Before we get to today’s new releases, including gems by Milena McKay, Ali Vali, Lola Keeley, and many others, we have some announcements.
IHL Sapphic Reading Challenge
It’s week 8 of IHL’s Sapphic Reading Challenge. You can click here for reading suggestions for suspense stories. 6 of the books featured on the page are on sale.
Remember, you can join the I Heart Lesfic Facebook reader group. Every Monday we will announce the category for the week, and every Wednesday you will have the opportunity to post what book you are reading and be entered into the monthly drawing for a $25 Amazon gift card. (For those who are not on Facebook and still want to enter, remember you can email your reading selection to tbm@iheartlesfic.com).
Second, we have created a Goodreads group where readers can discuss books, swap recommendations, and generally have a good time.
Best Sapphic Books of 2021
After thousands of votes and months of suspense, the readers have spoken! We’ve tallied the results and are thrilled to announce The Best Sapphic Books in 2021. Click here to find out all the winners.
Free Book
SEVENTY
by Lynn Lauria
Available in Kindle Unlimited
So, what do you do when you’re two weeks away from turning seventy years of age and your life has been unremarkable in so many ways? You do what any red-blooded American Lesbian does…you lust after the most beautiful woman in the world.
Freebie offer ends on March 1.
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New Releases
Here are this week’s new ebook and audio releases and announcements.
Please click on this link for how to submit books (ebook and audio) for the newsletter. IHL will not include books unless they receive an email from either the author or publisher.
Happy reading and listening,
TB & Miranda
ROMANCE
Her Royal Happiness
by Lola Keeley
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Keeping a secret isn’t easy when you’re in the most visible family in the world. It’s even harder when you’re a lesbian who has just fallen madly in love. An opposites attract, charming royal romance with a dash of fake dating.
When tabloid darling Princess Alice, the first out member of the British royal family, meets an opinionated single mother, the encounter goes viral. It seems the anti-monarchist education specialist Sara has a view on all things and doesn’t mind sharing.
So when Alice later has to ask Sara to help diagnose her young nephew’s learning difficulties, it’s seriously awkward. At least until they discover how beautifully they click together.
With the press sniffing around them, and Alice desperately wanting to protect her nephew’s privacy, they agree to claim they’re dating.
But as their fake dates start to feel like much more, Sara and Alice must navigate having a real relationship in the public eye. Is that even possible, though, while keeping Sara’s daughter safe and happy, and facing the Queen’s disapproval?
Can they overcome their doubts for love? A love they can no longer hide?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Fake Relationship; Single Parent; Celebrity
Musical Chairs
by Nicolette Dane
Available in Kindle Unlimited
A naive young songstress teams up with her lookalike rival to make beautiful music together in this sweet and spicy enemies-to-lovers romance!
Winnie Burr can’t get noticed. For two years she’s been playing open mic night at bars throughout the city, trying to catch a break. And it doesn’t help that she feels in direct competition with Kirsten Kavanaugh, another singer-songwriter who looks so similar to Winnie that the two are often confused for each other.
While Winnie battles with her own wavering feelings of self-worth, Kirsten appears so confident and talented. Deep down, Kirsten is exactly who Winnie wishes she could be. But when these two young women are paired up for a songwriting event, Winnie must put aside her envy and work together with her musical rival.
The stories that Winnie has let stew in her head don’t always reflect the reality that’s in front of her. As she grows closer to Kirsten and begins to open up, will Winnie’s dreams of getting noticed come to fruition alongside an unlikely romance?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Enemies to lovers; Musician
Missed Connection
A Gia, San Francisco Romance: Book 2
by Stephanie Shea
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Avery Dimaano is good at most things. No, she’s better. She has amazing friends, a family that’s only slightly more dysfunctional than others, and an affable way of strutting through the world that makes her the quintessential person for the role of HR at Gia, San Francisco. There’s only one problem, she has no one to spend her weekends with.
