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Here are this week’s new ebook and audio releases and announcements.
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TB
ROMANCE
CLAIRE AND THE LADY BILLIONAIRE
Book 9
by Giselle Fox
Available in Kindle Unlimited
The truth lies within the foundations…
After a magical night at the beach house, Claire and Camille start making plans for the future. With their holiday in Oregon drawing to an end, the uncertainty of a new school year looms ahead. An impulsive decision from Camille pushes the lovers to deviate off course, and a proposal for Claire to step up leads to a challenge for Camille to step back.
The Lady Billionaire story continues with another heart-stopping installment, and a first-time look into the hearts and minds of the rest of the cast.
A WOMAN UNDONE
A Woman Lost: Book 6
by TB Markinson
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Despite Lizzie’s attempts to hide from her family, circumstances pull her even deeper into the complicated Petrie web.
After a disastrous family Christmas, Lizzie’s friends and family seek her counsel, dragging Lizzie back into their orbit. With a brother facing prison time, a family feud, the possibility of raising her niece, and the desire to have another child, Lizzie’s one step from constructing a moat to block out the world.
Will Lizzie crack or dig deep to prevent the collapse of the family?
HOOKED ON YOU
by Jenn Matthews
A quirky lesbian romance about love never being quite where you expect.
Anna’s life’s in a bit of a rut. As a teacher with two great kids and a boyfriend, she seems to have it all. Except…she’s bored as hell. Perhaps a new hobby’s in order? Something…crafty? Divorced mother and veteran Ollie has been through the wars, emotionally and physically. To relax, she runs a quirky crochet class in her London craft shop. She can’t help but notice the attractive, feisty new student. A shame Anna’s straight as an arrow.
But somewhere between the chain stitches, doubles and trebles, Ollie and Anna form a powerful connection they never expected.
THE ASSISTANT
by Jessica Pots
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Wynter
I placed an ad for an assistant…didn’t think anyone would apply.
But, I only had four requirements—punctual, organized, non-smoker, night owl.
After countless failed attempts I think I’ve finally filled it permanently with the quirky soul who now sits at the desk across from mine.
Problem is, she fits in to my world more than she really should.
Now, I realize I haven’t just found the perfect woman for the job. I think I’ve found the perfect woman for me…
Brooklyn
In this great big star-studded metropolis, I now work for a woman whose aim is to stay as invisible as I already am.
I respect her. I admire her. But, I know nothing about her.
And day by day, I seek to find out more.
This job, well, it’s peculiar.
But I love it.
They say never fall in love with the boss, right?
Oops…
SHE GOT HOPS
by Joi Miner
Available in Kindle Unlimited
What happens when you mix lesbians, love, and basketball?
All ballers ain’t lesbian, and all lesbians can’t play ball. But Jordin Martinez was the best of both worlds.
Jordin “Hops” Martinez was a lover of women, ball, and family. Not coming from the best life, she knew the only way to get out was basketball, and it was her first love. With her brother, Joose and his best friend Sauce, they worked hard to make sure they got out of Alabama, and the whack lives they’d lived. But the lil’ hustle they had on the side may end up ruining their lives… and their chance at a future. She had so much goin’ on that there was no time for love, until… her.
Jordan “Joose” Martinez has always been the man of the house, looking out for his mama and sister. With his Pops never being an example, he did the best he could and provided. When his dreams of playing ball became a memory, he drove Hops to be their family’s savior. But when she showed a passion for more than basketball, he realized that his attempts to protect her may have caused her more harm than good.
Saul “Sauce” Solomon wanted two things in life: money and hoes. He’d been in love with Hops since he first met her and her Twin brother Joose in the fifth grade, but she never gave him any play. All he wanted was a chance, but when he found out that she was lesbian, all his hopes came crashing down. A man scorned is a dangerous thing. Will he be able to put his feelings to the side and remain loyal to the crew… or will his determination to persuade Hops that her being gay is “just a phase”?
Briana Miles never thought she’d fall in love. And definitely not with a girl. But when she met Hops, all of that changed. Hops was dope, but so was her brother Joose, and she loved the attention she was getting from their homie Sauce, too. When she was brought into their circle, the come-up was instantaneous But with fast money, danger is usually right around the corner. And Bria might have to choose between the woman she’s falling for and herself.
For Hops, coming out may have been the worst decision she made in her life. But denying who she really was, was killing her. Falling hard and fast, like we lesbians tend to do, she found herself in a love with a woman that could cost her everything.
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
GUARDING HER HEART
by Marian Snowe
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Ash Harker is skilled at her job as a professional bodyguard. She’s former military, but she also has a secret romantic streak a mile wide. She’s just always known that true love is for other people—people with fewer scars than she has.
Serena Davenport has clawed her way to the top of the business world, and with a successful company to run, she has no time for love. But when Serena finds herself the target of a stalker and needs someone to keep her safe, the bodyguard who shows up at her door looks startlingly familiar…
One terrible date a few weeks ago was something both Ash and Serena swore to put behind them. But now, unexpectedly, they’re forced back into each other’s lives. The date may have been a disaster, but the scorching hot attraction between them is undeniable.
