Dear lesfic fan,
Before we get to today’s new releases, we want to remind authors about the December 10 deadline to join the 99-cent sale that will run December 26 through December 30. The deets for the sale are here.
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Now for today’s newsletter. Here are this week’s new ebook and audio releases and announcements.
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TB & Miranda
ROMANCE
Mistress: Book 4
by Anna Stone
Available in Kindle Unlimited
A headstrong bodyguard. An heiress who expects to be treated like a queen. A dangerously hot combination.
Bodyguard Carmen Torres is a professional. She gets the job done, she doesn’t get attached to her clients, and she does not mix business with pleasure. When she gets a job as personal bodyguard to domineering heiress Amber Pryce, she has no intention of breaking those rules, no matter how enticing she finds her client. But Amber has other ideas.
As the sole heir to the Pryce family fortune, Amber is accustomed to being treated like royalty. Anything she wants, she takes. That includes Carmen, the stubborn bodyguard Amber hired to protect her from a mysterious stalker. Amber is determined to have Carmen bow to her. And even though Carmen won’t allow herself to admit it, she craves the sweet surrender that Amber commands.
Engaged in a fiery game of seduction, tensions heat up between the two women. But with an unhinged stalker on Amber’s trail, the stakes keep rising, putting both women’s lives at risk, along with their hearts.
Don’t miss the fourth book in the sizzling-hot Mistress series. Each book in the series can be read alone.
Ms. Right: Book 1
by Rachel Lacey
Available in Kindle Unlimited
From award-winning author Rachel Lacey comes a playful romance about a Manhattan bookstore owner and a reclusive author who love to hate—and hate to love—each other.
Books are Rosie Taft’s life. And ever since she took over her mother’s beloved Manhattan bookstore, they’ve become her home too. The only thing missing is her own real-life romance like the ones she loves to read about, and Rosie has an idea of who she might like to sweep her off her feet. She’s struck up a flirty online friendship with lesbian romance author Brie, and what could be more romantic than falling in love with her favorite author?
Jane Breslin works hard to keep her professional and personal lives neatly separated. By day, she works for the family property development business. By night, she puts her steamier side on paper under her pen name: Brie. Jane hasn’t had much luck with her own love life, but her online connection with a loyal reader makes Jane wonder if she could be the one.
When Rosie learns that her bookstore’s lease has been terminated by Jane’s family’s business, romance moves to the back burner. Even though they’re at odds, there’s no denying the sparks that fly every time they’re together. When their online identities are revealed, will Jane be able to write her way to a happy ending, or is Rosie’s heart a closed book?
by E. J. Noyes
Avery Weston is doing fine.
Sure, she’s not doing as fine as her ex―award-winning actress and current television It Girl, Elise Hayes―but Avery enjoys her work as a Federal Air Marshal and also enjoys almost being over Elise walking out on their relationship fifteen months ago. Until Elise is seated next to her on a flight, and the emotional progress Avery thought she’d made is reset in an instant.
Just like their first flight together, this one also has some bumps. But this time they don’t have to make a go around for a safe landing; they just have to deal with an overzealous fan threatening Elise. And when Elise comes begging for a place to stay until the stalker situation is resolved, Avery has to agree it’s the perfect solution to keep Elise safe. After all, nobody knows Elise Hayes used to have a girlfriend.
It’s only for a few weeks, what’s the harm? Except for some tiny issues, like when you’re still kind of in love with your ex and the mutual spark is as strong as ever, it’s easy to fall into familiar habits. Then there’s Elise’s apologies and genuine regret over leaving, which makes it hard for Avery to hold on to past hurts and sends her simmering emotions to a boil.
But love and sparks aren’t always enough. If Avery and Elise can find a way to move past everything that came between them last time, maybe they’ll get a chance to go around and try landing their relationship again.
by Abby Crofton
Carly Branning has gotten used to cleaning up the messes of Hollywood legend Cybil Caron and her lovable but scandal-prone family. But she’s never worked with Tess, the eldest Caron sibling who is not like the rest; she’s a science nerd whose work is poised to revolutionize the world. She also looks great in a tux, much to Carly’s consternation.
