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  • Her Spell That Cursed Me by Luna Oblonsky

    Her Spell That Cursed Me by Luna Oblonsky

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 8 ratings
    A sapphic love born in adversity and bound by blood…A dormant evil threatening to tear the world asunder…A magical tale of cursed fate and unremitting chaos. Iona strives for harmony in times of resounding discord...
  • 그녀의 심청 (Her Tale of Shim Chong) #4 by 비완, Seri

    그녀의 심청 (Her Tale of Shim Chong) #4 by 비완, Seri

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Ep 36 - 44. 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:
    queer  historical  fantasy  f-f
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  • 그녀의 심청 (Her Tale of Shim Chong) #5 by 비완, Seri

    그녀의 심청 (Her Tale of Shim Chong) #5 by 비완, Seri

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Ep 45 - 55. 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:
    queer  historical  fantasy  f-f
  • The Devil that Broke Us by S.C. Wilson

    The Devil that Broke Us by S.C. Wilson

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Jesse McGinnis has it all—the woman she loves—two beautiful children—a successful career...
    Categorized as:
    queer  historical  f-f  fantasy  length-long  audiobook
  • Strangers In Paradise, Pocket Book 3 by Terry Moore

    Strangers In Paradise, Pocket Book 3 by Terry Moore

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    SiP Pocket Book 3 continues the Strangers In Paradise story with a brief glimpse at middle age for Katchoo and Francine. And with Katchoo's past buried with Darcy, things should be looking up for our trio, but will David soon follow in Darcy's footsteps? Don't miss the dramatic results of years of pushing back at the Parker organization!
  • Enemies by Nature by Jae

    Enemies by Nature by Jae

    Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 8 ratings
    Fake dating your worst enemy—what could possibly go wrong? An enemies-to-lovers, paranormal lesbian romance that proves love can outfox anyone. Ever since shape-shifters revealed their existence to the world, tensions between humans and Wrasa have been dangerously high...
  • Hives & Heroism by Benjamin Medrano

    Hives & Heroism by Benjamin Medrano

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Demons loom over Dorma. Despite Joy’s victory over Alethus’s servants, his plans haven’t been stopped. Even so, a glimmer of hope lies before her, and she and her friends are determined to grasp it. That doesn’t mean it will be easy, though. An army is invading Dorma, one with the same destination as Joy. Their goals are sinister, but they aren’t going to stop Joy and her friends...
    Categorized as:
    demons  queer  fantasy  f-f  magic  length-medium  audiobook
  • The Reverse Healer Case Files by Hiyodori

    The Reverse Healer Case Files by Hiyodori

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 9 ratings
    "I never thought I would be the one to hurt you like this. ". The Reverse Healer Case Files picks up right where The Lowest Healer and the Highest Mage left off, delving ever deeper into Clematis and Wist’s tangled relationship and the complex, modern-era fantasy world that surrounds them. It’s a direct sequel with more slow-burn f/f romance. More mystery. More enemies...
  • Nottingham: The True Story of Robyn Hood by Anna Burke

    Nottingham: The True Story of Robyn Hood by Anna Burke

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    After a fateful hunting accident sends her on the run from the law, Robyn finds herself deep in the heart of Sherwood Forest. All she really wants to do is provide for her family and stay out of trouble, but when the Sheriff of Nottingham levies the largest tax in the history of England, she's forced to take matters into her own hands...
  • Strangers In Paradise, Pocket Book 2 by Terry Moore

    Strangers In Paradise, Pocket Book 2 by Terry Moore

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The second Strangers In Paradise pocket book finds Katchoo following David to California where she comes face to face with Darcy Parker. When Darcy makes Katchoo an offer she can't refuse, Katchoo transforms from prey to predator and begins to spin a web of her own...
    Categorized as:
    queer  contemporary  f-f  bisexual  fantasy  length-medium
  • Spells of Old by Benjamin Medrano

    Spells of Old by Benjamin Medrano

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Having successfully driven off an assault and freed captives of Kelvanis, Sistina begins fortifying to defend those she cares about from further attacks. Yet with all her power within her halls, she cannot grant those under her protection true freedom...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  f-f  audiobook
  • The Stolen Kingdom by C.C. González

    The Stolen Kingdom by C.C. González

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    Dreams often speak to the heart’s desire. Valda Aither has abdicated her claim to the throne. With Arwin taking her place as ruler and a dangerous false queen rising in their midst, Valda is forced into exile. Separated from her soulmate, Maris Era, she struggles to find a way to reclaim what’s been lost amidst the war. Maris, meanwhile, hides in the shadows, grappling with her true identity...
  • A Game of Proposals and Parties by Ruby Roe

