She says when two people who are meant to be together find each other, they know it instantly. Kellen believes her moment girl has finally arrived, but there’s one big problem—she’s a Sealy. The McLins and the Sealys are south Louisiana’s version of the Hatfields and the McCoys.Stevie Sealy left Louisiana for college and didn’t return except for holiday visits with her family. After a breakup with her boyfriend, she decides to move back to the town of Sealy temporarily. She never really understood or wanted to be involved in the family feud with the McLins, but she finds herself right in the middle of it when Kellen McLin walks into her life and changes everything. In this romantic comedy, Robin Alexander weaves a tale about how fast love can happen and how inconvenient it can be.

    In the spring she made national news while dressed as the Easter Bunny in a brawl where she was trying to defend herself, and earned the moniker Bitch Slap Bunny. In the fall the mother who abandoned Blaze for an acting career showed up on her doorstep, not only injured from an accident but broke and in need of a place to stay. While on a bike ride to purge her stress Blaze encounters one small (in physical stature only) silver lining with a flat tire. The job Caleigh Breaux took after graduating college required her to live as a nomad into her late thirties. Weary of traveling, hotels and being unable to have a real relationship, she made a career change. Though she hoped the change would lead her to meet the woman of her dreams she’s stunned when it happens the night she rolls into the town of Falcon, Louisiana. In her latest romantic comedy, Robin Alexander has woven another tale with her trademark humor about small-town life, family, forgiveness, and falling in love. 78,900 words

    And she’s a master flirt. She has no problem meeting women or getting dates. She just can’t hold on to any of the women she goes out with. It’s not because she’s unlikeable, she simply can’t handle commitment. Val Mason is hoping to find the right woman to build a life with. At her best friend’s weeklong pre-wedding party, she meets one who appears to have potential, and she’s hooked. The only problem is, she’s unknowingly hanging her hopes on the Temporary Girl. Robin Alexander has mixed up a summertime cocktail. The ingredients are friendship, secrets, family, friends, love, and a double shot of humor.

    She’s worked too hard over the years to have it snatched away because of one tiny indiscretion that ended with a giant lawsuit. After five months of writing mind-numbing articles about current events, her boss agrees to let her get back to reporting on the rich and famous after one last story. A born and bred city girl, Kennedy is sent to cover fishing in Alaska, which has her feeling just like a fish out of water. When Brynn Coleman, director of Alaska’s Wildlife Rescue and Sanctuary, comes to her rescue time after time, Kennedy can’t help but lower her guard and open herself up to Brynn’s standoffish charm. Falling for the sexy ranger is one thing, but is the possibility of love worth giving up a career she’s always dreamed of?Cover Artist: Kris Bryant and Sheri HalalGenres: Contemporary / RomanceWords: 68,400

    A straightforward affair - go there, sell the house, get out - and start a new life with her daughter. What she didn’t factor into her plans was that stunning, local taverna owner and harbour master, Nikki Kefalas would still be living on the island. As past lovers collide and young love blossoms, Ariana’s preconceived plan stands to threaten everything she holds dear and destroy the island’s unspoilt, idyllic way of life. But Sophia had plans of her own before her death. Will she succeed in reconnecting her granddaughter’s heart to what truly matters in life? "Emma Nichols best book yet. Both the story and her descriptions of the idyllic Greek island setting are first class and make this summer romance just zing." Valden Bush, Lesfic Reviewer

    Abigail Eaton stumbles into a massacre, but once someone tries to kill her it seems like no accident. While hunting for the perpetrators of a sex trafficking empire, Agent Riley Abbott saves Abigail from a professional hit and discovers the young mother might be the key to more than just her case. Riley takes Abigail and her family to what she thinks is safer ground, and runs right into the arms of reputed mob boss Cain Casey. Hell Fire was previously published in Girls With Guns: Three Novellas (Bold Strokes Books, 2016).

