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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 Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden]()
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
An exhilarating, twisted tale of desire, suspicion, and obsession between two women staying in the same house in the Dutch countryside during the summer of 1961—a powerful exploration of the legacy of WWII and the darker parts of our collective past. A house is a precious thing. .. It is 1961 and the rural Dutch province of Overijssel is quiet...Categorized as:
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![그녀의 심청 (Her Tale of Shim Chong) #3 by 비완, Seri]()
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... -
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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... -
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![The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite]()
The Care and Feeding of Waspish Widows by Olivia Waite
When Agatha Griffin finds a colony of bees in her warehouse, it’s the not-so-perfect ending to a not-so-perfect week. Busy trying to keep her printing business afloat amidst rising taxes and the suppression of radical printers like her son, the last thing the widow wants is to be the victim of a thousand bees... -
![Hidden Truths by Jae]()
Hidden Truths by Jae
Lesbian Fiction: Historical Fiction - Sequel to Backwards to Oregon - Commuter Novel - 19 hours reading - "Luke" Hamilton has been living as a husband and father for the past seventeen years. No one but her wife, Nora, knows she is not the man she appears to be. They have raised their daughters to become honest and hard-working young women... -
![Girls Girls Girls by Shoshana von Blanckensee]()
Girls Girls Girls by Shoshana von Blanckensee
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA 2025 CALIBA Golden Poppy Awards Finalist. A PANTS POD BOOK CLUB PICK. One of ELLE's Best Queer Books of 2025. "Jam-packed with queer angst and queer joy . . . and a truly incredible amount of heart. I devoured this novel. " —Kristen Arnett, New York Times bestselling author of Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One... -
![Like in Love with You by Emma R. Alban]()
Like in Love with You by Emma R. Alban
Mean Girls meets Northanger Abbey in this sharp and sexy Regency Romance that begs the question: what if Cady and Regina just… kissed? When Catherine Pine relocates to Bath in 1817, she comes face-to-face with her mother’s arch nemesis and her daughter—the wildly popular Lady Rosalie...Categorized as:
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![The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite]()
The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
As Lucy Muchelney watches her ex-lover’s sham of a wedding, she wishes herself anywhere else. It isn’t until she finds a letter from the Countess of Moth, looking for someone to translate a groundbreaking French astronomy text, that she knows where to go. Showing up at the Countess’ London home, she hoped to find a challenge, not a woman who takes her breath away... -
![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 Review. Three women, united by love and kinship, struggle to conform to the social norms of the times in which they lived... -
![Hamilton's Battalion: A Trio of Romances by Courtney Milan, Alyssa Cole]()
Hamilton's Battalion: A Trio of Romances by Courtney Milan, Alyssa Cole
Love in the time of Hamilton…. On October 14, 1781, Alexander Hamilton led a daring assault on Yorktown's defenses and won a decisive victory in America's fight for independence. Decades later, when Eliza Hamilton collected his soldiers' stories, she discovered that while the war was won at Yorktown, the battle for love took place on many fronts. .. PROMISED LAND by Rose Lerner... -
![그녀의 심청 (Her Tale of Shim Chong) #1 by 비완, Seri]()
그녀의 심청 (Her Tale of Shim Chong) #1 by 비완, Seri
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEp 1 - 10. 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...Categorized as:
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![The Wilds & The Weeds by Ally North]()
The Wilds & The Weeds by Ally North
On a hot summer’s day in 1975, young heiresses Willow and Ivy Wilde vanish while playing by a pond on the Stonehold estate, never to be seen again. Now, fifty years later, Stonehold is again abuzz, this time in preparation for the homecoming of Summer Wilde and Brody Weston, whose upcoming wedding is all anyone in Echo, Washington can talk about...Categorized as:
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![An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera]()
An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera
One last summer. For Manuela del Carmen Caceres Galvan, the invitation to show her paintings at the 1889 Exposition Universelle came at the perfect time. Soon to be trapped in a loveless marriage, Manuela has given herself one last summer of freedom—in Paris, with her two best friends. One scandalous encounter. Cora Kempf Bristol, Duchess of Sundridge, is known for her ruthlessness in business... -
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![Neither Present Time by Caren J. Werlinger]()
Neither Present Time by Caren J. Werlinger
