2025 I Heart SapphFic Reading Challenge Week Forty-Nine: 13 Books on Sale

To secure a loving future, she must shed an addicting past.

Newspaper publisher and world traveler JJ Cavendish continually feels pressured to live up to her Miracle Girl nickname. Not many people know she’s living a carefully crafted lie. She may not hide ties to the LGBT community, but she does hide past struggles with addiction.

They were the perfect couple until pride got in the way…

A professor needs a celebrity for her local Pride parade. An actor needs a girlfriend to survive a month of filming in her hometown. It should be a match made in heaven, except the two women dated in college, and haven’t spoken since. Can this fake relationship lead to a second chance at love?

Nothing worthwhile is easy.

Join Jensy and Sophie as they rediscover the happiness, trust and passion that they thought they had lost. But their journey will also involve an earth-shattering challenge. What will their future hold?

All Lauren Golden wants is to be the best journalist ever. The gorgeous redhead with pale white skin and hazel eyes wants the story and nothing else.

When an editor tells her to interview the CEO of a successful cosmetics company, she quickly realizes she has met the woman, Charlenae White, before.

So many things have changed in the last five years, but have their feelings?

Five years ago, Alexandria and Eden were thriving in the moment, falling fast and loving deeply. But when Eden broke Alexandria’s heart, she had to figure out how to carry on alone. So many things have changed in the last five years, but have their feelings?

Sapphic Barbie with a ton of spice & rom-com moments.

Can she get back her one true love or will she be thrown out like a used toy?

What happens when you bump into the love of your life, who you haven't seen for thirty years?

Sid and Julia never saw eye to eye as teenagers. It wasn’t much better in their twenties in the harsh cold of Greenland. There was a partial thaw in the sizzling heat of Dubai. Has time mellowed them enough for a relationship second time around?

She left once before. This time she won't get the chance.

Jules hasn’t seen Renée in ten years, not since the night everything between them shifted, and she ran. But when a high school reunion brings them back together, old rhythms snap into place. One drink leads to another. One night becomes an invitation. One bed becomes a reckoning.

Last Christmas was a no-ribbons-attached gift, but this year she wants more.

Maura didn’t expect to encounter last year’s one night stand at her family Christmas dinner. Now Sabrina is sitting across the table with knowing eyes and a secret smile. When they finally get a moment alone, the truth changes everything. For fans of second chance sapphic holiday heat.

Thirty-one queer love stories to warm your winter — and you get to choose which one becomes next Christmas’s novel.

A collection of thirty-one queer holiday stories about connection, hope, and second chances. From snowed-in strangers to unexpected kisses under city lights, each story holds a spark of warmth — and when you finish, you’ll choose which one becomes next December’s full-length novel.

It's never too late for a comeback.

A grumpy ex-jock, a bubbly ops manager, and a contract that changes all the rules.

When she travels to San Francisco to visit an old friend, she has no idea that this journey will change her life forever…

MD Linet flies to California with her toddler to visit Janet, a good friend from school. There she runs into Livia, the first woman she ever fell in love with. The old feelings flare up anew and they start a passionate romantic affair again. Then a fatal accident happens…

The Latecomer by Sarah Aldridge was the first book published by the legendary Naiad Press and one of the first known novels to grant a happy ending to its lesbian main characters.

The Latecomer invites you into the world of Philippa and Kay, strangers who meet aboard a cruise ship and, despite very different lives and aspirations, find a surprising bond. Through political and romantic intrigue, they uncover the truth about themselves.

First love never really leaves. Sometimes, it comes home.

Lou Perkins stopped wishing on stars the night her first love disappeared. Eighteen years later, that same woman is suddenly back—upending the quiet life Lou has built. Wishes Don’t Come True is a tender sapphic second-chance romance about heartbreak, resilience, and love that refuses to fade.

A second chance celebrity romance

Grace Easton and Veronica Adams’ love story once played out in secret before being crushed under the weight of the world’s attention. When fate thrusts them back together, they’re forced to confront their past. They know love isn’t always enough, but maybe, just maybe, this time will be different.

When a one night stand becomes a fierce rivalry.

A sapphic age gap romance where list turns to animosity in the blink of an eye. Can they reunite in time for Christmas?

Two decades. One family trip of a lifetime. And a love that endures it all.

When Anna meets Grace, they’re swept up in an exciting new romance until a big mistake changes everything. The couple are forced apart, yet their lives remain entangled in a way they never could have imagined. Twenty years later, they find themselves on an Arctic adventure that could change everything.

Sometimes the best journey is the one that brings you home.