    She’s been dreaming about this trip for years and all she wants is to lay on a sandy beach with an icy cocktail in her hand. But those vacation goals change the moment she meets Reed Baxter.Reed is a busy doctor with family demands. She’s in Hawaii to let go, not find love, and she’s not interested in any commitment. Adding a little heat to the vacation seems like a good idea as long as there aren’t expectations for anything more.Genre: RomanceEditor: Medora MacDougallCover Designer: Judith Fellows

    Beneath the Surface will take you back in time to follow their journey and discover the origin story of Sydney's pinkest coffee shop.Finally, get to know Josephine, long-time barista at the Pink Bean, as she attempts to get over her insecurities and opens herself up to love in Everything Between Us.Grab an espresso (or a flat white) and settle down for nearly 700 pages of heartwarming, dramatic and steamy lesbian romance, like only best-selling author Harper Bliss can craft.Sydney is full of coffeeshops, but none as exciting, and full of drama, as the Pink Bean..

    She doesn’t plan on turning into a “yard girl” but her mother’s long neglected lawn beckons her to return it to the lush and colorful display it had been before her mother’s accident. She also doesn’t plan on making friends with the “nympho lesbian” next door but she finds it impossible not to watch the parade of playmates the neighbor brings to her pool.Cassidy Anderson likes pool parties and female company. And while the pool remains the same, the female company changes nearly every weekend. As her mid-forties approach at an alarming speed, she’s still searching for the love of her life. As she finds herself seeking out the company of the cute tomboy next door, she starts to realize that she’s been looking in all the wrong places. Could it possibly be the neighbor who holds the key to her heart?Editor: Medora MacDougallCover Designer: Judith FellowsGenre: Romance

    Olivia grabs the chance to reignite her passion, to step outside her comfort zone, and to achieve national exposure if she delivers everything the client expects.Savannah Quinn fled a broken heart and started fresh in a new city, at a new job, without any of her past in the rearview. Her new position as corporate liaison to Olivia and her team is exactly the distraction she’s looking for. She doesn’t have to settle into her empty apartment if she’s never there, right? And she can’t be betrayed if she never asks for forever.Long days in strange cities bring Olivia and Savannah closer, but keeping their growing attraction separate from their professional relationship feels impossible.

    But the world is a harsh place for anyone who is different. Bri’s Aunt Olivia is a vet with a thriving practice. She is set in her ways, single and surviving, channeling her emotions into her work and her love of Bri. Siera has a supportive but silent father, an overpowering helicopter mom, plus her Aunt Deb who adores her. Despite their individual battles against hurt, prejudice and rejection, can these four women find love against the odds?

    Forced to share a long journey home. Will they work together or pull each other apart? Rebecca is stuck in Portugal. All planes to England are grounded and it's only two days until Christmas. Desperate to get home but without money to hire a car; she's stuck. She sees an opportunity when she meets a snobby businesswoman with a broken leg, a platinum credit card, and a desire to get home. A tentative agreement is struck in order reach their destination before the festive deadline. Will they make it, or will they kill each other along the way? A heartwarming enemies to lovers romance with a twist. Discover The Road Ahead and make your own journey home today.

    But their flirtation comes to an abrupt end when Bradley Richter enters Angelina's Bridal Boutique determined to end every life in the store. He's deranged, heartbroken, and sure of his sharpshooting skills, but he has miscalculated. Two survive.Peyton is determined to capture the guy who killed eleven people, but for Tory the tragedy is a wake up call to open herself up to more than professional success. She and Peyton learn that love can be found in the most hopeless of places. They escaped death once, but will they survive when Bradley's determined to make his kill rate one-hundred percent?

