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ROMANCE

WHERE SECRETS ARE SAFE

by Jamey Moody

Available in Kindle Unlimited

At a Texas lake resort, swimming in romance, an enemy ice queen thaws right into her Hollywood happy ending.

Krista Kyle knew how hard it was to be a closeted lesbian in Hollywood. Unfortunately being out and proud could affect your career. But after twenty years as an award winning actress Krista was able to be her authentic self in a world where being someone else was the norm.

With an opportunity to buy a lake resort with her best friend, Krista creates a safe place where those that weren’t yet ready to live openly in public can come with their partners and girlfriends and be themselves.

When a sleazy journalist, known for outing people, finds out about the hideaway Krista offers to show her what the resort really means and uncovers a secret that changes them both.

This is the first book in the Lovers Landing Series where celebrities find their true love in the most unlikely people.

PAS DE DEUX

by E.J. Noyes

Caitlyn Lloyd has the world at her feet. Or more accurately—under her horse’s hooves. With the 2016 Rio Olympics just around the corner, nothing is going to derail her long-held dream of winning a medal or two in Olympic dressage. Not even the reappearance of a childhood so-not-a-friend throwing her perfectly balanced life into disarray.

Addie Gardner’s career is at its peak, and accepting a last-minute fill-in position as the veterinarian for the US Olympic Dressage Team was a no-brainer. The fact that her old crush from Pony Club is on the team is just a bonus. Not a distraction at all. And it might just offer the chance to be friends with the girl who wouldn’t even give her the time of day twenty years ago.

But Caitlyn and Addie have very different memories of their time together at Pony Club and their first meeting as adults is less like a reconnection and more like a butting of heads. With the Olympics looming, they’ll need to set aside their history and learn to work together. And maybe Caitlyn and Addie will realize childhood memories aren’t always accurate, and that they have more in common than they would ever have thought. Maybe. Just maybe.

HOUSE OF AGNES

by Fiona Zedde

A lesbian romance filled with intrigue and sizzling sexual tension as enemies discover that the other side of hatred…is desire.

Agnes Noble is private, mysterious, and untouchable. She rules House of Agnes, the most exclusive escort agency on the East Coast, with a diamond fist. Crossing her is a mistake no one makes twice.

Investigative reporter Lola Osbourne is not afraid. She’s gunning for the House and its so-called queen. She’ll make sure no other innocent gets dragged into Agnes’s alluring web, to be used and discarded the way Lola’s sister was.

But her plan to get close to the elusive madam shatters the moment her eyes meet the Queen’s. One look and everything’s different. More complicated. Dangerous.

Now, Lola’s not just fighting to topple a queen from her throne, she’s also scrambling to escape their explosive collision with her suddenly vulnerable heart intact.

ALWAYS HERS

by Bel Blackwood

Available in Kindle Unlimited

First loves. Second chances. Three problems.

Dani Smith has a problem. Scratch that: this fun-loving lesbian has three of them.

First, she wakes up hungover and married in Vegas. Oops. She was only supposed to be in Sin City for a friend’s wedding, but now she’s the one with a shiny gold ring on her finger.

Second, she’s not exactly sure who she married. She may have a ring, but her bride is nowhere in sight.

The third problem is aloof, cold-hearted Mia: Dani’s ex. The last thing that Dani needs is that know-it-all ice queen—even if her first love still makes Dani’s heart race. But if she’s going to track down her mystery bride before she leaves town, she’s going to need some help…

Fairytale romances don’t exist—and if they did, they wouldn’t involve Elvis impersonators.

Mia Reyes has enough on her plate. Between arranging her best friend’s wedding and pulling long hours as a family doctor, she has no time for anything else—including herself.

But when her ex, Dani, shows up in Vegas, Mia can’t resist her irresistible smile. In the City of Lights, old sparks fly.

Now, Dani has a wedding ring on her finger, and Mia can’t remember exactly what it is that she did last night. But Mia knows she’s not the kind of person to get blackout drunk and marry her ex. She’s far too sensible for that. Right?

Once upon a time, Mia broke Dani’s heart. Now, she has a second chance. Can she and Dani rekindle their love, or will their relationship be lost in one big Vegas gamble?

THE LAST TO LEAVE

by Erica Lee

Available in Kindle Unlimited

Courtney Fields and Nicole Dawson were high school rivals who thought they would never have to deal with each other again. Eight years after graduating, the two are thrown back together on a trip to Cabo with their two best friends.