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCan a house save the lives of the people who live in it? Can an inscription written in a book over sixty years ago change the fates of people not even born when it was written? Beryl Gray is solid and dependable – her partner, Claire, thinks so, her family thinks so, her colleagues think so. She has a long-term relationship and a job she likes as a university librarian... -
![The Price of Salt by Claire Morgan, Patricia Highsmith]()
The Price of Salt by Claire Morgan, Patricia Highsmith
THE PRICE OF SALT also published as CAROL. THE PRICE OF SALT (1952) is a romance novel by Patricia Highsmith, written under the pseudonym Claire Morgan. The author – known as a suspense writer following the publication of her previous book, STRANGERS ON A TRAIN – became notorious due to the story's latent lesbian content and happy ending, the latter having been unprecedented in homosexual fiction... -
![Occasions of Sin by Elena Graf]()
Occasions of Sin by Elena Graf
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor seven centuries, the convent of Obberoth has been hiding the nuns' secrets-scandalous manuscripts locked in a vault, a ruined medical career, forbidden passions, perhaps even a murder. In the spring of 1931, Margarethe von Stahle, an aristocratic physician, arrives at the convent to interview a candidate for head nurse. Dr. von Stahle has a reputation for perfectionism and a quick temper... -
![A Lady for All Seasons by T.J. Alexander]()
A Lady for All Seasons by T.J. Alexander
From the acclaimed author of Chef’s Kiss and A Gentleman’s Gentleman comes a riotous Regency romp, featuring a charming and unforgettable genderfluid lead. “The perfect blend of rich Regency romance and frothy screwball, Alexander has brewed a queer and cozy cup of something sure to delight. ”. —L. C. Rosen, author of Lavender House... -
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Heavy Sugar by Roslyn Sinclair
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsIn this sizzling novella straight out of the Jazz Age, an irrepressible New York dancer named Alice catches the eye of Cora Carter-Price, a wealthy businesswoman, social doyenne, and all-around ice queen...Categorized as:
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Proper English by K.J. Charles
A shooting party at the Earl of Witton’s remote country house is a high treat for champion shot Patricia Merton—until unexpected guests turn the social atmosphere dangerously sour. That’s not Pat’s biggest problem. She’s visiting her old friend, the Earl’s heir Jimmy Yoxall—but she wants to spend a lot more time with Jimmy’s fiancée... -
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Chain Reactions by Lynn Ames
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSome of Diana Lindstrom’s fondest memories involve childhood experiments conducted under the watchful supervision of her Great-Aunt Nora, a celebrated physicist long ago shunned by the family for mysterious reasons. Now in her adult years and a sought-after scientist herself, Diana learns that Nora is dying. She hires private-duty nurse Brooke Sheldon to care for Nora... -
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Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 38 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... -
![Vera Kelly: Lost and Found by Rosalie Knecht]()
Vera Kelly: Lost and Found by Rosalie Knecht
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEveryone’s favorite sleuth—Vera Kelly—is back and put to the test as she searches for her missing girlfriend. It’s spring 1971 and Vera Kelly and her girlfriend, Max, leave their cozy Brooklyn apartment for an emergency visit to Max's estranged family in Los Angeles... -
![Daring Duplicity by Edale Lane]()
Daring Duplicity by Edale Lane
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSolving mysteries is her business. Finding love is her dream. Will combining the two get her killed? Victorian Era England. Stetson revels in being unconventional. So when society shies away from her independent nature, the bold woman creates an imaginary boss and opens her own detective agency...Categorized as:
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![Basic Training of the Heart by Jaycie Morrison]()
Basic Training of the Heart by Jaycie Morrison
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSocialite Elizabeth Carlton impulsively joins the Women’s Army Corps to escape love’s disappointments and her father’s attempts to control her life. Still, she has never been one to accept discipline imposed by others—not even someone as intriguing as her new sergeant. Sergeant Gale Rains is accustomed to challenges, but she’s never had a recruit quite like this one...Categorized as:
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![Reverence by Milena McKay]()
Reverence by Milena McKay
Two ballerinas. Two fates. One stage. It's the carefree '80s and Juliette Lucian-Sorel has it all. She’s the greatest dancer to ever grace the floorboards of Palais Garnier, she's royalty to her adoring fans, and Paris is at her feet. Or so it seems…. Katarina Vyatka is defecting from behind the Iron Curtain, desperate to save herself and her career. Or so she claims…...Categorized as:
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![A Halifax Holiday by Alexandra Vasti]()
A Halifax Holiday by Alexandra Vasti
An epilogue to the whole series, this forty-page story peeks in on the Halifax family (in all their joy and chaos! ) eight years after the events of the Halifax novellas. This epilogue is only available to newsletter subscribers. -
![Aimée & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943 by Erica Fischer, Edna McCown]()