    Reeling from a succession of disappointments, lies, and startling home truths, she detours from the easy route she usually favours and goes in search of the answers to questions that up until now she never knew she had. After landing a job as a project manager with the charity Heavenly Homes, Brianna re-locates to Ireland to complete the ‘Free to Dream’ development. Here she meets the brainchild behind the initiative, Elisha Callery. The two women form an instant connection, and as well working together to realise Elisha’s vision, Elisha, never one to shy away from a challenge, offers to help Brianna unravel the mystery surrounding her lineage. Whilst navigating these two mammoth undertakings their friendship is pushed to its limits and at times beyond, but with one another’s support Brianna and Elisha manage to overcome every obstacle placed in their path. As the attraction between them grows they both begin to cross-examine their relationship and start to realise that sometimes what you need most in life isn’t necessarily the thing you’ve been searching for. However, a shocking turn of events threatens to ruin everything they have built together. Brianna’s journey becomes one of self-discovery, and she learns something infinitely more important than where she comes from… She finds out where she belongs.

    For others, a select few, it would present an opportunity to show their true mettle. Those who will take on the challenge to live without, make do, and subsist on, are the survivors. Jodi was one of the few. She knew what was coming. She read the signs, and she had friends in low places who kept her informed. She bought a cabin in the middle of nowhere, fixed it up, and warned her closest friends and family that the time would come to abandon the big cities, to hide and seclude yourself for the safety of your family and everyone closest to you. Krista was her partner, her best friend, and her wife at a time when states didn’t recognize same-sex marriage. Krista coped with her mate’s compulsions by recognizing that indulging her was the best way to maintain a harmonious union. After all, they could afford it. Little did she realize that Jodi was destined to be the savior of them all. Finding that things were much worse than everyone had speculated didn’t surprise Jodi. But it would forever alter her family’s world view and transform them into something they hadn’t realized they were destined to become…SURVIVORS!

    When a military convoy arrives to pick up Devin Rossi and Karissa Decker, along with dozens of other bewildered people, the two have no idea they are part of a group selected by the government to be transported to a space station preparing for the colonization of another planet. They are members of the Chosen. On their way to the military base, their convoy is attacked and Devin and Karissa learn the real reason behind their selection. Their attraction grows as they struggle to survive and wrestle with the decision to continue on to the base as part of the Chosen, which means leaving millions of others behind to die. Will they face an uncertain future together, or will the cost be too high?Cover Artist: Tammy SedickGenres: Romance / Speculative Fiction

    One plot. Six thousand interfering islanders.Katherine “Kit” Sorel is new to the cosy but quirky island of Greengage. When she tries to use her talents for plotting to help a friend, she soon discovers that on this British island—anything can happen. Kittens can race, fruit can be sexy, wheelbarrows can be menacing, and straight women might not be so straight after all.In the end, Kit needs to solve the problems of those around her while finding her home. She’s certainly not looking for love. But is it looking for her?Escape everyday life, take a trip to a British cosy island by picking up a copy of Greengage Plots. If you like cosy, feel-good romcoms, you’ll fall in love with Greengage Plots.

    With nothing to lose, Natalie heads for the hills, or, in this case, the mountains. Turns out the cottage comes with a big family secret—Natalie is from a long line of witches. She quickly discovers that living in a new town isn't easy, especially when lightning strikes whenever she loses her temper!  When an orphaned eleven-year-old stands accused of murder, Natalie’s social worker instincts compel her to solve the case and clear the child, even if it means digging into painful secrets the town considers long buried. Secrets that paint a target on her back. Between her crazy family, magic lessons, investigating a murder, and the sexy witch detective hell-bent on keeping her in line, Natalie’s not sure which one will be the death of her first--her newfound abilities or the killer.

     Jo Lynn isn’t happy with her life in tiny Birdsville, Georgia, but she doesn’t feel like she has a lot of choices. She loves her job with Magnolia Springs State Park and she could advance in a career with the parks…if she had the nerve to buck the wishes of her mother and head out on her own. A tour of Savannah with friendly, outgoing tour guide Calli, leads to an all new worldview for Jo Lynn and maybe even a little courage to change. Savannah is the sixth short story in the Loving Blue in Red States series by Anne Hagan. It was preceded by, Sweetwater Texas, Birmingham Alabama, Jackson Hole Wyoming, Perryville Missouri and Salt Lake City Utah. Look for other short stories and novellas to come out in this series throughout 2018.