Throughout the trip, they quickly learn they get under each other’s skin in more ways than one. When their sexual chemistry becomes too much to ignore, they decide to fan the flames. Sleeping with your enemy isn’t such a bad idea when you’re never going to see them again, right?

An enemies to friends-with-benefits to lovers romance that will have you swooning and fanning yourself all at once.

ONE WEEKEND IN ASPEN

by Jaime Clevenger

Fresh out of a ten-year relationship, Emily Brookstone wants to let loose. But she’s not exactly the let-loose type. When she gets invited to spend a no-strings-attached weekend in Aspen with eight other women, the words “good for you” come to mind. Maybe a fling with a charming stranger is just what she needs.

Alex Murphy travels the world for her job. She has no trouble getting dates wherever she lands and life is full of short-term escapades and fantasy weekends. Yet finding someone to share life with feels impossible. Until she meets Emily.

What happens on one snowy weekend in Aspen could change everything. But is a gamble on love worth all the risk?

LOVE’S NO JOKE

by Cheri Ritz

The only commitment Mara Antonini ever made was to her career on the Vegas stand-up scene. Putting romance on the back burner, she’s long accepted the role of ‘the player’ among her friends. Landing a gig as the emcee of a fund-raiser seemed like the perfect way to get some positive career exposure. If she happened to make a new friend with benefits along the way, so be it. She didn’t count on the stunning redhead representing a rival casino throwing her off her game.

All Victoria McHenry needed was a date to her grandmother’s birthday gala to keep her high-society mother off her back. But she wasn’t exactly ready to dip back into the dating pool after her last disaster of a relationship. So when she’s coerced into representing her family’s casino at a local fund-raiser, she takes it as an opportunity to find that date. Naturally she’s drawn to the charismatic comedian headlining the event.

When the women are paired up on a planning committee, Victoria proposes the Fake Date Deal: she gets her date for the soirée, and Mara gets the chance to finally shake her playgirl reputation. It’s not long before hearts and emotions tangle, and soon the women find themselves wondering if the only people they are fooling are themselves.

DESERT SKY

by Ellie Green

Available in Kindle Unlimited

Ari has broken the unbreakable rule: don’t fall for your straight best friend.

Ari loves her life on an isolated outback station. The only downside? When the nearest neighbour is hundreds of kilometres away, it’s hard to date.

Newly qualified teacher, Grace, can’t wait to start a life away from the town where she’s only known for one thing. Travelling across the country to take a job as a governess is about as far as she can get.

Grace and Ari are easy friends, spending their time riding horses, swimming in waterholes and watching their favourite movies late into the night. But Ari’s feelings extend beyond friendship. She has a crush, no matter how much she tries to talk herself out of it. What she doesn’t know is Grace is harbouring feelings of her own. And in close confines, her attraction is becoming difficult to ignore.

Can they find a way to each other’s hearts?

THE OTHER SIDE: SECRETS

Book 1

by O’Jay Barr

Samantha had a great but ordinary life, not complex at all. She had a good job, amazing friends and family plus a boyfriend that most women prayed for. She knew exactly what she wanted. That was until she started having dreams and feelings about someone that wasn’t her boyfriend or in fact a boy at all. With the support of her twin sister, Jo, she explores her feelings and turns everybody’s life upside down. Will her selfish secrets ruin the relationships of everyone around her? Come along for the ride with Samantha and her journey to The Other Side.

Updated Version of The Other Side: Book One. This version contains additional chapters at the end.

CHEF’S KISS

by Stephanie Shea

Available in Kindle Unlimited

Valentina Rosas has always known what she wants. Mostly. Sort of. At least, she does now. And what she wants is the coveted staging role at Gia, San Francisco. With four years at the top of her class in culinary school and enough tenacity to fuel the entire Mission, no one doubts she is about to land the job of her dreams—including the three-person cheer squad made up of her best friend and adorably overbearing parents.

Renowned chef Jenn Coleman is not a people person. Her rise to the top of the culinary industry stems from a cultivated blend of top-tier schooling—from her nonna—and bouts of carefully managed misanthropy. Owning and operating two Michelin starred restaurants doesn’t leave time for much else anyway. Just ask her ex.

When the new stage at her restaurant trips into her with all the grace of a baby giraffe, it’s a sure recipe for disaster. But for all of Jenn’s reserve, Valentina has twice the allure, and the chemistry between them is just… chef’s kiss.

If only Jenn wasn’t Valentina’s boss with nearly ten years between them.

Trigger Warnings: This book contains brief mentions of cancer and the death of a parent prior to the story.

