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  • Honey in the Marrow by Emily Waters

    Honey in the Marrow by Emily Waters

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    An enemies-to-friends-to-lovers lesbian romance about finding heart, hope, and second chances you never thought you’d have.Stella Carter is a former criminal prosecutor and new widow facing down middle age alone in Los Angeles. Without being a prestigious lawyer and someone’s wife, she’s not sure who she is anymore or where her life is headed...
  • Ribbonwood by Ruby Landers

    Ribbonwood by Ruby Landers

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Lara Bennett is world-famous in Ribbonwood, population 907. She’s the woman you don't trust your husband with: a real-life femme fatale. If there’s a scandal in town, she’s at the center of it, ruining businesses, marriages, and egos everywhere she goes, with her sharp tongue and that body that makes you look twice...
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  • Back in Your Arms by Monica McCallan

    Back in Your Arms by Monica McCallan

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 21 ratings
    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...
  • Then & Now by Monica McCallan

    Then & Now by Monica McCallan

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Lily Connor has focused all her energy into becoming a successful wedding planner, and after five years, she’s on the precipice of taking on more responsibility at Southerland Wedding Company. When the chance finally presents itself, it comes with a complication she couldn’t have dreamt up in her worst nightmares...
  • Casting Lacey by Elle Spencer

    Casting Lacey by Elle Spencer

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 27 ratings
    Coming out is easier when you’ve got someone by your side. At least that’s how the hyper-private Quinn Kincaid sees it. When her publicist suggests a good old-fashioned sham of a Hollywood relationship, Quinn reluctantly agrees...
  • Awaiting by Nicole Pyland

    Awaiting by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    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...
  • The Summer of Our Discontent by Robin Alexander

    The Summer of Our Discontent by Robin Alexander

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A fun summer read. Faith Leblanc is looking for that special someone, but her tactics have branded her somewhat of a womanizer. A few doors down, Rachel Chauvin is looking for the same, but her conservative style hasn’t yielded any keepers, either. Neither woman is willing to consider the other as a prospective partner, mostly because they’ve hated each other for nearly four decades...
  • Stolen Hearts by Eliza Lentzski

    Stolen Hearts by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In 1984, Danika Laroque, a young indigenous woman, was reported missing. The investigation went cold not long after. Decades later, a True Crime podcaster starts poking around, bringing the missing persons case to the attention of Cassidy Miller...
  • The Flight Risk by Macon Leigh

    The Flight Risk by Macon Leigh

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Things 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...
  • Mirror by Max Ellendale

    Mirror by Max Ellendale

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In 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...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  f-f  mystery  length-medium
  • Sliced Ice by Lee Winter

    Sliced Ice by Lee Winter

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 11 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...
  • 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...
  • The View from the Top by Rachel Lacey

    The View from the Top by Rachel Lacey

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    When a driven businesswoman from Boston collides with a free-spirited artist on a Vermont mountainside, they share a memorable—and steamy—night, but life soon pits them against each other over the fate of a family business.Emily Janssen prefers to play it safe...
  • Patty's Potent Potion by Robin Alexander

    Patty's Potent Potion by Robin Alexander

    Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    When Shawna Haydel was sixteen years old, she dropped Ashton Guidry’s name into a potion that would supposedly make Ashton fall in love with her. She knew it was silly, but she clung to one irrational thread of hope their friend Patty’s concoction would grant her heart’s desire...
  • Vesting Period by Monica McCallan

    Vesting Period by Monica McCallan

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    App designer Carter Montgomery has thrown herself into being a successful co-founder of LadyLuck for the last half decade. Until now, she’s been content to focus on work mixed with a little light fun. It takes a horrible date with an infuriating woman to make her realize that maybe she isn’t so satisfied with things and that it’s time she got serious about investing in her love life...
  • Graceless by Ruby Landers

    Graceless by Ruby Landers

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Savannah Grace is on top of the world. She’s back to selling out stadium tours and winning Grammys, and she’s just arrived home from her honeymoon after marrying the love of her life… nothing could burst this bubble. Except, of course, her estranged family...
  • Separate Like Stars by Diana Kane

    Separate Like Stars by Diana Kane

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    On paper, Jordan Cohen has it all. With numerous bestsellers under her belt, a number of blockbuster movie adaptations to her credit, and a high profile relationship with one of Hollywood’s most prominent stars, what more could she possibly ask for? Maybe for Olivia Bradley, the only woman to ever break her heart, to exit her life as quickly as she’d re-entered it...
  • Enthralled by Her by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Enthralled by Her by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Things might be going well enough, but I couldn’t see much to look forward to. Sure, I somehow had a thriving business repairing and rebinding books, and my parents had gifted me their vacation house after my apartment was turned into a co-op. Still, there wasn’t a whole lot of action and excitement in little Arrowbridge, Maine, but I was making the best of it, like I always did...
  • Hot off the Press: A Branded Hearts Romance by K.E. Morrison

