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  • Truth and Measure by Telanu

    Truth and Measure by Telanu

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    The Devil Wears Prada fanfiction:Andy doesn't leave Miranda in Paris, and learns that a single decision can change your life. But the main thing about decisions? You don't get to stop with one...
  • Just Three Words by Melissa Brayden

    Just Three Words by Melissa Brayden

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Sometimes the one you want is the one you least suspect... Accountant Samantha Ennis craves order and structure. As the bookkeeper at the boutique advertising agency she owns with her three best friends, it’s her job to apply logic to the chaos. When one of those best friends, laid back Hunter Blair, moves in to share her loft apartment, Sam’s carefully organized world is thrown wildly askew...
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  • Honey in the Marrow by Emily Waters

    Honey in the Marrow by Emily Waters

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 11 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...
  • Deal with the Devil by Ali Vali

    Deal with the Devil by Ali Vali

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 11 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...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • The Devil Incarnate by Ali Vali

    The Devil Incarnate by Ali Vali

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    For Cain Casey nothing is more important than family, and having hers close—Emma, Hayden, Hannah, and the new baby—is as near as she’ll get to true happiness. But enemies who lurk in the shadows threaten more than just her business, forcing her to question whether the biggest threat comes from having it all...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  queer  f-f  contemporary  mafia
  • Better Than Expected by Haley Cass

    Better Than Expected by Haley Cass

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Hannah Dalton had a lot of expectations in her life. Growing up watching her mother struggle for everything they had, she resolved to make sure she did everything she could to make those hardships worthwhile...
  • The Forever and The Now by K.J .

    The Forever and The Now by K.J .

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 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...
    Categorized as:
    bisexual  queer  f-f  contemporary  angst  age difference  humor
  • The Devil Be Damned by Ali Vali

    The Devil Be Damned by Ali Vali

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 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...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  contemporary  f-f
  • Reality In Check: A Sapphic Celebrity Ice Queen Romance by Emily Banting

    Reality In Check: A Sapphic Celebrity Ice Queen Romance by Emily Banting

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    From the multi-award-winning, best-selling author of Broken Beyond Repair comes a new sapphic celebrity ice queen romance — read as a standalone or as the second book in the South Downs Romance series.Sculptor Arte Tremaine is thrown into the hospitality industry when her beloved late grandmother bequeaths her and her sister a charming yet rundown country hotel with zero guests...
  • Silver Wings by H.P. Munro

    Silver Wings by H.P. Munro

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    WINNER - 2014 Golden Crown Literary Society - Historical FictionWhen in 1943, twenty-five-year-old Lily Rivera is widowed, she finally feels able to step out of the shadows of an unhappy marriage. Her love of flying leads her to join the Womens Airforce Service Pilots, determined to regain her passion and spread her wings, not suspecting that she would experience more than just flying...
  • The Devil Unleashed by Ali Vali

    The Devil Unleashed by Ali Vali

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 11 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...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • Strangers in Paradise, Volume 2: I Dream of You by Terry Moore

    Strangers in Paradise, Volume 2: I Dream of You by Terry Moore

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Collects Volume 2 issues #1-9.Strangers in Paradise (SIP) is the story of three friends, Francine, Katchoo, and David and the people they fall in and out of love with. It's a tale of dark pasts and hopeful futures, double-crosses and true friendship, love, and hate...
    Categorized as:
    queer  mystery  contemporary  f-f
  • Reality In Check: A Sapphic Celebrity Ice Queen Romance by Emily Banting

    Reality In Check: A Sapphic Celebrity Ice Queen Romance by Emily Banting

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    From the multi-award-winning, best-selling author of Broken Beyond Repair comes a new sapphic celebrity ice queen romance — read as a standalone or as the second book in the South Downs Romance series.Sculptor Arte Tremaine is thrown into the hospitality industry when her beloved late grandmother bequeaths her and her sister a charming yet rundown country hotel with zero guests...
  • A Quiet Death by Cari Hunter

