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Chaos Agent by Lee Winter
What happens when the sweetest employee learns her boss’s evil secrets? This opposites-attract ice queen romance asks: Can a villain truly be redeemed?CEO Michelle Hastings has foolishly promoted a kind, clueless activist to her full-time staff. Now, on top of fighting her inconvenient feelings, Michelle must hide the evil they do...Categorized as:
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Under Your Skin by Lee Winter
What do a stolen food-delivery robot, a woman from the past, and a bizarre scheme to microchip military veterans have in common? The infamous Caustic Queen, Washington DC bureau chief Catherine Ayers, would love to find out but she has a lot on her plate right now. She and her fiancée, reporter and Iowa girl Lauren King, are busy wedding planning in Lauren’s home town... -
The Love Conspiracy by J.J. Arias
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCould you fall in love with your husband’s mistress?Forty-year-old Veronica Marin is a force to be reckoned with - a fierce trial lawyer who's always in control, including in her marriage to Gabe. But when a stranger shows up and exposes Gabe's infidelity, Veronica's reality is rocked. Her solution? To track down all of Gabe's unsuspecting partners before filing for divorce... -
A Whisper of Solace by Milena McKay
What makes an Ice Queen?Neve Blackthorne, head of one of the most successful Studios in Hollywood, is the one to rule them all. Powerful, beautiful, and aloof, she’s ruthless, yet irresistible. Above all, she has an unquenchable survival instinct.Surely a fleeting entanglement with one Audrey Avens, a bright, young, rising star in her company, won’t bring down the Wicked Queen of Tinseltown...Categorized as:
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If I Don't Ask by E.J. Noyes
Rebecca Keane has it all figured out. With a successful career as an Army surgeon and a fresh promotion to Lieutenant Colonel, she loves her life leading a surgical team. Even if that life means she’s spent years hiding her sexuality and ignoring her desires under the Army’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy...Categorized as:
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Western Shores by Lise Gold
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMadison Wilson, a marine biologist, has recently graduated and is ready to start her adult life with her first job as a research technician in Santa Cruz. After moving to Capitola, a sweet and colorful beach town in Northern California, she is immediately enchanted by her new house, as well as her beautiful landlady, Ally... -
These Thin Lines by Milena McKay
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSome lines should never be crossed...In the heart of Paris, Chiara Conti is a Queen trapped in an Ivory Tower of haute couture, fortune and lovelessness. Lonely and dejected, she’s longing for inspiration, for direction, for understanding.When Vi Courtenay falls at her feet, losing her shoe like a veritable Cinderella, events are set in motion that will unravel their carefully fashioned lives... -
Say Cheese by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA spicy age gap romance where one night of passion could lead to a lifetime of love... -
If It's Meant to Be by Skye Von Triessen
Dr. Alexandra Edison lives a life that many would be envious of. A beautiful world-famous fiancée, more money than she could spend, and a career that she loved. To honor her grandfather’s wishes, she moved from L.A. to Seattle to take over one of her family’s hospitals. When her perfect life fell apart, the last person she expected to be there to help her pick up the pieces was Dr. Blake Westmore... -
Cold Blooded Lover by Eliza Lentzski
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFormer Marine, Cassidy Miller knew what it took to be a good soldier and even a decent beat cop. She was starting to figure out how to be a girlfriend as her relationship with Julia Desjardin progressed, but what did she know about being a cold case detective? Buried under paperwork in the basement of the Fourth Police Precinct, she was going to have to figure it out... -
No Strings by Lucy Bexley
No Strings is a sapphic age-gap romance.Fun is the one thing Elsie Webb takes seriously. Though she’d be having a lot more of it if Haelstrom Media paid her enough to actually get out of debt. She’s determined to hold out on contract negotiations for her kids’ television show Fangley Heights until she gets what she deserves... -
She'll Steal Your Heart by Rachel Lacey
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA thief seeking redemption forms an unlikely connection with a former lawyer looking for a fresh start of her own, but what starts as friendship soon feels like much more…Last year, Lauren Booker fled New York with a warrant out for her arrest. Now she’s back and ready to make amends for her crime. She wants to rebuild her life, and Brooklyn is home...Categorized as:
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Sliced Ice by Lee Winter
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTen short stories based on Lee Winter’s fierce and unforgettable ice queens and villains have been gathered into one anthology containing lesbian love, lust, friendship, and romance.Find out what happened after Lee’s stories ended, and in one case, before it began... -