SCARLET SUN

Sapphic Summer: Book 1

by Isabel Hansen

Available in Kindle Unlimited

A bucket list with an approaching deadline, a road trip across the country, and a massive crush on her best friend… April Reed’s summer is turning into quite a mess.

Nineteen-year-old April has just gotten home from college when she finds a list she wrote years ago of things she wanted to do before she turns twenty. With her birthday coming up later that summer, the clock is ticking on finishing everything on the list. Skinny dipping? Camp in Algonquin? Fall in love? How can she manage all that in time?

When April’s best friends suggest they go on a road trip to complete all the tasks on the list, it seems like the perfect solution. There’s only one problem: one of those friends is Bree, a girl that April is quickly developing a hopeless crush on. Not wanting to ruin their friendship, April vows to keep her feelings to herself — but that isn’t so easy when she’s around Bree so much. As the trip goes on, and the two girls get pushed together more and more, April can’t help but wonder if going from friends to lovers would be as bad as she once thought.

Filled with hilarious banter and hijinks, this sapphic romance is sure to put a smile on your face.

NOT IN THE SCRIPT

Branded Hearts

by K.E. Morrison

Available in Kindle Unlimited

Charlie Evans leads an ordinary life. Boring in fact, by many people’s standards. So, when she unexpectedly finds herself tutoring a student on set at Pinewood Studios, the last thing she imagines is that the lead actress is none other than global superstar, Robyn White. The same Robyn White her three closest friends have lusted after since they first met back at university a decade-and-a-half ago.

Robyn White might be renowned for her enormous smile on the red carpet and her happy-go-lucky attitude, however it’s all a well-constructed front. Behind the façade is a woman who struggles to fit in, not least because she has a secret, one which on-set tutor Charlie Evans threatens to expose.

With tensions rising all around them, will Charlie and Robyn’s attraction reach blockbuster heights or be discarded on the cutting room floor?

EROTICA

SUBMITTING TO MY NEIGHBOR THE WEREWOLF

Supernatural Submission Series: Book 3

by Riley Rose

Available in Kindle Unlimited

Elena Cortez is dating a witch. She also has a beautiful vampire neighbor. Both sexy supernatural creatures love tying Elena up and making her submit in the most magical and decadent ways.

But now Elena has to deal with another supernatural hottie: a sexy, powerful werewolf named Kaia. Who just happens to be in heat and needs to ravish Elena’s sultry, naked body for the entire weekend.

Will Elena be able to survive the ultimate test of sexual endurance? Will her witch and vampire lovers get in on the action? And why is she such a magnet for the hottest supernatural ladies on the planet?

Find out in this fun wolfy continuation of the Supernatural Submission series!

FANTASY

RAND

Book 1

by Silvia Shaw

Available in Kindle Unlimited

An epic story of magic, heroism, love, and treachery, Rand is a magical world ruled by an imperial line of Queens.

Three hundred years ago, its most powerful talisman, a medallion called the Circle of Sheda, was taken through the portal and lost. When Dr. Savannah Cole is on an archeology dig in Algeria, she takes shelter from a violent sandstorm and discovers the mysterious artifact under a Berber ruin. She soon learns unknown forces are at play, powerful secret forces beyond her control. Compelled to wear the medallion, she’s swept through the portal into Rand. There she must forge a new life and embrace her role as the wielder of ancient magic.

Never before has someone from the ‘other world’ been chosen to bear the medallion, someone not a warrior. It’s a puzzle Savannah must solve before it’s too late. Why has she been chosen? As she battles demonic creatures and dark sorcery, she fights to take her place as the rightful bearer in the long line of warrior women.

But the question remains. What is coming that the lost medallion must resurface after so many years?

FANTASY ROMANCE

CASSETHEA OF MERCIA

by Regina A. Hanel

History and archeology professor at St. Albans University in Connecticut, Jessica Madison spent much of her life trying to live up to the reputation of her parents, well-renowned and published archeologists. Although Jess enjoys teaching, her passion, perhaps even near obsession, is her search to prove that a mythical figure living in medieval times, over one thousand years ago, was real.

That mythical figure was Cassethea of Mercia, a heroic woman who was said to have rescued enslaved women and children from their oppressors. Having secured funding to lead a small group of her students on an archeological excavation in England over the summer, Jess discovers more than she had bargained for, and finds that uncovering the past may not be her only passion.

Her first encounter with Devonsbury tavern owner Rayne Kvale left Jess hoping it would be her last, but Jess finds herself entwined in Rayne’s existence, and Rayne in hers. Can the two women reach common ground when Jess’s first impression of Rayne is one oozing of sarcasm?

