September 16 Edition: Butch / Femme, Secret Crush, Hot for Boss, and More!

What happens when a control freak gives up control?

A quirky, fun lesbian romance about finding what you need, not what you want.

Love, survival, and the untamed Alaskan wilderness collide in the race of a lifetime.

Brace yourself for a thrilling journey through snow-swept trails, where fierce competition meets an unexpected spark between Brynn, a determined musher, and an annoyingly cheery veterinary tech, Morgan. When disaster strikes, their worlds collide in a daring rescue that ignites something neither of them saw coming.

One unexpected kiss. Twelve weeks traveling the country. Will Hope and Angelica find more than they bargained for in their new show?

This is a slow (crazy slow) burn sapphic romance series that follows two main characters as they navigate love, loss, self-discovery and success. There’s an age gap, an Ice Fairy, and a flirtatious chef who hides behind her bubbly personality.

An aloof boat captain, a free-spirited head chef: a summer that changes everything

She thought the ocean was her only constant. Then she met the woman who changed everything.

Sometimes the greatest risk isn’t losing your best friend—it’s admitting she’s the only one you’ve ever wanted

Ruby has always loved Ellie in silence. Ellie has chased love in all the wrong places. One unexpected kiss shatters the lies they’ve told themselves and ignites a fire that could either destroy their friendship—or finally set their hearts free.

Two broken pasts. One chance to rewrite their future.

In Baltimore’s shadows, trust becomes the most dangerous—and irresistible—game.

Can she risk everything for the one woman she's never stopped wanting?

Can she risk it all for the one woman she’s always wanted? In the high-pressure world of Oakridge Hospital, friendship blurs into passion as Gianna and Holly face sizzling tension, heartache, and undeniable chemistry in this Grey’s Anatomy–style, slow-burn sapphic romance with a hard-earned happily ever after.

From the author of A Good Happy Girl, a lesbian screwball comedy following two exes who turn to online dating after their dramatic split—only to end up seeing the same woman

In Sweetener, recently separated wives, both named Rebecca, can’t seem to disentangle their lives. Lonely and depressed, Rebecca is scraping by as a part-time cashier at an organic grocery store. Despite having less than ten dollars in her bank account, she lists herself as a sugar mama on a lesbian hookup app. Enter Charlotte, a charismatic artist who, unbeknownst to Rebecca, is also dating her wife.

What happens when your biggest enemy turns out to be your perfect match?

Pop star Georgia Lark has never wanted to meet her rival, singer-songwriter Ashley Archer. They’re on the same record label, but Georgia has carefully avoided the artist she’s competed with for her entire career.

One Last Test. A Love That Won’t Break.

Elodie and Natalia have conquered every obstacle—until now. As the world’s eyes remain fixed on their every move, a new threat emerges, threatening to destroy everything they’ve fought for. With the future of their love and the kingdom on the line, can they overcome the final challenge standing between them and their happily-ever-after?

Pine Valley is a school that’s both rich in history and legacy, and it’s once more opening its doors to another year of students.

Laila “Lally” Stewart is drowning her grief for her deceased best friend the only way she knows how—by partying, isolating herself, and leaving her friends behind—until her school notices her debauchery and gives her one last chance to prove she is worthy of its hallowed halls. Only, it comes with a price tag she can’t pay, at least not until she finds herself involved in a game called Risk, where the stakes are high, but the payout is higher.

Sometimes love begins with clearing the clutter.

This heartwarming, age-gap sapphic romance combines newly edited editions of the novellas Crossing Into Brooklyn and Bringing Brooklyn Home into one sweet, feel-good volume. Perfect for a light afternoon read, it celebrates love found, love nurtured, and the courage it takes to speak your heart.

“I’ve dreamed this moment into existence so many times, but nothing compares to the way you kiss me.”

What if you found your person when you were very young and circumstances put distance between you physically, but your heart never forgot? You always belonged to her and no other kiss would ever come close to reaching into your soul like that. What if you spent your life looking for that feeling, writing about it, dreaming about it, and then one day there she was?

