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  • On the Same Page by Haley Cass

    On the Same Page by Haley Cass

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 25 ratings
    Riley Beckett met Gianna Mäkinen – drop-dead gorgeous influencer, trilingual, daughter of world-famous models, yes, that Gianna Mäkinen – their first year at Boston University, and it changed everything for the both of them...
  • Chaos Agent by Lee Winter

    Chaos Agent by Lee Winter

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    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...
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  • Hotel Queens by Lee Winter

    Hotel Queens by Lee Winter

    Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 17 ratings
    Ice meets fire in this opposites-attract lesbian romance, as layered, sassy, and smart as its characters. Over one long night at a bar in Las Vegas, two powerful hotel executives meet, flirt, and challenge each other—having no clue they’re rivals after the same dream deal.Brilliant ice queen Amelia Duxton is a hotel vice president who thrives on control, truth, and efficiency...
  • Truth and Measure by Telanu

    Truth and Measure by Telanu

    Rated: 4.73 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 10 ratings
    The Devil Wears Prada fanfiction:Andy doesn't leave Miranda in Paris, and learns that a single decision can change your life. But the main thing about decisions? You don't get to stop with one...
  • The Headmistress by Milena McKay

    The Headmistress by Milena McKay

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 15 ratings
    A chance encounter. An unforgettable night. And back home, trouble is brewing on the remote island of Three Dragons, where nothing feels like it used to. Alone and lonely, Sam Threadneedle wishes upon a star, hoping for change. But when said change comes, it’s with a roar and not a whimper.Torn between loyalty and lust, Sam is forced to re-evaluate everything...
  • Better Than Expected by Haley Cass

    Better Than Expected by Haley Cass

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 27 ratings
    Hannah Dalton had a lot of expectations in her life. Growing up watching her mother struggle for everything they had, she resolved to make sure she did everything she could to make those hardships worthwhile...
  • The Fixer by Lee Winter

    The Fixer by Lee Winter

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 17 ratings
    A naive activist is hired by a corporate villain but doesn’t realize it. Cue one awkward farce, a twisty puzzle, and the slowest of slow burns in this opposites-attract, ice queen romance.Nine years ago, aloof, icy Michelle Hastings chose career over love. She’s now living with that choice as she rules a secret corporation catering to the rich and powerful.Enter Eden Lawless...
  • Finding Jessica Lambert by Clare Ashton

    Finding Jessica Lambert by Clare Ashton

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    Jessica Lambert, movie star and ingénue, is in danger of burning out. Returning to London for the premiere of her latest film, she’s recognised everywhere she goes. When she runs away through the streets of London, she’s taken in by the beautiful and more mature Anna...
  • The Red Files by Lee Winter

    The Red Files by Lee Winter

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Ambitious Daily Sentinel journalist Lauren King is chafing on LA’s vapid social circuit, reporting on glamorous A-list parties while sparring with her rival—the formidable, icy Catherine Ayers. Ayers is an ex-Washington political correspondent who suffered a humiliating fall from grace, and her acerbic, vicious tongue keeps everyone at bay...
  • Chemistry by Rachael Sommers

    Chemistry by Rachael Sommers

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    An opposites-attract, ice queen lesbian romance about finding the softest of hearts behind the highest walls.Newly minted high school teacher Lily Cross is young, bubbly, and can’t wait to put her fresh ideas into practice in the classroom. Her excitement is derailed after a disastrous run-in with a colleague...
  • Purposefully Accidental by G. Benson

    Purposefully Accidental by G. Benson

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 18 ratings
    An unfortunate accident, an old grudge, and a Sapphic fake romance.Since A-List actress and Hollywood’s sweetheart Wren Acker came out, not only is she at the top of the acting world; she’s also crush number one for her queer fanbase. Loving life, loving her job, loving her cat—everything is fantastic. Except that lack of any kind of private life...
  • Falls From Grace by Ruby Landers

    Falls From Grace by Ruby Landers

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Savannah Grace is a huge star in Nashville. At least, she was. Her hit band Twice Struck topped the country music charts for almost a decade until her high profile marriage to her bandmate and co-writer publicly exploded. Now she’s fading from the spotlight and her own life, just trying to keep her head above water. Brynn Marshall is a little lost...
  • Reality In Check by Emily Banting

    Reality In Check by Emily Banting

    Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From the multi-award-winning, best-selling author of Broken Beyond Repair comes a new sapphic celebrity ice queen romance — read as a standalone or as the second book in the South Downs Romance series.Sculptor Arte Tremaine is thrown into the hospitality industry when her beloved late grandmother bequeaths her and her sister a charming yet rundown country hotel with zero guests...
  • Honey in the Marrow by Emily Waters