    A Quiet Death by Cari Hunter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In book three in the Dark Peak series, things are looking up for Detective Sanne Jensen and Dr. Meg Fielding. Dating each other seems to be working, their families are behaving themselves, and the worst of the post-Christmas crime wave is over.The discovery of a Pakistani girl’s body out on the moors changes all that. No one knows who she is, who hurt her, or how she came to be there...
  • Love & Honor by Radclyffe

    Love & Honor by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Third book in the Honor Series. US Secret Service Agent Cameron Roberts has more than one secret that could destroy her career, not the least of which is that she’s in love with the president’s daughter...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • Honor Bound by Radclyffe

    Honor Bound by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Secret Service Agent Cameron Roberts made a promise to Blair Powell, the President's daughter--not to place her own life in danger protecting Blair--but a request from the Commander in Chief forces her to break her word...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  queer  f-f  contemporary  military
  • Love & Honor by Radclyffe

    Love & Honor by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    US Secret Service Agent Cameron Roberts has more than one secret that could destroy her career, not the least of which is that she’s in love with the president’s daughter. Blair Powell, the first daughter, returns the feeling despite her ambivalence about Cam’s role as her security chief, particularly in the aftermath of an assassination attempt that nearly cost Cam her life...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  contemporary  heroine sleuth  f-f
  • A Matter of Trust (Justice Series) by Radclyffe

    A Matter of Trust (Justice Series) by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 13 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...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  contemporary  f-f
  • Southbound and Down by K.B. Draper

    Southbound and Down by K.B. Draper

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Drew Beckett’s life is a well-curated plan. Small-town to successful Assistant U.S. Attorney, assigned to an above-the-fold case that could eliminate a notorious crime family and put her firmly in line for her ultimate promotion. The last thing she needs is a distraction; like a threat on her life or the seriously lickable dimples on the U.S. Marshal assigned to protect her.U.S...
  • A Calculated Risk (DI Jo Shaw) by Cari Hunter

    A Calculated Risk (DI Jo Shaw) by Cari Hunter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Detective Jo Shaw has it all worked out. She’s good at her job, she has loads of mates, and she likes being single. She doesn’t need complications, but an emergency call to the stabbing of a young woman brings plenty of those...
  • Honor Reclaimed by Radclyffe

    Honor Reclaimed by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the chaotic aftermath of 9/11, Secret Service agent Cameron Roberts and her lover, first daughter Blair Powell, must contend with recriminations from within the government and danger from without as they struggle to uncover those who betrayed the nation and nearly claimed Blair’s life...
  • Honor Under Siege by Radclyffe

    Honor Under Siege by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    With the nation on the verge of war, security takes on new meaning for Secret Service Agent Cameron Roberts, whose lover just happens to be the President’s daughter. First daughter Blair Powell and her “secret” Secret Service agent lover, Cameron Roberts, intend to get married—with her father’s blessing...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • Safe Harbor by Radclyffe

    Safe Harbor by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    A mysterious newcomer, a reclusive doctor, and a troubled gay teenager learn about love, friendship, and trust during one tumultuous summer in Provincetown. Reese Conlon, LtCol USMCR, is the new sheriff who has heads turning amidst speculation as to who will be the first woman to capture her attentions. Doctor Victoria King has been betrayed by love once and refuses to risk heartbreak again...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  f-f  contemporary  doctors  military
  • Calling the Dead by Ali Vali

    Calling the Dead by Ali Vali

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Detective Sept Savoie is a cop who thinks making a relationship work is harder than catching a serial killer, but her current case may prove her wrong...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • Price of Honor by Radclyffe

    Price of Honor by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Honor and duty are not always black and white—and when self-styled patriots take up arms against the government, the price of honor may be a life. Blair Powell and Jane Graves have much in common and even more that sets them apart in an invisible battle raging on home soil...
  • Paradise Pride by Lise Gold

