Books like 'Love at First Set'

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  • Hopelessly Bromantic by Lauren Blakely

    Hopelessly Bromantic by Lauren Blakely

    10 ratings
    A sexy, passionate, utterly addictive, roomies-to-lovers MM romance from #1 NYT Bestseller Lauren Blakely!Look, when I met the sexy, witty Brit on the streets of London last night, I had no idea who he was. He was just that hot guy I wanted to have a drink with so I asked him out for my first evening in town. One thing almost led to another...
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    humor  lgbtq  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mlm  romance
  • When You Least Expect It by Haley Cass

    When You Least Expect It by Haley Cass

    17 ratings
    Caroline Parker knows three things to be true. First, she is going to be Boston's most sought after divorce attorney by thirty-five. Second, given how terrible her romantic track record is, falling in love isn't in the cards for her. And third, Christmas only brings her bad luck - being broken up with not once, not twice, but three times during the holidays is proof enough of that...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Meeting Millie by Clare Ashton

    Meeting Millie by Clare Ashton

    8 ratings
    Oxford – celebrated city of dreaming spires and class warfare – is an ambition come true for lesbian, geeky, upper-middle-class Charlotte and straight, charismatic, working-class Millie. Against the odds, theirs is an instant, best friendship. Forever. Exuberant Millie is a breath of fresh air for polite Charlotte and a force of nature within the university's hallowed walls...
  • The Mistress Files by Tiffany Reisz

    The Mistress Files by Tiffany Reisz

    16 ratings
    Kingsley Edge, king of kink himself, wants Mistress Nora to write a training manual to instruct his other professional Dominants how to take better care of their clients. But Mistress Nora can't put pen to paper without churning out a sexy short story and Kingsley's training manual quickly turns into true tales of her adventures with her favorite clients. A female submissive who can't orgasm...
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    humor  lgbtq  wlw  adult  alpha-mc  anthologies  contemporary  dark
  • Damaged by Luke Prescott

    Damaged by Luke Prescott

    6 ratings
    I’m damaged. Bad goods. Not good enough for anyone. Brett Daniels is a player with a capital manwhore. The idea of being with just one woman is something that he’d never entertain. He’s out looking for a new wingman, since he lost his to a woman. He won’t make the same mistake, hell no. It’s all about sex, having fun. Forgetting. I’m damaged. Bad goods. Too much for anyone to deal with...
  • A Woman Trapped by T.B. Markinson

    A Woman Trapped by T.B. Markinson

    6 ratings
    Lizzie Petrie doesn’t know how to handle life in the best of times. When COVID-19 strikes, flipping her entire world upside down, she deals with it in true disastrous Lizzie fashion...
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    lgbtq  humor  wlw  contemporary  lesbian-mc  comedy  audiobook  fiction
  • The Right Fit by Nicole Pyland

    The Right Fit by Nicole Pyland

    8 ratings
    This is book #2 in the Boston Series.Erin Stanley hasn’t dated in years. When she lost the woman she thought was the love of her life, her heart just couldn’t seem to recover...
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    humor  lgbtq  wlw  adult  angst  book  contemporary  female-author
  • Short Stack by Lily Morton

    Short Stack by Lily Morton

    10 ratings
    What happens after the happy ending?Drawn together for the first time, this is a collection of Lily’s short stories about the much-loved men from her Mixed Messages and Finding Home series. Follow them through awkward marriage proposals, birthdays, a fraught babysitting job, and a very drunken Eurovision Song Contest party...
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    humor  lgbtq  adult  anthologies  contemporary  fiction  mlm  romance
  • Solid Foundation by J.A. Armstrong

    Solid Foundation by J.A. Armstrong

    10 ratings
    Life 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...
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    humor  lgbtq  wlw  adult  age-gap  anthologies  contemporary  family
  • Scarlett Fever by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    Scarlett Fever by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    10 ratings
    On a girl's night out with her friends; fifty-something, divorced, and really not looking for any attention, Claudia Maddox is somewhat surprised when girls' night takes on a whole new meaning. Ending up in bed with a woman twenty years her junior, hadn’t been the plan, but it was a night she certainly wouldn’t forget. Scarlett was sexy, and fun and knew just what she was doing...
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    lgbtq  wlw  humor  romance  contemporary  family  age-gap  lesbian-mc
  • She'll Steal Your Heart by Rachel Lacey

