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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]()
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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![Then & Now by Monica McCallan]()
Then & Now by Monica McCallan
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...Categorized as:
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![Separate Like Stars by Diana Kane]()
Separate Like Stars by Diana Kane
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOn 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...Categorized as:
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![A Deafening Whisper by Erik Schubach]()
A Deafening Whisper by Erik Schubach
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMia has lived a life full of harassment, for an affliction not many understand. She thought college would be different, her escape, after all, people there are more mature right? She was wrong. A rebellious girl, Vee, saves her from a bad situation and teaches her that every single day is a gift. A romance blooms between them that not even time can erase... -
![Patty's Potent Potion by Robin Alexander]()
Patty's Potent Potion by Robin Alexander
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen 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... -
![Pleasure by Eric Jerome Dickey]()
Pleasure by Eric Jerome Dickey
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsHow realistic is it to believe that one lover can satisfy a woman's every fantasy? Nia Simone Bijou is a woman who has it all - and is driven by the desire for more. Born in Trinidad, reared in Los Angeles, living in Atlanta, Nia is a writer, a thinker, and a woman in conflict... -
![At Seventeen by Gerri Hill]()
At Seventeen by Gerri Hill
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...Categorized as:
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![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 FictionFirst Place New Adult FictionFirst Place New Fiction (first time published)...2022 American Fiction Awards Finalist (LGBTQ+ Fiction)...Literary Titan Gold Book Award (September 2022)...Readers' Favorite 5 Star BookMy world turned to shades of grey as I squared my shoulders and turned around... -
![Tempted By Her by Chelsea M. Cameron]()
Tempted By Her by Chelsea M. Cameron
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI wasn’t looking forward to finding a new roommate after my best friend, Joy, moved in with her girlfriend, Ezra. We’ve lived together for years, and I didn’t want to start over with a stranger. Then there’s a fire at the house Lark’s renting and for some reason I open my mouth and offer to let her move in with me... -
![Next Time by Robin Alexander]()
Next Time by Robin Alexander
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsPayton Foret agrees to play wingwoman for her best friend. She never dreamed that when she walked into the bar that night that she’d meet her soul mate. Though their only physical contact was a simple handshake, Payton begins to believe in love at first sight. There’s only one problem—the woman of her dreams is already in a relationship with someone else... -
![Teach Me by Melissa Tereze, Jourdyn Kelly]()
Teach Me by Melissa Tereze, Jourdyn Kelly
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter years of separation and mutual longing, Vanessa Hughes and Emma Bradley are blissfully engaged. Everything about their new life together is wonderful, until Emma learns the children’s sport agency that sent her to Africa has gone bankrupt. Back when she was pining for Vanessa, Emma’s work was a godsend, both for her and for the kids who had nothing else good in their lives... -
![Passionate Rivals by Radclyffe]()
Passionate Rivals by Radclyffe
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsOnetime lovers, unexpected rivals...Emmett McCabe never expected to see Sydney Stevens—a woman with whom she'd shared a brief, incendiary connection before it all went up in flames—again. Luckily, ascending the cutthroat ladder of a high-pressure surgery residency to reach the top spot makes it easy to ignore what's missing in her life. Then Sydney reappears after nearly five years... -
![Take Two by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod]()
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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![Lightning Strikes Twice by Erik Schubach]()
Lightning Strikes Twice by Erik Schubach
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsReturning home to Seattle from a twenty year absence in London...Victoria discovers that time has not erased her feelings for an unrequited love. It soon becomes obvious that with true love, lightning can sometimes strike twice.This is set in the same world as Music of the Soul but is a standalone book... -
![The Christmas Inheritance by Addison Clarke]()
The Christmas Inheritance by Addison Clarke
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCharlie Monroe loves everything about Baxter Tree Farm. From the smell of the pine trees to the shimmer of Christmas lights, Charlie is at home on the farm. Having managed the farm since graduating high school, Charlie considers herself an expert on all things Christmas trees. Her dream is to continue to grow the place she loves so much and make it a must visit place in Maine... -
