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3 | Written in the Stars | Alexandria Bellefleur | 384 | Avon | Lauren Sweet | 11.18 | 2020-11-10 | 2022-02-14 | 2023-09-04 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51179990-written-in-the-stars | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/written-in-the-stars-1.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/s/dsoj/dsoj-square-1536.jpg | 9780063000827 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/94c3e9a2-f11c-45fb-96c8-0ee550f26099 | Darcy | F | she/her | Elle | F | she/her | business | some | hard-R | Written in the Stars | 1 | escalator | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | After an awkward blind date, two women agree to a fake relationship to get their friends to back off. | FakeRelationship | PushyFriends | CommitmentIssues | Misunderstandings | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4.25 | 4.06 | 5% | 4¼⭐️/5 | #CommitmentIssues #DualPOV #FakeRelationship #Misunderstandings #PushyFriends #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Count Your Lucky Stars | Alexandria Bellefleur | 384 | Avon | Lauren Sweet | 11.00 | 2022-02-01 | 2022-02-03 | 2022-02-14 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58079450-count-your-lucky-stars | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/count-your-lucky-stars.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/v/evui/evui-square-1536.jpg | 9780063000902 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/cc2d239d-9f4a-4992-a6ac-2551ac459355 | Margot | F | she/her | business | dismissive | Olivia | F | she/her | business | anxious | two | hard-R | Written in the Stars | 3 | escalator | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Sharing an apartment after a minor catastrophe, two reunited former friends reestablish their relationship. | CommitmentIssues | ChildhoodFriends | SecondChance | SelfLoveIsHealthy | GrumpySunshine | ForcedProximity | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 | 3.90 | 28% | 5⭐️/5 | #AnxiousDismissivePair #ChildhoodFriends #CommitmentIssues #DualPOV #ForcedProximity #GrumpySunshine #SecondChance #SelfLoveIsHealthy #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | If You Kiss Me Like That | Harper Bliss | 291 | Ladylit | Carmen Rose | 8.03 | 2020-06-21 | 2022-02-16 | 2022-02-16 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54227185-if-you-kiss-me-like-that | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/if-you-kiss-me-like-that.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/b/ebku/ebku-square-1536.jpg | 9781705275221 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/38d20b39-e369-454b-92b2-71a1cc92d305 | Ash | F | she/her | 42 | business | Claire | F | she/her | 54 | medical | frequent | wide | NC-17 | multiple | escalator | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Two women meet at the singles table of a wedding and hit it off, despite an age gap and the fact that one of them has only ever been in straight relationships. | CareerFirst | Awakening | AgeGap | HiddenRelationship | ClosetedVsOut | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3.50 | 3.77 | 7% | 3½⭐️/5 | #AgeGap #Awakening #CareerFirst #ClosetedVsOut #DualPOV #HiddenRelationship #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | Delilah Green Doesn't Care | Ashley Herring Blake | 375 | Berkley | Kristen DiMercurio | 11.68 | 2022-02-22 | 2022-02-16 | 2022-02-28 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54756850-delilah-green-doesn-t-care | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/delilah-green-doesn't-care.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/y/ey0u/ey0u-square-1536.jpg | 9780593551691 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/59eba8ee-d1d7-4e39-95d6-9b59d9f51573 | Claire | F | she/her | 30 | business | Delilah | F | she/her | 30 | artist | few | R | Bright Falls | 1 | small town | escalator | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Reunited for an upcoming small-town wedding, two former friends realize they've gotten past many of the hangups they had as teens. | MyKidsBeforeMe | FriendsToLovers | BackHomeAgain | SingleParent | SelfLoveIsHealthy | SecondChance | BiPanSexualMC | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 | 4.14 | 22% | 5⭐️/5 | #BackHomeAgain #BiPanSexualMC #DualPOV #FriendsToLovers #MyKidsBeforeMe #SecondChance #SelfLoveIsHealthy #SingleParent #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Three Reasons to Say Yes | Jaime Clevenger | 314 | Bella | Abby Craden | 8.93 | 2018-09-13 | 2022-02-22 | 2022-03-02 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40938037-three-reasons-to-say-yes | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/three-reasons-to-say-yes.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/k/dkmb/dkmb-square-1536.jpg | 9781541433588 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/62abf377-2107-4e4b-8139-1a4382b1f872 | Julia | F | she/her | business | Reed | F | she/her | medical | some | some | R | Paradise Romance | 1 | travel | escalator | contemporary | single | A single mom and her two young kids hit it off with another woman when they meet on the flight to a vacation, then need to figure out how to make things work when they go home. | proposal | MyKidsBeforeMe | CommitmentIssues | ProtectiveFriend | SingleParent | MyKidsLoveYou | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4.25 | 3.93 | 8% | 4¼⭐️/5 | #CommitmentIssues #MyKidsBeforeMe #MyKidsLoveYou #ProtectiveFriend #SingleParent #SinglePOV | F/F | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | The Long Shot | A.L. Brooks | 282 | Ylva | Melissa Moran | 9.27 | 2019-09-04 | 2022-02-22 | 2022-03-01 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51109301-the-long-shot | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/the-long-shot.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/o/dosw/dosw-square-1536.jpg | 9781541431867 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ee7c04d9-b884-4948-95b3-4a1370654d7a | Adrienne | F | she/her | journalist | Morgan | F | she/her | sports | multiple | escalator | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Pro golfer and the slightly older reporter assigned to cover her realize their chemistry is making for a tricky ethical situation. | EthicsOfPower | Celebrity | AgeGap | Sports | WorkplaceEthics | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4.25 | 3.77 | 12% | 4¼⭐️/5 | #AgeGap #Celebrity #DualPOV #EthicsOfPower #Sports #ThirdPersonPOV #WorkplaceEthics | F/F | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Love, Accidentally | Jaime Clevenger, Aurora Rey | 285 | Bella | Abby Craden | 8.07 | 2021-11-16 | 2022-03-02 | 2022-03-04 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58517393-love-accidentally | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/love-accidentally.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/f/7/f77e/f77e-square-1536.jpg | 9781666120165 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/42fe032e-fe10-48ad-9e1d-2e6147ccd7b0 | Amelia | F | she/her | Finn | F | she/her | medical | Mile High City Romance | 2 | escalator | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | After getting in a traffic accident while U-Hauling, a woman gets closer to the paramedic who pulled her from the wreckage. | CareerFirst | NuisanceEx | RehabRecovery | TheDogGetsSkritches | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4.25 | 3.92 | 8% | 4¼⭐️/5 | #CareerFirst #DualPOV #NuisanceEx #RehabRecovery #TheDogGetsSkritches #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Must Love Silence | Lucy Bexley | 226 | self | Abby Craden | 5.58 | 2020-10-02 | 2022-03-02 | 2022-03-06 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55458839-must-love-silence | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/must-love-silence.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/s/es8k/es8k-square-1536.jpg | 9781666122503 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/55ff7afb-5744-44f2-8c04-114f4ff2e249 | Arden | F | she/her | writer | Reese | F | she/her | narrator | frequent | wide | NC-17 | city | escalator | contemporary | sober alcoholic FMC; FMC with overwhelming social anxiety | single 3rd | Shut-in voice actor is pressured into taking an on-site job in NYC for a picky erotica author. | the audiobook version is perfection | Misunderstandings | HardOutsideGooeyInside | SecretShame | RivalsToLovers | AddictionSubstanceAbuse | Neurodiverse | RehabRecovery | PanicAttacks | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5.00 | 4.17 | 21% | 5⭐️/5 | #AddictionSubstanceAbuse #HardOutsideGooeyInside #Misunderstandings #Neurodiverse #PanicAttacks #RehabRecovery #RivalsToLovers #SecretShame #SinglePOV #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | ||||||||||||||||
11 | Sprinkled in the Stars | Violet Morley | 287 | Self | Abby Craden | 7.40 | 2021-06-01 | 2022-02-22 | 2022-03-13 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58240789-sprinkled-in-the-stars | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/sprinkled-in-the-stars.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/f/o/fobb/fobb-square-1536.jpg | 9781666173444 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/01510d4c-0c41-44f0-ab3d-c203dd5dcfa8 | AJ | F | she/her | 27 | medical | fearful | Melanie | F | she/her | 37 | actor | two | hard-R | city | escalator | contemporary | autism | dual-alternating 3rd | Reclusive actor injured in a stunt falls for the paramedic who resuscitated her, and forms a bond with her autistic daughter. | cohabitation | My frozen robot heart melts at the compare/contrast between the autism expressions of the diagnosed kid and the undiagnosed adult | The dialogue and prose can occasionally be a little klunky, but the heart is in the right place | MyKidsBeforeMe | Neurodiverse | Celebrity | SingleParent | SelfLoveIsHealthy | NuisanceEx | MyKidsLoveYou | RichPoor | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 | 3.66 | 34% | 5⭐️/5 | #Celebrity #DualPOV #MyKidsBeforeMe #MyKidsLoveYou #Neurodiverse #NuisanceEx #RichPoor #SelfLoveIsHealthy #SingleParent #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | ||||||||||||
12 | Simply the Best | Karin Kallmaker | 382 | Bella | Abby Craden | 11.55 | 2021-08-12 | 2022-02-22 | 2022-03-12 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54879618-simply-the-best | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/simply-the-best.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/f/2/f26r/f26r-square-1536.jpg | 9781705229644 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/8041f318-2130-4cfa-8601-0bd58316a088 | Alice | F | she/her | journalist | Pepper | F | she/her | business | city | escalator | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | The Devil Wears Prada | Young intern gets promoted to assistant to the CEO of a beauty company, and has to juggle an antagonistic but alluring reporter who is struggling to present a complete picture of a troublesome company. | EthicsOfPower | CareerFirst | AgeGap | WorkplaceEthics | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4.50 | 3.88 | 16% | 4½⭐️/5 | #AgeGap #CareerFirst #DualPOV #EthicsOfPower #ThirdPersonPOV #WorkplaceEthics | F/F | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | By Mutual Consent | Tracey Richardson | 240 | Bella | Lori Prince | 8.77 | 2016-01-15 | 2022-03-13 | 2022-03-17 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25855457-by-mutual-consent | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/by-mutual-consent.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/u/du1x/du1x-square-1536.jpg | 9781705226100 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/aa1f3690-3074-4e87-afb9-01a44d443bfd | Joss | F | she/her | medical | Sarah | F | she/her | artist | city | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | When a successful doctor needs a plus-one for high society events, a fake relationship with a smooth-talking and easy-on-the-eyes artist seems like an easy option. | FakeRelationship | MoneySolvesNothing | Escort | RichPoor | StructureMeetsWhimsy | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4.00 | 3.48 | 13% | 4⭐️/5 | #DualPOV #Escort #FakeRelationship #MoneySolvesNothing #RichPoor #StructureMeetsWhimsy #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Table for Two | Kate Gavin | 262 | Bella | Anastasia Watley | 8.80 | 2021-03-18 | 2022-03-13 | 2022-03-14 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56688674-table-for-two | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/table-for-two.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/f/3/f3ej/f3ej-square-1536.jpg | 9781666152623 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/df217ad1-55c1-4cfb-ac1f-27147ebeba3e | Jillian | F | she/her | business | Reagan | F | she/her | food | city | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Two women seated at the same table during a busy lunch start off on each other's nerves, but then get to know each other better when they have to work together. | FamilyIssues | HardOutsideGooeyInside | WorkplaceEthics | TheDogGetsSkritches | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.50 | 3.79 | 7% | 3½⭐️/5 | #DualPOV #FamilyIssues #HardOutsideGooeyInside #TheDogGetsSkritches #ThirdPersonPOV #WorkplaceEthics | F/F | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Thursday Afternoons | Tracey Richardson | 252 | Bella | Abby Craden | 7.43 | 2019-12-03 | 2022-03-13 | 2022-03-15 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52494053-thursday-afternoons | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/thursday-afternoons.