Love's Tender Warriors

By Radclyffe

Sports
Second Chance at Love

Drew Clark, ex-Marine and martial arts master, is the new instructor at the Golden Tiger dojang. Intense and aloof, she hides dark secrets and unhealed wounds beneath her warrior's exterior. Sean Gray is the young psychologist and senior student who threatens to bring down the barriers Drew has erected around her heart. Battle hardened and world weary, Drew discovers that Sean wields a weapon she has no defense against--tenderness. Together, two women who have accepted loneliness as a way of life learn that love is worth fighting for--and a battle that neither can afford to lose.

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Love's Melody Lost

By Radclyffe

Music
Disability
Second Chance at Love

Victim of a terrible accident, famed composer and pianist Graham Yardley loses far more than her sight. She can no longer hear the melodies that once filled her world.

In a bleak mansion atop windswept cliffs, Graham withdraws into silence, darkness, and bitter regret—until Anna, a woman struggling to redefine her destiny, comes into Graham's life.

When Anna awakens passions Graham thought forever dead, a fragile melody of love grows between their damaged souls, a song made sweeter and stronger by the day. But will it be strong enough to overcome the memory of past betrayals and future uncertainties?

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The Bayou Keeps the Bones

By Bailey Bridgewater

How far will you go for someone who was never yours?

When a distraught woman bursts into a Louisiana diner, truck driver Cass Blaney doesn’t think twice about offering her a ride out of town. Florence is running from an abusive husband, and Cass is compelled to help.

But is Florence really who she claims to be? As Cass brings her along on long hauls across the South, robberies and bodies seem to be pursuing them along the hot asphalt. Cass wants to believe in coincidences, but Florence’s secrets are impossible to ignore.

Drawn in by her growing love for Florence, Cass crosses line after line to protect her. And soon they’re burying a body together.

In the sweltering heat of the swamp, trust turns to obsession and love becomes a weapon. Does Florence love Cass too, or is she setting her up to take the fall?

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The Moon to Me

By Ana Hartnett

A beautifully vulnerable story of love lost and love found, The Moon to Me explores grief, family, and the lengths one will go to honor the truth of their heart.

Eaden is left reeling from the unexpected loss of her mother. With her first summer break from teaching on the horizon, she makes it her mission to personally deliver a letter from her late mother to her great-aunt in Cobh, Ireland. She could mail it, sure. But her mother always said a person could put physical miles between herself and her woes.

And Cobh is far. Maybe just far enough...

The one person Eaden can’t escape—and maybe doesn’t want to escape—is Florence, her cousin Riley’s ex-girlfriend. Inconveniently, Florence ends up as Eaden’s travel partner. It’s hard to resist the one person who makes Eaden smile in her darkest times, but Riley is family and still has feelings. Given how on-again, off-again they seem to be, maybe Florence does, too.

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Beautiful Things

By Emma L McGeown

How many chances do you get at a love that lasts forever?

In the summer of 2010, Niamh is pouring drinks at a Greek bar, trying to savor her last taste of freedom before college. Harriet is enduring a family holiday from hell. Their worlds collide one magical night sparking a whirlwind summer romance of discovery, only to be torn apart by family and circumstance.

Years later, in the heart of London, their paths cross again. They’re older and wiser but neither has forgotten what could have been, and their connection is undeniable. But life has moved on, things are complicated, and the timing still isn’t right. Or is it?

A warmhearted romance of missed chances, undeniable chemistry, and a stubborn love that maybe, just maybe, can find its way back.

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A Conflict of Interest

By Morgan Adams

New York City
People of Color
Bisexual
Second Chance at Love
Lawyers
Medical Romance
Multicultural 

Senior associate Ana Mendez is always being overlooked. By her family, by her peers, heck, even by her latest crush. But when a power vacuum emerges at her law firm, she knows the medical malpractice case she's working on is her golden ticket to the promotion she deserves. 

Cardiac surgeon Rachel Cohen is stunned when she is served legal papers compelling her to testify in a lawsuit. One night after work, Rachel goes out to a bar and ends up going home with the most beautiful woman she’s ever seen. Rachel’s world is rocked when she arrives at her deposition and discovers that the attorney questioning her is none other than the woman she just slept with.

