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House Sitters – Quinn Blackwell
Two house sitters. One snowed-in mountain house. One very inconvenient attraction.
When a scheduling mix-up leaves Alex and Dani trapped together during a winter storm, forced proximity quickly turns into something neither of them planned for. House Sitters is a cozy sapphic romance novella about opposites attracting, letting down your guard, and choosing to stay when leaving would be easier.
Representation: F/F
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Shake Things Up – Skye Kilaen
Three people, one road trip, and so many queer feelings. A polyamorous romance about changing your life.
Representation: Bi, Pan, Poly
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The Last Five Yard – K.M. Craven (Pre-Order 9.22.26)
a tender, slow-burn sapphic romance about Maren and Reese, two women who keep finding their way back to each other across decades of terrible timing, missed chances, and unfinished feelings. Set against competitive swimming, summer nights on Lake Michigan, and the pull of a hometown that never quite lets go, it’s a story about second chances, growing into yourself, and deciding whether some loves are worth waiting for.
Representation: Sapphic
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The Price of Happiness – Ophelia Rose
A Hallmark-inspired Sapphic romance about finding your true self and accepting the love you deserve.
Representation: F/F, BIPOC
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Love by Design – Kate Hawthorne
There are ten rules to architectural design and none of them are, “Don’t sleep with your business rival’s son,” but that’s not enough to stop Marshall Covington from telling Silas (in great detail) all of the things he wants to do to him.
Representation: m/m, bisexual
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When I’m Gone – Autumn Hendrix
My world forever changed for the worse four years ago. My mistake cost my best friend everything. The only person he truly loved- his little brother. Gone, without a trace. The guilt consumes me. Though we’ve tried, there’s no moving past it. The loss is too great. Until one day, a knock on the door gives me the chance to fix what I ruined. Except, what if it comes at the cost of losing my best friend? What if I do everything I can to save Easton and it’s still not enough?
Representation: LGBTQIA+, Queer, Mental Health
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Amnesia – Sundae Leighton
The accident must be messing with my head; I’m having dirty dreams about my stepbrother. Except Holt Walker is so much more than that. He’s my best friend, my confidant, my biggest cheerleader. He changed his entire life to be with me when my racing career took off and he’s been with me through all my highs AND lows. When I finally confessed to Holt, he was reluctant at first – until he wasn’t.
Representation: LGBTQIA, Gay, Queer
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The Chance – Rae Stone
is an MM rock star romance where best friends become strangers who become lovers, and includes topics not meant for audiences under the age of eighteen. This is the fourth book in the As Above series but can be read as a complete standalone.
Representation: M/M
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The Poster Boy – EM Denning
Jay Brookbank is grumpy on a good day, and it’s anything but a good day when he finds out that the LGBTQ poster boy, Marek Myers is being traded to his team. Marek is irritating, but gorgeous, and the more he gets to know him, the harder it is to keep his one-sided grudge alive.
Representation: M/M, ADHD
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The Acquisition of Us – Cee Steele
The Acquisition of Us is a steamy sapphic age-gap CEO romance about two powerful women whose one-night stand turns into a business deal neither of them saw coming. Avery has spent years building her company from the ground up, only to discover the woman she can’t stop thinking about wants to buy it. What starts as a battle for control slowly becomes something neither of them planned: love. Filled with tension, banter, found family, and plenty of spice, it’s a story about learning that sometimes the biggest risk is letting someone in.
Representation: F/F
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What We Got Wrong – Elle Peters (Pre-Order)
Quinn Miles and Olivia Palmer would assure you they were absolutely not in love when they were roommates in college, no matter how much they both left their friends-with-benefits situation heartbroken. No matter how intensely they are drawn to each other when they meet again after a decade apart.
Representation – F/F, Bi, Femme, Butch
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In the Margins – Quinn Blackwell
Some books hold more than stories.
When Elise keeps returning to the same library copy of Carmilla, she tells herself it’s habit, a comfort she lost and can’t quite let go of. When Lucy notices the worn spine and familiar face, she tells herself it’s just her job to pay attention.
But then there are the notes.
Representation – Sapphic
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Between Cities – Quinn Blackwell
She stops at a hotel bar because it’s quiet. Because no one there knows her job title. Because for once, she doesn’t want to be impressive.
What begins as a drink meant to pass the time becomes something else entirely. A conversation that doesn’t rush. A bartender who notices what she asks for and how she asks. Care offered without performance. Attention given without demand.
