One bed. Two strangers. Zero chance of keeping things simple this Christmas.

Commitment-shy Hannah Doyle’s career is taking off. Now, it’s time for her personal life to catch up. So what if her friends think she’s settling? Soulmates don’t exist, so why waste her time trying to find one? Following that plan, she’s finally asked her girlfriend-of-convenience, Anna, to move in. What she didn’t plan was waking up in a stranger’s bed on Christmas Eve.

Elyse Thornton has never paid much attention to her appearance. But when fashionable and gorgeous Rowena asked her out, it felt nice to be noticed. Now, Elyse hopes their first Christmas together is another step forward in their relationship. This was before Elyse discovered a half-naked stranger in her bed. 

Mortified, Hannah apologizes for the mix-up, but neither of them expected the soulful conversations or the connection they formed. Could they be each other’s soulmates? As the night unfolds, deep feelings begin to develop, forcing them to face their fears and hopes—settle for the familiar, or take a chance on each other.

Four sexy couples break stereotypes about committed sex to explore lust and love when the honeymoon is over. 

While Laura and Max explore the boundaries of monogamy by sharing fantasies that involve others in State of the Union, Noa and Lauren learn the meaning of devotion and trust in Not Like Other Girls. In A Proper Lady, Nora unleashes her possessive side with Maddie, and in Teacher’s Pet Sara and Natalie engage in hot, dynamic role play.

Weaving intimacy and insight to showcase a range of passion, Yes, Honey proves that commitment is not the end of erotic adventure, but the beginning.

Hayes Martin shares everything with her BFF Claire Wheeler. Well, almost everything. Hayes has kept a secret from Claire for years, and she can’t take it anymore. Tonight is the night she comes clean and risks it all to gain everything she’s ever wanted.

I Met Someone was previously published in My Secret Valentine: Three Romance Novellas (Bold Strokes Books, 2022).

Katie James didn’t plan on being a runaway bride. Twice. But when the gorgeous, accomplished, former love of her life, Emma Reed, reappears in her life the week of her wedding, will Katie risk everything for another chance with the woman who might be her soul mate?

Double Jeopardy was previously published in Still Not Over You: Romance Novellas (Bold Strokes Books, 2020).

Can falling in love melt the hearts of the iciest ice queens? 

Cassidy Bennett spends an unexpected evening at a lesbian nightclub with her notoriously reserved and demanding boss, successful venture capitalist Julia Whitmore. After seeing a different side of Julia, Cassidy can’t seem to shake her desire to know more.

Private Equity was previously published in Hot Ice: Romance Novellas (Bold Strokes Books, 2019).

A woman who has never been truly satisfied....

Bliss Sinclair's life of dull routine and unhappiness makes her imagination the only place she can find fulfillment. Until she meets Regina, a provocative writer who pulls her out of her head and into a sensuously real world alive with flavors and sensations beyond any she’d ever imagined. This real world is exciting and rich with irresistible pleasures, but Sinclair quickly learns these pleasures are not what they seem.

She discovers that lust can simply be another illusion, and passion without love can poison just as easily as it redeems. To cleanse herself of Regina’s poison, she escapes to Jamaica, the place where she was born, in hopes that the sun and ocean breezes will heal both old and new wounds. But among the brilliant flowers and crystal waters of the island, Sinclair finds ghosts from her past as well as strangers who challenge her very understanding of life and love.

From hidden grottos bubbling with desire to dangerous streets where violence is just a breath away, Sinclair must fight for the love she deserves, fight for herself, and for the life of satisfaction that was meant to be hers all along.

Ben considers himself lucky. He found Gabriel early in life and he is loved.

But at twenty-one, he’s beginning to question if the boat of youthful independence will soon set sail without him. Will his devotion to Gabriel prevent him from exploring with other guys? Will he ever get to experience the heart-wavering thrill of falling in love again?

Vacationing on Gabriel’s family boat on the French Riviera, Ben is unprepared for the arrival of Leo, a beautiful adolescent thriving in the noontide of carefree nonchalance. Over the course of a single day, Ben battles his burgeoning lust and intensifying guilt.

Will he betray Gabriel, who has done nothing but love him? Or can he resist the carnal temptation of the most beautiful boy he has ever seen?

A blind musician and her lover take a romantic journey where love is the melody that plays for only them.

Previously published in In Deep Waters: Cruising the Seas, by Karin Kallmaker and Radclyffe (Bella Books, 2007); republished in Best Lesbian Romance 2009, edited by Radclyffe (Cleis Press).

