THIS SALE HAS ENDED
February 11 through February 15
Welcome to the 99-cent Sapphic ebook sale!
While the sale is taking place over Valentine’s Day, not all of the books involved are romance. Plenty are of course, but we wanted to be inclusive of all sapphic fiction. Take your time, scrolling through all the goodies, and please note, under each blurb is a list of the IHL Sapphic Reading Challenge categories the book fits.
Before we get to all the wonderful authors and their books, we should get the basics out of the way.
- This sale runs February 11th through February 15th.
- Before you click any buy buttons, please ensure the sale price matches. (Please note some international prices may vary.)
- To purchase a book, simply click on the Amazon buy button. This is a universal link and will take you to your Amazon store.
Now for the books!
JAWBREAKER
by Max Ellendale
$0.99 $4.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
It isn’t every day that the citizens of Seattle witness shadows passing out of the corner of their eye or hear the whoosh of something taking flight from the pavement beside them, but when a Shadow Protector descends on their city, they find themselves thrust into comic-book endings on the regular. Veyda takes on the mission of protecting her city and the people she loves, until a local museum curator catches her sneaking into the exhibits at night…
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Sci-Fi; Sci-Fi Romance
PARTNERS
by Jae
$0.99
For ice queen Dee, running a company with her girlfriend takes some getting used to, especially since Austen doesn’t deem knocking heads together to be a smart leadership choice. Can they figure out how to be as good together as business partners as they are as lovers? A short story sequel to award-winning lesbian romance “Under a Falling Star.”
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Ice Queen; Grumpy/Sunshine; Girl Next Door; Cute Pet
BREAKTHROUGH
by Terri Cutshall
$0.99 $8.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
In this romantic medical drama, damaged brainiac Alex, a geneticist searching for a breast cancer cure, falls for Madison, the sweetest woman on earth. Tons of romance and a touch of intrigue!
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Romantic Suspense; Medical Character
HEARTS IN MOTION
by Miranda MacLeod
$0.99 $4.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
After tragedy strikes, can love blossom out of grief? Cooperation and a common purpose could lead to true love and the creation of a new family together, but not if impulsive decisions and unsavory lawyers tear them apart first.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Age Gap; Medical Character; Loss / Grieving; Forced Proximity; Return to Hometown
TO BOLDLY GO
by Em Stevens
$0.99 $4.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
When life gives you lemons, drink limoncello. Taryn is stranded in Milan when she meets fellow traveler Holly, young, full of life, and comfortable traipsing off the beaten path. Together, they boldly go into unexplored territories of the heart, and may just discover love.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Age Gap; Forced Proximity / Stranded Together
LOST AT SEA
by Amanda Radley
$0.99 $7.99
Annie Peck finds herself in a terrible situation and running for her life. Captain Caroline West knows she is lucky to be a cruise ship captain, but she’s also lonely. Join them for an all-expenses-paid cruise of the Mediterranean and find out what happens when an identity thief with a heart of gold meets the rule-abiding woman who could throw her in jail.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Age Gap; Love After 50; Forced Proximity / Stranded; Ladies in Uniform
THIS LONDON LOVE
by Clare Lydon
$0.99 $7.99
Kate Carter is done being single, while Meg Harding is all work and no play. When Kate’s uncle dies and Meg provides the flowers, attraction is thrown in their path. But can Meg deal with her past so she can grasp her future? Can Kate make the leap and trust this London love is for real? Get set for a sparkling romantic comedy in the UK’s love-struck capital city!
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Category: Girl Next Door
THE GIFT
by Raven J. Spencer
$0.99 $2.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Lacey is an escort, Chloe her reluctant client…It wasn’t supposed to be more. But you can’t choose who you fall for…
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: One Night to Forever; Erotic Romance; Hot & Steamy
FEMME LIKE HER
by Fiona Zedde
$0.99 $4.99
Nailah has certain rules. She only dates studs, gets her therapy from racing her Camaro, and always leaves exes in the past where they belong. But when one ex—her only femme mistake—comes back into her life bringing passion and an explosive secret, can Nailah throw out her rulebook to have a real chance at love?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Second Chance; Hot and Steamy
LILY’S FIRE
by Lise Gold
$0.99 $6.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Lily, a heartbroken editor from London, has just learned the hard way that love is unpredictable. After finding her fiancee entangled with another woman, she travels to Bali to recover from her failed relationship. River is a womanizing artist with serious commitment issues. She traded a successful career in L.A. for a quiet, anonymous life in Bali where she works as a tour guide on weekends. After the two meet on an excursion led by River, Lily is shocked to find herself curiously drawn to her new friend…
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Slow Burn; Toaster Oven; Coming Out
GOOD SPIN
by Monica McCallan
$0.99 $5.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Emery Bates has exactly one problem she’s willing to admit, and it’s that she doesn’t have a girlfriend to take as her date to a wedding. Not because she needs a girlfriend, but because she needs an easier way to come out to college friends that she hasn’t seen in five years. When Emery invites her neighbor, Jordan Davis, on an all-expenses paid trip to Hawaii to pretend to be her girlfriend, it’s not a hard sell. But, there’s more to the request than Emery’s letting on, and there’s more to Jordan’s willingness to help than she wants to admit.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Fake Relationship; Friends to Lovers; Coming Out
BLACK CHERRY
by L.M. Bennett
$0.99 $4.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
What would it take to indulge your deepest fantasy…? Perhaps, a mix of poetry and prose that is at turns sweet and wickedly divine?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Erotic Romance; POC Character; BDSM
READY, SET, BAKE