    Hot off the Press: A Branded Hearts Romance by K.E. Morrison

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When Great Britain has an unexpected General Election, political journalist Jenna Edwards is excited to go on the campaign trail. That is until she’s assigned to cover the Green Party and their attempt to win more than one paltry seat in Parliament. Disappointed, Jenna resigns herself to weeks of reporting on tree-hugging, plant-based diets, and renewable energies...
  • The Tapestry of a Heart by Erin Zak

    The Tapestry of a Heart by Erin Zak

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Finnley O'Connell is at a crossroads when her life takes an unexpected turn after getting fired from her family's lawn care business. Seeking refuge in Chicago with her gay uncle, Finnley discovers a vibrant city and a new sense of freedom. But it's meeting Emerson, a captivating and mysterious woman, that truly changes everything...
  • Marking Time by Sherryl D. Hancock

    Marking Time by Sherryl D. Hancock

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Raine 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...
    Categorized as:
    queer  angst  f-f  sports  military  length-short
  • Two of a Kind by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod

    Two of a Kind by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Could something you can’t remember be the best decision of your life?Maisie Sullivan is a hard-working marketing assistant from Milwaukee who wants nothing more than to earn a promotion and finally finish her college degree. But when she’s swept off her feet by a charming cowgirl while on a business trip to Las Vegas, she decides there’s no harm in having a little fun...
  • Fearless by Robin Alexander, Lori Prince

    Fearless by Robin Alexander, Lori Prince

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Falon Whyte books a cruise for her girlfriend of two years. What she hopes will be a fun vacation quickly turns out to be a nightmare. Falon is normally a woman who can roll with the punches, but life delivers a series of blows that knock her on her butt and leave her stranded in Honduras with the company of an uptight woman she doesn’t like. Haley Hollis isn’t having a good time, either...
    Categorized as:
    queer  from hate to love  humor  f-f  contemporary
  • Behind the Pine Curtain by Gerri Hill

    Behind the Pine Curtain by Gerri Hill

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 28 ratings
    Jacqueline Keys was ostracized from her small hometown of Pine Springs, Texas when she was seventeen, sent away because she was gay. Her family was the largest employer in the county, owning Pine Springs Lumber, and her father was mayor of this small town. Her mother could not accept the fact that her only child was gay, could not tolerate the gossip about her family...
  • 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 ReviewThree women, united by love and kinship, struggle to conform to the social norms of the times in which they lived...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  f-f  historical  length-medium
  • Jericho by Ann McMan

    Jericho by Ann McMan

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Welcome to Jericho, Verginia.Librarian Syd Murphy flees the carnage of a failed marriage by accepting an eighteen-month position in Jericho, a small town in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia. Her plans to hide out and heal her wounds fall by the wayside as she gets drawn into the daily lives of the quirky locals...
  • Guava Flavored Lies by J.J. Arias

    Guava Flavored Lies by J.J. Arias

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 13 ratings
    All’s Fair in Love and (Pastry) WarSylvie Campos and Lauren Machado have hated each other since before they were born. For generations, the Campos and Machado families have blamed each other for stealing pastry recipes they claim their great-grandfathers originated before fleeing Castro’s Cuba...
  • Tropical Storm by Melissa Good

    Tropical Storm by Melissa Good

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    From bestselling author Melissa Good comes a tale of heartache, longing, family strife, lust for love, and redemption. Tropical Storm took the lesbian reading world by storm when it was first written . . . Don't miss this exciting revised "author's cut" edition. Dar Roberts, corporate raider for a multi-national tech company, is cold, practical, and merciless...
  • Accidental Honeymoon by Miranda MacLeod

    Accidental Honeymoon by Miranda MacLeod

    Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Would you marry a woman you hate for a life-changing inheritance?Monica’s business has been hit hard by a global recession, her ex-girlfriend is selling the house out from under her, and the hot handy ma’am, Ray, who was hired to fix up the place, turns out to be the most annoying woman on the planet...
    Categorized as:
    from hate to love  queer  humor  f-f  length-medium
  • Storm in Her Heart by KC Luck

    Storm in Her Heart by KC Luck

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Love can weather the stormiest of hearts…Athena Storm, the resilient owner of a struggling tavern, has weathered many storms in her life. As she fights to keep her establishment afloat, she is convinced she does not have time for a relationship.Enter Kate Franklin, an ex-cop turned delivery driver who seeks refuge from her past...
  • At Seventeen by Gerri Hill

    At Seventeen by Gerri Hill

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 24 ratings
    Madison Lansford and Shannon Fletcher met when they were ten years old. Madison—daughter of wealthy parents and Shannon, daughter of their live-in maid and cook—became fast friends, yet both knew their place in life.There was never a doubt that they would become lovers . . . there was also never a doubt that Madison would marry and maintain her social standing in the community...
  • The Fireworks by Nicole Pyland