Aimée & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943 by Erica Fischer, Edna McCown
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsExcerpts. A letter from Lilly to Felice, March 31st, 1943. Felice, I love you! What a feeling it is to be able to say that! Oh, Felice, the nicest fate I could hope for is that of lasting happiness. I want to live with you for a long, a very long time, do you hear? And life is so beautiful, so wonderful... -
![The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet by Lindz McLeod]()
The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet by Lindz McLeod
Jane Austen meets Bridgerton in this sapphic romance between Charlotte Lucas and Mary Bennet that begins four years after the end of Pride and Prejudice. When Mr. Collins dies after just four years of marriage, Charlotte is lost. While not exactly heartbroken, she will soon have to quit the parsonage that has become her home. In desperate need of support, she writes to her best friend, Lizzie... -
![Carol by Claire Morgan, Cassandra Campbell]()
Carol by Claire Morgan, Cassandra Campbell
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 56 ratingsArguably Patricia Highsmith's finest, The Price of Salt is story of Therese Belivet, a stage designer trapped in a department-store day job, whose salvation arrives one day in the form of Carol Aird, an alluring suburban housewife in the throes of a divorce... -
![The Seduction of Moxie by Colette Moody]()
The Seduction of Moxie by Colette Moody
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Hollywood-bound actress Violet London meets speakeasy singer Moxie Valette, her trip takes an unexpected turn toward love. New York City, 1931: When wry Broadway actress Violet London and her hard-drinking cohorts venture into a speakeasy the night before she is to board a train for Hollywood, she is floored by sassy blond singer Moxie Valette... -
![Cobalt by Nathan Aldyne]()
Cobalt by Nathan Aldyne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe two sometimes-detectives from VERMILION have teamed up again for a summer of fun in Provincetown. While Valentine browses for Mr. Right, Clarisse nabs a hunky cop all her own. But suddenly suspicion burns hotter than the sun as a string of murders mars the merriment. And somehwere in the endless secrets, jealousies, and lies behind the beautiful faces around them is a motive for murder. -
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The Murder Next Door by Sarah Bell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJuly 1912. Leeds, England. A man is found dead on his study floor and his now-missing wife is the obvious suspect. To their neighbour, Louisa Knight, it's a shocking piece of news but nothing more. However, when she tells her 'companion' over breakfast, Ada Chapman nearly breaks their teapot and looks ready to run out the door... -
![Lady Like by Mackenzi Lee]()
Lady Like by Mackenzi Lee
Two women set their sights on marrying the same duke, but instead of becoming enemies, they find themselves falling in love—though not with him. “My new favorite romance author. ”—Julia Quinn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Bridgerton series. “A genuinely, strikingly funny romantic romp. I inhaled it! ”—Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Great Big Beautiful Life...Categorized as:
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![The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister by Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread]()
The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister by Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThese remarkable diaries are a piece of lost lesbian history. Anne Lister defied the role of womanhood seen in the novels of Jane Austen: she was bold, fiercely independent, a landowner, industrialist, traveller, and lesbian. She kept extensive diaries, written partly in code, of her life and loves. The diaries have been edited by Helena Whitbread, who spent years decoding and transcribing them. -
![Mrs. Martin's Incomparable Adventure by Courtney Milan]()
Mrs. Martin's Incomparable Adventure by Courtney Milan
Mrs. Bertrice Martin—a widow, some seventy-three years young—has kept her youthful-ish appearance with the most powerful of home remedies: daily doses of spite, regular baths in man-tears, and refusing to give so much as a single damn about her Terrible Nephew. Then proper, correct Miss Violetta Beauchamps, a sprightly young thing of five and sixty, crashes into her life...Categorized as:
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![The Case of the Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend by Mabel Maney]()
The Case of the Good-For-Nothing Girlfriend by Mabel Maney
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA collector's edition of the best-selling all-girl action adventure novel! -
![The Way Home by Lily Hammond]()
The Way Home by Lily Hammond
In 1941 May Lewis is looking for a fresh start. Leaving the city and an old love affair behind, she buys a medical practice in a small country town. Here she hopes to find peace, friendships, and the sort of medical practice she’s always dreamed of, where she knows all her patients by name...Categorized as:
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![Her Morning Star by Violet Cowper]()
Her Morning Star by Violet Cowper