When Carly is ordered to work with Tess on a campaign for a prestigious scientific award they disagree about almost everything. But as Carly and Tess spend time together both in and out of the lab Carly realizes that Tess has a heart just as big as her brain.
Falling in love with the boss’s daughter is probably a bad idea. Even if she’s sexy, sweet, and makes a perfect lasagna.
A Mile High City Romance
by Aurora Rey & Jaime Clevenger
Sure, lesbians love to bring a U-Haul on the second date. But what happens when the U-Haul crashes?
For Amelia Stone, it’s a literal question as much as a figurative one. When plans to move in with her girlfriend go sideways, she’s left with more questions about their future than answers. It doesn’t help that she’s spending far more time with the paramedic who came to her rescue than the woman she’s supposed to be in love with.
When Finn Douglas responds to a routine traffic accident, the last thing she’s looking for is love. But something about Amelia pulls her in. The more time they spend together, the more it feels like Amelia might be The One. If only Amelia didn’t have her life all planned out with a woman who isn’t Finn.
by Nicole Pyland
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Baker Eagan has just wrapped the TV show she created and ran for the past five years of her life. She’s ready for a break and to refocus on her writing, and the last thing she wants to do is go to her agent’s birthday party. Little does she know that her agent plans to play matchmaker.
Casey Jinx is the lead actress on a hit TV show. She’s also out and proud and happy to be playing a lesbian character on network TV. When she goes to a birthday party for her agent’s wife, she’s almost immediately introduced to Baker. Within minutes, Casey finds herself completely taken with the somewhat shy writer.
The two women hit it off instantly and discover they want more than just a chat at a birthday party. Unfortunately for them, though, Baker was just offered the job of executive producer on Casey’s show, making Baker Eagan her new boss.
Their romance begins quickly and intensely, but once Baker takes the job, their relationship is left behind. Will they find a way to get back what they’ve lost? Or, will they let the show get between something they’ve both felt so strongly about? After all, the show must go on.
by Nicole Spencer-Skillen
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Twenty-five-year-old Ashley is an aspiring writer living in New York City. A recent lack of inspiration leads to doubt in her ability. She can’t envision a career outside of the bar she works in or any possible way to become unstuck from the cycle that consumes her.
But then, an overdue evening out with her two best friends leads to a surreal experience.
When she meets Megan, the energy in the room is enough to captivate Ashley—the infectious smiles that pass between them are electrifying. Smiles that, for a brief moment, make even Ashley—a true cynic—believe in fate.
The beautiful, sweet and mesmerising Megan is a Stanford graduate with one goal—to play basketball in the WNBA. She shares with Ashley a story about unfaltering love that’s compelled by the force of fate—a story about her grandmother, Nancy. It ultimately becomes the catalyst for their future relationship and the inspiration Ashley’s been looking for.
To Ashley, the word destiny has never been anything more than a crossword clue found in the NY Times, but she can’t deny the transcendent depth of their connection as an unseen force keeps pulling them back together. The question is—will it be enough?
If We Meet Again is heartfelt, romantic and utterly relatable. It’s a celebration of friendship and love, but more than that, it makes you recognise that you don’t find love, it finds you.
by Hildred Billings
Available in Kindle Unlimited
One lawyer. One shopkeeper.
And the one wish that brings them together.
Candy shop provisioner Emma has more than enough on her plate: her small-town business is struggling, the weather is cold and rainy, and her young daughter is a precocious handful.
Yet when daughter Dani asks Santa for the impossible, Emma has another problem on her hands.
Because Dani wants a stepmom. More specifically, she wants her mom Emma to get married!
Enter city girl Tamryn, who is on assignment on behalf of her law firm. From the moment Emma sees her in a coffee shop, she’s infatuated – and from the moment Dani sees her mom’s eyes wander?
Nothing will stop one little girl from bringing Emma and Tamryn together!