Heart of Ice by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat happens when the one person who makes your heart sing is also the one person who could destroy everything you’ve worked for?Laurie “the Hatchet” Emerson is a ruthless leader in Boston finance who’s rumoured to have a block of ice where her heart should be. If only... -
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Hot off the Press: A Branded Hearts Romance by K.E. Morrison
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Great Britain has an unexpected General Election, political journalist Jenna Edwards is excited to go on the campaign trail. That is until she’s assigned to cover the Green Party and their attempt to win more than one paltry seat in Parliament. Disappointed, Jenna resigns herself to weeks of reporting on tree-hugging, plant-based diets, and renewable energies... -
Stolen Hearts by Eliza Lentzski
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIn 1984, Danika Laroque, a young indigenous woman, was reported missing. The investigation went cold not long after. Decades later, a True Crime podcaster starts poking around, bringing the missing persons case to the attention of Cassidy Miller... -
Magdalene Nox by Milena McKay
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMagdalene Nox doesn't cast wishes upon stars... She simply makes them happen. But for this particular wish, she had waited for thirty years. Her retribution against those who discarded her three decades ago should be swift and simple.Except a chance encounter and an unforgettable night turn her entire life upside down. Torn between vengeance and lust, Magdalene is forced to re-evaluate everything... -
Surprised By Her (Mainely Books Club) by Chelsea M. Cameron
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhen my boss at Bluebird Pottery, Sydney, left me in charge while she went on vacation with her girlfriend, I wasn’t looking forward to it. During my first few hours, a tall, stunning stranger walked in, and I could barely breathe. Of course I ruined everything by spilling coffee all over her... -
Charmed By Her by Chelsea M. Cameron
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe only thing I had to look forward to was getting as far away from my hometown of Arrowbridge, Maine, as possible. That is, until I bump into a single mom and her bug-loving daughter. Ingrid Davidson and I have absolutely nothing in common. She’s older, she has a child, and she’s settled in Arrowbridge for good.Still, I can’t stop finding reasons to spend time with her, and her adorable toddler... -
Cigar Club by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFallon Foster is Whiskey Springs' self-proclaimed token lesbian. She isn't a token any longer. After her year-long affair with best friend, Andi Maguire ends, Fallon hopes to earn the trust and win the heart of the town's newest resident, Riley Main. Ghosts from the past still haunt Fallon and Riley. Informed by loss and betrayal, the pair endeavors to find their way to each other... -
Blurred Lines by Olivia Lucas
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThis week is not going to plan…So far, I’ve been stood up, taunted by a kid, and dunked in coffee. And that was just on my way to my job interview.I almost couldn’t believe it when the hot stranger who crashed into me in the coffee shop came to my rescue. Unfortunately, this stranger has a name – Natalie Dalton – and she might’ve also popped up at my job interview. And then on a night out... -
The Delicate Things We Make by Milena McKay
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHitting rock bottom in the concrete jungle of Manhattan, investigative journalist Jamie Walker lands the assignment of a lifetime: Find the most elusive artist of a generation, who has enthralled the art and fashion world for over a decade.This assignment is supposed to finally be Jamie’s ticket to journalistic fame and fortune... -
The AM Show by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWould you give up your lifelong dream for a shot at everlasting love?Amanda Morgan is a morning show host with a fierce reputation, but a bitter divorce has left her feeling all washed up. Being mistaken for a grandmother at her own son’s wedding has her teetering on the edge—until a stranger at the reception rocks her world... -
Ensnared in Her Symphony by Jolie Dvorak
Maestro Virve Vintinen is at the very top of her game. She’s the principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra – the classical music world is hers to rule and she does so in style. She has a reputation, sure. She’s been known to make entire brass sections cry with one raised brow. She’s reduced the harshest music critics to tears of rapture... -
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In Dreams by Lise Gold
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the world of morning television, Rebecca Pandey shines as the charismatic producer and host of an animal programme, but behind the facade, she battles nightmares that refuse to let her rest. Desperate for relief, she turns to a specialist known for unravelling the most perplexing subconscious puzzles... -