by Sienna Waters
$0.99 $4.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
There’s no recipe for true love… Joey McGinnis can’t cook her way out of a paper bag. Sophia Lancaster owns a cupcake store. But when both appear on a reality baking show, sparks start to fly. Mystery, sabotage, debts, best friends and unlikely enemies; somehow a rogue attack of chickenpox is about to turn into a love story with two very reluctant participants. And there’s cake. A lot of cake.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Toaster Oven; Ice Queen; Forced Proximity
THE U-HAUL DIARY
by K.B. Draper
$0.99 $3.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
What do you get if you add twelve ex-girlfriends, four overly involved friends, glow-in-the-dark body paint, a lesbian nemesis, a casino surveillance tape, the restroom at the Astrodome, the restroom at a lesbian bar, the restroom at the sheriff’s department, Jesus’s boyfriend, Bigfoot, and a near-death experience with an appropriately attached life-changing lesson? The U-Haul Diary – AKA the story of my dating life.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Toaster Oven; Coming Out; Sweet
DARING TRUTH
by Adrian J. Smith
$0.99 $3.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Friends-giving dinner with her ex—what could go wrong? Brook’s avoided group gatherings with her friends since Whisper hinted at love and Brook broke it off. Whisper takes the plunge and dares Brook to twenty-four hours alone. The only problem is at the end of their day, Brook gives Whisper a dare of her own. Do it again.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Age Gap; POC Character; Second Chance; Hot & Steamy; BDSM; Friends to Lovers; Holiday Romance; Erotic Romance
PREWRATH & RAPTURE
by TJ Dallas
$0.99 $4.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Harry’s first act of Humility sent her hurtling to the deepest recesses of the dream world. When Death gives her the chance to save her family, her second act proves infinitely worse. When Persephone arrives, it’s time for Harry to keep her end of the deal. But it isn’t Pride that Persephone wants; it’s Wrath. Emilia must join ranks with four forces of evil that long predate the Seven Sins.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Hot & Steamy; Dystopian/Apocalyptic; Erotic Romance; Magical Realism; Fantasy; Enemies to Lovers
WELCOME TO RUBY’S
by KC Luck
$0.99 $5.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Allie considers Ruby’s her second home. The bar is where she goes to commiserate with friends about crappy jobs, wrecked relationships, and life. Vivian is not looking for any more complications, but when she goes to Portland to buy a bar, she sees a woman who takes her breath away. All starts perfectly until Allie learns Ruby’s has been sold to a woman named Vivian who plans to change everything.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Category: Girl Next Door
SHADOWS OF FORTUNE
by F.K. Sewell
$0.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Stranded in Port Royal in the aftermath of the earthquake that took her family home, Vesta must also accept her brother Nicolas’s decision to set sail without her. Alone on land, she must adapt quickly and forge a new survival plan as events spiral beyond her control… Meanwhile Matthew fights to get his sea-legs aboard a navy ship and Nicolas finds danger grows with his reputation… All of them must face each threat with everything they have, if they are to have any chance of keeping their heads above water.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Rich Girl/Poor Girl; Loss/Grieving; Historical fiction; New Adult
THE LAST HUMAN
by Arizona Tape
$0.99
When Ade is dragged to a festival celebrating humanity, she finds herself uncovering a world she thought had ceased to exist. Heather longs for a change in the system, and when a rich vampire turns up in her shop, she realises that it finally might be possible. As the they learn more about one another, they find themselves forming a connection unlike any they’ve had before.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Rich Girl / Poor Girl; Forced Proximity / Stranded; Young Adult / New Adult; Paranormal Romance; Vampire; Dystopian / Apocalyptic; Speculative Fiction
PICKING THE RIGHT HEART
by Jade Winters
$0.99 $5.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Wealthy socialite Adriana Darrington has one mission: To hand-deliver a letter to a mysterious woman in order to claim her inheritance. During the hunt for the elusive woman, she encounters Jessica and an immediate attraction is sparked. As both women embark on a journey around the world, they uncover forbidden love, deep regret and are taught that true love should never be denied.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Slow Burn; Rich Girl / Poor Girl
LOVE’S WITNESS
by Claire Highton-Stevenson
$0.99 $5.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
When Frankie Shaw moves 250 miles south, hoping to start a new life without the ghost that haunts her, the last thing she expects to see is her ex-girlfriend Lisa Bittern. Because Lisa was murdered fourteen years ago.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Category: Romantic Suspense
VENUS & APHRODITE
by Barbara Winkes
$0.99 $2.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
When Zoe opens a restaurant, her search for a chef turns out to be more difficult than expected – especially when she has her heart set on Arianna. Will she win her over?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Category: Sweet
SHOW UP
by Renee Dahlia
$0.99 $6.99
A fake date. A real secret. When Yolande’s life gets thrown into disarray, her friend Reiko continues to SHOW UP for her. But Reiko is carrying a secret that threatens their journey to love and trust.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: POC Character; Fake Relationship; Medical Character; Rich Girl/Poor Girl; Hot/Steamy; Friends to Lovers
LIVE THIS LOVE
by Jamey Moody
$0.99 $2.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Alex Adams was living a quiet life as a bar owner on an island paradise until Riley James walked into Peaches. Their eyes met, they couldn’t look away. What can happen on a two week vacation? Alex and Riley were about to find out. But Alex had a secret, would it end this love story before it even got started? It’s only two weeks.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Love after 50; Forced Proximity; One Night to Forever; Hot and Steamy
WILD SEEDLING
by Dawn K. Lake
$0.99 $2.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
