New Lesfic Goodies: October 8th Edition |

Dear lesfic fan,

Here are this week’s new ebook and audio releases and announcements.

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ROMANCE

THE X INGREDIENT

by Roslyn Sinclair

A smart, sexy lesbian romance about facing the truth about your desires…and risking everything.

Laurie Holcombe is out of a job, out of luck, and out of time. When a prestigious law firm hires her as an assistant to one of its senior partners, it feels like she might finally get back on her feet. All she has to do is put up with the whims of her infuriatingly icy boss, Diana. How hard could that be?

Diana Parker is Atlanta’s top lawyer and isn’t afraid to let everyone know it. She’s driven, ruthless, demanding, and stuck in a failing marriage. Too bad she can’t run her personal life as well as she runs her ordered office.

When a young assistant shows up with bright blue eyes, a cute Southern accent, and a streak of pink hair, Diana’s sure she’s all wrong for the job. And yet something seems to be pulling her and Laurie Holcombe together, drawing them into a secret, thrilling dance that’s far too dangerous for a boss and employee.

Can they make rules for this powerful attraction, a way to keep each other at arm’s length? But how do you resist the irresistible?

FREEING HER
Irresistibly Bound: Book 4

by Anna Stone
Available in Kindle Unlimited

Faith is thrilled to land a job as a nanny for a wealthy, recently divorced mother of two. The pay is great, and the kids are angels. The only problem is their mother, Eve. She’s uptight, controlling, and impossible to please. The worst part? Faith can’t stop thinking about her.

When Faith discovers a side to her new boss that she never expected, it becomes clear that behind Eve’s strict facade is a passionate woman bursting to break free and make Faith hers. Faith knows all too well what it’s like to keep part of herself hidden. And she finds Eve and the sweet surrender she demands irresistible.

But as they confront their long-suppressed desires, Eve and Faith must keep everything between them secret or they risk losing everything. Eve is locked in a custody battle with her ex-husband, and he isn’t afraid to play dirty. As the stakes rise and fear threatens to drive them apart, will Faith and Eve find the strength to stand together?

WITH LOVE, CAROLINE

by Jennifer Hebbard
Available in Kindle Unlimited

Ever Rhodes and Caroline Davis were the perfect couple. High school sweethearts and now about to graduate college together. Young and in love with their whole lives ahead of them, or so Ever thought. When Caroline dies suddenly and tragically it leaves Ever alone and broken. Now, a year later and Ever isn’t sure she will be able to love anyone again. When she does start to have feelings for another woman, it leaves her confused and scared, made all the more complicated by the fact that the woman she is falling for is Caroline’s best friend Mia.

Trigger Warning: Aftermath of Suicide

THE HOUSE
ShudderCon Las Vegas: Book 1

by Lily Craig
Available in Kindle Unlimited

Having recently taken over her family’s Halloween-themed Vegas hotel, closeted heiress Jacqueline offers struggling novelist Agatha staggering amounts of money to show her around ShudderCon. Since Agatha’s an eager con guest, she can help Jacqueline—in the name of market research—and Jacqueline’s VIP privileges certainly don’t hurt. The deal allows Jacqueline to spend more time with the captivating writer, but can the two fight their growing connection when the shadow of her family’s disapproval lurks in every cobwebbed corner?

THE PAYOFF
ShudderCon Las Vegas: Book 2

by Sienna Waters
Available in Kindle Unlimited

Ten years ago law student Cali and straight girl Esta shared a night of passion at ShudderCon. A night that ended with both their lives changed irrevocably and with Esta walking away forever. The last thing they expect is to meet a decade later at ShudderCon. Cali’s about to give up freedom for a life of office-bound drudgery, Esta’s about to find that a long-held secret isn’t quite as secret as she supposed. And they’re both about to discover that Vegas is full of risks, but that every now and then, a risk pays off. Once in a lifetime you meet the person capable of changing you forever. No one can hope for a second chance. Or can they?

THE SHOW
ShudderCon Las Vegas: Book 3

by Hildred Billings
Available in Kindle Unlimited

Drake and Leilah are who make their supernatural TV show so popular. Yet their ravenous fans threaten to ruin their personal and professional lives. Can they overcome their avoidance of one another to not only make a joint appearance at ShudderCon, but address their real-life attraction as well?

