Stranger in the Sand

By Renee Roman

Virgins/First Love
Age Gap
Amnesia
Provincetown
Close Quarters

A heartwarming love story about overcoming loneliness and grief by embracing the power of connection.

Grace Langley needs to make peace with the past to finally be happy. She’s lived her life in relative isolation consumed with the death of her childhood best friend. An artist’s residency in beautiful Cape Cod is an extraordinary opportunity for her to figure out how to have a full and rewarding life.

When an accident stole her memories, Fagan Shaw’s future turned bleak. She lost friends and any motivation to relate to others. Returning to the scene where she almost died may be her only chance to remember what really happened and recapture what she’s lost.

Amid an angry Atlantic storm, Grace and Fagan find comfort in each other while sheltering together, but can they brave the emotional tide that comes with falling in love?

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The Nursing Home Hoax

By Shelley Thrasher and Others

People of Color
Reunion Romance
Small Town Romances
Lawyers

In this fresh take for grown-ups on the classic Nancy Drew series, crime-solving duo Taylor and Marilee investigate suspicious activity at a small East Texas nursing home.

Taylor, a semi-retired lawyer, and Marilee, whom she met in college, reunite in their eighties with a bang. They bond over the return of their college friend Edith, a doctor working in Africa who returns to the US for medical treatment and ends up in rehab at a local nursing home not far from Taylor and Marilee.

But when Taylor and Marilee visit, all is not as it seems. Several long-term patients have been victimized by a cybercriminal, and local law enforcement seem as uninterested as they are inept.

With the help of two high school seniors, amateur sleuths Taylor and Marilee must solve the mystery of who is taking advantage of wealthy residents so they can spend more time dealing with their romantic feelings, which have evolved during their sixty years apart.

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The Rise and Fall of Conner Cody

By Chelsey Lynford

Music
People of Color
Actors/Artists
Friends & Community
Celebrity
California
Friends to Lovers Romance
Multicultural 

Conner Cody is poised to have it all. Whether on the big screen or a concert stage, she commands adoration, lust, and more money than she can count from millions of fans across the world. Behind the scenes, she keeps people at arm’s length, having learned her lessons from her famous parents—better to hurt them first before they can hurt her.

Her love life is as dramatic as the roles she plays, so Conner fills the void with meaningless hookups, and her infamous parties provide a facade of friendship. But when a few people begin to slip past her defenses and her estranged sister returns, happiness finally appears within reach.

But letting people in is risky and her insecurities take center stage, pushing away everyone she cares about. On the verge of destroying everything she holds dear, Conner must choose: will she stay behind her walls, safe yet alone, or will she risk it all to finally learn what it means to love?

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A Conflict of Interest

By Morgan Adams

New York City
People of Color
Bisexual
Second Chance at Love
Lawyers
Medical Romance
Multicultural 

Senior associate Ana Mendez is always being overlooked. By her family, by her peers, heck, even by her latest crush. But when a power vacuum emerges at her law firm, she knows the medical malpractice case she's working on is her golden ticket to the promotion she deserves. 

Cardiac surgeon Rachel Cohen is stunned when she is served legal papers compelling her to testify in a lawsuit. One night after work, Rachel goes out to a bar and ends up going home with the most beautiful woman she’s ever seen. Rachel’s world is rocked when she arrives at her deposition and discovers that the attorney questioning her is none other than the woman she just slept with.

Like opposing sides of a magnet, Rachel and Ana are undeniably drawn to one another. But will love find a way to beat this conflict of interest? Or does fate have other plans in store?

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A Magnificent Disturbance

By Lee Lynch

People of Color
The Rainbow Gap Quartet | Book 3
Financial gap/Class disparity
Police / Cops
Provincetown
Friends & Community
Small Town Romances
Weddings
Lawyers
Children / Families
Multicultural 

A gripping and poignant ode to chosen family, intergenerational friendship, and resolute persistence.

This is not a good time for Berry Garland to realize her dream of opening a women’s health center. Florida has become more conservative, and “women’s health” raises a red flag. Berry’s intent to serve victims of domestic violence, gay women, migrant workers—documented or not—makes reliance on government funding and the cooperation of local agencies precarious. When the owner of Pansy’s Café donates space, though, MJ Beaudry and her lover Vonnie Lowe’s brother volunteer to revamp the space into a health facility.

