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The Clinch by Nicole Disney
Eden Bauer grew up in a rough part of New York with an unsafe home life and took refuge in the neighborhood Taekwondo dojang. When the master of the dojang offered to train Eden as a live-in student, he started her on a journey that would eventually lead her to become the UFC featherweight champion of the world... -
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Crossed Over by Santana Knox
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom international best-selling author Santana Knox, comes an LGBTQ, women’s fiction, coming out story like nothing you’ve ever read before. A tale that grips the hearts of those who failed to see eye-to-eye with a parent, and anyone who’s ever denied the truth about themselves... -
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![The Next Chapters: An On the Same Page Novella by Haley Cass]()
The Next Chapters: An On the Same Page Novella by Haley Cass
Gianna Mäkinen has been in love with her best friend Riley Beckett for her entire adult life. She’d long accepted that her place in life was Riley’s best friend, and that was okay. It was more than okay.She never imagined that she would have the opportunity to confess her love to Riley, to marry her, to have a herd of children with her... -
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Hoops & Heartstrings by Eliza Lentzski
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen a devastating injury threatens Lex Bennet’s dream of playing in the women’s professional basketball league, her world is turned upside down. Despite the setback, Lex is unexpectedly drafted by the new expansion team in Boston... -
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![A Deafening Whisper by Erik Schubach]()
A Deafening Whisper by Erik Schubach
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMia has lived a life full of harassment, for an affliction not many understand. She thought college would be different, her escape, after all, people there are more mature right? She was wrong. A rebellious girl, Vee, saves her from a bad situation and teaches her that every single day is a gift. A romance blooms between them that not even time can erase... -
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Spin Serve by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSports 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... -
![Crashing into Love by Nicole Pyland]()
Crashing into Love by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSports 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... -
![Marking Time by Sherryl D. Hancock]()
Marking Time by Sherryl D. Hancock
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRaine 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... -
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Charmed By Her by Chelsea M. Cameron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe 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... -
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Surprised By Her (Mainely Books Club) by Chelsea M. Cameron
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen my boss at Bluebird Pottery, Sydney, left me in charge while she went on vacation with her girlfriend, I wasn’t looking forward to it. During my first few hours, a tall, stunning stranger walked in, and I could barely breathe. Of course I ruined everything by spilling coffee all over her... -
![Thrust by Rachel Spangler]()
Thrust by Rachel Spangler
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFencing prodigy Jess Kidman has always been ahead of her peers. At the age of thirteen she made the varsity team, won a state championship, came out, and fell head over heels in love with her team captain, Lauren Standish... -
![Unadulterated Something by M.J. Duncan]()
Unadulterated Something by M.J. Duncan
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEmma Beauchamp and Campbell Jordan’s rivalry on the ice was legendary. Retirement should have closed that chapter of their lives, but when Campbell joins the faculty at Stonebridge—the prestigious Berkshires boarding school where Emma now teaches—it takes on a brand new life... -
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Isabela by Jenn Bullard
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMy life hasn’t been mine for three years, ever since my parents died in a car accident. I live under the veil of my uncle’s demands, never knowing when he’ll ask me to do something that will break my spirit. School is the only place I can be away from his prying eyes. But even there I have a teacher that makes me insane. Nothing I do is good enough for Dr... -
![The Touch of Her Voice by Sara Scott]()
The Touch of Her Voice by Sara Scott
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings...Firebird Awards 2022 (Speak Up Talk Radio)First Place LGBTQ FictionFirst Place New Adult FictionFirst Place New Fiction (first time published)...2022 American Fiction Awards Finalist (LGBTQ+ Fiction)...Literary Titan Gold Book Award (September 2022)...Readers' Favorite 5 Star BookMy world turned to shades of grey as I squared my shoulders and turned around... -
