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She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat, Vol. 4 by Sakaomi Yuzaki
Kasuga has realized she’s in love with Nomoto―and after the blast they had at their curry party, the two grow closer than ever! With Valentine’s Day approaching, Nomoto bakes up a storm and Kasuga hits the shops as they prepare the perfect treats to give each other, and they both turn to a friend for advice on expressing their feelings... -
Awaiting by Nicole Pyland
This is book #4 in the Royalty Series. Alexandria – or Alex, as she preferred to be called – would one day be the next Queen of the United Kingdom. She would also be the first out lesbian who would take that title... -
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Back in Your Arms by Monica McCallan
Seventeen years ago, Quinn McKinley left her small town of Kingsford for a shot at a happier life. Now a successful real estate agent in New York City, she’s brought back on behalf of a client, begrudgingly accepting her return home in order to close the deal of a lifetime... -
Tell Me Your Desires by Jourdyn Kelly, Melissa Tereze
When the line between pain and pleasure blurs, everyone bleeds. Detective Jaime Baros claws her way through each night, haunted by the blood-soaked memory of her fiancée’s brutal murder. Three years of insomnia haven’t dulled the pain. Now a sadistic killer carves a path through the city, forcing Jaime to plunge into the abyss she’s fought desperately to avoid... -
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The Flight Risk by Macon Leigh
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThings are going great for Baylee Lawrence. Her writing has won awards, been adapted into an outrageously successful movie, and she’s just achieved her childhood dream of selling out a storytelling show at the Ryman. It’s incredible. Her life is perfect—a series of grand adventures. She has no intention of changing anything... -
August by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMyra Davies owns her own contractor company and loves working in the city of New Orleans, but after her ex-wife left her for another woman and a more exciting life, she’s left feeling lonely and unsure of what to do with herself outside of work. Elisa Benedetti finally had the courage to divorce her husband and tell the world that she’s gay... -
December by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs a caterer working on film sets, Dana Sterling feels like she’s at least adjacent to the industry she’s always wanted to be a part of, but serving people food isn’t the same as acting in a feature film. When a movie based on her friends falling in love is being made in New Orleans, she’s assigned to be a gofer to one of the lead actresses, a diva who seems impossible to please... -
Her Wicked Promise by Persephone Black
Thirty more days. Ten million dollars. A bargain I can’t resist…and a beast I can’t forget. I told myself I’d never return. But my sister’s life is on the line, and Eva Novak knows it. She drags me back into her world with an offer I can’t afford to refuse. Forbidden fantasies are waiting in her eyes, in her hands, in the ways she claims me. And she seems to be changing. Softening... -
Her Ruthless Heart by Persephone Black
She stole my heart. Then my enemies stole her. I'll pay any price to get her back. A queen cannot afford a weakness. And some people think mine has a name. Robin Rivers. The woman I should have let go. The woman I can't live without. My enemies have been watching, waiting for me to slip. They thought she was my soft spot, my liability. But they're wrong. Robin isn't my weakness... -
Open Me Carefully: Emily Dickinson's Intimate Letters to Susan Huntington Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFor the first time, selections from Emily Dickinson's thirty-six year correspondence to her neighbor and sister-in-law, Susan Huntington Dickinson, are compiled in a single volume. Open Me Carefully invites a dramatic new understanding of Emily Dickinson's life and work, overcoming a century of censorship and misinterpretation... -
The Echoes of Her Silence by Skye Von Triessen
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTo the world, Dominique Fournier is the picture-perfect married to a powerful man, draped in wealth, and living a life most would envy. But behind closed doors, her world is anything but golden. Trapped in a loveless, suffocating marriage, each day is a carefully concealed nightmare—until the one person she never expects comes to her rescue... -
Western Shores by Lise Gold
Madison Wilson, a marine biologist, has recently graduated and is ready to start her adult life with her first job as a research technician in Santa Cruz. After moving to Capitola, a sweet and colorful beach town in Northern California, she is immediately enchanted by her new house, as well as her beautiful landlady, Ally... -
Along The Mystic River by Lise Gold
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsRiley, a New-York workaholic, has health issues and that leaves her no choice but to move to a small town to lead a calmer life. She hates the huge mansion she bought on a whim and stands out like a sore thumb in the cheery community of Mystic. Quinn, a Mystic-based contractor, has once again missed out on purchasing the house her family built... -
Election Day by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsRunning a presidential campaign might seem the craziest thing in the world to most people. Candace Reid is not most people. The affable Governor of New York is used to controlled chaos... -
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The Devil Be Damned by Ali Vali
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCain Casey is close to getting everything she wants. Her partner Emma is pregnant with their third child, her children are safe and happy, and her business is still thriving despite the FBI’s vendetta. Life is perfect on the surface, but it’s the underbelly that worries her... -
Honor Guards by Radclyffe
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsWhen you're the president's daughter and the closest thing the country has to a first lady, your life is never really your own. When you're the woman charged to guard the first daughter, and you also happen to be her lover, every moment of every day is filled with challenges—and a mistake could cost you everything... -