Berry’s best friend, activist Allison Millar, is disgusted with the frenzied hurricane of right-wing extremism, homophobia, and violence. As mayor of Four Lakes, she helps navigate local bureaucracy. A community of lesbians, neighbors, and patients rises up to protect this critical resource from a shocking saboteur.

Despite Berry and her partner Jaudon Vicker’s devastating life changes at home, these everyday dykes and their friends will stop at nothing to see the Center thrive. Their ideals, their wounds, and a steadfast allegiance to one another render them heroes.

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Big Corpse on Campus

By Karis Walsh

University Police | Book 3

Library director Jasmine Harald has no desire to attract police attention, not since a murder made her temporarily shut down her precious library. But now Jazz needs the cops. One of her favorite students is dead, and everyone believes he died by suicide. She’s certain the police can help her prove them wrong.

University police officer Cappy Flannery understands too well the pain suicide can bring to family and friends. She doesn’t believe this death suspicious—simply a young man who couldn’t cope with the loss of his promising future as a star football player. She agrees to investigate more thoroughly because her sergeant ordered her to even though she thinks it’s a waste of time.

As secrets are uncovered, Cappy and Jazz realize that the case—and their growing feelings for each other—are more complex than either of them expected.

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Charity Case

By Jean Copeland

Enemies to Lovers Romance
Close Quarters
Second Chance at Love
Good girls/Bad girls
Homecoming

Lindsay Chase had everything she’d ever wanted until a gambling addiction ruined her flashy life in Los Angeles. Forced home to Connecticut to start over, she’s broke, on probation, and ordered to do community service.

When she meets social worker Ellie Tuttle, their attraction is immediate, but Lindsay’s self-centered nature tests Ellie’s usually endless patience and empathy. Lindsay struggles to reconcile who she used to be with her new, humble existence, and she’s not exactly making a great first impression. As Ellie and Lindsay get to know each other while working together at the homeless shelter, they fall into an unlikely friendship that slowly leads to love, despite Ellie’s efforts to avoid it.

But when the shelter is set to close due to lack of funding, Lindsay has the chance to prove she isn’t as selfish as everyone thinks. She’ll save the day and show Ellie she’s worthy of her love. That is if she doesn’t go to jail for it first.

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Moments to Treasure

By Ali Vali

International Setting
Weddings
Multicultural 

Levi Montbard and Yasmine Hassani have found the prize of a lifetime in treasure and in love. Now they’re looking forward to their wedding and returning to find what else might be hidden in the Sahara Desert to kick off their honeymoon. An anonymous coded book sent to them as a wedding present might alter those plans.

The initial treasure is only the beginning of their quest, for some in the church want the mystery of the female Templar Knight to stay hidden. Even with a new and more liberal Pope, the Vatican doesn’t want any other embarrassments.

Levi and Yasmine are once again pulled into a world of hidden secrets and shadowy dangers. Along with their families, they’ll search for the things that matter most important to them and the moments they treasure with each other.

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The Stolen Girl

By Cari Hunter

A D. I. Jo Shaw Mystery | Book 1
First Responders
Police / Cops
Police Procedural 
Multicultural 

Detective Inspector Jo Shaw is bored, desk-bound, and absolutely not supposed to answer the phone call that sends her to a body in an empty house. Thrown in at the deep end after an injury that almost killed her, she’s determined to prove she’s fit to work. And while a case full of unclear motives and multiple suspects isn’t quite what the doctor ordered, being back in a relationship with her favorite doctor certainly won’t hurt.

When the investigation takes a chilling turn and the Serious Crime Team struggles to connect the dots, Jo asks Isla Munro to help her follow the slenderest of leads. It’s a lead that will take her away from Moorside’s deprived streets and into the lives of the rich and privileged. But these people will do anything to preserve their own interests, and Jo is putting herself—and those closest to her—directly in their line of fire.

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Discovering Gold

By Sam Ledel

Bisexual
Blue Collar
Small Town Romances
Children / Families

In Eleanor Perry’s life, people always leave. Now a single mother in the mining town of Idaho Springs, Colorado, she vows no one will abandon her again. Closing her door and her heart to the world, she focuses on making a living and keeping food on the table. Eleanor rethinks things, though, when a charming cowgirl rides into town.

