I Heart SapphFic Reading Challenge Week 5: 12 Books on Sale

The stage is set for success… and heartbreak.

The stage is set for success and heartbreak when a rock and roll legend must team up with a younger musician to save her floundering career. This tour could lead to true love, or tear the band apart… along with their hearts. How far will they go for success? Don’t miss this sizzling enemies to lovers, age gap, rock star romance!

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Allowing herself to be wildly attracted to her new boss would only complicate Gian’s life.

Gian’s new boss is reserved, icily attractive, and older. And just Gian’s type.

Flynn’s fortieth birthday is looming and all she has to show for it is a failed marriage, an almost estranged son, and family pressures leeching the colour from her life. Her attraction to her PA? Totally inappropriate.

Mara and her AI partner KATT must infiltrate a gang of the sexiest women on the planet!

Mara and Keoni and her AI car partner KATT have to go undercover to foil the sneaky plans of a new criminal organization comprised of the sexiest and most badass women on the planet. Will Mara and KATT succeed or wind up in one huge lesbian orgy?

This sensual coming of age story brings you right into the middle of Prohibition...

Ruth wants to escape the boredom of Bandit Creek and the strict expectations of her father, the local pastor. Her life changes the day she meets CeeCee, a world-wise flapper, and an irresistible attraction develops between them. She’ll be disowned and shunned if anyone discovers their prohibited passion, but can they keep their growing affection a secret?

In the criminal underworld of London, forbidden love can lead to mutual destruction

For Evie and Carmen, their relationship can only ever be part of a larger power struggle. The sensible thing to do is walk away from their one amazing night together. But desire makes people willing to take risks that could bring entire empires down around them.

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2,000 miles of raging rivers, searing heat, and tender love

“Luke” Hamilton accepted that she would spend her life alone when she chose to live her life disguised as a man.

Nora Macauley, who worked in a brothel for years, has lost all illusions about love.
But now they find themselves married and on the dangerous journey to Oregon.

She was prepared to lose her life. She was not prepared to lose her heart.

Romance, secrets, and intrigue swirl around two female OSS agents navigating duty and love amidst the backdrop of New York City during World War II in this spellbinding lesbian historical fiction novel.

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 young woman’s reckless passion for another’s wife changes everything in her small village.

Can she live with the consequences of her actions and rise up to be the power she was always meant to be?

A professional tennis player and an umpire equals one forbidden romance.

Viva Jones was great once. As a top ten tennis player she had the world at her feet. Then an overzealous lineswoman’s bad call knocked her out of the US Open A chance meeting with the lineswoman, Gabriela, forces Viva to rethink the past…and the present.

Remember the time you almost kissed your husband’s aunt? Lisa does.

Lisa has it all. A hard-working husband, two wonderful children, a comfortable home. That is, until she meets smart, sexy butch Cath at a party. The problem? Cath is her husband’s aunt.

A woman joins a monthly sex club and meets an escort that might mean more than just sex.

She has a fantasy. Once a month, she goes to a club and she sees her. She gets to be with her. Only now, it’s not just sex. It’s something more.

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She only expected to learn to paint like her mentor, not want to sleep with her.

Leighton Vaughn’s prestigious fine art atelier—and her life—appear to be settling down after a messy divorce. She prioritizes her daughter, art, and, teaching—that is until gifted Casey Norford joins the close-knit New York academy.

Their sticky teacher-student relationship puts the future of the atelier in jeopardy. Will they sacrifice everything to be together?

Mafia romance but make it sapphic.

Overlooked as her father’s heir, Giovanna dedicates herself to supporting her hedonistic playboy brother as the new mafia boss. Loyal and stoic, Giovanna puts the famiglia before all else, but when she meets the woman her brother is being forced to marry it feels like fate is screwing her again.

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The stakes are heartfelt

Get ready for a different kind of high-stakes lesbian romance. This vampire romance is not for the faint of heart—but if you love your stories a little bit gorey, a little bit swoony, and laugh-out-loud funny, this is one you’ll definitely want to sink your teeth into.