    She'll Steal Your Heart by Rachel Lacey

    6 ratings
    A 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...
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    humor  lgbtq  wlw  adult  age-gap  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

    Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli

    6 ratings
    With humor and insight, #1 New York Times bestseller Becky Albertalli explores the nuances of sexuality, identity, and friendship. Imogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but she’s got the World’s Greatest Ally title locked down.She's never missed a Pride Alliance meeting. She knows more about queer media discourse than her very queer little sister. She even has two queer best friends...
  • The Promise: A second chance romance. by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    The Promise: A second chance romance. by Claire Highton-Stevenson

    6 ratings
    *A heartwrenching, yet heartwarming, book that will have you reconsidering what matters most!* Ali and Susan Jenkins have it all. Their life together is mapped out on a one-way path to happiness, that is until Susan is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Ali refuses to accept it - her world is shattered...
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    wlw  lgbtq  humor  romance  audiobook  contemporary  angst  sad
  • Escapade by Dolce.

    Escapade by Dolce.

    8 ratings
    Twenty-nine-year-old Lucas Thompson is at the top of the corporate ladder. But when his lifelong friend and ex-boyfriend invites him to his last-minute destination wedding in the Bahamas, Lucas realizes his corporate success can’t hide his private loneliness. Nor will he be able to escape seeing his family at the wedding—and having to explain, yet again, why he’s rich, handsome… and still single...
  • Kellen's Moment by Robin Alexander

    Kellen's Moment by Robin Alexander

    10 ratings
    Kellen McLin has been waiting for her moment for a long time. She says when two people who are meant to be together find each other, they know it instantly. Kellen believes her moment girl has finally arrived, but there’s one big problem—she’s a Sealy. The McLins and the Sealys are south Louisiana’s version of the Hatfields and the McCoys...
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    humor  lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  comedy  contemporary  fiction
  • Going Up by A.E. Radley

    Going Up by A.E. Radley

    11 ratings
    A ruthless executive. A destitute woman. Both on the way up. Selina Hale is on her way to the top. She's been working towards a boardroom position on the thirteenth floor for her entire career. And no one is going to get in her way. Not her clueless boss, her soon to be ex-wife, and most certainly not the homeless person who has moved into the car park at work...
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    humor  lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  female-mc  fiction
  • Distant Shores, Silent Thunder by Radclyffe

    Distant Shores, Silent Thunder by Radclyffe

    12 ratings
    No matter how much we plan, life—and people—have a way of surprising us. For Doctor KT O’Bannon, a near-fatal tragedy derails a career and disrupts everything she thought she knew about herself and her future. Battered and nearly broken, she turns for solace to the one woman who knows her best, her ex-lover Doctor Tory King...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Beautiful Dreamer by Melissa Brayden

    Beautiful Dreamer by Melissa Brayden

    14 ratings
    Who says you can’t go home again? Philadelphia real estate broker Devyn Winters is at the peak of her career, closing multimillion-dollar deals and relishing it. She’s pretty much blocked out her formative years in Dreamer’s Bay, where the most exciting thing to happen was the twice a year bake sale. Unfortunately, a distress call hauls her back home and away from the life she’s constructed...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake

    Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail by Ashley Herring Blake

    24 ratings
    An interior designer who is never without the perfect plan learns to renovate her love life without one in this new romantic comedy by Ashley Herring Blake, author of Delilah Green Doesn't Care. For Astrid Parker, failure is unacceptable. Ever since she broke up with her fiancé a year ago, she's been focused on her career--her friends might say she's obsessed, but she knows she's just driven...
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    humor  lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  lesbian-mc
  • June by Erik Schubach

    June by Erik Schubach

    6 ratings
    ASIN B00OY3AXAQ moved to the most recent edition hereThe daughter of Mandy Fay Harris is all grown up and like her mother, is a force of nature. She is ready to come into her own and take London by storm! She never expected what what she would find while searching in New York for a scout for her music label and the new relationships she would form...
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    humor  lgbtq  wlw  book  children  contemporary  disability  fiction
  • Letters to Cupid by Miranda MacLeod

