I Heart SapphFic Reading Challenge Week 35: 11 Books on Sale

Would you marry a woman you hate for a life-changing inheritance?

When a handywoman turns up at a wedding blogger’s home with the unwelcome news that her house is being sold, it’s hate at first sight. But when the two women have a chance at a life-changing inheritance of an old New England vineyard if they tie the knot, could a marriage of convenience turn into true love?

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from Aug 28 to Sep 8

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Lowen's looking for alone time, but love's threatening to find her.

Overtired and overworked Lowen is looking to get away from it all. But getting away means finding Ellis, everywhere. Falling in love with an eccentric toy shop elf is not what she’s expecting for Christmas, but it might be just what she needs.

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from Sep 2 to Sep 6

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The relationship starts out as fake, but the feelings soon become very real.

When Claire, a perfectionist therapist, hires impulsive actress Lana for a fake relationship, she figures the worst she’ll have to endure are the messes Lana leaves around. It’s only for a few months anyway. And it’s not as if she’ll enjoy all those fake kisses and loving looks. Right?

When a down-on-her-luck costumer agrees to a fake relationship for quick cash, the last thing she expects is to fall for a celebrity she despises.

Margo Wells is desperate. Fired by Hollywood’s darling, Caroline Jacobs, she’s on the brink of returning home in defeat. But when a friend suggests posing as Caroline’s fiancée for a family wedding in Hawaii, the offer of quick cash is irresistible. Despite her bitterness, Margo can’t turn down the money. Now, she must navigate a glamorous island resort teeming with A-list celebrities and avoid falling for the woman who destroyed her career. In a twist of fate, will Margo find love where she least expects it, or will this charade be her ultimate downfall?

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Can a fake kiss lead to forever?

Cat Sloan opened her bookstore alongside her sisters’ stores. She quickly made a new friend in the delightful Elena Burkett.

When Cat’s ex and reason for her heartbreak returns to town, Elena devises a plan to help her friend send the ex packing. It all starts with a fake kiss.

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The only commitment Mara Antonini ever made was to her career on the Vegas stand-up scene.

Putting romance on the back burner, she’s long accepted the role of ‘the player’ among her friends. Landing a gig as the emcee of a fund-raiser seemed like the perfect way to get some positive career exposure. If she happened to make a new friend with benefits along the way, so be it. She didn’t count on the stunning redhead representing a rival casino throwing her off her game.

A lesbian romance where the realest thing about a fake relationship is all the possibilities.

Abby’s dream to be a reporter is boosted when her journalist friend makes her a deal: Fake-date a woman for a co-writing credit.

All Erica’s time is spent on her daughter. Being wined and dined as she fakes a romance sounds fun. It’d help if Abby wasn’t so attractive!

Fake girlfriends. Real chemistry.

Swept into a fake romance with a woman who’s determined to tempt her into her bed, Julia is unable to resist Parker and her intoxicating power games. But is their relationship really just pretend? And with both their reputations on the line, will Parker and Julia be willing to put their hearts on the line too?

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To spark interest in Avery’s restaurant, and to revitalize Holly’s image, a fake relationship is the answer to both their problems.

And the start of a pressing new problem: falling in love.

Fake It is an 80,000-word fake-dating celebrity romance between a disillusioned TV cooking star and a bright-eyed restaurant owner who’s sure she can manifest a solution to her hard times if she believes hard enough. Features an agent named Tay who calls their brilliant ideas “inspir-Tay-tion,” plenty of descriptions of food that made me hungry while I wrote the book, and a cute bisexual trans girl who gets to fall in love. Content warnings for open-door sex scenes that get a little bit kinky, a gross man who won’t stop calling his ex-girlfriend babe, and sapphics getting in the way of their own feelings, like they always do.

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Sage Carson has a messy reputation.

Fifteen years ago, Willa and Sage roamed the same halls of Edgelake High School. When their paths cross again, they decide to team up to solve both their problems — a stable, albeit fake, relationship to snag the endorsement deal and a hot soccer star to make the couples getaway sting a little less… But when the lines between real and fake start to blur, will they be able to keep the growing heat between them just a game or will they start playing to win?

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Pretending to be straight to fake date a beautiful girl can get complicated...

Mia doesn’t know why she lies about being a lesbian and also agrees to be Tenley’s fake girlfriend to make her ex-boyfriend jealous, but she’s not going to analyze it too much.

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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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Dress? £200. Shoes? £60. The perfect date? Priceless...

Charlie happens across a website. ‘Rent-a-Date. It’s just the thing Charlie needs to save her from the embarrassment of admitting that her sister was right again. That’s one wedding gift Charlie refuses to give her.

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Every grudge has to be moved on from eventually, right?