Night Cap by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIt’s autumn in Whiskey Springs, Vermont, and more than the leaves have changed color. Life has never been better for Fallon Foster. Her relationship with the town’s newest citizen, Riley Main is progressing as Fallon had hoped. Fallon finally believes she may get the family she’s dreamed of. Her business is thriving, and her friendship with her former lover, Andi Maguire is back on track... -
All the Little Moments by G. Benson
A successful anaesthetist, Anna is focused on herself, her career, and her girlfriend. Everything changes abruptly when her brother’s and sister-in-law’s deaths devastate her and her family. Left responsible for her young niece and nephew, Anna finds herself dumped and alone in Melbourne, a city she doesn’t even like... -
About That Kiss by Harper Bliss
What if the greatest role of your life is playing your true self?Ida Burton used to be Hollywood’s sweetheart until the best roles started drying up in her forties.When Ida lands one of the leads in a big-budget lesbian rom-com, it's not only a chance at reviving her dwindling career. Maybe this movie can be an opportunity to finally burst out of the closet she's forced herself into...Categorized as:
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Christmas in Heaven by Lise Gold
Helen works for Heaven, a high-end matchmaking company with a tailored and personal approach. As their number one matchmaker, there’s no way she can turn up at the company Christmas party solo, but she struggles to find a date.Matilda is a corporate party planner hired by Helen to organise Heaven’s Christmas party... -
A Life Worth Living by Monica McCallan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsNora Gallagher can begrudgingly admit that she and Gray Ferris are both stellar Philadelphia real estate agents, but that’s the beginning and the end of the similarities between them.Nora’s life has been in a self-imposed holding pattern for half a decade. Depending on people in her personal life only leads to disappointment, and she has no plans of making that mistake again...Categorized as:
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Fated Love by Radclyffe
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWhat do you do when your carefully planned life takes a wrong turn into hell? When Quinn Maguire, a dashing young trauma surgeon, unaccountably accepts a position as an ER physician, her new boss, Honor Blake, suspects that Quinn is hiding a dark secret. While the two declare an uneasy truce in an effort to work together, both struggle with mutual, and unexpected, attraction... -
Flight Plan by T.B. Markinson, Miranda MacLeod
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTwo women entangled in a web of danger, deception, and unexpected desire. Will their fake romance be the key to survival, or will it unravel the very foundation of their hearts?Reggie Hawkins is used to living a lie. As the closeted lesbian daughter of a billionaire media mogul, the only luxury she can’t afford is being herself... -
Ask Me Again by E.J. Noyes
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhat do you do when the source of all your problems is the one thing you don’t know how to fix? With Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell nothing more than an unpleasant memory, US Army surgeon Sabine Fleischer is ready to move on with her life―if she can just figure out how to move past her PTSD... -
Dirt Nap by Carolyn Elizabeth
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThough still suffering side effects from the injuries she sustained in a serious fall, Corey Curtis is off restricted duty and back at work in the morgue. Within hours of cutting the cast off her arm with a bone saw she’s asked by her former mentor to assist on a body recovery. Now she’s elbow deep in decomposing human remains and a suspicious death that hits far too close to home... -
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Say You Love Me by Rachel Murphy
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsWhy say how you feel when you can show it?Two years after Brooke Lewis had her heart broken and life turned upside down, she was convinced she would never find love again. Nor did she want to. After reluctantly agreeing to her best friend's pleas to start dating again, she tried and failed. Until the bartender on one of her dates threw her for a loop and made her question everything... -
Cherished by Her by Chelsea M. Cameron
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsTo say I was looking forward to visiting my sister in Arrowbridge, Maine, was an understatement. She and I were as close as two people could get without being literally attached. She’s got a whole new life and a new hot wood-chopping girlfriend, and I couldn’t be happier for her. Truly. Not jealous. I swear.Apart from seeing her, I also have one goal during my a steamy hookup... -
All Wrapped Up in You by T.B. Markinson, Adrian J. Smith
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA saboteur. A bookstore in trouble. A writer on the verge of ruin.After a painful divorce, Mathilda “Mat” Kincaide has one clear vision. Ascend the throne of her family’s cherished chain of bookstores. Yet a mysterious troublemaker lurks in the heart of her store, intent on derailing Mat’s every ambition... -
Fuze by Brian Christopher Shea, Stacy Lynn Miller
