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Here are this week’s new ebook and audio releases and announcements.
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ROMANCE
Four Point Universe: Book 12
by Max Ellendale
Available in Kindle Unlimited
When Caroline Donovan and Nora Brody are assigned to the same unit of the FBI, they become fast friends. As they navigate through their careers, the connection they share changes and grows along with them. Their unique challenges, and favorite kinks, entangle them in ways neither expected.
This book has light BDSM themes similar to “Nocere” in this universe. No violence, gore, or any pain-based practices. Consent, respect, and pleasure focus only.
City General: Medic 1 Series
by Ruby Scott
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Meredith Asquith is a talented Neurosurgeon at the top of her field. That is as much as anyone knows… but who really is the woman behind the scalpel? Is there nothing to tell, or too much to reveal?
When her professional path is crossed by Emily Porter, a beautiful young psychologist, whose job it is to assess the top surgeon’s mental fitness to operate, Meredith’s contained life begins to unravel forcing devastating choices to be made
Sometimes the strongest forces of nature belie a very fragile truth… the only certainty is change.
Prepare for loss, angst but most of all hope in this slow burn medical romance with a sexy little age gap. Just when you think you know where life is taking you… think again.
Shaken Series: Book 5
by KG MacGregor
As parents, Anna and Lily’s guiding principle is to help their children reach their potential and capture their dreams. Ten-year-old Eleanor is a STEM whiz already building apps for her mobile phone, while her twin brother Georgie is climbing the youth tennis rankings in Southern California. Andy continues his love affair with cars, but his dream is threatened when Anna decides to sell her empire of dealerships and move on to her next career challenge.
At her wits’ end with sixteen-year-old Andy, Anna can’t fathom how he got to be so strong-willed and stubborn. Lily has a pretty good idea, but she’s mostly keeping those thoughts to herself. Now a family court judge, her experience playing peacemaker is coming in handy at home.
What they need is a family vacation, a chance to draw closer and reaffirm their love for one another. Those plans are suddenly upended when Andy goes missing.
Box Series: Books 6-8
by TB Markinson
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Lizzie Petrie doesn’t understand people, least of all herself.
3 books. 500+ pages of smart, sexy lesbian romance.
Lizzie’s life has been turned upside down after a disastrous family Christmas, and she has to put her head down to do what’s right for the Petries. The problem is Lizzie can be adorably clueless.
From a crackpot social media group spreading malicious rumors, a mom bully, an old nemesis, and even COVID-19, will Lizzie be able to navigate through so many trouble spots without losing her mind?
As if that isn’t enough, her family is expanding, and Lizzie stumbles upon a piece of information about herself that throws her for a loop.
Is Lizzie strong enough to come out on top?
This box set includes three novels in the laugh-out-loud A Woman Lost series of contemporary lesbian romances. If you like quirky characters and smart fiction, then you’ll love T.B. Markinson’s sexy series.
This set includes: A Woman Undone, A Woman Complete, and A Woman Trapped.
Dyalessia Games: Book 6
by Scott Kujawa
Available in Kindle Unlimited
What surprises would you find on a road trip?
Melody took her sister’s advice about having a vacation. With her road trip to the west coast planned, Melody invited Sarah along. Along the way, they’d strengthen their relationship, visited cities and landmarks, meeting friends they didn’t expect, and relax. Being in nature and seeing the wildlife, exploring Vegas, meeting Sarah’s parents and family, and going to the video game convention was perfect. Melody wanted her vacation, and it was time for her to take it.
Sarah didn’t expect Melody to make the request she did, but she agreed to accompany Melody across the country to the west coast. It had been a long time since she saw her parents and family, and sounded wonderful to do it with Melody. She could share her heritage with the woman she loved, revealing everything about it since it influenced who she was. Sarah agreed to come once Melody showed her the natural and settled places they’d visit, allowing Sarah to add the ones she wanted to see.
by Laina Villeneuve
According to her family, Karla Hernandez spends far too many hours working in the lab. A dedicated research scientist, she has contributed to a drug that could vastly improve the quality of life in diabetic patients. Her quality of life, however, could use some help.
She thought she would sleep better when she finished grad school or her post-doc, but launching a cutting-edge clinical trial isn’t helping. So when her eleven-year-old niece approaches her about participating in a school science project about insomnia, Karla agrees. Finding a girlfriend was not the conclusion she had anticipated, but Karla is not one to deviate from protocol—especially not when the judge at the science fair has some ideas about helping to cure her insomnia.
All research requires troubleshooting, but Karla isn’t prepared for the complications that threaten to shut down more than her love life. Does she need to find a new project or dig in deeper to her professional work? Or will putting faith in her niece’s research project be the key to her ever elusive sleep?
by Kat Jackson
For Caitlin Gregory, life after divorce has been an exercise in getting to know herself again. Finding love is the last thing on her mind. She scorns the idea of dating because she has all she needs—a nice new condo to call her own, her best friend right next door, and a new job that’s taking her back to her professional roots.
