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  • 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...
  • 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...
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  • 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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Damaged Goods by Eliza Lentzski

    Damaged Goods by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    New from Eliza Lentzski: Damaged Goods – the sequel to Don’t Call Me Hero. The past few years had been difficult for former Marine, Cassidy Miller. She’d left the military, joined the Minneapolis city police, only to voluntarily remove herself from active duty...
  • 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:
    mystery  queer  f-f  contemporary  suspense  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...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Safe Harbor by Radclyffe

    Safe Harbor by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A mysterious newcomer, a reclusive doctor, and a troubled gay teenager learn about love, friendship, and trust during one tumultuous summer in Provincetown. Reese Conlon, LtCol USMCR, is the new sheriff who has heads turning amidst speculation as to who will be the first woman to capture her attentions. Doctor Victoria King has been betrayed by love once and refuses to risk heartbreak again...
  • 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
  • Arriving by Nicole Pyland

    Arriving by Nicole Pyland

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 7 ratings
    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...
  • 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:
    mystery  queer  f-f  suspense  contemporary  length-medium
  • 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...
  • Loyalty by E.J. Noyes

    Loyalty by E.J. Noyes

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 7 ratings
    Intelligence analyst Lexie Martin is important. At least that’s what she’s been told by the director of Halcyon Division, the secret organization she works for. Problem is—Lexie doesn’t feel important. She feels…devastated. Struggling to equilibrate after the unexpected implosion of her personal life, and reeling from her failed assignment overseas, Lexie’s barely treading water...
  • At First Glance by Melissa Tereze

    At First Glance by Melissa Tereze

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 8 ratings
    Faye Holmes’s life is the polar opposite of her racy, bestselling romances. It’s quiet, routine, and, at the moment, plagued with writer’s block. If only just a little of the passion burning up the pages of her books would warm her lonely bed. But to be honest, one-night stands aren’t her thing.When her best friend buys her a lap dance to celebrate her latest bestseller, Faye is more than shocked...
  • Guarding Evelyn by Erin Zak

    Guarding Evelyn by Erin Zak

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    After an unfortunate incident and a forced leave of absence from the Secret Service, Arden Ryan is moving back to Chicago where she can get over her failures in the comfort of her childhood home. Her parents, who are lovely, if not a tad overbearing, will provide the support she needs...
  • Open Tab by J.A. Armstrong

    Open Tab by J.A. Armstrong

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Fallon Foster serves up more than the most potent drinks at Murphy’s Law, the local pub in Whiskey Springs, Vermont. Fallon is the keeper of the town’s secrets. She’s heard tales of broken hearts, torrid affairs, closet cases, and the dreams of hopeful romantics. With a sensitive ear and a warm bed, Fallon is a legend in her small town. One thing still eludes her—love...
  • Conflict of Interest by Jae

    Conflict of Interest by Jae

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Workaholic Detective Aiden Carlisle isn’t looking for love—and certainly not at the law enforcement seminar she reluctantly agreed to attend. But the first lecturer is not at all what she expected. Psychologist Dawn Kinsley has just found her place in life...
  • Thief of Always by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou

    Thief of Always by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Stealing a diamond to save the world is the easy part. Mishael Taylor takes comfort in speed, racing from one mission to another as Allegro, one of the Elite Operative Organization's top agents--or from one affair to another, to avoid having to think about the things she's seen and done...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  contemporary  f-f  suspense  length-medium
  • Justice in the Shadows by Radclyffe

    Justice in the Shadows by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In a shadow world of secrets, lies, and hidden agendas, Detective Sergeant Rebecca Frye and her lover, Dr. Catherine Rawlings, join forces once again in the elusive search for justice...
  • The Stepmother by Melissa Tereze

    The Stepmother by Melissa Tereze

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 9 ratings
    Their connection flares hot in an instant…but is it doomed to fizzle out?After the death of her estranged father, Hayley McAllister plans to endure cold, wet England just long enough to tie up loose ends. Then she’s heading straight back to Ibiza, where she lives exactly as she pleases—performing her music, soaking up sunshine, and indulging in flings with gorgeous women...
  • Love & Honor by Radclyffe

    Love & Honor by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Third book in the Honor Series. 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...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  f-f  contemporary  length-medium
  • Shield of Justice by Radclyffe