그녀의 심청 (Her Tale of Shim Chong) #3 by 비완, Seri
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsEp 24 - 35. 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... -
The Next Life by Lise Gold, Madeleine Taylor
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAfter 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... -
March by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSophie Santiago goes out with friends one night and ends up bumping into the most beautiful woman she’s ever seen, a tourist named Bryce. After a few hours with her, spent talking and dancing, Sophie knows that Bryce isn’t meant to be someone she knows for only one night, but something causes them to lose each other in the crowd... -
September by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGwen Benedetti has spent most of her life being a disappointment to her wealthy parents, who don’t understand why she has to be a professional dog walker and pet sitter when, in their mind, she could be so much more. Gwen loves her job working with animals, her small New Orleans apartment, and the life she’s made for herself... -
Chances Are...: An Age-Gap, Slow-Burn, Steamy WLW Romance by Claire Highton-Stevenson
Chances are…love finds you when you finally stop running from yourself. Allegra Mann has always known who she is — a fierce defender on the pitch, a loyal friend off it, and someone who never backs down from a challenge. But when her long-term boyfriend moves abroad, she’s left questioning everything, including who she might be without the life she’d built around him... -
The Devil's Orchard by Ali Vali
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn book five of the Casey Family series, Cain and Emma are planning a wedding before the birth of their third child. Cain has done everything possible to protect her family and get their lives back to normal. Cain is strengthening her partnership with the Jatibons and Carlotti families, as well as trying to help her cousin Muriel heal from FBI agent Shelby Phillips’s betrayal... -
April by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAsher Hahn is one of the top wedding planners in New Orleans, and her best friend, Linden Washington, is the other. They’ve both planned extravagant weddings and watched couple after couple share their love in front of their friends and families, all without ever really falling in love themselves... -
Welcome to Ero-TEA-Ca: We're Open! by Alyson Root
Welcome to Ero-Tea-Ca, Oxford’s first tea shop, where the kettle isn’t the only thing steaming. Harriet Kirkwell has finally found her calling. With her crystal-loving best friend Nabi and her erotic artist brother Kevin, she’s opening a sex-positive, LGBTQ+ inclusive tea shop that celebrates pleasure, empowerment, and the joys of a really good cuppa. Her parents are mortified... -
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Cuffing Season by Monica McCallan
Maeve Murphy doesn't have much to celebrate this holiday season. Ten years ago, she moved from Kingsford with no intention of returning. But home came calling, in the form of her mother's unexpected death. The least thing Maeve wants is to make friends—she's only back in Kingsford to help her father keep the family business, Murph's, afloat... -
Hoops & Heartstrings by Eliza Lentzski
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 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... -
Strangers in Paradise, Volume 2: I Dream of You by Terry Moore
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsCollects Volume 2 issues #1-9. Strangers in Paradise (SIP) is the story of three friends, Francine, Katchoo, and David and the people they fall in and out of love with. It's a tale of dark pasts and hopeful futures, double-crosses and true friendship, love, and hate... -
Appointing by Nicole Pyland
This is book #2 in the Royalty Series. Elin, the Princess of Norway, never planned to become the country’s Queen – her twin brother, older by minutes, would be the next King. When her father decided to retire, and her brother abdicated to continue his career in the military service, Elin was thrust into being not only the next in line, but the new Queen... -
Consequences by Skyy
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSchool's back in session and there's a lot of unfinished business to handle. As Lena prepares for her wedding day, she can't help but think about Denise, her sexy b-ball roommate who almost stole her away. A summer isn't enough time to get over a true love. Denise just can't shake the feelings she developed for soon-to-be-married Lena... -
Nightingale by Andrea Bramhall
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Charlie Porter meets Hazaar Alim her first year of university, she's instantly smitten. Hazaar has it all: beauty, talent, and brains. What she doesn't realize is that Hazaar's future has already been decided, and Charlie has no place in it. Hazaar desperately wants to break with her traditions and stay with Charlie, but when forced to choose, she chooses her family over love... -
Untold by Nancy Ann Healy
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFive years have passed since Alex Toles walked away from the covert world of international espionage. Alex spends her days as an instructor at the police academy, and her evenings coaching the local high school track team. Life in the Toles household has fallen into a familiar routine... -
HOWL: Home of the Wayward Lovers by Lucy Bexley
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLou McCallister owns Howl, the only surviving queer bar in Boston. When an investment opportunity to save the floundering bar is inadvertently sabotaged by Clementine Darby, Howl’s newest employee, Lou is ready to give up... -
Asking Kate: A Novella by Clare Ashton
Olivia Sachdeva is in love. Who knew the perfect woman for the frosty lawyer would be down-to-earth Kate Laurence, her screen idol. Olivia lives with her dream woman in their beautiful Park Town home in Oxford. But marriage is the last thing Olivia would raise with Kate... -
Commander in Chief by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter a grueling political campaign, New York Governor Candace Reid is about to take the oath of office as the first woman president. Life as Chief Diplomat and Commander in Chief takes on multiple meanings in Candace’s world... -