Travel influencer Ky Logan doesn’t play by anyone else’s rules. Her life of jet-hopping across the world is the envy of two million followers, even if her family doesn’t exactly approve. It’s a simple, adventurous existence with no one to answer to but herself.
Six months after her trip to Sydney, Ky still can’t stop thinking about the woman she sat next to on the plane. Avery. Beautiful, clever, straight Avery. When a leak in Avery’s apartment leads them to share a bed for two weeks, lines inevitably become blurred, especially after the kiss they shared in San Francisco International.
Maybe Ky is the person Avery has been waiting for, even if she’s never considered being with a woman. But is Ky’s time with Avery just another one of her vacations?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Toaster Oven; Forced Proximity; Celebrity; Friends to Lovers
Lessons in Love
Book 2
by Scarlett Grace
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Penny Burgman is a sophomore at the University of Chicago studying English Literature. Her lifelong dream is moving to NYC and working for Penguin as an acquisitions editor. She’s the most innocent and sweet girl. But she has a little secret. She loves her new professor, the tall and classy Heather Rogers. And Penny knows she has her attention.
Professor Heather Rogers is new to the University of Chicago. Running away from NYC, rich, free, and fervently working on her new life, she is a bit of a recluse and has avoided making friends or even any relationships at all. Secrets are easier to keep that way.
But little does she expect to be teaching such a beautiful student like Penny. She has to resist her. She has to stay away. That’s the only way Penny doesn’t get hurt. But Heather has been running her whole life. This is the only chance to finally find happiness in her life.
Can the two woman find a way to be together before the past sneaking up on them?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Age Gap; Holiday Romance
Hot on Her Heels
by Alexa Woods
Available in Kindle Unlimited
A fading TV star, her eager young replacement – what started as rivalry turns into passion: But can ambition trump love?
Josella Frank was unstoppable. Fierce. A pioneer journalist. And drop-dead gorgeous. An inspiration for Eden Rutherford, and her childhood crush.
Now Jos is a boring talking head. A sell out. No longer a true journalist and a free spirit like the one Eden has become.
But when Jos offers Eden a co-hosting job on her show, Eden can’t decline. Her present gig is dangerous and dead-end. Jos’ show is flailing – but the platform and the reach are still incredible. She could finally get her voice heard.
And working with Jos? Not a problem. Long past her crush, Eden knows she can be better than the washed up, insufferable woman any day.
Or can she?
The San Jose Evening Edition used to be the hottest show in town. These days, the viewership is melting quicker than snow in July and it’s only a matter of time before Jos is out in the cold.
And then it happens. A co-host. Her replacement-to-be. Operation Push Jos out has commenced.
Or has it? Sassy, raven-haired Eden isn’t at all what Jos expected. She’s got no ambition to be the next big thing. Idealistic and full of passion, Jos can’t help but see her younger self in Eden.
As they get closer, Jos falls for Eden. The young, beautiful and determined woman soon rocks Jos’ world, and if she isn’t careful, those impenetrable walls she’s worked so hard to surround herself with will soon come tumbling down.
Suddenly, when Jos realizes their attraction can’t be denied she must decide. Is she really willing to risk her influence and prestige to take a chance on love?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Age Gap; Celebrity; Enemies to Lovers; Ice Queen; Forced Proximity
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
Dead Pretty
by Robyn Nyx
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Special Agent Dak Farrell works cold cases, and she’s damn good at it. She’s always on the move and doesn’t care where the next case takes her. But when the Salt Lake City police department need her help with a new serial killer, she’ll be around a little longer than usual. Long enough to get attached to the beautiful woman next door…
Mortician Callie “CJ” Johnson is on top of the world until her show, Dead Pretty, is canceled. Thanks to a frivolous lifestyle, she’s got nothing to show for it. With no other alternative, she heads home to lick her wounds and wait for a new opportunity. When she sees the hot FBI agent living next door, that opportunity isn’t what she expected.