![This Is the Season to Make You Mine by Johana Gavez]()
This Is the Season to Make You Mine by Johana Gavez
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWill the Christmas magic help these two friends take a shot at love?Morgan Bergman doesn’t want to go home for Christmas. She loves her family, but since her parents retired and her sister moved back to their hometown of Apfelville to take over the family business, she’s been avoiding them, feeling guilty about choosing her rising career in New York over her family... -
![Girls of Summer by Kate Christie]()
Girls of Summer by Kate Christie
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe first four books of the Girls of Summer series introduced Emma Blakeley and Jamie Maxwell, two athletes with bright soccer futures. Now, in Girls of Summer, the US Women's National Team (USWNT) is in its final round of preparations before the 2015 World Cup. For Jamie, a starting spot on the World Cup roster would be a dream come true... -
![Enchanted By Her by Chelsea M. Cameron]()
Enchanted By Her by Chelsea M. Cameron
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsI was NOT looking forward to my sister’s wedding in the fall. It’s just another reminder of how single I am and how much pressure my family is putting on me to “find the one.” Don’t get me wrong, I’m a hopeless romantic, but all their meddling is making me feel a little murderous.Then one day a woman walks into the bookshop where I work... -
![Ordinary Love by Marie Rutkoski]()
Ordinary Love by Marie Rutkoski
A page-turning, irresistible novel of class, ambition, and bisexuality, this is the breathtaking story of a woman risking everything for a second chance at her first love.Emily has, by all appearances, a beautiful a townhouse on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, two healthy children, and a husband who showers her with attention... -
![Different Worlds by Lily Seabrooke]()
Different Worlds by Lily Seabrooke
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNatasha Seychelle, heiress to the vast Seychelle Enterprise, has been on a crumbling road ever since losing her mother. Losing her friends, falling away from her work responsibilities, and sinking deeper into depression, rumors are she won’t be able to succeed the company at the end of the summer.Annelise Benson just lost her kitchen job and is in freefall...Categorized as:
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![To Have Loved & Lost: A new adult lesbian romance by Eliza Andrews]()
To Have Loved & Lost: A new adult lesbian romance by Eliza Andrews
When two people's lives are spiraling out of control, can coming together pull both of them back up? On sale for 99 cents between now and January 1! Alexis Woods knows who she is — or at least, she thought she did. She's number 17, point guard, MVP, all-star, co-captain of the Lady Raiders NCAA Division I women's basketball team... -
![Saving Grace by H.P. Munro]()
Saving Grace by H.P. Munro
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen Charlotte Grace left Grace Falls at the age of seventeen, she swore she’d never return. More than twenty years on she still regrets breaking the heart of her first love. Reaching a crossroads in her life, Charlotte has started to merely drift along. Erin Hunter has spent a lifetime recovering from having her heart shattered by the person she trusted most... -
![Waiting in the Wings by Melissa Brayden]()
Waiting in the Wings by Melissa Brayden
If you don’t get lost, there’s a chance you may never be found. Jenna McGovern has spent her whole life training for the stage. She’s taken dance classes, voice lessons, and even earned her performance degree from one of the most prestigious musical theater programs in the nation...Categorized as:
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![Broken by Ami Spencer]()
Broken by Ami Spencer
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsCallie Montgomery should feel happy with her life. A rising career, a business inherited from her father and a loving family surrounding her. Besides, she’s in a much better place than a decade ago, so she should be grateful, right?But everything's not always as it seems. Appearances can be deceptive. Unless that is, you’re faced with the return of the woman who can read you better than anyone... -
![Work In Progress by Olivia Lucas]()
Work In Progress by Olivia Lucas
Dear God, Can I please return her?I know I asked for a hot, amazing woman to shake things up, but this is not what I had in mind. Not even close.Sure, she has mesmerizing eyes that hypnotize me, killer legs, wild hair –Ugh.Anyway, Reagan and I are polar opposites.First of all – she is New York, I am small-town Harmon Valley.She is also bossy, career-obsessed, and oh, a royal pain in my ass...Categorized as:
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![A Long Way From Home by Olivia Lucas]()
A Long Way From Home by Olivia Lucas
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLogic versus desire – only one can survive the scorching heat of the Australian Outback. When no-nonsense, Chicago teacher Callie Rogers receives news that her deadbeat father has passed and has left her a share of his million-acre cattle station in the inhospitable Outback, she begrudgingly flies to the other side of the world... -