With a murderous criminal on their trail, they can’t afford any distractions—and what’s more distracting than love?
WINNER: A Las Vegas Romance
by Harley Slate
Available in Kindle Unlimited
She won’t be fooled by a beautiful woman’s bag of tricks. Not this time.
Forced to put her FBI training on hold, Lana Jones finds herself working eye in the sky for the least glittering casino in Vegas. Running down slot machine scammers is hardly the pot of gold at the end of her rainbow.
Melody Lysander is a cut above the usual crop of shady drifters who wander into Lana’s third-rate clip joint. But the seductive redhead doesn’t seem to comprehend the first law of Vegas: The house always wins.
In a million-dollar game of cat and mouse, who is the cat? And who is the mouse?
A high-steam enemies-to-lovers lesbian romance novel with a twist.. No cheating, no cliffhangers. Complete with the happily ever after you deserve.
EROTIC ROMANCE
TAMING THE TRAMP
by Amy DeMeritt
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Jack Hart is a self-proclaimed butch-lesbian with short hair, many ear piercings, and even more tattoos. And she’s very hot. To look at her, you wouldn’t know she is a self-made millionaire creating computer software for the biggest corporations in the world. That is, if you go based off of mainstream opinions on appearance, which Jack has no patience for.
Jack lives by the rules of not judging others and not living her life controlled by the judgments of others. Jack doesn’t live by many rules, in fact she prefers to live by the ideology of doing what she wants, when she wants, with all due respect to those around her, of course.
However, Jack is very firm on a couple of rules, and every woman she brings home to her decked out luxury sex den all know the rules. Jack Hart does not date or do relationships – she only has sexual encounters. And if she or her playmate develop feelings, the arrangement ends.
But after over ten years of living by her own rules, Jack starts to wonder if she’s really getting what she wants from her promiscuous lifestyle anymore.
EPIC FANTASY
THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE
by Samantha Shannon
A world divided.
A queendom without an heir.
An ancient enemy awakens.
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction–but assassins are getting closer to her door.
Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.
Across the dark sea, Tané has trained all her life to be a dragonrider, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.
Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.
URBAN FASTASY
THE FIREBRAND SYNDICATE
Burgundy Hart: Book 3
by Lucy True
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Wanted Dead or Alive: Burgundy Jane Hart, the female warlock with an amazing sense of style and inappropriate sense of humor.
At least, that’s what Burgundy would write on her wanted posters if they existed. Too bad she’s been hiding like a fugitive ever since the Finders occupied Rock Grove. Moving from safe house to safe house might keep her alive but it’s definitely no way to live.
Unfortunately, getting her fellow warlocks to work together is like herding cats, even if it involves taking out their nemeses – the Witches Council. But once Burgundy finds out the leaders of the Firebrand Syndicate are on her side, there’s only one thing to do.
It’s time for Burgundy to take a stand once and for all. Otherwise, she might lose the best thing she ever had.
Back off, witches. There’s a new warlock in town when Burgundy comes home to Rock Grove.
URBAN FAIRYTALES
SHADOW OF THE HOOK
Urban Fairytales: Book 10
by Erik Schubach
I taught you to fight and to fly, what more can there be?
Robyn and Amanda fall off the path to Perchta’s garden, where the Avatars were retreating to in order plan against the Elders resetting of the mortal realm. They find themselves in a land where imagination is the most dangerous of weapons… Neverland.
Everything we know about Pan, the Hook, and the Lost Boys gets all turned around. After a daring rescue, our heroines learn that time is up and the Elders have started their march.
With new allies, they need to find a way back home to join their fellow Avatars as they prepare for the most important confrontation in the history of mankind.
PARANORMAL ROMANCE
FANG U
by Mia Archer
Available in Kindle Unlimited
What’s a witch to do when she falls for the vampire she’s supposed to kill?
Lisa wasn’t your typical college girl. She was a witch on a mission. A witch with no magic sent to find the vampire who killed her best friend and make the undead bitch pay.
The only problem? She’s hunting a vampire whose fanged face haunts her dreams. She can’t get her out of her mind. And when she meets Ivy she falls. Hard.
That was not part of the plan.
Ivy wasn’t your typical college girl. No, she was a vampire running a secret sorority of the undead where that undeath was a life sentence to an endless boring party.
Only Ivy had problems. Like newly turned pledges who refused to follow orders. Like a dead witch killed by one of those pledges. Like the threat of witches descending on her sorority and destroying everything she’s built over long decades in retaliation for one stupid pledge’s mistake.
The last thing she needed complicating things was a mysterious freshman girl coming along and capturing her mind like no human had in decades. A girl who was hiding a dangerous secret that could be the end of everything she’s built…
Fang U is a 70k lesbian vampire romance with a little bit of humor, a little bit of horror, a touch of magic, and a whole lot of fun!
THRILLER ROMANCE
PAYBACK
by Charlotte Mills
A thrilling lesbian mystery about trying to right a past wrong…despite the consequences.
