2025 I Heart SapphFic Reading Challenge Week Twenty-Five: 13 Books on Sale

River's cool cynicism clashes with Amara's fiery passion.

The Cynic’s Christmas Conundrum is the tale of River, a disillusioned graphic artist who is just looking for a quiet place to do the corporate grind. Amara is her infuriating, opera-singing downstairs neighbor. Can they find common ground?

Can a long shot bring love to a couple of lonely hearts?

When a struggling advice columnist recruits a woman who has never understand love to star in a new web series, helping her make sense of her identity just might bring them both love.

Popular cheerleader, Jamie Edwards’ world is turned upside down when she develops a crush on bad girl, P. J. Thomas.

Jamie Edwards doesn’t know what to think when seeing PJ Thomas working at McDonald’s suddenly makes her heart start fluttering. She has never had these feelings for any girl, and she’s terrified by what they might mean.

After a life-threatening incident you were meant to go forward and not look back, weren’t you?

After nearly getting killed in the line of duty Mac’s friends decided she needed to move forward, and not alone. But new relationships were too complicated, Mac thought, until she met the delightful Liv Murray. However, Liv was just as reticent and carried baggage of her own.

When the blue haired goddess catches my attention, I can’t help but wonder if she’s what I’ve been missing.

All I want is for my little brother’s wedding to go well. And maybe a nap. So when the hotel tells me all their rooms are booked, I’m about to lose it. That’s when the beautiful maid of honor swoops in to save me. Now all I want to do, is save her from herself.

Once an outcast, always an outcast.

After being pushed out of the elite secret society known as the Order of the Six for plotting to take them down, Harper Fontaine finds herself once again wrapped up in the allure of the Order’s lethal mystery – this time, in New York City. With surprising new alliances and a new mission that makes her question everything she thought she knew, Harper and her friends must work together to protect themselves and the ones they love as they are pulled deeper into the twisted web of the Order of the Six.

Will Laki's naive ideas and Bokka's struggles with communication make it impossible to carve out a space the perfect shape for them?

Arriving in a new village on her first ever trading voyage, Laki immediately feels unsettled by some of the rude and bullying behaviour and the loss of her necklace – and attracted to Bokka, who is both helping and hindering. Set in the Neolithic village of Skara Brea and around the Orkney Islands, Carving a New Shape is an evocative exploration of an ancient society, the power of love, and the ability of humanity to adapt. Featuring central characters who would be described today as lesbian, bisexual, and autistic, this is a warm-hearted story which doesn’t play down the challenges they face but leads to a happy ending.

She's falling in love with both of them. Will they make her choose?

Lonely romance writer Toma heads to a writers retreat in the mountains to connect with others of her craft. She finds an instant connection with fellow writer Fern, but things get complicated when her cabin mate, fellow hotshot romance author shows up – and it’s a man!? A good-looking one, too.

Life on Little Sister Island is idyllic. Until it isn’t.

Life on Little Sister Island is about to get more complicated for some of the islanders. Kathleen’s strained relationship with her parents is put to the test when her mother’s health fails. For Rebecca, her role as Keeper has been her vocation, but she questions whether it’s been worth it.

Super-MILF Alex hits the slopes with her daughter's sexy best friend!

Alex Masters is in an illicit love affair with her daughter’s best friend Melody. And she’s finding it impossible to stay away from her beautiful college paramour. When they go on a ski trip, will the slopes heat up with their lovemaking? Or will Alex’s daughter discover their secret?

She didn't know the treasure she sought out would heal her heart.

After a disastrous situation causes Parker Avery to lose her position at the Orlando Police Department, she opens up a private investigation firm. However, business isn’t what she thought it would be, and after spending several weeks without a case, she reconsiders her decision. Just as her discouragement is getting the best of her, Kent Walker arrives at her office with a fresh case.

Mafia meets the Bush

When Jasmine, the daughter of a Sydney Mafia boss, flees a death threat, the last place she expects to find herself is the dust-choked, drought-stricken Carbide Creek.

Kate Livingston, Carbide Creek’s no-nonsense owner, has her hands full keeping the cattle alive through the dry. She’s not about to welcome a city girl with soft hands and a sharp attitude.

Will love's ups and downs be worth the ride?

Jen’s life takes an unexpected turn on a cycling tour in France when free-spirited Abi steals her heart and leaves her questioning herself, and her life. But back home, homophobia and family pressures demand some difficult choices. Will Jen risk everything for love?

Personal growth: It's not for everyone.

After punching a complete stranger, Val is slapped with court-mandated therapy, forced to confront her feelings and discovers that she needs to reconcile her anger from the past so she can make better decisions for the future. Avoiding responsibility by relying on half-truths would be so much easier.

Enemies to lovers, mature characters with big personalities, queer awakenings, so much melting

Sparks fly between Nicola and Geeta leaving everyone peeping between their fingers at arrogant lawyer, Nicola, on one side, and everyone’s favourite mum, Geeta, on the other. Animosity is a given, until Nicola moves next door and they force themselves to be nice to each other, then they question everything…

Best friends. Literary soulmates. Will they find a happily ever after together?