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/k/dkba/dkba-square-1536.jpg | 9781541433571 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/c3640850-1346-4fca-9040-48130f727689 | Amy | F | she/her | medical | Ellis | F | she/her | business | small town | fast slow fast | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Two women meet up for anonymous casual sex because their jobs keep them too busy to date, but things get complicated when they start to develop feelings for each other. | ugh | CasualConsequences | RivalsToLovers | WorkplaceEthics | HiddenRelationship | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3.75 | 3.58 | 4% | 3¾⭐️/5 | #CasualConsequences #DualPOV #HiddenRelationship #RivalsToLovers #ThirdPersonPOV #WorkplaceEthics | F/F | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Worthy of Love | Quinn Ivins | 249 | Ylva | Anastasia Watley | 9.02 | 2021-05-03 | 2022-03-13 | 2022-03-17 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56762830-worthy-of-love | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/worthy-of-love-1.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/f/s/fs4c/fs4c-square-1536.jpg | 9781666122169 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/a1c4e6a8-6ffd-4bdf-a8ad-13c361cf04c9 | Bella | F | she/her | retail | Nadine | F | she/her | lawyer | small town | slow boil | contemporary | ADHD | dual-alternating 3rd | Pariah ex-lawyer now ex-con finds minimum wage work and love with a compassionate coworker. | making progress | SelfImageIssues | FallFromGrace | Celebrity | Neurodiverse | GrumpySunshine | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4.50 | 3.89 | 15% | 4½⭐️/5 | #Celebrity #DualPOV #FallFromGrace #GrumpySunshine #Neurodiverse #SelfImageIssues #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | ||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | The Love Factor | Quinn Ivins | 215 | Ylva | Lori Prince | 8.60 | 2020-07-15 | 2022-03-13 | 2022-03-20 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53902021-the-love-factor | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/the-love-factor.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/4/e4py/e4py-square-1536.jpg | 9781705250068 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/c57c4712-579e-47be-b982-fbb496f9a937 | Carmen | F | she/her | teacher | Molly | F | she/her | teacher | university | slow boil | 1990s | dual-alternating 3rd | Adult grad student and Statistics professor develop feelings for each other while working on a project, against the backdrop of late-90s social politics. | EthicsOfPower | TeacherStudent | ClosetedVsOut | AdoptedByStrayCat | QueerHistory | ConfrontingHomophobia | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3.50 | 3.93 | 11% | 3½⭐️/5 | #AdoptedByStrayCat #ClosetedVsOut #ConfrontingHomophobia #DualPOV #EthicsOfPower #QueerHistory #TeacherStudent #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Chemistry Lessons | Jae | - | Ylva | Abby Craden | 6.50 | 2021-08-04 | 2022-03-02 | 2022-03-20 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58517427-chemistry-lessons | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/chemistry-lessons-1.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/f/o/focw/focw-square-1536.jpg | 9781666144161 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/03cc5105-0d82-4b4a-9e2a-448e2fa885ec | Kylie | F | she/her | food | Regan | F | she/her | teacher | Chemistry Lessons | 1 | city | escalator | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Two university coworkers try dating, even though they're just friends. | FearOfRuiningFriendship | PushyFriends | FriendsToLovers | JoinMyFamily | FakeRelationship | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2.25 | 4.05 | 45% | 2¼⭐️/5 | #DualPOV #FakeRelationship #FearOfRuiningFriendship #FriendsToLovers #JoinMyFamily #PushyFriends #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | ||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Tea Leaves & Tourniquets | Sienna Waters | - | - | Anna Fox | 7.03 | 2022-01-25 | 2022-02-22 | 2022-03-20 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58243399-tea-leaves-tourniquets | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/tea-leaves--tourniquets.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/f/u/fuqu/fuqu-square-1536.jpg | 9781666199260 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/b3fd0ec3-d8e5-4bb1-8f25-f4c183d679e5 | Charlie | F | she/her | medical | Jaye | F | she/her | artist | some | some | R | small town | escalator | contemporary | panic attacks | dual-alternating 3rd | Big city ER doctor takes a working sabbatical to a small town clinic where she meets a woman who is convinced they are soulmates. | WIP | StructureMeetsWhimsy | CareerFirst | ExpirationDate | GrumpySunshine | PanicAttacks | PushyFriends | FallFromGrace | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4.25 | 3.70 | 14% | 4¼⭐️/5 | #CareerFirst #DualPOV #ExpirationDate #FallFromGrace #GrumpySunshine #PanicAttacks #PushyFriends #StructureMeetsWhimsy #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | |||||||||||||||||
20 | The Wrong Date | Sienna Waters | - | - | Melissa Moran | 5.78 | 2020-12-16 | 2022-03-21 | 2022-03-21 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53243797-the-wrong-date | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/the-wrong-date.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/e/eea8/eea8-square-1536.jpg | 9781705286029 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/674a2e42-e1cb-4462-8146-eb35d3cafc16 | Annie | F | she/her | tech | Robin | F | she/her | escort | city | escalator | contemporary | 3rd | A mistake selecting an escort from an online service means a straight woman's plus-one for a social event is another woman. | making progress | FakeRelationship | PushyFriends | Escort | MoneySolvesNothing | Awakening | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | 3.56 | 11% | 4⭐️/5 | #Awakening #Escort #FakeRelationship #MoneySolvesNothing #PushyFriends #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | |||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Delay of Game | Tracey Richardson | 250 | Bella | Anastasia Watley | 8.77 | 2017-02-15 | 2022-03-13 | 2022-03-23 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30126726-delay-of-game | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/delay-of-game-1.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/x/expt/expt-square-1536.jpg | 9781666138863 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/535167b2-7e24-4fe7-971c-dea810891264 | Eva | F | she/her | sports | Niki | F | she/her | sports | one | narrow | PG-13 | multiple | escalator | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Two pro hockey players reconnect against the backdrop of the Olympics, one on the USA team and one playing for Canada. | proposal | MyKidsLoveYou | SecondChance | Mystery | SingleParent | Sports | AfraidToReplaceLostLove | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4.50 | 3.56 | 23% | 4½⭐️/5 | #AfraidToReplaceLostLove #DualPOV #MyKidsLoveYou #Mystery #SecondChance #SingleParent #Sports #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | The Perks of Loving a Wallflower | Erica Ridley | 346 | Forever | Moira Quirk | 10.47 | 2021-10-26 | 2022-03-23 | 2022-03-25 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57007959-the-perks-of-loving-a-wallflower | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/the-perks-of-loving-a-wallflower.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/f/2/f2hk/f2hk-square-1536.jpg | 9781549109638 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/489cd3ae-d91d-4047-91a1-503669b36cbe | Philippa | F | she/her | - | Tommy | NB | he/she | - | some | narrow | R | The Wild Wynchesters | 2 | London, England | escalator | regency | NB | dual-omniscient | Happy to be a bluestocking spinster forever, a young woman is surprised to meet a titled baron who seems interesting. (Does not require reading the previous book.) | cohabitation | FakeRelationship | Regency | HiddenGender | NonbinaryMC | FoundFamily | Mystery | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4.50 | 4.06 | 11% | 4½⭐️/5 | #DualPOV #FakeRelationship #FoundFamily #HiddenGender #Mystery #NonbinaryMC #Regency | F/NB | ||||||||||||||||
23 | Love & Other Disasters | Anita Kelly | 384 | Forever | Lindsey Dorcus | 10.63 | 2022-01-18 | 2022-03-23 | 2022-03-29 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55297669-love-other-disasters | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/love--other-disasters.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/u/euma/euma-square-1536.jpg | 9781549166068 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/72282e22-9775-4107-bc0c-66816899c8b8 | Dahlia | F | she/her | food | London | NB | they/them | food | several | some | NC-17 | Los Angeles, CA, US | escalator | contemporary | NB | dual-alternating 3rd | The Great British Bake-Off | Contestants on a reality TV show baking competition bond and get closer. | making progress | ManicPixie | HiddenRelationship | ExpirationDate | TransMC | Neurodiverse | GrumpySunshine | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4.25 | 4.15 | 3% | 4¼⭐️/5 | #DualPOV #ExpirationDate #GrumpySunshine #HiddenRelationship #ManicPixie #Neurodiverse #ThirdPersonPOV #TransMC | F/NB | |||||||||||||||||
24 | One Last Stop | Casey McQuiston | 418 | St. Martin's Griffin | Natalie Naudus | 12.17 | 2021-06-01 | 2022-03-28 | 2022-03-31 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54860443-one-last-stop | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/one-last-stop.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/8/e803/e803-square-1536.jpg | 9781250803184 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/28386517-30cc-4ce4-bb90-9336c370a9dd | August | F | she/her | 23 | food | anxious | Jane | F | she/her | - | several | some | R | New York, NY, US | escalator | contemporary | trans M friend; drag | single 3rd | The Lake House | Two young women have a shared moment on the NY subway, but then things get weird when it keeps happening. | none | cohabitation | even after a re-read of the physical book, this is still one of my favorites | PlaceInTheWorld | TimeShenanigans | ExpirationDate | Gayborhood | BiPansexualMC | FoundFamily | Mystery | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 | 4.15 | 21% | 5⭐️/5 | #BiPansexualMC #ExpirationDate #FoundFamily #Gayborhood #Mystery #PlaceInTheWorld #SinglePOV #ThirdPersonPOV #TimeShenanigans | F/F | ||||||||||||
25 | Wrong Number, Right Woman | Jae | 370 | 2020-08-19 | 2022-03-30 | 2022-03-31 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54670332-wrong-number-right-woman | https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1595683491i/54670332.jpg | 9783963244032 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/7e3320fa-39e9-4a0c-8eb5-a5e29ec3668e | Denny | F | she/her | 41 | service | fearful | Eliza | F | she/her | 30 | service | anxious | some | low | R | city | escalator | contemporary | dual-alternating | A text to a wrong number starts a relationship between two women. | none | cohabitation | Awakening | BodyPositivity | LabelsAreNotForMe | ConfrontingHomophobia | SingleParent | HiddenIdentity | SelfImageIssues | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | 3.99 | 0% | 4⭐️/5 | #AnxiousFearfulPair #Awakening #BodyPositivity #ConfrontingHomophobia #DualPOV #HiddenIdentity #LabelsAreNotForMe #SelfImageIssues #SingleParent | F/F | |||||||||||||||||
26 | Upright Women Wanted | Sarah Gailey | 176 | Tor | Romy Nordlinger | 3.87 | 2020-02-04 | 2022-03-24 | 2022-03-26 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45320365-upright-women-wanted | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/upright-women-wanted.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/m/dmqc/dmqc-square-1536.jpg | 9781541439443 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/cecf7aa7-5d5c-4e0e-a39f-b34a43825cf2 | Esther | F | she/her | librarian | Cy | F | they/them | librarian | travel | slow | postapocalyptic | NB | single 3rd | In a dystopian future where librarian women on horseback distribute books to remote towns, straying outside what is acceptable can have life-and-death consequences. | unresolved | Western | FascistSociety | SecretsAndBetrayal | PostApocalyptic | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3.00 | 3.87 | 22% | 3⭐️/5 | #FascistSociety #PostApocalyptic #SecretsAndBetrayal #SinglePOV #ThirdPersonPOV #Western | F/F | |||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Next Time | Robin Alexander | 212 | Intaglio | Lori Prince | 6.78 | 2015-02-23 | 2022-03-28 | 2022-04-02 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25006054-next-time | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/next-time.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/a/eal7/eal7-square-1536.jpg | 9781705276846 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/e4acc7db-0c93-478a-8111-bca3ec5bf600 | Payton | F | she/her | music | Ryann | F | she/her | teacher | some | low | soft-R | town | escalator | contemporary | 3rd limited omniscient | When Harry Met Sally | Two wingwomen meet on their friends' first date, and walk away despite the chemistry, only to keep running into each other. | cohabitation | ReboundFears | SlowBurn | NuisanceEx | HalfUnavailable | ProtectiveFriend | RomCom | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4.75 | 3.81 | 23% | 4¾⭐️/5 | #HalfUnavailable #NuisanceEx #ProtectiveFriend #ReboundFears #RomCom #SlowBurn #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | ||||||||||||||||||