    Letters to Cupid by Miranda MacLeod

    6 ratings
    An American celebrity chef and an Italian chocolate maker cook up a magical recipe for true love. In a tiny village in the hills of Tuscany is a statue of Cupid with the power to grant the deepest desires of the heart to all who ask. The village is home to single mother Valentina, who runs a struggling chocolate shop...
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    humor  lgbtq  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Intentions by Susan X. Meagher

    Intentions by Susan X. Meagher

    6 ratings
    New Book - Intentions is the ninth installment of the twenty-six book serial novel I Found My Heart in San Francisco. In this book, Jamie tries to acclimate to her changing relationship with her father, Jim. Despite his promise to honor and respect her and Ryan's relationship, she has her doubts-both about his sincerity and his ability to follow through...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Make Music Together by Ariella Zoelle

    Make Music Together by Ariella Zoelle

    6 ratings
    It all started with a song. Two neighbors singing duets in the shower finally meet at an open mic night. Sparks fly, but will it lead to true love?Levi BenowitzThe walls in my new apartment are so thin that I can clearly hear my neighbor singing in his shower...
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    humor  lgbtq  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mlm  romance
  • Karma by Susan X. Meagher

    Karma by Susan X. Meagher

    6 ratings
    Karma is the eleventh book in the I Found My Heart in San Francisco series. Love can be a dangerous game. When to risk, when to run, when to submit. Jordan and Mia have been playing the game as nonchalantly as they can manage, but their feelings are harder and harder to dismiss. Jim and Catherine have had so many ups and downs that they’ve lost track...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Holme for the Holidays by Miranda MacLeod

    Holme for the Holidays by Miranda MacLeod

    6 ratings
    An American musician with a broken heart meets a local farmer with a hidden past on a holiday house swap in Yorkshire. A charming romantic comedy that will fill your heart with holiday cheer A country cottage is the last place Paige expected to spend the holidays, but a year after her girlfriend dumped her, her life is in shambles...
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    humor  lgbtq  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Puppy Love by Cara Malone

    Puppy Love by Cara Malone

    6 ratings
    Marley wants nothing more than a wife. Blaire has already had one not-so-happily ever after. Newly divorced and having lost her social circle to her ex, the only thing on Blaire’s mind is having a little fun. But when she brings her dog to Marley’s vet clinic, sparks fly and their connection is undeniable...
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    lgbtq  wlw  humor  contemporary  animals  fiction  poc-mc  medical
  • Rebel Without A Claus by Bryce Oakley

    Rebel Without A Claus by Bryce Oakley

    6 ratings
    I’ve finally gotten a handle on my life. Sure, it’s taken into my 30s to get here, but I’ve finally got all my candy canes in a row. A job I love, a house I adore, and a town that still takes my breath away every holiday season.Let’s just forget all of the things that had to go wrong for me to get here. In fact, that’s just what I’m doing when Joy Martin waltzes back into town for the holidays...
  • This Is the Season to Make You Mine by Johana Gavez

    This Is the Season to Make You Mine by Johana Gavez

    6 ratings
    Will the Christmas magic help these two friends take a shot at love?Morgan Bergman doesn’t want to go home for Christmas. She loves her family, but since her parents retired and her sister moved back to their hometown of Apfelville to take over the family business, she’s been avoiding them, feeling guilty about choosing her rising career in New York over her family...
  • Girl Love Happens - G&T Lesbian Romance Season Two by T.B. Markinson

    Girl Love Happens - G&T Lesbian Romance Season Two by T.B. Markinson

    6 ratings
    Tegan and Gemma are about to discover how complicated growing up can be. Colorado, 1993. Tegan wants her second year of college to be drama-free. But a case of blackmail forces Tegan to take extreme measures. After attempting to eliminate potentially damaging evidence, Tegan gets embroiled into one crisis after another that could destroy her relationship with Gemma...
  • What Memories Are Made Of by Diana Jayne, Donna Jay

    What Memories Are Made Of by Diana Jayne, Donna Jay

    6 ratings
    Outgoing Chelsea Evans is twenty-eight, has a big heart, but has suffered so much loss. She’s had to rebuild her whole life from scratch since losing her daughter and her marriage. But Chelsea’s a people person with hope and humour and love to spare...
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    wlw  lgbtq  humor  romance  lesbian-mc  children  angst  drama
  • 11:59 by Erica Lee