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![Side by Side by Nicole Pyland]()
Side by Side by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSports 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... -
![Making It Count by Nicole Pyland]()
Making It Count by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSports Series Book #5. This series is related by a sports theme, not by characters.NOTE: The characters of this book are living during the first year of the pandemic.Shay Amos chose Dunbar University because she wanted to play basketball at a smaller school and be the best player on the team... -
![Finding Jess by Nicole Maser]()
Finding Jess by Nicole Maser
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSam Hayes thought she’d moved on. It’s been eight years since Jess crashed into her life before slipping away, and four years since they tore each other apart for good. Now Sam’s within reach of her ultimate selling her software company and proving herself in the tech industry... -
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Tempted By Her by Chelsea M. Cameron
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI wasn’t looking forward to finding a new roommate after my best friend, Joy, moved in with her girlfriend, Ezra. We’ve lived together for years, and I didn’t want to start over with a stranger. Then there’s a fire at the house Lark’s renting and for some reason I open my mouth and offer to let her move in with me... -
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Whipped by J.J. Arias
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIf she can’t get through to her in the office, she’ll smash into her on skates. . .Newly minted lawyer Cheyenne Flores-Moore is excited to start her career at one of the most prestigious law firms in Miami. That is, until she meets her mentor Erica. It seems that no matter what she does, she can’t win her over - something the perennially sunny Cheyenne has not experienced before... -
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Some Part of Me is You by Adrienne Marsh
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlison has been in her brother's indie rock band, Right Turn, since she was a teenager... -
![Never Mine by Bryce Oakley]()
Never Mine by Bryce Oakley
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat if their fake relationship wasn’t ever just pretend?Sage Carson has a messy reputation. Sure, she’s a soccer star with World Cup trophies and Olympic medals, but she’s almost as well known for her rebellious behavior off the pitch. She’s left enough gorgeous women with broken hearts in her dust to fill a roster. That was, until she got injured... -
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Play It Again, Ma'am by Sienna Waters
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIs 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... -
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Kick Back by K J
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSophia Lindstrom plays football for South Melbourne. She’s tall, focused, intense, and has some major trust issues, which she’s currently ignoring. Sophia just wants her life to stay exactly the same, which means playing AFL, running the boutique fine foods and wine store with her brother, and volunteering at the homeless shelter. The same... -
![The Unexpected Dream by Nicole Pyland]()
The Unexpected Dream by Nicole Pyland
Sports Series Book #3.Mia Landis was so close to being an Olympian. Instead, she watched the Tokyo Olympics and her would-be-team from home with her one-year-old daughter. When Mia heard about a serious professional softball league starting up in the US, she thought it would be crazy to try out... -
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![This Is the Season to Make You Mine by Johana Gavez]()
This Is the Season to Make You Mine by Johana Gavez
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWill the Christmas magic help these two friends take a shot at love?Morgan Bergman doesn’t want to go home for Christmas. She loves her family, but since her parents retired and her sister moved back to their hometown of Apfelville to take over the family business, she’s been avoiding them, feeling guilty about choosing her rising career in New York over her family... -
![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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Girls of Summer by Kate Christie
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first four books of the Girls of Summer series introduced Emma Blakeley and Jamie Maxwell, two athletes with bright soccer futures. Now, in Girls of Summer, the US Women's National Team (USWNT) is in its final round of preparations before the 2015 World Cup. For Jamie, a starting spot on the World Cup roster would be a dream come true... -
![Quiver by Rachel Spangler]()
Quiver by Rachel Spangler