Like opposing sides of a magnet, Rachel and Ana are undeniably drawn to one another. But will love find a way to beat this conflict of interest? Or does fate have other plans in store?

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Charity Case

By Jean Copeland

Enemies to Lovers Romance
Close Quarters
Second Chance at Love
Good girls/Bad girls
Homecoming

Lindsay Chase had everything she’d ever wanted until a gambling addiction ruined her flashy life in Los Angeles. Forced home to Connecticut to start over, she’s broke, on probation, and ordered to do community service.

When she meets social worker Ellie Tuttle, their attraction is immediate, but Lindsay’s self-centered nature tests Ellie’s usually endless patience and empathy. Lindsay struggles to reconcile who she used to be with her new, humble existence, and she’s not exactly making a great first impression. As Ellie and Lindsay get to know each other while working together at the homeless shelter, they fall into an unlikely friendship that slowly leads to love, despite Ellie’s efforts to avoid it.

But when the shelter is set to close due to lack of funding, Lindsay has the chance to prove she isn’t as selfish as everyone thinks. She’ll save the day and show Ellie she’s worthy of her love. That is if she doesn’t go to jail for it first.

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Goodbye, Hello

By Heather K O'Malley

College Life
Transgender
Reunion Romance
Second Chance at Love
Friends to Lovers Romance

Kelly's world collapsed when her father died. They had been very close and now she's lost. How is she supposed to rebuild her relationship with her mother without someone to facilitate their conversation? But her grief takes a back seat when the unexpected happens the day of her father's funeral.

When Teresa got the assignment to write up the obituary for Mr. Matheson, it brought back so many memories of when she had dated Kelly in high school. They had ended awkwardly, and ready to apologize for how she had acted back then, she goes to the funeral to see her again.

The spark is still there, but Kelly and Teresa aren't convinced their reconnection will lead to a forever romance. With so much time apart, all the ways they've changed since high school, and the challenges of a long-distance relationship, their second chance at love may end just as disastrously as the first.

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Seducing the Widow

By Jane Walsh

Reunion Romance
Enemies to Lovers Romance
International Setting
Second Chance at Love

Miss Cassandra Belvedere and Miss Louise Sheffield were once debutantes vying for the same gentleman’s attentions. Bitter rivalry turned to passion—but at the end of the Season, Louise chose the earl instead of the girl.

Fifteen years later, Cass strides back into London Society to demand Louise’s help. After all, it’s the least she can do after destroying Cass’s life. Her family’s glove making business is in peril, and the elegant Louise, now the widowed Countess of Atwater, wields enough power to bring Cass’s gloves into fashion.

But Louise didn’t expect the attraction between them to burn stronger than ever, or that society would turn on her for associating with Cass. Bold, brash Cass has the real power—to unravel Louise’s strait-laced life and show her that their passion is worth fighting for.

Nothing could prepare them for the Season of a lifetime—or a second chance to fall in love.

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Shadow Rider

By Gina L. Dartt

Elemental Riders | Book 1
Other Worlds

The world of the Five Nations is ruled by Elementals, those chosen few capable of controlling earth, air, fire, and water, but it is the Paths of the Shadow Realm that link the nations, navigated by the mysterious Shadow Riders.

Courier Shay Kendrith carries precious goods and crucial documents for the Crown, a solitary and dangerous life that takes her from one end of the world to the other. The last thing she ever expected to discover while traveling the Realm is an Elemental fighting for her life against the deadly wraiths inhabiting the Shadows.

As an Undine, Marshal Keagan Riley wields water, using her abilities to protect and serve the Crown. Being drawn into the Shadow Realm with Shay begins a harrowing journey that will lead them to the Elemental Stones, previously lost to history, but uncovered by unknown forces that may destroy everything they’ve sworn to protect.

In the Shadows, one can easily find death, but can Shay and Keagan find love as they fight to save the Five Nations?