    Paradise Pride by Lise Gold

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 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...
    Categorized as:
    bisexual  queer  f-f  age difference  contemporary
  • Integrity by E.J. Noyes

    Integrity by E.J. Noyes

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    It's an ordinary workday when intelligence analyst Lexie Martin learns about a horrific chemical weapon attack abroad. Just an ordinary day...until a stranger breaks into her house and warns her to forget what she saw and heard, setting off a chain of events Lexie thought only happened in movies...
  • Turn Back Time by Radclyffe

    Turn Back Time by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Love has a way of derailing the best of plans. Wynter Thompson, divorced with a young child, struggles to balance the demands of her surgical residency with the responsibilities of motherhood -and between the two, discovers there is little time left for anything else...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  contemporary  heroine sleuth  f-f
  • Missing Lynx by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou

    Missing Lynx by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Where do you run when there's nowhere to hide? When a sadistic serial killer known as the Headhunter resurfaces, a government blunder forces the Elite Operatives Organization into action. Operation Mask falls to Lynx. She has the determination, skills, and most importantly, the right profile, but her youth and lack of experience in the field could put more than the mission in jeopardy...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • Dying to Live by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou

    Dying to Live by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 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
  • Justice for All by Radclyffe

    Justice for All by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 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...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • Justice in the Shadows by Radclyffe

    Justice in the Shadows by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In a shadow world of secrets, lies, and hidden agendas, Detective Sergeant Rebecca Frye and her lover, Dr. Catherine Rawlings, join forces once again in the elusive search for justice...
  • From Fan to Forever by Tiana Warner

    From Fan to Forever by Tiana Warner

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    An age-gap lesbian celebrity romance about how much you’d risk to have your dream.Talented A-lister Cate Whitney is the gorgeous middle-aged movie star almost every lesbian has a crush on.Rachel Janssen, an introverted medical physics student, is no exception. So when her celebrity crush starts filming near her Vancouver apartment, she can’t believe her luck...
  • Code of Honor by Radclyffe

    Code of Honor by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 10 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...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • Conflict of Interest by Jae

    Conflict of Interest by Jae

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Workaholic Detective Aiden Carlisle isn’t looking for love—and certainly not at the law enforcement seminar she reluctantly agreed to attend. But the first lecturer is not at all what she expected. Psychologist Dawn Kinsley has just found her place in life...
  • Thief of Always by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou

    Thief of Always by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Stealing a diamond to save the world is the easy part. Mishael Taylor takes comfort in speed, racing from one mission to another as Allegro, one of the Elite Operative Organization's top agents--or from one affair to another, to avoid having to think about the things she's seen and done...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  queer  contemporary  f-f
  • Weeping Walls by Gerri Hill

    Weeping Walls by Gerri Hill

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    An abandoned old house in a small town northeast of Houston is the site of a second murder, eerily similar to a supposed cold case of fourteen years earlier. FBI Agents CJ Johnston and Paige Riley are dispatched to find the link between the two homicides. The team, including Ice and Billy, find the case to be anything but cold...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  contemporary  f-f  horror
  • Deaths of Jocasta by J.M. Redmann

    Deaths of Jocasta by J.M. Redmann

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In this long-awaited reprint, Micky Knight had a pleasant evening to look forward to; she was running security at a party of beautiful lesbians and gay men. But a dead body ruins the affair. When more dead women are found, the police target Dr. Cordelia James as the killer - the same Cordelia who broke Micky's heart. As Micky works to expose the killer she tries to keep her heart hidden...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • Presidential by Lola Keeley

    Presidential by Lola Keeley

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    How can you find love when the whole world is watching? High-flying environmental lobbyist Emily Lawrence wants to save the world—literally. Her disastrous first day in her new job puts her on a collision course with the most powerful woman in America, President Calvin...
  • Shield of Justice by Radclyffe