THE BLUFF
ShudderCon Las Vegas: Book 4

by Kate McLay
Available in Kindle Unlimited

First scandal rocked Sadie’s carefully constructed life, and now a stalker threatens her safety. Escaping to a convention for a few days is exactly what she needs, but her bodyguard might be an issue. Nic promises to keep her safe, but Sadie’s never wanted anyone more. Can they keep their hands to themselves? Well… what happens in Vegas…

THE SHARK
ShudderCon Las Vegas: Book 5

by Cara Malone
Available in Kindle Unlimited

This weekend is aspiring writer Sabrina’s last chance to sell her TV script and the first thing she does at ShudderCon is stumble head-long into an elevator with her idol, the sizzling hot screenwriter, Evelyn Green. It would be fate… if Sabrina hadn’t thoroughly burned that bridge three years ago. Can Sabrina convince Evelyn to give her a second chance, or will it all go up in smoke?

THE LONGSHOT
ShudderCon Las Vegas: Book 6

by Anna Cove
Available in Kindle Unlimited

Who decides to marry their fiancée on Halloween night? In Vegas? At a thriller convention?

A risk-averse maid’s life changes forever when a wild runaway bride convinces her to help win back her fiancée. Will they take a chance on love and one another?

TAKING CHANCES
WeHo: Book 15

by Sherryl Hancock
Available in Kindle Unlimited

A WEHO PREQUEL STORY

Palani Ryker is trapped in a loveless marriage with a man. Realizing that she’d probably rather be with women, when she meets Kana Sorbinno and is instantly attracted to her, she tries to persuade Kana to date her, but Kana isn’t one to get involved with married women.

When Kana eventually gives in, their relationship blossoms and Palani knows she made the right decision, but with her husband still in the picture, it’s not all smooth sailing.

With complications arising faster than they can be dealt with, is it worth Taking the Chance?

BEWILDER

by Bryce Oakley
Available in Kindle Unlimited

Domino Rush is a messy, chaotic musician under a ton of pressure to write the next great rock album. Sabrina Meloy is a professional organizer who loves nothing more than pretty, labeled closet bins. They have nothing in common, and yet, they can’t stay away from each other. Will Sabrina be able to tame the wild frenzy that is Domino – or will she decide it’s a bit more fun being bewildered?

CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE

TECHNICALLY FAKING

by Robin Hale

Iris Spark will be damned before she’ll let the Board of Directors force her out of SparkSignal, the tech company she built from nothing.

Luckily, her assistant has a plan. One last-ditch effort to overhaul her image.

It’s simple: Iris Spark has money, social media darling Amber Kowalczyk has public opinion, and SparkSignal’s popularity goes up when people think the two of them are dating.

It’s only a few weeks. It’s only pretend.

What’s the worst that could happen?

THE HIDDEN ROOM

by C.S. Joseph & Kathleen Greyson

Clara Bogard reluctantly married architect Arthur Dumas in the early 20th century, after her father passed away. As a gift to his new bride, Arthur designed and built a Victorian mansion for their new home. Seeming philanthropic to others, Arthur had a black evilness in him. As Clara dealt with the escalating violence in her marriage, she finds comfort and affection in the arms of her friend Emma. A century later, in a last-ditch effort to save her failing marriage, novelist Reese Iverson agrees to move her family to a dilapidated Victorian home. During the renovations, a hidden room with over a dozen handwritten journals is discovered. As Reese reads the journals, she becomes immersed with Clara’s struggles with life and love. It soon becomes evident that Clara overcame and endured sinister horrors. After falling in love with her best friend Julia, Reese finds romantic parallels between herself and Clara. As she learns more of the woman’s fate, she uncovers the strength in herself to take control of her own life and hopes it isn’t too late for her happy ever after.

CRY OF THE HEART

by Ana McKenzie
Available in Kindle Unlimited

When Colette Remington sees the black horse, she realizes it looks just like the one she dreamed of as a child – a dream that helped her through so many hard times. When she lands a job looking after the horse, it is like it was meant to be, and she thinks that bringing the rescue animal back to health might be as healing for her as it is for the horse.

What she doesn’t count on is Josie Tearney, owner of the horse, and the most startling, intriguing woman Colette has ever met. The attraction, it turns out, is mutual, but the last thing Colette thinks she deserves is a relationship with someone who’s grounded, competent, and whole – all the things Colette isn’t.