    A Game of Proposals and Parties by Ruby Roe

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    An extra steamy epilogue to A Game of Hearts and Heists. Find out how Scarlett and Quinn get engaged.
  • Word of Honor by Radclyffe

    Word of Honor by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    All Cameron Roberts and Blair Powell want is a small, intimate wedding, but the paparazzi and a domestic terrorist have other plans. First Daughter Blair Powell and her lover Cameron Roberts, newly appointed deputy director of the Homeland Security Office, escape to a ski chalet in the Rockies after a harrowing attack by members of a domestic terrorism organization...
  • A Vow Cold and Kindled by Moira Darling

    A Vow Cold and Kindled by Moira Darling

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 5 ratings
    A vampire knight. A fated princess. Twelve Nights of Yule to fall in love. Princess Ilyra was never meant to rule, let alone become the heart of a sacred pact older than her crown. As the youngest daughter, she expected to spend Yule tucked into castle corners, left to her quiet studies—and to humor Lord Myrren, her father’s favored suitor...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  f-f  explicit-open-door
  • Talyn: Unyielding by Benjamin Medrano

    Talyn: Unyielding by Benjamin Medrano

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Success can be dangerous. After surviving the depths of Castra's dungeon, Talyn has returned to the surface and caused a seismic change in the city. Now she has to deal with the consequences. But after her last life, she will not bow to anyone.
    Categorized as:
    demons  queer  fantasy  f-f  poly  magic  audiobook
  • Talyn: Repose by Benjamin Medrano

    Talyn: Repose by Benjamin Medrano

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Talyn wants a vacation. As war breaks out to destroy Abydon’s Blight, Talyn has decided to take a much-needed vacation, and to explore some of the world with her friends and lovers. Unfortunately for Talyn, just because she wants peace and quiet doesn’t mean the world is going to give it to her. World walkers are agents of chaos on Garloth whether they like it or not, and Talyn is no exception...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  f-f  audiobook
  • Talyn: Descent by Benjamin Medrano

    Talyn: Descent by Benjamin Medrano

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Talyn’s in over her head. Talyn is finally beginning to take control of her life in a new world. Learning that her problems aren't natural is a first step, but before she can take true measures, her life takes a turn for the worse. Cast into the depths of Castra's dungeon, she survives only on the sufferance of others...
  • Webs & Wards by Benjamin Medrano

    Webs & Wards by Benjamin Medrano

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Joy can’t get a break. Having survived a chance encounter with a demon lordling, and made an immense sacrifice, one might expect Joy to at least have some time to rest and recover. Instead, when Joy’s friends learn what she sacrificed, they decide they’ll repay her, no matter what it takes, and they take the adventurous bee-girl on a quest to find another apis hive which can help her...
    Categorized as:
    demons  queer  fantasy  f-f  magic  length-medium  audiobook
  • Unyielding by J.A. Vodvarka

    Unyielding by J.A. Vodvarka

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Two souls, forever entwined. One seeking justice. The other craving revenge. Nyssa Blacksea is tired of running from the Imperial regime that want her dead. With a royal bargaining chip in hand, and freedom for her and Quinn finally within reach, Nyssa’s ready to take the fight to the Empire’s doorstep. She’s armed with desperate plan and a dangerous weapon: hope...
    Categorized as:
    queer  fantasy  f-f  audiobook  open-door
  • Secrets of Dorley Hall by Alyson Greaves

    Secrets of Dorley Hall by Alyson Greaves

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 7 ratings
    Stef Riley worked hard to get into the Royal College of Saint Almsworth, so he could find out what happened to the women who live at the mysterious Dorley Hall. But now he’s on the inside his plan is falling apart. Because what’s saving his life is torture to the men he now lives with, and he can’t just ignore their suffering...
  • Perfectly Matching Again by Milena McKay

    Perfectly Matching Again by Milena McKay

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 8 ratings
    Book 3 in the Cupids & Goddesses Quartet. The life of a Muse is hard. There are so many rules. Rule Number 1: Don’t get tipsy in Vegas and have a one night stand with the Goddess of Harvest. Rule Number 2: Whatever happens in Vegas, don't let Hera interfere...
    Categorized as:
    queer  f-f  fantasy  audiobook
  • The Iron Edge by Lexa Luthor

    The Iron Edge by Lexa Luthor

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Spartan warrior, Halcyon, has always placed duty above all else – until one day her true nature as an Omega undoes everything. Thora is a gorgeous female Alpha slave with foreign features, capturing the attention of Halcyon, who must have her. Like all Alphas, Thora is prideful and thinks an Omega owner will be manageable...
  • Pawn by Robin Roseau

