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  • Chaos Agent by Lee Winter

    Chaos Agent by Lee Winter

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    What happens when the sweetest employee learns her boss’s evil secrets? This opposites-attract ice queen romance asks: Can a villain truly be redeemed?CEO Michelle Hastings has foolishly promoted a kind, clueless activist to her full-time staff. Now, on top of fighting her inconvenient feelings, Michelle must hide the evil they do...
  • Whistleblower: The Senator's Wife Series Book III by Jen Lyon

    Whistleblower: The Senator's Wife Series Book III by Jen Lyon

    Rated: 4.81 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    As Alex's career continues to flourish as a US soccer star, Catharine struggles to keep her world from falling apart. Dealing with the repercussions of a high-profile divorce, while Carlton's campaign marches toward the primary election, her only solace remains in her blossoming relationship with Alex...
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    age difference  queer  f-f  athletes  sports  contemporary
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  • Truth and Measure by Roslyn Sinclair

    Truth and Measure by Roslyn Sinclair

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 14 ratings
    What happens when the world’s fiercest fashion editor learns she’s pregnant—and her distracting assistant is the only one she can turn to? This wildly popular age-gap lesbian romance mixes humor and chaos with self-discovery.Jules Moretti is newly single, an aspiring writer, and the hyper-competent assistant to the most powerful woman in fashion...
  • The Fixer by Lee Winter

    The Fixer by Lee Winter

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 14 ratings
    A naive activist is hired by a corporate villain but doesn’t realize it. Cue one awkward farce, a twisty puzzle, and the slowest of slow burns in this opposites-attract, ice queen romance.Nine years ago, aloof, icy Michelle Hastings chose career over love. She’s now living with that choice as she rules a secret corporation catering to the rich and powerful.Enter Eden Lawless...
  • A Whisper of Solace by Milena McKay

    A Whisper of Solace by Milena McKay

    Rated: 4.78 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    What makes an Ice Queen?Neve Blackthorne, head of one of the most successful Studios in Hollywood, is the one to rule them all. Powerful, beautiful, and aloof, she’s ruthless, yet irresistible. Above all, she has an unquenchable survival instinct.Surely a fleeting entanglement with one Audrey Avens, a bright, young, rising star in her company, won’t bring down the Wicked Queen of Tinseltown...
  • 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...
  • Broken Beyond Repair by Emily Banting

    Broken Beyond Repair by Emily Banting

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 21 ratings
    WINNER OF THE QUEER INDIE AWARDS 2022 CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE CATEGORYAn age gap, celebrity ice queen romance that will pull at the heart strings — even the icy ones!Sydney MacKenzie, personal assistant to the rich and famous, is looking forward to a well-earned break to go travelling in her beloved VW camper van, Gertie — that is, until Gertie cries off sick...
  • The Love Conspiracy: An Age-Gap Lesbian Romance by J.J. Arias

    The Love Conspiracy: An Age-Gap Lesbian Romance by J.J. Arias

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Could you fall in love with your husband’s mistress?Forty-year-old Veronica Marin is a force to be reckoned with - a fierce trial lawyer who's always in control, including in her marriage to Gabe. But when a stranger shows up and exposes Gabe's infidelity, Veronica's reality is rocked. Her solution? To track down all of Gabe's unsuspecting partners before filing for divorce...
  • Finding Jessica Lambert by Clare Ashton

    Finding Jessica Lambert by Clare Ashton

    Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Jessica Lambert, movie star and ingénue, is in danger of burning out. Returning to London for the premiere of her latest film, she’s recognised everywhere she goes. When she runs away through the streets of London, she’s taken in by the beautiful and more mature Anna...
  • 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...
  • These Thin Lines by Milena McKay

    These Thin Lines by Milena McKay

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Some lines should never be crossed...In the heart of Paris, Chiara Conti is a Queen trapped in an Ivory Tower of haute couture, fortune and lovelessness. Lonely and dejected, she’s longing for inspiration, for direction, for understanding.When Vi Courtenay falls at her feet, losing her shoe like a veritable Cinderella, events are set in motion that will unravel their carefully fashioned lives...
  • 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...
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    age difference  bisexual  queer  f-f  contemporary  angst  humor
  • 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...
  • Sliced Ice: Lee Winter's Iconic Ice Queens by Lee Winter