A steamy alternate history second chance romance. An ill-advised one-night stand between Laurie Kendal and Alexandra Freemont reignites feelings they both thought were dead. But many obstacles stand in the way of the two fully reconciling, including Alexandra’s own doubts as to Laurie’s intentions and a society where acceptance is still developing.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Rich Girl / Poor Girl;
Second Chance; Historical Fiction; Hot & Steamy; Historical Romance; Friends to Lovers; One Night to Forever; Return to Hometown; Coming Out; Erotic Romance
THE BRIGHT SIDE
by Lucy Bexley
$0.99 $2.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Astrid prefers short-term rentals over settling down. When she meets Darby, her entire world begins to glow with the possibility of something more than that. Darby wears pink heart sunglasses and offers to help a total stranger move apartments on New Year’s Day. Can Darby convince Astrid that people make a place a home? Or will Astrid leave Denver in search of greener grass before she gets the chance?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Girl Next Door; Cute/Pet/Wild Animal; Grumpy/Sunshine
COLLIDE
by Stephanie Shea
$0.99 $2.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Mia Stone isn’t looking for romance, but when she collides with Lauryn—a beautiful, notorious popstar—on New Year’s Eve, fireworks go off. The good, bad and the ugly. When Lauryn turns out to be Mia’s newest client, can they put aside their differences long enough to acknowledge the undercurrent of romance between them? Or will an unspoken grudge forever keep them at odds.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: POC Character; Slow Burn; Celebrity; Enemies to Lovers
FALSE STARTS & ARTICHOKE HEARTS
by Sofi Keren
$0.99 $3.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Daniela Restrepo was one half of Indy’s culinary power couple. Now single, she’s determined to open the city’s first fine dining vegan restaurant – all on her own. Jules Cahill spent decades on tour with no roots until a broken heart sent her searching on a whole new path. When Daniela offers Jules a job, they connect over their shared love of food. But will their pasts stop them from finding their way together?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Category: Sweet
THE VALENTINE’S GIFT
by Sage Donnell
$0.99 $2.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
When Kade finally gets around to opening her mail, she discovers that Aiesha, her girlfriend of just over a month, has sent her the best invitation. The question is, what can she give Aiesha to show she’s just as smitten?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: POC Character; Cute Pet; Sweet; Asexual; Holiday Romance
SHE’S MY WILDFIRE
by Suze Snow
$0.99 $3.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Faith Preston, a 19-year-old college freshman seems to have everything going for her except a love life. Brooklyn is a beautiful confident butch with tattoos, sparkling vivid green eyes full of life, and a smile that captures Faith’s attention. She falls for her, but is she ready to possibly lose friends and family over dating a girl as well as jeopardize her mother’s political career? A sizzling feel-good romance.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Loss/Grieving; Sweet; Rich Girl/Poor Girl; Hot & Steamy; Coming Out
BYKECHIC
by L. Fergus
$0.99 $2.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Kita didn’t plan to save the world, but you don’t say no when aliens ask you for help. She finds herself caught in a global struggle, and when she meets the Princess of the Empire of the United States, anger turns to love. Together, they must find a way to save the Empire from an alien invader and the archaic government policies that keep them from happiness.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Rich Girl/Poor Girl; Fantasy Romance; Enemies to Lovers; Sci-Fi; Ladies in Uniform; Coming Out; Sci-Fi Romance; Young Adult/New Adult
WHAT THE WOOF
by Lorna Grace
$0.99 $3.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Mindy runs a successful dog grooming business, but she’s lonely. Sam is everything Mindy thinks she isn’t. Smooth, beautiful, and confident. Strange things start to happen after bumping her head one day. She suddenly begins hearing thoughts of her clients’ dogs. If you’re looking for a happy and carefree story, join Mindy on this unusual lesbian romance filled with comedy, drama, sex, and most of all love.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Magical Realism; CutePet; Sweet; Girl Next Door; Fantasy Romance
SAPPHIC SOULMATES
by Helen Jayne
$0.99 $3.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Three sizzling interconnected stories of immortal Greek goddesses and the women they love today. Soulmates, magic, and loyalty. Suppose you were seduced by an immortal Goddess today. And discover she has devoted herself faithfully to you for centuries, but you don’t remember past life details. What would you do? What if you meet the woman of your dreams in your dreams and discover all is not as it seems?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Magical Realism; Fantasy Romance; Erotic Romance
GET IT RIGHT
by Skye Kilaen
$0.99 $2.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Finn is out of prison, which is great. Having no job and crashing on her cousin’s couch? Not so great. She can’t even afford her migraine meds without the public clinic. The last thing she expected was for Vivi, the gal who stole her heart, to come walking down that clinic’s hallway. Is fate offering Finn a second chance?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Second Chance; Character with a Chronic Illness; Hot & Steamy
PAID TO PLEASE HER
by Athina Duarte
$0.99 $4.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
All the money Catherine has amassed can’t buy happiness, but it can buy her a plaything. Bettina has this one opportunity to make enough money to clear her debts and get experience, and she is grabbing it. Their arrangement is supposed to be simple. Their relationship is business. They have a contract and it ends in a year. Even if they are impossibly perfect for each other.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Age Gap; POC Character; Rich Girl / Poor Girl; Ice Queen; Hot & Steamy; BDSM; Erotic Romance
DO IT FOR THE FAME
by Kaya LaSalle
$0.99 $4.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Two women from different worlds get more than they bargained for in this fake relationship rock star romance. Featuring a broken-hearted rock star trying to get over her jerk of an ex, a snarky makeup artist who somehow gets roped into pretending to be said rock star’s fake girlfriend, and a whole lot more feelings than either of them were planning on!