Representation: Sapphic
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Midsummer – Jena Doyle
She’d rather set herself on fire than marry Lex Fairfax. But politics doesn’t care, and neither do the fairies who overhear her complaining. This Lambda finalist reimagines A Midsummer Night’s Dream as a dark, queer, enemies-to-lovers spiral where every secret is a loaded gun and magic pulls the trigger.
Representation: F/F, M/M, FMMF, Poly, Queer
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Hitchhiking With Daisy – Raluca Matara
Run. Survive. Repeat.
Daisy “The Player” Winslow meets her match in Twyla Blake Daniels as they nith run from love.
Each from very different reasons. Some of them are deadly ones.
Representation: Sapphic
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Exactly What I Needed – Raluca Matara
Not What I Ordered buuuut… Exactly What I Needed
Six months later with their bubble popped, Silma and Vatima find ways to love each other even through difficult times.
Will their love be strong enough?
Representation: Sapphic
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Not What I Ordered – Raluca Matara
Bratty princess meets strong-willed barista in this dislike to lovers, small town, sapphic rom-com.
Sparks will fly, and not just from the espresso machine.
Representation: Sapphic
Winter’s Winter – Raluca Matara
Walking, talking cheesy-pick-up-lines-machine Winter teams up with the ultimate sassy fairy godmother to get the love of her life.
Representation: Sapphic
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More Than Vanilla – Mal McKenzi
A sweet and steamy story following Alex, a domme struggling with their gender idenity, and Sky, a realator looking for someone to break her out of her shell.
Representation: F/nb, Mental Health
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And for Us – Alise Monroe
Ripley and Seth have been hooking up for years, never knowing the other’s name. What they had felt perfect, until Ripley asked for more, and Seth pulled away. They never expected to be face to face months later as the best man and man of honor in their best friends’ wedding with the truth waiting to implode between them. Can Seth deny himself the man he loves again? If he does, can Ripley survive heartbreak for a second time?
Representation: M/M
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The Girl Is Mine – Leona Sowe
In the cutthroat world of London Talent Management and the dating scene, Jamie is the undisputed queen of the jungle. However, unbeknowst to her, her carefully constructed walls are about to be hit from two sides.
Carmen: A powerhouse heiress with everything to prove and a cold streak that rivals Jamie’s own. Their rivalry is explosive from the day they meet, fueled by a desperate need for dominance that starts to feel increasingly like a different kind of tension…
Gabriella: A wide-eyed newcomer to London, whose warmth is the only thing capable of slowing Jamie down. She reads her mind like it’s second nature, becoming the steady anchor Jamie never knew she needed.
Caught up in the heat of a corporate rival and the mystery of a sweet stranger, will the woman who never stays finally find herself with nowhere to run?
Representation: Sapphic
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Double Exposure – Rien Gray
Two world-famous art thieves – and bitter exes – make a bet to steal the same saucy photographs from a Chicago museum. They have to outwit security, the feds, and the fact that every time they get close, that old spark flares hot all over again.
Representation: F/nonbinary, bisexual, neurodivergence
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Full Court Crush – Sasha Brennan
A basketball captain desperate to stay in control. A stubborn rookie with everything to lose. Sparks fly on and off the court during their debut professional season, and Amelia and Keira discover that when their team’s future is on the line, falling for a teammate is the riskiest play of all.
Stripping Insecurities – Kat Banyan
Avery has always been shy. So shy, her best friend, Jess, convinces her it’s to her detriment and that she should sign up for the confidence retreat Jess attended last year. But when Avery reluctantly allows Jess to sign her up and shows up at the hotel, she realizes Jess left out quite a few important details about the retreat. For example, that Avery would be sharing a room with one of the retreat hosts for the duration. And more importantly, that those hosts are strippers. Though her roommate, Gemma, seems to like taking every opportunity to make Avery blush, thankfully, Gemma also seems keen on making Avery feel comfortable and protected. Especially, with Gemma’s best friend and the retreat organizer, Alice, threatening tasks sure to throw Avery into a panic attack.
Representation: f/f
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Playing it Straight – T.M. Thomas
Playing it Straight tells the story of college senior, Lily, who thinks she has everything figured out until she meets this girl Charlie. Lily then has to spend time trying to understand and accept her sexuality and that it’s okay to not always be what everyone wants you to be.
Representation: F/F
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Starfall Ranch – California Dawes
SCI-FI LESBIAN ROMANCE: Two women seeking refuge from trauma on an alien world meet in a storm in the unlikeliest of circumstances. At the edge of the galaxy, under the apple boughs, can they reach out and take hold of their happily-ever-after?