    Sparks flew. Despite the obvious chemistry, Fleur repeatedly denies having any feelings for Milla because she has secrets—another identity and a job she can’t talk about—that might get her into big trouble if the possibly dangerous younger woman ever found out. Trouble comes anyway when the frustrated Milla moves on, starts dating other women, and leaves Fleur all by herself amidst a fervour of loss and wanting. Fleur has to decide if the career she worked so hard to establish is worth the lies she has to put on to get ahead or if the ‘alternative lifestyle’ she read so many negative things about is worth giving up her well-paying job for. She also has to decide if Milla is safe to love because Milla seems to be hiding a whole assortment of secrets of her own.

    When Jessica Harris flies home to Australia to sort out her late brother’s estate, the last thing she wants to face is his altruistic investment—an eatery on the rural Bellarine Peninsula.The injured British/Indian elite cyclist just wants to settle up, move on, get rehab, and certainly not have to deal with the restaurant’s beautiful owner and artisan foodie, Lillian McAllister, or her sweet, four-year-old daughter.In order to win, Jessica’s disciplined life is dedicated to controlling her emotions, and she isn’t sure she’d survive letting her walls down now.A lesbian romance about how nourishment is so much more than the food we eat.Themes: artisan foodie · Australia · Bellarine Peninsula · elite cyclist · four-year-old daughter · rural eatery · south-west of Melbourne96,000 words

    Jun is obsessed with astronomy, but more ruthlessly dedicated to pre-med. Despite his lack of social acumen, and the fact he's never been interested in men, Caleb is drawn into his orbit.Andrew is a quiet artist trying to move past the misery he endured as an outcast gay kid in high school. He finds unexpected camaraderie in his roommate, Caleb, who doesn't care he's guy and is always encouraging him to go beyond his comfort zones. But when Caleb realizes he might not be as straight as he always thought, Andrew realizes his feelings for Caleb might not be as platonic as he thought.Piper has been dating Lizzy since they were sophomores. Their lives are practically perfect: they have their own place, it's close to campus, and they're hopelessly in love. The only blemish is her mother, who doesn't want Piper moving in with Lizzy after graduation, even though Piper is more than ready to take their relationship to the next level. It's hard to get anything done amidst a tangle of class, relationships, friendships, and drama, but sometimes the most important lessons learned at college are the ones that don't take place in the classroom.

    25 years later, she travels back as a freelance photojournalist on assignment for a national magazine and has her first run-in with Danielle. Dani’s a Wall lifer and she likes it that way. She’s on track to retire by the time she’s fifty if she can just keep doing the driving job she loves. She’s been heartbroken. She doesn’t want to go down that road again. Their attraction is undeniable, but their conflicting life goals stand firmly in the way. Wall is the seventh short story in the Loving Blue in Red States series by Anne Hagan. It was preceded by, Sweetwater Texas, Birmingham Alabama, Jackson Hole Wyoming, Perryville Missouri, Salt Lake City Utah, and Savannah Georgia . Look for other short stories and novellas to come out in this series throughout 2018.

    She thinks Helen's just another boring, brain-washed housewife and doesn’t make any effort to hide how much she detests her.She doesn't realise Helen is not as commonplace as she appears; that she has synaesthesia—the ability to see sounds, hear images and taste feelings—and a past she's not telling anyone, not even her husband, about.Things change when Helen, having tolerated enough of Ethel's persistent hostility, lifts her veil of pretence. Ethel soon finds herself blackmailed, frightened, and also... irresistibly intrigued by her new neighbour.She becomes obsessed with getting Helen to like her and soon discovers they have more in common than she previously thought. Neither of them believe their husbands are truly aircraft engineers, for one, and neither of them believe Helen’s husband’s former wife, Violet, actually killed herself in the year before…Together, the two women work to uncover the truth about Violet’s sudden death, until they discover the truth, not out there, but closer than either of them ever thought possible…About the series:Those Strange Women is a series of six books about the lives of six ‘unusual’ women over nine decades. Amidst changing attitudes towards women and homosexuality, the women grow, adapt and find their own ways of existing in a world in which they don’t quite belong. A few of them learn to love but most learn to hate; a few of them fail to thrive but most survive and develop a taste for revenge.

