2026 I Heart SapphFic Reading Challenge Week Seventeen: 8 Books on Sale

There's more than one reason to sweat on Waikiki Beach

Nadia can’t escape the insecurities that have taken hold. On an island where the year-round dress code is bathing suits, she struggles to balance her self-image with the kind of women surrounding her and wife Eva. And Eva will do anything to make Nadia feel like the attractive queen she is!

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?

After writing a sapphic romance runaway bestseller, Bella escapes to the island of Oahu to find a way past her horrible writer's block.

When nothing seems to be working, she signs up for a kayaking adventure only to end up face-to-face with JC, her gorgeous college crush. Somewhere over the years, the two women lost touch, but now they are in paradise, and anything can happen, especially love.

The course of true love is anything but smooth.

A boring work weekend in Maui changes the second Gwen Harrison holds an elevator for charismatic para-athlete Dana Ryan. The course of true love is notorious for being anything but smooth, but theirs is a beginning that will definitely put that old adage to the test.

Will their vacation fling turn into something real or will it be a Hawaiian romance they leave behind?

The last thing single mom Nicole expected was to find love on her Hawaiian vacation. All she wanted to do was drink daiquiris, read her dirty book and relax for the first time without her son.

Successful Chicago-based artist Lauren Hansen is on a layover in Las Vegas before heading to what was supposed to be the vacation of a lifetime with her partner.

Until, that is, that partner became an ex. Recovering from a nasty break-up herself, workaholic Penny Rothmoor agrees to meet Lauren for dinner, but only out of a sense of obligation to her mother. One thing leads to another, and soon Penny finds herself on a plane, jetting off to meet Lauren for a week on the beautiful island of Hawaii—but strictly as friends, of course.

When a little rest and relaxation turns into something more…

Julia Maguire can’t wait to spend two weeks in Hawaii with her best friends. She’s been dreaming about this trip for years and all she wants is to lay on a sandy beach with an icy cocktail in her hand. But those vacation goals change the moment she meets Reed Baxter.

A New Year's Eve sapphic romance novella with a sci-fi twist!

Bell Sharpe is living her dream life in Hawaii. Until she gets stuck in a time loop. Bell is determined to break the loop and find out what her future may hold.

Taylor Braxton needs to get married, then divorced, with no strings attached.

Taylor, a physical trainer, has just inherited her grandfather’s B&B on Maui, but there’s a catch. She can’t have the deed until the day after her one-year wedding anniversary. She’d rather stick a fork in her eye than get hitched, but the B&B is a dream come true. So all she has to do is find a woman who will agree to fake a marriage. How hard can it be?

Set in the backdrop of Maui, one of Hawaii's most beautiful islands, both women must overcome their doubts and apprehensions to discover the true beauty of life—each other.

Leaving a trail of broken hearts scattered across the islands, surf instructor Colby Taylor, aka Breaker, is running full speed away from her selfish actions years earlier. Hiding in the crashing waves of the Pacific Ocean, the last thing she expects to encounter is Elizabeth Collins, a stuffy, judgmental college professor forced down her own escape path. Elizabeth is uncharacteristically drawn to the mysterious surfer but can’t picture herself having a vacation fling, or any other relationship with the enigamatic Breaker.

A glimpse of a quickly melting corpse at the foot of a volcano has amateur sleuth and food enthusiast Valerie Corbin shocked. But how can she investigate a murder, when there's no evidence the victim ever existed?

The first Orchid Isle cozy mystery, set in tropical Hilo, Hawai’i, introduces a fun and feisty LGBTQ+ couple who swap surfing lessons for sleuthing sessions!

The last place Eliza expected to run into her ex-lover is Hawaii.

When she does, the old sparks of their relationship begin to rekindle. Letting Tina back into her life is a struggle since Eliza isn’t sure she has truly forgiven Tina. Eliza wants to believe Tina has changed and giver their relationship one more chance, but she fears the outcome.

Human remains tangled in lilikoi roots bring the authorities to Kerala’s construction site.

Secrets, sabotage, and indigenous sovereignty campaigns hinder the project Kerala leads: building an eco-dream vacation home for Ravi, CEO of a solar power company. Proud to be a tough dyke in the trades, Kerala can’t believe she’s so hot for the masculine genderqueer scientist.

Airline captain Kerri Sullivan has a perfect life.

Only one thing is missing—a woman to share it with. She’s had plenty of women on the road to success, but she’s never met “the one.” Flight attendant Janine Case is beautiful beyond measure, but comes across as aloof and untouchable. When Kerri and Janine are crewmembers on a flight to Hawaii, an unexpected kiss leads to smoldering attraction.