![Pomegranate by Helen Elaine Lee]()
Pomegranate by Helen Elaine Lee
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe acclaimed author of The Serpent’s Gift returns with this “deep and beautiful” (Jaqueline Woodson, New York Times bestselling author) story about a queer Black woman working to stay clean, pull her life together, and heal after being released from prison.Ranita Atwater is “getting short.”She is almost done with her four-year sentence for opiate possession at Oak Hills Correctional Center... -
![Barring Complications by Blythe Rippon]()
Barring Complications by Blythe Rippon
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIt’s an open secret that the newest justice on the Supreme Court is a lesbian. So when the Court decides to hear a case about gay marriage, Justice Victoria Willoughby must navigate the press, sway at least one of her conservative colleagues, and confront her own fraught feelings about coming out... -
![Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor]()
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... -
![Coalescence by Susan X. Meagher]()
Coalescence by Susan X. Meagher
In the first two books of this series, Jamie and Ryan forged a friendship (Awakenings), and realized that they had fallen deeply in love (Beginnings). This book brings the two of them together for their honeymoon in idyllic Pebble Beach. Here they commit themselves to sharing their lives together...Categorized as:
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Making It by Laura Kay
From the author of Wild Things comes a heartwarming and relatable queer rom-com about an isolated young woman whose artistic celebration of her pet chinchilla suddenly launches her into the professional art world, reality TV fame, and first love.Isobel's life is just her, her mum, and her pet chinchilla, Abigail, in their council flat on the Kentish coast... -
![You're My Kind by Clare Lydon]()
You're My Kind by Clare Lydon
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWould you give your first love a second chance? Justine Thomas and Maddie Kind met at university and were the couple most likely. Everybody said so. That is, until Maddie left without saying goodbye.Ten years later the pair are reunited at a friend’s funeral, and now Justine can’t shake Maddie from her life... -
![Still the One by Harper Bliss]()
Still the One by Harper Bliss
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAll great love stories deserve a second actMac and Jamie had their life together all planned out. Until Jamie did the unforgivable and left Mac for another woman.Twenty years later, they meet again for the first time at a friend’s wedding.Mac’s pain lingers, while Jamie is still haunted by regret... -
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![The Hues of Me and You by Morgan Lee Miller]()
The Hues of Me and You by Morgan Lee Miller
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsArlette Adair has always done what’s right. From the day she was born, she’s lived the life her parents forced upon her. Now, she’s stuck in a sparkless relationship and a job she never wanted. Her father's presidential campaign will forever root her in the world of politics that she’s trying to escape from.Brooke Dawson has always made her own rules...Categorized as:
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![Hearts And Flowers Border by L.T. Smith]()
Hearts And Flowers Border by L.T. Smith
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA visitor from her past jolts Laura Stewart into memories . some funny . some heart wrenching . but she needs to deal with all of them before she can open the door to allow her past to shape her future. A story starting in the present day, narrated by a woman who needs to retell her past before she can move on with her future...Categorized as:
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![Something Between Us by Krystina Rivers]()
Something Between Us by Krystina Rivers
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the waning days of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Quinn Prescott and Kirby Davis met during military training. Despite different backgrounds, services, and plans, they fell hard and fast. However, it wasn’t long before distance and the pressures of serving in silence drove them apart.Ten years later, Kirby literally runs into Quinn at Chicago Pride... -
![When DC Loved Iowa by Lee Winter]()
When DC Loved Iowa by Lee Winter
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat happens after the morning after? Polar opposites fall in love in this low-angst, ice queen lesbian romance about a DC finance journalist and a cheeky butch flight mechanic.Cynthia Redwell can’t believe she bedded some ex-softballer/mechanic at her best friend’s Iowa wedding. Worse, the woman has a smart mouth, a cute grin, and a baffling immunity to her fabulously biting barbs... -
![Lacey Lassiter Is Not a Lesbian: A short, sweet and steamy new sapphic romance for summer! by Mabel Ballard]()
Lacey Lassiter Is Not a Lesbian: A short, sweet and steamy new sapphic romance for summer! by Mabel Ballard
