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Here are this week’s new ebook and audio releases and announcements.
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TB & Miranda
ROMANCE
STATE OF GRACE
Moonflower Cove Romance Series: Book 1
by Addison Clarke
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Blake Calloway has spent decades thinking her mother didn’t want her, but letters found in a chest tell a very different story. Determined to find the truth, Blake hops on a plane and heads for Moonflower Cove, Maine, searching for answers. The last thing she expects to find is Alexis.
Alexis Holland has watched Blake’s hit sci-fi TV show for years and is surprised when the actress shows up at the bar where she works. Despite the chemistry between them, she’s convinced it’s all in her head. After all, she’s a single mom with more baggage than a booked airplane. What could Blake possibly see in her?
Will they be able to overcome their past mistakes and traumas to embrace the new love before them? Or will Alexis push Blake away and retreat back to her safe world?
Content Warning: This novel references a rape that occurred off-page and is mentioned as backstory with no graphic detail.
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS
by Iona Kane
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Alex Knight is a rock star at the top of her game. Her life might be a little secretive and a lot lonely, but she’s selling out stadiums around the world on her most successful tour yet. Who wouldn’t want a piece of her success?
Tyra MacLean has been there, done that, ripped the sleeves off the T-shirt. Still scarred by her own experience of fame, she hates celebrity and everything that comes with it. All she wants is a quiet life. But when Alex decides she wants Tyra and her band to join her tour, Ty has to put her bandmates first and return to the world that nearly destroyed her.
As Alex and Tyra tour America together can they put aside their fears and their differences to find love?
DIVING IN
by Sage Donnell
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Morgan has finally had enough success as an author to pursue writing full time. She goes to Bonaire to write, but mostly ends up diving while gripped with a case of, well, not exactly writer’s block, but perhaps writer’s trickle. Words are coming, just slowly and painfully. When a mom and son move into the rental across the yard from her, at first she thinks it will make things worse. And, in terms of writing, it does, at least for a while. But getting to know Ash and Jake is definitely worth it.
Ash and her ten-year-old son, Jake, have been through a rough couple of years. When a windfall comes her way, Ash decides that they need a reset, and she takes Jake on the diving trip he’s always wanted. The across-the-yard neighbor is entirely too attractive, friendly, and competent, making Ash feel bumbling in comparison. But the more she gets to know Morgan, the less she wants to keep her distance.
As Ash and Morgan dive together, spend time in their shared yard, and bond over being Jake fans, the vacation fling starts to seem like more.
A LOVE LIKE YOURS
by Lora Rye
Available in Kindle Unlimited
When Briana returns from an exotic holiday that changed her life, she finds herself at crossroads. After her first female/female experience, she wants more. A lot more!
She meets a gorgeous woman on her way back home, someone who lights a fire inside of her. But as good (no, great) as the sex is, there is still something missing…
Come and experience this sweet and hot love story, and see how it all works out in the end for our Briana.
ALL MY BROKEN PIECES
by Jennifer Hebbard
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Brooke Dennison leads an ordinary if not lonely life. When a cruel twist of fate takes her mother from her, she finds herself lost and broken.
Ainsley Hamilton hasn’t had an easy life. A cruel father and losing her mother at a young age has taught Ainsley that it’s better to just fade into the shadows and not draw too much attention to herself. One day Ainsley comes home from work and turns on the news and sees her father’s picture as the lead story and she knows nothing will ever be the same again.
When Ainsley and Brooke meet through a Victim’s Advocacy program, they feel an immediate connection. Two ordinary women brought together by extraordinary circumstances. Will the weight of their pasts keep them apart or can they learn to heal themselves and each other and maybe find love along the way?
FOOTPRINTS
Strong Southern Women: Book 4
by Ali Spooner
Sandy, the youngest sibling of Gator Girlz, Inc., has worshipped her older sister Cam all her life and wanted nothing more than to be just like her hero. Footprints provides readers with Sandy’s story of growing up in the Bayous of Louisiana. When the devastating floods of 2016 impact the Baton Rouge area, Cam and Sandy join the Cajun Navy to help rescue families trapped in the rampant floodwaters. The story also revisits Sandy’s victory over Bubba Gump and how Sandy’s injuries started her down the path to find the love of her life. Food, adventures, and great family relationships fill the pages of Footprints.
HIGHER
Hot for the Holidays Series
by Roz Alexander
Tali Blue is definitely going back to finish her last semester of rabbinical school…eventually. When she moved back to her hometown seven years ago to help her grandparents raise her younger sisters, she planned on it being temporary. Now though, she has a stable job and a stable life surrounded by the people she’s known forever. It’s all just fine – and then there’s the incredibly annoying surprise of Maple.
