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At All Costs
Micheala Lynn - 2017
Alexandra Hartway is burned-out and disillusioned with her job. Seeing the same patients use the ER day after day in an effort to seek drugs has left her bitter, skeptical and unsympathetic. Jess Bolderson refuses to be held back. Although she has been confined to a wheelchair for the past ten years, she is as capable as anyone and doesn’t like to be told otherwise. So when she hears this ignorant doctor bashing people with disabilities as lazy at a professional meeting, she rips into Alex, leaving everyone around the table stunned and speechless. After a rough beginning, Jess and Alex quickly develop a deep respect for each other. Soon they become close friends, and then more—more than either could have ever imagined. But then a freak accident leaves Jess once again fighting for her life while Alex faces the ultimate challenge. Can she save the life of the woman she’s fallen in love with?
Fireflies
Lise Gold - 2018
She doesn’t mind being busy; it provides distraction from painful memories and her daily struggle to stay sober. Captain Ava Alfarsi has just been promoted, carrying more responsibility than she’s ever had before. As a single, young and attractive captain, Ava has no problem meeting women, but her control issues and fear of people finding out she’s far from perfect stand in the way of connecting with others on a deeper level. When the two become aware of each other’s deepest secrets, they find comfort in the knowledge that they’re not alone. The attraction is undeniable as they embark on a healing journey together. Can Ava learn to let go, and can Mia somehow make peace with her past? Both searching for strength to fight their demons, they never expected to find strength in each other. But is passion enough to keep the fire burning?
Royal Pains
Magnolia Robbins - 2017
When Penny unknowingly meets a young Liechtenstein princess, she finds herself falling hard for more than just her German accent.Charming and beautiful Astrid Vogt was well known in the small country of Liechtenstein. Pressured by her parents to pursue their hopes of her marriage to a Prince, Astrid flees to America with a dream of medicine in mind. When she starts to fall for Penelope, their instant attraction proves to be an additional complication to her already crazy life. Unable to reveal her true identity, Astrid finds herself trapped between her duty to her country and her newfound feelings for Penny.Will Astrid tell Penny who she truly is? Or will she let her past come between them?A steamy lesbian romance novella with an HEA ending you’re sure to love!
The Goodmans
Clare Ashton - 2018
But Abby has a secret. Best friend Jude Goodman is the love of her life, and very, very straight. Even if Jude had ever given a woman a second glance, there’d also be the small problem of Maggie – she would definitely not approve. But secrets have a habit of sneaking out, and Abby’s not the only one with something to hide. Life is just about to get very interesting for the Goodmans.Things are not what they used to be, but could they be even better?97,600 words
Wanting Her
Raquel De Leon - 2019
The only thing she does know is that she doesn't like the newcomer. April Hawkins is determined to make her new job work. Left as the sole provider for her niece, she just wants to keep her head down and collect her paycheck. That proves to be difficult when one of her bosses seems to hate her and the other seems to like her a little too much. Unfortunately (or fortunately) the one she's attracted to seems bent on making her job as excruciatingly unpleasant as possible. When Vivian and April's personalities collide, they find their passionate dislike has an unforeseen bonus—a scintillating, consuming chemistry in the bedroom.62,700 words
Atramentum
M.J. Duncan - 2016
Burned out on public accounting after too many sixteen-hour days, the allure of operating a small, independent bookstore is too tempting to resist, and Joss decides to walk away from the career she spent the last decade building to move back to the resort town high in the Rockies. Cupid strikes as she’s moving into her new place outside Sky and, contrary to popular belief, Cupid has four legs and a tail, hits like a linebacker, and answers to the name George. Before Joss can recover from being tackled by the Great Dane, she finds herself face to face with George's mom, Maeve Dylan. Joss is immediately smitten with her beautiful neighbor, but their conversations walk the line between friendliness and flirtation like it’s a tightrope, and Joss is reluctant to do anything that will risk their budding friendship. Thankfully for her, however, George doesn't give up so easily.
Euro Tripped
Sally Bryan - 2018
Her future was all planned out; graduate medical school, become a doctor and at some point get married. If she's to travel, it has to be now and so, together with Gabe, her long-term boyfriend, they take a camper to the continent for three months of bliss. One promise was made - That this would be the greatest summer of their lives. However, their plans are cast into disarray when Gabe receives an unexpected call from an old friend. He's loud, he's rude, he's close by, and he wants to join them. How will Freya cope now that her one chance for an intimate adventure's been hijacked by the most obnoxious man she's ever met and his slender, blonde and mystifying travelling companion? Freya had not bargained on meeting Arwen, a beautiful dancer from Australia and gradually, her orderly world turns to confusion as this exceptionally casual free spirit throws her entire life plan into doubt. Could this rigid Scottish trainee doctor seriously be attracted to a braided hippie woman who meditates? It was preposterous, yet... Suddenly, the relaxing European adventure she’d once craved is now life changing as Freya risks everything to discover who she really is. You'll adore this holiday romance because everyone loves a tale of sun and self-discovery. Get it now.
Hearts in Motion
Miranda MacLeod - 2021
But when her younger sister and brother-in-law die tragically, the pain of loss is too great to ignore. Reeling from guilt over letting her family take a back seat to her career, Hadley seizes the opportunity to make things right by returning to her hometown to raise the infant son her sister left behind.At 29, Tyne Briggs knows firsthand how hard it is to grow up without a loving family. After being saved from a hostile foster home as a queer pre-teen, the young artist dotes on her large and boisterous adoptive family. When she loses her brother and sister-in-law in a car accident, her top priority is to make sure her baby nephew has the happy childhood she was denied.Shared grief and mutual attraction bring the two women together, where they find solace and passion in equal measure. But they are soon at odds when each decides she is the best choice to give baby Owen a permanent home. Without a will to guide them, and with the two aunts unable to reach a compromise, a lengthy custody battle looms.Cooperation and a common purpose could lead to true love and the creation of a new family together, but not if impulsive decisions and unsavory lawyers tear them apart first.Best-selling lesbian fiction author Miranda MacLeod has written a heartwarming and emotionally gripping medical age-gap romance that will convince you love conquers all.
