indifferent ease. In "Biology Class," they torment a teacher to the point of near insanity, while in "Bear Bear Harvest(TM)," they prepare to sell their excess fat and skin for food processing...
    Categorized as:
    queer  f-f  contemporary  fantasy  black-mc  length-short
  • Learning Curve by Rachel Spangler

    Learning Curve by Rachel Spangler

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Genre: Lesbian romance. Ashton Clarke, a local Casanova with a long history of falling into bed with a different woman every night, is perfectly content with her free and easy existence until she gives in to her best friend’s request to spend an evening helping out at the local gay and lesbian youth center...
    Categorized as:
    queer  f-f  fantasy  contemporary  length-short
  • Embrace in Motion by Karin Kallmaker

    Embrace in Motion by Karin Kallmaker

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sarah MacNeil is about to put her heart in the hands of a beautiful woman who could be her salvation...or her ruin! Surfing high on the wave of lesbian chic, author/screenwriter Melissa Hartley is deliciously dangerous. She knows the right people, goes to all the right parties, says all the right things...
  • Strange Attractors by Ana K. Wrenn

    Strange Attractors by Ana K. Wrenn

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 11 ratings
    What happens when you teach chaos theory and life starts to mirror your lessons? The tiniest events transform the most driven woman in this beautifully written lesbian psychological thriller. Fierce and frosty high achiever Professor Sonja J. Storey is on the verge of seizing power in her department...
  • The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey

    The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey

    Rated: 3.32 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    A debut novel for fans of Sarah Perry and Kate Morton: when a young woman is tasked with safeguarding a natural history collection as it is spirited out of London during World War II, she discovers her new manor home is a place of secrets and terror instead of protection...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  historical  fantasy  f-f  suspense  contemporary  war
  • Sovereign by April Daniels

    Sovereign by April Daniels

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 31 ratings
    Only nine months after her debut as the superhero Dreadnought, Danny Tozer is already a scarred veteran. Protecting a city the size of New Port is a team-sized job and she’s doing it alone. Between her newfound celebrity and her demanding cape duties, Dreadnought is stretched thin, and it’s only going to get worse...
  • The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson

    The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    In the second installment of Juno Dawson's "irresistable" fantasy trilogy (Lana Harper), a group of childhood friends and witches must choose between what is right and what is easy if they have any hope of keeping their coven--and their world--from tearing apart forever.Niamh Kelly is dead...
  • A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth

    A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 22 ratings
    Half-fae Arlo becomes entangled in the courtly intrigue at the Seelie Summer palace as danger for ironborns mounts in this “beautifully written and deliciously complex” (Nicki Pau Preto, author of the Crown of Feathers trilogy) sequel to A Dark and Hollow Star that’s The Cruel Prince meets City of Bones...
    Categorized as:
    fae  magic  mystery  queer  fantasy  young adult  f-f  urban fantasy
  • The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

    The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Told in two distinct and irresistible voices, Junauda Petrus’s bold and lyrical debut is the story of two black girls from very different backgrounds finding love and happiness in a world that seems determined to deny them both.Trinidad...
  • This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

    This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 47 ratings
    Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron's new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a unique and deadly power.Briseis has a gift: she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms with a single touch.When Briseis's aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents decide to leave Brooklyn behind for the summer...
  • Gillette Park by Gerri Hill, Nicol Zanzarella

    Gillette Park by Gerri Hill, Nicol Zanzarella

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Gillette Park, a sleepy town nestled in the Rocky Mountains, harbors a secret.Twenty-three years ago, a young girl went missing. Three days later her body was found lodged beneath the footbridge over Gillette Creek. The murder shook the town but they soon found it was only the beginning. A serial killer hides among them—a serial killer who strikes twice, sometimes three times a year...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  paranormal  f-f  fantasy  contemporary  suspense
  • An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

    An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 91 ratings
    The Carls just appeared.Roaming through New York City at three AM, twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship—like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor—April and her best friend, Andy, make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day, April wakes up to a viral video and a new life...
  • Face the Wind by Caren J. Werlinger

    Face the Wind by Caren J. Werlinger

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Kathleen Halloran has never been happier. She and Molly Cooper have built a life together, living in her grandmother’s cottage. The family drama of the past has calmed down. She and Molly will soon be aunts. Life on Little Sister Island is everything Kathleen could wish for… until the island begins to send ominous signals that change is in the wind...
  • Otherside Picnic: Volume 3 by Iori Miyazawa

    Otherside Picnic: Volume 3 by Iori Miyazawa

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 9 ratings
    Autumn has arrived. Having narrowly avoided the curse of the Kotoribako, Sorawo and Toriko are back to exploring the other world. With boxed lunches in tow, the two take their agricultural vehicle for a leisurely drive across grassy terrain, deal with the problems caused by Sorawo's kouhai at university, and hang out at cognitive scientist Kozakura's house...
  • A Little Wicked by A.J. Merlin

    A Little Wicked by A.J. Merlin

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    I’m paying bills, making powerful enemies, and collecting magical lovers. You know; everyday stuff. I’m just a tarot reader. Okay, not just. My birthright means I’m the best fortune teller you’ll ever meet. Too bad I never listen to my own advice. My name is Georgette; but only my mother gets to call me that. I’m the child of a witch and a wolf, and trust me, that union had consequences...
  • Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne

    Can't Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca Thorne

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 52 ratings
    "You like tea. I like books. Care to open a shop and forget the world exists?"All Reyna and Kianthe want is to open a bookshop that serves tea. Worn wooden floors, plants on every table, firelight drifting between the rafters… all complemented by love and good company. Thing is, Reyna works as one of the Queen’s private guards, and Kianthe is the most powerful mage in existence...
  • Hurricane Watch by Melissa Good

    Hurricane Watch by Melissa Good

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In this sequel to "Tropical Storm," Dar and Kerry are back and making their relationship permanent. But an ambitious new colleague threatens to divide them --- and out them. He wants Dar's head and her job, and he's willing to use Kerry to do it. Can their home life survive the office power play? Dar and Kerry are redefining themselves and their priorities to build a life and a family together...
  • Dimitri's Forbidden Submissive by Ann Mayburn

    Dimitri's Forbidden Submissive by Ann Mayburn

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    As the daughter of an outlaw biker, Rya DeLuca is used to living a wild life, but nothing could prepare her for the danger of falling in love with Dimitri Novikov...
  • Life Is Strange: Waves by Emma Vieceli

    Life Is Strange: Waves by Emma Vieceli

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Beloved heroines Max and Chloe return, in the official comic for smash hit game series Life Is Strange! Three years after the events of Life Is Strange: Dust, Max Caulfield has been left stranded on the shores of an unfamiliar reality. Her new world seems too good to be true: Rachel, a girl who suffered a terrible fate in Max's timeline, is alive and well, and with Chloe...
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