    Honey in the Marrow by Emily Waters

    Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    An enemies-to-friends-to-lovers lesbian romance about finding heart, hope, and second chances you never thought you’d have.Stella Carter is a former criminal prosecutor and new widow facing down middle age alone in Los Angeles. Without being a prestigious lawyer and someone’s wife, she’s not sure who she is anymore or where her life is headed...
  • These Thin Lines by Milena McKay

    These Thin Lines by Milena McKay

    Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Some 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...
  • The Devil Incarnate by Ali Vali

    The Devil Incarnate by Ali Vali

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    For Cain Casey nothing is more important than family, and having hers close—Emma, Hayden, Hannah, and the new baby—is as near as she’ll get to true happiness. But enemies who lurk in the shadows threaten more than just her business, forcing her to question whether the biggest threat comes from having it all...
  • Cold Blooded Lover by Eliza Lentzski

    Cold Blooded Lover by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Former 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...
  • The Forever and The Now by K.J .

    The Forever and The Now by K.J .

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Bron McIntyre, forty-two, has it all together. Terrific job. Loving family. No desperate need for a girlfriend but would be interested if one came along. Bron McIntyre is Teflon.Kate Agostino, forty-eight, is not Teflon. Yes, she has a terrific job. But a loving family? Not really. And her personal life is rapidly disintegrating and turning into dust...
  • Just for Show by Jae

    Just for Show by Jae

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    When Claire, an overachieving psychologist with OCD tendencies, hires Lana, an impulsive, out-of-work actress for a fake relationship, she figures the worst she’ll have to endure are the messes Lana leaves around. It’s only for a few months anyway. And it’s not as if she’ll enjoy all those fake kisses and loving looks. Right? A lesbian romance where role-playing has never been so irresistible...
  • About That Kiss by Harper Bliss

    About That Kiss by Harper Bliss

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    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...
  • The Devil Unleashed by Ali Vali

    The Devil Unleashed by Ali Vali

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    As the heat of violence rises, so does passion. A gunshot meant to end the legacy of the Casey Clan has left a weakened Cain fighting to regain control of her business while trying to protect her heart from the woman who left her. Threatened from every side, Cain must unleash that devil to protect all she holds dear...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  queer  f-f  contemporary  length-short
  • Strangers in Paradise, Volume 2: I Dream of You by Terry Moore

    Strangers in Paradise, Volume 2: I Dream of You by Terry Moore

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Collects Volume 2 issues #1-9.Strangers in Paradise (SIP) is the story of three friends, Francine, Katchoo, and David and the people they fall in and out of love with. It's a tale of dark pasts and hopeful futures, double-crosses and true friendship, love, and hate...
    Categorized as:
    queer  mystery  contemporary  f-f  length-short
  • Cigar Club by J.A. Armstrong

    Cigar Club by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Fallon 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...
  • And Playing the Role of Herself by K.E. Lane

    And Playing the Role of Herself by K.E. Lane

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 23 ratings
    **Recipient of three 2008 "Goldies" from the Golden Crown Literary Society, the premier organization for the support and nourishment of quality lesbian literature. And Playing the Role of Herself won in the categories of Lesbian Romance, Lesbian Debut Author, and the Ann Bannon Popular Choice Award. Congratulations to K. E...
  • The X Ingredient by Roslyn Sinclair

    The X Ingredient by Roslyn Sinclair

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 17 ratings
    A smart, sexy lesbian romance about facing the truth about your desires…and risking everything. Laurie Holcombe is out of a job, out of luck, and out of time. When a prestigious law firm hires her as an assistant to one of its senior partners, it feels like she might finally get back on her feet. All she has to do is put up with the whims of her infuriatingly icy boss, Diana...
  • The Secret Pond by Gerri Hill

    The Secret Pond by Gerri Hill

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Grieving over the loss of her family and feeling like her life is unraveling, Lindsey McDermott quits her job, gets a puppy and retreats to her grandparents’ home in the Texas Hill Country. She spends her solitary days walking childhood trails and reminiscing, trying to reconcile the conflict within her as she struggles with survivor’s guilt...
  • The No Kiss Contract by Nan Campbell

    The No Kiss Contract by Nan Campbell

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Despite being the youngest partner at her firm, corporate attorney Davy Dugan is gunning for a recently vacant name partnership—it would mean finally having the power to make a real change in her conservative workplace. But eighty-hour workweeks don’t allow any time with her much younger half-sister, Tally, who doesn’t seem to need Davy in her life anyway...
  • A Quiet Death by Cari Hunter

