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  • The Brutal Truth by Lee Winter

    The Brutal Truth by Lee Winter

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 50 ratings
    Australian crime reporter Maddie Grey is out of her depth in New York, miserable, and secretly drawn to her powerful, twice-married, media mogul boss, Elena Bartell, who eats failing newspapers for breakfast. As work takes them to Australia, Maddie is goaded into a brief, seemingly harmless bet with her enigmatic boss—where they have to tell the complete truth to each other...
  • Crossed Over by Santana Knox

    Crossed Over by Santana Knox

    Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    From 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. Nia da Silva is dead…...
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  • The Forever and The Now by K.J .

    The Forever and The Now by K.J .

    Rated: 4.68 of 5 stars
    · 11 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...
  • Deal with the Devil by Ali Vali

    Deal with the Devil by Ali Vali

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s business as usual for crime boss Cain Casey as she maneuvers to form an alliance with the Jatibon organization and secure peace among the ruling families in New Orleans. Cain’s new associate Remington Jatibon is a lot like Cain used to be—a playgirl with a passion for bedding beautiful women and an even greater passion for expanding her father’s empire, on both sides of the law...
  • The Devil Be Damned by Ali Vali

    The Devil Be Damned by Ali Vali

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Cain 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

    Honor Guards by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    When 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...
  • The Devil's Orchard by Ali Vali

    The Devil's Orchard by Ali Vali

    Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In 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...
  • Cold Blooded Lover by Eliza Lentzski

    Cold Blooded Lover by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Former Marine, Cassidy Miller knew what it took to be a good soldier and even a decent beat cop. She was starting to figure out how to be a girlfriend as her relationship with Julia Desjardin progressed, but what did she know about being a cold case detective? Buried under paperwork in the basement of the Fourth Police Precinct, she was going to have to figure it out...
  • The Devil Unleashed by Ali Vali

    The Devil Unleashed by Ali Vali

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    As the heat of violence rises, so does passion. A gunshot meant to end the legacy of the Casey Clan has left a weakened Cain fighting to regain control of her business while trying to protect her heart from the woman who left her. Threatened from every side, Cain must unleash that devil to protect all she holds dear...
  • BY DESIGN: The Beginning by J.A. Armstrong

    BY DESIGN: The Beginning by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Building bridges has a very different meaning for Jameson Reid than it does for Candace Fletcher. J. D. Reid spends her days designing some of the most elegant and majestic buildings and homes in North America. U. S. Senator Candace Fletcher has spent her life working to build bridges between people. J. D. Reid is not who Candace Fletcher was expecting to arrive on her doorstep...
  • Arriving by Nicole Pyland

    Arriving by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 10 ratings
    This is book #3 in the Royalty Series. Alice, a small-town teacher who had lost her parents years ago, had always felt out of place. There was just something missing in her life that she could never seem to identify. When a man showed up to tell her that she was the long-lost daughter of a King and Queen who had been exiled from their country and were now dead, Alice didn’t believe him...
  • 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...
  • Night Cap by J.A. Armstrong

    Night Cap by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    It’s autumn in Whiskey Springs, Vermont, and more than the leaves have changed color. Life has never been better for Fallon Foster. Her relationship with the town’s newest citizen, Riley Main is progressing as Fallon had hoped. Fallon finally believes she may get the family she’s dreamed of. Her business is thriving, and her friendship with her former lover, Andi Maguire is back on track...
  • French Kissing: Season Three by Harper Bliss

    French Kissing: Season Three by Harper Bliss

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    ASIN B079Y3G6HS moved to the more recent edition. Paris. .. City of lights, City of love. .. City of drama! It has been six months since Dominique and Steph came out publicly...
  • A Matter of Trust (Justice Series) by Radclyffe

    A Matter of Trust (Justice Series) by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    A Prequel to In Pursuit of Justice. Michael Lassiter, a theoretical design executive, is about to wage war on the corporate battlefield as she fights to maintain control of her company in the midst of divorce. She hires JT Sloan, an internet security consultant, to protect her most important asset—her dreams and visions, which are suddenly vulnerable within the corporate computer system...
  • Cherished by Her by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Cherished by Her by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    To say I was looking forward to visiting my sister in Arrowbridge, Maine, was an understatement. She and I were as close as two people could get without being literally attached. She’s got a whole new life and a new hot wood-chopping girlfriend, and I couldn’t be happier for her. Truly. Not jealous. I swear. Apart from seeing her, I also have one goal during my a steamy hookup...
  • The Kidnapped by Nicole Pyland