Snow falls hard outside the bar of a Boston hotel. Kay Westscott, a New York novelist and English teacher, is in town attending a writers’ workshop. Math professor Ann Ward is trying and failing to muster enthusiasm for a round of lesbian speed dating. When Kay spots Ann at the bar, she’s instantly attracted, and while it seems a romance writer might easily engage a single professor looking for love, Kay’s humorous flirtations do more to irritate than impress. Ann finds Kay’s pickup lines way out of line, and Kay tries to redeem herself by helping Ann rehearse for speed dating, all the while wishing it was more than just practice.

The chemistry is undeniable, but Kay and Ann part ways, only to realize they have a lesson in love coming—if they can just find each other again.

Agente editorial Emily May está a punto de perder todo el fruto de sus esfuerzos…su trabajo, su hogar, sus amigos, y la seguridad que le provee a su hermana mayor en Singapur…todo solo porque no tiene un permiso de residencia. Derian Winfield, entusiasta de carreras de autos, aventurara y temeraria, es llamada por su familia, cuando su tía, la única persona en su familia que todavía ama, se enferma. Forzada a tomar un papel en la agencia, la cual pasó años evitando, Derian necesitará mejorar de prisa su reputación negra o la agencia terminará controlada por su padre. Juntas, ella y Emily enfrentan el padre de Derian y su ejecutora, y en el proceso, Derian inventa un plan para resolver los problemas de ambas. Ahora solo necesita convencer a Emily que se case con ella, una solución perfecta para solucionar todos sus problemas, o eso es lo cree. Solo no cuenta con enamorarse.

A Spanish translation of The Color of Love

¿Qué haces cuando tu vida tan cuidadosamente planeada da un giro equivocada el infierno?

Cuando Quinn Maguire, una cirujana de trauma, joven y atractiva, incomprensiblemente acepta la posición de médica en la sala de urgencias, su jefa nueva, Honor Blake, sospecha que Quinn está ocultando un secreto oscuro. Cuando las dos declaran una tregua inestable en un esfuerzo a trabajar juntas, ambas luchan contra una atracción mutual e inesperada. Sin embargo, Honor tiene más que una razón a resistir sus sentimientos crecientes para la novata atractiva… sin mencionar que su corazón pertenece a la mujer cuyo anillo matrimonial lleva puesto. En medio del caos y drama de una sala de urgencias ocupada, Quinn y Honor necesitan enfrentar no solo la naturaleza frágil de la vida, pero también los misterios del corazón y las fuerzas irresistibles del destino.

A Spanish translation of Fated Love.

Two BFFs decide to spend Valentine's Day together and discover the true love they've been seeking in all the wrong places. 

Previously published in The Perfect Valentine, ed. T. Szymanski and B. Johnson (Bella Books, 2006).

Myra Owens runs a therapeutic riding program for returning soldiers. She won't risk getting hurt by becoming personally involved with her riders until Ainslee Harriot challenges her to take a chance on love.

Risk Factor was previously published in Sweet Hearts (Bold Strokes Books, 2015).

It’s 1969 and the Vietnam War is in full swing. Tommy Benton and the others on her commune are vehemently against the war. Tommy divides her time between organizing and leading protests and enjoying the love of different women on the commune. She’s passionate about two things: free love and protesting the Vietnam War.

When the Fourth of July rolls around, Tommy leads the people in her commune, as well of thousands of others, in a peaceful demonstration. After, she enjoys the party atmosphere that consumes the commune. The following day, a reporter shows up to interview her. He promises to submit his article to the bigger, national papers, and Tommy feels that she’s finally making a name for herself on the national scene as a leading activist.

Amelia Honey, cutter and suit designer at an exclusive London Savile Row tailor, is happy with her professional life, but her love life is barren and cold. When she is asked to stand in for her boss’s private appointment with the mysterious Byron De Brek, she couldn’t be more excited—or nervous. Byron is the perfect example of a dapper butch, and someone who fuels Amelia’s darkest fantasies. 

Will she follow Byron’s lead and explore those darker needs, or will she run away from what her heart and her body truly hunger for?

Kendal Moore knows she’s being used shamelessly by her boss, Holly McAllister. What’s more, Kendal has willingly agreed to it. Holly needs a wife to remain in the US despite an expired visa. Now it’s their wedding day. Kendal is about to marry the woman she secretly loves, but she is afraid. What if she fails Holly by getting last-minute cold feet? 

Holly McAllister tries to keep up her usual stern demeanor. If she doesn’t marry, all she’s worked for is lost. She is surprised that the only person she can imagine marrying is her assistant, Kendal, whose loyalty she always relied on. Now Holly’s heart and conscience insist she must talk to Kendal and call off the wedding. She can’t  take advantage of the woman she’s grown to love. Kendal deserves more.