28 | 44 Hours | Donna Jay | 490 | self | Emma Wilder | 9.27 | 2020-06-19 | 2022-03-28 | 2022-04-03 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53824325-44-hours | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/44-hours.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/l/elym/elym-square-1536.jpg | 9781705298084 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/2d7d2869-f17d-4d8d-9f33-3b276b16ef29 | Ellaine | F | she/her | service | Jennifer | F | she/her | service | several | low | R | multiple | escalator | contemporary | single 3rd | Two coworkers at odds find themselves stranded for 2 days in the outback, and then have to figure out how to make things work once they get back to civilization. | cohabitation | StrandedTogether | ConfrontingHomophobia | FirstQueerRelationship | Misunderstandings | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3.50 | 3.53 | 1% | 3½⭐️/5 | #ConfrontingHomophobia #FirstQueerRelationship #Misunderstandings #SinglePOV #StrandedTogether #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | |||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Saint | Sierra Simone | 482 | No Bird | Jacob Morgan, Sean Crisden | 11.07 | 2021-09-07 | 2022-03-29 | 2022-04-07 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58131787-saint | https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1628608066i/58131787.jpg | 9781949364170 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f31f5096-302f-47dc-b4da-1c9d45752a32 | Aiden | M | he/him | religion | Elijah | M | he/him | writer | frequent | wide | NC-17 | Priest | 3 | multiple | fast | contemporary | single | Sex addict and hedonist becomes a monk to escape a life destroying him, only to have his ex show up at his monastery and stalk him. Please don't read this. It's awful. | book club | ugh | DomSub | RolePlay | Denial | Religion | AgendaTrumpsAgency | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.25 | 3.41 | 54% | 1¼⭐️/5 | #AgendaTrumpsAgency #Denial #DomSub #Religion #RolePlay #SinglePOV | M/M | ||||||||||||||||||
30 | Reasons to Heal | Jenn Matthews | 242 | Ylva | Rachael Beresford | 8.90 | 2020-07-13 | 2022-03-28 | 2022-04-06 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54507398-reasons-to-heal | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/reasons-to-heal.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/7/e7oq/e7oq-square-1536.jpg | 9781705273821 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/e21f8219-a06f-4c98-bb0a-68fc804db88b | Kudzi | F | she/her | medical | Molly | F | she/her | police | one | low | soft-R | UK | slow | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Rookie cop and her physiotherapist fall for each other. | making progress | RehabRecovery | CulturalDifferences | SecretShame | BIPOC | ClosetedVsOut | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2.75 | 3.93 | 29% | 2¾⭐️/5 | #BIPOC #ClosetedVsOut #CulturalDifferences #DualPOV #RehabRecovery #SecretShame #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | ||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Melt | Robbi McCoy | 264 | Bella | Anastasia Watley | 9.40 | 2013-05-14 | 2022-03-23 | 2022-04-09 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15824343-melt | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/melt.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/t/etg2/etg2-square-1536.jpg | 9781666127706 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/d636efc3-9570-40f1-84a8-c96397df2595 | Kelly | F | she/her | photographer | Jordan | F | she/her | scientist | one | low | R | small town | very slow | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Photographer and climatologist run into each other in Greenland, and have to confront a relationship left hanging a decade before. | relationship | SecondChance | IsolatedLocale | ParallelStories | FirstQueerRelationship | ClosetedVsOut | SecretShame | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4.75 | 3.77 | 25% | 4¾⭐️/5 | #ClosetedVsOut #DualPOV #FirstQueerRelationship #IsolatedLocale #ParallelStories #SecondChance #SecretShame #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | Food for Love | C. Fonseca | 276 | Ylva | Claire Alain | 11.68 | 2018-09-05 | 2022-03-23 | 2022-04-10 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41040871-food-for-love | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/food-for-love.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/u/du2t/du2t-square-1536.jpg | 9781705231043 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/88730338-3f10-4808-bfb5-d0a91046ec9a | Jessica | F | she/her | sports | Lillian | F | she/her | food | few | low | PG-13 | AU | escalator | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Pro cyclist and restaurateur fall for each other as they come together from the loss of a shared loved one. | cohabitation | GrumpySunshine | MyKidsLoveYou | MyKidsBeforeMe | SingleParent | Sports | FearOfRuiningFriendship | Celebrity | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4.25 | 3.85 | 10% | 4¼⭐️/5 | #Celebrity #DualPOV #FearOfRuiningFriendship #GrumpySunshine #MyKidsBeforeMe #MyKidsLoveYou #SingleParent #Sports #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | ||||||||||||||||||
33 | All the Reasons I Need | Jaime Clevenger | 286 | Bella | Abby Craden | 8.32 | 2019-08-15 | 2022-04-03 | 2022-04-12 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44912703-all-the-reasons-i-need | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/all-the-reasons-i-need.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/k/dkma/dkma-square-1536.jpg | 9781541433595 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/6aaba625-918a-40ba-8ec8-31cc4cabaf77 | Kate | F | she/her | business | Mo | F | she/her | tech | some | low | R | Paradise Romance | 2 | travel | slow | contemporary | single | Friends since university find themselves having to share a bed on vacation, and to confront feelings they've never talked about. | making progress | Brief mentions of past suicidal ideation; discussions of childhood abuse; dysfunction due to childhood trauma | FriendsToLovers | SharedBed | FirstQueerRelationship | Misunderstandings | FearOfRuiningFriendship | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4.00 | 3.88 | 3% | 4⭐️/5 | #FearOfRuiningFriendship #FirstQueerRelationship #FriendsToLovers #Misunderstandings #SharedBed #SinglePOV | F/F | |||||||||||||||||
34 | Just One Reason | Jaime Clevenger | 308 | Bella | Abby Craden | 8.57 | 2020-07-16 | 2022-04-03 | 2022-04-14 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50498806-just-one-reason | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/just-one-reason.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/r/drne/drne-square-1536.jpg | 9781705216828 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/395c9ed0-bde5-4869-a502-d48de6abf4eb | Sam | F | she/her | medical | Terri | F | she/her | medical | frequent | wide | NC-17 | Paradise Romance | 3 | multiple | escalator | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Doctor tries to bring back a resident who has given up on her career, only to have to confront how they feel about each other. | proposal | WorkplaceEthics | DomSub | InversionOfControl | CareerChange | CareerFirst | BrainDestroyingSex | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3.25 | 3.73 | 12% | 3¼⭐️/5 | #BrainDestroyingSex #CareerChange #CareerFirst #DomSub #DualPOV #InversionOfControl #ThirdPersonPOV #WorkplaceEthics | F/F | |||||||||||||||||
35 | A Roll in the Hay | Lola Keeley | 185 | Ylva | Ruth Urquhart | 6.20 | 2020-04-14 | 2022-03-28 | 2022-06-21 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52698277-a-roll-in-the-hay | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/a-roll-in-the-hay.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/x/dxqg/dxqg-square-1536.jpg | 9781705205662 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/2323d7b8-98d1-40c7-b119-9b8342dc2533 | Susannah | F | she/her | business | dismissive | Tess | F | she/her | veterinarian | anxious | one | low | PG-13 | small town | escalator | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Small-town vet and the local Lady clash and then fall for each other. | cohabitation | GrumpySunshine | ClassWarfare | RichPoor | SmallTown | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4.50 | 3.99 | 13% | 4½⭐️/5 | #AnxiousDismissivePair #ClassWarfare #DualPOV #GrumpySunshine #RichPoor #SmallTown #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | |||||||||||||||||||
36 | The Candidate | Tracey Richardson | 272 | Bella | Lori Prince | 9.37 | 2008-12-01 | 2022-03-13 | 2022-04-16 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2205093.The_Candidate | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/the-candidate-1.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/7/e7os/e7os-square-1536.jpg | 9781705273722 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/7d870bf2-51c9-4fbe-90b5-35912c525b87 | Alexandria | F | she/her | security | Jane | F | she/her | politics | few | low | PG-13 | Kincaid/Warner | 1 | multiple | slow | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | The Bodyguard | Presidential candidate and her Secret Service bodyguard fall for each other. | ugh | WorkplaceEthics | ClosetedVsOut | FirstQueerRelationship | Bodyguard | Celebrity | Politics | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.25 | 3.82 | 64% | 1¼⭐️/5 | #Bodyguard #Celebrity #ClosetedVsOut #DualPOV #FirstQueerRelationship #Politics #ThirdPersonPOV #WorkplaceEthics | F/F | ||||||||||||||||
37 | One Italian Summer | Rebecca Serle | 272 | Atria | Lauren Graham | 6.35 | 2022-03-01 | 2022-03-23 | 2022-04-17 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58438583-one-italian-summer | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/one-italian-summer.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/f/2/f283/f283-square-1536.jpg | 9781797136134 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/fa33584c-ac7b-48a0-86ea-3557c0f8db89 | Adam | M | he/him | business | Katy | F | she/her | - | one | low | PG-13 | travel | slow | contemporary | single 1st present | Somewhere In Time | After her mother passes from cancer, a young woman goes on the vacation they had planned, only to run into a 30-year-old version of her mother who doesn't know her. | making progress | pre-story recent and impactful death of a parent from cancer | TimeShenanigans | FamilyIssues | Mystery | SecondChance | SelfImageIssues | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 | 3.96 | 26% | 5⭐️/5 | #FamilyIssues #FirstPersonPOV #Mystery #SecondChance #SelfImageIssues #SinglePOV #TimeShenanigans | F/M | ||||||||||||||||||
38 | Good Enough to Eat | Alison Grey, Jae | 242 | Ylva | Lori Prince | 7.92 | 2015-01-31 | 2022-03-29 | 2022-04-19 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25953127-good-enough-to-eat | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/good-enough-to-eat.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/p/dpzj/dpzj-square-1536.jpg | 9781705207826 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/e8d2a916-d4a2-4642-81a0-57480554b3a2 | Alana | F | she/her | lawyer | Robin | F | she/her | writer | few | low | PG-13 | The Vampire Diet | 1 | New York, NY, US | slow | contemporary paranormal | dual-alternating 3rd | Vampire trying to give up human blood falls for a recovering alcoholic she meets in AA. | cohabitation | Vampire | Paranormal | SecretShame | Misunderstandings | RehabRecovery | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4.75 | 4.14 | 15% | 4¾⭐️/5 | #DualPOV #Misunderstandings #Paranormal #RehabRecovery #SecretShame #ThirdPersonPOV #Vampire | F/F | ||||||||||||||||||
39 | In A New York Minute | Kate Spencer | 320 | Forever | Amanda Dolan, Neil Hellegers | 9.93 | 2022-03-15 | 2022-04-19 | 2022-04-22 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58293285-in-a-new-york-minute | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/in-a-new-york-minute.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/x/exnn/exnn-square-1536.jpg | 9781549166549 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/4e902ea6-28a1-4695-ba7e-12880f322ba3 | Franny | F | she/her | design | Hayes | M | he/him | business | one | low | PG-13 | New York, NY, US | escalator | contemporary | dual-alternating 1st | When a stranger's help on a really bad day goes viral, an interior designer and a businessman find themselves getting closer. | book club | relationship | StructureMeetsWhimsy | Misunderstandings | PlaceInTheWorld | ProtectiveFriend | RomCom | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4.25 | 3.81 | 11% | 4¼⭐️/5 | #DualPOV #FirstPersonPOV #Misunderstandings #PlaceInTheWorld #ProtectiveFriend #RomCom #StructureMeetsWhimsy | F/M | |||||||||||||||||||
40 | The Romantic Agenda | Claire Kann | 336 | Berkley | Adrienne Walker | 9.97 | 2022-04-12 | 2022-04-19 | 2022-04-25 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58656040-the-romantic-agenda | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/the-romantic-agenda.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/f/2/f2jw/f2jw-square-1536.jpg | 9780593552759 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/a0197b91-c2d7-407c-abdf-d8c9bdc87839 | Fox | M | he/him | carpenter | Joy | F | she/her | influencer | none | multiple | slow | contemporary | ace | single 3rd | An awful person with zero empathy pretends she has the answers to sex and relationships, while maintaining and cultivating toxic relationships at every turn. | relationship | all talking, no listening; bad ace rep; toxic relationship | poor representations of asexuality including manipulation | AsexualMC | ForcedProximity | NuisanceEx | SocialMedia | BIPOC | GrumpySunshine | FakeRelationship | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.50 | 3.94 | 61% | 1½⭐️/5 | #AsexualMC #BIPOC #FakeRelationship #ForcedProximity #GrumpySunshine #NuisanceEx #SinglePOV #SocialMedia #ThirdPersonPOV | F/M | |||||||||||||||||
41 | Never Say Never | Rachael Sommers | 294 | Ylva | Lori Prince | 7.87 | 2021-03-15 | 2022-03-23 | 2022-04-28 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56688897-never-say-never | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/never-say-never-6.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/u/eu8r/eu8r-square-1536.jpg | 9781666122145 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f96ce1a5-d102-4472-8e6d-01cb6d647f6a | Camila | F | she/her | CEO | Emily | F | she/her | childcare | none | big city | slow | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Mid-40s entertainment CEO and her mid-20s nanny fall for each other. | proposal | MyKidsLoveYou | MyKidsBeforeMe | AgeGap | SingleParent | Misunderstandings | WorkplaceEthics | Celebrity | RichPoor | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4.75 | 3.98 | 19% | 4¾⭐️/5 | #AgeGap #Celebrity #DualPOV #Misunderstandings #MyKidsBeforeMe #MyKidsLoveYou #RichPoor #SingleParent #ThirdPersonPOV #WorkplaceEthics | F/F | |||||||||||||||||||