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Fake Relationship; Celebrity; Forced Proximity/Stranded; Friends to Lovers; Musician
OUTLAW
by Niamh Murphy
$0.99 $3.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Prince of Thieves meets Disney’s Robin Hood in this gender-flipped reimagining of the Robin Hood tale! Experience a nail-biting archery tournament, edge-of-your-seat horseback chases, and, of course, Robyn Hood’s famous love for the lady Marian. Will a young baron’s daughter stand up to injustice and become the fabled outlaw of legend? Find out in the latest telling of the famous myth that’s so fresh you can smell it!
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Slow Burn; Historical Fiction; Friends to Lovers; Young Adult / New Adult
A CLOSER LOOK
by Michele L. Rivera
$0.99 $4.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Tessa Pearson is determined to stay single. She’s only working with a dating coach to appease her friend. Tessa has no interest in relationships. Nothing will change that. Not even an annoying, crush-worthy “teacher.” Right? Harley Cooper is doing her best to get Tessa in the dating game, but Tessa is frustratingly stubborn. So, why can’t Harley stop thinking about her? Besides, she’d never date a client. Would she?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Enemies to lovers; Slow Burn; POC character; Loss/grieving
A WOMAN TRAPPED
by TB Markinson
$0.99 $3.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Lizzie Petrie doesn’t know how to handle life in the best of times. When COVID-19 strikes, flipping her entire world upside down, she deals with it in true disastrous Lizzie fashion. Will being trapped with her family and thoughts break her, or is this the start of a new adventure?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Grumpy / Sunshine; Forced Proximity; Neurodiverse Character
THE PRICE ON HER HEAD
by Suzanne Clay
$0.99 $2.99
When a dangerous minotaur escapes its labyrinth, an enormous bounty is posted for its demise. Myrine’s one hope to afford care for her sick son is to take down this creature. But a chance encounter in the forest shows her that everything she was taught was a lie. This minotaur is no mindless monster. Her name is Eleonora, and they have far more in common than they could have imagined.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Fantasy Romance; Single Parent; Enemies to Lovers; Forced Proximity/Stranded
EVER THE HERO
by Darby Harn
$0.99 $2.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
“Harn’s entertaining debut uses super powers as a metaphor to delve into class politics in an alternate America.” – Publisher’s Weekly Kit Baldwin discovers a powerful alien object she hopes to use to help her girlfriend, Valene, burdened by superpowers. Instead, Kit develops powers herself, making a hero to many and a threat to some.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: POC Character; Rich Girl / Poor Girl; Neurodiverse Character; Sci-Fi Romance; Sci-Fi; Speculative Fiction
SING THE BLUES
by Leigh Landry
$0.99 $4.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Sage has found a home in New Orleans. Her ex-turned-neighbor, Brooke, is committed to the road. They’re both looking for home. Can they find it together?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Girl Next Door; Second Chance; Sweet
WARM PEARLS AND PAPER CRANES
by E.V. Bancroft
$0.99 $4.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Betrayed by her family, a woman is separated from the love of her life. Her estranged great niece could help, but she’s overwhelmed. Can they forgive each other, or is there too much family history, to overcome their past?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Love after 50; Medical Character; Historical Fiction; Historical Romance; Friends to Lovers
CAST ME GENTLY
by Caren J. Werlinger
$0.99 $6.99
Teresa and Ellie couldn’t be more different. Teresa still lives at home with her Italian family, while Ellie has been on her own for years. When Teresa and Ellie meet and fall in love, their worlds clash. Ellie would love to be part of Teresa’s family, but they both know that will never happen. Sooner or later, Teresa will have to choose between the two halves of her heart—Ellie or her family.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Slow Burn; Girl Next Door; Medical Character; Loss/Grieving; Historical Fiction; Coming Out
MAGNETIC REVERIE
by Nico J. Genes
$0.99 $3.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Have you ever had a dream which was so intense that you felt it had to be real? Lana keeps waking up in two different lives, with alternate lovers. She must decide between Claire, her lesbian lover, and her husband, Greg. Is Claire only a fling or the love of her life?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Romantic Suspense; Paranormal Romance; Holiday Romance
ASHLIN & OLIVIA
by Aster Glenn Gray
$0.99 $2.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
After their intense childhood friendship collapsed, Olivia vowed never to speak to ice queen Ashlin again. But years later, the girls meet again in Florence, and over discussions of art and gelato Olivia realizes she has always loved Ashlin… and wonders if cool, reserved Ashlin has thawed enough to trust Olivia with her heart.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Second Chance; Ice Queen; Sweet; Friends to Lovers; Young Adult/New Adult
