Sapphic Reporter / Journalist Week (IHS Reading Challenge #2)

Can the sassy American win the shy Brit?

Can two women from different countries find common ground? A charming romance set in a quaint Cotswolds village.

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In this fast-paced, science fiction lesbian thriller no one and nothing is quite as it seems.

Within a tangled web of love, sex, power, and deceit, the truth is far stranger and more sinister than any of them could have ever believed possible. Strap yourself in.

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"Sylvia, my brightest star, my desire. My lust, my soul."

She was Lia to her co-workers at the bookstore, Sylvia to her mother, who clicked her tongue disapprovingly at her bright blue and hair and her Monroe stud. But to me, she was simply Vee.

She knew she there was something about her, she just didn't expect it to change her heart.

Johnson is blunt, loud, and kind of cute but nevertheless, the exact opposite of quiet, rule-bound Wilkins. Johnson, who happens to be best friends with Wilkins’ superior, Tech Sergeant Ian Morris, ends up falling head over heels for the modest sergeant, and upon learning the nature of Johnson’s feelings, Wilkins tries her best to avoid the extraverted woman, knowing that if she gives in to the promised affection, her job title and reputation will be compromised.

A dream is housed in the dusty, unused storage room above one of Amber, Texas' two gay bars.

April Sims became the reluctant leader for the dream of a safe place for the diverse and marginalized women of Amber, Texas. It was a dream that would bring danger as well as unity for those targeted by the closed-minded and the angry. For April, it would bring more than she ever dreamed possible.

Choosing between her dreams and her ex should have been easy.

Everything Jennifer’s dreamed of lies behind one thing: a smear job to drive her ex-girlfriend out of town. But when sparks fly between them, will she sacrifice her ethics for her career, or throw it all away for one last chance?

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Will the heat building between a disgraced reporter and a rising curling star melt the already thin ice they each are on?

Passion, competition, ambition, redemption, and raw need collide as the bright lights of success and celebrity grow hotter, but can the fire between Max and Callie be sustained when it’s put on ice?

Jillian McIntyre is ripped from her home in Oklahoma after she witnesses a brutal crime, even though she cannot remember the details.

The last thing Jillian expects is to fall for the girl she left behind. Confronted with unreconciled feelings for Amelia, Jillian begins to fall in love with the woman she’s become. Will Jillian give up her high-powered career for a second chance at love?

A shared love of queer TV brings Olivia and Riley together, but can they keep their real life love as picture perfect as their onscreen counterparts?

Olivia Duran has made being a TV fangirl her life. Queer entertainment influencer Riley St. James has a huge following and an even bigger secret that could tank her career. Navigating the world of long-distance dating, career crisis, and family obligations, Olivia and Riley begin to wonder: can their real-life love ever be as perfect as those they see on-screen?

Be careful what you wish for

Australian crime reporter Maddie Grey is out of her depth in New York drawn to her media mogul boss, Elena Bartell. As work takes them to Australia, Maddie is goaded into a truth bet with her enigmatic boss. It backfires spectacularly. A lesbian romance about the lies we tell ourselves.

Can romance survive the ancient queen's demands for a proper burial?

Conversations with a long-dead queen brings tension between Ellie and her wife, Robin. The queen’s demands for a proper burial take Ellie, Robin, and their friends on a new journey of discovery, moving from the British Museum in London to the windswept landscapes of northern Britain.

Going home is never easy. Especially when you have a secret waiting for you.

Melanie Crenshaw is running away from her past. Running to her childhood hometown that has always been her sanctuary, that is until reporter Pilar Stein shows up asking too many questions. Will Pilar expose Melanie? Or is it too late to agree to a truce?

Kaia's worst nightmare could be a dream come true.

Lesfic Bard Award Winning Author: Figuring out who dunnit takes on new meaning when a podcaster teams up with a lawyer to prove her client’s innocence. But between personality clashes, a battle against the evidence, and a killer on the loose, these two very different women have a lot to overcome.

When is it time for the secrets to come out?

1999, Hong Kong: Fleur repeatedly denies having feelings for Milla, daughter of a New York mob boss, because she has secrets—another identity and a job she can’t talk about. Trouble comes when Milla moves on and leaves Fleur all by herself, amidst feelings of loss and wanting…

A fire took her whole family and now, Ripley might find out who started it because of an eager reporter who might just be the love of her life.

A fire took the lives of her entire family when she was a child, and Ripley never found out who started it and why. But Kenna, the eager reporter who is Ripley’s opposite in just about every way, is determined to solve the crime. Not just because she wants to know what happened for her story, but because she’s falling in love with the woman who seems to fit her in every way.

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DEA Agent Dale Nelson paid the ultimate price for her service when her wife was killed by drug dealers.

Now she’s assigned to a task force investigating the suspects and she doesn’t need the distraction of the beautiful but infuriating reporter, Lindsey Ryan. Despite her initial resistance, Dale discovers that Lindsey is as talented and capable as she is attractive. Will she get a second shot at love, or will the peril of her job rob her of the chance at happiness again?

What’s more mysterious than a quirky island?

When newspaper reporter Riley Logan goes to Galiano Island with her best friend, Marie, a murder at the local kayak school gets her attention – especially when the alluring and mysterious Kit could be involved. Will Riley discover the truth? And why did Kit disappear?

Cadence Gray is the destined guardian of the town of Ravenna.

Cadence is bound to the town of Ravenna as its protector, the Gray Witch. Now an ancient family enemy threatens everything she holds dear. Cady must choose between a normal life and her obligation to the town, as well as the woman she loves.

Romance is not for Tara.

Embittered after a college fling, she vows to never fall in love again–especially since she believes there’s no future for same-sex love in her home in urban India. Then, one rain-drenched evening, an insane decision brings the bubbly Sameen into her life and everything changes. Sameen is beautiful, a breath of fresh air…and almost certainly straight. All Tara’s carefully built-up defences start to crumble, one after the other. But is this relationship doomed before it can even start?

Lorena Hickok meets Eleanor Roosevelt in 1932 while reporting on Franklin Roosevelt’s first presidential campaign.

From Washington, D.C. to Hyde Park, from a little white house on Long Island to an apartment on Manhattan’s Washington Square, Amy Bloom’s new novel moves elegantly through fascinating places and times, written in compelling prose and with emotional depth, wit, and acuity.

Hayley Carpenter has always dreamed of being a famous screenwriter, but dreams don’t pay bills and LA living isn’t cheap.

Rumors swirl that the starlets’ feud started in the bedroom, and Hayley accidentally overhears a conversation between Emerson and Rachel that could lead to the biggest scoop of her career. Will Hayley follow the story, or will her irresistible attraction to Emerson and the secrets Emerson is desperate to keep buried ruin both their careers…and their chance at love?

Poppy King wants to save the world, but if she can’t do that, then she’ll save her own little corner of it.

Poppy meets Casey during her night classes and is instantly annoyed, distracted, and intrigued. When they’re grouped together for a class assignment, Poppy’s enthusiasm for life and love may just save Casey’s soul. But will she ever forgive Casey for using her to expose royal secrets?