42 | The Falling in Love Montage | Ciara Smyth | 383 | Andersen | Alana Kerr Collins | 9.90 | 2020-05-04 | 2022-04-19 | 2022-05-01 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48659757-the-falling-in-love-montage | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/the-falling-in-love-montage.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/m/dmms/dmms-square-1536.jpg | 9780063012554 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/c7ab2231-8f91-4467-8ddd-f87b2a718425 | Ruby | F | she/her | teen | Saoirse | F | she/her | teen | none | small town | escalator | contemporary YA | single 1st | Two young women about to move on to different universities try to fast-forward a summer relationship by only doing the good parts — a montage. (Note that this story ends well, but does not have a traditional HEA.) | Corri | part as friends | brief description of a panic attack, and repeated elements of a hospitalized parent with dementia | ExpirationDate | RomCom | PopCultureReferences | NonTraditionalHEA | GrumpySunshine | SecretShame | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4.75 | 4.06 | 17% | 4¾⭐️/5 | #ExpirationDate #FirstPersonPOV #GrumpySunshine #NonTraditionalHEA #PopCultureReferences #RomCom #SecretShame #SinglePOV | F/F | |||||||||||||||||||
43 | Always Hers | Bel Blackwood | - | - | Amy Deuchler | 5.63 | 2021-06-23 | 2022-05-01 | 2022-05-02 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60882136-always-hers | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/always-hers.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/g/0/g09y/g09y-square-1536.jpg | 9798765000922 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/bc7841f6-1524-4753-80f7-46968ed9b2ff | Dani | F | she/her | sports | Mia | F | she/her | medical | one | mild | R | Las Vegas | mixed | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | The Hangover | Bachelorette party goes sideways when the maid of honor wakes up with a wedding ring on her hand. | proposal | SecondChance | AccidentalMarriage | Mystery | Weddings | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3.75 | 3.78 | 1% | 3¾⭐️/5 | #AccidentalMarriage #DualPOV #Mystery #SecondChance #ThirdPersonPOV #Weddings | F/F | ||||||||||||||||||||
44 | Dare to Love | A.L. Brooks | 270 | Ylva | Sienna Frances | 9.72 | 2020-04-15 | 2022-03-28 | 2022-05-04 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53492489-dare-to-love | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/dare-to-love-2.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/9/e9fq/e9fq-square-1536.jpg | 9781705273807 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/3fb74fa3-e886-49cd-9bc0-00bce2f7f793 | Ash | F | she/her | tattoo | Carmen | F | she/her | entertainment | one | mild | PG-13 | London | slow | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Talent agent with a straight past finds herself attracted to another woman: a laid back tattoo artist. | relationship | Awakening | FirstQueerRelationship | StructureMeetsWhimsy | ConfrontingHomophobia | Celebrity | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4.50 | 3.81 | 17% | 4½⭐️/5 | #Awakening #Celebrity #ConfrontingHomophobia #DualPOV #FirstQueerRelationship #StructureMeetsWhimsy #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | ||||||||||||||||||||
45 | It Happened One Summer | Tessa Bailey | 397 | Avon | Charlotte North | 10.80 | 2021-07-13 | 2022-05-03 | 2022-05-07 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55659629-it-happened-one-summer | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/it-happened-one-summer.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/d/edl4/edl4-square-1536.jpg | 9780063045675 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ee308a5d-64ce-4e10-99ae-c63ef79ec6e0 | Brendan | M | he/him | fishing | Piper | F | she/her | socialite | several | R | Bellinger Sisters | 1 | small town | fast | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Vapid socialite falls for fisherman in a small town and decides she wants to be more. | book club | cohabitation | toxic cis-het BS; possessiveness; no connection, just sex; awful sexy talk | unhealthy possessiveness framed as "love" | SmallTown | FastPetNames | SocialMedia | BrainDestroyingSex | StructureMeetsWhimsy | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2.50 | 3.77 | 32% | 2½⭐️/5 | #BrainDestroyingSex #DualPOV #FastPetNames #SmallTown #SocialMedia #StructureMeetsWhimsy #ThirdPersonPOV | F/M | ||||||||||||||||
46 | Her Royal Happiness | Lola Keeley | 292 | Ylva | Sienna Frances | 10.02 | 2022-02-02 | 2022-05-01 | 2022-05-09 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60340651-her-royal-happiness | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/her-royal-happiness.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/g/5/g5s5/g5s5-square-1536.jpg | 9798765015162 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/a72c896f-e573-4798-97c5-1d666d47730a | Alice | F | she/her | royal | Sara | F | she/her | teacher | few | PG-13/soft-R | London | escalator | contemporary | autism | dual-alternating 3rd | Out British princess and special needs educator arrange a fake romance. | cohabitation | surprisingly decent, if shallow, autism coverage; decent anti-establishment points | Royalty | ConfrontingHomophobia | FakeRelationship | ClassWarfare | SingleParent | Neurodiverse | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4.75 | 3.97 | 19% | 4¾⭐️/5 | #ClassWarfare #ConfrontingHomophobia #DualPOV #FakeRelationship #Neurodiverse #Royalty #SingleParent #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | ||||||||||||||||||
47 | In a Holidaze | Christina Lauren | 307 | Gallery | Patti Murin | 7.65 | 2020-10-06 | 2022-05-08 | 2022-05-10 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50892287-in-a-holidaze | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/in-a-holidaze.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/s/ds7e/ds7e-square-1536.jpg | 9781797111568 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/13c88763-1d2d-45fd-82ea-ee7b8222b219 | Andrew | M | he/him | Maelyn | F | she/her | few | PG/PG-13 | vacation | escalator | contemporary | single 1st | Groundhog Day | Stuck in a rut and frustrated, a woman ends up reliving the same week after she wishes the universe would help her out. | reddit, u/napamy | proposal | TimeShenanigans | BestFriendsSibling | ForcedProximity | FoundFamily | FriendsToLovers | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4.75 | 4.02 | 18% | 4¾⭐️/5 | #BestFriendsSibling #FirstPersonPOV #ForcedProximity #FoundFamily #FriendsToLovers #SinglePOV #TimeShenanigans | F/M | |||||||||||||||||||||
48 | Under One Roof | Ali Hazelwood | 121 | Berkley | Emma Wilder | 3.63 | 2022-02-08 | 2022-05-03 | 2022-10-15 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60104949-under-one-roof | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/under-one-roof.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/f/u/fu1k/fu1k-square-1536.jpg | 9780593584637 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/179e138b-0656-44c4-8933-95302b6ee0bd | Liam | M | he/him | lawyer | Mara | F | she/her | scientist | one | R | STEMinist Novellas | 1 | Washington DC | slow | contemporary | demi? | single 1st | Strangers inherit half of the same house, get off on the wrong foot, and have to learn to live together. | reddit, u/ReadingCaterpillar | relationship | ForcedProximity | DemisexualMC | RivalsToLovers | Neurodiverse | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4.00 | 4.02 | 1% | 4⭐️/5 | #DemisexualMC #FirstPersonPOV #ForcedProximity #Neurodiverse #RivalsToLovers #SinglePOV | F/M | ||||||||||||||||||
49 | The Island Between Us | Wendy Hudson | 318 | Ylva | Ruth Urquhart | 10.27 | 2021-08-04 | 2022-02-22 | 2022-05-14 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58460478-the-island-between-us | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/the-island-between-us.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/f/p/fp2y/fp2y-square-1536.jpg | 9781666144222 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/a0bc3601-9b3f-4216-973b-19eb71a26407 | Georgia | F | she/her | adventurer | Kelsey | F | she/her | actor | one | PG | island | slow | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Survivor | Survival training group gets stranded on a remote island, including an actress with a history with the group leader. | relationship | brief and oblique references to suicidal ideation; brief mention of a panic attack | ForcedProximity | StrandedTogether | SecondChance | IsolatedLocale | Celebrity | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4.25 | 3.53 | 18% | 4¼⭐️/5 | #Celebrity #DualPOV #ForcedProximity #IsolatedLocale #SecondChance #StrandedTogether #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | |||||||||||||||||||
50 | Hate | Tate James | 416 | self | Brooke Daniels, Lucas Webley | 9.42 | 2020-04-28 | 2022-05-14 | 2022-05-15 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54520978-hate | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/hate.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/3/e32g/e32g-square-1536.jpg | 9781799970385 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/825ea430-1097-4000-8347-a9bf610c5217 | Madison Kate | F | she/her | early-20s | student | M+ | several | R | Madison Kate | 1 | city | fast | contemporary reverse harem | single 1st | Young woman is framed for a crime, and on her return to the city finds herself protected by 3 young men in the middle of something shady. | book club, Krystyn | cliffhanger | low key hilarious protagonist | so much not-talking and miscommunication; cliffhanger | several lightly-detailed panic attacks | ReverseHarem | Cliffhanger | OrganizedCrime | Celebrity | Brawlers | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 4.00 | 3.72 | 7% | 4⭐️/5 | #Brawlers #Celebrity #Cliffhanger #FirstPersonPOV #OrganizedCrime #ReverseHarem #SinglePOV | F/M+ | |||||||||||||||||
51 | One Weekend in Aspen | Jaime Clevenger | 312 | Bella | Lori Prince | 10.07 | 2021-05-13 | 2022-03-23 | 2022-05-18 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56182990-one-weekend-in-aspen | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/one-weekend-in-aspen.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/s/esby/esby-square-1536.jpg | 9781705296820 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/94a944ec-655e-4d41-9218-690057baba14 | Alex | F | she/her | tech | Emily | F | she/her | food | several | hard-R | Aspen CO | fast | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Two women meet on a flight, only to discover they are headed to the same all-woman sex party retreat. | relationship | CasualConsequences | DomSub | RolePlay | NuisanceEx | Voyeurism | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4.50 | 3.58 | 23% | 4½⭐️/5 | #CasualConsequences #DomSub #DualPOV #NuisanceEx #RolePlay #ThirdPersonPOV #Voyeurism | F/F | |||||||||||||||||||||
52 | American Queen | Sierra Simone | 387 | self | Stephanie Rose | 12.50 | 2016-10-25 | 2022-05-14 | 2023-05-01 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30314992-american-queen | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/american-queen.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/c/g/cgnk/cgnk-square-1536.jpg | 9781541472860 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/7f141f1c-07e2-4c5a-aeb3-6d43dab47a80 | Ash | M | he/him | politics | Greer | F | she/her | teacher | several | NC-17 | New Camelot | 1 | Washington DC | nonlinear | contemporary | single 1st | A tale of political intrigue centered on a doormat with zero personality and an affinity for being degraded stemming from being groomed by old white men since childhood. | book club, Krystyn | FMC with zero self esteem | toxic possessiveness, physical and mental abuse with a thin veneer of "devotion"; pervasive religious references and imagery | Politics | DomSub #Degredation #Shame | Doormat | AgendaTrumpsAgency | BrainDestroyingSex | Religion | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | unrated | 3.31 | #AgendaTrumpsAgency #BrainDestroyingSex #DomSub #Degredation #Shame #Doormat #FirstPersonPOV #Politics #Religion #SinglePOV | F/M | |||||||||||||||||||||
53 | When I'm With You | Monica McCallan | - | - | Lori Prince | 9.42 | 2022-03-15 | 2022-03-23 | 2022-05-21 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58292580-when-i-m-with-you | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/when-i'm-with-you-1.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/f/o/fob7/fob7-square-1536.jpg | 9781666174045 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/55dfefd6-c2a2-49bb-97bc-0014c315115a | Brooke | F | she/her | food | dismissive | Kennedy | F | she/her | business | anxious | one | mild | soft-R | city | slow | contemporary | dual-mixed 3rd | Very slow burn with lots of self doubt, when these two acquaintances stop snarking and start seeing each other. | proposal | good representation of attachment disorder | passing reference to adult-diagnosed learning disability | GrumpySunshine | AttachmentDisorder | StructureMeetsWhimsy | Misunderstandings | FriendsToLovers | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4.75 | 3.93 | 21% | 4¾⭐️/5 | #AnxiousDismissivePair #AttachmentDisorder #DualPOV #FriendsToLovers #GrumpySunshine #Misunderstandings #StructureMeetsWhimsy #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | ||||||||||||||||
54 | What Happens in London | Julia Quinn | 372 | Avon | Rosalyn Landor | 10.07 | 2009-06-30 | 2022-05-21 | 2022-05-24 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5500109-what-happens-in-london | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/what-happens-in-london.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/a/d/advw/advw-square-1536.jpg | 9780061952586 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/24c64b45-4a52-4f79-a6c4-6d0db7b855f9 | Harry | M | he/him | government | Olivia | F | she/her | spinster | one | PG-13 | Bevelstoke | 2 | London | slow | historical | dual-alternating 3rd | A spinster who has caught the eye of a foreign prince has also caught the eye of her neighbor who works for the government. | book club, Kate | proposal | LoveTriangle | FirstLove | PersonNextDoor | FightingCrime | Royalty | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.25 | 3.86 | 10% | 4¼⭐️/5 | #DualPOV #FightingCrime #FirstLove #LoveTriangle #PersonNextDoor #Royalty #ThirdPersonPOV | F/M | ||||||||||||||||||