Cynical graphic designer Emma fled her Bavarian hometown years ago—she’s only back until Christmas. Restless travel blogger Sofia has wandered Europe for years, documenting everything but living nothing. When Sofia hires Emma as her local guide, their collision of running away and searching for home ignites something neither expected: a reason to stay.

An ex-girlfriend, a wilderness adventure, and only one cabin.

Avery’s dream winter trip to the Yukon hits a snag when she finds herself stuck in a tiny yurt with her high-school ex, Summer. Partnered up for snowy activities, the pair must find a way to get along. But what if they also discover a flame that was never extinguished?

The best games are the ones where you make your own rules.

Six years after completing her internship, Clarke reenters Fran’s life to warn her that the game her company is developing was stolen from Clarke’s computer. As Clarke and Fran enter a torrid affair, Clarke covets their time together, hoping Fran may someday return the love Clarke harbors for her.

How hard could it be to pretend to be madly in love with the wife you were divorcing?

Skylar Davis and Kennedy Moore thought they found their happily ever after when they met in their mid-twenties. Unfortunately, five years into their marriage, happily ever after didn’t seem so happy anymore.

After six months of being separated, Skylar still hasn’t told her family about the impending divorce, so when the time comes for the annual family beach vacation, what choice does she have but to ask Kennedy to come along and pretend they are still together?

Two old first loves reconnect at a Fourth of July event and discover that they might just be forever loves after all.

Aria never moved on from her first love after losing her in high school, and when London appears at a Fourth of July event, she can’t quite believe it. If they finally give this the chance it deserves, they could both just end up with everything they’ve always wanted.

A spinoff in Brooke Campbell's The Warrior Series, TRUSTING THE WOLF is a captivating story of love, trust, and overcoming adversity.

Seven years ago Mac was forced to leave behind her mate, Kate. Now she’s come home and Mac is determined to win back her love.

Mac’s hidden life, however, makes things complicated. Secretly protecting Kate in her wolf form, she desperately tries to rebuild their bond. Mac will need to navigate her two lives carefully, if she’s to rekindle their relationship.

First love. Second chance. Last hope.

At fifty-five, Florrie faces aching joints and aching loneliness. When the woman who broke her heart decades ago returns, old wounds and buried passion surge. Standing on the edge of uncertainty, Florrie must choose: dive into new possibilities or swim for the safety of the shore.

When Bethany and Reid confront their past, they give new meaning to letting go, forgiveness, and a future worth fighting for.

Is it truly better to have loved and lost? Bethany Cahill says nope. Eleven years ago, her fellow cheerleader Reid Thatcher held her heart in her hand…and crushed it like a bug. Since then, Bethany avoids risk, reward, and anything romantic on TV. Just, no. But when grown-up Reid’s shopping cart bumps into hers, Bethany is catapulted into the past and staring into Reid’s eyes, which are still annoyingly stunning. Forgiveness doesn’t come easy, and Bethany isn’t about to let Reid in. Not after all she took.

Can the toughest fight of your life lead to true love?

Hannah Freeman should be on top of the world, according to her family. She’s got a new job. A new place. A new beginning after a bad breakup.

Too bad it’s all a lie.

Enter Charlie, a spitfire who won’t let Hannah keep lying to herself – about anything.

What will it take to rekindle an old flame?

Maggie never imagined her ex would one day walk back into her life, and her firehouse. Ten years ago, Jacq broke her heart and left town. Now she’s returned, with a surprise that could send their second shot at love up in flames.

Because the best love stories are never told in a single chapter.

Ex-girlfriends Melody Wells and Josephine Richter travel on a Thanksgiving road trip for their families’ shared week long vacation. Their mutual truce is tested as they work through eleven years of unresolved feelings.

Two very determined women—in love, at odds, and risking a lot on a second chance.

After years away from home, Summer Graves is back in Austin, Texas, to accept a new teaching position. Of all the changes to the old neighborhood, the most dispiriting one is the slated demolition of the high school her grandmother founded. There’s no way she can let developers destroy her memories and her family legacy. But the challenge stirs memories of another kind.

This heartfelt, poignant YA debut is a second-chance summer romance that will steal your heart—perfect for fans of Heartstopper, Some Girls Do, and It’s Not Like it’s a Secret.

With a beautifully earnest voice and a dash of fandom, this wistful and delightful novel is a love letter to queer coming-of-age, finding community, and finding yourself.

Fifteen years is a long time.

Long enough to forget the past, forge ahead, and create a terrific life. Bella Hunt has done exactly that, complete with a successful career, a gaggle of close friends, and a home she loves. Life is good.

Or it was, until her teenage nightmare and the bane of her high school existence shows up for Bella’s class on conflict resolution.