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKye Manchester is no stranger to ambition. She sacrificed more than she cares to admit to become a highly acclaimed actress. Now more than a decade after her big break, her prospects are waning, and in a moment of desperation, she tells a lie that sends her spiraling back to where she started, and to the one woman she swore she’d never let herself need again... -
![Enchanted By Her by Chelsea M. Cameron]()
Enchanted By Her by Chelsea M. Cameron
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI was NOT looking forward to my sister’s wedding in the fall. It’s just another reminder of how single I am and how much pressure my family is putting on me to “find the one.” Don’t get me wrong, I’m a hopeless romantic, but all their meddling is making me feel a little murderous.Then one day a woman walks into the bookshop where I work... -
![Different Worlds by Lily Seabrooke]()
Different Worlds by Lily Seabrooke
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNatasha Seychelle, heiress to the vast Seychelle Enterprise, has been on a crumbling road ever since losing her mother. Losing her friends, falling away from her work responsibilities, and sinking deeper into depression, rumors are she won’t be able to succeed the company at the end of the summer.Annelise Benson just lost her kitchen job and is in freefall...Categorized as:
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![To Have Loved & Lost: A new adult lesbian romance by Eliza Andrews]()
To Have Loved & Lost: A new adult lesbian romance by Eliza Andrews
When two people's lives are spiraling out of control, can coming together pull both of them back up? On sale for 99 cents between now and January 1! Alexis Woods knows who she is — or at least, she thought she did. She's number 17, point guard, MVP, all-star, co-captain of the Lady Raiders NCAA Division I women's basketball team... -
![That Secret Something by Emily Wright]()
That Secret Something by Emily Wright
Rebecca Lawson is off-limits. Jess knows this, but Rebecca has captured her heart for as long as she can remember. She’s sporty, tall and confident—all the things Jess is not—but most of all…she’s her best friend Lily’s sister. Nothing can ever happen between them.Especially after that slip-up at prom night... -
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Sirens & Muses by Antonia Angress
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsFour artists are drawn into a web of rivalry and desire at an elite art school and on the streets of New York in this “gripping, provocative, and supremely entertaining” (BuzzFeed) debut“Captures the ache-inducing quality of art and desire . . . a deeply relatable and profoundly enjoyable read, one drenched in prismatic color and light... -
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Whitewater Rendezvous by Kim Baldwin
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDanger, destiny, and romance on the river.A wilderness kayak adventure brings together two very different women—Chaz Herrick, a laid-back outdoorswoman, and Megan Maxwell, a workaholic news executive. As they battle the challenges of nature for survival, they discover that true love may be nothing at all like they imagined... -
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![Endgame by Zoe Reed]()
Endgame by Zoe Reed
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAudrey Caplan knew what she wanted. It was simple, really: get the spot as captain of her college soccer team, and focus on school. That was it, and with her aptitude for structure and discipline, it'd be easy to ignore distractions. At least it would've been if Morgan Bailey hadn't shown up... -
![Finding Home by Eliza Lentzski]()
Finding Home by Eliza Lentzski
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook Three in the Winter Jacket series There are signs everywhere if you know what you're looking for-signs that tell you you're doing something wrong. Go back. Detour. Choose again. Do not collect two hundred dollars when you pass Go. But I hadn't paid attention to the warnings, too blinded by ambition and the desire to experience something new... -
![Work In Progress by Olivia Lucas]()
Work In Progress by Olivia Lucas
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDear God, Can I please return her?I know I asked for a hot, amazing woman to shake things up, but this is not what I had in mind. Not even close.Sure, she has mesmerizing eyes that hypnotize me, killer legs, wild hair –Ugh.Anyway, Reagan and I are polar opposites.First of all – she is New York, I am small-town Harmon Valley.She is also bossy, career-obsessed, and oh, a royal pain in my ass... -
![A Long Way From Home by Olivia Lucas]()
A Long Way From Home by Olivia Lucas
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLogic versus desire – only one can survive the scorching heat of the Australian Outback. When no-nonsense, Chicago teacher Callie Rogers receives news that her deadbeat father has passed and has left her a share of his million-acre cattle station in the inhospitable Outback, she begrudgingly flies to the other side of the world... -
![Rat Race by Eden Emory, Ashley Pines]()
Rat Race by Eden Emory, Ashley Pines