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This Forbidden Romance Could Cost Them Their Lives

Seventeen-year-old Sahar has been in love with her best friend, Nasrin, since they were six. They’ve shared stolen kisses and romantic promises. But Iran is a dangerous place for two girls in love–Sahar and Nasrin could be beaten, imprisoned, even executed. So they carry on in secret until Nasrin’s parents suddenly announce that they’ve arranged for her marriage. Then Sahar discovers what seems like the perfect solution: homosexuality may be a crime, but to be a man trapped in a woman’s body is seen as nature’s mistake, and sex reassignment is legal and accessible. Sahar will never be able to love Nasrin in the body she wants to be loved in without risking their lives, but is saving their love worth sacrificing her true self?

Her best friend’s sister is strictly off-limits, especially when her friend has no idea that her little sister is a lesbian.

Jewel is back from a long stint in the Peace Corps and ready to start her new life back in her hometown. She’s ready to come out to her family and live life without apology.

A chance encounter with her sister’s best friend Alice brings back memories of her childhood crush. Alice still sees her as the pesky kid sister, but Jewel is all grown up now and knows exactly how to take what she wants – and she wants Alice.

Java Jarvis is every woman’s dream and every criminal’s nightmare.

A hot sizzling story that enhances and combines all the elements of intrigue, fighting crime, a great team of characters, and of course hot, flirty women.

How does she still make my stomach flip after all this time?

How would you cope if someone who despised you was in control of your well-being?

Suppose that person was about to oversee all the essential parts of your life, money included.

Will a twisted conscience allow you to do whatever is needed to stop the inevitable?

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Olive lost everything due to her addiction. Will she be able to rebuild her life and find love a second time around?

After Olive’s fallout with Jems and Jamz, she relocates to a small town and begins a new life. Upon taking a job at a cafe and forfeiting her fame, she meets River, the owner of Riverside Cafe and a local musician. Though the two don’t always see eye to eye, they find common ground in their music, and just as their relationship begins to grow, Olive is offered another chance to live a life of fame and luxury.

1968 – a year of upheaval for the nation and for the Mitchell family.

For reasons she does not yet understand, Conn is chosen as the one who must unravel the mystery surrounding her ancestor, Caitríona Ní Faolain, who disappeared soon after the Civil War – a mystery that has condemned her family to a curse for over a hundred years.

Sexy, sassy, 60-year-old, Yvette Leigh-Dixon is getting her groove back after a six year period of grieving over the death of her wife, Althea. With the help of two lovable Gen Z's, she signs up for TruLuv4U an online dating site for lesbian women of color. And the fun really begins!

With the help of two lovable Gen Z’s, she signs up for TruLuv4U an online dating site for lesbian women of color. And the fun really begins!

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More than Enemies?

Longtime rival poker players Jax Bass and Miri Black are determined to win a $2 million tournament, but the intensity of their growing attraction complicates the competition. With stakes this high and feelings on the line, only one can emerge victorious. Who will outplay the other?

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The perfect storm. A fake marriage weathered to last.

Left at the altar, Basil’s picture perfect life turns upside down, but nothing can stop her from enjoying her honeymoon—not even the resort’s strict “couples-only” policy. Basil’s vacation and six-figure wine deal are riding on her finding a fake wife ASAP. Enters private investigator, tall, dark, and gorgeous Caroline King.

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Sometimes the right one for you is the one you least expect.

A closeted lesbian braves a speed dating event, a night that will change her life forever.

How hard can it be for two authors to live the romance that they write about?

Two sapphic romance authors? They are brilliant at crafting the greatest feeling of all. But the question is, can they manipulate the game of love in real life the same as they do with the characters they create?

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"The type of mystery you read with a cup of tea in your reading chair under your favorite blanket."--The Lesbian Review

Call-in radio shows are fun until a ghost calls. Popular soul music deejay Joyce Barkley thinks someone is pulling a prank when the voice of her dead girlfriend comes through clear as day during a call-in segment on her Saturday afternoon show. But it is no prank.