As the excavation unfolds, many truths, past and present, find their light, whether welcomed or not.

THERE’S MAGIC BETWEEN US

by Jillian Maria

A diehard city girl, 16-year-old Lydia Barnes is reluctant to spend a week in her grandma’s small town. But hidden beneath Fairbrooke’s exterior of shoddy diners and empty farms, there’s a forest that calls to her. In it, she meets Eden: blunt, focused, and fascinating. She claims to be hunting fae treasure, and while Lydia laughs it off at first, it quickly becomes obvious that Eden’s not joking—magic is real.

Lydia joins the treasure hunt, thrilled by all the things it offers her. Things like endless places in the forest to explore and a friendship with Eden that threatens to blossom into something more. But even as she throws herself into her new adventure, some questions linger. Why did her mom keep magic a secret? Why do most of the townspeople act like the forest is evil? It seems that, as much as Lydia would like to pretend otherwise, not everything in Fairbrooke is as bright and easy as a new crush…

Trigger Warnings: Brief mentions of assault and toxic relationships for a minor character, nothing shown on screen.

PARANORMAL ROMANCE

EIRA

by Adrian J. Smith

Available in Kindle Unlimited

A ghost in the woods. A woman cursed. A park ranger with a choice…her life for another.

Gwyn has lived inconspicuously in Glacier National Park for the better part of a century, careful never to reveal too much. By day she masquerades as the Eira Ghost, the one who ushers in the winter every fall, to get a glimpse of what she will never have—love. In order to fully break the curse, she would have to risk everything.

Kay loves being a park ranger and every summer, she searches for the elusive Eira Ghost, a legend she’s tried to prove for three summers. Little does she know, she’s come face to face with all she’s been looking for. But is Kay willing to give up her life in order to break Gwyn’s curse?

If you wanted Elsa to find true love with another woman or if you love fairy tales retold, this modern Snow Queen retelling is just for you.

ROMANTIC SUSPENSE

DARK SKIES

Fox County Forensics: Book 3

by Cara Malone

Available in Kindle Unlimited

When disaster strikes, a seasoned firefighter and the chief medical examiner join forces to rebuild their city – and ignite a fire for each other they can’t extinguish.

On a dark and stormy morning, a tornado touches down in Fox County, destroying homes and families and uncovering decades-old secrets.

Dr. Amelia Trace has been training to handle a mass fatality for years, but when she arrives on the scene with her forensics team, things are worse than she could imagine. Entire neighborhoods have been leveled, a teenager’s sleepover has ended in tragedy… and the fire department’s newest recruits are running around like a litter of unruly puppies.

Fire Lieutenant Simone Olivier is getting serious side-eye from the beautiful, stern medical examiner and she’s ready to put her rookies on a leash when one of them discovers a victim with a bullet wound. The scene becomes a homicide investigation – Dr. Trace’s turf – and with a killer on the loose, it’s all hands on deck before the evidence gets washed away in the rain.

Simone and Amelia team up to catch the killer, but can these career women find room for love too?

Content warning: This book contains references to sexual assault. There are no on-page depictions or graphic details, but characters discuss an event in which sexual assault occurred. Discretion is advised.

THRILLER 

GRAFFITI RED MURDER

A Monica Spade Novel

by Alexi Venice

Available in Kindle Unlimited

A full-length STANDALONE crime thriller from award-winning author Alexi Venice.

Recharged from a romantic spring break, Attorney Monica Spade is hired to represent a plastic surgeon whose patients are being murdered and spray-painted with a sinister message.

An impending deadline forces Monica to take matters into her own hands, so she dives into the serial murder case, dissecting clues from surgeries, chasing down leads from smarmy nightclubs, and drawing criticism from the police for interfering.

In her personal life, Monica discovers her fiancée, Shelby St. Claire, hanging out with a former flame, Coco Rivelli, the yogi sensation. Can Monica keep a lid on her hot temper when provoked by Coco?

Fighting for life and love during a pandemic, Monica transforms her legal practice into an action-packed, killer ride through the lake country north of Apple Grove, Wisconsin.

ANTHOLOGY

SLICED ICE

by Lee Winter

Available in Kindle Unlimited

Ten short stories based on Lee Winter’s fierce and unforgettable ice queens and villains have been gathered into one anthology containing lesbian love, lust, friendship, and romance.

Find out what happened after Lee’s stories ended, and in one case, before it began. Iconic characters revisited include Elena Bartell (The Brutal Truth), Elizabeth Thornton (Breaking Character), Monique Carson (Hotel Queens), Natalya Tsvetnenko (Requiem for Immortals), Catherine Ayers (The Red Files), and Cynthia Redwell (Under Your Skin).