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Wild Wales

By Patricia Evans

Enemies to Lovers Romance
Friends & Community
Close Quarters
Magic
Small Town Romances

Aisling Moss is balanced on the crystal edge of success as one of the most sought-after wedding planners in London...until a single split-second decision sent her career crashing to the floor like a toppled tower of shattered champagne flutes. Soon after, a letter from the family solicitor arrives and she has to choose between picking up the scattered pieces of her career in London or taking the next flight to Wales to honor the last wishes of the grandmother she loved.

Finn Morgan was forced to end her fighting career after a sudden injury sidelined her rise to stardom in the cutthroat world of professional women’s boxing. Her job as a short- order cook in a Brooklyn luncheonette certainly doesn’t compare, but it also doesn’t require her to think about what to do next. Sleeping with her boss’s wife and spending quality time with a gym punching bag is all she needs, until she arrives home to a letter from across the pond in a pool of warm sunlight on her entry table.

In Wales, long-kept secrets and unexpected emotions surface for both Finn and Aisling. As they grow closer they’re forced to make difficult decisions about their futures: Do they return to the safety of the lives they had, or take a chance on wild love in windswept Wales?

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Comes in Waves

By Ana Hartnett

Financial gap/Class disparity
Friends & Community
Virgins/First Love
Friends to Lovers Romance
Blue Collar

For some, first love is never forgotten—even when left behind. A story of queer love that never ends, new beginnings, and the town that steals two hearts from award-winning author Ana Hartnett.

Tanya Brees enjoyed an idyllic childhood in the small coastal tourist town of Coral Bay, skimboarding, racing ATVs through sandy trails, and getting into mischief with her small band of friends. Things are clear: stick with the locals and hope the high-rises don’t take over their small fishing community.

When Tanya is thirteen, Juliette Peralta walks into the restaurant at the Coral Bay Inn with her parents and catches the eye of all the teens in town, especially Tanya. Every summer Juliette spends in Coral Bay brings them closer until first love blooms. But Juliette always leaves, her parents keep acquiring property to develop in town, and Tanya can’t take it anymore. No matter how much she loves Juliette, their family values are too different, and they lose touch as adults. That is, until a hurricane forces Juliette to return to Coral Bay indefinitely.

What’s worse than still being attracted to your first crush? Realizing the storm that tore you apart has gotten a lot more complicated.

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Only a Bridesmaid

By Haley Donnell

Virgins/First Love
Friends to Lovers Romance

A fake bridesmaid, a socially anxious bride, and an unexpected love—what could go wrong?

It’s the strangest job that actress Meli has ever been offered—posing as a bridesmaid for an apparently friendless woman at her upcoming Caribbean wedding. Then she meets the shy bride-to-be, Hannah, and feels an instant connection that makes her put her doubts aside. She’s not only doing this because Hannah is gorgeous, even though she really is. Too bad she’s straight.

Hannah is ten steps beyond shy. Even connecting with her fiancé is difficult, despite how badly her religious parents want her to marry. But something about Meli makes her feel safe. A close encounter with Meli at the bachelorette party leaves Hannah shivery and warm, and wondering if she’s making a mistake by getting married.

To chase her real happily-ever-after, Hannah has to not only defy expectations she’s conformed to all her life, but also risk her heart getting broken and find the words—and the courage—to be her true self.

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Invisible

By Anna Larner

Virgins/First Love
Children / Families
Ghosts
Friends & Community
Coming Out

Violet Unwin is convinced she is invisible. Overlooked by her adoptive family, her only solace is her uncle’s costume shop. By day, she’s an assistant no one remembers, but after hours, in the wonder of her imagination, she becomes explorer, warrior, queen. Devastated by news of the shop’s imminent closure, Violet finds comfort in an unlikely companion, the ghostly figure of her namesake, the suffragette Vi Unwin.

Medical school dropout Phoebe Frink’s life is in disarray. She has no idea who she is anymore, what to do about it, or how to tell her parents. Taken under the wing of the infamous drag king Mr. Duke, owner of the struggling Banana Bar, fate steps in when Phoebe seeks Violet’s help with costumes for the bar’s fundraising Christmas Ball.