    Sliced Ice: Lee Winter's Iconic Ice Queens by Lee Winter

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 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...
  • Scarlett Fever by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Scarlett Fever by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    On a girl's night out with her friends; fifty-something, divorced, and really not looking for any attention, Claudia Maddox is somewhat surprised when girls' night takes on a whole new meaning. Ending up in bed with a woman twenty years her junior, hadn’t been the plan, but it was a night she certainly wouldn’t forget. Scarlett was sexy, and fun and knew just what she was doing...
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    age difference  queer  humor  f-f  contemporary
  • Magdalene Nox by Milena McKay

    Magdalene Nox by Milena McKay

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Magdalene Nox doesn't cast wishes upon stars... She simply makes them happen. But for this particular wish, she had waited for thirty years. Her retribution against those who discarded her three decades ago should be swift and simple.Except a chance encounter and an unforgettable night turn her entire life upside down. Torn between vengeance and lust, Magdalene is forced to re-evaluate everything...
  • Cigar Club by J.A. Armstrong

    Cigar Club by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 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...
    Categorized as:
    age difference  queer  f-f  contemporary  angst
  • She'll Steal Your Heart by Rachel Lacey

    She'll Steal Your Heart by Rachel Lacey

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A thief seeking redemption forms an unlikely connection with a former lawyer looking for a fresh start of her own, but what starts as friendship soon feels like much more…Last year, Lauren Booker fled New York with a warrant out for her arrest. Now she’s back and ready to make amends for her crime. She wants to rebuild her life, and Brooklyn is home...
  • 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...
  • Night Cap by J.A. Armstrong

    Night Cap by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    It’s autumn in Whiskey Springs, Vermont, and more than the leaves have changed color. Life has never been better for Fallon Foster. Her relationship with the town’s newest citizen, Riley Main is progressing as Fallon had hoped. Fallon finally believes she may get the family she’s dreamed of. Her business is thriving, and her friendship with her former lover, Andi Maguire is back on track...
    Categorized as:
    age difference  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • The Adventurers by Bryce Oakley

    The Adventurers by Bryce Oakley

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    They're about to embark on their greatest adventure yet.Joey Moore got her heart stomped on. At her engagement party. So, she did what any normal, completely rational 28-year-old would do — she moved to a new city with her dog to start a new life. Without much of a plan, it turns out...
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    age difference  queer  f-f  humor  contemporary
  • A Life Worth Living by Monica McCallan

    A Life Worth Living by Monica McCallan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Nora Gallagher can begrudgingly admit that she and Gray Ferris are both stellar Philadelphia real estate agents, but that’s the beginning and the end of the similarities between them.Nora’s life has been in a self-imposed holding pattern for half a decade. Depending on people in her personal life only leads to disappointment, and she has no plans of making that mistake again...
  • A Life Worth Living by Monica McCallan

    A Life Worth Living by Monica McCallan

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Nora Gallagher can begrudgingly admit that she and Gray Ferris are both stellar Philadelphia real estate agents, but that’s the beginning and the end of the similarities between them.Nora’s life has been in a self-imposed holding pattern for half a decade. Depending on people in her personal life only leads to disappointment, and she has no plans of making that mistake again...
  • Beginner's Bet by Fiona Riley

    Beginner's Bet by Fiona Riley

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Ellison Gamble owns the most successful luxury real estate firm in Boston, but the accomplishment feels hollow when she comes home to an empty house.Institutionalizing her mother for her own safety was the hardest thing Katie Crawford has ever done. The costs are becoming more than she can manage, and her only solution is to sell her childhood home that has fallen into disrepair...
  • Arriving by Nicole Pyland