    Pawn by Robin Roseau

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I'm no one's pawn. Not with my skills. I may outwardly kneel in allegiance, but when I do, it is by my choice, and only my choice. In more private settings, well, in the words of my people, "She carries the spear from that hut. ". It's never meant as a compliment. No, I'm no one's pawn. Not anymore. ---. Yallameenara is a 13-year-old girl of the Horse People when the strangers come to The Hippa...
  • The Sting of Victory by S.D. Simper

    The Sting of Victory by S.D. Simper

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 10 ratings
    When Flowridia, a witch granted power by an unknown demon, deceives an alluring foreign diplomat, she is promoted to a position of power to conceal her falsehood. Thrust into a world of politics and murderous ambition, she has her gentle heart and her Familiar to guide her – as well as a drunk Celestial with a penchant for illusion...
  • The Traitor And the Chalice by Jane Fletcher

    The Traitor And the Chalice by Jane Fletcher

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Tevi and Jemeryl, soldier and sorceress, must risk all in the race to uncover a traitor and retrieve the chalice that, in the wrong hands, could bestow dangerous powers. A dark presence is threatening to uncover long hidden secrets, and the future of the whole Protectorate is at stake...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  contemporary  f-f  fantasy  length-short
  • Food For Thought by Ariana Ferrante

    Food For Thought by Ariana Ferrante

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Limos is the goddess of starvation. Whatever she touch withers and wastes, crumbling to dust. She aids those seeking destruction, plaguing fields with famine and waters with drought. When mortals see her, they yearn. Her opposite, harvest goddess Demeter, makes life flourish wherever she goes. She supplies mortals with fruits and vegetables, piling their tables with sustenance and satisfaction...
  • Mirrorstrike by Benjanun Sriduangkaew

    Mirrorstrike by Benjanun Sriduangkaew

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With her mother's blood fresh on her hands, Nuawa has learned that to overthrow the tyrant Winter Queen she must be as exact as a bullet. .. and as pitiless. In the greatest city of winter, a revolt has broken out and General Lussadh has arrived to suppress it. She's no stranger to treason, for this city is her home where she slaughtered her own family for the Winter Queen...
    Categorized as:
    queer  horror  fantasy  high fantasy  f-f  length-short
  • The Exile And the Sorcerer by Jane Fletcher

    The Exile And the Sorcerer by Jane Fletcher

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    The quest for the stolen chalice is a sham - her family's excuse to get rid of Tevi. Exiled in a dangerous and confusing world filled with monsters, bandits, and sorcerers, Tevi battles demons within and without as she searches for her place in the strange new world. Jemeryl has her future planned out - a future that will involve minimal contact with ordinary folk who do not understand sorcerers...
  • Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen

    Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 45 ratings
    Lavender House, 1952: the family seat of recently deceased matriarch Irene Lamontaine, head of the famous Lamontaine soap empire. Irene’s recipes for her signature scents are a well guarded secret―but it's not the only one behind these gates. This estate offers a unique freedom, where none of the residents or staff hide who they are. But to keep their secret, they've needed to keep others out...
  • Dead Lez Walking by G. Benson

    Dead Lez Walking by G. Benson

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    One hospital. One zombie virus. One desperate group. One way out. A new virus has appeared, and all Taren can do is groan. Being a nurse in Accident and Emergency has its downsides, and dealing with the flood of people freaking out over symptoms they don’t really have is definitely one of them...
    Categorized as:
    dystopian  suspense  queer  horror  fantasy  f-f  office  length-short
  • Turning the Storm by Naomi Kritzer

    Turning the Storm by Naomi Kritzer

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A powerful new voice in fantasy fiction, the acclaimed author of Fires of the Faithful continues her enthralling epic of persecution and war, passion and triumph, and of the brave young woman who must succeed in. .. Turning the StormShe is called musician, rebel, soldier, legend...
  • Meet Me at the Surface by Jodie Matthews

    Meet Me at the Surface by Jodie Matthews

    Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    ‘Drenched in myths and mystery, this is an uncanny, evocative ode to belonging. The story blazed from the page. ’ Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Mercies. EVERYTHING THAT COMES FROM THE GROUND HAS TO GO BACK DOWN, EVENTUALLY…. Merryn grew up on the wilds of Bodmin moor, raised by her mother and her aunt in an old farmhouse...
    Categorized as:
    queer  horror  fantasy  f-f  mystery  length-medium  audiobook
  • You'll Never Forget Me by Isha Raya

    You'll Never Forget Me by Isha Raya

    Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In this captivating cat-and-mouse thriller, a struggling actress is only just beginning to enjoy the life she's always wanted after inadvertently killing her rival—but now she must contend with the woman who threatens to take it all away. Struggling actress Dimple Kapoor wouldn’t call herself a murderer, per se—she’d prefer the term “opportunist...
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