55 | Back in Your Arms | Monica McCallan | 288 | - | Lori Prince | 8.62 | 2021-11-04 | 2022-05-15 | 2022-05-26 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59775627-back-in-your-arms | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/back-in-your-arms.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/g/0/g074/g074-square-1536.jpg | 9781666199109 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/31deaa56-854d-4800-8c6f-9839e8dabe14 | Quinn | F | she/her | realtor | Sawyer | F | she/her | business | two | PG-13 | small town | fast | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Reunited after 17 years apart, two former best friends must navigate unresolved feelings, a business deal, and shaky careers. | relationship | SecondChance | NuisanceEx | CareerFirst | BackHomeAgain | FamilyIssues | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 | 3.86 | 28% | 5⭐️/5 | #BackHomeAgain #CareerFirst #DualPOV #FamilyIssues #NuisanceEx #SecondChance #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | |||||||||||||||||||||
56 | Then & Now | Monica McCallan | 289 | - | Lori Prince | 10.47 | 2020-02-15 | 2022-03-23 | 2022-05-28 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51328082-then-now | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/then--now.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/o/eotr/eotr-square-1536.jpg | 9781666104820 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/92e3b013-a94c-404c-bd9d-c5c07ec6e7dc | Bennett | F | she/her | late-20s | business | Lily | F | she/her | late-20s | events | several | R | New York, NY, US | mixed | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Told in alternating chapters between now and six years ago, two women reconnect after a traumatic break-up. | relationship | SecondChance | ConfrontingHomophobia | FamilyIssues | FirstQueerRelationship | SelfImageIssues | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5.00 | 3.91 | 27% | 5⭐️/5 | #ConfrontingHomophobia #DualPOV #FamilyIssues #FirstQueerRelationship #SecondChance #SelfImageIssues #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | |||||||||||||||||||
57 | The Rivals | Vi Keeland | 340 | L.A. Theatre Works | Moira Quirk | 2.35 | 2020-07-13 | 2022-05-28 | 2022-05-28 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53494465-the-rivals | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/the-rivals-3.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/a/m/amkc/amkc-square-1536.jpg | 9781580818414 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/0a4129b4-25ae-4a7e-85fd-7f7050442f29 | Sophia | F | she/her | business | Weston | M | he/him | business | several | R | city | fast | contemporary | dual-first person singular | The grandchildren of two warring hoteliers gain joint control over an inherited property, and can't figure out if they want to fight or have hate sex. | book club, monthly | proposal | recovering alcoholism (no lapses, lots of temptation) | RivalsToLovers | BrainDestroyingSex | DomSub | HiddenRelationship | RehabRecovery | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3.75 | 3.65 | 2% | 3¾⭐️/5 | #BrainDestroyingSex #DomSub #DualPOV #HiddenRelationship #RehabRecovery #RivalsToLovers | F/M | |||||||||||||||||||
58 | The Flaw in Our Design | Monica McCallan | 378 | - | Lori Prince | 11.77 | 2021-07-06 | 2022-05-27 | 2022-05-30 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59688024-the-flaw-in-our-design | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/the-flaw-in-our-design.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/p/epaq/epaq-square-1536.jpg | 9781666104844 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ef54e6d6-640e-4158-931f-b5c3da998328 | Olivia | F | she/her | early-20s | bartender | fearful | Val | F | she/her | early-20s | business | several | R | small town | fast | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Two young women with different life trajectories meet and connect in a small summer vacation town. | cohabitation | strong, confident, communicative FMCs | off-screen >!peaceful death of a regular side character from old age!< | FirstQueerRelationship | FamilyIssues | PlaceInTheWorld | RichPoor | NewInTown | CommitmentIssues | ExpirationDate | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 | 3.96 | 26% | 5⭐️/5 | #CommitmentIssues #DualPOV #ExpirationDate #FamilyIssues #FirstQueerRelationship #NewInTown #PlaceInTheWorld #RichPoor #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | ||||||||||||||
59 | The Number 94 Project | Cheyenne Blue | 288 | Ylva | Cat Gould | 10.33 | 2021-12-08 | 2022-05-29 | 2022-05-31 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59430640-the-number-94-project | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/the-number-94-project.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/g/1/g1u7/g1u7-square-1536.jpg | 9781666175325 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/60a08f96-072b-417e-ba0b-ca9b9123c91d | Jorgie | F | she/her | 30s? | construction | Marta | F | she/her | 30s? | social work | fearful | several | R | Melbourne | escalator | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Renovating an inherited house in a gayborhood, a Jill-of-all-trades handywoman joins a found family, with a special connection with her new neighbor. | cohabitation | brief mentions of pre-story drug addiction by one of the supporting characters | FoundFamily | FamilyIssues | ExpirationDate | Gayborhood | PersonNextDoor | NewInTown | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4.75 | 4.14 | 15% | 4¾⭐️/5 | #DualPOV #ExpirationDate #FamilyIssues #FoundFamily #Gayborhood #NewInTown #PersonNextDoor #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | ||||||||||||||||
60 | Imago | N.R. Walker | 162 | self | Antony Ferguson | 4.77 | 2022-02-25 | 2022-05-29 | 2022-06-02 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33973794-imago | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/imago.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/v/dveb/dveb-square-1536.jpg | 9781977366467 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/c3ab9fa0-82b2-4c93-9597-0628badbe9ab | Jack | M | he/him | 30s? | naturalist | Lawson | M | he/him | 30s? | scientist | several | NC-17 | Imago | 1 | small town, Australia | escalator | contemporary | unspecified neurodiverse | dual-alternating 1st | Lepidopterist on a secretive assignment and naturalist in a small Australian town meet and bond over shared interests. | reddit, u/jaydee4219 | relationship | Neurodiverse | ExpirationDate | MinimalConflict | TheDogGetsSkritches | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4.25 | 4.17 | 2% | 4¼⭐️/5 | #DualPOV #ExpirationDate #FirstPersonPOV #MinimalConflict #Neurodiverse #TheDogGetsSkritches | M/M | ||||||||||||||||
61 | Queerly Beloved | Susie Dumond | 400 | Dial | Kimberly M. Wetherell | 12.92 | 2022-05-03 | 2022-05-15 | 2022-06-04 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59029636-queerly-beloved | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/queerly-beloved.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/g/1/g1qu/g1qu-square-1536.jpg | 9780593592663 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ce975d93-d2cb-4b39-a659-570e255c50da | Amy | F | she/her | late-20s | food | anxious | Charly | F | she/her | late-20s | engineer | dismissive | few | PG-13 | Tulsa, OK | mixed | contemporary | single 3rd | Set in Oklahoma before gay marriage was legal, a young woman is fired from a conservative bakery for being a lesbian, but falls into a new career as a problem-solving bridesmaid for hire. | marriage | ConfrontingHomophobia | FoundFamily | ClosetedVsOut | Weddings | SelfImageIssues | SecretShame | QueerHistory | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4.25 | 3.81 | 11% | 4¼⭐️/5 | #AnxiousDismissivePair #ClosetedVsOut #ConfrontingHomophobia #FoundFamily #QueerHistory #SecretShame #SelfImageIssues #SinglePOV #ThirdPersonPOV #Weddings | F/F | |||||||||||||||
62 | Who'd Have Thought | G. Benson | 360 | Ylva | Tanya Eby | 12.00 | 2017-10-02 | 2022-05-22 | 2022-06-05 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38084337-who-d-have-thought | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/who'd-have-thought.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/c/l/clal/clal-square-1536.jpg | 9781977375940 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ca0c60b3-b4ec-4ba0-b479-9eef7176fdde | Hayden | F | she/her | 26 | medical | Samantha | F | she/her | 41 | medical | dismissive | few | PG-13 | city | escalator | contemporary | unspecified neurodiverse | single 3rd | Broke nurse answers an anonymous Craigslist ad seeking a bride for a year and willing to pay, only to find it was posted by a doctor she already dislikes. | reddit, u/tjalfi | relationship | several scenes deal with a parent with advanced dementia | FakeRelationship | Neurodiverse | FamilyIssues | ExpirationDate | HardOutsideGooeyInside | ConfrontingHomophobia | MarriageOfConvenience | RichPoor | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 | 4.14 | 22% | 5⭐️/5 | #ConfrontingHomophobia #ExpirationDate #FakeRelationship #FamilyIssues #HardOutsideGooeyInside #MarriageOfConvenience #Neurodiverse #RichPoor #SinglePOV #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | ||||||||||||
63 | Tapping Into Love | Monica McCallan | 191 | - | Lori Prince | 5.62 | 2022-06-07 | 2022-05-27 | 2022-06-07 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60910285-tapping-into-love | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/tapping-into-love.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/g/2/g2gs/g2gs-square-1536.jpg | 9781666199185 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/55b164d5-76c7-4ac5-851d-a641ea960c72 | Lucy | F | she/her | 33 | hospitality | Sierra | F | she/her | 36 | lawyer | dismissive | few | PG-13 | small town | mixed | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Gilmore Girls | Returning to a small town in Maine, a lawyer runs into the owner of an inn, only to find that their families have become rivals in the years she's been gone. | new release | relationship | slighted MC who just cannot let things go | RivalsToLovers | FamilyIssues | BackHomeAgain | CommitmentIssues | SmallTown | ConfrontingHomophobia | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4.25 | 3.92 | 8% | 4¼⭐️/5 | #BackHomeAgain #CommitmentIssues #ConfrontingHomophobia #DualPOV #FamilyIssues #RivalsToLovers #SmallTown #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | ||||||||||||||
64 | Training for Love | Amanda Kabak | 174 | Bella | Nicol Zanzarella | 5.97 | 2022-03-17 | 2022-06-07 | 2023-05-01 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60524159-training-for-love | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/training-for-love.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/g/5/g5rw/g5rw-square-1536.jpg | 9798765019368 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/8597a2e7-45ca-4c16-aca4-e61828bf1687 | Charlie | F | she/her | 30 | fitness | anxious | Elizabeth | F | she/her | late-30s | tech | fearful | few | R | Chicago, IL | mixed | contemporary | bipolar, panic attacks | dual-alternating 3rd | When stress-induced panic attacks push a tech entrepreneur to join a running group, she finds herself drawn to its introverted leader. | new release | relationship | the character who groveled was not the character who wronged | MC with bipolar, several scenes with panic attacks, pre-story childhood trauma due to >!death of a parent by suicide!< | LearningToLove | FamilyIssues | Depression | PanicAttacks | SecretShame | CareerFirst | GrovelFromWrongMC | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | 3.79 | 5% | 4⭐️/5 | #AnxiousFearfulPair #CareerFirst #Depression #DualPOV #FamilyIssues #GrovelFromWrongMC #LearningToLove #PanicAttacks #SecretShame #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | |||||||||||
65 | Blood Thinners | Heather Novak | 342 | Tule | Raquel Beattie | 10.42 | 2022-04-04 | 2022-06-07 | 2022-06-09 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60282025-blood-thinners | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/blood-thinners.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/g/5/g5us/g5us-square-1536.jpg | 9798765013649 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/8bb1d417-c525-46d1-b4d0-02e86b1fcde0 | Carma | F | she/her | early-20s | business | Mina | F | she/her | early-20s | investigator | dismissive | few | soft-R | Love Me Dead | 1 | city | slow | contemporary paranormal | single 1st | A young member of a paranormal investigation unit has to go undercover at a company making a too-good-to-be-true weight loss shake when feral vampire attacks mysteriously rise in the area. | new release | relationship | some of the early narrative is a little jumpy and disconnected | Vampire | PopCultureReferences | FightingCrime | FirstLove | HardOutsideGooeyInside | Mystery | SecretsAndBetrayal | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4.00 | 3.91 | 2% | 4⭐️/5 | #FightingCrime #FirstLove #FirstPersonPOV #HardOutsideGooeyInside #Mystery #PopCultureReferences #SecretsAndBetrayal #SinglePOV #Vampire | F/F | ||||||||||||