When Caitlin sets her eyes on Mallory Walker, however, she realizes she may not want to completely shut herself off from dating. Crossing paths with Mallory was not on Caitlin’s post-divorce agenda, but once she feels that unmistakable spark ignite, she feels herself drawn to the other woman despite the warnings and raised eyebrows from others.
While Caitlin’s emotions are ready to jump in, Mallory’s feelings are singing a much different song. The chill emanating from Mallory should be enough to ward off anyone, but Caitlin is nothing if not persistent.
EROTIC ROMANCE
Jade’s Erotic Adventures: Book 36
by Victoria Rush
When Jade travels to Miami to visit her long-lost brother, she’s surprised when his wife Gabriella takes her aside and confides that they haven’t had sex in months. Hoping to take her mind off their marital troubles, Jade decides to take her shopping.
But while they’re trying on new bikinis at the department store, one thing leads to another and they end up having a passionate tryst in the dressing room. After sharing a long heart-to-heart chat at the beach, Jade finds herself becoming more and more attracted to her sister-in-law.
When they return to Gabriella’s home, they find it increasingly difficult to hide their growing attachment to one another. When it’s time for them to go to their separate bedrooms later in the evening, Gabby sneaks out in the middle of the night and slips under the covers with Jade.
While they try to conceal their muffled gasps and groans entangled in each other’s arms, Jade’s brother rises unexpectedly to use the restroom. When he can’t find his wife anywhere in the house, he’s shocked to find her lying in bed with his sister…
FANTASY
by K.L. Mitchell
Revka and her centaur girlfriend Iyarra are wandering adventurers almost as good at getting out of trouble as they are at getting into it. But when a mysterious duke shanghais them and forces them to go galloping cross-kingdom to steal an ancient artifact, can they deliver the goods before time – and their luck – runs out? Join the two adventurers as they go from one misadventure to another, encountering dragons, gangsters, highly suspect wizards, and a nonstop parade of monsters and miscreants in a fantasy kingdom that’s unlike any you’ve ever seen.
Warrior Class: Book 3
by S.L. Kassidy
In the end of the Warrior Class series, Ashni and Nakia are establishing their new kingdom in the West. Raiding parties from the North put their work at risk. Ashni is poisoned in battle, so Nakia has to step up as sole reigning monarch. With her spouse on the brink of death, Nakia has to master her leadership role, even as Ashni’s older brother show up unannounced to make the situation worse.
Blood Rain includes violence and abuse, and is recommended for mature readers.
PARANORMAL ROMANCE
Blood and Darkness: Book 2
by Aria Storm
Available in Kindle Unlimited
After awakening in this modern world. I have struggled to find my bearings. My name is Mavis, and I was once the Queen of Irish vampyrs. Now I live in the shadows of both worlds.
My daughter Alexia has begun to heal the devastation wrought by a malicious immortal monstrosity. I am working towards modernizing and attempting to begin University studies soon.
Aurelia brings a message to us. She invites Olaf, Anne, and me to a secret Lycanthrope retreat. A bloody storm is brewing, and many sinister plots will come to fruition at the very worst possible moment. The Lycans might truly turn against vampyrs. War is on the horizon, and even my considerable prowess might not be enough to stave off the threats hunting the Lycans in the darkness.
How can I protect my friends, and can I manage to cut through a few layers of AUrelia’s inner armor? More importantly, can I possibly keep Olaf from getting himself killed while we are off with thousands of shifters for a holiday trip?
Slow building poly lesbian romance.
A Birch Hearts Book
by Elva Birch
Available in Kindle Unlimited
A Princess and a Firefighter
A dragon princess who can’t shift or control her fire, Dalinya finds solace in flying a helicopter for Alaska Forestry fighting wildfire. When she accidentally drops a bucket of swampwater on a firefighter, she isn’t expecting to discover that the hapless victim is actually her fated mate. This definitely wasn’t the first impression she was hoping to make.
Hot-tempered and foul-mouthed, Leona has no patience for fumble-fingered pilots and no time for a relationship…until a gorgeous woman with an unbelievable story makes her reconsider everything she thought she knew about magic and love.
Fire Control is a short, steamy lesbian paranormal romance romp, originally published in Her Wild Soulmate charity anthology and later included in Shape Shifters Vol 1 (both out of print). This version has been revised and expanded.
SCI-FI
Black Flag: Book 6
by Rachel Ford
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Everyone wants a chance at the fiddle, but no one wants to step to the hempen jig.
The war is over, but the job never ends. The Union still needs privateer help to keep the peace, so they send the Black Flag to a border settlement. The mission? Investigate a young man’s disappearance. And if they run into any local roughs causing trouble along the way, remind them that the law still applies – even on frontier moons.
