Dear lesfic fan,
Here are this week’s new ebook and audio releases and announcements.
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Happy reading and listening,
TB
ROMANCE
FITTING IN
by Amanda Radley
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Starting a new job is hard. Especially if you’re the boss’s daughter.
Heather Bailey has been in charge of Silver Arches, the prestigious London shopping centre, for several years. Financial turmoil brings a new investor to secure the future and Heather finds herself playing office politics with the notoriously difficult entrepreneur Leo Flynn. Walking a fine line between standing her ground and being willing to accept change, Heather has her work cut out for her.
When Leo demands that his daughter is found a job at Silver Arches; things become even harder.
Scarlett Flynn has never fit in. Not in the army, not in her father’s firm, not even in her own family. So starting work at Silver Arches won’t be any different, will it?
BEGIN AGAIN
by Kat Jackson
Emery Larsen didn’t mean for this to happen.
Years into her relationship with Lauren, Emery recognizes that things have gone a bit…static. While she doesn’t doubt that she and Lauren still love each other, Emery can tell that something is definitely off. And she can also tell that the problem isn’t coming from her.
Until, that is, Emery’s past saunters into her present, bringing with it reminders of what could have been. The moment Emery lays eyes on Burke Calloway, her memory retreats to their long-ago big chance. Time and women have come and gone since then, but Emery has never forgotten the sparks she felt all those years ago.
Caught between her present and her past, completely uncertain of her future, Emery fumbles to find her own truth amidst the chaos of falling for someone she never thought she would see again…while still loving the woman she thought she’d be with forever.
FINDING JESSICA LAMBERT
by Clare Ashton
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Jessica Lambert, movie star and ingénue, is in danger of burning out. Returning to London for the premiere of her latest film, she’s recognised everywhere she goes. When she runs away through the streets of London, she’s taken in by the beautiful and more mature Anna. The two hide in the sanctuary of Anna’s roof-top flat, a haven away from the crowds, but why has Anna removed herself from the world?
REAPING THE BENEFITS
by E.J. Noyes
Morgan Ashworth isn’t having a good day. The award for Minion of the Year is slipping out of reach, and she has to administer an afterlife package to one of her human employees. An employee she’s attracted to. An employee who’ll soon know Morgan isn’t quite what she seems.
Jane Smith was having a great day. Until her hot boss dropped a bombshell. It’s time for Jane to complete the questionnaire to decide where she’ll spend her afterlife. Oh, and her boss is immortal and also Death’s Head Minion. Yes, Death, as in the Grim Reaper.
Jane decides to bargain—if Morgan needs her to sign the afterlife document, she can use her unlimited resources to help Jane with her bucket list. Seems straightforward. Except for the matter of their mutual attraction, and the fact one of the items on Jane’s list is “Sleep with my boss.”
The more time Morgan and Jane spend together, the more they realize mutual attraction barely scratches the surface. But can Jane heal the broken heart Morgan has nursed for centuries? And will Morgan risk loving, then losing, another mortal woman when she knows it means an eternity of heartbreak?
FEELS LIKE HOME
by Jo Cox
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Jess has loved Melissa for longer than she can remember and it’s bearable when they’re a hundred miles apart, but what will happen when they’re thrown back together and there’s nowhere to hide?
Jess has tried everything to put her feelings aside, but when Melissa comes home from university and becomes a permanent fixture in her office, kitchen, and sometimes even bed, she’s got no chance of making it work.
Throw in a best friend who’s taken over the spare bedroom with her toddler daughter, and an extended family who’ll meddle in anything going, and life is about to get complicated.
MANAGED BY CHANCE
by Amy DeMeritt
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Best friends and long-term roommates, Mel and Layla would do anything for each other and they always have the other’s best interests at heart. Most of the time, they love each other for it, but when Layla reminds Mel that it’s been over two years since she’s had her heart broken, the not so subtle nudges to start dating again are a strain on her nerves.
However, while seething from disappointing news at work, a chance encounter with a woman, whose charm all but puts a spell on Mel, awakens nearly forgotten sensations and emotions. The chemistry between Mel and Katie is palpable. It’s electrifying. And those walls Mel built to protect herself begin to crumble as she forsakes her stubbornness for a chance to truly heal and move on.
But when they learn that their lives are more interconnected than they knew, they have to decide if it’s worth the risks to continue dating, or if they have to learn how to see each other as just a weekend of bliss and nothing more.
FINDING HOME
The Your Way Series: Book 1
by Jamey Moody
Available in Kindle Unlimited
How do you find something you didn’t know you’d lost?