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Executive Order by JA Armstrong
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAdjusting to life as the first family takes time. As Candace and Jameson learn to embrace their home in the White House, life all around them continues to change. Jameson navigates the sometimes rocky landscape of motherhood with Cooper. Relationships are reinvented as Candace’s adult children look to establish roots in new places. Marianne and Scott make a move to Connecticut... -
Grave Mistake by Eliza Lentzski
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWilliam Desjardin was dead: the victim of an interrupted home burglary, according to the police. Cassidy returns to Embarrass with Julia to support her with the funeral details, rehoming Julia’s mother, and settling the Desjardin estate. For Cassidy, being back in the small, northern Minnesotan town has brought back a number of good memories—most starring Julia herself... -
Mirror by Max Ellendale
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn 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... -
Ritu Weds Chandni by Ameya Narvankar
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA Kirkus Reviews' Best Picture Book of 2020 I A 2021 Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People I A 2021 ALA A Feminist Book Project's Top Ten Book I A 2021 South Asia Book Award Honor Book. Ayesha is excited to attend her cousin Ritu's wedding. She can't wait to dance at the baraat ceremony! But not everyone is happy that Ritu is marrying her girlfriend Chandni... -
I Can't Think Straight by Shamim Sarif
Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different from each other, but the attraction is immediate and goes deeper than friendship... -
Half-Court Heat by Eliza Lentzski
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe spotlight’s never been hotter, and neither has their love. Lex Bennet didn’t plan on falling for Eva Montgomery—her fiercest collegiate basketball rival, turned teammate, turned secret girlfriend. Now, with the cameras off and the season over, they finally have a shot at something real. For once, Lex isn’t chasing wins. She’s chasing a future... -
A Very Miller-Cooper Wedding by Erica Lee
Charlie Miller and Reagan Cooper have been through a lot in the three years since they started dating. What started as a fake dating scheme between Reagan and Charlie’s brother, Jamie, turned into an everlasting love affair between Charlie and Reagan instead. Now the two are engaged and finally ready to plan their dream wedding. The countdown is on - one year until their big day… finally...Categorized as:
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Christmas in Heaven by Lise Gold
Helen works for Heaven, a high-end matchmaking company with a tailored and personal approach. As their number one matchmaker, there’s no way she can turn up at the company Christmas party solo, but she struggles to find a date. Matilda is a corporate party planner hired by Helen to organise Heaven’s Christmas party... -
All Wrapped Up in You by T.B. Markinson, Adrian J. Smith
A saboteur. A bookstore in trouble. A writer on the verge of ruin. After a painful divorce, Mathilda “Mat” Kincaide has one clear vision. Ascend the throne of her family’s cherished chain of bookstores. Yet a mysterious troublemaker lurks in the heart of her store, intent on derailing Mat’s every ambition... -
Rekindled by Erica Lee
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter getting married right out of college, Jordan and Spencer Barlowe were sure their love would last a lifetime. Unfortunately, life didn't work out that way and they've spent the last ten years apart. The only connection they have left is their teenage daughter... -
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Lucky Yellow Shoes by Jae
Denny is planning to propose to her girlfriend, Eliza, on Christmas Day, but she needs some help finding the perfect ring. Will it all go according to plan, or will she end up being the one surprised? “Lucky Yellow Shoes” is a short story sequel to Jae’s light-hearted lesbian romance Wrong Number, Right Woman. -
Snowed Inn with Madelyn by Chelsea M. Cameron
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNothing says “Merry Christmas” more than arriving at the adorable inn your mom has booked for your family and seeing your former babysitter, and first crush, sitting behind the desk. Turns out Madelyn Hawthorne is the owner, and after a massive snowstorm traps us, we’re all going to be getting pretty cozy for the next week... -
A Purrfect Gift by Jae
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLena has just moved to Freiburg with her cat, Scully, so when she finds little gifts on her doorstep every day, she thinks they are a welcome-to-the-building Advent calendar from her new neighbors. Caroline, who lives next door, can’t figure out how her stuff keeps disappearing until she catches a cat in the act of stealing from her. She follows the feline felon home—and meets its cute owner... -
Sleigh Bells Ring by Alyson Root, Tara Sullivan
For Nicole Robinson, Christmas means returning to the family home in Hebden Bridge with her sister Beth and their brother Liam, who has lived with permanent delays since a childhood accident. Though Beth and Nicole have grown up and moved away, every December the Robinson kids reunite for a month of family and festive traditions...Categorized as:
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Naughty or Nice? A Very Merry Decadence Christmas by M. Never
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAre you Naughty or are you Nice? Get claimed by Kayne one last time as the entire Decadence crew comes together for a winter wedding no one will forget! Christmas is magical in New York— lights gleam and snow swirls as a powerful foursome reunites! Warning NSFW! Available only during the month of December! Get it while it’s hot! My Christmas gift to you! Author note: Naughty or Nice is a 10K... -
Take Two by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThey were the perfect couple until pride got in the way…. Gina needs Sophia Rossi, a popular actor, to be the grand marshal of the local Pride parade. Sophia needs to convince her meddling mother she has a steady girlfriend in order to survive a month of filming in her hometown...
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