    Shield of Justice by Radclyffe

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Special Crimes Unit Investigator Rebecca Frye attempts to solve a series of sexual assaults amid dead ends, battered witnesses, and a growing attraction to the physician who saved one of the victims...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  contemporary  suspense  f-f  length-short
  • Discovery by Melissa Tereze

    Discovery by Melissa Tereze

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 13 ratings
    Flirting is just a part of the job. Until their hearts change the rules…Two years after extricating herself from an emotionally abusive marriage, high school teacher Caroline “Caz” Baker is still healing. Her friends, though, arrange a date with a hired escort to throw her headfirst back into the dating pool...
  • At Seventeen by Gerri Hill

    At Seventeen by Gerri Hill

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 16 ratings
    Madison Lansford and Shannon Fletcher met when they were ten years old. Madison—daughter of wealthy parents and Shannon, daughter of their live-in maid and cook—became fast friends, yet both knew their place in life.There was never a doubt that they would become lovers . . . there was also never a doubt that Madison would marry and maintain her social standing in the community...
  • Don't Call Me Hero by Eliza Lentzski

    Don't Call Me Hero by Eliza Lentzski

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    It’s been over a year since Cassidy Miller retired from the United States Marine Corps, but try telling that to her nightmares. She knew that coming back after eight years in a war zone wouldn’t be easy, but she’d underestimated the real difficulties of transitioning back to civilian life. War is hell, but the aftermath is endless...
  • One Last Thing by Kim Baldwin

    One Last Thing by Kim Baldwin

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Blood is thicker than pride. The final book in the Elite Operative Series brings together foes, family, and friends to start a new order. Special Agent Switch needs to get close to Greek tycoon Konstantinos Lykourgos, the prime suspect in the theft of a priceless ancient icon from a monastery on Mount Athos. His accomplice is the EOO’s recurring nemesis: Theodora Rothschild, aka TQ, the Broker...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  f-f  suspense  contemporary  length-medium
  • Lethal Affairs by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou

    Lethal Affairs by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Love has never been more lethal.Elite operative Domino is no stranger to peril and impossible situations. Trained all her life to be just as comfortable fighting terrorists as mixing with the gala crowd, she is proficient at playing any role necessary to accomplish her objective and believes the cause sanctifies the means...
  • Destroying Angel by Cara Malone

    Destroying Angel by Cara Malone

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A detective with secrets and a socially awkward scientist team up to solve the case of a relationship gone toxic in this age gap romantic suspense.Emery Ellison is a seasoned scientist at the top of her field, held back only by the shyness that has plagued her all her life...
  • Amanda's Dragonfly by Alexi Venice

    Amanda's Dragonfly by Alexi Venice

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    From Amazon Bestselling Author Alexi VeniceAlexi Venice’s bestselling SAN FRANCISCO MYSTERY SERIES is a crime drama that tests the bonds of love and loyalty among Dr. Jen Dawson, Detective Tommy Vietti, and District Attorney Amanda Hawthorne. Amanda Hawthorne is a powerful District Attorney in San Francisco, defined by her beauty and own brand of justice...
  • Chain Reactions by Lynn Ames

    Chain Reactions by Lynn Ames

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Some of Diana Lindstrom’s fondest memories involve childhood experiments conducted under the watchful supervision of her Great-Aunt Nora, a celebrated physicist long ago shunned by the family for mysterious reasons. Now in her adult years and a sought-after scientist herself, Diana learns that Nora is dying. She hires private-duty nurse Brooke Sheldon to care for Nora...
  • The Gemini Deception by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou

    The Gemini Deception by Kim Baldwin, Xenia Alexiou

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Agent Harper “Shield” Kennedy’s specialty within the Elite Operatives Organization is security, although she’s long lost any gratification from babysitting most VIPs. However, her new assignment—to safeguard the U.S. president—will prove to be the biggest challenge of her career...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  f-f  suspense  contemporary  length-medium
  • Rescue Me by Michelle L. Teichman

    Rescue Me by Michelle L. Teichman

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Life is exciting if you’re one of the top RCMP officers in the country. With a few good years under her belt and a promotion so close she can almost touch it, Staff Sergeant Kristen Bailey of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has everything figured out. Until she meets Ashleigh Paige. Beautiful, naïve, intelligent, and trusting, Ashleigh is the perfect possible lead for Bailey’s case...
    Categorized as:
    mystery  queer  f-f  contemporary  length-medium
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