    The Kidnapped by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    When she sees a picture of a little girl who looks just like her younger self in a book about lost children, Heidi realizes she was born Hollis Richardson and that she’d been stolen from her mother...
  • Crashing into Love by Nicole Pyland

    Crashing into Love by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sports 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...
  • The Stepmother by Melissa Tereze

    The Stepmother by Melissa Tereze

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Their connection flares hot in an instant…but is it doomed to fizzle out? After the death of her estranged father, Hayley McAllister plans to endure cold, wet England just long enough to tie up loose ends. Then she’s heading straight back to Ibiza, where she lives exactly as she pleases—performing her music, soaking up sunshine, and indulging in flings with gorgeous women...
  • Learning to Trust by Kallie Mont

    Learning to Trust by Kallie Mont

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    “Parker? ”. Parker loved that voice and she adored hearing it say her name. But in this moment, it scared the shit out of her. In the sleepy coastal town of Doveport, the pot isn’t just stirred—that bitch is boiling over. Maggie and Parker are new. .. like, brand-spanking-new. But for all of their flirting and butterflies and romantic intention, the universe has devised one giant beaver-dam...
  • In Dreams by Lise Gold

    In Dreams by Lise Gold

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the world of morning television, Rebecca Pandey shines as the charismatic producer and host of an animal programme, but behind the facade, she battles nightmares that refuse to let her rest. Desperate for relief, she turns to a specialist known for unravelling the most perplexing subconscious puzzles...
  • No Such Thing as Serendipity by Rita Potter

    No Such Thing as Serendipity by Rita Potter

    Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Ambitious Blake Saunders is about to have it all. The forty-two-year-old is set to become CEO of a multibillion-dollar private equity firm and win at life. Until everything starts to unravel for the woman who is all about control. Her sympathetic sister, Emma, offers her a One month with Emma where she makes all of Blake’s decisions for her...
  • Last Chance by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Last Chance by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    An injured athlete desperate for a comeback. A career-driven team owner. Passion ignites when they meet, but will victory cost them true love? Nora Brady has one last shot at the career she adores. After a devastating injury knocks her off the women’s football A-list, the tenacious midfielder accepts an offer to play for a struggling young team longing to compete in the big time...
  • Code of Honor by Radclyffe

    Code of Honor by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    The face of terror is hard to recognize—especially when it’s homegrown. Blair Powell is set to join her father on the campaign trail even though a domestic terrorist group has already launched one attack on President Andrew Powell's life...
  • Goddess of the Moon by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Goddess of the Moon by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Diana Maddox is a creature of comfort, she plays by the rules and she likes things done properly. Now, she finds herself in a bit of a rut. Single after an almost decade-long relationship with Jason, who cheated on her, Diana is sharing a flat with her sister and nephew. Her friends have all married and had families of their own, so there's only one thing for it, Diana decides...
  • The Princess Match by Clare Lydon

    The Princess Match by Clare Lydon

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 22 ratings
    One football goddess. One future Queen. One love that could change the game. Princess Victoria has perfected the royal calculated smile, convenient boyfriend, impeccable press. But behind the tiara ticks a heart that's tired of playing by the rules. Enter Ashleigh England's football captain, media darling, and living proof that authenticity scores every time...
  • The Adventurers by Bryce Oakley

    The Adventurers by Bryce Oakley

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    They're about to embark on their greatest adventure yet. Joey Moore got her heart stomped on. At her engagement party. So, she did what any normal, completely rational 28-year-old would do — she moved to a new city with her dog to start a new life. Without much of a plan, it turns out...
  • Open Tab by J.A. Armstrong

    Open Tab by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Fallon Foster serves up more than the most potent drinks at Murphy’s Law, the local pub in Whiskey Springs, Vermont. Fallon is the keeper of the town’s secrets. She’s heard tales of broken hearts, torrid affairs, closet cases, and the dreams of hopeful romantics. With a sensitive ear and a warm bed, Fallon is a legend in her small town. One thing still eludes her—love...
  • Justice for All by Radclyffe

    Justice for All by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    While Detective Lt. Rebecca Frye's elite unit attempts to uncover the connection between the local organized crime syndicate and a human trafficking ring, she and her team, and those they love, unwittingly become targets. As part of the operation, Dellon Mitchell goes undercover with a young woman posing as her lover--a woman with a secret agenda that might cause them both their lives...
  • Sliced Ice by Lee Winter

    Sliced Ice by Lee Winter

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Ten short stories based on Lee Winter’s fierce and unforgettable ice queens and villains have been gathered into one anthology containing lesbian love, lust, friendship, and romance. Find out what happened after Lee’s stories ended, and in one case, before it began...
  • Flashbang by Lee Winter