They thought rocket science was complicated—then they tried falling in love.

In 1968, NASA mathematician Gloria Johnson lives two lives: calculating rocket trajectories by day and supporting her family’s civil rights work by night. When she’s paired with Russian defector Dr. Katrina Ivanova, their intellectual sparring becomes intoxicating attraction—until government surveillance transforms their breakthrough partnership into an impossible choice between love and loyalty.

A sapphic romance filled with yarn and magic.

Juno’s little yarn shop is flourishing and she’s living her dream. But when Lane shows up, a reluctant knitter with a secret, Juno’s forced to revisit her old world of magic and witchcraft. At least she won’t have to do it alone.

Sometimes the love you've dreamed of isn't just a dream.

You’re a young butch in the military, and your convoy is ambushed. Instead of dying, you are taken to a secret realm to train as a soldier and find the family you never had. Your first mission, to rescue the femme of your dreams, ends up rescuing a town, too.

A sword has fallen for a heart.

Via wakes up centuries after her death in the arms of her graverobber, Aleti, a bitter mage with delicious blood. The volatility of their relationship makes their hunt for dragons tensioned, but Via likes being in this mage’s eye. She can be made to obey—like it, even.

The chance to save her grandma and escape poverty comes in the form of a mermaid.

Reiyin, a student of scrafting, is struggling to pay for her grandma’s treatment. And Seren is a mermaid with a changed body, struggling to be herself. Drawn closer to each other, and with hunters on their trail, Reiyin must decide whether money is worth betraying her heart and Seren for.

Rachel Hartman's Seraphina meets The Priory of the Orange Tree in Lady Dragon, a sapphic YA romantasy from A.M. Strickland.

Since the last war between humans and dragons left the leaders of both species slain – the last human king of Andrath and the legendary dragon queen – both queendoms have been living under a tentative truce: only women will sit on the throne of Andrath, the dragons will have free passage through the human lands… and if men ever try to retake the throne, the draconic realm will retaliate.

In the vein of Alice Hoffman and Charlie Jane Anders's own All the Birds in the Sky comes a novel full of love, disaster, and magic.

A young witch teaches her mother how to do magic–with very unexpected results–in this relatable, resonant novel about family, identity, and the power of love.

Inception meets Indiana Jones in this cinematic, slow burn, romantic, fantasy adventure following a headstrong academic and her equally stubborn bodyguard as they unearth an ancient secret that rocks the foundations of their society…and challenges their unspoken love for one another.

As Vale becomes increasingly entangled in Key’s obsessive drive for answers, the women uncover a shattering discovery—and a devastating betrayal. Key and Vale can remain complicit, or they can jeopardize everything for the truth.

Either way, Key is becoming consumed by the past in more ways than one, and time is running out.

This Vicious Hunger is a dark, gothic fantasy of intoxication, obsession, and two women's desperate hunger for knowledge, whatever the cost.

Thora Grieve finds herself destitute and an outcast after the sudden death of her husband, but a glimmer of hope arrives when a family friend offers her the chance to study botany under the tutelage of a famed professor. Once at the university, Thora becomes entranced by a mysterious young woman, Olea, who emerges each night to tend to the plants in the private garden below Thora’s window.

Trapped at Bramblemoor’s newest spa by a banishment ritual gone awry, a sharp-fanged recluse and a flirtatious witch must unravel the mystery and save the townsfolk… provided they can focus on the clues instead of each other.

A broody Dhampir and a witchy brewmaster arrive at Bramblemoor’s newest spa expecting a quiet day, but a botched ritual leaves guests in peril. As they race to solve the magical mystery, their opposites-attract partnership gets heated. A lighthearted romance wrapped in a quirky, enchanting paranormal whodunit.