Maple never meant to be successful. She just wanted to make weird art and practice her Ladino. And just like that, 15 years of adulthood has built a solid career, a great reputation as an art instructor, and a lackluster love life. It doesn’t help that she’s been spending all her free time consumed with making it as a Sephardic Jew into the Jewish art world that never seems to have space for her. And it definitely doesn’t help that she’s strictly a butch for butch lesbian. And then comes a sex goddess in the form of short, chunky, smoking hot, and incredibly nervous, butch, Tali Blue.
When Tali’s love of family, Maple’s art ambitions, and a Rosh Hashanah effort to #savethebees force these two together, both of them may learn that the only way out is up, together. This new year the honey is dripping on a lot more than apples. Higher is a steamy, butch for butch, grump-sunshine lesbian romance about what happens when you choose to take your dreams higher.
This is the sweet and sexy second volume in the “Hot for the Holidays” series, a collection of queer Jewish love stories that can be read in any order and all year round.
Content warning: deceased and absent parents; external and internalized homophobia/butchphobia.
HISTORICAL ROMANCE
IN THE SHADOW OF THE PAST
Shadow Series: Book 1
by J.E. Leak
She fell for the wrong woman … now it’s going to cost her.
Escape to 1940s New York City, where a sultry spy falls for her assignment in this spellbinding lesbian love story.
Guilt-ridden over her part in her father’s death, budding reporter Jenny Ryan gets an anonymous call that sets her on a path of intrigue and danger. The caller pins her father’s death on a man selling secrets to the enemy: wealthy industrialist Marcus Forrester. In her plan to bring him down, she didn’t count on falling for Forrester’s mistress, Kathryn Hammond.
Kathryn Hammond is a popular nightclub singer with elegant grace and stunning good looks, but she harbors a secret. Stuck stateside carrying out dead-end missions for the OSS while the war rages in Europe, her life is turned upside down when Jenny Ryan becomes her latest dead-end mission and awakens the enemy that could cost her everything—desire.
Lush with the sights and sounds of the 1940s, this mesmerizing slow burn love story will carry you deep into the shadow of the past and have you turning pages well into the night.
EROTIC ROMANCE
BEHIND THE SCENES
Love In The Limelight Series: Book 3
by Raven J. Spencer
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Anything can happen during Christmas In July…
Molly is an actress hoping to get her big break someday. She’s intrigued and troubled alike by her attraction to Caitlyn, who happens to be her boyfriend’s assistant. She knows she has to break up with him, but timing never seems to be on her side.
Caitlyn knows what she wants from life: A stellar career, and someday, love, and a family. Her best laid plans are thrown into chaos when she falls for the boss’s girlfriend.
When Sean asks Molly to meet the family—including his famous sister Emmy who is filming a Christmas special in the siblings’ hometown—she can’t escape the truth any longer. Especially when Caitlyn is along for the ride…
Is there a chance for everyone to find their Happily Ever After?
EROTICA
SUBMISSIVE MILF
Box Set: Books 1-3
by Riley Rose
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Alex Masters is the hottest MILF in town! And her daughter’s best friend Melody knows it. After crushing on Alex for years, Melody finally makes her move on Alex’s sultry body.
Will Alex submit to the 20 year-old Melody in super-kinky ways? Will they be able to keep their illicit love affair a secret? And exactly how naughty is this hot mom willing to get?
Find out how much super-submissive fun Alex has with Melody in the bedroom, the library, and on the slopes in this humorous lesbian, age gap erotica!
FANTASY
BASTET’S DAUGHTERS: DRAGON STATION
Acinonyx: Book 2
by Scott Kujawa
Available in Kindle Unlimited
The crew of the Acinonyx left Earth to explore space. What adventures will they find?
Captain Chloe leads the crew. When they learn of the space station, she joins explores it with them. The surprises she finds while aboard changes the goal the crew.
Harperia is one of those who joined Captain Chloe. She’s the commander of the troops who she trained, and who protected the crew aboard the Acinonyx. It wasn’t a surprise for her to come with the group exploring the space station. Her training in combat keeps the others from harm. Having secrets, they influence her when aboard the space station.
Sabrina is the leader of the doctors aboard the ship. She keeps the crew of the Acinonyx from dying from the injuries they have as the crew explores the space station. With her staying on the ship, she communicates with those who struggle to find their way around the space station.
MISSING IN MILAN
The Night Flyer Series: Book 4
by Edale Lane
Available in Kindle Unlimited
When all credible avenues have been exhausted, then one must consider the incredible.
Vanishing thieves, disappearing athletes, and an inventor who is nowhere to be found; can the Night Flyer solve a mystery that seems impossible? While Florentina puzzles over the missing people, Maddie’s ex-lover turns up in Milan, claiming she is not there to cause trouble while doing little else.
The Night Flyer must use every resource available, including a memory from her childhood to discover how the thieves escape, who abducted the Calcio players, and whatever happened to the inventor. Could they all be connected? Death awaits as Florentina descends into the depths of an ingenious plot; can she thwart a mysterious criminal, or will he deal her the final blow?