    Initially, she brushed it off as a hoax, but when the second email arrived and convinced her that the sender was indeed a lesbian Sasquatch, she arranged for a live, on-air interview. Six months later, the world eagerly waits for answers to centuries-old questions about their social, spiritual and sexual habits and, most importantly, why, instead of avoiding mankind as has been customary, has a representative of the Sasquatch community come forward now with an urgent message. Stay tuned as radio celebrity Harper Woolf broadcasts live from WEXG Radio, 109.2 FM studios, in the Lincoln Tower Building in Manhattan

     Margeaux, a museum curator, and Caia, an American artist living in Paris, are in the prime of their lives—young, beautiful and successful. They have everything going for themselves, except that in recent months their love lives have crashed and burned in the most spectacular ways. With much reluctance and at the encouragement of a friend, the two women agree to meet on a blind date over lunch. Beforehand, the cynic in each of them anticipates skipping lunch altogether and going straight for coffee in the hopes of bolting after. But, when the two women meet face to face something strange happens. Is one afternoon in Paris enough time to fall in love with the woman of your dreams? WARNING: This novel contains strong language and strong sexual content. Intended for 18+ years and above.

    She's got a great job, great friends, deep ties to the family ranch, and big plans for her vet future. Sure, there are bumps in the road, like her mom's continued denial about who Meg is and her painful and infuriating attempts to make Meg a “proper” woman. Then there's Meg's recent breakup with a girlfriend, which has her wondering why she can't seem to open up to relationships. But Meg knows that life is messy, and sometimes all you can do is get through and shake it off. What she can't seem to shake off, however, is her past.   It's been almost 10 years to the day since she met the love of her life, and about eight since she let her go. Meg has a hard time admitting that maybe she didn't really let go, and that maybe some things you never really get over, no matter how hard you try. But her past is half a world away, caught up in her own life, relationship, and journalism career, and Meg isn't one to chase the ghosts of past relationships. Even if they send you a birthday card and nudge what you thought were the closed-off parts of your heart. After all, second chances are the stuff of fantasies and movies where the good guy always gets a happy ending. You can't count on something like that.   Or can you?

    Her mother’s mental illness and the memory of the night that haunts her from so long ago won’t release her. When the one woman with the power to set her free shows up, Dakota is drawn to her, but she is a painful reminder of everything Dakota has been trying desperately to escape. When Jessie Weldon returns to her hometown after thirty years of avoiding it, she knows she has demons to face and a conflicted past to resolve, but she has no idea love awaits her. Can she give her heart to Dakota with the tragic past that lies between them?Cover Artist: Tammy SedickGenres: Contemporary / Romance

    The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work.

    Experience country loving with an anthology by Shane Allison that will have you begging to be hog-tied, bucked on a bronco, and given a turn in the saddle!

    That world feels like a lifetime away from the small souvenir shop her parents own in Big Crested Harbor, and every second of it has dragged. Day in, day out, the bell above the door chimes, and Brylee glances up as customers come and go. Her days are the same—tedious, aimless and pulling her further and further away from the past. Something secret continues to hang on, though. It’s as burning hot as the midday sun across the harbor. And yet it is all that has kept her going. Until her twenty-fourth birthday. The shop bell chimes, and as she looks up, her head spins. She must be seeing things. Brylee's heart flutters, her mouth dries, and she musters everything she has to speak. Then she realizes the woman has no idea who she is. The day of the town’s annual beach party, and Brylee’s twenty-fourth birthday, she feels a forbidden connection ignite between her and her secret crush. But secrets are hard to keep in such a small town. And the reason for leaving Big Crested Harbor is not all her crush is hiding from Brylee...