    Arriving by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is book #3 in the Royalty Series.Alice, a small-town teacher who had lost her parents years ago, had always felt out of place. There was just something missing in her life that she could never seem to identify. When a man showed up to tell her that she was the long-lost daughter of a King and Queen who had been exiled from their country and were now dead, Alice didn’t believe him...
  • Arriving by Nicole Pyland

    Arriving by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is book #3 in the Royalty Series.Alice, a small-town teacher who had lost her parents years ago, had always felt out of place. There was just something missing in her life that she could never seem to identify. When a man showed up to tell her that she was the long-lost daughter of a King and Queen who had been exiled from their country and were now dead, Alice didn’t believe him...
  • Vengeance Planning for Amateurs by Lee Winter

    Vengeance Planning for Amateurs by Lee Winter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An offbeat lesbian romantic comedy starring penguins, plotting, and payback.Muffin maker Olivia Roberts has had it with her awful exes taking advantage of her good nature. The theft of her nana’s beloved stuffed penguin is the absolute last straw.She puts up an ad at her local crime bookstore for a henchperson to help her enact a little mild revenge...
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    age difference  queer  f-f  contemporary  christmas  office  humor  m-m
  • Vengeance Planning for Amateurs by Lee Winter

    Vengeance Planning for Amateurs by Lee Winter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An offbeat lesbian romantic comedy starring penguins, plotting, and payback.Muffin maker Olivia Roberts has had it with her awful exes taking advantage of her good nature. The theft of her nana’s beloved stuffed penguin is the absolute last straw.She puts up an ad at her local crime bookstore for a henchperson to help her enact a little mild revenge...
  • Solid Foundation by J.A. Armstrong

    Solid Foundation by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Life is never simple in the world of politics. The pressure is on Senator Candace Fletcher to make a run for the governorship of New York State. Everyone seems convinced it's the right move for the affable senator. Everyone that is, except Candace. Life took an unexpected turn for the senator when she met and fell in love with Jameson Reid...
    Categorized as:
    age difference  queer  humor  f-f  contemporary
  • Soul Unique by Gun Brooke

    Soul Unique by Gun Brooke

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Greer Landon is a successful art gallery owner. She has created an empire by discovering and developing new artists. When she agrees to visit an art school in Boston, she encounters a woman, Hayden Rowe, whose paintings take her breath away. Greer realizes Hayden is not a student, but lives in a remote wing of the school and the maddeningly frustrating headmaster is her mother...
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    age difference  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • About That Kiss by Harper Bliss

    About That Kiss by Harper Bliss

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    What if the greatest role of your life is playing your true self?Ida Burton used to be Hollywood’s sweetheart until the best roles started drying up in her forties.When Ida lands one of the leads in a big-budget lesbian rom-com, it's not only a chance at reviving her dwindling career. Maybe this movie can be an opportunity to finally burst out of the closet she's forced herself into...
  • 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:
    age difference  bisexual  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • Dance with Me by Georgia Beers

    Dance with Me by Georgia Beers

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Is there anything worse than your I-don’t-do-commitment ex finally getting married? Not according to Scottie Templeton. Factor in living with her grandma, her rattletrap car, and never-ending job struggles, and Scottie’s stressed...
  • Lightning Strikes Twice by Erik Schubach

    Lightning Strikes Twice by Erik Schubach

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Returning 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...
  • At First Glance by Melissa Tereze

    At First Glance by Melissa Tereze

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Faye Holmes’s life is the polar opposite of her racy, bestselling romances. It’s quiet, routine, and, at the moment, plagued with writer’s block. If only just a little of the passion burning up the pages of her books would warm her lonely bed. But to be honest, one-night stands aren’t her thing.When her best friend buys her a lap dance to celebrate her latest bestseller, Faye is more than shocked...
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    age difference  queer  f-f  contemporary  angst
  • Whipped by J.J. Arias

    Whipped by J.J. Arias

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    If she can’t get through to her in the office, she’ll smash into her on skates. . .Newly minted lawyer Cheyenne Flores-Moore is excited to start her career at one of the most prestigious law firms in Miami. That is, until she meets her mentor Erica. It seems that no matter what she does, she can’t win her over - something the perennially sunny Cheyenne has not experienced before...
  • All In by Eliza Lentzski