Scripted Love
Helena Harte - 2021
She moves to LA and jumps in with both feet to turn her books into movies. It gets even better when her new director is dapper butch, Rix Reardon. Everything is looking damn near perfect. For now, anyway.Rix Reardon splits her time between running her own production company and fundraising for the local LGBTQ Center. Life is great, but she yearns for a soul mate and the patter of tiny feet. When she starts filming with her favorite writer and they hit it off, Rix begins to wonder if Layla could be her future.But Layla receives an offer of a lifetime that Rix sees as a betrayal. Then there's the bombshell that Layla doesn’t believe in happy ever after, and Rix’s dream life begins to slip away.Will Layla and Rix find their way to love, or is happy ever after not in the script?
Leap of Faith
Everly James - 2017
If she can make it past the grabby hands of drunken customers, she’ll be debt free and ready to be a physician. But then she meets Jocelyn, and her whole world is turned upside down. Jocelyn Parker is a soon-to-be married hotshot cardiothoracic surgeon when her fiancé dumps her days before her wedding. Never one to be downtrodden, she goes ahead with her Vegas bachelorette party plans. That’s when she meets Amy, and she knows she’ll never be the same. Can they take a leap of faith together to find true love? This is a NOVELLA of 15,000 words in length and the prologue to HEARTBEAT. It contains steamy love scenes, colorful language, flaming anatomy textbooks, and an impromptu chili dog picnic.
The Fake Game
Kim Hartfield - 2020
It’s a dream job... and a certain colleague is the cherry on top. Marie is kind and supportive, as well as drop-dead gorgeous, and Tabby’s heart does a little dance whenever she’s around.Given half a chance, Marie could fall for her smart, witty coworker - but Tabby is straight, so they can only be friends. When the two run into the last jerk Tabby dated, Marie pretends to be her girlfriend as revenge. It's just a silly game to put the ex in his place... until he gets hired at their company.Now Tabby and Marie can fess up to the truth - or double down and fake a whole relationship. Choosing to continue is a dangerous game. But what if the prize could be greater than either of them imagine?
Making Time
C.J. Harte - 2014
She has spent the last fifteen years trying to forget Teri Stanton. Just as she thinks her life is moving forward, Mia loses her lover and then must become her parents’ caretaker. She is still determined to make a life without Teri’s ghost haunting her.Teri Stanton has sold her soul to her family’s business. She’s tripled the net worth and made it a global company. One day she will be the CEO. That is all she cares about. Until Mia Daniels shows up and keeps telling her to go away. Mia is attractive and smart, and Teri is interested, but Mia has too many responsibilities for Teri to deal with.Mia may be Teri’s one chance to regain her soul back, but first she has to make time to prove to Mia she is worth the effort. Teri’s not sure if she can.
A Heart to Trust
A.L. Brooks - 2020
That is until a company shake-up foists the infuriating Olivia Sinclair on her. The woman is uptight, snobby, and has some perfect and famous motor-racing husband.TV and theater producer Olivia moved to New York from the UK to marry her longtime friend. It’s a sham marriage, a favor to a man she loves as a brother, but the strain is beginning to take its toll. How can she even meet women when she’s the picture of heterosexual bliss?Add in her stressful new job, an irritating colleague called Jenny, who thinks being goofy is some kind of admirable work ethic, and life can be a grind some days.The worst part isn’t the office politics or clashing personalities, but the fact there’s an attraction between both women that’s gradually becoming impossible to ignore.So…should they stop ignoring it?That would mean learning to trust your heart that this is the right woman. And that’s a huge step.Tags: enemies to lovers, office politics, TV production assistant, workplace romance
Where Are You
Bella Donnis - 2014
When the beautiful yet chronically shy Erin begins her degree at the University of Cambridge, she finds herself unable cope with the pressure. Just as she decides to run and destroy her future career prospects, a chance encounter with the confident, warm, caring, eccentric and stunning Gianna, a foreign student from Napoli, Italy changes everything.Just as their friendship reaches a peak and Erin has changed into a new person, Gianna mysteriously disappears, sending Erin back into a negative spiral of loss.Ten years later, after a sudden and strange twist of fate, Erin decides to seek out the only true friend she ever had, in the hope of rekindling where they left off many years before.Where Are You is a story of forbidden love, friendship and redemption set amidst the magnificent regal beauty of Cambridge, England as well as the ancient Italian cities of Napoli and Pompeii.
Give Me a Reason
Lyn Gardner - 2013
Four years later, Toni’s judgment is overturned, but the damage is already done. She walks from the prison a free woman, but she’s hardly free. Actually, she’s hardly alive. A prison without rules can do that to a person. She was raised amidst garden parties, stables and tennis courts, but now a dingy flat in a decrepit building is what Toni calls home. It’s cold, dark and barren just like her heart, but it suits her. She doesn’t want to leave much behind when she’s gone, but the simplicity of her sheltered existence begins to unravel when a beautiful stranger comes into her life. How does anyone survive in a world that terrifies them? How do you learn to trust again when everyone is your enemy? How do you take your next breath and not wish it were your last? And if your past returned...what would you do? Author’s Note: Give Me A Reason contains elements of angst, and while it may be found under several genres, its primary listing is lesbian fiction.