AT FIRST SIGHT
by Susie Ray
$0.99 $2.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Lisa is merely going through the motions of life knowing that there must be something better out there if she can find it. A chance meeting has Lisa all-aflutter – instinctively she knows that Leah could be someone very special to her – she even begins to believe in love at first sight. Bursts of passion threaten to overwhelm them – where will it lead?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Hot and Steamy; Friends to Lovers; Second Chance
PLAYING CATCH-UP
by Zoey Lennox
$0.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Alexis Lenz’s life is a mess: she hates her job, and her love life is non-existent. When she’s introduced to youth counsellor Ramie Ramirez, the attraction is instant. There’s just one minor complication, Alexis has never dated a woman before and she’s convinced Ramie will run for the hills when she learns of her inexperience. A little white lie can’t hurt, can it? It’s not like they’re going to fall in love or anything…
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: New Adult; Coming Out
HEART OF SHERWOOD
by Edale Lane
$0.99 $4.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Robyn lost everything – her home, her family, and her freedom; then, she re-invented herself. What if there had been a real Robin Hood, only the enigmatic hero had been a woman? Relive the classic tale from a fresh perspective.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Slow Burn; Girl Next Door; Romantic Suspense; Sweet; Historical Romance; Friends to Lovers; Speculative Fiction
LIVES INTERTWINED
by Dorothy Rice Bennett
$0.99 $7.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Needing to save on rent, vet tech Brittany Forrest contacts Aggie Hollister, hoping she’ll allow five lesbian women to rent her large home overlooking beautiful Sequim Bay. Aggie agrees, but the strangers who move into the house find more than just cheaper rent. Three sweet love stories emerge in LIVES INTERTWINED: Love on Sequim Bay (2020), introductory novel for a new romance series that also includes LONG-DISTANCE LOVING (2021).
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Age-Gap
SQUIRE DEREL
by Rachel Ford
$0.99 $4.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
A dragon ambush upends Squire Ana Derel’s well-ordered plan for her life – and plunges her into the center of an age-old conflict between empires. When the enigmatic Knight of the Shire offers aid, Derel believes she’s found a safe harbor to weather the coming storm. But as armies march, she realizes that there is no refuge anymore. The tides of war are poised to sweep them both away.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Speculative Fiction; Age Gap; Fantasy Romance; Fantasy; Loss/Grieving; Sweet; Sci-Fi Romance
GRAFFITI RED MURDER
by Alexi Venice
$0.99 $4.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
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. In her personal life, Monica discovers her fiancée, Shelby St. Claire, hanging out with a former flame, Coco Rivelli, the yogi sensation. Fighting for life and love during a pandemic, Monica transforms her legal practice into an action-packed, killer ride.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Suspense; Medical Character; Hot & Steamy; Mystery; Thriller
ALWAYS AND FOREVER
by Lyn Denison
$0.99 $4.99
Shannon Delaney, singer, songwriter and single mother, can’t refuse her older sister when she asks Shann for help while she recovers from surgery. It’s not just family problems that have kept Shann away from her home town. She simply doesn’t want to see the girl next door, the girl who broke her young heart. But then…the girl next door comes calling…
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Musician; Girl Next Door; Return to Hometown; Single Parent; Friends to Lovers
CATCHING ON
by Ali Williams
$0.99 $2.99
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, kinky f/f romance short story.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Neurodiverse Character; Hot and Steamy; BDSM; Friends to Lovers; One Night to Forever; Erotic Romance
BORN OF THE SEA
by Kate Castle
$0.99 $5.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
New Providence, 1719. A fierce and fearless Anne Bonny joins Jack Rackham and the crew of the pirate ship William, embarking on the adventure of a lifetime. Born of the Sea follows Anne as she cross-dresses, drinks and fights her way through the Caribbean during the Golden Age of Piracy. But Anne’s life is changed forever when she meets Mary Read, plotting a new course on a voyage of self-discovery.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Slow Burn; Romantic Suspense; Historical Fiction; Historical Romance; Young Adult/New Adult
NATURAL EXPOSURE
by Koriana Brackson
$0.99 $5.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
A boudoir photographer, a shy beauty. Sparks fly when Kenzie & Ripley meet, but Kenzie is complicated: poly, kinky & married, which both intrigues & scares Ripley. Can Kenzie prove she’s worth it?