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Does love have to be complicated?

An alluring portrait of the love and life of Jasmine and Teresa set in in Baltimore. The vibrant genesis of their relationship is revealed through parallel conversations of Jasmine, a pragmatic social worker, and Teresa, an elusive artist. Their engaging story is a dynamic study of vulnerability and expectations.

All you need to know is . . . I’m here to divide and conquer. Like all great tyrants do. —Aces

Gossip Girl meets Get Out in Ace of Spades, a YA contemporary thriller by debut author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé about two students, Devon & Chiamaka, and their struggles against an anonymous bully.

A missing sister, an unexpected romance, an impossible mystery...

Nothing ever happens in the pristine suburb of Whispering Oaks—so Cassidy’s life is turned upside down when her younger sister seemingly vanishes into thin air. As she searches for answers, a surprising connection with charming, enigmatic Ashlyn helps her unravel a truth more sinister than she imagined.

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Mean Girls meets Dear White People in this big-hearted, sharp-witted UK boarding school story about family, friendship, and belonging—with a propulsive mystery at its heart.

Within the walls of Wodebury Hall, an elite boarding school in the English countryside, reputation is everything. But aspiring photographer Iyanu is more comfortable observing things safely from behind her camera.

Then photos from Iyanu’s camera are stolen and splashed across the school the week before the Valentine’s Day Ball—each with a juicy secret written on it. With everyone’s dirty laundry suddenly out in the open, the school explodes in chaos, and the whispers accusing Iyanu of being the one behind it all start to feel like déjà vu.

A ballet star returning home. The teacher who captured her heart. A second chance at once forbidden love.

Twenty-eight-year-old Zoe is heartbroken. After an injury brings her career as a principal dancer at a prestigious London ballet company to a screeching halt, she returns home to the States, where she runs into her former ballet teacher—and once forbidden love—Natasha.

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A poignant and lyrical young adult novel-in-verse about a Black teen coming of age in an anxiety-inducing world, from the author of For Black Girls Like Me and In the Key of Us.

From Stonewall Honor–winning author Mariama J. Lockington comes Forever is Now, a powerful young adult novel-in-verse about mental health, love, family, Black joy, and finding your voice and power in an unforgiving world.

Liz Lighty has always believed she's too black, too poor, too awkward to shine in her small, rich, prom-obsessed midwestern town.

The only thing that makes it halfway bearable is the new girl in school, Mack. She’s smart, funny, and just as much of an outsider as Liz. But Mack is also in the running for queen. Will falling for the competition keep Liz from her dreams . . . or make them come true?

For fans of Marissa Meyer, L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black delivers an irresistible urban fantasy retelling of Alice in Wonderland... but it's not the Wonderland you remember.

The first time the Nightmares came, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she’s trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known as Wonderland with magic weapons and hardcore fighting skills. Yet even warriors have a curfew.

Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron's new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a unique and deadly power.

Briseis has a gift: with a single touch she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms.

When Briseis’s aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents hope that surrounded by plants and flowers, she will finally learn to control her gift. But their new home is sinister in ways they never expected-it comes with a mysterious set of instructions, a walled garden filled with the deadliest botanicals in the world, and generations of secrets. There is more to Bri’s sudden inheritance than she could have imagined, and she is determined to uncover it.

D’Vaughn and Kris have six weeks to plan their dream wedding. Their whole relationship is fake.

All they have to do is convince their friends and family they’re getting married in six weeks. If anyone guesses they’re not for real, they’re out. Selling their chemistry on camera is surprisingly easy, and it’s still there when no one else is watching, which is an unexpected bonus. Winning this competition is going to be a piece of wedding cake.

But each week of the competition brings new challenges, and soon the prize money’s not the only thing at stake. A reality show isn’t the best place to create a solid foundation, and their fake wedding might just derail their relationship before it even starts.