Detective Constable Kate Wolfe is sent to a Cheshire backwater after falling foul of a disciplinary hearing in London. But before she even has a chance to settle in, Kate finds herself in a situation there’s no coming back from. She’s reported as a troublemaker to her new boss, Detective Chief Inspector Helen Taylor, a no-nonsense veteran who once had an esteemed, high-profile career.
The pair investigate a spate of arson attacks, a dead body found in a burnt out building, and a missing architect while fighting their growing attraction for each other. The discovery of a dumped vehicle in a quarry lake sparks a series of events that will change their lives forever.
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
THE PLAN
by Kim Pritekel
As the dark days of the Dust Bowl came to an end, the midsection of the United States tried to rebuild and revitalize. In the small, dusty farming town of, Brooke View, Colorado, teenager, Eleanor Landry and her mother were dealing with her father, a self-appointment fire and brimstone preacher to his congregation of two. A plan to survive.
As the dark era of the robber baron comes to an end, giants of industry and innovation emerged with fabulous fortunes manifested in the mansions that dotted the landscape across the country. Lysette Landon, the teen daughter of the wealthiest family in Brooke View, was everything a good, proper girl of privilege should be. Only problem was, she wasn’t dreaming of finding a young man to raise a family with. A plan to be free.
One look, one touch, all plans are off.
Secrets deeper and darker than the grave would bring Eleanor and Lysette together, their families connected by a web of lies and broken promises. A plan to escape.
Be careful because, life has other plans…
BITTER SWEET REVENGE
by Donna Jay
Palmerston North, New Zealand
It’s summer 1985, the school year is almost over, and Katie is deeply in the closet. The last thing she wants is to become a target for bullies.
When a group of popular girls invite her to hang out, she finally has a chance to be part of the in-crowd. Her excitement quickly turns to fear, and she barely escapes their trap. It’s the last time she’ll ever be so naive.
Haunted by that day, Katie shuts herself away, dreaming of payback. When fantastical thoughts turn to reality, vengeance is bitter sweet.
Convinced she’s not a good person, Katie resigns herself to a life alone. But fate has other plans.
When she crosses paths with an outgoing redhead, she’s forced to re-examine the walls she’s built around her heart.
NEW AUDIOBOOKS
PRETEND GIRLFRIEND
by Lily Craig
narrated by Emily Beresford & Gabra Zackman
Fake love, real sparks.
When Celeste Lamontagne receives a wedding invitation from her ex, she’s furious. The only thing worse than being cheated on? Seeing your ex and the girl she cheated with get married. Less than a year later. And as part of a two-week long Mediterranean cruise. But they say the best revenge is a life well lived, right? Not for Celeste, it isn’t. It’s arranging an elaborate fake relationship with someone to make your ex jealous.
Lane Bishop is the perfect someone to do just that. Impulsive to the extreme, she loses her job right in front of Celeste. There goes Lane’s best shot at becoming a stylist in New York City. She can have another chance if she agrees to travel with Celeste, pretending to be her girlfriend so that Celeste’s ex sees her happy and thriving. The only catch? Celeste’s an heiress accustomed to getting everything she wants. She’s rigorous about details – some might say spoiled – which clashes with a free spirit like Lane.
The sparks between Celeste and Lane become harder and harder to ignore. Can they convince the wedding guests of their passion without the flames setting them both alight?
THE HIDDEN ONE
The Chosen One: Book 2
by TB Markinson
narrated by Lori Prince
Mock election. Real world danger. Ainsley’s relationship and reputation may not survive the campaign trail.
Still reeling from the targeted attack on her family, Ainsley is determined to keep a low profile during senior year. But a mandatory class project pulls her back into the political fray as the mock Democratic presidential candidate. With the entire campus watching, Ainsley knows it’s only a matter of time before her rival turns the spotlight on her and her secretive girlfriend.
Groomed from birth by her politically connected family, Ainsley knows she can handle the abuse. But shielding her girlfriend’s secrets is a matter of life or death. To protect the ones she loves, Ainsley will need to use every shrewd political move in the book.
The Hidden One is the captivating second book in a series of lesbian romantic suspense novels that shed light on modern American politics. If you like romance that defies the odds, a satirical take on current events, and twists you won’t see coming, then you’ll love T.B. Markinson’s compelling tale.
SHUT UP AND KISS ME
by Julie Cannon
narrated by Kira Omans
Lowe Carter and Faith Williams could not be more different. Lowe comes from money, very old money. Faith scrapes by, living paycheck to paycheck, sending what little she has left to her mother and little sister. Lowe is just starting her obligatory two-week visit with her parents when she collides, literally and figuratively, with the beautiful Faith. What better way to spend two weeks of hell than in the company of a hot, sexy woman? The only problem is that employees like Faith are forbidden to fraternize with residents and their guests. Join Lowe and Faith as they sail on The Escape, the world’s largest private residence on the water.
CALLING ALL LESFIC AUTHORS
The Winter Hearts anthology was a rewarding project to be a part of in 2018. It raised a ton of money for charity. And Amanda Radley is organizing it again in 2019! Go here for details.
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