Julia Holte grew up running wild on her family’s oil fields in west Texas. She always wanted to be one of the boys, but her brash behavior has recently caused more trouble than good. After following her sister and brother-in-law to a life in the mountains, Julia is taken by the sweet, intriguing Eleanor.

Both yearn desperately for connection but are wary of the consequences. Grappling with the haunting shadows of their pasts, new love is the last thing either of them expects. Will they discover the biggest treasure of all and let love back into their hearts?

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Dream a Little Dream

By Melissa Brayden

Second Chance at Love
Small Town Romances
Medical Romance

In this small-town second chance romance, Melissa Brayden’s Dream a Little Dream explores the pain of betrayal, the courage to face the unexpected, and the longing for a love that’s unforgettable.

Savanna Potter is having an off year. Her aunt died, and the woman of her dreams, who had agreed to meet her on the suspension bridge one year after their first amazing date, stood her up. Then, in news that rocks her, it turns out the dad she knew isn’t her biological father. So, who the hell is?

Savanna, angry and adrift, can’t believe it when Dr. Kyle Remington, the very woman who left her standing on that bridge like a fool, shows up in Dreamer’s Bay.

Not only has Kyle landed in Savanna’s small town, but she’s managed to charm every other person who lives there. Savanna has no plans to forgive and forget. There’s nothing between them anymore, even if Kyle’s sparkling blue eyes and shiny dark hair make Savanna’s pesky knees go weak. Life is too complicated for second chances. Or is it?

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Emma by the Sea

By Sarah G. Levine

Disability
Age Gap
Friends & Community
Small Town Romances
Friends to Lovers Romance

A delightful modern-day romance inspired by one of Jane Austen’s most beloved novels.

Twenty-five-year-old Emma Wilson, tall, blond, and rich, has an enviable life, but her father’s dementia makes it difficult to leave him and their home on Highbury Lane. With her future on hold, Emma turns to her neighbor and confidante, thirty-eight-year-old Dr. Georgia Kostigiris, for advice and comfort and to keep their little world tightly ordered.

All that changes when Georgia's seventeen-year-old niece Cora comes to stay for the summer, invading Highbury Lane with her teen angst, big mouth, and knack for seeing things that Emma wished she wouldn’t. Like the way Emma and Georgia lean on each other. And the way Emma’s eyes track the sway of Georgia’s curving hips. Cora makes it impossible for Emma to ignore her feelings for Georgia, but it’s too complicated, and besides, she’s certain Georgia doesn’t feel the same. That’s how she ends up on a date with easy-breezy Bridget, mired in mixed signals.  

Emma and Georgia are perfect for each other, but can they build a future when Emma is avoiding the life and love she truly desires?

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Goodbye, Hello

By Heather K O'Malley

College Life
Transgender
Reunion Romance
Second Chance at Love
Friends to Lovers Romance

Kelly's world collapsed when her father died. They had been very close and now she's lost. How is she supposed to rebuild her relationship with her mother without someone to facilitate their conversation? But her grief takes a back seat when the unexpected happens the day of her father's funeral.

When Teresa got the assignment to write up the obituary for Mr. Matheson, it brought back so many memories of when she had dated Kelly in high school. They had ended awkwardly, and ready to apologize for how she had acted back then, she goes to the funeral to see her again.

The spark is still there, but Kelly and Teresa aren't convinced their reconnection will lead to a forever romance. With so much time apart, all the ways they've changed since high school, and the challenges of a long-distance relationship, their second chance at love may end just as disastrously as the first.

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One Measure of Love

By Annie McDonald

Enemies to Lovers Romance
People of Color
Financial gap/Class disparity
Food
Rivals
Multicultural 

Vancouver’s hit competitive cooking show Recipe for Success has begun filming its second season and two talented young chefs are desperate for more than a winning dish.

Grace Donahue is trying to get out from under her wealthy family’s control, and winning would give her everything she needs to be free. What she didn’t count on was falling for her rival, a sexy-as-hell butch and bad-ass chef who knows exactly how to dish it out and satisfy Grace’s other appetites.