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom Ashley Pines and Eden Emory comes a queer dark, smutty thriller set in world where the rich pay handsomely to watch the live-streaming event of the year. The desperate sign-up to play a game with life-changing rewards and life-ending consequences.CamLegacy. A word I reckon I’d heard a hundred times more than my own name.It’s what I am, who I am. The product of generations of greatness... -
![Take a Chance by Claire Highton-Stevenson]()
Take a Chance by Claire Highton-Stevenson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA December romance sparkles between two strangers. Is it holiday infatuation or Christmas magic?Daisy Rose Foster is desperate to sort out her life. After dumping her cheating girlfriend, she flees her apartment and the job she detests to return to her family home and regroup over the holidays... -
![Not My Type by Michele L. Rivera]()
Not My Type by Michele L. Rivera
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAt twenty-nine years old, Blake is living the life she has worked hard to build for herself in exactly the way she wants to live it: unattached. Meanwhile, somewhere on the other side of town, Hayden has just turned thirty and she wants nothing more than to be with the one woman she cannot have, living a life she can only imagine... -
![Playing For Her Heart by Melissa Tereze]()
Playing For Her Heart by Melissa Tereze
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCOULD YOU CHANGE WHO YOU ARE TO GUARANTEE YOUR FOREVER?Dom Simmons is the talk of the town when it comes to football and women. But, in her mind, she can only commit to one—football.Backing into another car was problematic, but the woman who stepped out was about to become her biggest concern.Divorced, single mother, Blair Harrington... -
![The Light in You by Lisa Elliot]()
The Light in You by Lisa Elliot
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsASIN moved from less recent editionYoga teacher Angela Forbes has fulfilled her dream of opening her very own studio, Heart Yoga, on the outskirts of Edinburgh, Scotland. Passionate and principled, she believes in yoga and wants to make a difference. Unfortunately, her studio is hanging by a thread after a slow start... -
![Blue Eyes and Texas Skies by S.W. Andersen]()
Blue Eyes and Texas Skies by S.W. Andersen
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDani Bond may be young but she knows what she wants. Design sustainable buildings for her father'sdevelopment company and marry her best friend since elementary school, Kelly Tompkins. Easy, right?Her socialite Mom has other ideas.Determined to groom a pageant queen, her mother's matchmaking attempts and warnings of unsavory rumors fail to dampen Dani's growing fondness for Kelly... -
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![Admissible Affair by Adrian J. Smith]()
Admissible Affair by Adrian J. Smith
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsOne-night stands aren’t supposed to turn into forever.Bellamy has worked with and loved her wife of ten years, but it’s never enough. When Bellamy finds her limit of abuse and a young, cute waitress offers an opportunity, she seizes the moment, knowing she’ll never see Payton again... -
![Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor]()
Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 36 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... -
![Zero-Sum Game by Cynthia Dane, Hildred Billings]()
Zero-Sum Game by Cynthia Dane, Hildred Billings
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen Brynn aims for a goal, she makes it.Now? Ember is her goal.“I’ll never forget the woman who offered an escape.”Ember Donoghue, former high school soccer star, only needs three things to be content:A place to live. Her little sister Cinder. Fantasies of her old coach, Brynn Morgan... -
![Food for Love by C. Fonseca]()
Food for Love by C. Fonseca
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Jessica Harris flies home to Australia to sort out her late brother’s estate, the last thing she wants to face is his altruistic investment—an eatery on the rural Bellarine Peninsula... -
![Educating Eve by Anna Archer]()
Educating Eve by Anna Archer
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNineteen-year-old soccer star, Manny Jones, is world famous. Her purple hair and unapologetic approach to her sexuality has been the talk of the Women’s World Cup. A magical player who seemingly has it all, until one horror tackle changes everything. Going from hero to zero, Manny’s career comes to a grinding halt... -
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Goode Girls Steal by J.J. Arias
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA compelling story about unexpected love, new beginnings, and second chancesGoode College's star pitcher Gabby is nearing the end of her athletic career. With only one more chance at winning the national championship before she graduates, Gabby is determined to play the best season of her life and enjoy her final year with her teammates...
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