Josie, who runs her own business making witchy teas and essential oils, is as planted on the land where she lives as is her garden – which makes her strong, centred, stable – and lonely. All her friends have moved to the city, and she’s not at all sure that Colette won’t leave as abruptly as she arrived. Josie lost her mother when she was young – and she won’t take the risk of being abandoned again.

But healing can happen when you least expect it, and the heart, that most magical part of ourselves, knows how to lead the way.

SCI-FI ROMANCE

TIT FOR TAT

by R. Cooper

Tat never expected a future. A lower-caste Luudi who left her planet and made a new home with a group of idealistic humans, she spends her time looking out for new family and working in secret to rescue refugees from a neighboring country. She is content with what she has, if sometimes lonely.

Then a Pros arrives their tense little border town. Although mostly human, the Pros were genetically engineered to look perfect and to offer pleasure, both physically and psychically. Beautiful, sophisticated Cin is no exception, which is why when she approaches Tat, Tat knows it can’t be personal. Luudi are big, strong, purple, and impervious to psychic influence—making Tat the safest outlet for someone like Cin. Tat says yes with no expectation that Cin would ever want more, while convinced the danger will eventually drive Cin away.

But the Pros can take care of themselves, as well as any quietly heroic Luudi who catches their eye—if only that Luudi would let them. Tat has spent so long helping others find a future, it doesn’t occur to her to seek out her own even when her silence might cost her the one she wants.

YOUNG ADULT FANTASY

DAUGHTER OF FIRE

Destiny and Darkness: Book 1

by Karen Frost

A compelling, original, evocative young adult fantasy novel for all ages. Part one of the Destiny and Darkness series.

I am the daughter of winter. My people are strong and unbending as ice. I was born with the frozen winds sweeping through my hair, with snow dusted across my skin. I am. I am. I am…

For Aeryn, a girl born to the remote, wintry Ice Crown region of Ilirya, the outside world is a fantasy: a series of wonderful stories told by occasional passing travellers. She never imagines anything for her life beyond following in her parents’ footsteps.

But the discovery that she has the rare gift of magic shatters her isolated world. Aeryn can create and tame fire. It’s an intoxicating, raw, and thrilling power, but it also sets her apart. And her gift attracts attention.

She is whisked from her home in the wilds to train at Windhall University and master her magic. There, Aeryn slowly learns the truth about the real world, with its strange mix of people and powers, and so many intertwining threads of shadows and light. She’s drawn to unattainable Lyse, a beautiful healer in training who makes Aeryn’s heart soar. But she also senses a creeping darkness all around that could threaten the future of the kingdom itself.

PARANORMAL ROMANCE

NEW DAY RISING
The Dusk Queen Series: Book 3

by J.J. Arias
Available in Kindle Unlimited

Would you do anything for your happily ever after?

After fighting impossible odds to get back to each other, newly-turned Vampire Erin and her Queen Lucía want nothing more than to run off into the sunset and enjoy a moment’s peace. But when a group of Hunters emerges poised to put all supernatural life in their cross-hairs, their bubble barely has time to form before it implodes.

When their enemies prove more difficult to eliminate than expected, Erin must tap into her magic to find a new way to fight. As Erin and Lucía strengthen their romantic bond, it is their love for each other that spurs them on into dangerous new territory to protect what they hold most dear. But they can’t do it alone. Can friends, old and new, come together to ensure a future for all paranormal beings?

Indulge in this steamy paranormal lesbian romance thriller and see the gripping conclusion to Erin and Lucía’s love story for the ages.