It's the boldest conquest of our time—the colonization of Mars.

Of the thousands who clamored for a one-way ticket to the Red Planet, only a fraction remain in the running. Now they’re converging on Hawaii’s Big Island for a nail-biting competition to be the first to launch.

The more time Brooke spends with Willow, the more she starts to like Paris. Will a chance encounter change her forever?

After a drunk text, Willow saving her life and a few laughs, the two bond over coffee. The more time Brooke spends with Willow, the more she starts to like Paris. Will a chance encounter change her forever?

Can Elda and Charlie unlock their hearts and find the happiness they truly deserve?

Would-be artist and romantic Elda is shaken to the core when an encounter with hot-shot barrister Charlie disrupts the monotony of her daily grind. They’re both flawed and haunted by their own histories, but will they dare to seize the opportunity for romance?

She's reassuringly expensive with discretion ensured…

After years spent homeless on the streets of London, jet-setting high-end escort Miranda Stewart has fashioned her independence on her terms. But has her secret identity been discovered? Fly with Miri to Paris and her exotic encounters as she walks the thin line between secrecy and discovery…

A lesbian age gap erotic encounter

By day a flight attendant, by night a high-end escort, Miri Stewart is in Paris looking to kill time before her evening hook-up. Hoping for a seductive afternoon dalliance, Miri enters the luxury lingerie shop Maison Isobel as she strolls down the Champs-Élysées.

For almost a decade they were best friends. Inseparable. Then a betrayal tore them apart.

Amy Summers and Jess Daniels need to find a way to navigate their past as they are sent to Europe to handle the acquisition of a company. Along the way, they manage to strike a fragile truce, yet emotions run high as each blames the other for wrecking their friendship.

Her ambition doesn’t leave room for longing.

An ambitious young milliner. A shy noblewoman. Love is a risk neither can afford.

Two women and a Dolly Parton song. Can only lead to one thing. Love.

Two women connected through a dance over twelve years ago, now find themselves thrust into each others lives once again. It may be serendipity that brings them together, but old scars threaten to keep them apart.

Love was never her calling, until she heard her voice in the dark

Bound by vows and haunted by scars, two women discover a love that feels sacred even as it defies God. Between whispered prayers and stolen touches, devotion becomes the most dangerous kind of faith.

Paris... City of lights, city of love... city of drama!

French Kissing follows a group of Parisian women as they navigate the stormy waters of love and life.

Some lines should never be crossed...

When Vi Courtenay falls at Chiara Conti’s feet, losing her shoe like a veritable Cinderella, events are set in motion that will unravel their carefully fashioned lives.

With everything tainted, will the thin lines they rend ever be mended?

What happened in Paris, didn’t stay in Paris.

But when someone from Sophia Beauchamp’s past enters her present, can she and her longtime partner Emily Crawford overcome a decades old secret?

Mara and her AI car partner KATT must stop the world's greatest and sexiest thief!

Special agent Mara Keoni and her AI car partner/lover KATT must stop the world’s greatest thief, Carla Santiago, and her gang of sexy henchwomen from stealing one of the most iconic landmarks in France. But can they fight their desire for the sensual criminals?

Will Colette's dreams of Lise be unrequited?

Broke and desperate after her girlfriend leaves her for a man, Colette finds a job as an artist’s model. When she arrives for an interview, she’s surprised to meet a striking young woman, Lise Beauclerc. She creates fantasies in her mind during the hours she poses. Will Colette’s dreams of Lise be unrequited?

Dr. Paige Waterford is struggling with a strained marriage and trying to find her stride after finishing her residency and beginning her career in the ER.

When she meets Carly Becker, the fog begins to lift, and she feels a connection like none she’s ever known.

It's summer in Paris, 1972.

Frenchwoman Eva Laroche wants to pass her bar exams and get a good job as a trial attorney, but she’s working as a tour guide to pay off debts. American beauty Brigitte Green wants to find a new home in Paris and forget her past that haunts her with vivid waking dreams. Though the beauty of Paris and the magic of its rich feminist culture draw them ever closer, a secret from Brigitte’s past life threatens to destroy their chance for a future together. Can their fragile love flourish in the City of Light?

As eighteen-year-olds Pina Mazzini and Katie McGuilvry speed ahead toward graduation from Albert Academy and the natural evolution of their relationship, Pina flees to Paris to escape the demands of moving on with her life and possibly away from Katie.

Pina’s burning desire to hang on to Katie and the status quo traps her in the past along with Europe’s seductive antiquities. Does she imagine the haunting return of Craney and her death threats? How toxic is her anxiety over getting on with her life?