    Flashbang by Lee Winter

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    At a celebrity party, all eyes are drawn to the glamorous A-listers. No one’s watching two entertainment reporters–knockabout Iowa girl Lauren King and her secret lover, Caustic Queen Catherine Ayers–as they celebrate their last night together in LA in erotic style. A sexy slice from The Red Files universe.
  • Solid Foundation by J.A. Armstrong

    Solid Foundation by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Life is never simple in the world of politics. The pressure is on Senator Candace Fletcher to make a run for the governorship of New York State. Everyone seems convinced it's the right move for the affable senator. Everyone that is, except Candace. Life took an unexpected turn for the senator when she met and fell in love with Jameson Reid...
  • 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 Fiction. First Place New Adult Fiction. First Place New Fiction (first time published). . .. 2022 American Fiction Awards Finalist (LGBTQ+ Fiction). . .. Literary Titan Gold Book Award (September 2022). . .. Readers' Favorite 5 Star Book. My world turned to shades of grey as I squared my shoulders and turned around...
  • 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
  • Lucky Yellow Shoes by Jae

    Lucky Yellow Shoes by Jae

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    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.
  • 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
  • May by Nicole Pyland

    May by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Logan Luna has made a lot of mistakes in her life stemming from a gambling addiction. She’s been sublimating in other ways recently but doesn’t want to do that any longer. When she gets a job at a new bar in the city, she hopes it’s the start of something big, something that might help take her mind off of everything wrong with her life...
  • Any Other Name by Kelli Jae Baeli, Melissa Walker Baeli

    Any Other Name by Kelli Jae Baeli, Melissa Walker Baeli

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Jolene Winters only wants to be left alone, but her new-found safety and contentment will be both challenged and shattered. When the chance to escape the clutches of her villainous girlfriend finally appears, twenty-five-year-old Jolene Winters takes it. All she wants is to live a life of her choosing, and to be left alone and in peace to write her novels...
  • Dying to Live by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou

    Dying to Live by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    British socialite Zoe Anderson-Howe’s pampered life is abruptly shattered when she’s taken hostage by FARC guerrillas while on a business trip to Bogota. While her father struggles to come up with the ransom, she must endure hardships that test her both mentally and physically...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  contemporary  f-f  length-medium
  • Paradise Pride by Lise Gold

    Paradise Pride by Lise Gold

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    London-based casino manager Meghan has no expectations of her two-week holiday in Spain; she’s just tagging along with her friend who’s visiting her love interest. When they arrive at a deserted hotel due to a booking fault and her friend leaves to see her boyfriend, she’s left with the bartender who stays on for the night...
  • 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...
  • Handle With Care by Michele L. Rivera

    Handle With Care by Michele L. Rivera

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Newly divorced Quinn Gellar is rebuilding her life—something she never thought she’d be doing in her forties. A creature of habit, she’s trying to embrace change and go with the unexpected. But when the unexpected appears to her in the form of an alluring bartender, Quinn becomes uncertain of exactly how much change she’s ready to embrace. Theo Harrington isn’t much of a planner...
  • 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...
  • Next of Kin by Jae

    Next of Kin by Jae

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Lesbian Fiction: Romance Crime - Sequel to Conflict of Interest. Sex crimes Detective Aiden Carlisle is slowly getting used to being in a committed relationship with Dawn Kinsley-a relationship that isn't always easy since Dawn is not only a psychologist but also a former victim in one of Aiden's cases...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  f-f  contemporary  length-long  audiobook
  • 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...
  • Whipped by J.J. Arias

    Whipped by J.J. Arias

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    If 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...
  • In Pursuit of Justice by Radclyffe

    In Pursuit of Justice by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    In the dynamic double sequel to Shield of Justice and A Matter of Trust, Det. Sgt. Rebecca Frye struggles to return to duty after a near fatal shooting. Joining forces with enigmatic computer consultant J. T. Sloan, Rebecca accepts a temporary assignment with a Federal task force investigating an Internet child pornography ring...
  • Spectrum by M.J. Duncan

    Spectrum by M.J. Duncan

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Sparks fly the moment Bryn Nakamura lays eyes on Anna Fitzpatrick, and not in a good way. Driven, reserved, and recovering from another encounter with a life she would rather leave behind, all Bryn wants is to forget about Anna and focus on her beloved vineyard—but Fate has other plans...
  • Under Construction by J.A. Armstrong

    Under Construction by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    It takes well laid plans to build a lasting relationship. Jameson (J. D. ) Reid has years of experience designing tall buildings and even restoring majestic structures. She's worked to lay a solid foundation to her burgeoning relationship with Senator Candace Fletcher. But, love and architecture require different materials and tools...
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