NOTE: this book includes a male and F/M sex, though the focus is on the two female characters.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Erotic Romance; BDSM; Slow Burn; Hot & Steamy; Friends to Lovers
SET THE STAGE
by Shay Paris
$0.99 $5.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Lennon Emery, an aspiring singer and closeted lesbian, auditions for a spot on the famous American Superstar, a singing competition that promises fame and fortune for the winner. Lennon’s goal is simple, win the show and become the performer she was born to be, and then maybe her parents might finally be proud of her – all the while keeping her secret just that, a secret. Falling for her mentor was not part of the plan.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Slow Burn; Celebrity; Musician; Hot and Steamy; Coming Out
MAD FOR MEL
by Anne Hagan
$0.99 $3.99 (Also in Kindle Unlimited)
Sheriff Melissa ‘Mel’ Crane is blindsided by looting, murdering and marauding bikers at a time of year when most Harley’s are tucked away from the effects of Ohio winters rife with snow and ice. They’re rolling out, they’re out of control and she can’t stop them. At home, she’s feeling guilty about spending little time with Dana, especially when she knows Valentine’s Day is right around the corner.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Ladies in Uniform; Mystery
SUBMITTING TO MY NEIGHBOR THE WITCH
by Riley Rose
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Elena Cortez loves Halloween. So when her new sexy neighbor Cassia invites her to a Halloween party, she’s super-stoked! Only problem: Elena thinks Cassia might be a witch. Like a real witch. Who’s using her magic to make Elena have the most epic orgasms of her life! Will Elena let herself become the ultimate witch slut? Find out in this fun, Halloween-themed erotica!
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Hot & Steamy; Erotic Romance; BDSM; POC Character; Paranormal Romance
WEST END’S MOONLIGHT
by Scarlett Grace
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When you’re seventeenth and just found out you’re a lesbian. Bullying your crush seems like the perfect way to hide your feeling. Because you would never meet her again, but you did. And surely the feeling would go away, but it didn’t. Two west-end actresses with an ugly past are forced together on the stage. Will their chemistry turn enemies into lovers?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Second Chance; Enemies to Lovers
FLIPPED
by Caitlin Ryan
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When travel agent, Molly O’Brien, wins a home makeover, there’s just one problem—she doesn’t own a house. Okay, two problems. The woman doing the makeover is her celebrity crush, and house flipper veteran, Flick Prescott. Sparks fly, but both are determined to keep their distance. Both are keeping secrets. Does meeting Molly’s hero flip her heart into love or is this relationship destined to flop?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Celebrity; Mental Illness
LOVE FOR HIRE
by Ellie Spark
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Pip Walker is reeling from the loss of her mother and a breakup from her long-term girlfriend. But when she decides to seek a fresh start by getting back into shape, personal trainer Morgan Evans walks into her life — and makes Pip realize she might be ready for a second chance at love.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Loss/Grieving; Sweet
THE ARTIST’S MUSE
by Alyssa Linn Palmer
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Broke and desperate after her girlfriend leaves her for a man, Colette finds a job as an artist’s model. When she arrives for an interview, she’s surprised to meet a striking young woman, Lise Beauclerc. Her relief at not having to pose for a man turns to infatuation as she observes Lise during their sessions, creating fantasies in her mind during the hours she poses, but does Lise return her desire?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Category: Hot and Steamy
FOREVER IN NASHVILLE
by Jenn Bridges
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After the last few years love is the last thing on Maggie’s mind. Then there was Charly. One bad blind date leads to an unexpected friendship. Though it’s clear there are more to Maggie’s feelings under the surface. Charly likes her routine. She came to Nashville looking for someone, but not for love. But when Maggie proves herself a supportive confidant Charly’s heart opens to the possibility of more.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Slow Burn; Friends to Lovers; Hot & Steamy; Sweet
SUMMER PEOPLE
by Elena Graf
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Liz has been hoping for a relationship with the Reverend Lucy Bartlett, who is still mourning her wife’s death. To demonstrate that she’s reformed from being mischief-making flirt, Liz tones down her behavior and strident atheism. Their courtship is interrupted by the arrival of Lucy’s ex, the woman who inspired Lucy to become a priest. Susan secretly wants to rekindle the relationship, but that’s not the only secret she’s keeping.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Age Gap; Love after 50; Medical Character; Loss / Grieving
CARING FOR AMELIA
by Eva Reddy
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Coral and her mother, Amelia, struggle facing their life battles together. (Coral’s being; a messy break-up and being “over the hill,” and Amelia’s; terminal illness and heavy reliance on Coral.) They’re rebuilding their worlds with the help of Dr. Olivia Thomas – Amelia’s specialist – and Clancy – the nurse assigned to Amelia for in-home medical and personal care. A funny, yet frustrating, tale of finding love and dignity in the face of adversity.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Slow Burn; Fake Relationship; Character with Disease/Disability; Sweet Romance
MILESTONES
by Serena J. Bishop
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This romantic short story bundle contains three humorous and heart-felt relationship tales that occur after the events of the novel Dreams, and before the events of the novel Miracles. The stories are: Rocky Start: A First Date Tale, Fancy Pasta: A “First Time” Tale, and Meet the Makers: A First Meet the Parents Tale.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: POC character; Disability/Mental Illness; Sweet; Girl Next Door
SHELTERED BY LOVE
by M. E. Tudor
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Suzanne Jericho’s temper got her two hundred hours of community service at the local Humane Society Shelter. Chriss Stein found her calling working with her mother at the animal shelter, and she is not happy about having to babysit Jericho. But, as the two young women work together, they find that they have a lot in common, despite their very different backgrounds.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Cute/Pet/Wild Animal; Girl Next Door; Rich girl / Poor girl; Young Adult; Forced Proximity
NEW YEAR’S KISS
by B.K. Wiggins
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Kay Merritt was an accomplished author who enjoyed working from home or her favorite coffee shop. Her best friend Rosalie was a social worker who helped women and children. She was also the adventurous one. Helping with a fundraiser, Rosalie bribed Kay into doing a radio interview. However, the interview quickly turned into something much more! Was Kay ready for the new adventures that lay ahead? Was Rosalie ready to possibly lose her best friend?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Holiday Romance; Sweet Romance
CITY SPIRIT, COUNTRY HEART
by Scarlett Knight
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After getting expelled for putting the class bully in his place, Macy believes she’s done with Lamppost, Texas forever. Years later, however, Macy finds herself returning to do a favor for a family member. When she becomes reacquainted with one beautiful woman in particular, Macy discovers the very place she hoped to leave behind might hold the key to her heart.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Coming Out; Return to Hometown
MOOSE MADNESS
by Mar Delaney
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Shy, clumsy, closeted moose shifter Maggie can’t believe her former high school bully – out-and-proud, motorcycle-riding werewolf Fiona – is her fated mate. But even if they can overcome their differences, the town’s chaotic moose festival and Fiona’s overprotective pack just might break them up for good!