66 | Aurora's Angel | Emily Noon | 544 | Bluefire | Abby Craden | 20.67 | 2020-01-01 | 2022-06-07 | 2022-06-11 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55844289-aurora-s-angel | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/aurora's-angel.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/w/dw49/dw49-square-1536.jpg | 9781705231944 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/69346d84-0e5e-419e-a58d-1eaa383a1e04 | Aurora | F | she/her | 20s | hunter | fearful | Evie | F | she/her | 20s | princess | anxious | few | soft-R | fantasy realm | escalator | fantasy/paranormal | dual-alternating 3rd | Tigress hunter shifter rescues a broken-winged avian shifter princess, and they pair up to track down the people who wronged them both. A smart and caring deconstruction of Princess/Knight/Dragon tropes. | reddit, u/tjalfi | proposal | the printed version of the book has punctuation that can make the early chapters challenging, while the audiobook narration helps quite a bit to smooth over this | brief mentions of SA against each FMC; graphic death of a parent | FishOutOfWater | ForcedProximity | HiddenIdentity | FightingCrime | ShapeShifters | Trauma | DemisexualMC | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 | 4.09 | 23% | 5⭐️/5 | #AnxiousFearfulPair #DemisexualMC #DualPOV #FightingCrime #FishOutOfWater #ForcedProximity #HiddenIdentity #ShapeShifters #ThirdPersonPOV #Trauma | F/F | ||||||||||||
67 | Queen Takes Knights | Joely Sue Burkhart | 190 | self | Tristan James, Cassandra Myles | 5.52 | 2018-05-08 | 2022-06-11 | 2022-06-11 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36434365-queen-takes-knights | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/queen-takes-knights.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/c/n/cnh9/cnh9-square-1536.jpg | 9781977378217 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/2553212c-6a84-43ec-b0c6-e0c5f20791c2 | Shara | F | she/her | anxious | M+ | repeated | R | Their Vampire Queen | 1 | multiple | insta-lust | UF PNR RH | dual-alternating 1st | Cleaning lady, constantly attacked by monsters, is surprised when two large men show up and declare she is their vampire queen. | book club, Krystyn | cliffhanger | Vampire | ReverseHarem | InstaLust | Virgin | BloodPlay | Royalty | Cliffhanger | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.75 | 3.86 | 28% | 2¾⭐️/5 | #BloodPlay #Cliffhanger #DualPOV #FirstPersonPOV #InstaLust #ReverseHarem #Royalty #Vampire #Virgin | F/M+ | |||||||||||||||||||
68 | Forever and a Day | Haley Cass | 95 | self | Lori Prince | 3.47 | 2020-08-21 | 2022-03-23 | 2022-06-12 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55006429-forever-and-a-day | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/forever-and-a-day-3.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/y/ey61/ey61-square-1536.jpg | 9781666140347 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/c641928a-7c46-4fd7-91c3-88611c3e942a | Charlotte | F | she/her | 20s-40s | politics | Sutton | F | she/her | 20s-40s | writer | one | R | Those Who Wait | 1.5 | multiple | mixed | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | An extended epilogue to the previous book, this story is a montage of two decades of a relationship. | family | Weddings | Politics | Celebrity | FamilyIssues | SocialMedia | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | 4.02 | 1% | 4⭐️/5 | #Celebrity #DualPOV #FamilyIssues #Politics #SocialMedia #ThirdPersonPOV #Weddings | F/F | |||||||||||||||||
69 | Payback's a Witch | Lana Harper | 340 | Berkley | Jeremy Carlisle Parker | 10.22 | 2021-10-05 | 2022-03-23 | 2022-06-14 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55566545-payback-s-a-witch | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/payback's-a-witch.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/n/enu9/enu9-square-1536.jpg | 9780593456705 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/80d81e67-e208-4962-9b70-6362375037a3 | Emmy | F | she/her | 26 | entrepreneur | dismissive | Talia | F | she/her | 28 | business | one | PG-13 | The Witches of Thistle Grove | 1 | small town | slow | contemporary | single 1st | the Witches of Eastwick & the Goblet of Fire | Witch who has left her small town and magic behind finds herself back, and arbitrating a semicentennial competition for the future of her home. | reddit, r/romancebooks FF book club | relationship | lots of dangling plot threads | ExpirationDate | BackHomeAgain | ChildhoodFriends | NuisanceEx | Paranormal | PlaceInTheWorld | SmallTown | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4.50 | 3.99 | 13% | 4½⭐️/5 | #BackHomeAgain #ChildhoodFriends #ExpirationDate #FirstPersonPOV #NuisanceEx #Paranormal #PlaceInTheWorld #SinglePOV #SmallTown | F/F | |||||||||||
70 | Forget Me Not | Q.B. Tyler | 296 | self | Elizabeth Hart, Jeremy York | 8.80 | 2019-09-22 | 2022-05-22 | 2022-06-15 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49896622-forget-me-not | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/forget-me-not-6.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/r/dron/dron-square-1536.jpg | 9781705209707 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/1cda6373-25cf-46cd-aaeb-c09a81e952ba | Olivia | F | she/her | Bennett | M | he/him | frequent | NC-17 | unspecified | insta-lust | contemporary | dual-sections 1st | Almost divorced, a woman's life is thrown into disarray when her husband is in an accident which erases his memory of the last two years where their relationship crumbled. As good as that concept sounds, the characters are awful. Don't read this. | book club | ugh | toxic possessiveness; awful communication between MCs who would rather have sex than talk | retellings of pre-story miscarriages; pervasive gaslighting | Cheating | Amnesia | SunkCostFallacy | Pregnancy | Doormat | AccidentalMarriage | BrainDestroyingSex | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.50 | 3.53 | 51% | 1½⭐️/5 | #AccidentalMarriage #Amnesia #BrainDestroyingSex #Cheating #Doormat #DualPOV #FirstPersonPOV #Pregnancy #SunkCostFallacy | F/M | ||||||||||||||||||
71 | Cinders | Cara Malone | 208 | self | Emily Beresford | 5.20 | 2018-09-10 | 2022-06-14 | 2022-06-16 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44085424-cinders | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/cinders.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/o/doml/doml-square-1536.jpg | 9781494547158 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/284100aa-457b-49b3-957b-41ffc5fc003f | Cynthia | F | she/her | 25 | firefighter | Marigold | F | she/her | 25 | estate management | few | PG-13 | Sapphic Fairytales | 3 | city | insta-love | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Cinderella | Firefighter chasing an arsonist runs into the woman she's had a crush on since childhood. | reddit, u/jaydee4219 | proposal | LoveAtFirstSight | Mystery | FirstQueerRelationship | FamilyIssues | ChildhoodFriends | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | 4.02 | 1% | 4⭐️/5 | #ChildhoodFriends #DualPOV #FamilyIssues #FirstQueerRelationship #LoveAtFirstSight #Mystery #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | |||||||||||||||
72 | Paper Love | Jae | 238 | Ylva | Abby Craden | 9.12 | 2018-08-14 | 2022-06-14 | 2022-06-17 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40946457-paper-love | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/paper-love-1.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/c/x/cxm0/cxm0-square-1536.jpg | 9781977334022 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/332076db-c421-4eb5-9cb4-69ae3248f619 | Anja | F | she/her | late-30s | business | Susanne | F | she/her | 38 | business | dismissive | one | PG-13 | city | slow | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Business consultant works onsite to help her uncle's two-person stationery shop, causing tension with its only other employee. | reddit, u/tjalfi | relationship | StructureMeetsWhimsy | GrumpySunshine | ExpirationDate | FishOutOfWater | LearningToLove | MinimalConflict | SlowBurn | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4.75 | 4.18 | 14% | 4¾⭐️/5 | #DualPOV #ExpirationDate #FishOutOfWater #GrumpySunshine #LearningToLove #MinimalConflict #SlowBurn #StructureMeetsWhimsy #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | |||||||||||||||
73 | Seeing Red | Cara Malone | 262 | self | Emily Beresford | 5.17 | 2018-04-17 | 2022-06-14 | 2022-06-19 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41180062-seeing-red | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/seeing-red-5.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/o/do2t/do2t-square-1536.jpg | 9781478916819 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/bcae7772-593c-4cda-b4dc-e7e1490d1cea | Hunter | F | she/her | early-20s | social work | anxious | Keira | F | she/her | early-20s | social work | two | R | Sapphic Fairytales | 1 | town | escalator | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Little Red Riding Hood | Overworked at multiple jobs to support her sister's family, an elderly care worker takes on another to care for a grandmother in the early stages of dementia. | reddit, u/jaydee4219 | relationship | LoveAtFirstSight | FirstQueerRelationship | FamilyIssues | WorkplaceEthics | SingleParent | NuisanceEx | SecretsAndBetrayal | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4.00 | 4.01 | 0% | 4⭐️/5 | #DualPOV #FamilyIssues #FirstQueerRelationship #LoveAtFirstSight #NuisanceEx #SecretsAndBetrayal #SingleParent #ThirdPersonPOV #WorkplaceEthics | F/F | ||||||||||||
74 | Still Beating | Jennifer Hartmann | 292 | - | Laurie West, Christian Black | 11.50 | 2020-12-30 | 2022-05-09 | 2022-06-19 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60526241-still-beating | https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1646086971i/60526241.jpg | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/bc50934c-54bc-4fde-b312-7eb8dda6ced7 | Cora | F | she/her | teacher | Dean | M | he/him | construction | several | R/NC-17 | city | mixed | dark contemporary | dual-acts | Two frenemies are kidnapped and assaulted, kept chained up in a basement for three weeks, and have to figure out how to piece together their broken lives after they escape. The first 1/3 of the story has repeated SA, while the back 2/3 has realistic depictions of the struggles of dealing with trauma and shame. | book club, Joy | marriage | >!repeated descriptions of rape; dubious consent; miscarriage; descriptions of attempted suicide and other self-harm; descriptions of graphic murder; alcohol abuse; a stray dog is taken in as a family pet in a flashback, then dies of old age later!< | DubiousConsent | SexualAssault | Kidnapping | Trauma | RivalsToLovers | StrandedTogether | SecretShame | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | unrated | 3.78 | #DualPOV #DubiousConsent #Kidnapping #RivalsToLovers #SecretShame #SexualAssault #StrandedTogether #Trauma | F/M | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
75 | Perfect Rhythm | Jae | 320 | Ylva | Angela Dawe | 11.40 | 2017-09-05 | 2022-03-29 | 2022-06-21 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36187176-perfect-rhythm | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/perfect-rhythm.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/c/l/clam/clam-square-1536.jpg | 9781977375933 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/885f75e5-452b-4149-b1cb-caf46032c819 | Holly | F | she/her | late-20s | medical | secure | Leo | F | she/her | 29 | music | dismissive | one marked and skippable | PG-13 | Fair Oaks | 1 | small town | escalator | contemporary | ace | dual-alternating 3rd | Pop music star goes home to be with her dad after a stroke leaves him disabled. She finds the small town she ran away from has more to offer than she remembered. | reddit, u/tjalfi | cohabitation | Thoughtful representation of ace spectrum topics | Some folks may take issue with an ace character involved in a sex scene, but IMO it's tasteful and well-handled (and completely skippable) | several scenes depict a parent's >!disability and death due to several strokes!< | BackHomeAgain | TheDogGetsSkritches | AsexualMC | ClosetedVsOut | PersonNextDoor | ConfrontingHomophobia | MinimalConflict | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 | 4.35 | 16% | 5⭐️/5 | #AsexualMC #BackHomeAgain #ClosetedVsOut #ConfrontingHomophobia #DismissiveSecurePair #DualPOV #MinimalConflict #PersonNextDoor #TheDogGetsSkritches #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | ||||||||
76 | The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy | Mackenzi Lee | 450 | Katherine Tegan | Moira Quirk | 11.25 | 2018-10-02 | 2022-06-21 | 2022-06-24 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40221509-the-lady-s-guide-to-petticoats-and-piracy | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/the-lady's-guide-to-petticoats-and-piracy.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/c/i/cieo/cieo-square-1536.jpg | 9780062890122 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/0fcf0a77-7f0b-47db-b871-73129ac6c150 | Felicity | F | she/her | early-20s | medical | dismissive | Sim | F | she/her | pirate | dismissive | none | Montague Siblings | 2 | multiple | slow | historical fantasy | ace aro | single 1st | A smart young woman, who wants to be a doctor in a world which won't take her seriously, goes on a journey to prove herself, and finds herself in the company of a pirate thief. | friendship | FMC is ace and aro, with consistent representation | AsexualMC | AromanticMC | Pirates | FakeRelationship | BeGayDoCrimes | NonTraditionalHEA | TheDogGetsSkritches | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4.75 | 4.00 | 19% | 4¾⭐️/5 | #AromanticMC #AsexualMC #BeGayDoCrimes #DismissiveDismissivePair #FakeRelationship #FirstPersonPOV #NonTraditionalHEA #Pirates #SinglePOV #TheDogGetsSkritches | F/F | |||||||||||||
77 | Legends & Lattes | Travis Baldree | 305 | Cryptid | Travis Baldree | 7.32 | 2022-02-22 | 2022-06-21 | 2022-06-24 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60314494-legends-lattes | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/legends--lattes.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/g/d/gdml/gdml-square-1536.jpg | 9798985663211 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/34c66d4e-2363-4a88-a43e-40baacae7afa | Viv | F | she/her | business | fearful | Tandri | F | she/her | artist | none | town | slow | fantasy | ace? | single 3rd | A former-adventurer Orc just wants to settle down and open a coffee shop, but even her best planning can't fix everything when her past catches up with her. | new release | relationship | SlowBurn | SmallTown | FoundFamily | AdoptedByStrayCat | BeGayDoCrimes | FishOutOfWater | Gayborhood | CinnamonRollMC | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 | 3.97 | 26% | 5⭐️/5 | #AdoptedByStrayCat #BeGayDoCrimes #CinnamonRollMC #FishOutOfWater #FoundFamily #Gayborhood #SinglePOV #SlowBurn #SmallTown #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | ||||||||||||||||
