Enough of her incompetent boss. Enough of her addict father always asking for money. Enough of the struggle to survive. So when her aunt offers her a job as a cook at the South Pole, she jumps at it. Even when she’s asked to avoid casual sex to keep the peace in the tiny community.Astrophysicist Ashley Bennett can’t wait for her year at the South Pole. Not only will it allow her to focus on her PhD research, it’s a key step in her plan to become a Mars colonist. Avoiding the complications of dating in a society that doesn't understand asexuality is a bonus.When Phoenix and Ash meet, they can’t help but push each other’s buttons. Phoenix doesn’t understand that her confident sexuality puts Ash on edge while Ash’s curt formality triggers Phoenix’s insecurities about her upbringing. But living at the bottom of the world means there’s nowhere to run, and as they find common ground, their differences aren’t nearly the hindrance they thought.Rising From Ash is the first book in the Forged by Fire series, a slow burn contemporary lesbian romance that shows the power of intimacy to form a new life. Note: While Rising from Ash features a character on the asexual spectrum, the story does include physically intimate scenes. However, none are gratuitous.96,000 words

    Get both novels and seven short stories in one box set and save 30%. At a total of more than 900 pages (350,000 words), this series will keep you reading for days!In Backwards to Oregon, prostitute and single mother Nora accepts a stranger’s offer of marriage and a new life in Oregon, not knowing that her husband is a woman living as a man.In Hidden Truths, mail-order bride Rika travels west to marry the Hamiltons’ foreman and instead falls in love with their daughter Amy.The seven short stories give us glimpses into the lives of the Hamiltons before, after, and in between the two novels.

    Maggie gave up her dream of becoming an actress and married her high school boyfriend. Liz became a famous breast surgeon. Maggie is performing in a summer stock production near the Maine town where Liz is now a general practitioner. When Maggie breaks her leg in a stage accident, she lands in Dr. Stolz’s office. Is forty years too long to wait for the one you love?

    Not. Going. To. Happen.If it weren't for bad luck, Evie Koenig would have no luck at all. Her ex-husband stole thousands of dollars from her college fund, she's barely scraping by with three jobs, and now she's buried her car under the back end of a huge moving truck. Which, by the way, just happens to be driven by one of her sports heroes and the architect of her bisexual awakening. #fmlIt's too bad, really, that they keep on running into one another.81,000 words

    Maggie and Liz have been dreaming of a quiet Christmas since they got back together after being separated for forty years. This year, they are determined to celebrate a romantic holiday alone. Their plans of sitting by the fire, drinking mulled wine and watching old Christmas movies get scuttled by surprise visits from friends and family. The Christmas chaos provides some holiday cheer and a touching lesson in the real meaning of the holidays.20,000 words

    But the darling of the English Court could not be seen as the one behind the ruination of her peers, and those most likely to make themselves guilty of such immoral practices. She realised that she needed help – more specific – she needed the help of Britain’s most dangerous and elusive criminal, The Maverick. The dark, decaying slums of London were where Oasis felt most comfortable. Born a secret and raised in secret, it wasn’t difficult to hide her true self in a place where no one would come looking. As the feared outlaw, The Maverick, she ruled the underworld with an iron fist; her justice swift and lethal in her quest to protect the innocent and destitute. It’s only when the captivating Duchess of Camphor came knocking, that Oasis found there were certain depths to her that only the blonde beauty could access.

    A former cop with a wounded heart. An unusual roommate arrangement…Comedian Stephanie Renshaw hopes to finally get her big break in LA. A chance encounter lands her the perfect apartment close to the comedy clubs, but it comes with a catch: she needs a roommate to afford the rent.Enter Rae Coleman, a former police officer working the door at one of the top comedy clubs. After getting injured in the line of duty and losing her job with the LAPD, Rae guards her wounded soul behind a tough exterior.At first, the two clash horribly before a tentative friendship develops. Bit by bit, Steph manages to break through the walls Rae has built around her.But Steph has never been in a relationship, preferring casual flings, and Rae isn’t sure she’s ready to be happy again. Will they find the courage to open themselves up to love?Falling in love is not a laughing matter in this opposites-attract lesbian romance with a bit of a fake relationship thrown in.

    One searching for a life partner while the other mourns the loss of hers. Selina is at a crossroads. No job, no home to call her own, and no partner. She has to turn her life around, but in which direction? Returning to her Native American roots, she seeks mystical aid from the spirit world, to find the life she hungers for. Rea has been able to find a measure of solace after her wife’s death but longs for the crack in her heart to heal. Sighting a falling star, she sends her wish out into the universe, where it's heard by the most unlikely allies. Selina and Rea’s paths crossed many times in the past, but they’d never connected. Now they are being inescapably drawn together by fate, desire, and a touch of the mystical. Will love and trust prevail over loss and fear, so they can have their shot at being found forever? Join them on their souls’ journey through the Lost & Found. Illustrator - May Dawney

    Haley Nielsen is as stubborn as it gets. She does things her way, and her way only. The last thing she needs or wants is a babysitter following her every move and controlling everything she does. Shane Crowley isn’t your typical private investigator, or bodyguard, for that matter. She’s a former U.S. Deputy Marshal with a lot of experience, and an all or nothing attitude. Tempers flare and the energy burns red hot between the two women as they spend weeks together cooped up on Haley’s tour bus, traveling the country. Will they stop resisting each other long enough to see eye to eye? Or will the letter writer make good on his threats?