Olivia King has had it. She’s out of shape and tired of being alone. When she takes a tour of a fitness center, she has no idea how much she’ll gain while trying to lose.
Frankie Dean and her two best friends own Your Way, a place where fitness means more than improving your body.
Join Frankie as she leads Olivia to discover her self worth taking them both where they never dreamed.
CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE
FLIPPED
Once Upon a Fangirl: Book 1
by Caitlin Ryan
What happens when you meet your celebrity crush?
Travel agent, Molly O’Brien doesn’t like taking risks. She is happy with her quiet Las Vegas life. Her mom and best friend have other plans.
When her mother enters her into a competition to win a home design makeover by lesbian house flippers Flick and Kim, Molly’s life is turned upside down.
Flick Prescott’s life is picture perfect. She has a wife and two kids, plus a popular house flipping show. Pity it’s all a big fat lie. Her real name is Flick Franklin and Kim is her best friend not her wife. The worst part, she doesn’t even like being famous.
Sparks fly when Flick and Molly meet. Both are determined to keep their distance. Both are keeping secrets. Does meeting Molly’s hero flip her heart into love or is this relationship destined to flop?
ROMANTIC COMEDY
CAPTIVE HEARTS
by Natasha West
Available in Kindle Unlimited
When pushy TV news reporter Ashley is paired with slacker camerawoman Gina, it seems like a match made in hell. But that won’t stop Ashley chasing the hottest story of her career, a hostage situation. However, Ashley and Gina are about to find themselves closer to the action than they’ve ever dreamed. And with lives on the line – including their own – they’re going to have to learn how to work as a real team just to stay alive. Though the danger they’re facing together might just bring them closer than simple co-workers…
Content note: This story contains a police element, with mentions of implied threat from the police.
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
HER LADY’S HONOR
by Renee Dahlia
The war might be over, but the battle for love has just begun.
When Lady Eleanor “Nell” St. George arrives in Wales after serving as a veterinarian in the Great War, she doesn’t come alone. With her is her former captain’s beloved warhorse, which she promised to return to him—and a series of recurring nightmares that torment both her heart and her soul. She wants only to complete her task, then find refuge with her family, but when Nell meets the captain’s eldest daughter, all that changes.
Beatrice Hughes is resigned to life as the dutiful daughter. Her mother grieves for the sons she lost to war; the care of the household and remaining siblings falls to Beatrice, and she manages it with a practical efficiency. But when a beautiful stranger shows up with her father’s horse, practicality is the last thing on her mind.
Please be aware this book contains content that may trigger certain audiences: domestic violence, suicide, war and virus related deaths & injuries, race riots, and discussion of slavery.
EROTICA
THE EXCHANGE STUDENT
Jade’s Erotic Adventures: Book 28
by Victoria Rush
Available in Kindle Unlimited
When Jade decides to host a foreign exchange student during her final semester of high school, she gets more than she bargained for. Recently turned eighteen, Luna is smart, mature beyond her years, and drop-dead gorgeous.
While Luna settles into her studies at her new school, the two women find themselves growing increasingly attracted to one another. When they begin sharing nude hot tub baths together, the sexual chemistry between them threatens to boil over
But it’s not until Jade comes home early one day and catches Luna playing with her sex toys, that things really begin to get interesting. With only a few days left in the study abroad program, the two women fall into each other’s arms and enjoy a whole new level of cultural enrichment…
FANTASY
RESURRECTIONIST
The Diary of Doctor Du: Book 2
by M.S. Linsenmayer
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Demonic Hordes. Angelic Hosts. Elder Gods. The end times have come, Earth is about to become a cosmic war zone, and humanity’s last hope is our maddest mad scientist: Jan Du.
PARANORMAL ROMANCE
BASTET’S DAUGHTERS: CLEO AND PETRA
Cleo & Petra: Book 4
by Scott Kujawa
Available in Kindle Unlimited
After finding Wren in Anubis’ realm in the Lower World, Petra agreed to continue working with the God of the Dead. Petra and Wren journey to Egypt to find her tomb in the Middle World. While there, they discover Wren’s body and Petra’s life changes yet again when a magic tattoo bind itself to her. Petra’s relationship with Wren strengthens, although Wren died centuries ago and returned to life when Petra offered her blood.
Petra hopes she’d be reunited with her twin, but first there are adventures she needs to complete with Wren. Together, the two leave Egypt and return to the States. Once there, they learn the next step in the tasks Anubis sends Petra to complete.