The cozy tourist town of Cannon Beach is about to vibrate from the cosmic electricity of fate. Good thing Christmas is the season of everything sweet… with just a hint of spice.
This is a standalone holiday romance.
THE GREAT CHRISTMAS TREE MYSTERY
by Jamey Moody
Available in Kindle Unlimited
What if where you belong isn’t a place, but a who?
The small town of Santa Junction is a magical place, especially during the holidays.
Sasha Solomon is an award winning investigative journalist that has traveled to all parts of the world reporting on tragedies and righting wrongs. After twenty five years she’s landed in Santa Junction at the local newspaper hoping to find the place she belongs.
Noelle Winters is returning for her family Christmas visit, but the town’s magical cheer no longer works on her. She hopes this is her last Christmas in Santa Junction.
When Sasha is tasked with solving the Great Christmas Tree Mystery Noelle becomes a surprising distraction. Maybe it’s not a place that Sasha belongs, maybe it’s a person. Has Santa Junction’s magic brought these two weary women together for more than just a merry Christmas?
Wyvale Hearts: Book 2
by Zoey Lennox
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Lana Williams works as a personal trainer at Infinity Gym but by night she’s a player. Experienced in the art of seduction, Lana likes to have a revolving circle of women in her bed. Still hung up on her ex-girlfriend, she’s looking forward to her annual Christmas Day bash. It’ll be a nice distraction, and better yet, her flatmate Jason’s invited his beautiful boss.
When business owner and florist Becca accepts her friend Jason’s invitation to his Christmas party, she’s looking for some good conversation and perhaps some light-hearted flirting. Her attraction to her hostess, Lana, is instant but as she’s still getting over how she was treated by her previous girlfriend, Becca makes it clear she’s not interested in a one night stand. Stung by her rejection and irritated by one too many personal questions, Lana bails on her.
Neither woman believes they’ll see each other again but after a chance meeting at Lana’s workplace and then spending more time together, Lana and Becca begin to grow close. For once everything seems to be going right in Lana’s life, but her world is soon turned upside down when she is sent security footage of her ex, Zanthie, and best friend, Blayke, having sex on Christmas Day. After growing up In foster care, Blayke’s the closest thing to family that Lana’s got. Will the revelation destroy Lana and Blayke’s close friendship or will Becca help Lana discover that her ex might not be ‘the one’ after all and that love is much closer than she thought?
by Kaya LaSalle
Available in Kindle Unlimited
You might think being Santa Claus’s daughter sounds like a dream, right?
Wrong.
I never wanted the obligations that come along with the family business, and this is the year I’m supposed to take over for my old man. But I have no intention of letting that happen. That’s why I’m hiding out in a tiny mountain town where nobody can find me—not even my father’s elves. I’ll just ride things out here and wait until Christmas is over, and then my problems will be solved. Simple, right?
Wrong again.
Because I wasn’t planning on meeting someone like Lizzie Collins in my small-town hideaway. She runs the local candle shop, and I can’t get enough of her—smart, snarky, and a die-hard Christmas fan. Oh, and did I mention that she just so happens to be the only person in town with a spare room for rent?
I know I’m falling for her, but there’s just one little problem: she has no idea who I really am. It’s not exactly easy to break the news to the woman you love that Santa Claus is real—and that she’s dating the reluctant heiress to the Santa empire.
My father’s elves are getting closer in their search for me, and the countdown to Christmas Eve is on. Will I be able to come clean to Lizzie and have everything I’ve ever dreamed of? Or will I be dragged back to the North Pole with a broken heart?
Nunswick Abbey Series: Book 2
by Emily Banting
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Spend Christmas in Nunswick with TRUST IN TRUTH, the enthralling follow-up to LOST IN LOVE.
After the events of the summer, Katherine and Anna are looking forward to spending a quiet, cosy Christmas together before hosting a New Year’s Eve party at Nunswick Abbey.
When a romantic weekend away for Anna’s birthday doesn’t go to plan, it proves to be the beginning of their Christmas woes, and as workplace pleasantries grow too friendly, a cloud of jealousy and suspicion forms.