    She is happily doing both at the Ranch in Nevada until she involves herself in a domestic dispute between one of her clients and her abusive husband. Now Alex finds herself on the run…again. Danna Nichols, newly widowed, feels lost and alone. When her good friend Lindy invites her to check out the newly established Trophy Wives Club, it awakens dormant feelings and desires. Danna challenges herself to find out who she really is and what she wants in life and love.The first time she sees Alex, there is an attraction she can’t define, wants to explore, and can’t resist. The two form a bond under unlikely circumstances. Will the challenges of their social status tear them apart before they can enjoy the pleasures of their new love?

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    Illness has ravaged the community, and Berran is doing her best to keep things together. But when Tannus doesn’t come back, the rage and despair she feels make it hard to breathe, let alone do what she needs to do for the community. She can’t help but blame Kaitlin, even though the old attraction she carries for her is still simmering under the surface and ready to burst into flames. Kaitlin doesn’t know where she belongs anymore. It was right to bring everyone back, even if Marti was an unplanned addition. But without Tannus she’s not sure of her place among this community of women she’d thought of as family. As she raises the twins and figures out who she wants to be now, she knows that her desire for Berran hasn’t gone away. Resisting it makes things harder, but surely they could never bridge the gap Tannus’ loss has created between them. In the end, it will be destiny that decides if their hearts will meet.

    Anything to keep her mind off her day job working in the local mill making fishing nets. She’s yet to find love, however hard she tries to find the local fellas attractive.  Meeting a woman at one of the concerts makes her realise she’s been looking in all the wrong places.Frankie’s a bit of a tomboy. She works hard by day and follows her local football team at the weekends. Sometimes she finds time for the gigs in nearby Kilbirnie, especially when the chart-topping bands are due to play. Her mother assures her she’ll find ‘the one’ and settle down, but Frankie knows that won’t happen – and why – until one night she meets a woman who takes her breath away.Will they be able to be together in a society where the rules are supposed to be obeyed, and loving another woman – a Protestant one at that – means breaking them all?

    Was the explosion caused by pilot error, or was it a conspiracy? Pilot Cathalene (Lena) Penn, accused by the airline of being a smuggler, died in the tragedy, and her wife, Jessica is desperate to clear Lena’s good name. When Jessica travels to Belgium, her wife’s home away from home, she discovers diamonds, a second family, and a mystery… Sometimes, choosing between what is safe and what is right isn’t easy, and running away is always an option…Flight!

    As a wife in the upper echelon of New York society, she was expected to take her place among some of the wealthiest people in America. A society that judges you on your looks will ignore certain things because of the money your family possesses, which you will eventually inherit; however, certain peccadillos will never be acceptable, and as Melissa becomes Mel and begins to realize her potential, life sends her on a journey she never could have anticipated.

    How about a mechanical bull at a country-and-western bar in the Amsterdam of the 1980s? An army jeep in Vietnam in the ’60s? A Chinese pirate ship far out in the Pacific in the ’30s? A hot air balloon soaring above post-Civil War Wyoming? These rides transport you through time, as well as space. In more contemporary settings, you can find (and feel) pent-up passion behind prison walls, a reunion of rivals in a steaming sauna, and a couple both wounded and bonded by modern warfare. There’s plenty of lust and banter, as well as mighty draft horses, at a county fair, and a visit with honeymooners in Paris with a fetish for gargoyles. Add to this mix a ghost story on a Montana ranch, a lovely vampire in the Old West, the occasional dragon, and a noir tale of sex, life, and afterlife in New York City. Join Lambda winner Sacchi Green for a ride through the second collection of her own work.

    Ryan turns out to be the key that unlocks Allie's true power to please. Previously published in Erotic Interludes 3: Lessons in Love, edited by Radclyffe and Stacia Seaman (Bold Strokes Books, 2006); republished in Radical Encounters (Bold Strokes Books, 2009).

    No this world in which our hero resides is one where 90% of the population is gay while 10% is not. At the heart of it all is our hero; one Mickey Lang. Lang is a private dick and a beau of her word who, like the Mounties, always gets her man. Mickey is about to blow the lid off the biggest case of her career and come to the realization it doesn't mean a hill of beans if you don't have anyone to share it with. Enter Patrice Richards successful night club owner and one fiery dame! The two have been long time friends who often, "drink from the same bottle." However Mickey realizes after a close call with some local thugs that she wants more. So read along and see if Mickey solves that case and manages to get the dame...without getting croaked!

    Suddenly, she must learn to survive amongst these strange, unfamiliar creatures. But not all white men treat her the same: Some see her as the frightened girl she is, and some see her as the amazing woman she is about to become. Follow along as this primitive aboriginal child/woman attempts to survive in a new and rapidly changing world.