    The Fireworks by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is book #3 in the Holiday Series.Aria Bancroft had been in love exactly one time. It didn’t go well, and ever since, she’s been floundering. Choosing sex over relationships and working as a freelance editor more to have something to do than anything else, worked for a time...
    Categorized as:
    second chances  queer  f-f  length-medium
  • Side by Side by Nicole Pyland

    Side by Side by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sports 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...
  • February by Nicole Pyland

    February by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Bridgette Musgrave has been planning on taking over the family business her entire life, but her parents have mismanaged it, and it’s in danger of being sold off to Arnette Assets, a giant corporation that might come in and steal the one thing Bridgette has been working toward for a decade...
  • 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
  • A Woman Undone by T.B. Markinson

    A Woman Undone by T.B. Markinson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Despite Lizzie’s attempts to hide from her family, circumstances pull her even deeper into the complicated Petrie web. After a disastrous family Christmas, Lizzie’s friends and family seek her counsel, dragging Lizzie back into their orbit...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  humor  f-f  length-medium
  • Take Two by Stephanie Shea

    Take Two by Stephanie Shea

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Being in love is Whitney Dimaano’s favorite past time. Though lately, she can’t seem to get it right. She’s tried—she is trying—but it just hasn’t…clicked, and maybe her time would be better spent focusing on all the things that are actually good in her life...
  • Worth the Risk by Crystal Chard

    Worth the Risk by Crystal Chard

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When everything's at stake, how close is too close?Forensic Psychologist, Grace Weatherford, wants her old job back with the Covert Intelligence Squad, but on her own terms. Yet when CIS offer up a case with a mysterious female perp at the centre, she can't say no. The catch? Grace's speciality is undercover guidance – she now has to go all in.Nadia Florescu is nobody's fool...
    Categorized as:
    from hate to love  queer  f-f  length-medium
  • The Misperception by Nicole Pyland

    The Misperception by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    This is book #5 in the Holiday Series.Paisley Hill cared about one thing – she was building her company from the ground up without accepting any money from her wealthy family to do it. That was important to Paisley, and she took her job as a consultant seriously, wanting to help companies grow and get more efficient because of her ideas...
  • Rekindled by Erica Lee

    Rekindled by Erica Lee

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After 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...
  • Lasting Impressions by Michele L. Rivera

    Lasting Impressions by Michele L. Rivera

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Fifteen years ago, Bryce Keating and Cameron Shapiro met for the first time on the worst blind date of their lives. They ended the night hoping to never see each other again and went their separate ways.Unfortunately for Bryce and Cameron, fate had other plans. Over a decade later, the two women randomly run into one another. It’s disastrous and stirs up mixed feelings for them both...
  • Donegal's Wish by JA Armstrong

    Donegal's Wish by JA Armstrong

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    No one should have to wait until December for a dose of holiday cheer! Meet Abby Turner and Bess Riley. Abby Turner is a dedicated nurse and mother who spent her life in New York City until the death of her longtime partner, Connie. Abby’s adjusting to a new, quieter life in suburban Connecticut. Most days she finds the change refreshing...
    Categorized as:
    second chances  angst  queer  f-f  length-medium
  • 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
  • Making It Count by Nicole Pyland

    Making It Count by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sports 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...
  • Covenant by Ann McMan

    Covenant by Ann McMan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Independent Publishers Awards (IPPY) Bronze Medalist in Mid-Atlantic Best Regional FictionCovenant continues the beloved saga of the residents of Jericho, a sleepy town in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, where life and love have as many twists and turns as a winding mountain road.Six weeks have passed since the fateful unfolding of events at the town's Fourth of July celebration...
    Categorized as:
    queer  angst  mystery  f-f  contemporary  length-medium
  • Only Hope by Ruby Landers

    Only Hope by Ruby Landers

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Alison Hartmann is a woman with secrets no one wants her to keep. Gold Hill, with its idyllic setting is the perfect place to hide.Light-hearted Hope Sullivan doesn’t see it that way...
  • 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...
  • Your Hand Found Mine by Adrienne Marsh

    Your Hand Found Mine by Adrienne Marsh

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Cassandra Vasquez wasn't hiding away. She was just really busy; the design studio she and her brother owned was really starting to make a name for itself, and the work was just flying in. That was the only reason she didn't go out much, or really even keep in touch with her friends anymore. It had nothing to do with her ex; she wasn't hung up on Sarah, or afraid to get back out there. She wasn't...
    Categorized as:
    friends to lovers  queer  f-f  length-medium
  • Dear Me by Robin Alexander

    Dear Me by Robin Alexander

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Alexis Holt unknowingly meets the woman of her dreams at a party. Unfortunately, Alexis was at the wrong place at the wrong time and walked away from the encounter thinking Stacy Kirkland was an arrogant snob. Alexis knew it wouldn’t be the last time she saw Stacy, and she wasn’t looking forward to their next meeting...
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