Representation: F/F
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Theses Lies Between Us – Ashish Rastogi
Aditya, a history professor, can’t escape a life of lies. Jimmy, the gym instructor, carries the wounds of deceit in his life. The truth will tear them apart. Unless one accepts that not all lies are wrong, and the other realises you don’t lie to the one you love.
Better Than Yesterday – T. Ashley
Yesterday Harrington has always lived under the weight of other people’s expectations—her adoptive mother’s rules, society’s gaze, the ghosts of a past she doesn’t fully know.
Aubrey Baptiste knows what it means to stay when every dream tells you to go. Returning home for her father made her a fixture in a town that questions her, but she carries her truth anyway.
Better Than Yesterday is a sapphic romance about growth, grief, and the courage to live authentically.
With a sharp, witty voice and heartfelt twists, it explores Yesterday’s fight to stand on her own and Aubrey’s struggle to hold her world together. Together, they’ll learn that love—gentle, unforced, and entirely their own—might be the one thing strong enough to carry them forward.
Representation: F/F
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Edge Closer – Robin Lyndon
Kathy needs to focus on competitive skating, not her pretty new classmate. But super-shy Ava blooms when they talk skating – yet she loves the feminine aspects that Kathy feels are strangling her. Can their growing relationship survive if Kathy ditches the dresses and makes her skating her own?
Earth to Alis – Lex Carlow
On his high school graduation trip across Europe, a loner struggling with a painful past forms a bond with the class clown that forces him to confront his spiralling mental health.
Representation: M/M, Gender Non-Conforming, Mental Health, Plus Size
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Far From Home – E.M. Schenker
Far From Home features an MM daddy kink, age-gap romance with international vibes, opposites-attract, and sunshine × grumpy energy. This book has drama, push-and-pull, emotional tension, and a hard-won HEA.
Representation: M/M
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Good Boy – Carey Sass
Good Boy is an academia set coming-of-age comedy/romance about floundering after grad school, being extremely online and fostering a minor porn addiction, enduring the 2024 election as an avowed Communist, and fighting a crush on an annoyingly hot but seemingly politically diametrical colleague.
Representation; M/M
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Pleasure and Spice – Fiona Zedd
Two best friends with very different lives hide a secret yearning from each other.
Representation: Lesbian, Bisexual
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The Magical Femme – Fiona Zedd
I don’t do femmes. Ever. I mean, what can two girly-girls in high heels do for each other anyway? But one night at a crowded bar with one particular femme just might change my mind.
Representation: Lesbian, Bisexual
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The Awakening of the Butterfly – Jutta Swietlinkski
Dara falls head over heels in love with Clara, but there’s something she doesn’t know about the beautiful singer …
Representation: Trans, Lesbian, Sapphic, Pan
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14 Beats-No Breath – David Connor & E.F. Mulder
A song in the empty woods leads Cecil to a mysterious mountain man with no name and no chance in the real world. When the man becomes deathly ill, will Cecil’s interference at a time when doctors treat mental illness like a crime and homosexuality as a mental illness make things better or worse?
Representation: M/M
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Free Me – Beck Grey
Free Me is a low-angst, opposites attract, age gap, workplace romance, LGBTQ contemporary romance with a gender-fluid cutie, a workaholic hottie, and a hookup gone right. No cheating and guaranteed HEA.
Representation: M/X
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Avoidant Affections – Madison Nicole
Aven and Bex were supposed to be a one night stand but then Bex decides to join Aven’s circus. The two of them can’t seem to stay away from each other in and outside of the studio despite denying that this will only end badly, read along to find out if they can make it work.
Representation: Bisexual
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Unexpected Attachments – Madison Nicole
The new performer, Dani, is in town and is now roommates with the newly single, Myla. Enjoy a workplace romance where the circus is the stage and there’s one bed with a later in life queer awakening and so much more.
Representation: Queer, Non-Binary, Sapphic
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Tangled Encounters – Madison Nicole
Come join the circus with our sapphic duo Ozzie and Jess! From strangers, to duo partners, to fake girlfriends, this book will have you blushing and kicking your feet.
Representation: Bi, Lesbian, Sapphic
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Freedom in the Margins 0 Lou Dellaguzzo
A farm boy dodges the Vietnam-era draft and lands in New York. There he meets and beds a feminist photographer, a streetwise gay hustler, and a charming biker boy. But which one will win his heart?