    A Quiet Death by Cari Hunter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In book three in the Dark Peak series, things are looking up for Detective Sanne Jensen and Dr. Meg Fielding. Dating each other seems to be working, their families are behaving themselves, and the worst of the post-Christmas crime wave is over.The discovery of a Pakistani girl’s body out on the moors changes all that. No one knows who she is, who hurt her, or how she came to be there...
  • Cover Story by Rachel Lacey

    Cover Story by Rachel Lacey

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Rachel Lacey, author of Stars Collide, serves up a steamy tale of Hollywood fame and subterfuge about a glamorous actress and the sexy bodyguard posing as her girlfriend.Natalie Keane is one of Hollywood’s top leading ladies, but she’s paid a steep price for her fame. After she was stalked eight years ago, the ensuing media frenzy almost broke her...
  • Separate Like Stars by Diana Kane

    Separate Like Stars by Diana Kane

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    On paper, Jordan Cohen has it all. With numerous bestsellers under her belt, a number of blockbuster movie adaptations to her credit, and a high profile relationship with one of Hollywood’s most prominent stars, what more could she possibly ask for? Maybe for Olivia Bradley, the only woman to ever break her heart, to exit her life as quickly as she’d re-entered it...
  • When We're Meant to Be by Skye Von Triessen

    When We're Meant to Be by Skye Von Triessen

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 9 ratings
    When Dr. Alexandra Edison’s world was ripped apart, the last thing she expected was to end up in a casual affair with Blake Westmore. Soon after she was forced to choose between her past and her present, when her strong sense of obligation forced her to leave the woman whom she shared one of the most unforgettable experiences with, and head back to L.A. to help the woman who broke her heart...
  • Honor Bound by Radclyffe

    Honor Bound by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Secret Service Agent Cameron Roberts made a promise to Blair Powell, the President's daughter--not to place her own life in danger protecting Blair--but a request from the Commander in Chief forces her to break her word...
  • Love & Honor by Radclyffe

    Love & Honor by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    US Secret Service Agent Cameron Roberts has more than one secret that could destroy her career, not the least of which is that she’s in love with the president’s daughter. Blair Powell, the first daughter, returns the feeling despite her ambivalence about Cam’s role as her security chief, particularly in the aftermath of an assassination attempt that nearly cost Cam her life...
  • Something's Different by Quinn Ivins

    Something's Different by Quinn Ivins

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Unemployed academic Caitlyn Taylor comes home to family drama. Her carefree twin Chloe plans to ditch her job to visit a guy she met online. Caitlyn steps in to impersonate Chloe so she won’t get fired for skipping town. Unfortunately, this means answering phones for an icy, dismissive boss.Busy college president Ruth Holloway never paid much attention to her mediocre assistant...
  • The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur

    The Fiancée Farce by Alexandria Bellefleur

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 58 ratings
    Lambda Literary award winner and national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur returns with a steamy Sapphic rom-com about a quiet bookseller and a romance novel cover model who agree to a modern-day marriage-of-convenience...Tansy Adams’ greatest love is her family’s bookstore, passed down from her late father. But when it comes to actual romance… Tansy can’t get past the first chapter...
  • The Devil Inside by Ali Vali

    The Devil Inside by Ali Vali

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Brains, guts, and ruthless ambition should be enough to come out on top in any fight. Except when the battle is over love, all bets are off. Derby Cain Casey was groomed from birth to take the reins of the Casey family enterprises, which just happens to be one of the major crime organizations in New Orleans...
  • Loved and Lost by Stephanie Kusiak

    Loved and Lost by Stephanie Kusiak

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Blake Fortnier and Rachel Kaplan are the perfect couple. Fifteen years into a marriage that will seemingly last forever, a tragic accident tears them apart. After reaching the end of her rope, Blake is blessed with the chance to relive her life. She can right her wrongs, live life to the fullest and change the course of fate, or so she hopes...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  f-f  contemporary  length-long
  • Southbound and Down by K.B. Draper

    Southbound and Down by K.B. Draper

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Drew Beckett’s life is a well-curated plan. Small-town to successful Assistant U.S. Attorney, assigned to an above-the-fold case that could eliminate a notorious crime family and put her firmly in line for her ultimate promotion. The last thing she needs is a distraction; like a threat on her life or the seriously lickable dimples on the U.S. Marshal assigned to protect her.U.S...
  • Call of Love by Lee Haven