THRILLER

IDENTITY
Alex and Cassidy: Book 6

by Nancy Ann Healy
Available in Kindle Unlimited

Once a spy, always a spy. Alex Toles and Claire Brackett are back in action. Once rivals, the pair of FBI agents receive a summons from President Candace Reid to the White House. Evidence of forced starvation scattered throughout Russia coincides with a growing military presence in the small Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Concerned about potential Russian aggression in the Baltic States and confronting subversion within her Cabinet, Candace turns to Alex and Claire to put the pieces of a growing puzzle together. Looking for answers in the present will mean revisiting the past; a past that seems determined to haunt Claire, Alex, and those they love forever.Claire makes her way to Europe to infiltrate the inner-circle of a group known as The Collaborative. Composed of agents from every global intelligence service, corporate leaders, politicians, oligarchs, and dubious actors, The Collaborative devises plots, dictates policies, installs leaders, and removes them. Claire will need to convince The Collaborative’s newest architect, Pyotr Gregorovich, that she has departed from her alliance with Alex Toles. Her quest will take her across Europe to Kaliningrad, and a secret facility that defies everyone’s expectations. Meanwhile, Alex struggles to balance her family’s needs with a growing urgency to pursue the truth—not just for the sake of national security but hoping to uncover the truth of her father’s past. Enjoy the antics of the Toles’ children. Share some wine with Rose, Cassidy, and Helen. Laugh at the caustic yet affectionate banter between the world’s most unlikely partners. Traverse a world where everyone is searching for more than the truth—for their IDENTITY.

ACTION & ADVENTURE / ROMANCE

DON’T TELL ME TWICE / A SECOND CHANCE
Jems & Jamz: Book 1 & 2

by Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue
Available in Kindle Unlimited

Don’t Tell Me Twice

When Buck, the lead singer of Jems and Jamz loses her girlfriend, Olive and lead guitarist to a rival band, her life takes a drastic turn. Just when everything seems like it is too much to handle, her band manager hires a new woman, Ziggy, to take Olive’s place. Ziggy is charming and challenges Buck with her overall talent, creating tension between the two. Buck does her best to get along with the other woman, but when the Ziggy threatens her spot on vocals, tempers flare.

A Second Chance

After Olive’s fallout with Jems and Jamz, she relocates to a small town and begins a new life. Upon taking a job at a cafe and forfeiting her fame, she meets River, the owner of Riverside Cafe and a local musician. Though the two don’t always see eye to eye, they find common ground in their music, and just as their relationship begins to grow, Olive is offered another chance to live a life of fame and luxury. Olive is left facing a hard decision. Should she follow her dreams of fame and fortune, or should she allow herself to love again? What should she do with her second chance?

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Keep an eye out for another anthology in 2020.

NEW AUDIOBOOKS

GAMES WE PLAY

by Cynthia Dane and Hildred Billings
narrated by Stephanie Murphy

At Leah’s 30th birthday party, she meets a woman whom she’s convinced is paid to entertain her for the evening. But in the following days, she discovers that Ms. Margaret Sloan, one of the most cutthroat businesswomen in the world, thought Leah was the paid professional she hired while in Portland for the weekend.

Sloan fears a lawsuit. Leah fears her only chance for a whirlwind romance is about to fly off to Thailand or Switzerland. Too bad they’re both keeping dire secrets that could doom whatever feelings they have.

Oh, the devilish games they’re about to play….

FORGET IT

by Claire Highton-Stevenson
narrated by Kim Bretton

Brooke Chambers is forced to leave the army and the job that she loves. Moving back into civilian life, she never imagined it would mean looking after her teenage sister and searching for a new career. But, with the sudden loss of their dad, Brooke finds herself stepping up, and in the process, looking for a new job – any job. Getting the chance to let off some steam, she heads to Art, a lesbian bar, and meets Catherine. It’s lust at first sight as both women feel that instant connection, despite the obvious age gap. With Brooke’s new job being the same place where Catherine works, she assumes it was meant to be. Catherine, however, has other ideas and puts a halt to any prospective love affair, much to Brooke’s confusion and heartbreak. When she tells Brooke to forget it, she didn’t quite mean it so literally and wishes she hadn’t said it, but Brooke is injured on the job and loses her memory…and forgets Catherine…. Will they get a second chance to work things out?

DAWN OF CHANGE

by Gerri Hill
narrated by Abby Craden

Susan Sterling wanted nothing more than to escape her life…and her marriage. The family’s secluded cabin in Kings Canyon National Park seemed the only place for her to find peace. But it took Shawn Weber coming into her life for her to find the courage to make changes. The budding friendship between the two women strengthens into an intense emotional bond, a bond that soon eclipses friendship.

Despite pressure from her family to reconcile with her husband, Susan can’t deny the feelings that Shawn stirs in her. Susan finds she’s willing to forsake her entire family for a chance at love with Shawn.

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