When CJ fixes the serial killer’s “artistic” work, she becomes his next target. Will Dak be able to save her? Or will The Artist claim CJ as his next victim?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Romantic Suspense; Suspense; Age Gap; Girl Next Door
SCI-FI
Scatter
Heart of Heroes: Book 1
by Molly Bragg
When Deputy US Marshal Danielle ‘Danny’ Martin was told she’d gotten a promotion, she expected to be leading her own fugitive retrieval team. Instead, she got transferred to Pontian Florida of all places, and assigned to a Superhero support detail for Focus, a seemingly immortal superhero who is also one of the most famous lesbian icons on the planet.
Bad enough she’s got to spend every day working with a woman she’s had a crush on since she was five years old, but when she arrives at her new post, things start getting weird. It turns out that Focus asked for her by name, and it quickly becomes apparent that Focus wants to be more than just coworkers, or even friends.
After Focus has a violent reaction to Danny getting hurt in the line of duty, she starts looking into why the Superhero might be so fixated on her. She begins to suspect that seeing the future might be one of Focus’ powers, but when a mission leaves her stranded thirty years in the past, right at the start of Focus’s superhero career, everything becomes clear, except why the Focus in the past can barely seem to tolerate her presence.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Sci-Fi; Sci-Fi Romance; Forced Proximity
SHORT STORIES
Working From Home
by Sam Kestrel
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Tired of her day job, Jo Clark is now working from home. Questioning or otherwise interested women are paying to have sex with her. Three steamy stories.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Toaster Oven; Hot & Steamy
Bridget
by Kitty McIntosh
Available in Kindle Unlimited
Do memories from the past hold us back? Can Bridget ever move on? A day out in Glasgow may hold the key to the rest of her life.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Girl Next Door; Sweet
NEW AUDIOBOOKS
The Headmistress
by Milena McKay
narrated by Abby Craden
A chance encounter. An unforgettable night.
And back home, trouble is brewing on the remote island of Three Dragons, where nothing feels like it used to. Alone and lonely, Sam Threadneedle wishes upon a star, hoping for change. But when said change comes, it’s with a roar and not a whimper.
Torn between loyalty and lust, Sam is forced to reevaluate everything.
Can she and the Home of Dragons withstand the storm that is Magdalene Nox, or will any and all crumble?
Not everything is as it seems, and as she slowly unravels the mysteries behind the centuries-old walls, Sam realizes that home is much more than oak and stone.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: One Night to Forever; Ice Queen; Girl Next Door; Hot & Steamy
The Devil’s Due
Cain Casey Series: Book 6
by Ali Vali
narrated by Paige McKinney
In the sixth book of the Devil series, Cain and Emma are now married and have returned to a Katrina-ravaged New Orleans to await the birth of their third child. Cain’s wedding gift to Emma was peace of mind with the death of Juan Luis and his mother, but Anthony Curtis is still a threat who has disappeared as effectively as the Luis family once did. The Casey alliance with the Jatibon and Carlotti families is strong, but there are new and old enemies, as well as the ever-present FBI, that are all working to bring Cain down.
All this weighs on Cain as she tries to come to terms with the addition to her family she never thought was possible. A daughter her father never knew about means a sister Cain now knows exists and must now come to terms with.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Suspense; Romantic Suspense; Rich Girl / Poor Girl
BUY US A COFFEE
Running IHL takes the three of us many hours every single week. Also, the costs add up. Last year we setup a Buy Us a Coffee page, which allows people to help cover the expenses. When we first announced the page, we were blown away by the response. Not only were people willing to pitch in, but all of the kind notes and encouragement brought more than a few tears to TB’s eyes. If you’d like to support us, click here. Every cup helps immensely! If you’d like to learn more about TB’s initial response to the outpouring of support, click here.
Have a wonderful day!
Miranda & TB
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