This tale is part four of a collection of short stories set in the world of Bastet’s Daughters, taking place before/during the Event.
MYSTERY
DYING ON THE VINE
An Ari Adams Mystery: Book 8
by Ann Roberts
When Ari Adams journeys to Oregon’s wine country with best pal Jane Frank, she envisions sipping pinot noir on a gorgeous deck and staring at the sunsets across the Willamette Valley.
But then they arrive at Sisters Cellars only to find that the sommelier, Dion Demopolous, has been murdered. Dion had been favored to win the Master Sommelier title at the world’s most prestigious wine competition, and now more than a few people are happy to see him gone.
Mina Sommer, Jane’s childhood friend and the owner of Sisters Cellars, asks Ari to investigate. Ari’s romantic assumptions are quickly shattered as she delves into the cutthroat world of winemaking—where suspicion is routine, reputation is coveted, and passion for the drink of goddesses and queens is just another motive for murder.
NOT MY CLOSET
Femme Protectors Series: Book 1
by Aria Storm
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Nina is confronted with her past, when her first love’s mother hires her to protect her Ex-Kara. Will she be able to save them both from the dangers unfolding? Will Kara find forgiveness in Nina’s heart or is she already damned? Love, mystery, conspiracy, and murder surround them.
NEW AUDIOBOOKS
SERIOUS POTENTIAL
by Maggie Cummings
narrated by AJ Ferraro
Welcome back to Bay West, the NYC lesbian condo community bursting with friendships, romance, heartache, and girls – everywhere. Meg and Lexi are back with new friends, new romances, and new problems.
California girl Tracy Allen has just dropped in on old friend Meg McTiernan to nurse a bruised ego and a broken heart. Will the lure of life at this lesbian-only development entice her to make a permanent move? Local resident Jennifer Betsy certainly hopes so. Meanwhile, reluctant singleton Meg may have just found the perfect girl in coworker Sasha Michaels. There’s only one problem: Sasha is straight as an arrow…or is she? And Lexi and Jesse are planning a dream wedding that promises to be the lesbian party of the year, so long as they can get past a trio of disapproving mothers, and exes that pop up at every turn.
A Bay West Social Romance: Where there’s always fun, drama, and more than enough love to go around.
THE PATH NOT CHOSEN
by Q.C. Masters
narrated by Kassie Pines
What do you do when you meet someone who changes everything you know about love and passion?
Paige Harlow is a good girl. She’s always known where she was going in life: top grades, an ivy league school, a medical degree, regular church attendance, and a happy marriage to a man. So falling in love with her gorgeous roommate and best friend Alyssa Torres is no small crisis.
Alyssa is chasing demons of her own, a medical condition that makes her an outcast and a family dysfunctional to the point of disintegration make her a questionable choice for any stable relationship.
But Paige’s heart is no longer her own. She must now battle the prejudices of her family, friends, and church and come to peace with her new sexuality before she can hope to win the affections of the woman of her dreams. But will love be enough?
FRANKIE
by Prudence MacLeod
narrated by Becca Gray
Carrie flees from the demons of her present, trying to protect the ones she loves.
Frankie hides from the demons of her past and the memory of loved ones she failed to protect.
A modern-day princess thrown to the wolves, Carrie’s only hope is the rancher who had spent the better part of a decade in self-imposed, near-total isolation.
Frankie’s history of losing those she tries to save haunts her, but this madman threatens her home, her livestock, her sanctuary. She knows she can’t do it alone, but has she still got enough support from her oldest friends?
THE CATNIP CONUNDRUM
Simmons Series: Book 3
by Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue
narrated by Christy Sassmen
When a mysterious woman named Emily Haines approaches Gertie and Edna Simmons, claiming that the stray cat that they have been taking care of is hers, the couple decides to give the woman back her feline companion, but afterwards, Edna begins to suspect that Emily isn’t the woman that they originally thought that she was. In an attempt to find out the true identity of the new resident of Sanders, Edna and Gertie go undercover and find out that this woman might not only be a catnapper but a murderer. As the couple attempts to collect enough evidence to turn Emily in, one question remains. Will they be able to get the information that they need without losing their lives?
LESFIC BOOK EVENTS
PROJECT LAUGHTER
Welcome to Project Laughter. At least once a week, hopefully more, I’ll post a guest blog from a lesfic author sharing an embarrassing moment in their lives to help us laugh.
Renee Roman provides chuckles with her Letting Go (And Paying the Price) guest post. Renee is giving away 1 ecopy of Bonded Love.
Authors if you’d like to get involved in the project, see this page for more details.
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