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Enemies to Lovers; Paranormal Romance; Coming Out; Return to Hometown
WHIMSICAL HAVEN
by Tiffany E. Taylor
$0.99 $4.99
When Rowan Holland of Woodbridge, Virginia lands squarely in the crosshairs of a psychotic stalker, fleeing to Whimsy, Florida might be her only chance of escape. There, she’ll meet the head of lesbian-owned Armstrong Protection Services. Possessive. Protective. Deadly. As the stalker draws closer and the danger becomes imminent, co-owner Bryn and her team know they must find and stop the psychopath, who just may be a killer in disguise.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Romantic Suspense; Suspense
LOVE OFF LIMITS
by Alexa Woods
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Older, married, and straight, Scarlet has been Neera’s forbidden crush for years. Now single and out, she is still breathtaking and still Neera’s mom best friend. Will she always be off limits?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Age Gap; Love After 50; Return to Hometown
MATZO MATCH
by Roz Alexander
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Samantha is still healing from heartbreak, but her best friend has decided she’s taken long enough. With Passover just around the corner, will a surprise blind date, three celebrations in eight days, and approximately 100 glasses of wine be enough to finally move on? After one taste of the hard-bodied, immaculately dressed Jordan, it just might be time. Too bad Jordan has her own baggage to work through. Matzo Match is a steamy lesbian love story and the first entry in the “Hot for the Holidays” series.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Age Gap; Hot & Steamy; Holiday Romance
A DOG NAMED BELLA
by Bel Blackwood
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Ambitious journalist Amy Kelly finally has her big break at her fingertips: an interview with Morgan Leithe, the mysterious and reclusive billionaire ice queen. The stunning older woman is Amy’s polar opposite, the ice to her fire—but when a blizzard sweeps through town and snows them in together, they discover that they have more in common than they thought…
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Age Gap; Cute / Pet / Wild Animal; Rich Girl/Poor Girl; Celebrity; Ice Queen; Forced Proximity; Grumpy / Sunshine
LOVE’S DIVINE
by Ava Freeman
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Genesis Malone and Zuri Baker meet on the island of Barbados, a sanctuary for them both. A heartbreaking divorce has left Genesis unsure if she can ever open her heart again. Despite a charmed life, Zuri finds herself in an unfulfilling relationship but scared of the unknown. As they grow closer, so does their attraction and soon they have to decide whether love is worth the risk.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: POC Character; Friends to Lovers
THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW
by Les Mood
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An age gap romance between, Zelda Gilroy, a corporate executive, and Val Givens, an MBA student temporarily assigned to report to her.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Category: Age Gap
ALICE & JEAN
by Lily Hammond
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In 1946 two women fall for each other. Not everyone in their small town however, is willing to let them love in peace. But Alice and Jean have discovered that each is what the other has always longed for, and now they’re going to find a way to be together, despite the obstacles.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Historical Fiction; Historical Romance
TIMES LIKE THESE
by Ana McKenzie
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Merren Hardy is delighted when her thirst for new experiences turns into a holiday job for an attractive but blind older woman. Merren’s smart with a big-picture view of the world and a practical streak wide enough to deal with Bianca’s difficulties. She’s a problem-solver. Except there’s one problem Merren’s never had to solve before – what happens when you fall in love with a woman who can’t see you properly?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Age Gap; Disability / Mental Illness
DEVOTED
by Alison R Solomon
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Ashley Glynn knows there’s more to her sister’s untimely death than meets the eye. But as she investigates, Ashley is forced to confront the deep conflict within her own life between long-held religious beliefs and her sexuality.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Suspense; Romantic Suspense; Mystery; Toaster Oven
DESIRE
by Emily L. Byrne
$0.99 $1.99
Elvis impersonators, art-fueled lust, forbidden longings, hot women, unexpected love, rekindled flames, magic, all these and more populate the pages of DESIRE. Meet thieves and goddesses, activists and actors, ex-spies and tourists in this spicy collection of 11 tales of sensual lesbian erotica by author Emily L. Byrne.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Category: Hot & Steamy
EROTIC ENCOUNTERS
by Victoria Janssen
$0.99
Short romantic lesbian erotica in contemporary American settings. Includes “Still Marching”; “Cinema Fantastique”; and “Water Music.”
