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  • On the Same Page by Haley Cass

    On the Same Page by Haley Cass

    Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 14 ratings
    Riley Beckett met Gianna Mäkinen – drop-dead gorgeous influencer, trilingual, daughter of world-famous models, yes, that Gianna Mäkinen – their first year at Boston University, and it changed everything for the both of them...
  • 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...
  • 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  queer  f-f  suspense  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...
  • A Deafening Whisper by Erik Schubach

    A Deafening Whisper by Erik Schubach

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Mia 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...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  queer  contemporary  f-f
  • A Lesbian's Guide to Women by Erica Lee

    A Lesbian's Guide to Women by Erica Lee

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 11 ratings
    Annalise Finch is content - she has a job she enjoys, lives close to her family and friends, and spends most Wednesday nights drinking wine with her grandma. According to her grandma, though, she has lost her sparkle, and the only solution is to join a site to hook up with other women. The only problem (aside from a meddling grandma with a dirty mind) is Annalise doesn’t like women...
  • 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:
    mystery  queer  f-f  contemporary  suspense
  • The Flight Risk by Macon Leigh

    The Flight Risk by Macon Leigh

    Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Things are going great for Baylee Lawrence. Her writing has won awards, been adapted into an outrageously successful movie, and she’s just achieved her childhood dream of selling out a storytelling show at the Ryman. It’s incredible. Her life is perfect—a series of grand adventures. She has no intention of changing anything...
    Categorized as:
    friends to lovers  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • Awaiting by Nicole Pyland

    Awaiting by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    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...
    Categorized as:
    friends to lovers  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • Awaiting by Nicole Pyland

    Awaiting by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    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...
    Categorized as:
    friends to lovers  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • A Lesbian's Guide to Women by Erica Lee

    A Lesbian's Guide to Women by Erica Lee

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Annalise Finch is content - she has a job she enjoys, lives close to her family and friends, and spends most Wednesday nights drinking wine with her grandma. According to her grandma, though, she has lost her sparkle, and the only solution is to join a site to hook up with other women. The only problem (aside from a meddling grandma with a dirty mind) is Annalise doesn’t like women...
    Categorized as:
    friends to lovers  queer  humor  contemporary  f-f
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Separate Like Stars by Diana Kane

    Separate Like Stars by Diana Kane

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    On 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...
  • 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  queer  f-f  contemporary  military  suspense
  • 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
  • Passing Through by Katia Rose

    Passing Through by Katia Rose

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Nestled in a towering fir forest on British Columbia’s famous Vancouver Island, Three Rivers Campground is calling you to come relax, explore, and maybe even fall in love...Emily Rivers does not have time for love.Or dating.Or even a one night stand...
  • 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
  • Patty's Potent Potion by Robin Alexander

    Patty's Potent Potion by Robin Alexander

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    When 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...
  • To Have Loved & Lost: A new adult lesbian romance by Eliza Andrews

    To Have Loved & Lost: A new adult lesbian romance by Eliza Andrews

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    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...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  queer  f-f  sports  contemporary  death  female-rake
  • 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...
  • 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:
    mystery  queer  f-f  suspense  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...
  • No After You by Nicole Pyland

    No After You by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Dani Wilder only intended to go to a fundraiser and donate money to a worthy cause. She had no idea that she’d meet the love of her life that night. There were only a couple of problems with that chance meeting. Dani had a boyfriend. That chance meeting – it was with Peyton Gloss, the world’s most famous music star, who also happened to be a woman. Peyton had only planned on performing that night...
    Categorized as:
    friends to lovers  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • Just Might Work by Katia Rose

    Just Might Work by Katia Rose

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    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...
  • 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:
    mystery  queer  contemporary  f-f  suspense
  • Discovering Delilah by Melissa Foster

    Discovering Delilah by Melissa Foster

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    After the death of her parents on the day of her college graduation, Delilah Armstrong thought she could finally follow her heart and come out to her closest friends, but the guilt of going against her parents’ beliefs haunts her...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  queer  f-f  contemporary  lgbtqia hate
  • 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...
  • 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  queer  contemporary  suspense  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...
  • Hotshot by Clare Lydon

    Hotshot by Clare Lydon

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Sloane Patterson is the ultimate a US soccer sensation whose arrival in the UK causes quite the stir. She’s got the game, the fame, the looks, the fiancée. But looks can be deceiving.When Sloane’s life starts to unravel, Salchester Rovers’ new hire, Ella Carmichael, helps her pick up the pieces. But as the lines between their professional and personal lives blur, tensions surface...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  queer  f-f  sports  contemporary
  • Hotshot by Clare Lydon

    Hotshot by Clare Lydon

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sloane Patterson is the ultimate a US soccer sensation whose arrival in the UK causes quite the stir. She’s got the game, the fame, the looks, the fiancée. But looks can be deceiving.When Sloane’s life starts to unravel, Salchester Rovers’ new hire, Ella Carmichael, helps her pick up the pieces. But as the lines between their professional and personal lives blur, tensions surface...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  queer  sports  f-f  contemporary
  • 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...
  • 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
  • Feels Like Home by Jo Cox

    Feels Like Home by Jo Cox

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Jess has loved Melissa for longer than she can remember and it’s bearable when they’re a hundred miles apart, but what will happen when they’re thrown back together and there’s nowhere to hide?Jess has tried everything to put her feelings aside, but when Melissa comes home from university and becomes a permanent fixture in her office, kitchen, and sometimes even bed, she’s got no chance of...
    Categorized as:
    friends to lovers  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • Operation: Secret Santa by M.J. Duncan

    Operation: Secret Santa by M.J. Duncan

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Holly Burke saw who she’d drawn for Secret Santa, she knew she had to do something to make it special. It was Christmas, after all, and if anyone deserved some extra Christmas cheer, it was Mo Davy...
  • This Is the Season to Make You Mine by Johana Gavez

    This Is the Season to Make You Mine by Johana Gavez

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Will 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...
  • Tempted By Her (Mainely Books Club) by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Tempted By Her (Mainely Books Club) by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I 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...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • Work In Progress by Olivia Lucas

    Work In Progress by Olivia Lucas

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    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...
  • Tempted By Her (Mainely Books Club) by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Tempted By Her (Mainely Books Club) by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I 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...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • Enchanted By Her (Mainely Books Club) by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Enchanted By Her (Mainely Books Club) by Chelsea M. Cameron

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I 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...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • A Long Way From Home by Olivia Lucas

    A Long Way From Home by Olivia Lucas

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Logic 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...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  queer  f-f  contemporary
  • 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
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