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSpecial Agent Lexi Mills chases the criminal who killed her partner in this thrilling novel of grit, betrayal, and retribution.After a lifetime of fighting to get what she wants, Lexi Mills has finally made it into the elite ATF Special Response Team. But when a wrong move during a bomb disposal operation takes half her leg—and her partner’s life—Lexi must shoulder the guilt alone... -
Dead Shot by Erik Schubach
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMcKenzie is a soldier and her girlfriend, Katie, is a contractor with the United Nations peacekeeping force. McKenzie's squad has named her Dead Shot for her uncanny ability with weapons.When her unit is ambushed, will her skills be enough?This is set in the same world as Music of the Soul but is a standalone book... -
Twice Upon A Christmastime by Addison Clarke
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwins Jones and Mallory Garner never expected the holidays to be so climactic. Ice queen Jones is the Vice President of Smithfield Marketing, a high profile marketing firm in the heart of NYC. She’s risen to the top of her game by not caring about the people she steps on along the way. Love isn’t on her radar; that next big promotion is though... -
The Wait Is Over by Nicole Pyland
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is book #6 in the Holiday Series.Scarlet Campbell’s friends had all coupled off, and it had happened this year. All five of them had found love while Scarlet had continued to go back and forth about coming out to her family, and on top of that, she still couldn’t talk to women. Every time she tried, she choked. She got nervous. She said something stupid... -
Keep Her Safe by Claire Highton-Stevenson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe'll do whatever it takes...Barely into her 30s, Laura Ryan was living the perfect life. She had everything she thought she wanted until the moment her mother-in-law passed away... -
Appointing by Nicole Pyland
This is book #2 in the Royalty Series.Elin, the Princess of Norway, never planned to become the country’s Queen – her twin brother, older by minutes, would be the next King. When her father decided to retire, and her brother abdicated to continue his career in the military service, Elin was thrust into being not only the next in line, but the new Queen... -
Arriving by Nicole Pyland
This is book #3 in the Royalty Series.Alice, a small-town teacher who had lost her parents years ago, had always felt out of place. There was just something missing in her life that she could never seem to identify. When a man showed up to tell her that she was the long-lost daughter of a King and Queen who had been exiled from their country and were now dead, Alice didn’t believe him... -
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Identity by Nancy Ann Healy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOnce a spy, always a spy. Alex Toles and Claire Brackett are back in action. Once rivals, the pair of FBI agents receive a summons from President Candace Reid to the White House. Evidence of forced starvation scattered throughout Russia coincides with a growing military presence in the small Russian exclave of Kaliningrad... -
By Design: The Beginning by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsBuilding bridges has a very different meaning for Jameson Reid than it does for Candace Fletcher. J.D. Reid spends her days designing some of the most elegant and majestic buildings and homes in North America. U.S. Senator Candace Fletcher has spent her life working to build bridges between people. J.D. Reid is not who Candace Fletcher was expecting to arrive on her doorstep... -
Independence Day by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAfter the death of her vice president, President Candace Reid thinks nothing can surprise her. But does anyone learn to expect the unexpected? Emerging threats from abroad have narrowed Candace’s circle of trust. At the suggestion of her National Security Advisor Joshua Tate, Candace reluctantly moves to bring her longtime friend and ally Alex Toles into her administration... -
Domestic Policy by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsManaging an ever-growing family has taught President Candace Reid to expect the unexpected. Nothing could prepare her for what she’s about to face.Away from their home in New York, Candace and Jameson find that creating a sense of home in the White House is no simple task... -
Solid Foundation by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLife is never simple in the world of politics. The pressure is on Senator Candace Fletcher to make a run for the governorship of New York State. Everyone seems convinced it's the right move for the affable senator. Everyone that is, except Candace. Life took an unexpected turn for the senator when she met and fell in love with Jameson Reid... -
Rough Drafts by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne Year Later: Senator Candace Reid is beginning her campaign for Governor of New York in earnest. Things have been relatively quiet in the Senator's life. She and Jameson have fallen into a familiar routine, navigating work commitments and inevitable separations. Now, Jameson is about to confront a demon from her past...
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