Representation: M/M, Bi
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How The Cowboy Caught The Bunny – Hadiya Hayes
In this sapphic omegaverse romance you meet Bonny, a Black, independent, plus-size omega who instantly falls into lust with Cleo, a Black, blue-collar, 6′ alpha. Bonny is convinced that Cleo could never want her the same Bonny wants Cleo, but Cleo is determined to prove her wrong.
Representation: Bi, Black, Plus Size
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NOPe – Hadiya Hayes
NOPe is a sapphic omegaverse novel, the standalone 3rd novel in the Eternal Heat series. It features why-choose elements, with interracial coupling, friends-to-QPR-to-lovers, and lots and lots of kinky loving.
Representation: Non-Binary, FFX, Aromantic, Poly, Bi
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The Milkway Hotel – Marguerite Grimaud and Jude Silberfeld-Grimaud
The day she loses her job and her apartment, a third surprise awaits Celeste Dorin: her great-aunt left her a hotel in a tiny town in the mountains. Is the universe nudging her—not very subtly—in a new direction? Will the beautiful scenery, the welcoming townies, and the deceptively reserved chocolatier convince her to stay?
A sapphic tale of Christmas, swoon-worthy chocolate, and blessings in disguise.
Representation: F/F, Neurodivergence
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Whispers in Sycamore Hollow – Jerry Moreno
Michael and Cody come from extraordinarily different backgrounds, yet find themselves both in a small, rural Georgia town. The instant attraction they feel for each other quickly grows into a blossoming relationship that simultaneously feeds their souls and threatens their lives. As expressions of hatred and bigotry escalate into acts of violence, they are burdened with overcoming the traumas of their pasts and trying to stay safe while also navigating the challenges of families who have rejected them. Through chaos and hostility, they will have to fight for their love.
Miles to Go – Jerry Moreno
Cody is deeply in the closet but desperate to come out. Wayne longs for love. They embark on a journey of self-discovery and grow closer each day. Can Wayne convince Cody that true love is worth the price of coming out? Can Cody fill the void in Wayne’s life? Can these men fulfill each other’s dreams or are the obstacles too great?
Knights of Magic – Jerry Moreno
Handsome Prince Alexander wants beautiful Sir Nicolas, but when the powerful wizard, Elian, arrives and steals Nicolas’ heart, the fireworks begin. An impending invasion means Elian’s magic is the only path to victory, but magic takes a toll on Elian. What are Alexander’s motives? To save the kingdom? To get Nicolas back? Both? Will Alexander sacrifice Elian? Can Nicolas save him?
The Agony of Joy – Red Haircrow
International actor Adrian Lee is thrilled to meet security specialist Alexander at a London party, but will the ghosts of their past traumas keep them from making a future together? A modern gothic of rebirth and redemption.
Bastian’s Trilemma – Jay Heron
Christopher wakes up from a ten-year coma unchanged. Problem is, his husband, Bastian, has started a new life with Jake. Bastian must choose between two lovers…but there’s a third option to consider.
Representation: M/M/M
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Addicted – Sonia Blue
An older man. A forbidden workplace romance. And secrets that could destroy everything.
Representation: M/M, Mental Health
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Does Love Always Win/ – Diane Billas
Shorty can’t get into any of the guys she dates but when she has to show the snarky new girl around her high school, she starts to understand why. They bond over their love of writing and sparks begin to fly during a beach trip but when Shorty’s bitter ex finds out about Shorty’s crush, he hatches a blackmail plot that she has to overcome to get her dream girl.
Representation: F/F
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My BFF’s Sister – Reba Bale
Her best friend’s sister is strictly off-limits, but a chance encounter ignites a passion they can’t ignore. Jewel is newly out and ready to take but she wants – her childhood crush. But will Alice risk destroying her longest friendship for love? A fun and steamy lesbian romance.
Representation: F/F
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Spies: A Parody Musical – Gabriel B
X, an ex-agent now quartermaster of the MI6 meets Kelly, a UN ambassador for environmentalism and the daughter of a billionaire oil monger. The two have a lot of secrets and lies between them but they can’t deny they are interested in each other…
Representation: F/F, Queer
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Killer Notes – CJ Barlowe
A singer, who’s afraid to fall in love. A bodyguard will protect his charge at any cost, even from himself. And a stalker, who makes Killer Notes into love letters.
Music, Danger and off the charts chemistry in this slow burn—force proximity mm romance.
Representation: M/M
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I Knew Him – Abigail de Niverville
In his final year of high school, Julian’s goal is to keep his bisexual identity hidden. But that all changes when he meets a mysterious boy who convinces him to audition for a school production of Hamlet.