Fresh out of a relationship, Shawnna Green is heartbroken, lost, and almost penniless.

She decides to start over in New Orleans to find a new sense of self, despite her ex hampering her progress. With the help of her best friend, Veda, she finds employment at Stumpy’s Sex Emporium where she deals with customers that range from the strange to the hilarious.

Two women. One choice. Will they be able to overcome their doubts and fears to embrace their deepest desire?

The last thing Lynette Folsom is looking for is love, especially with a closeted lesbian. She’s gone down that road before and has nothing but a broken heart to show for it. When she meets Eve, she begins to wonder if love behind closed doors can really work.

When becoming an adult means learning to love yourself first.

With her newly completed PhD in astronomy in hand, twenty-eight-year-old Grace Porter goes on a girls’ trip to Vegas to celebrate. She’s a straight A, work-through-the-summer certified high achiever. She is not the kind of person who goes to Vegas and gets drunkenly married to a woman whose name she doesn’t know…until she does exactly that.

Bernardine Evaristo is the winner of the 2019 Booker Prize and the first black woman to receive this highest literary honor in the English language. 

Girl, Woman, Other is a magnificent portrayal of the intersections of identity and a moving and hopeful story of an interconnected group of Black British women that paints a vivid portrait of the state of contemporary Britain and looks back to the legacy of Britain’s colonial history in Africa and the Caribbean.

A novel about finding yourself, falling in love, and celebrating what makes you you.

Inspiration strikes: It’s too late for a Sweet Sixteen, but what if she had a coming-out party? A singing, dancing, rainbow-cake-eating celebration of queerness on her own terms.

The idea lights a fire beneath her, and soon Mahalia is scrimping and saving, taking on extra hours at her afterschool job, trying on dresses, and awkwardly flirting with Siobhan, all in preparation for the coming out of her dreams. But it’s not long before she’s buried in a mountain of bills, unfinished schoolwork, and enough drama to make her English lit teacher blush. With all the responsibility on her shoulders, will Mahalia’s party be over before it’s even begun?

Alyssa Cole returns with a fun, sexy romance novella in the Reluctant Royals series!

While her boss the prince was busy wooing his betrothed, Likotsi had her own love affair after swiping right on a dating app. But her romance had ended in heartbreak, and now, back in NYC again, she’s determined to rediscover her joy—so of course she runs into the woman who broke her heart.

Charlene "Charlie" Mack is a PI in Detroit.

Born and raised in the city that America forgot, Charlie has built a highly respected private investigation firm through hard work, smart choices, and relentless ambition. Her team of investigators is highly skilled and trustworthy, but she secretly struggles with her sexual orientation and a mother with early-onset Alzheimer’s. When Charlie and her crack team head to Birmingham, Alabama following the trail of a missing person, what should be a routine case turns into a complex chase for answers.

Adriana Darrington has one mission: To hand-deliver a letter to a mysterious woman in order to claim her inheritance.

But her search proves fruitless until she tracks down Jessica – the granddaughter of the elusive woman. An immediate attraction is sparked between the two women but Adriana’s life is already planned out for her and the last thing she needs is any more complications.

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.

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As a young African American woman from Durham, North Carolina, Sky Valentine is tired of being boxed in by small minds and Southern expectations.

To escape the restraints of her Southern upbringing, Sky flees to Rhode Island to attend college. Once there, Sky doesn’t just work on her degree, she also works on shedding many of the things that peg her as a Southerner.

Nia Ellis is grief stricken when, Pat, her mentor passes away.

At the funeral, Nia is blindsided by Pat’s deep-seated secret, which sparks feelings of betrayal. Weeks after the funeral, Nia is still figuring out how to handle her wavering emotions and the unexplained secret– until the opportunity for answers forces her to step outside of her comfort zone. Nia believes she is in control of her guarded emotions when sidetracked by curiosity and thrust into a battle zone with Pat’s sisters.