78 | Gold | E.J. Noyes | 283 | Bella | Abby Craden | 9.18 | 2018-06-14 | 2022-06-19 | 2022-06-25 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37800894-gold | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/gold-3.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/p/dpfs/dpfs-square-1536.jpg | 9781594936104 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/1ea3b2ce-e96b-4d61-8655-3555b94d96c1 | Aspen | F | she/her | 32 | sports | anxious | Cate | F | she/her | 40 | doctor | fearful | several | R | multiple | mixed | contemporary | panic attacks | single | Former Olympic skier, now a day trainer and retired due to extensive injuries, gets close to a vacationing mother and daughter. | reddit, u/tjalfi | proposal | a few scenes depict panic attacks | ExpirationDate | SingleParent | RehabRecovery | FastPetNames | NuisanceEx | MyKidsBeforeMe | ChronicIllnessOrDisability | AddictionSubstanceAbuse | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5.00 | 4.28 | 18% | 5⭐️/5 | #AddictionSubstanceAbuse #AnxiousFearfulPair #ChronicIllnessOrDisability #ExpirationDate #FastPetNames #MyKidsBeforeMe #NuisanceEx #RehabRecovery #SingleParent #SinglePOV | F/F | |||||||||||
79 | The Duchess Deal | Tessa Dare | 370 | Avon | Mary Jane Wells | 7.95 | 2017-08-22 | 2022-05-21 | 2022-06-25 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33296129-the-duchess-deal | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/the-duchess-deal.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/c/7/c7ua/c7ua-square-1536.jpg | 9780062683939 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/b39d94b9-1bcf-41b5-a762-1aab41028ec6 | Emma | F | she/her | seamstress | Ash | M | he/him | noble | fearful | few | soft-R | Girl Meets Duke | 1 | town | escalator | historical | dual-alternating 3rd | Sharp-witted seamstress meets disfigured Duke who makes her a deal for a marriage and an heir. | book club, Kate | family | ClassWarfare | RomCom | BeautyAndTheBeast | EthicsOfPower | FastPetNames | MarriageOfConvenience | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4.75 | 3.91 | 21% | 4¾⭐️/5 | #BeautyAndTheBeast #ClassWarfare #DualPOV #EthicsOfPower #FastPetNames #MarriageOfConvenience #RomCom #ThirdPersonPOV | F/M | ||||||||||||||||
80 | Not The Marrying Kind | Jae | 314 | Ylva | Angela Dawe | 11.87 | 2019-04-17 | 2022-06-22 | 2022-06-26 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44175490-not-the-marrying-kind | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/not-the-marrying-kind.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/g/dgd1/dgd1-square-1536.jpg | 9783963241949 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/8da8f692-b94c-44d4-bcb7-3515f62b1e75 | Ashley | F | she/her | 33 | florist | fearful | Sasha | F | she/her | 31 | baker | Fair Oaks | 2 | small town | escalator | contemporary | dual-alternating | Closeted florist in a small town catches feelings for the girl-next-door baker she's paired with on wedding prep, and struggles with how to navigate her conservative parents and customers. | sequel | relationship | Several scenes reference and describe after-effects of the pre-story suicide of a sibling | ClosetedVsOut | SmallTown | FearOfRuiningFriendship | Weddings | ConfrontingHomophobia | SharedBed | TheDogGetsSkritches | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 | 4.27 | 18% | 5⭐️/5 | #ClosetedVsOut #ConfrontingHomophobia #DualPOV #FearOfRuiningFriendship #SharedBed #SmallTown #TheDogGetsSkritches #Weddings | F/F | ||||||||||||||
81 | Ask, Tell | E.J. Noyes | 252 | Bella | Abby Craden | 8.48 | 2017-01-15 | 2022-06-19 | 2022-06-27 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31374674-ask-tell | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/ask-tell.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/8/d8yh/d8yh-square-1536.jpg | 9781594935305 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/35c9187a-fd3a-46a3-9a97-ce52e97a2d40 | Rebecca | F | she/her | 43 | medical | Sabine | F | she/her | 35 | medical | few | soft-R | Ask, Tell | 1 | Army surgical unit | mixed | contemporary | ADHD (implied) | single 1st | Army doctor and her commanding officer navigate escalating feelings under the shadow of early-2000s Don't Ask Don't Tell military policy. | reddit, u/tjalfi | cohabitation | graphic scenes depicting military convoy attack, injuries, surgery, and recovery | WorkplaceEthics | Military | QueerHistory | Trauma | NuisanceEx | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4.75 | 4.43 | 8% | 4¾⭐️/5 | #FirstPersonPOV #Military #NuisanceEx #QueerHistory #SinglePOV #Trauma #WorkplaceEthics | F/F | ||||||||||||||
82 | Ask Me Again | E.J. Noyes | 288 | Bella | Abby Craden | 9.72 | 2018-11-15 | 2022-06-19 | 2022-06-28 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40125043-ask-me-again | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/ask-me-again.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/9/d99r/d99r-square-1536.jpg | 9781541401532 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/1c2b261d-4c1a-45ea-8ef1-2345dc6d2238 | Rebecca | F | she/her | 45 | medical | Sabine | F | she/her | 37 | medical | few | R | Ask, Tell | 2 | Washington DC | slow | contemporary | ADHD, PTSD | dual-alternating | Two years after the previous book, two former-Army doctors reassemble their relationship as they each struggle with PTSD and other emotional trauma. | reddit, u/tjalfi | proposal | Boy howdy, do I have all the feels for the intersection of ADHD, PTSD, and the learned attachment disorder due to Don't Ask Don't Tell policies | pervasive descriptions of PTSD-induced invasive, compulsive thoughts and behaviors; in one scene a gun is brandished as a threat | RehabRecovery | Military | ChronicIllnessOrDisability | PTSD | WorkplaceEthics | Trauma | Therapy | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 | 4.41 | 15% | 5⭐️/5 | #ChronicIllnessOrDisability #DualPOV #Military #PTSD #RehabRecovery #Therapy #Trauma #WorkplaceEthics | F/F | |||||||||||
83 | Turbulence | E.J. Noyes | 282 | Bella | Abby Craden | 9.15 | 2017-10-15 | 2022-06-19 | 2022-06-29 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36280337-turbulence | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/turbulence-3.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/j/dju0/dju0-square-1536.jpg | 9780525594246 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/fbe843bd-7b7b-4057-acb6-8bd78d4e83a5 | Audrey | F | she/her | mid-30s? | pilot | anxious | Isabelle | F | she/her | mid-30s? | business | dismissive | many | R | multiple | fast | contemporary | single | After what was supposed to be a one-night stand, a successful investment broker boards her private jet to find her company's new pilot is the woman she was never supposed to see again. | reddit, u/tjalfi | proposal | workplace consent agreement | WorkplaceEthics | CasualConsequences | AttachmentDisorder | CommitmentIssues | HardOutsideGooeyInside | HiddenRelationship | InstaLust | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4.75 | 4.20 | 14% | 4¾⭐️/5 | #AnxiousDismissivePair #AttachmentDisorder #CasualConsequences #CommitmentIssues #HardOutsideGooeyInside #HiddenRelationship #InstaLust #SinglePOV #WorkplaceEthics | F/F | |||||||||||||
84 | Scaredy Cat | Robin Alexander | 221 | Tantor Audio | Lori Prince | 7.50 | 2022-06-28 | 2022-06-27 | 2022-06-30 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18745851-scaredy-cat | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/scaredy-cat-2.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/g/8/g886/g886-square-1536.jpg | 9798765022245 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/c3f0eb55-d40c-4533-8865-3645d278625b | Blake | F | she/her | 43 | writer | Quinn | F | she/her | plumber | two | PG-13 | Louisiana | escalator | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | A celebrity horror author rents a small place to get away from her life and anxieties and back to writing, and connects with the local woman who helps her around town. | new release | relationship | RomCom | Celebrity | HardOutsideGooeyInside | FishOutOfWater | PersonNextDoor | FamilyIssues | ConfrontingHomophobia | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4.50 | 3.83 | 17% | 4½⭐️/5 | #Celebrity #ConfrontingHomophobia #DualPOV #FamilyIssues #FishOutOfWater #HardOutsideGooeyInside #PersonNextDoor #RomCom #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | |||||||||||||||||
85 | Contract for Love | Alison Grey | 301 | Tantor | Emily Beresford | 9.72 | 2019-03-12 | 2022-06-30 | 2022-07-01 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41050132-contract-for-love | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/contract-for-love.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/4/d4to/d4to-square-1536.jpg | 9783963240867 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ab172af1-e1f8-4e42-b258-19e6b6b6652b | Madison | F | she/her | Sherry | F | she/her | hospitality | one | PG-13 | city | escalator | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Pushy and brash young socialite schemes up a fake relationship with a struggling single mom as a play to guarantee her inheritance. | author of previous read | relationship | Many of the compliments definitely come off as backhanded or negging | The initial few chapters have the melodrama turned to 11, and neither FMC is particularly likeable. This does settle down after a while | FakeRelationship | FirstQueerRelationship | ConfrontingHomophobia | CommitmentIssues | SingleParent | RichPoor | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3.25 | 4.07 | 20% | 3¼⭐️/5 | #CommitmentIssues #ConfrontingHomophobia #DualPOV #FakeRelationship #FirstQueerRelationship #RichPoor #SingleParent #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | ||||||||||||||||||
86 | If the Shoe Fits | E.J. Noyes | 298 | Bella | Kelsey Navarro | 11.60 | 2019-11-14 | 2022-06-28 | 2022-07-02 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46003599-if-the-shoe-fits | https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1566736130i/46003599.jpg | 9781642470567 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/a8c982e2-1304-417f-b532-e177c8236f9a | Brooke | F | she/her | architect | Jana | F | she/her | 34 | lawyer | several | R | Ask, Tell | 3 | Washington DC | escalator | contemporary | single | When a straight lawyer starts to catch feelings for her closeted architect friend, she has to figure out what that means. | sequel | relationship | Awakening | ClosetedVsOut | HardOutsideGooeyInside | FamilyIssues | Weddings | ConfrontingHomophobia | CommitmentIssues | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4.75 | 4.29 | 11% | 4¾⭐️/5 | #Awakening #ClosetedVsOut #CommitmentIssues #ConfrontingHomophobia #FamilyIssues #HardOutsideGooeyInside #SinglePOV #Weddings | F/F | ||||||||||||||||
87 | If I Don't Ask | E.J. Noyes | 286 | Bella | Abby Craden | 11.18 | 2022-05-17 | 2022-06-28 | 2022-07-02 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60152518-if-i-don-t-ask | https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1642503815i/60152518.jpg | 9781642473919 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/285c5607-ed05-45ec-9166-530d79a694ec | Rebecca | F | she/her | 43 | medical | Sabine | F | she/her | 35 | medical | several | R | Ask, Tell | 4 | Army surgical unit | slow | contemporary | single | The first book of the series told from the other woman's perspective, two Army doctors in the same chain of command have to navigate emerging feelings toward each other. | sequel | return to previous life | cohabitation | Military | WorkplaceEthics | QueerHistory | Trauma | HiddenRelationship | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4.75 | 4.38 | 9% | 4¾⭐️/5 | #HiddenRelationship #Military #QueerHistory #SinglePOV #Trauma #WorkplaceEthics | F/F | ||||||||||||||||
88 | D'Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding | Chencia C. Higgins | 336 | Dreamscape Media | Rebecca Lee | 8.78 | 2022-01-25 | 2022-06-27 | 2022-07-03 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57188051-d-vaughn-and-kris-plan-a-wedding | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/d'vaughn-and-kris-plan-a-wedding.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/g/4/g4m5/g4m5-square-1536.jpg | 9781335534941 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/20e93d8f-76d2-4c0c-8ae5-2b33f11bfce9 | D'Vaughn | F | she/her | Kris | F | she/her | some | R | Houston, TX, US | escalator | contemporary | dual-alternating 1st | Two strangers are paired up for a reality TV contest to fake an engagement and wedding. | new release | marriage | casual and persistent Spanglish; good family interactions | social media influencer; possessiveness and jealousy | FakeRelationship | Weddings | SocialMedia | ClosetedVsOut | BIPOC | ConfrontingHomophobia | JoinMyFamily | JealousPossessive | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4.50 | 3.75 | 19% | 4½⭐️/5 | #BIPOC #ClosetedVsOut #ConfrontingHomophobia #DualPOV #FakeRelationship #FirstPersonPOV #JealousPossessive #JoinMyFamily #SocialMedia #Weddings | F/F | |||||||||||||||||
89 | Under the Sitka Sky | Violet Morley | 283 | self | Parker Everly | 10.42 | 2021-10-16 | 2022-04-01 | 2023-05-01 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61051785-under-the-sitka-sky | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/under-the-sitka-sky.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/g/8/g8ii/g8ii-square-1536.jpg | 9798765042922 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/e7363de5-486d-40cc-97f7-be7b07fffec9 | Cam | F | she/her | 30 | pilot | dismissive | Skyler | F | she/her | 30 | photographer | one | PG-13 | Sitka, AK, US | slow | contemporary | demi | 3rd limited omniscient | Reunited after the death of a friend, two women survive a plane crash on a remote island in Alaska. | author of previous read | return to previous life | cohabitation | the writing is very uneven, with rough dialogue and exposition | early-story off-page death of a supporting character from old age; a dog gets hurt >!in a fight with a bear, but lives!< | SecondChance | StrandedTogether | DemisexualMC | IsolatedLocale | ForcedProximity | AttachmentDisorder | ChronicIllnessOrDisability | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3.25 | 4.10 | 21% | 3¼⭐️/5 | #AttachmentDisorder #ChronicIllnessOrDisability #DemisexualMC #ForcedProximity #IsolatedLocale #SecondChance #StrandedTogether #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | |||||||||||