IN THIS TOGETHER

Stories of Romance and Survival during the Pandemic

How would the characters from your favorite novels deal with the world of Covid-19 today?

That’s the question we put to Bella Books authors. The result are these 15 short stories and poems that feature your favorite characters from books like Mulligan, Backstage Pass, Choosing Grace, The Trees in the Field, Begin Again, Thursday Afternoons, Bait and Switch, Breaking Out, Take Only Pictures, Right Thing Easy, Cowgirl 101, Such Happiness as This and more.

Catch up with these characters and meet a few new ones as these women discover how to cope and navigate the uncharted waters of the pandemic that turned our world upside down.

NEW AUDIOBOOKS

THE DATE

by TB Markinson

narrated by Ella Lynch

What happens when a prickly cat lady runs into the new dog owner next door?

Brittny Parker, an American graduate student, is moving to London with her lovable Boston terrier, Cooper, in time for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the 2012 Olympics. Could life get any better? How about adding a super-sexy woman next door? The problem is her snooty neighbor is not a dog person. In fact, she despises Cooper from the moment he knocks her over and sends her groceries spilling all over the ground.

Prin Jones is a native-born Londoner whose most successful relationship is with Francesca, her Persian cat. With a bakery to run and an unpleasant ex-girlfriend to dodge, the last thing Prin needs in her life is an obnoxious American and her poorly trained dog. But it becomes almost impossible not to run into Brit at every turn.

When Francesca and Cooper decide to become balcony friends and Prin’s twin sister takes on the role of enthusiastic matchmaker, Brit and Prin decide to give each other a second chance. All they need is one date to see if there might be something more between them.

It should be easy, right? But somehow, everything keeps going hilariously and disastrously wrong.

Can two women from different worlds meet in the middle to become more than neighbors?

Best-selling lesbian romance author T.B. Markinson has written a hilarious and quirky story about finding love in a foreign land.

UNDER HER INFLUENCE

by Amanda Radley

narrated by Amy Putt

Fraser Park, the award-winning Scottish nature reserve and theme park, means everything to Beth Fraser. She’s more than a little preoccupied saving her family’s legacy and struggling against a board of directors who all seem to hate her. The last person she wants to need is selfie-obsessed, filtered to perfection social-media influencer Jemma Johnson. But she’s got to protect Fraser Park from a corporate takeover, and according to her brother, that means boosting their online presence. Jemma might be necessary, but Beth doesn’t have to like her, or follow her, or whatever it’s called.

Jemma Johnson, an Insta-success with hundreds of thousands of followers, is proud of her perfectly curated life. When she’s invited to stay at Fraser Park, the trip sounds like a fun adventure for a good cause, until she meets Beth, the only woman who sees beneath her sparkly facade and reminds her that not everything is as easy or flawless as it seems.

On their path to #truelove, will Beth and Jemma discover that reality is even better than illusion?

G.I. HO

Real American Sex Toy: Book 1

by Riley Rose

narrated by Nikki Monroe

Crimson and Lady Kaye are super-sexy members of GI Ho (Government Issue Hero Ops), an elite special forces unit dedicated to taking down evil terrorist organization Viper.

When one of Viper’s top agents, The Countess, plans to kidnap a scientist, Crimson and Kaye are called into action. But The Countess is quite possibly the sexiest woman on the planet and an expert at turning women into her personal sex toys.

Will Crimson and Kaye be able to resist The Countess’ sensual body? Will they let The Countess test out all her wicked, kinky toys on them? And will they finally give in to their desire for each other?

Find out in book one of this fun, action parody erotica! GI Ho – she’s a real American sex toy!

WHEN IN DOUBT

by VK Powell

narrated by Hollis Elizabeth

Jeri Wylder is a dedicated police officer doing her job, paying her way, and looking for Ms. Right, until a call at a drug house goes terribly wrong. She’s suspected of a crime she didn’t commit and is forced to do two things that go against her beliefs: See a therapist, and prove a fellow officer is corrupt.

Simone Sullivan is trying to save her historical apartment complex and its occupants from redevelopment, but someone wants to see the building destroyed. When Jeri arrives on her doorstep after a vandalism incident, Simone’s life takes a turn that challenges her personally and professionally.

Simone is the woman Jerri has been waiting for her entire life. Love would be a lot simpler if the threat of arrest wasn’t hanging over her head. But when the perpetrator sets their sights on Simone, Jerri will risk everything to save her.

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