A sharp, captivating historical mystery about two queer women in turn-of-the-century New York, for fans of Lavender House and A Most Agreeable Murder

When Margot finds Mrs. Gilroy, her father’s former assistant, dead in the office with a half-finished note confessing to nebulous misdeeds at B&H, she seeks out help from a very discreet, private investigator to figure out what’s going on. Her company, and her good name, are at stake if scandal breaks… and she could lose everything, including her freedom.

You are safe, my child. You are loved, my child. You are one with the good earth.

Her only respite is the New England village where she spends summers with her three best friends. Kesuquosh is serene and idyllic, and the townsfolk’s odd worship of a godlike scarecrow only adds to the charming local color. But when Darian pays a surprise Halloween visit to her summer crush—a beautiful, unreadable girl named KJ—just in time to see her swept up in a bizarre harvest ritual, she’s forced to admit that Good Arcturus is more than a quaint superstition. He’s terrifyingly real.

This is a story of love, forgiveness, and the power of family.

Isla Mackenzie waited decades to have her oldest daughter, Blake, back in her life. But even with Blake now living in Moonflower Cove, Isla feels as if she’s still waiting for Blake to come around. Blake’s walls are so high that Isla can’t climb them nor tear them down. Not until Blake is ready, at least.

A collection of reinvented queer pulp fiction by writers like Sarah Schulman and Lorraine Hansberry that’s so edgy it draws blood.

Lesbian pulp fiction thrived in the oppressive 1950s, telling subversive stories of lonely sapphic women who find connection, passion, and revenge. In The New Lesbian Pulp, editors Sarah Fonseca and Octavia Saenz revive the genre for today, layering nuance into classic tropes while dialing up the melodrama, romantic peril, and collateral damage.

Nothing cures a lonely heart quite like a good book and an unexpected crush…

A dedicated single mother and a librarian with a secret write their own sweet and sexy love story in this small-town rom-com about family, friendships and embracing the next chapter.

Sam Hayes thought she’d moved on.

It’s been eight years since Jess crashed into her life before slipping away, and four years since they tore each other apart for good. Now Sam’s within reach of her ultimate goal: selling her software company and proving herself in the tech industry. All she needs to do is integrate her software with a new financial firm, lock in the deal, and walk away with everything she’s worked for.

It’s the hottest city in the U.S., and it’s not just the weather that’s heating up.

The beauty and mystery of the Sonoran Desert provide the vibrant backdrop for Robbi McCoy’s (Waltzing at Midnight, Songs Without Words) passionate story of two women forced to question everything they thought they knew about themselves before they can risk their fiery hearts on the biggest gamble of all.

A chance weekend fling becomes an electrifying escape for two strangers—until they meet again under very different circumstances. A one-night-to-forever lesbian romance.

Uptight, icy Ava Harris, rocked by grief and terrible romantic decisions, moves to Melbourne for a new university job. She definitely doesn’t expect to encounter the ghost of a dirty weekend in her first week there.

A thrilling tale of two women who find each other irresistible but struggle for a second chance for love, redemption, and sanctuary when the world is against them.

Amid the majestic backdrops of Yosemite National Park and the Pacific Northwest, old passions can’t be denied, leading to dramatic confrontations and painful revelations. Jo and Lauren finally realize they must admit the truth: they are irresistibly drawn to each other. But there is no country in which they can legally live together. A Place for Us is a poignant narrative of profound emotional depth inspired by the author’s own experience immigrating to Canada.

Why choose the lesser of two evils?

Can love conquer corporations, cults and an AI trying to kill them all?

What would you do if the life you knew was stripped away in a single night?

Ava Bedford’s quiet existence in Nevada shatters when she becomes the sole witness to a brutal murder linked to rising political star Congressman Richard Callahan. Forced into witness protection, Ava is relocated to Cedar Falls, a rugged Wyoming town nestled in the shadow of towering mountains. But even in this peaceful haven, danger lurks—and it’s never far behind.

If you knew the world was ending, who would you save? And would they let you?

From the author of I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me comes a speculative thriller about the ties that bind us to places and people, perfect for fans of Andrew Joseph White and Tochi Onyebuchi.