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Code of Conduct


Cheyenne Blue - 2018
    A top ten tennis player with a grand slam trophy to her name, she had the world at her feet. Then an overzealous lineswoman’s bad call knocked her out of the US Open, and a persistent injury crushed her career. While battling to return to the game she loves, a chance meeting with the lineswoman, Gabriela, forces Viva to rethink the past…and the present.Away from the court, Gabriela is sexy, athletic, and lives for her career as an umpire. She seems to be falling for Viva as hard and fast as Viva is for her. There’s just one problem: players and officials can’t date.A lesbian romance about breaking all the rules.91,000 wordsThemes: Australia · lesbian lineswoman · lesbian tennis player

Town Under


Tao Wong - 2021
    For Kira Kent, plant biologist, the System arrives while she's pulling an all nighter at work with her pair of kids in tow.Now, instead of mundane parental concerns like childcare and paying the bills, she's got to figure out how to survive a world where already deadly flora and fauna have grown even more perilous - all while dealing with the minutiae of the System’s pesky blue screens and Levels and somehow putting together a community of survivors to forge a safe zone to shelter her son and daughter.It almost makes her miss the PTA fundraising sales. Almost.Town Under is the first book in a new series, The System Apocalypse: Australia. It's set in the same universe as Tao Wong's The System Apocalypse and starts in the same time period as Life in the North but focuses on the changes in the deadliest of continents, Australia. Fans of the original series, LitRPG, fantasy, science-fiction and post-apocalyptic novels will want to take a look.

Teacher's Pet


Briar Lane - 2018
    Despite being attractive with a decent job, she can't seem to find anybody who is understanding about the fact that she has a five year old daughter. She has started to feel extremely alone, like she is the only person in this world she can lean on.Until one day her car breaks down and her daughters kindergarten teacher comes to the rescue. Lana not only fixes Katie's car but provides a shoulder to lean on. Katie immediately thinks that Lana would make the perfect best friend... but Lana has more than friendship on her mind. But Katie has never opened herself up to the idea that she could have feelings for a woman... but perhaps she should?Briar Lane's latest story will leave you feeling good with a happily-ever-after ending for a young mom and a kind Kindergarten teacher.

Heart of the Storm


Nicole Stiling - 2020
    Her career with the Shell Creek Police Department is on track, her son, Declan, is amazing, and for the first time in a long time, life is simple, if unremarkable. Until a dead body is found outside the Shell Creek Library.Sienna Bennett doesn’t know how she ended up here. She’s overwhelmed as a big city victim advocate, her soon-to-be-ex-husband is living in their pool house, and she feels like her stepson, Declan, blames her for the state of their family. She needs something else to focus on.Juliet and Sienna might share a history with Declan’s dad, but they’re nothing more than friendly acquaintances. When they’re thrown together in the midst of the biggest investigation Shell Creek has ever seen, neither anticipates a forbidden attraction. It definitely isn’t worth upending the life they’ve worked so hard for. Is it?

The Great Christmas Tree Mystery


Jamey Moody - 2021
    

Ariana


Emma Nichols - 2018
    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

Unexpected Partners


Michelle Larkin - 2018
    Chloe Maddox leaves her life in LA to join the Boston Police Department, she wants nothing more than a fresh start, even if she does rebuff the friendly advances of her colleagues and spends her nights alone. She seems to be succeeding until the man who murdered her fianceé and left her for dead turns up at the precinct in connection with another case, and she must face the past she can’t outrun. Detective Dana Blake uncovers Chloe’s secret and convinces her to testify against the dangerous psychopath. When he is released on bail, Dana and Chloe take temporary refuge in a safe house where Chloe tries to keep her distance despite their undeniable attraction. Forced to flee, they soon find themselves running from a serial killer intent on recapturing his prey. Except this time, he has his eye on Dana, too.Cover Artist: Tammy SedickGenres: Intrigue & Thriller / Romance

The Good Girl


Madeleine Taylor - 2019
    I work hard, look like your average girl, do everything in moderation, and I certainly don’t make a habit of going into strangers' hotel rooms dressed in sexy lingerie and killer heels. That is, until I meet her. When a mysterious woman buys me a drink at a hotel bar in New York, I never expect her to impact my life the way she does. From the moment she lays eyes on me there’s little point fighting my desires because she seems to know them better than I do... The Good Girl is the naughty debut novella by Madeleine Taylor, author of lesbian erotica.