    Shield of Justice by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Special Crimes Unit Investigator Rebecca Frye attempts to solve a series of sexual assaults amid dead ends, battered witnesses, and a growing attraction to the physician who saved one of the victims...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  queer  contemporary  f-f
  • Death by the Riverside by J.M. Redmann

    Death by the Riverside by J.M. Redmann

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Among the moss-covered trees and wrought-iron balustrades of southern Louisiana, Detective Michele Knight (Micky to her friends) takes on the seemingly simple job of shooting a few photos for a client, but the going gets rough as Micky finds herself slugging through thugs and slogging through swamps in an attempt to expose a dangerous drug ring...
  • Don't Call Me Hero by Eliza Lentzski

    Don't Call Me Hero by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    It’s been over a year since Cassidy Miller retired from the United States Marine Corps, but try telling that to her nightmares. She knew that coming back after eight years in a war zone wouldn’t be easy, but she’d underestimated the real difficulties of transitioning back to civilian life. War is hell, but the aftermath is endless...
  • A Matter of Trust by Radclyffe

    A Matter of Trust by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 10 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...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • If It's Meant to Be by Lily Seabrooke

    If It's Meant to Be by Lily Seabrooke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Some love stories just aren’t meant to be. And some people don’t care.While she’s lost in her biggest contract yet, freelance producer Emberlynn’s comfy small-town life gets turned upside-down by the arrival of her best friend Paisley’s older sister. Sleek, chic, impossibly cool and way more attractive than her friend’s sister has any right being, Aria is distracting—and off-limits...
  • I Do by Cheyenne Blue

    I Do by Cheyenne Blue

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A fabulous twin-swap lesbian romance where the toaster oven could double as a wedding gift.Accountant Allie Lane would do anything for her injured twin sister, including pretend to be her to save Sophie’s fledgling event-planning business. All Allie has to do is fake being a lesbian for a few weeks and co-ordinate a rural gay wedding festival. Simple...
    Categorized as:
    bisexual  queer  f-f  office  contemporary  m-m
  • Destroying Angel by Cara Malone

    Destroying Angel by Cara Malone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A detective with secrets and a socially awkward scientist team up to solve the case of a relationship gone toxic in this age gap romantic suspense.Emery Ellison is a seasoned scientist at the top of her field, held back only by the shyness that has plagued her all her life...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  f-f  age difference  contemporary
  • Amanda's Dragonfly by Alexi Venice

    Amanda's Dragonfly by Alexi Venice

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From Amazon Bestselling Author Alexi VeniceAlexi Venice’s bestselling SAN FRANCISCO MYSTERY SERIES is a crime drama that tests the bonds of love and loyalty among Dr. Jen Dawson, Detective Tommy Vietti, and District Attorney Amanda Hawthorne. Amanda Hawthorne is a powerful District Attorney in San Francisco, defined by her beauty and own brand of justice...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  suspense  queer  f-f  pregnancy  angst  contemporary
  • Next of Kin by Jae

    Next of Kin by Jae

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 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
  • Rescue Me by Michelle L. Teichman

    Rescue Me by Michelle L. Teichman

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Life is exciting if you’re one of the top RCMP officers in the country. With a few good years under her belt and a promotion so close she can almost touch it, Staff Sergeant Kristen Bailey of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has everything figured out. Until she meets Ashleigh Paige. Beautiful, naïve, intelligent, and trusting, Ashleigh is the perfect possible lead for Bailey’s case...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • Rainey Days by R.E. Bradshaw

    Rainey Days by R.E. Bradshaw

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Special Agent Rainey Bell is on medical leave and has been for over a year, after a horrific attack left her scarred both inside and out. She drinks too much and hasn't had a good night's sleep in months. On a hung-over morning, in June, Rainey finds herself thrust back into the world of stalkers, rapist and serial killers by a request for help, from an old friend...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  queer  contemporary  f-f
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