Representation: M/M, Bi, Gay
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Chapel at Ender’s Ridge – Beckett Krane
When strange afflictions overtake their town, a vampire and a preacher must come to terms with who they are.
Representation: M/M, Polyam, Queer
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Jett & Leighton – A.D. Ellis
Jett & Leighton: On Cravenwood Block is a steamy, opposites-attract, bisexual-awakening, roommates-to-lovers M/M romance featuring a sexy-as-sin tattoo artist and a fresh, flashy barista with a smile that lights up the room.
Representation: M/M
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A Furry Thing Called Love – Abrianna Denae
A Furry Thing Called Love is a low-angst, second chance romance set in the Friends of Gaynor Beach Animal Rescue series. It contains a menagerie, ace and disability rep, and a romance that feels a lot like real life.
Representation: M/M
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Lost and Found – Rick
R. Reed
On a bright autumn day, Flynn Marlowe lost his best friend, a beagle named Barley, while out on a hike in Seattle’s Discovery Park.
On a cold winter day, Mac Bowersox found his best friend, a lost, scared, and emaciated beagle, on the streets of Seattle.
Two men. One dog. When Flynn and Mac meet by chance in a park the next summer, there’s a problem — who does Barley really belong to? Flynn wants him back, but he can see that Mac rescued him and loves him just as much as he does. Mac wants to keep the dog, and he can imagine how heartbreaking losing him would be — but that’s just what Flynn experienced.
A “shared custody” compromise might be just the way to work things out. But will the arrangement be successful? Mac and Flynn are willing to try it … and along the way, they just might fall in love.
Hallowed Be Thy Name – Morgan Dante
Stoic and lonely, Sebastian Sica operates outside the purview of the Catholic Church and assists demon hunters and people in need. One night, at a fraternity house, he strikes an unconventional deal: If the demon, Berith, leaves his host, Sebastian will spend one night with him.
At the most inconvenient times, Berith haunts him, and both Sebastian and the demon, unused to company and gentle touches, grow more familiar with one another while they navigate new possessions and spend rainy nights at a greasy spoon with a sign that glows an infernal red. What they have jeopardizes what they know about themselves and endangers Sebastian when Berith’s master in Hell learns of their burgeoning relationship.
Representation: M/M, Trans
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Summer of Hush – R.L. Merill
Music blogger Krish joins the last cross-country Warped Tour as an intern to hide his identity. When he meets the singer he’s crushed on for years, he’ll have to choose between the job and the man of his dreams.
Representation: M/M
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We Were Up Late: A Track Four Bonus Chapter – L.M. Bennett
After Bishop and Shiloh’s passionate studio reunion, they go back to Bishop’s apartment to finish what they started. Shiloh thinks she’s not staying the night. Bishop has other ideas.
Representation: F/F
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Northeast of Eden – Alex La Bruyere
Ever since Penelope lost her long-term Domme, every new applicant leaves her feeling broken and inadequate. After a chance encounter at the Pride parade, Pen wonders if Christine could be the one to make space for her ADHD brain with gentleness, turning a drunken tumble into a more permanent arrangement.
Representation: Sapphic, Neurodivergence, Polyam, Latine
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Mr. Hollywood’s Secret – Adora Crooks
Eric North is Hollywood’s favorite leading man. But he has a secret: his boyfriend, Nico. When his agent sets him up with a fake fiancee, the chemistry between all three of them is very real.
Representation: M/M, MMF, Polyam, Bisexual
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Winter’s Winter – Raluca Matara
Walking, talking cheesy-pick-up-lines-machine Winter teams up with the ultimate sassy fairy godmother to get the love of her life.
Representation: Lesbian
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The Many Mistakes of Zoey Andrews – RA Hunter
The Many Mistakes of Zoey Andrews is a raw, and heartfelt exploration of sapphic love, own second chances, regret, and the messy, beautiful struggle to start over.
Representation: F/F, ADHD, PTSD
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Blood of the Great Ring – Olina Wayland
A Ringborn can only access their innate magic through the taking of consorts, but both Princess Orsetta and Princess Nemira have avoided the men pushed at them. Only brought together by Nemira escaping her arranged marriage do they learn that women can work too.
Representation: F/F Trans
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Pumpkins Spice And Everything Nice (About Her) – Claerie Kavanaugh
A grumpy mechanic and a sunshine art teacher are thrown together to run a chaotic fall festival. As Lyndi juggles family struggles and Oakley resists getting involved, sparks fly amid PTA drama, runaway pumpkin carts, and matchmaking kids. In the middle of the mess, they might just find something worth taking a chance on.
Representation: F/F
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