    11:59 by Erica Lee

    6 ratings
    After spending her whole childhood in and out of foster care, TJ Edmonds has created a whole brand around not getting attached to other people. She has a best-selling novel and a popular phone app both dedicated to helping people stay detached from their significant others, so they don't get hurt. She even uses the method in her own life to allow her to jump from woman to woman...
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    lgbtq  wlw  fiction  lesbian-mc  romance  contemporary  book  adult
  • Carly's Sound by Ali Vali

    Carly's Sound by Ali Vali

    8 ratings
    Is passion still possible the second time around? Poppy Valente has the world in the palm of her hand until fate steals from her the one thing that matters most – her wife Carly. When breast cancer ends their life together, Poppy finds herself at a loss as to how to begin to live again...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mlm  romance
  • Midnight Tradition by Nicole Pyland

    Midnight Tradition by Nicole Pyland

    8 ratings
    Maddox Delaney wasn’t all that famous; she was well-known by association. Surrounded by her famous, coupled-off friends, Maddox had thought she had her chance at love. And when that didn’t work out, she wondered if she’d ever get another try. A New Year’s Eve Party hosted by some of her closest friends isn’t really her idea of fun, but it might just be what she needs to mend her broken heart...
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    humor  lgbtq  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  celebrity  children
  • HOWL: Home of the Wayward Lovers by Lucy Bexley

    HOWL: Home of the Wayward Lovers by Lucy Bexley

    8 ratings
    Lou McCallister owns Howl, the only surviving queer bar in Boston. When an investment opportunity to save the floundering bar is inadvertently sabotaged by Clementine Darby, Howl’s newest employee, Lou is ready to give up...
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    humor  lgbtq  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  boss-employee  contemporary
  • Goldenrod by Ann McMan, Christine Williams

    Goldenrod by Ann McMan, Christine Williams

    8 ratings
    Welcome back to Jericho, a small town tightly tucked into the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, where life and love have as many twists and turns as a winding mountain road. Join Syd, Maddie, David, Michael, Henry, Celine, and the irrepressible Roma Jean Freemantle as they band together to navigate the minefields of their ever-changing world in this newest Jericho novel...
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    humor  lgbtq  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  family
  • Guide on How to Fail at Online Dating by Jiang Zi Bei, 酱子贝

    Guide on How to Fail at Online Dating by Jiang Zi Bei, 酱子贝

    8 ratings
    The cousin that Jing Huan has been closest to since he was a child was labelled as “the other woman” in a certain popular online game: only after devoting herself did she know that the other party was a jerk with a girlfriend.After several days of being bullied online by people in the game, his cousin went abroad in a fit of anger and sorrow...
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    humor  lgbtq  wlw  book  comedy  contemporary  drama  fiction
  • The Secret of St. Claire by Robin Alexander

    The Secret of St. Claire by Robin Alexander

    10 ratings
    Lighthearted romance, sweet and funny.Idyllic, quaint, and straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting is St. Claire, Louisiana—at least on the outside. Beneath the veneer, it’s anything but. That’s the secret of St. Claire. Born and raised in St. Claire, Lindsay Juneau’s life was seemingly full raising a six-year-old daughter and caring for her widowed mother...
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    humor  lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  children  contemporary  family
  • Flight SQA016 by A.E. Radley

    Flight SQA016 by A.E. Radley

    10 ratings
    Spurred on by overwhelming and ever-increasing debts, Emily White takes a job working in the first-class cabin on the prestigious commuter route from her home of New York to London with Crown Airlines. A gruelling transatlantic schedule means she is in the air nearly as much as she is on the ground and desperately misses her five-year-old son...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Bet Against Me by Fiona Riley

    Bet Against Me by Fiona Riley

    10 ratings
    Trina Lee would sell her own mother’s house out from under her if it meant securing a sale, no joke. Her reputation as a ruthless deal closer and her record sales year in Boston’s luxury property market should’ve landed her Realtor of the Year, so when the award goes to new girl rival Kendall Yates, Trina is left speechless. And, okay, turned on...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Unlikely Match by Fiona Riley