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Hot and Steamy; Second Chance; Friends to Lovers; POC Character
PRINCESS OF THERMOPYLAE
by Belinda Harrison
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Greece, 510BC
Two women with nothing in common. But when Skylar saves Alexis’ life, an invisible bond is formed, igniting an undeniable attraction. Alexis’ intended husband may be fierce, but so is Skylar, and both are used to getting what they want.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Fantasy Romance; Fantasy; Historical Fiction; Hot and Steamy
THE WELL OF SHADOWS
by Sabrina Blaum
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The Well of Shadows reveals secrets and challenges long-held beliefs as it hurtles its characters on a dangerous and magic-filled quest that sees them striving for a better future, only to come face to face with their biggest fears.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Magical Realism; Fantasy; Rich Girl/Poor Girl; Enemies to Lovers; Loss/Grieving; Slow burn
THE KING OF BRIMSTONE AND BONE
by Idella Breen
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They say dreadful things happen in three. All it took was one night for Snow to understand the truth of this. One decision made, protect Raegan McCloud, sets into motion a series of unforgettable and unforgivable events. Can Cait and Snow rise to this next challenge? Or will they all fall victim to the King of Brimstone and Bones?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Category: Paranormal Romance
FALL APART WORLD
by Ash Gray
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Lucy lives in a robot-dominated world where everything is falling to pieces, even the people. Those who come down with the Rot are ground into biofuel for the dominant Droids, a race of sentient robots who believe organics inferior. When one day she wakes up with a finger missing, Lucy realizes the epidemic has finally caught up to her and escapes into the Wasteland.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Fantasy Romance; POC Character; Disability; Sci-Fi Romance; Dystopian
LAWS OF ATTRACTION
by L. J. Hachmeister
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An uptight nurse. An outlaw telepath. When war erupts, will their accidental psychic bond tear them apart – or unleash true desires?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Science Fiction; Sci-Fi Romance
BLOOD BOUNTY
by Elena Abbott
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When her job goes downhill, bounty hunter Evangeline Kaine finds herself trapped between a rich asshole who wants her body, his puppet slumlord who wants her head, and the captivating alien who wants her for food – and maybe something else. A space western with lesbians, genderfluid aliens, and a universe to explore.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Category: Sci-Fi
HEART’S CONTENT
by Nicole Higginbotham-Hogue
$0.99 $9.99
When Parker Avery asks Iris Falloney to assist on a murder case in Kansas, she is ecstatic, but upon meeting Cam Harris, a local police detective working on the same case, personalities clash. Will sparks fly as they resolve their subtle differences to get through the case?
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Romantic Suspense; Mystery
THE WOMAN WHO TRIED TO BE NORMAL
by Anna Ferrara
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In 1975, 375 miles away from Area 51, Helen, a synaesthete who sees sounds and hears images, marries an aircraft engineer, hides her dreadful past and tries to live a normal life for a change. That all crumbles when her new neighbour, Ethel, wife of her husband’s colleague, regards her with extreme hostility then, later on… love.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: Enemies to lovers; Neurodiverse Character; Suspense; Girl next door; Loss/Grieving
MOON OVER ST. AUGUSTINE
by Renn Loraine
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One night in a foggy St. Augustine cemetery, Meghan sees a beautiful woman who looks as if she has stepped out of Florida’s Spanish past – only to discover she has vanished. But when Meg once again discovers the mysterious woman in the long red skirt moving through the city’s old streets, Meg follows – not knowing the way leads to a mystery, and the woman who will change her life forever.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Categories: POC Character; Slow Burn; Romantic Suspense; Thriller
KILLING QUEENS
by Raechel Sands
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“Enjoy the irreverence of Villanelle in ‘Killing Eve’ here” – LoveReading. Step out of your comfort zone with the first in a candid five-book saga featuring a squad of powerful female characters: including a black teen reincarnated Helen of Troy. An MI6 intelligence officer, Nearby – a giggly Irishwoman with a stutter – recounts her connections and experiences with the agents she calls the Black Queen, the White Queen and the Red Queen.
2022 IHL Reading Challenge Category: Thriller; Disability/Mental Illness; POC Character; Magical Realism; Mystery; Young Adult/New Adult; Romantic Suspense
OF LOVE AND OTHER ENCOUNTERS
by Johana Gavez
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Of Love and Other Encounters is a compilation of Sapphic micro fiction stories told in less than 280 characters at a time. One hundred stories about love and heartbreak. About random encounters that end up changing lives, and the unexpected moments that define relationships.
Don’t forget to scroll all the way back up to ensure you haven’t missed anything.
Happy reading!
Miranda & TB
