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Just One Destiny


Jade Winters - 2017
    Pretty soon the working relationship with her boss, Teal Adams, develops into an intense mutual attraction and the lines between employer and employee become blurred. Disillusioned with love, Carissa convinces herself that she’s okay with the arrangement Teal suggests, where both women can enjoy the benefits of being intimate without emotions getting in the way. But things get complicated when Carissa and Teal form a bond stronger than either of them intended. As the completion of the renovation looms, will the women stick to the agreement and part on friendly terms? Or will it have to be re-written for another outcome altogether?

Love for Auction


Karen Klyne - 2019
    But when the glitter fades, she relocates to the little village of Cauthwell to start over. Relationships are off the table, but she manages to find plenty of temporary company in her area. Until, that is, she takes on an auction for a very special client. Kim Besson is lost. After her father dies she gives up her life in Manchester and heads to Cauthwell to sell the family home. With no family or friends, she has no idea what to do with the next stage of her life. When enigmatic, charming, older woman, Philippa, comes into her life, she starts to realise just what it is she might have been missing. But surely someone like Philippa wouldn’t be interested in a country girl like her… When big city meets small town, home is what you find.

One for the Road


Sienna Waters - 2020
    But when the runaway bride parks her truck in front of a small town bar the last thing she's expecting is Leo Bonham.Butch, sexy, and older, Leo is everything that Sammie has never wanted. Not least because she's female. And Leo isn't too pleased about meeting Sammie either. She's off relationships for good, and anyway, that huge RV is deterring customers.Sammie's too straight, too young, and too beautiful for Leo's taste. And Leo's too broken, too stubborn, and too old for Sammie's games. And yet the bubbling excitement between them can't be denied.It should have been just a stop on the road, just another customer, but somehow their lives got tangled together. Right up until one cuts the other free. An escape story turned into a romance, which turned into a tragedy. And the only way to get a happy ending is to leave the past behind...One For The Road is a new stand-alone lesbian romance from Sienna Waters, author of the Oakview and Monday's Child lesfic series.

The Light in You


Lisa Elliot - 2020
    Passionate and principled, she believes in yoga and wants to make a difference. Unfortunately, her studio is hanging by a thread after a slow start. She doesn’t have time for love, and isn’t attachment the root of all suffering anyway?Life isn’t going the way Emily Mackenzie had planned. She’s lost her high-powered corporate job and isn’t coping well. She’s spent her twenties sacrificing her personal life for her career and now she has nothing to show for it. Stressed and struggling, she might just be at her rock bottom. When Emily joins Heart Yoga she finds a lot more than just a good stretch.An unexpected kiss forces Angela to question everything she holds dear, and as Emily gets back on her feet is it wise for her to risk getting involved with someone who’s not looking for love?

A Way With Words


Nicolette Dane - 2018
    It’s been over seven years since her hit book came out, her editor is clamoring for a new manuscript, and life in northern Ohio just doesn’t compare to the literary world she once inhabited. Her love life feels like even more of a mess. Evie is really beginning to feel trapped. When one of her graduate writing students, the beautiful and talented Meadow Sims, makes her adoration known, Evie feels the passion she once had for life and love all start coming back. Meadow is smart, sweet, and she has almost completed a novel of her own. But Evie and Meadow must thread the needle carefully, keeping their romance hidden from a jealous rival student and the university administration. Can this love affair succeed despite the professional consequences? Will love win out over jealousy and prohibition? Blossoming love can be a catalyst for change, and accepting everything that change entails isn’t always the easiest proposition. But it could be exactly what Evie needs.