As Anna plans the most important party of her career, can she convince Katherine their co-worker has more than pub lunches on the brain? Can Katherine keep her composure as the tension rises at Abbey House?
As they count down to the New Year, will Anna and Katherine’s relationship survive the calamitous Christmas season?
by A.J. Marchant
Available in Kindle Unlimited
For the first time in ten years, Lucy is going home for Christmas…
A corporate lawyer at a high-powered firm, Lucy’s days are spent fixing problems, brokering deals and making other people rich. Little does she know that going back to her small coastal village will be nothing like she expects and that the corporate world has already beaten her there.
Ange, a generational ocean fisher and Lucy’s ex, challenges Lucy’s way of living and working, immersing her back into the slow coastal life, giving them a second chance at becoming something, and reminding Lucy why she wanted to be a lawyer.
On her very first day back, Lucy finds out a large corporation threatens to alter the very heart and soul of the close knit community. Like always, she jumps into action, looking for a way for the villagers to fight back. Will it work? Or will their efforts be thwarted? And will Lucy and Ange get their second chance, or will history get in the way?
by Sage Donnell
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Kade is going home for Christmas, like she always does. The tiny ski town of Government Camp is the last place she expects to find romance, but that’s before she meets Aiesha while out cross country skiing on her first day back. Suddenly, Aiesha is everywhere, on the trails, in her parents’ store, maybe even in her heart.
The Snowy Springs Holiday Romances: Book 1
by Bryce Oakley
Available in Kindle Unlimited
I have carefully constructed my life plan: Bake my jingle bells off. Win Top Holiday Baker. Open my very own bakery here in Snowy Springs. That’s what I should be focusing on.
Not Ariadne—“call me Ari”—Greco, the gorgeous celebrity chef judge of the competition. Even though Ari’s flirtations are irresistible, she’s basically off-limits, right? She’s a judge, which I think means it’s actually illegal for me to even be her friend, and besides, she’s only in town for a few days.
Everything about Ari puts my dream in danger. But… it’s Christmas and Snowy Springs is magical at Christmas. And for elf’s sake, tonight, I don’t care that Ari kissing me under the falling snow does not fit into my plan.
Surely a little Christmas fling could be fun and meaningless and not ruin everything I’ve worked so hard for, right?
Get ready for a brand new series of holiday romances! The Snowy Springs holiday romances are fluffy, fun, and quick reads, complete with bad Christmas puns and merrily-ever-afters.
by Lily Seabrooke
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Overwhelmed by her life as a country-pop singer, Brooke Carston is back to see her small-town family for Christmas in Mountain Crossing, and nothing more—until she runs into her childhood best friend, Nicole Livingston.
Nicole’s happy in Mountain Crossing, but deep down, she knows all the girls who come into her life end up leaving. She knows better than to give in, even when her old best friend shows up in town again—and they have the same spark as ever.
Of course, it doesn’t help that Brooke is bisexual, single, and the entirety of Mountain Crossing is intent on the two of them getting together.
EROTIC ROMANCE
by Adrian J. Smith
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Friends-giving dinner with her ex—what could go wrong?
For the first time in two years, Brook attends the annual dinner. She’s avoided group gatherings with her friends since Whisper hinted at love and Brook broke it off. But two years is a long time, and Brook hopes she and Whisper can find a new balance of friendship. Except all those feelings Brook bottled come racing back at the first sight of her hilariously flirtatious ex-girlfriend.
Whisper has kept tabs on Brook for the two years since they last saw each other. When Brook finally shows up, Whisper takes the plunge and dares her to twenty-four hours alone—one day for each of them to take what they need. The only problem is at the end of their day, Brook gives Whisper a dare of her own.
Do it again.
An emotional second chance romance perfect for the Christmas season. With an age gap and soft butch/femme relationship, these two women take their relationship to new heights.
Softest Kinksters: Book 6
by Ali Williams
I’ve been in love with my best friend since we were twelve, and I’m finally ready to tell her the truth at our monthly movie night. What’s going to happen when she finally catches on…?