    A Shaman has performed ‘The Curse of the Damned’ on two women, trapping their tormented souls in wax dolls, and banishing them to a tiny island located between Key West and Cuba. Fast forward to 2019. Rosie Moorea is a simple girl who lives an unassuming life. Her friends convince her that she needs to give herself a fun adventure. Overcoming long standing anxieties, she books a solo vacation. All is uneventful until she meets the charismatic, professional skateboarding movie star, Devin Fitzroy, who convinces her to go on a picnic. With a setting sun and an approaching storm, they end up on an island rumored to be haunted by cursed dolls. Rosie and Devin don’t believe the rumors that the dolls come alive when the sun goes down. However, they’re about to discover there’s more to worry about than bugs and snakes when they find themselves stranded on an island that holds many secrets, most of them evil. Forced to confront their own fears and insecurities, the women are thrown into situations that require quick wit and bravery to survive. Will they survive the night to see the sun rise or will something more evil than they could ever have imagined get to them first? The Curse of Doll Island will take you on a harrowing adventure you may want to, but might never, forget.

    Come along with Sapphire Books as writers bring you on their journey into unabashed imagination. Where trickery thrives, and lust explodes, as lovers are propelled to new romantic heights. Hang-on as new queer writers share stories, fantasies, and their deepest, darkest desires. What happens at the con…well, does it stay at the con? Find out in Sapphire Books - Fandom to Fantasy Anthology Vol. 1

    Twenty-six years ago, her sister did the unthinkable. Portland, Oregon, 1989: Lucy Mustin, living somewhat happily, pumping out wedding cakes for starry-eyed heterosexuals while she, a lesbian, can’t legally marry, is called upon to travel to Santa Cruz to help her autistic sister, Alice, care for their Alzheimer’s-afflicted mother. She knew the call was coming sooner or later. She’d just hoped it would be later. Mother issues. The possibility that resolution might be lost to dementia is a heartbreak she doesn’t feel like feeling. Santa Cruz, California, one week later: a trip to the family bakery ups the ante tenfold when the Loma Prieta/World Series Earthquake, racking up a whopping 7.1 on the Richter scale, traps the sisters below ground. There, Alice reminds Lucy of a promise made to their mother many years ago, a promise she plans to keep.Genres: General Fiction

    Become the best swimmer of the swim team of her new high school. After her mom gets a job as the principal of her new high school, Alex is forced to finish her final two years of high school in a new state. When Alex runs into Emma, it's anything but love at first sight. An initial conflict causes the girls to dislike each other. But, fate keeps throwing them together. After learning they share multiple classes together, they find out that they're also both two of the best swimmers on the team. After Alex finds Emma crying in the locker room one day, she decides to give the girl a chance. They go from enemies to fast friends. Things take a turn when they both start to have feelings for each other. Will Alex and Emma follow their feelings or will they be too afraid to admit what those feelings mean?

    Everyone shifts, makes shift, is shifty and shiftless together, is a chameleon and a shape-changer.” The Choice is the story of a very unsaintly saint. Hilda of Whitby, who brought Christianity to the Anglo-Saxons, was a businesswoman, teacher and adviser to kings.In A Nightingale in Bloomsbury Square, Virginia Woolf looks back on her life, uncovering the hidden stories behind her iconic novels. From the torture of depression to the scandal of her lesbian affairs, Virginia goes down fighting.As the saying goes: well-behaved women don’t make history…

     Now reborn in a world where magic and those hurt by it have been unmasked. Desperate to leave her life as a witch hunter behind and be a good person, Dakota is thrust back into the role when she is forced to protect the lives of an old lover and the woman's new girlfriend. Callie Wood rebelled against the magical world that raised her and exposed the masquerade. In doing so she betrayed the woman that loved her and caused her death. Attempting to live a normal life outside of the media spotlight she has moved on but still keeps a deep secret about her ability as a Healer. One that makes her a target for those that know it. Relentlessly pursued by an enemy that can possess anyone, rip any mind apart, to get what he wants Dakota finds herself drawn in ways she doesn't understand to both Callie and her new love. To keep them safe she will have to confront the sins of her past and the uncertainties of her future.