Bennet Webb is a librarian who loves Jane Austen. Alice Higgins is an aspiring novelist who loves to read smut. A spontaneous book swap leads these opposites to form the type of friendship they’ve both longed for. But as their connection grows page by page, could their feelings for each other blossom into true love? This uplifting romance will bring a smile to your face and hope to your heart.

A chance encounter that leads to a life transformation

Alice French is an emotional wreck. She’s left her toxic lover. She’s probably going to lose her job. She’s even about to ruin her expensive heels when she stumbles upon a barely conscious stranger… Threaded with humour, heart, and intrigue, Pyg explores a life transformation with a side of romance!

An enemies-to-lovers, opposites attract lesbian romance about daring to take a risk, even if it burns you.

An unsuccessful actress returns to her conservative hometown to teach high school theater, immediately clashing with the school’s arrogant girls’ soccer coach.

An enemies-to-lovers romance about finding love with the person you least expect.

On their three-hour journey, things go from tense to catastrophic after an unscheduled stop in New Zealand’s wildly beautiful Kaimanawa Forest. Getting lost is just the start of the nightmare.

A forbidden romance, a deadly rivalry, and the weight of a family legacy collide in deep space.

Torn between her family’s legacy and her own desires, Sarah Miller faces a deadly rival, forbidden love, and the challenge of a lifetime. The Fleet Admiral’s Daughter is a sapphic sci-fi adventure that explores duty, ambition, and the price of stepping into the unknown.

Sometimes your neighbor opens more than just their front door to you

When Nyx offers to help Blythe with her goals, she can’t turn them down. But when a category three hurricane traps them in Blythe’s cellar, the winds of friendship change.

If your hot neighbor offered to help you out of your comfy box would you step out or stay stuck?

Can an on the rocks married couple rediscover romance over the holidays?

Sutton Davies has one goal this Christmas. Proving to her wife, Cami, that their bout of spotty communication and dwindling intimacy is nothing but a blip in their marriage. Will Sutton’s attempts to reconnect over the holidays reignite sparks, or is it all too little too late?

She was about to relegate the panther’s legend to the category of Big Foot and the Loch Ness Monster when the girl appeared from nowhere to save her life.

Palo Duro Canyon held may unusual secrets, but none were as curious as the secret harbored by the redhaired woman.

Welcome to the Industrial Revolution

Magic has been banished back to the edges of the continent, and Sorin the Master Chemist has one remaining task: restore the guilds of Gasta Fletcha to save the continent’s economy, and its soul.

Will an attraction formed in tragedy bring healing or more hurt?

Paisley and Rae, thrown together in the wake of tragedy, struggle with the dangers associated with trauma bonding. Will they find a way to navigate the hardships they face? When life hands you the unimaginable, you can either have a breakdown or a breakthrough!

Opposites distract...

Lane has a superstar for a boss and a whole trail of short flings in their wake. Life is complicated enough without meeting the one girl who’s definitely off limits. Luckily their boss’s little sister is a rude, hot-tempered brat. It’s just…does she have to be so hot?

When does a tragic ending become a new, bright beginning?

Pat Richardson-Rose lived the dream life—a highly respected paediatrician in Rhode Island, USA, happily married to the soon-to-be mother of their daughter. Then, in a flash, everything changed…. Unable to live in the graveyard of her past, Pat decides to start over on a Greek island a million miles from her old home.

A LESSON THAT CAN'T BE TAUGHT, AN HEIR THAT CAN'T BE FOUND, AND A GOD THAT WON’T RISE.

Taliah’s life takes an unexpected turn when her once peaceful hometown falls prey to the sinister clutches of a malevolent mage. As chaos ensues, she becomes one of the fortunate few who manage to escape. In the wake of the mage’s tyranny, the kingdom plunges into turmoil, and Taliah finds herself thrust into the heart of a burgeoning war. Yet, amidst the chaos, something extraordinary begins to awaken within her—a power that defies comprehension.

It’s 1984, and there are lots of things the family of Helen Blumenstein, age 14, doesn’t talk about.

Her cousin is gay. Helen’s best female friend may have a crush on her. Helen wants to learn about kissing girls, but she’s scared of being different. Helen will have to find her own voice and decide if she is brave enough to be exactly who she is supposed to be… even if that means being a little bit queer.

A dead drag queen. A shady deal. A cozy cafe - and an unexpected family.

Pearly Gates is dead—but her real mission is just beginning. As a spirit guide, she must help a trans woman, a dying grad student, and a grieving widow who never expected to fall for another woman. A heartwarming, sapphic-forward fantasy full of humor, ghosts, and glitter.

Some loves are never lost

When Polly stumbles across her husband’s infidelity, life unravels. As she searches for direction, memories of her estranged best friend haunt her. Determined to find the woman whose heart she unwittingly broke, Polly must confront past mistakes if she’s to reclaim the life and love she was meant to live.

A hot summer fling or true love?

When budding geologist Jessica Sterling arrives to work on her thesis while camping in Washington’s Dry Falls State Park for the summer, she shatters park ranger Clare DeVere’s hope for an uneventful season. Neither can deny their unexpected attraction, but their secrets make romance impossible.