Falling for Jillian Ashley: A Carlsbad Village Lesbian Romance


Sabrina Kane - 2021
    

Hard Candy Christmas


Hildred Billings - 2021
    One shopkeeper.And the one wish that brings them together.Candy shop provisioner Emma has more than enough on her plate: her small-town business is struggling, the weather is cold and rainy, and her young daughter is a precocious handful.Yet when daughter Dani asks Santa for the impossible, Emma has another problem on her hands.Because Dani wants a stepmom. More specifically, she wants her mom Emma to get married!Enter city girl Tamryn, who is on assignment on behalf of her law firm. From the moment Emma sees her in a coffee shop, she’s infatuated – and from the moment Dani sees her mom’s eyes wander?Nothing will stop one little girl from bringing Emma and Tamryn together!The cozy tourist town of Cannon Beach is about to vibrate from the cosmic electricity of fate. Good thing Christmas is the season of everything sweet… with just a hint of spice.

A Place To Call Home


Callie Hall - 2020
    She had a loving wife, a beautiful home, and the promise of a child to call their own. However, after a devastating loss, Beth’s ex walked out on her, leaving Beth to pick up the pieces of their broken family.Now, at forty years old, Beth spends her days walking the empty halls of a house that no longer feels like home. Comfortable in her solitude, Beth’s night is interrupted when a woman shows up on her doorstep asking for shelter from the cold.Stranded and drenched by the pouring rain, 28-year-old Abby's night has gone from bad to worse. From her cheating ex to a fallen tree that’s blocked her path, Abby’s had it with the rest of the world. The company could be also better, but with nowhere else to go, Abby must depend on the kindness of a stranger that, while rough around the edges, can be quite warm if given the chance.A Place to Call Home is a sweet lesbian romance with no cliffhangers and a happily ever after.

Six Feet


Michele M. Reynolds - 2021
    Six Feet is a contemporary, pandemic romance with the emphasis on romance.Henley Stones Smith, 42, is a psychologist with three foster daughters: Paloma, Jackie and Manhattan.Nicki Zabelle, 28, is a professional video gamer who sleeps in late and always orders take-out.The Covid pandemic hits and Nicki abruptly moves from Boston to Western Massachusetts where Henley is juggling working from home, remote school, and single parenthood.Little Jackie's early morning mishap brings Henley and Nicki together.Henley sees Nicki as an incredibly young neighbor who is kind enough to share her pool.Nicki sees Henley as an incredibly hot neighbor who she hopes is kind enough to share her bed.

Falling Slowly


Laura Conway - 2017
     She's confident, charismatic and stunning. The only thing is Harper doesn't do relationships and Kate doesn't do one night stands... Or could she? Just this one time. Kate knows she can't fall for Harper but that doesn't mean she can stop it from happening. Do these two have a chance? After all, they say opposites attract. 18+ Mature Audiences Read for free with Kindle Unlimited

The Great Christmas Tree Mystery


Jamey Moody - 2021
    

Good Girl, Bad Girl


Mia Archer - 2016
    So why did being with her feel so right? Mari was always the good girl. Play by the rules. Get good grades. Go to church on Sunday. Play it safe and enjoy her last summer at home before college.It was a good life. A simple life. A life she was about to throw away because of her. Robin.Robin wasn't the good girl. She had the occasional run-in with the law. She had a side business selling substances that weren't strictly legal in all fifty states yet. She was on the small town fast track to nowhere.Until a chance meeting with Mari that turned into so much more. Until she learned the good girl was into girls and ready to break free of her goody-two-shoes ways.Robin knew she shouldn't pull Mari into her world, but what's a girl to do when the girl of her dreams won't take no for an answer?Risk everything for a chance at love. That's what she's going to do!

Breaking Protocol (Sapphic Sphere Collection Book 1)


T.T. Banks - 2019
    Fistfights, shootouts, lust, and... lesbians?! Fast-paced, funny, and sexy as hell!

Partners


Jae - 2021
    Running a new company with her girlfriend, Austen, is taking some getting used to, especially since Austen doesn’t deem knocking heads together to be an acceptable leadership choice.When disaster strikes at work and their management styles clash, they’re forced to figure out how to be as good together as business partners as they are lovers. It might take compromises and donut bribes, but they’re determined to find a way.“Partners” is a short story sequel to Jae’s award-winning lesbian romance Under a Falling Star.

Sealed with a Kiss: A Lesbian Love Story (Lesvos Island Collection)


Sam Skyborne - 2020