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCorey Emmons is a rising star. With an appearance in a hit TV show sealing her status as a new queer icon, suddenly, opportunities are flying her way. One of these, however, seems slightly out of place.Lacey Lassiter is a pop sensation. Every aspect of her public image is carefully curated, from her body to her boyfriend to her signature white boots...Categorized as:
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![The Secret Crush Book Club by Karmen Lee]()
The Secret Crush Book Club by Karmen Lee
A dedicated single mother and a librarian with a secret write their own sweet and sexy love story in this small-town rom-com about family, friendships and embracing the next chapter. “ HAWT sex scenes… Every touch, kiss, caress, feels incredibly real and deliciously sexy... -
![The Love Song of Sawyer Bell by Avon Gale]()
The Love Song of Sawyer Bell by Avon Gale
This book has been previously published under the same titleDon’t miss this heartwarming and funny reunion romance from Avon Gale Indie rocker Victoria “Vix” Vincent knows a good thing when she hears it. The moment Sawyer Bell picks up her fiddle, magic happens. Beautiful and wildly talented, Sawyer is the perfect match for Vix’s band—and, just maybe, for Vix... -
![Tip In by Josie Mae]()
Tip In by Josie Mae
In this sapphic romance, a superstar women’s college basketball player and a commitment-phobe college student navigate complicated feelings—and busy schedules—after a photo of the two of them goes viral and fans theorize that they’re a couple... -
![All In by Nell Stark]()
All In by Nell Stark
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAnnie Jump Navarro is an Ivy League math whiz kid who has won numerous Internet poker championships under the handle supern0va. But when the Feds crack down on legislation making the funding of online gambling accounts illegal, most of Nova's assets are frozen... -
![Nochebuena: a holiday novella by Stephanie Shea]()
Nochebuena: a holiday novella by Stephanie Shea
Camila Morales is a hopeless romantic. Not that she thinks every couple is meant to be—she is a divorce lawyer, after all. But when her happy, married-thirty-years parents announce their own separation three weeks before Christmas, Cami’s world is turned upside down, especially since she’s been trying to feel her way through her own marital slump for months.Sutton Davies is an imposter... -
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![Meant to Be by Jea Hawkins]()
Meant to Be by Jea Hawkins
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe girl who got away. Twenty years ago, best friends Alice and Misty shared a kiss... …and then their entire relationship unraveled. Alice Cavanaugh has spent the past twenty years trying to forget her best friend’s betrayal. She moved on with her life as a single mother and librarian in her hometown...Categorized as:
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![A Masc for Purim by Roz Alexander]()
A Masc for Purim by Roz Alexander
Every year, tomboy-femme Liza plans the perfect party for Purim, and every year she goes alone. She's convinced her role as holiday host is enough to find happiness, but lately, the nights have gotten lonelier.Carrie, a.k.a. Liza’s first love, a.k.a. the butch who broke her heart into a million pieces, is back in town and determined to win Liza back...Categorized as:
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![Dear Neighbor by Olivia Lucas]()
Dear Neighbor by Olivia Lucas
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsJournalist by day and voyeur by night, the ever-loveable Bella is seemingly content living in her little bubble. That is, until savvy lawyer and recently single, straight girl Sophie crashes into her world and moves into her apartment complex. The neighbors get off to a rocky start and can’t seem to avoid each other, no matter how hard they try... -
![Other Girls by Avery Brooks]()
Other Girls by Avery Brooks
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSam and Ashley were once other girls...Three years after the sudden loss of her wife to a brain aneurysm, thirty-four-year-old Samantha Parker focuses her attention on caring for her five-year-old son Jake... -
![Just Might Work by Katia Rose]()
Just Might Work by Katia Rose
Dane Marner’s aunt is obsessed with soul mates.As a self-proclaimed ‘cosmically guided matchmaker,’ she’s played every card in the deck trying to set Dane up with the perfect match she’s found.The problem? The ‘perfect’ match is Evangeline Hudson. Dane and Evangeline rent rooms in Dane’s eccentric aunt’s house, but that’s where their similarities end...Categorized as:
new adult queer contemporary from hate to love humor f-f fake relationship length-medium -
![Cash Delgado Is Living the Dream by Tehlor Kay Mejia]()
Cash Delgado Is Living the Dream by Tehlor Kay Mejia
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA small-town bartender juggles motherhood and a sexual awakening in this heartwarming queer friends-to-lovers romance from the author of Sammy Espinoza’s Last Review.Cash Delgado has a good life in the quaint town of Ridley Falls. She has Joyce’s Bar, where she manages a familiar group of regulars and emcees the ever-popular Karaoke Thursday...
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