Catching On is a 5,500 word f/f romance short story.
Content notes are viewable on the author’s website.
EROTICA
by Victoria Rush
Book 1: Peep Show
While scrolling through the classified listings of her city’s underground newspaper, Jade comes across an interesting ad. A local theater catering to the LGBT crowd is hosting a ladies-only casting call every Friday night where performers are encouraged to disrobe and perform an erotic dance in front of a crowd of strangers…
Book 2: Maid Service
When Jade is quietly working in her hotel room one morning, she hears a tap on the door for room service. She invites the maid in and is shocked at how young and pretty she is.
As the girl begins to clean the room, she discovers Jade’s sex toy lying under the bed covers. She places the object on Jade’s nightstand and continues to go about her duties while Jade catches glimpses of her sexy figure in her tight uniform…
Book 3: The Hitchhiker
When Jade notices a young hitchhiker at the side of the highway, she stops to see where she’s headed. She’s going all the way to California, but since it’s on the way to Jade’s business meeting, she decides to pick her up…
Book 4: The Housesitter
When Jade departs for a long overdue vacation, she leaves her house in the hands of her friend’s college-bound daughter. But it comes with a caveat. The house is equipped with a series of Wi-Fi cameras that will enable Jade to keep an eye on the precocious teenager while she’s away…
Book 5: The Slave
When Jade complains to her sex therapist friend about always being the one taking the lead in the bedroom, Hannah makes her a proposal. If Jade is so interested in playing the submissive role, how would she like to be Hannah’s slave for a week?
Cowgirl and Pirate Sluts
Book 1
by Riley Rose
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Riley Shu is a Time Cop, traveling to amazing periods in the past to stop criminals from altering the timeline. And having sex with some of the hottest men and women in history!
The sexy Time Cop has to save Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday from a future felon and gets in some kinky cowgirl fun along the way. Then it’s off to the Caribbean and the Golden Age of Piracy for some submissive shenanigans with the most famous female pirate of all time: Anne Bonny!
Will Riley let Doc unload his sexy six shooter in her? Will she let Anne practice her amazing rope tying skills on her naked body? And how much will all this kinky sex change the timeline?
Find out in Book 1 of this sexy, sci-fi journey through time!
FANTASY ROMANCE
Chronicles of Mahon: Book One
by Brenda Murphy
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Trapped inside a crystalline sphere by a malevolent sorcerer, Mara spends her days planning her escape and nights using an enchanted mirror to observe her favorite warrior, Reika.
Reika, fierce leader of a band of mercenaries, has spent her life fighting for anyone who could afford her price. Betrayed by her clan, Reika is seized from death by the mysterious goddess, Mara.
Restless and unwilling to accept captivity, Reika vows to free Mara from the sorcerer’s curse or die trying.
by Aria Storm
Available in Kindle Unlimited
While clearing my head after my father’s funeral, a flash of light pulls me back. I find myself not outside Reno, Nevada in 2021, but in Virginia City, Nevada, 1871. Grief-stricken and out of my element, I seek any sense of comfort or purpose. I’d never wager there might be another lesbian waiting to greet me here and now.
A short story by the author of the “Blood and Darkness” series. Something a lot tamer, and a little less vampire this time!
SCI-FI ROMANCE
A Place of Refuge: Book One
by Victoria Janssen
They lost the revolution. But then, they found sanctuary—and hope.
After the fascist Federated Colonies crushes their interstellar revolt, freedom fighters Talia and Miki have only each other.
Telepathic warrior Talia Avi lost her home planet, her people, and their psychic communion when the FC invaded, but thanks to Miki Boudreaux, she can glimpse a life beyond defeat. Genius engineer Miki lost Talia once to FC captivity and never plans to lose her again.
Miki will risk her life and her freedom to reunite Talia with the escaped remnants of her people, on a mysterious planet far outside of FC control. But the difficult part will be what comes after…when you’ve always been a guerilla at the sharp end of death, how do you learn to make a life?
Can two freedom fighters find refuge at last?