90 | Anyone but You | Chelsea M. Cameron | 184 | Tantor | Lori Prince | 6.85 | 2019-08-19 | 2022-07-03 | 2022-07-05 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44528370-anyone-but-you | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/anyone-but-you-1.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/i/di0e/di0e-square-1536.jpg | 9781630157128 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/7462d5dc-9401-4251-b7f8-4cb443e8d4c1 | Sutton | F | she/her | mid-30s | fitness | Tuesday | F | she/her | late-20s | landlord | fearful | some | R | city | escalator | contemporary | single | Yoga studio owner clashes with her taciturn new landlord, whose renovations begin to interfere with business. | none | relationship | feels like a first act in need of more | SelfLoveIsHealthy | ForcedProximity | GrumpySunshine | HardOutsideGooeyInside | LearningToLove | MinimalConflict | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4.00 | 4.02 | 0% | 4⭐️/5 | #ForcedProximity #GrumpySunshine #HardOutsideGooeyInside #LearningToLove #MinimalConflict #SelfLoveIsHealthy #SinglePOV | F/F | |||||||||||||||
91 | A Lady for a Duke | Alexis Hall | 480 | Forever | Kay Eluvian | 15.43 | 2022-05-24 | 2022-06-19 | 2022-07-07 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57007967-a-lady-for-a-duke | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/a-lady-for-a-duke.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/g/4/g4pg/g4pg-square-1536.jpg | 9781538753750 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/7cf5a226-2c11-430f-b2d9-194fd16864ea | Gracewood | M | he/him | Duke | fearful | Viola | F|NB | she/her | fearful | two | R | England | escalator | historical regency | trans | dual-alternating 3rd | A woman seeks to comfort a depressed Duke she grew up with, but who doesn't know her as she is now. | deception revealed | children | solid explorations of consent, power, strength, vulnerability, trust | SecondChance | BeautyAndTheBeast | HiddenIdentity | FirstQueerRelationship | BodyPositivity | TransMC | FriendsToLovers | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.00 | 4.05 | 24% | 5⭐️/5 | #BeautyAndTheBeast #BodyPositivity #DualPOV #FearfulFearfulPair #FirstQueerRelationship #FriendsToLovers #HiddenIdentity #SecondChance #ThirdPersonPOV #TransMC | F|NB/M | |||||||||||||||
92 | Sweat Equity | Monica McCallan | 316 | self | 2018-12-25 | 2022-05-31 | 2022-07-09 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43359730-sweat-equity | https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1545802248i/43359730.jpg | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/f73eaec8-ce8f-41ff-b8db-69c05993640e | Avery | F | she/her | early-20s | tech | fearful | Charlie | F | she/her | 29 | physical trainer | two | PG-13 | LadyLuck Startups | 1 | SF Bay Area, CA, US | mixed | contemporary | dual-alternating | A young mobile app developer fresh out of a bad breakup gets off to a bad start with her new roommate, a personal trainer. | author of previous read | monogamy | cohabitation | the prose, dialogue, and scenes are definitely less smooth than the author's later works | ForcedProximity | GrumpySunshine | ReboundFears | AttachmentDisorder | CommitmentIssues | NuisanceEx | HardOutsideGooeyInside | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0% | 4⭐️/5 | #AttachmentDisorder #CommitmentIssues #DualPOV #ForcedProximity #GrumpySunshine #HardOutsideGooeyInside #NuisanceEx #ReboundFears | F/F | |||||||||||||||
93 | Satisfaction Guaranteed | Karelia Stetz-Waters | 336 | Forever | Lori Prince | 7.87 | 2021-06-01 | 2022-03-28 | 2022-07-09 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55648824-satisfaction-guaranteed | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/satisfaction-guaranteed.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/q/eqha/eqha-square-1536.jpg | 9781549139901 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/1585c40e-bd0d-4d3d-9510-5e8dcd3d0eea | Cade | F | she/her | 29 | curator | fearful | Selena | F | she/her | late-20s | retail | fearful | several | R | city | escalator | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Two strangers inherit a sex toy shop and have one month to make it profitable before it goes into bankruptcy. | return to previous life | relationship | SelfLoveIsHealthy | WorkplaceEthics | CommitmentIssues | RomCom | LearningToLove | Misunderstandings | SecretShame | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4.75 | 3.99 | 19% | 4¾⭐️/5 | #CommitmentIssues #DualPOV #FearfulFearfulPair #LearningToLove #Misunderstandings #RomCom #SecretShame #SelfLoveIsHealthy #ThirdPersonPOV #WorkplaceEthics | F/F | ||||||||||||||
94 | Liar | Tate James | 448 | self | Brooke Daniels, Lucas Webley | 10.05 | 2020-06-23 | 2022-05-16 | 2022-07-10 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54402563-liar | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/liar-4.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/e/b/ebzz/ebzz-square-1536.jpg | 9781665031950 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/fdf824e3-0917-454c-8d52-8bc3f188f616 | Madison Kate | F | she/her | early-20s | student | M+ | he/him | bodyguard | frequent | R/NC-17 | Madison Kate | 2 | city | fast | contemporary reverse harem | multiple 1st | Madison Kate continues to dig into her past and why people want her dead, with the help of her three beefy bodyguards. | book club, Krystyn | none | cliffhanger | InstaLust | Mystery | AgendaTrumpsAgency | Brawlers | FightingCrime | Polyamory | Cliffhanger | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4.00 | 3.70 | 8% | 4⭐️/5 | #AgendaTrumpsAgency #Brawlers #Cliffhanger #FightingCrime #FirstPersonPOV #InstaLust #MultiplePOV #Mystery #Polyamory | F/M+ | |||||||||||||||
95 | The Romance Recipe | Ruby Barrett | 304 | Harper Collins | Chelsea Stephens, Natalie Naudus | 8.80 | 2022-07-12 | 2022-06-27 | 2022-07-13 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60665690-the-romance-recipe | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/the-romance-recipe.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/f/n/fnu4/fnu4-square-final.jpg | 9781488214134 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/6e5ff36b-015e-4305-8344-b1f4f92f271b | Amy | F | she/her | restaurateur | dismissive | Sophie | F | she/her | cook | fearful | some | R | city | escalator | contemporary | dual-alternating 1st | Owner of a struggling restaurant and the celebrity chef she hired find there's more heat than just the kitchen. | new release | relationship | sex-positive | hot/cold FMC drives too much artificial tension | pacing and balance felt very uneven | WorkplaceEthics | GrumpySunshine | SocialMedia | CommitmentIssues | FirstQueerRelationship | SelfLoveIsHealthy | Celebrity | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | 3.83 | 4% | 4⭐️/5 | #Celebrity #CommitmentIssues #DismissiveFearfulPair #DualPOV #FirstPersonPOV #FirstQueerRelationship #GrumpySunshine #SelfLoveIsHealthy #SocialMedia #WorkplaceEthics | F/F | |||||||||||||
96 | Easy Nevada and the Pyramid's Curse | Georgette Kaplan | 203 | Ylva | Abby Craden | 6.70 | 2020-11-02 | 2022-07-10 | 2022-07-15 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55920687-easy-nevada-and-the-pyramid-s-curse | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/easy-nevada-and-the-pyramid's-curse.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/u/dud6/dud6-square-1536.jpg | 9781705231784 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ee3c1401-0935-440d-80f0-7f0632d5bcb2 | Candice | F | she/her | archaeology | Nevada | F | she/her | archaeology | none | Cushing-Nevada Chronicles | 1 | multiple | escalator | contemporary | dual-alternating 3rd | Lara Croft meets Indiana Jane | The discovery of a buried pyramid sends two archaeologists on a race for their lives. | cliffhanger | Nevada's casual yet witty horny-on-main nihilism is hilarious | there are freedom-fighter and jihadist depictions I am not remotely qualified to assess; the audiobook narration is not amazing | BeGayDoCrimes | HiddenIdentity | FishOutOfWater | ForcedProximity | PopCultureReferences | Mystery | Cliffhanger | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4.00 | 3.79 | 5% | 4⭐️/5 | #BeGayDoCrimes #Cliffhanger #DualPOV #FishOutOfWater #ForcedProximity #HiddenIdentity #Mystery #PopCultureReferences #ThirdPersonPOV | F/F | |||||||||||||||
97 | Walking Red Flag | Morgan Elizabeth | 336 | self | 2022-06-21 | 2022-07-15 | 2022-07-16 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61238068-walking-red-flag | https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1654530319i/61238068.jpg | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/3eda05c1-f3ea-4e58-9d58-9bc39579b5e0 | Gabi | F | she/her | 28 | assistant | fearful | Vic | M | he/him | 34 | medical | dismissive | several | R | Ocean View | 2 | city | escalator | contemporary | ADHD | dual-alternating | A pre-orgasmic woman makes a deal with a doctor who needs relationship cover from his pushy mom. | book club, Nova | kids | MMC is possessive well past the point of protective and into jealousy; the whole book definitely leans into "only the right man can fix this broken woman" tropes | while the ADHD rep was mostly realistic, the 'treatment' and sex-related effects were reductive (IMO); for a similar but better story, read _Satisfaction Guaranteed_ by Karelia Stetz-Waters | one scene depicts a child falling on a playground and breaking an arm | FakeRelationship | FastPetNames | BodyPositivity | GrovelFromWrongMC | Misunderstandings | Neurodiverse | SelfImageIssues | JealousPossessive | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3.50 | 3.80 | 7% | 3½⭐️/5 | #BodyPositivity #DismissiveFearfulPair #DualPOV #FakeRelationship #FastPetNames #GrovelFromWrongMC #JealousPossessive #Misunderstandings #Neurodiverse #SelfImageIssues | F/M | |||||||||||
98 | Fairest | Cara Malone | 312 | self | Emily Beresford | 6.08 | 2019-04-10 | 2022-06-14 | 2022-07-17 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45006362-fairest | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/fairest-2.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/d/h/dhuo/dhuo-square-1536.jpg | 9781427258861 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/5ce3c90a-b99e-48aa-91f8-1b4234a88cc2 | Charlie | F | she/her | lumberjane | fearful | Luma | F | she/her | model | some | R | Sapphic Fairytales | 2 | forest | escalator | contemporary fairytale | dual-alternating | Sleeping Beauty | When a young model is targeted for assassination by her wicked stepmother, she flees and finds herself at a remote cabin with a lumberjane and her brothers. | reddit, u/jaydee4219 | none | cohabitation | high melodrama; the audiobook performance is ... a choice | FamilyIssues | BodyPositivity | LoveAtFirstSight | SecretsAndBetrayal | CareerChange | JoinMyFamily | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4.00 | 3.97 | 1% | 4⭐️/5 | #BodyPositivity #CareerChange #DualPOV #FamilyIssues #JoinMyFamily #LoveAtFirstSight #SecretsAndBetrayal | F/F | |||||||||||||
99 | Ruthless People | J.J. McAvoy | 510 | self | 2017-03-23 | 2022-07-10 | 2022-07-17 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21839603-ruthless-people | https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1396504157i/21839603.jpg | 9781612133195 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/ca5fcc11-653f-467d-912a-8262d21279b4 | Liam | M | he/him | 25 | crime | anxious | Melody | F | she/her | 25 | crime | dismissive | frequent | R/NC-17 | Ruthless People | 1 | multiple | fast | contemporary mafia | unspecified emotional dysregulation | multiple | Two vicious mafia heads have an arranged marriage and have to figure out how to not kill each other while killing everyone else. | none | global domination | all of the content warnings—if you think it might deserve a content warning, this book depicted it | OrganizedCrime | HiddenIdentity | Weddings | MarriageOfConvenience | Brawlers | RivalsToLovers | Trauma | 5 | 5 | 5 | unrated | 4.04 | #AnxiousDismissivePair #Brawlers #HiddenIdentity #MarriageOfConvenience #MultiplePOV #OrganizedCrime #RivalsToLovers #Trauma #Weddings | F/M | ||||||||||||||||||||
100 | That Time I Turned My Farm Into A Dungeon | S. A. Archer | self | Rebecca Estrella, Todd McLaren | 10.15 | 2022-05-30 | 2022-07-17 | 2022-07-20 | https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58509697-that-time-i-turned-my-farm-into-a-dungeon | https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/that-time-i-turned-my-farm-into-a-dungeon.aspx | https://media.audiobookstore.com/g/6/g6j3/g6j3-square-1536.jpg | 9781666178005 | https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/54bdd33b-0f04-41fe-840d-1a81bfd4620f | Markus | M | he/him | farmer | (multiple) | F+ | she/her | several | PG-13 | I Turned My Farm Into A Dungeon | 1 | village | fast | fantasy | single | Farmer outside a small village resists monster invasions and questing adventurers, only to find his efforts attracting more attention. | none | cohabitation | Basically told from a dungeon crawl NPC POV, this story is very, very silly | the sex scenes are male fantasy wish fulfillment insta-lust, which gets old fast | graphic fantasy violence (gory sword combat, etc) | BodyPositivity | CareerChange | ClassWarfare | FightingCrime | InstaLust | Polyamory | WishFulfillment | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4.00 | 3.84 | 4% | 4⭐️/5 | #BodyPositivity #CareerChange #ClassWarfare #FightingCrime #InstaLust #Polyamory #SinglePOV #WishFulfillment | F+/M | |||||||||||||||