    All In by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Book Four and the dénouement of the Winter Jacket Series. Hollywood had been a disaster. Elle Graft—Associate Professor of English and once-budding television screenwriter—could admit that much. Now back in Minnesota and back to her old life, Elle’s determined to get her relationship with Hunter back on track. It all started with a broken classroom heater and a blue winter coat...
  • French Kissing: Season One by Harper Bliss

    French Kissing: Season One by Harper Bliss

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Paris. City of lights, City of love... City of drama! Can best friends Claire and Juliette, along with their employee Steph, successfully navigate the drama of relationships in their beautiful city of Paris -- and find their soulmates along the way? Warning: This title contains sensual language, ladies making love and possibly more feelings than you can process...
    Categorized as:
    age difference  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • 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...
  • Fifty Shades of Pink by Jourdyn Kelly

    Fifty Shades of Pink by Jourdyn Kelly

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    BDSM was never my scene. I've always thought I was too strong to be dominated. Authority and I never did get along. So, when I was dragged to a special kind of club for my best friend's bachelorette party the last thing I expected to do was surrender myself completely.I wasn't going to participate. Then I was summoned to the "Pink Room". Her room...
    Categorized as:
    age difference  queer  bdsm  f-f  fem-dom  contemporary
  • Open Tab by J.A. Armstrong

    Open Tab by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Fallon Foster serves up more than the most potent drinks at Murphy’s Law, the local pub in Whiskey Springs, Vermont. Fallon is the keeper of the town’s secrets. She’s heard tales of broken hearts, torrid affairs, closet cases, and the dreams of hopeful romantics. With a sensitive ear and a warm bed, Fallon is a legend in her small town. One thing still eludes her—love...
  • If You Kiss Me Like That by Harper Bliss

    If You Kiss Me Like That by Harper Bliss

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 11 ratings
    Sometimes love shows up where you least expect it.Ashley ‘Ash’ Cooper is still reeling after her recent divorce, throwing all her energy into her job in The City. When she’s seated next to one of her mother’s friends at a family party, falling in love is the last thing on her mind.After losing her husband many years ago, Gloria Young rebuilt herself as a single parent...
  • A Lesson in Love by Harper Bliss

    A Lesson in Love by Harper Bliss

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Can The Posh Student Win The Uptight Professor?Helen Swift is almost fifty and tired of her day job as a professor at Oxford University. She prefers to write cozy mysteries under a well-hidden pen name in her Cotswolds cottage. She’s also far too busy to even consider romance...
    Categorized as:
    age difference  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...
  • The Love Project by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod

    The Love Project by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Can a long shot bring love to a couple of lonely hearts?Joni Fisher is facing economic ruin. The once successful advice column she runs with her mother is on the brink of cancellation, and it’ll take a miracle to turn things around...
  • A Shot at Gold by Nicole Pyland

    A Shot at Gold by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Elodie Booker was a phenomenon. No one had ever taken the sport of archery by storm the way she had. Trophies and accolades piled up around her even in her first years in the sport. Then, something terrible happened. She lost the only father figure she had ever known after losing person after person in her life...
  • Popcorn Love by K.L. Hughes

    Popcorn Love by K.L. Hughes

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A prominent figure amongst New York City’s fashion elite, Elena Vega is a successful businesswoman and single mother to an adorable three-year-old son, Lucas. Her love life, however, is lacking, as those closest to her keep pointing out.At the persistent urging of her closest friend, Elena reluctantly agrees to a string of blind dates if she can find a suitable babysitter for Lucas...
  • Spectrum by M.J. Duncan

    Spectrum by M.J. Duncan

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Sparks fly the moment Bryn Nakamura lays eyes on Anna Fitzpatrick, and not in a good way. Driven, reserved, and recovering from another encounter with a life she would rather leave behind, all Bryn wants is to forget about Anna and focus on her beloved vineyard—but Fate has other plans...
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