Phoebe is captivated by beautiful, shy Violet, and for the first time in her life, Violet experiences what it is to be truly seen. But for love to be possible, Violet and Phoebe must take a risk on a future they’ve never dared to imagine.

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On My Way There

By Jaycie Morrison

Second Chance at Love
Transgender
Small Town Romances
Children / Families
Blue Collar

Maxine Terrell lurches into adulthood madly in love with a woman and her child. Unfortunately, Daphne Polk is someone else’s wife, and her daughter Lena is someone else’s child. But Daphne’s been there for her ever since Max and her father weathered a terrible tragedy, one that’s still whispered about in their small Texas town. After years of hope and heartbreak, and too many lies to count, Max seems poised to settle for the various "friends with benefits" she encounters.

Unexpectedly wealthy after her father’s death and emotionally adrift with no idea what she really wants from life, Max decides to take to the road and signs up to become a truck driver. During her training in Lubbock, she meets Trillian—“Thrill”—and manages to screw things up from the start. After another chance encounter and a sweet kiss she can’t forget, Max begins to rethink not only what, but who she really wants.

As Max traverses the open road, her journey of impossible love, loss, and courage mirrors her voyage of self-discovery. But before she can look to the future, she must come to terms with the history she’d rather forget.

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#shedeservedit

By Greg Herren

Virgins/First Love
Young Adult
Psychological Thriller
Amateur Sleuths
Coming Out
Sports

Liberty Center High School’s football team has a long history of success, and the dying small town has nothing else to cling to. But when Lance, the star quarterback, is found dead, Alex Wheeler becomes the prime suspect in his best friend’s murder. Alex thought he was the only one who shared Lance’s biggest secret—but someone else found out. How well did Alex really know Lance, and what else did he keep hidden?

To prove his innocence and figure out what really happened to Lance that last night, Alex starts connecting the dots and finds that everything leads back to the recent death of a cheerleader who may have been sexually assaulted at a team party. Did online bullying drive her to suicide? Or was she murdered?

Alex must come to terms with his own secrets and soon finds his future may be at risk, as he gets closer and closer to the horrifying truth about how far Liberty Center will go to protect their own.

Content advisory: This work contains references to sexual assault.

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Changing Majors

By Ana Hartnett Reichardt and Others

The Alder Series | Book 1
Friends & Community
Virgins/First Love
College Life
Friends to Lovers Romance
Coming Out
Small Town Romances

Suitemates to friends...to happily ever after?

It’s her first night of freshman year at Alder University, a small Catholic college tucked away in the North Georgia mountains, and Bailey Sullivan is ready to be the girl she has always dreamed of becoming: a girl who loves a boy. She quickly meets Luke, a Southern charmer who gives her hope for a traditional future. But her often destructive and messy attempts at being straight are thwarted when she falls for her far-too-female suitemate, Noelle Parker, from whom she quickly becomes inseparable.

Bailey must traverse the rocky terrain of her friendships, her freshman year of college, and her sexuality to discover not only whom she wants to pursue, but her own identity. For Bailey, learning to be true to herself means being brave enough to let go of the limits on love that are holding her back.

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The Infinite Summer

By Morgan Lee Miller

Virgins/First Love
Food
Young Adult
Vacation
Small Town Romances

Remi Brenner will one day see the world. Literally. She’s one summer away from starting her degree in aerospace at MIT, but then her dad cuts off her college tuition until they repair their estranged relationship. Remi has no choice but to spend her summer with him and her annoyingly famous stepmom in resort town Gaslight Shores, South Carolina.

Harper Hebert wishes her life didn’t revolve around her family’s restaurant, a staple in Gaslight Shores for more than seven decades. When a new restaurant is opened by a famous chef and business begins to decline, Harper’s dreams of ever making it on her own are threatened.

The more Remi and Harper’s friendship blossoms into something deeper, the more Remi becomes tangled in the intense restaurant rivalry between her stepmom and the Heberts. She knows she has to tell Harper, but the truth could scare away the only person who can capture her summer and her heart.

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