Chief Engineer Kay Ellis-Landon loves it – it’s like stepping into a history book come to life. Captain Magdalene Landon-Ellis can’t wait to get away from it all – the cattle, the stink, and the heat.
But there’s more afoot than a greenhorn who went off trail, or a washed up cowhand who got too big for his britches. What they find carries life and death implications – for them, and the locals. But to stop a disaster of epic proportions, they’ll need all their wits and skills.
Or else they’ll find themselves dancing that terrible last dance.
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
Fatal Fidelity: Book 2
by Rien Gray
With her husband dead, Justine finds herself balancing newfound freedom and a blossoming relationship with Campbell. They steal her away to a slice of paradise in France, but it’s a working holiday, and their new contract is a heavy hitter.
A local diplomat wants her ex-boyfriend—also her ex-bodyguard—dead. He’s been stalking her for weeks, and his years of experience as a Special Forces interrogator make him a hard target to catch. He’ll kill anyone who gets too close: Campbell included.
Campbell is used to giving up everything for the job, but old memories and old friends leave a weakness to exploit. Justine takes Campbell back from the brink of a violent collapse, but it comes at a dire price.
What survives afterwards will change them both forever.
The books in the Fatal Fidelity series are best read in order.
Trigger Warning: Love Bleeds Deep does contain on-page blood and violence.
by Carolyn Elizabeth
Corey Curtis and Thayer Reynolds are more than happy to put the days of their turbulent courtship behind them. With the holidays upon them, they’re looking forward to celebrating with friends and family, intimate moments alone, and festive surprises.
And in Corey’s world, nothing says Christmas quite like a frozen body. One that Corey must defrost in order to close out her next case. The discovery of the deceased’s possible connection to Thayer inflames the still healing wounds of their recent trauma and sends them both reeling back into a world of uncertainty and turmoil.
With her best friend in tow and the police not far behind, Corey ends up in the unlikeliest of places—a church. Along the way hate and violence erupt while corruption abounds. But from the ashes new relationships are kindled, and even the darkest moments are no match for Corey and Thayer’s love.
Zero Chill is the highly anticipated sequel to Dirt Nap and Gallows Humor.
NEW AUDIOBOOKS
A PMC Hospital Romance: Book 5
by Radclyffe
narrated by Keira Grace
Zoey Cohen spent a lifetime learning to hide disappointment and loss behind a mask of unshakeable calm and control, even when her longtime friend-with-benefits lover moves on for true love.
Declan Black returns to Philadelphia Medical Center after an accident costs her the life she’d built and her career. She’s resolved to protect herself from ever being vulnerable to past mistakes by rebuilding her life around her new role as an ER attending, and that life does not include love.
Zoey will never accept second place in matters of the heart, even when her rival is a career, and Dec has nothing left to give – of herself or her heart. Sometimes change is a force more powerful than will.
A High Stakes Romance: Book 2
by Fiona Riley
narrated by Melissa Sternenberg
Lauren Calloway can’t get a date, her newly lovestruck bestie is never around, and she just blew a major deal at her luxury real estate job. So, a one-night stand with an attractive stranger seems like the perfect distraction and the immediate gratification she’s lusting for.
Thea Boudreaux left her family’s dairy farm to escape the painful memories of her father’s tragic death, but when her mother tells her they’re going to lose the farm to debt, Thea is devastated. Can she live with her father’s legacy being torn down for luxury condos? Or can she still save it and honor her father’s memory?
When Lauren’s boss tells her about a lucrative land sale that could help her get back on track, she jumps at the opportunity. Never would she have bet her unforgettable one-night stand would be the person stopping her from making the deal of the century.
The Elvish Chronicles: Book 2
by Prudence MacLeod
narrated by Cassandra Arnold
She’s taken over a thousand slaves from the city, and now they’re in the forest. They’re ill-equipped, poorly clothed, and in an alien environment. She’s taking them north as winter approaches. Monsters, enemies, and old magics hamper the trail, and then there’s the ghost of her ancestor. It’s a long road to Elfhome, and not all are going to make it.
VOTE FOR BOOK OF THE MONTH
PROJECT KINDNESS
At I Heart Lesfic, we believe the world could use a bit more kindness after one of the hardest and longest of years. Many authors have signed up to help IHL spread kindness in the world.
Susan X Meagher wrote Take the Risk to be Generous. Also, Susan is giving away 1 ecopy of Mosaic.
SAPPHIC READING
CHALLENGE
RAINBOW AWARDS
The Rainbow Awards is an annual contest celebrating outstanding work in LGBT fiction and nonfiction. Hosted and owned by blogger Elisa Rolle, the contest is open to all authors of work containing LGBT fictional characters and work chronicling the true stories of LGBT persons.
Click here for submission guidelines.
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