    Call of Love by Lee Haven

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Separated by fear. Reunited by fate. Will they get a second chance at life and love?Parker Snow left home at nineteen after being abandoned by her family for loving her foster sister, Kate Cain. She joined the Marine Corps and has had little contact with her parents since. But when she’s transferred back to Washington D.C...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  f-f  contemporary  length-medium
  • Heal their Hearts by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Heal their Hearts by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Georgia Samuels lives her life with no commitments other than the love of her job, and the flashy little apartment overlooking the Thames. That is until tragedy strikes and her sister, Aston, and Aston's husband Ben are both killed when the plane they're returning home on crashes, leaving the family rocked, and three kids orphaned...
    Categorized as:
    angst  queer  contemporary  f-f  length-long
  • Home for the Holidays by Erin Zak

    Home for the Holidays by Erin Zak

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    When Iris Abbott, alongside her best friend and roommate Zac Nowak, returns to his hometown, the sleepy familiarity of Indiana holds more than just nostalgia. Little does Iris know that her own journey of self-discovery is about to take an unexpected turn.Enter Heidi, a breathtaking woman who captivates Iris from the moment their eyes meet...
  • A Calculated Risk (DI Jo Shaw) by Cari Hunter

    A Calculated Risk (DI Jo Shaw) by Cari Hunter

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Detective Jo Shaw has it all worked out. She’s good at her job, she has loads of mates, and she likes being single. She doesn’t need complications, but an emergency call to the stabbing of a young woman brings plenty of those...
  • Honor Reclaimed by Radclyffe

    Honor Reclaimed by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the chaotic aftermath of 9/11, Secret Service agent Cameron Roberts and her lover, first daughter Blair Powell, must contend with recriminations from within the government and danger from without as they struggle to uncover those who betrayed the nation and nearly claimed Blair’s life...
  • Honor Under Siege by Radclyffe

    Honor Under Siege by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    With the nation on the verge of war, security takes on new meaning for Secret Service Agent Cameron Roberts, whose lover just happens to be the President’s daughter. First daughter Blair Powell and her “secret” Secret Service agent lover, Cameron Roberts, intend to get married—with her father’s blessing...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  f-f  contemporary  length-medium
  • Missing Lynx by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou

    Missing Lynx by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Where do you run when there's nowhere to hide? When a sadistic serial killer known as the Headhunter resurfaces, a government blunder forces the Elite Operatives Organization into action. Operation Mask falls to Lynx. She has the determination, skills, and most importantly, the right profile, but her youth and lack of experience in the field could put more than the mission in jeopardy...
    Categorized as:
    suspense  mystery  queer  f-f  contemporary  length-medium
  • Back to September by Melissa Brayden

    Back to September by Melissa Brayden

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Hannah Shephard likes her life, her job, and her perfectly cozy apartment around the corner from her shop. She’s never been one to take big risks and would much rather stay in on a Friday night with a warm cup of decaf and her favorite mystery novel, so why do her friends insist she needs more? Plus, Hannah has bigger problems to focus on. She’s in trouble...
  • Beginner's Bet by Fiona Riley

    Beginner's Bet by Fiona Riley

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Ellison Gamble owns the most successful luxury real estate firm in Boston, but the accomplishment feels hollow when she comes home to an empty house.Institutionalizing her mother for her own safety was the hardest thing Katie Crawford has ever done. The costs are becoming more than she can manage, and her only solution is to sell her childhood home that has fallen into disrepair...
  • Paradise Pride by Lise Gold

    Paradise Pride by Lise Gold

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    London-based casino manager Meghan has no expectations of her two-week holiday in Spain; she’s just tagging along with her friend who’s visiting her love interest. When they arrive at a deserted hotel due to a booking fault and her friend leaves to see her boyfriend, she’s left with the bartender who stays on for the night...
  • Don't Quit Your Daydream by Adrian J. Smith

    Don't Quit Your Daydream by Adrian J. Smith

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    What happens in the elevator doesn’t stay in the elevator. When Laura Finch’s business partner hires Skylar to bring their company to the next generation, Laura sees red. An obnoxious millennial isn’t someone she wants to work with—they’re known for failing their side hustles...
  • If It's Meant to Be by Lily Seabrooke

    If It's Meant to Be by Lily Seabrooke

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Some love stories just aren’t meant to be. And some people don’t care. While she’s lost in her biggest contract yet, freelance producer Emberlynn’s comfy small-town life gets turned upside-down by the arrival of her best friend Paisley’s older sister. Sleek, chic, impossibly cool and way more attractive than her friend’s sister has any right being, Aria is distracting—and off-limits...
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