SCI-FI
Controllers: Book 2
by Lynda Lyons
In a future fully integrated by androids, there’s more need than ever for the highly successful Controllers to track down and destroy ‘droids who no longer consider themselves to be mere machines. The Controllers are a special force whose primary job is to track down androids who have gone renegade.
Lt. Valentine Smith of The Controllers is under the tutelage of superior, Amelia Roberts. This time it’s personal for Valentine as a bomb meant for Amelia is planted in the Director’s private apartment. But it’s still business as usual as Valentine is sent to assure an important interspecies meeting goes well. But, why is the head of The Controllers, Amelia Roberts so standoffish with everyone except for her second in command, Valentine? Is it aloofness? Shyness? Or does she have a secret?
FICTION
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF LINDY JAMES
by Catherine Maiorisi
Lindy is hearing voices. And her new religious friends claim Quincy, her wife of six years, is Satan in disguise. They also say her marriage is a sin and warn she and their two daughters will burn in hell for eternity if she doesn’t leave Quincy.
Working a second job to earn enough to buy their dream house, Quincy is rarely around to notice Lindy’s behavior. By the time she does notice, Lindy’s new friends spirit her and the girls away to an isolated religious community in Arizona.
While Quincy searches frantically for her family, a female doctor at the community treats Lindy. As she slowly returns to herself Lindy begins to really see the community. She is horrified. Rather than saving herself and her daughters, she’s brought them to a kind of hell.
Then Lindy is given an ultimatum. Stay and marry a man in the community. Or leave. Without her daughters.
She panics. There must be another way.
NEW AUDIOBOOKS
by TB Markinson & Miranda MacLeod
narrated by Lori Prince
Would you give up your lifelong dream for a shot at everlasting love?
Amanda Morgan is a morning show host with a fierce reputation, but a bitter divorce has left her feeling all washed up. Being mistaken for a grandmother at her own son’s wedding has her teetering on the edge – until a stranger at the reception rocks her world.
Dakota Washington is a young reporter who is flabbergasted to meet her career idol – and biggest celebrity crush – at a friend’s out-of-town wedding. Their night together goes beyond her wildest fantasies. And she’s had a lot of them.
They were never meant to see each other again – until fate steps in, landing Dakota a job at Amanda’s network in New York City. Thanks to a draconian employment contract, the network could fire them on the spot for getting romantically involved. They agree to keep their distance and never breathe a word about their past.
Easy, right?
Except every time they’re alone for more than five minutes, they end up having sex. Soon, it’s obvious this is more than a fling, leaving them with an unthinkable choice: Give up the careers they’ve poured their souls into or lose the love of a lifetime. Which one will be easier to walk away from?
If you enjoy scorching celebrity age-gap romance with a touch of heart, don’t miss the latest collaboration of Miranda MacLeod and TB Markinson.
Forgotten Worlds: Book 5
by Prudence MacLeod
narrated by Kathleen Starr Hall
When you’re lost and alone you must put aside any hope of succor and become a scavenger, a hunter/gatherer, scrounge, sift through the debris life has left behind, seek out that which you need to survive. The trick is to remain whole, to keep some sort of moral compass, to find that one line you will not cross. This is now what faces the people of the last starship Reacher.
The Mara and KATT Sex Chronicles: Book 3
by Riley Rose
narrated by Nikki Monroe
Sexy and kick-ass Navajo special agent Mara Keoni is off to Paris to stop the world’s most famous thief, Carla Santiago, from stealing one of the most iconic landmarks in France.
Her loyal AI car partner KATT is along for the ride, and, of course, will do everything she can to help Mara on her mission. And do everything she can to make Mara into a submissive sex toy.
To make things even more challenging, Mara will have to get past Carla’s sexy henchwomen, all expert criminals who seem to want a piece of Mara’s hot, naked ass.
Will Mara be able to take down the felonious females without succumbing to her desire to be dominated by all of them? Will Carla tempt her into more sexy shenanigans? And will Mara and KATT take their relationship to the next level?
Find out how much sexy fun Mara and KATT get up to in Book 3 of this action erotica series!
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