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!

Firework


Melissa Brayden - 2016
    She spends her days running Global NewsWire, a Fortune 500 company, and her nights at all the trendy San Diego hot spots. When the Union-Tribune decides to run a feature story on her company, Lucy’s thrilled to oblige with an interview. But when the reporter arrives, it turns out the story she’s writing is anything but flattering. The fact that she’s irritatingly gorgeous only adds salt to the wound.Kristin James loves her job, and as a committed journalist will go out of her way to tell the most balanced story possible—even if it means going up against Lucy Danaher, that striking and stubborn-as-hell CEO. She just has one problem. No matter what she does, she can’t seem to get Lucy off her mind…Firework was previously published in Sweet Hearts (Bold Strokes Books, 2015).

The Goode Vet


J.J. Arias - 2020
    . . and her heart.Vanessa is content being America’s favorite reality TV veterinarian and living in her gated, island community. That all changes when a new neighbor bulldozes into her life. Literally.When Ronny wins the lottery and buys a dilapidated mansion in an exclusive south Florida town, she doesn’t expect the difficult woman next door to impede her plans of turning the home into a dog sanctuary.Can Vanessa and Ronny move beyond having gotten off on the wrong foot to nurture the spark they felt on their first meeting?Hit the jackpot with this fun enemies-to-lovers romance featuring swoon-worthy leads and a gaggle of four-legged friends!The Goode Vet is a SHORT STORY in the bestselling Goode Girl lesbian romance series, telling the stories of women loving women in and around a small, all-women’s college in Florida. Books can be read in any order.

Twist of Fate


Raven Cavaleu - 2021
    

Never Too Late


Julie Blair - 2014
    Jamie Hammond thinks she’s put that night far behind her. She’s a successful chiropractor and is about to celebrate a ten-year anniversary with her partner. But instead of reaping the benefits of responsibility and hard work, she finds herself fighting to save her business and relationship as doubt, betrayal, and disappointment tear at the fabric of her life.Carla Grant is looking for a new challenge after settling her daughter at college. She never imagines that applying for an office manager position will change her life.As Jamie and Carla work to save Jamie’s business, they will have to examine everything they thought they knew about love, responsibility, and family. Can two women dare to believe that it’s never too late for happily ever after?

Create a Life to Love


Erin Zak - 2019
    She has her past, but she doesn’t think about it. Ever.All that changes when she finds the child she gave up for adoption standing on the doorstep. Now sixteen years old, Beth Weber is resourceful, a blossoming artist, and a spitting image of her birth mom. To say Jackie is stunned is the understatement of the year.When Jackie meets Beth’s adoptive mom, Susan, they’re immediately attracted to each other, but there’s no way Jackie is getting involved with a married woman, especially Beth’s mom. But when Susan and Beth need a place to stay and end up back on Jackie’s doorstep, their lives change forever.Will these three women who share a past and face an uncertain future be able to forge a life of love together?Cover Artist: Melody PondGenres: Contemporary / Romance

Nature of the Pack


Jae - 2013
    That changed when she met Rue, a powerful alpha in her own right, despite the fact that she is human. When Kelsey’s parents learn of the forbidden relationship, they set out to put a stop to it. For once in her life, will Kelsey push beyond the boundaries of her omega status and fight for her happiness and her human mate? "Nature of the Pack" is a short story that goes with the paranormal romance novel True Nature.