    Unlikely Match by Fiona Riley

    10 ratings
    Shelly White is a coding genius who has mastered the IT world but hasn’t quite mastered dating. While she searches for Ms. Right with the help of Samantha Monteiro’s matchmaking agency, Shelly embraces her inner nerd, and when one of her newest ideas turns into a creative goldmine, she hires PR exec Claire Moseley to help her professional dreams become reality...
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    humor  lgbtq  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  contemporary  fiction
  • Temporary Girl by Robin Alexander

    Temporary Girl by Robin Alexander

    10 ratings
    Jodi Chenault has a lot of things going for her; she has a successful business, looks, and intelligence. And she’s a master flirt. She has no problem meeting women or getting dates. She just can’t hold on to any of the women she goes out with. It’s not because she’s unlikeable, she simply can’t handle commitment. Val Mason is hoping to find the right woman to build a life with...
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    humor  lgbtq  wlw  adult  audiobook  book  comedy  contemporary
  • The Glow Up by Cara Malone

    The Glow Up by Cara Malone

    10 ratings
    A coveted summer internship takes a small-town girl to the Windy City, where she’s totally out of her element – and learning who she is for the first time.Jo’s dreams have always been too big for her small-town Montana life. When she lands a competitive internship in Chicago, her conservative parents worry about letting her go. But it’s the opportunity of a lifetime, sure to change her world...
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    humor  lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  lesbian-mc
  • Blend by Georgia Beers

    Blend by Georgia Beers

    12 ratings
    When the widowed owner of the wine bar Vineyard decides she wants to take some time off and travel abroad, she leaves her business in the very capable hands of the two women she trusts most: her daughter Piper and Vineyard's general manager, Lindsay.For Lindsay Kent, Vineyard is her dream job...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
  • Three Little Spells by J.A. Armstrong

    Three Little Spells by J.A. Armstrong

    6 ratings
    Life is predictable for Beth Carmichael. When she’s not caring for patients in the cardiac ICU, she’s avoiding the heaps of leaves in her yard. When a beautiful woman with three young daughters moves into the house next door, Beth’s routine existence takes an unpredictable turn.Bridget Dobbins spends her days teaching online classes, researching family histories, and corralling three little girls...
  • Blame It on the Fame by Tracie Banister

    Blame It on the Fame by Tracie Banister

    6 ratings
    A power-trippin’ bitch, a has-been, a skanky ex-model, a press-shy indie queen, and a British stage actress no one knows – that’s how the Best Actress hopefuls in this year’s too-close-to-call Oscar race cattily describe each other...
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    humor  lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  celebrity  contemporary  fiction
  • Disclosures by Susan X. Meagher

    Disclosures by Susan X. Meagher

    6 ratings
    June in San Francisco and a young woman's thoughts turn to ... Pride Weekend! Ryan begins to introduce Jamie to some of the "secrets" of the lesbian lifestyle. The first night they make love in her family home, Jamie falls asleep while Ryan whispers "Go goinnne Dia thu." ay God keep you...
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    lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  lesbian-mc  romance
  • Tied in Knots by Z.B. Heller

    Tied in Knots by Z.B. Heller

    6 ratings
    Roses are red, violets are blue. They tied the knot, what kind of crazy will ensue? Ryan Keller and Brandon Ford have promised to be Tied Together forever. Seven years later, life is moving along according to their plan. Ryan gave up his job as a television producer to be a stay at home dad to their son, while Brandon works long hours as an OBGYN at the hospital...
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    humor  lgbtq  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  mlm  romance
  • Lesson Plans by J.A. Armstrong

    Lesson Plans by J.A. Armstrong

    6 ratings
    Lesson Plans is a spin-off of the series By Design and would fall somewhere between books 2 and 3 of that series.Life in the Fletcher-Reid family is always interesting. For Michelle Fletcher, it's about to take an unexpected turn when a feisty redheaded architect named Melanie McKenna captures her heart. Love is the last thing that Michelle was looking for...
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    humor  lgbtq  wlw  adult  anthologies  contemporary  family  fiction
  • When You Know by Kiki Archer

    When You Know by Kiki Archer

    6 ratings
    "When You Know," is the sequel to Kiki Archer’s best-selling lesbian fiction novel, "One Foot Onto The Ice." Teacher, Susan Quinn, and Club Ski instructor, Jenna James, have finally found love. True love. Real love. Breathless love. There’s chemistry. There’s passion. There’s a future...
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    humor  lgbtq  wlw  adult  book  contemporary  fiction  romance
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