When Celeb Wren Acker collides with doctor Madison Taylor, neither have any idea that it’s going to lead to them not only working on set together, but with half the world suddenly thinking they’re in a relationship. That’s awkward, since they can’t stand each other.

Everyone likes Humaira "Hani" Khan—she’s easy going and one of the most popular girls at school.

But when she comes out to her friends as bisexual, they invalidate her identity, saying she can’t be bi if she’s only dated guys. Panicked, Hani blurts out that she’s in a relationship…with a girl her friends absolutely hate—Ishita “Ishu” Dey. Ishu is the complete opposite of Hani. She’s an academic overachiever who hopes that becoming head girl will set her on the right track for college. But Ishita agrees to help Hani, if Hani will help her become more popular so that she stands a chance of being elected head girl.

A sparkling and steamy Sapphic romance, Fly with Me by Andie Burke is filled with sharp banter and that sweet, swooping feeling of finding “the one” when and where you least expect it.

A one-way ticket to love or a bumpy ride ahead?

Flying-phobic ER nurse Olive Murphy is still gripping the armrest from her first-ever take-off when the pilot announces an in-flight medical emergency. Olive leaps into action and saves a life, but ends up getting stuck in the airport hours away from the marathon she’s running in honor of her brother. Luckily for her, Stella Soriano, the stunning type A copilot, offers to give her a ride.

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Cori Stratton’s a small-town girl.

She loves making candles, and her little gift shop is her pride and joy. But when the shop’s building goes up for sale, she might lose her home and everything that makes her happy. The worst timing of all? Her landlord’s daughter Elizabeth Brennan—popular, smart, and oblivious to Cori’s existence in high school—has breezed back into town.

What do you do when your first girlfriend is a fake girlfriend?

Grad student, Brooklyn Keller is used to being called uptight. When she meets her celebrity crush, Gen Campbell, the last thing she expects is to be pulled into a fake relationship during the biggest game convention in the country.

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After a rocky start, Savannah Wells finally has everything she wants in life: family, friends, a cat, and her ice hockey team.

When fake dating, fake kissing, and forced proximity start to feel a lot like falling in love, Savannah and Madison will need to face off and decide if exchanging pretend for reality is really possible.

Coming out is easier when you’ve got someone by your side.

At least that’s how the hyper-private Quinn Kincaid sees it. When her publicist suggests a good old-fashioned sham of a Hollywood relationship, Quinn reluctantly agrees. And that’s how the star of Jordan’s Appeal, TV’s highest rated legal drama, ends up with a fake girlfriend—the very real, very sexy, and very gay soap star, Lacey Matthews.

Lambda Literary award winner and national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur returns with a steamy sapphic rom-com about a quiet bookseller and a romance novel cover model who agree to a modern-day marriage of convenience...

Gemma needs a wife to meet the terms of her grandfather’s will and Tansy needs money to save her struggling bookstore. A marriage could be mutually beneficial, if they can fool everyone into thinking it’s a love match. Unexpected sparks fly as Tansy and Gemma play the role of affectionate fiancées, and suddenly the line between convenient arrangement and real feelings begins to blur.

Abby Carpenter is in a tailspin knowing she is about to spend ten days in the company of her ex-girlfriend—who is now engaged to her brother—for a family holiday gathering in Red River, New Mexico.

The same ex-girlfriend who last year at Christmas had lured her into bed. Abby’s solution? A pretend girlfriend for the holidays would surely keep her ex away and in her own room at night, right?

An ice child, her protector, and a century-old prophecy..

For as long as Cait Fallon can remember, she has been running. Running from her past, from anyone that tries to reach out to her, but mostly, from herself. Snow Bennett is running as well. When their worlds collide, an eternal flame is sparked, and then preserved in unbreakable ice.

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Never trust anyone...

MI6 agent Nikki Sinclair is undercover in Cairo. She needs to get close to an asset who has stopped providing critical intel, which could put the peace treaty at risk. Nikki encounters the older, infamous Countess Nadesdy and is left reeling, but does her lover work for the KGB?

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from Aug 31 to Sep 6

What if Robin Hood was real, only the heroic outlaw had been a woman?

When Robyn loses everything, she reinvents herself with Marian’s help. Marian is spying for Queen Eleanor, who works feverishly to secure her son Richard’s release. Can Robyn defeat the wicked sheriff, secure the treasure Eleanor needs, and win Marian’s heart, or will she fall victim to the sheriff’s cruel blade?

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Three hundred years ago, its most powerful talisman, a medallion called the Circle of Sheda, was taken through the portal and lost.

An epic story of magic, heroism, love, and treachery, Rand is a magical world ruled by an imperial line of Queens.

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Aliens are among us, and humanity’s only hope just happens to carry pom-poms.