Yaz Sano is as striking as her tiger tattoo and she can’t let herself be distracted by anything or anyone, especially not her spoiled and gorgeous opponent. Winning the competition is her only goal, but as she and Grace duke it out in the kitchen, she soon realizes that she is hungry for much more.

Can they stay focused enough to showcase British Columbia’s bounty and produce winning dishes? Or will their attraction for each other be the one ingredient their considerable skills cannot master?

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The Smallest Day

By J.M. Redmann

New York City
New Orleans 
Micky Knight Mysteries | Book 12
Private Investigator
Big City
Bodyguard/Protection Romances

One person dead, another the target.

Micky Knight is tasked with protecting Rabbi Sarah Jacobson, from New York, who is hiding in the city she hates, New Orleans. Unsure if Sarah was targeted by one lone killer or a sophisticated hate group, Micky is on edge and uncertain of how to guard her. Or if she can. Sarah is on the verge of a breakdown, from witnessing someone she loved being murdered, to being a stranger in a place she never wanted to see again.

Micky reluctantly takes another case from an old high school acquaintance to find her young boytoy who stole important business secrets. The case is messy, likely illegal, and throws Micky into a past she thought she had left behind.

 Both cases lead her to unexpected—and dangerous—places.

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To Please Her

By Elena Abbott

Transgender
Workplace Romance
Financial gap/Class disparity
BDSM

Sabrina Doyle doesn’t have time for romance. Working two jobs, she’s resigned herself to having a life only after she’s achieved her goals. The universe has other ideas, as a chance meeting—and a spilled coffee cup—introduces her to Delilah Holte, who seems to be everywhere Sabrina needs to be.

Now Sabrina can’t keep Delilah off her mind, despite how much she tries. As Delilah leads her into the world of BDSM, Sabrina discovers a new submissive side to her sexuality. But Delilah only promises her one night: one night of play, of fun, of pleasure.

Sabrina isn’t sure she can handle just one night. And worse, Delilah isn’t in town for long. Desperate to please her, Sabrina must decide: miss out on the opportunity of a lifetime or pine for the woman who tempts her with such pleasure.

Content advisory: homophobia and transphobia

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Two Weddings and a Funeral

By Claudia Parr

Friends & Community
Friends to Lovers Romance
Weddings

Theo and Stella will never work out as more than just friends. Then why can’t they stop fighting and making out—up!—making up.

Stella James is back in town after ditching her friends for her (now) ex, whose career took her to London, and she’s bound to make a big entrance at her best friend’s wedding. What Stella fears more than an awkward reunion, though? Theo and their messy more than friendship but never quite love.

Theo Kingsley is an activist and a human rights lawyer in the making, oh, and she thinks monogamy is so last century. Stella couldn’t be any less socially conscious if she tried, unlike the women Theo dates. It’s not as if Stella really believes forever exists, but she’ll never understand how Theo can seem so into her and be dating other people at the same time.

When things between them quickly get complicated again, their push and pull threatens to ruin the friendship in all the worst ways and break their whole friend group apart.

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Coming Up Clutch

By Anna Gram

College Life
Second Chance at Love
Small Town Romances
Sports

College freshman Kelly “Razor” Mitchell boldly asked out senior star pitcher Ashton Sharpe and was crushed when Ashton turned her down. Seven years later, Ashton is one of the team’s coaches and shows up on Razor’s doorstep asking her to don her gear once more. Razor is cautious. She hung up her cleats early for a reason. But Ashton is very persuasive and as beautiful as ever, and Razor can’t help but hope the longing in her gaze has nothing to do with softball.

Ashton has few regrets, but one is turning down Razor’s request for a date back in college. Ashton can’t think about what-ifs now, or how great Razor looks, or her dormant feelings stirring. A crisis has left the university softball team without a catcher, and their best solution is the one person Ashton never expected to see again.

Ashton and Razor’s coach-player dynamic gets tricky as the sparks fly faster than a line drive. As they struggle with old feelings and new discoveries, the season seems endless. Plus, Razor is sure Ashton won’t want to explore romantic possibilities once she discovers the real reason Razor abruptly departed the team all those years ago.

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