Missing in Milan is the fourth book in Edale Lane’s Night Flyer Series, a tale of power, passion, and payback in Renaissance Italy. If you like action and suspense, rich historical background, three-dimensional characters, and a ff sweet romance, then you’ll want to continue your adventure in a world where anything is possible. Order your copy of Missing in Milan right now!
PARANORMAL ROMANCE
THE WARRIOR WITHIN
by Brooke Campbell
Available in Kindle Unlimited
The fallout from a life-changing diagnosis left Libby with only her best friend, her cat, and a suitcase of insecurities. On a rare night out she meets Jo, the hottest butch she’s ever seen. Despite Jo’s actions, Libby believes that her intense attraction couldn’t be reciprocated. To her astonishment, filthy-rich Jo pursues her. For a while, everything feels wonderful as new love and hot passion bloom. Libby denies her own instincts even as danger from Jo’s world threatens. That is, until a freak accident forces Jo into a shocking revelation. Reeling with disillusionment and betrayal, Libby must decide if she can trust the half-vampire again. If she can take another chance on love. And despite Jo’s vow to protect her, Libby will need to reach deep inside to find her own strength if she is to survive.
Trigger warning: Graphic violence.
CHAOS THEORY
Blood and Darkness: Book 6
by Aria Storm
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Everything that can go wrong, has gone wrong. After reviving my daughter Abigale, we return to discover the North American Vampyr Court has been overthrown. Dark blood magiks are afoot and thousands of innocent vampyr now hang in the balance.
With the horrible discoveries exacerbated by unexpected pregnancies around me. I feel as if my friends and family are ripe to turn on one another. My father’s retreated into his sorrow at the final loss of my mother.
To make matters worse, something has risen from Hel’s realm, as the afterlife collapses. The massive figure and the loose zombie hordes call entirely too much attention to the immortal community.
With our secrets exposed to the light of day. I will work tirelessly to prove to humans that we are not their enemies. Now, I just have to figure out how to deal with the cascading assortment of world-ending problems on my hands!
Book Six in the Blood and Darkness Series. The beginning of a new chapter in the story.
Slow building poly lesbian romance.
YOUNG ADULT ROMANCE
THROUGH THIS TOGETHER
by M. E. Tudor
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Seventeen-year-old Natalie Weatherby didn’t give the virus in China much thought until it began to spread worldwide. Kentucky’s cases begin to rise. Nursing homes closed to visitors and schools became virtual. Like many people, Natalie assumed that things would go back to normal quickly, but things continue to spiral out of control. New truths are revealed about Natalie’s family when her grandmother’s Alzheimer’s worsened, and there is a divide in the family over the Black Lives Matter protests. To complicate her life even more, Natalie develops a crush on her nemesis, Jill Harper, and must decide when will be the best time to come out to her family. Are Natalie and her family strong enough to get through this together?
NEW AUDIOBOOKS
A WOMAN LOST
Books 6-8
by TB Markinson
narrated by Stephanie Murphy
Lizzie Petrie doesn’t understand people, least of all herself.
Three books 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.
A LOVE THAT LEADS TO HOME
by Ronica Black
narrated by Keira Grace
High school science teacher Carla Sims is successful and happy with a network of close friends. But in affairs of the heart, she’s newly alone and happy to stay that way. After receiving a phone call from her aunt, she rushes across the country to be by her dying grandmother’s side.
Janice Carpenter is a recently divorced literature professor who can’t seem to get her best friend’s niece, Carla, out of her mind. Ever since Carla came out, Janice has been inexplicably fascinated by her, and when she sees her again, her feelings are uncontainable. Before she knows it, she’s offering Carla a quiet place to stay to regain her balance during her visit.
Under the same roof, the fiery passion neither wants to end bursts free. But Carla was never planning to stay, and Janice struggles to come out. Will Carla and Janice realize that the road to home is closer than they think before love flees?
GIVEAWAY
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.
Ellen Hoil penned Step Up. Also, Ellen is giving away 1 ecopy of Traumatic Love.
SAPPHIC READING
CHALLENGE
iReadIndies
LESFIC BOOKCLUBS
2022 IHL READING CHALLENGE
Beginning in January, IHL will launch the I Heart Lesfic 2022 Reading Challenge. We will feature 2 new book categories each week, along with a recommended reading list for books that qualify for each category.
We have collected a lot of suggestions for categories, so our first task is to narrow the list to 90 choices based on the number of nominations we receive for each.
Authors can submit a total of 5 books for consideration.
Click here for the Book Submission page.
INTRODUCING FRIDAY FEELS
At I Heart Lesfic, we’re always looking for ways to help authors find more readers and for readers to discover new books, while also having fun. So, we’re going to launch a new feature this fall called: Friday Feels.
That’s great, but what the heck is it?
Click here to find out.
Have a wonderful week!
TB & Miranda
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