They’re engaged in a dangerous game of espionage. But the bigger scandal these two ladies risk is the joy they find in each other’s arms…. England, 1807. Miss Melanie Bright longs to escape the shadow of disgrace. Still haunted by her parent’s mistakes, the shunned debutante seizes on a hopeful chance by sharing a roof with a well-respected noblewoman... -
![Her Countess to Cherish by Jane Walsh]()
Her Countess to Cherish by Jane Walsh
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMiss Beatrice Everson has managed to marry the Earl of Sinclair, solving her family’s disastrous financial problems for good. She should be the happiest woman in London, but a less than satisfactory wedding night has Beatrice fleeing her husband and planning an affair with the dashing Mr. George Smith... -
![The Hellion's Waltz by Olivia Waite]()
The Hellion's Waltz by Olivia Waite
It’s not a crime to steal a heart. .. Sophie Roseingrave hates nothing more than a swindler. After her family lost their piano shop to a con man in London, they’re trying to start fresh in a new town. Her father is convinced Carrisford is an upright and honest place, but Sophie is not so sure... -
![Daughter of Mystery by Heather Rose Jones]()
Daughter of Mystery by Heather Rose Jones
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsMargerit Sovitre did not expect to inherit the Baron Saveze’s fortunes—and even less his bodyguard. The formidable Barbara, of unknown parentage and tied to the barony for secretive reasons, is a feared duelist, capable of defending her charges with efficient, deadly force...Categorized as:
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![How to Talk to Nice English Girls by Gretchen Evans]()
How to Talk to Nice English Girls by Gretchen Evans
In the aftermath of The Great War, everything is changing. But not for Marian Fielding. Marian’s life is quiet and predictable in the solitude of the English countryside, where she plans to remain. But Marian’s world is turned upside down when she meets brash, confident Katherine Fuller... -
![Patience & Sarah by Isabel Miller, Emma Donoghue]()
Patience & Sarah by Isabel Miller, Emma Donoghue
Set in the nineteenth century, Isabel Miller's classic lesbian novel traces the relationship between Patience White, a painter, and Sarah Dowling, a farmer, whose romantic bond does not sit well with the puritanical New England farming community in which they live. Ultimately, they are forced to make life-changing decisions that depend on their courage and their commitment to one another... -
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![The Covert Captain: Or, A Marriage of Equals by Jeannelle M. Ferreira]()
The Covert Captain: Or, A Marriage of Equals by Jeannelle M. Ferreira
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsNathaniel Fleming, veteran of Waterloo, falls in love with his Major's spinster sister, Harriet. But Nathaniel is not what he seems, and before the wedding, the truth will out. .. Eleanor Charlotte Fleming, forgotten daughter of a minor baronet, stakes her life on a deception and makes her name—if not her fortune—on the battlefield... -
![A Lady Most Wayward by Darcy McGuire]()
A Lady Most Wayward by Darcy McGuire
A breathtaking historical romance featuring espionage, scandal, and forbidden love in the Queen’s service 👑 ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ ‘If Sherlock Holmes met the Bridgerton universe’ ### ⭑⭑⭑⭑⭑ 'Drama, intrigue and chapters that would make Jane Austin blush'. Her enemy. Her ally. Her temptation. .. 💖🗡️. Phillipa, Duchess of Dorsett is not your average demure lady in society...Categorized as:
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![A Lady's Desire (The Townsends) by Lily Maxton]()
A Lady's Desire (The Townsends) by Lily Maxton
Lady Sarah Lark has never had much interest in any of the suitors that surround her. She’s decided that, instead of choosing a husband, she’ll save her pin money and travel like she’s always wanted to. However, her plans are interrupted when her family invites her cousin’s widow, Winifred Wakefield, to stay with them...Categorized as:
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![Budding Romance: F/F Historical Romance Short by Lara Kinsey]()
Budding Romance: F/F Historical Romance Short by Lara Kinsey
Budding romance between a sweet-talking gardener and a bluestocking headmistress blooms to full flower in this steamy lesbian historical romance. On the cusp of the 20th century, France is where libertines indulge poetic desires. Dorothea has fled the structure of dreary old England for the Côte d'Azur...Categorized as:
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![The Sublime and Spirited Voyage of Original Sin by Colette Moody]()
The Sublime and Spirited Voyage of Original Sin by Colette Moody
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Gulf of Mexico, 1702: When pirates of the square-rigger Original Sin steal ashore to abduct a doctor to tend to their wounded, they end up settling for the doctor's attractive fiancée--Celia Pierce, the town seamstress... -
![A Little Light Mischief by Cat Sebastian]()
A Little Light Mischief by Cat Sebastian
A seductive thief. Lady’s maid Molly Wilkins is done with thieving—and cheating and stabbing and all the rest of it. She’s determined to keep her hands to herself, so she really shouldn’t be tempted to seduce her employer’s prim and proper companion, Alice. But how can she resist when Alice can’t seem to keep her eyes off Molly? Finds her own heart...Categorized as:
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