Laura Clark thought she was normal—until she saw a cheerleader on a skateboard get into a superhuman brawl with a lightning-wielding stranger. Now she’s found herself in the midst of an alien invasion, and the only one who can help her is the beautiful but mysterious Shailene. If they don’t find the answers soon, they could be the next to disappear…

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from Aug 31 to Sep 6

Rage. Reunion. Revenge.

After the Ebal abducts Reika, Mara joins forces with her sister Lillith to track down the evil sorcerer. Bent on rescuing Reika, she will stop at nothing to save her lover and return the sword of justice to its rightful owner, even if it threatens to destroy Mahon.

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from Aug 31 to Sep 6

The G.I. Hoes must take take down the kinkiest villain on the planet!

Crimson and Lady Kaye are members of G.I. Ho, an elite unit dedicated to taking down evil organization Viper and The Countess. But The Countess is an expert at turning women into her personal sex toys. Will the Hoes take her down or give in to her wicked temptations?

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from Sep 2 to Sep 6

A sapphic, swords & sorcery reimagining of Ancient Greek myth…

Jasyn is an explorer with a talent for reaching for the stars and upending weather systems with her emotions. Atalanta is an archer and a recluse with a skill for making Jasyn’s heart glow as bright as a filament-fruit. When their world is upturned, a journey across their homeworld begins.

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from Sep 2 to Sep 6

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Can Meg and Princess Celendra defend their home from dragons and find a way to be together, even if Celendra ascends the throne?

When Meg agrees to help her best friend defend their home from a horde of dragons, she never expects to meet Princess Celendra of Dardrith, let alone fall in love with her. Can they find a way to keep the kingdom safe yet remain together?

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A pirate and spy, and the knight sent to hunt her down...

Knight Protector Portia Daysen was raised to hunt traitors to the empire. Traitors like the smuggler Valia Iceborn. But when she meets the dashing pirate, she learns that nothing is as it seems – especially her own lost past.

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A dragon stolen; a love betrayed; a legion lost to time.

Queer sellsword Des has lost everything that matters to her; solace is at the bottom of a bottle. But she must save her dragon, confront old mistakes and unravel the threads of time if she is to stop the Emperor from using the force of time to wreak his will.

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For all the women who wanted to be the warrior instead of the damsel in distress…

With its rich world-building, complex characters, and captivating storytelling, this series has won the Lesfic Bard Award for Fantasy Fiction twice over.

Who do you turn to when the heroes want you dead?

Megan pissed off the mob by refusing to sell her shop, they frame her for murder. Now, with every superhero in sight out for blood, the only person she can turn to is the woman everyone thinks she murdered. A woman who claims to be a, ancient dragon named Eurion.

Whip-smart and immersive, this Jamaican-inspired fantasy follows a gods-blessed heroine who’s forced to choose between saving her sister or protecting her homeland—perfect for fans of Iron Widow and The Priory of the Orange Tree. 

Faron Vincent can channel the power of the gods. Five years ago, she used her divine magic to liberate her island from its enemies, the dragon-riding Langley Empire. But now, at seventeen, Faron is all powered up with no wars to fight. She’s a legend to her people and a nuisance to her neighbors.

What happens when the woman of your dreams comes calling for you?

Could you resist answering? Even if she were a vampire?

“Blood Rituals” offers a blend of gripping vampire adventure, paranormal intrigue, and lesbian romance, all seen through the eyes of a woman grappling with PTSD, trust issues, and the latent realization of her lesbian identity. As Caitlin’s journey unfolds, readers will meet a vibrant cast of characters that includes a Latino cowboy cop with a love for country music, a deadly vampire assassin, and a retired serpent goddess with a passion for science.

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The luck stops here.

A double-wide dose of misadventure, Jett starts a new life in the nation’s capital, Cleveland. Her policy proposal gets all the wrong attention threatening to upend society’s inequities. Pressures of public life brought on by friendly fire strain her new relationship to the breaking point. To rise, first you must burn…

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The seas spell freedom.

Looking for great inclusive sapphic stories? Try out this anthology of scifi and fantasy stories with pirates, mermaids, and other sea creatures!

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Sapphic action-adventure that's shaken, not stirred.

A fallen comrade. Sinister Sorcery. Can a sapphic secret agent team up with a beautiful elf to save the realm?

For Claire, freedom isn’t what it seemed.

Claire is on the run and struggling to understand her new magical inheritance. Which for some reason only works for her and with dire consequences. In a world filled with bounty hunting monsters, and mysterious earthquakes, Claire is confronted with the scariest moment of all, telling Lexa how she feels.

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King Arthur as you've never seen her!

This bold, sizzling YA novel reimagines the Once and Future King as a teenage girl determined to save the universe from an evil curse.