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In 1928, there were three lesbian novels published in England: Viriginia Woolf's Orlando: A Biography, Compton Mackenzie's Extraordinary Women, and Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness. Between them, each book offered then-revolutionary ideas about love, sexuality, and gender; but only one has been banned, welcomed praise, and garnered controversy for almost a century.
Stephen Gordon has always been different. Firstly, she was born a girl against...
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"When Myriam and Allison fall in love at a show in a run-down punk house, their relationship begins to unfold through a series of hypotheticals. What if they became mothers by finding a baby in an alley? What if the only cure for Myriam's depression was Allison's flesh? What if they were B-list celebrities, famous for writing a book about building healthy lesbian relationships? How much darker--or sexier--would their dynamic be if one were a power-hungry...
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"After years of putting aside her dreams of travel and adventure, Bailey George is ready to leave Lanford Falls and her responsibilities behind on a long-awaited vacation to New York City. But when the volunteer who took over her leadership position for the town's Winter Wonderfest has a medical emergency, Bailey finds herself stuck in Lanford Falls. She gets roped into reassuming her old role, not wanting to let the town or her friends and family...
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"Cate Kay knows how to craft a story. As the creator of a bestselling book trilogy that struck box office gold as a film series, she's one of the most successful authors of her generation. The thing is, Cate Kay doesn't really exist. She's never attended author events or granted any interviews. Her real identity had been a closely guarded secret, until now. As a young adult, she and her best friend Amanda dreamed of escaping their difficult homes...
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Charity Curtis has the summer job of her dreams, playing the "final girl" at Camp Mirror Lake. Guests pay to be scared in this full-contact terror game, as Charity and her summer crew recreate scenes from a classic slasher film, Curse of Camp Mirror Lake. The more realistic the fear, the better for business. But the last weekend of the season, Charity's co-workers begin disappearing. And when one ends up dead, Charity's role as the final girl suddenly...
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"Nav knows how to flirt, but she also knows love is a messy losing proposition. As proof, her best friend, Hallie, is constantly getting her heart broken. And when Hallie goes to her boring academic camp this summer, Nav won't be there to protect her for the first time in their lives. So when shy new girl Gia asks Nav for help getting Hallie's attention, Nav finds a way to make it work for her. In exchange for lessons in romance, Gia, whose mom runs...
7) Brown neon
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"Part butch memoir, part ekphrastic travel diary, part queer family tree, Raquel Gutiérrez's debut essay collection Brown Neon gleans insight from the sediment of land and relationships. For Gutierrez, terrain is essential to understanding that no story, no matter how personal, is separate from the space where it unfolds. Whether contemplating the value of adobe as both vernacular architecture and commodified art object, highlighting the feminist...
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DELUXE EDITION WITH SEQUEL NOVELLA Sometimes you need to go back to where you came from. When Ella returns to her hometown to recover from trauma, she makes a connection with Kay, the owner of the local lake resort. Ella thought she didn't have time for love, but this extraordinary woman may just prove her wrong. A deeply emotional read by best-selling lesbian romance author Harper Bliss.
10) Rise to the sun
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Three days. Two girls. One life-changing music festival. Toni is reeling in the wake of the loss of her roadie father and desperate to figure out where her life will go from here -- so she's heading back to the festival that taught her to love music in a last ditch effort to rediscover her passion. Olivia is a hopeless romantic whose heart has just taken a beating (again), and is beginning to believe that someone like her may never find "the one"...
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Ryan is a closeted gay student in his final semester of seminary studies. Despite his school's hostile stance towards homosexuality, Ryan has two gay classmates, Gerald and Anthony, in whom he secretly confides. He is also close to his religiously devout mother who is unaware of his sexual orientation. Ryan needs to complete a solid theological thesis in order to continue doctoral work at the university of his dreams. During this volatile time, Ryan...
12) Carmilla
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First published in 1872, Carmilla is a classic gothic novella and one of the earliest examples of vampire fiction.
Fast-paced and gripping, the story follows the protagonist Laura, who lives in a secluded castle in the woods with her father. One day, a carriage accident brings a young woman named Carmilla into their lives, and she is taken in as a guest. As time goes on, Laura becomes increasingly drawn to Carmilla, despite her strange behavior and...
13) A Family Affair
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Best-selling lesbian romance author Harper Bliss brings you a deliciously impossible love story about falling for the one person you can't have.Kate has been married to Kevin for ten years, but their failed journey to parenthood has left their relationship on the brink. As Kevin tries to heal by remodeling their home, Kate finds herself living in her mother-in-law's pool house. And having to spend a lot of time with Kevin's spoiled sister.Stella is...
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Two stranded travellers. One secret crush. Can they make it home without falling in love? Thrown together when their plane conks out and a blizzard rolls in, Morgan Scott and her childhood friend Ali Bradford are on a mission to make it from Glasgow to Devon in time for Christmas.The catch? Roads and trains are up the spout, Morgan's patience is running low, and Ali has had a secret crush on Morgan since forever. But she can keep a lid on over two...
15) Seasons of Love
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A successful solicitor, her business partner's daughter, and their unexpected chance at love.
Alice McAllister is successful, quiet and disciplined. When her law partner Miranda forces her to take a vacation at her holiday home in Portugal, the unexpected presence of Miranda's daughter Joy turns Alice's world up-side down.
Despite their differences--the age gap between them only being one of many--Alice and Joy embark on a passionate holiday...
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How far must you run to escape the past?
Broken from past trauma, Laura heads to small-town Texas for a life of solitude and recovery after a scarring event. She crosses paths with sharp-witted Tess, the charming editor of the town paper.
Tess is determined to break down the walls Laura has built up. Laura isn't ready to open up again, but her feelings for Tess are undeniable…
Will Tess be able to get past Laura's defences? And will Laura allow...
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2024.
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"A queer rom-com following once childhood best friends forced together to drive their former teacher across the country"-- Provided by publisher.
19) Blind Redemption
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Kidnapped and sold into the Chinese slave trade the survival of Annette Freder, the wife of University Chancellor, Charles Freder, depends on struggling psychic detective, Jackie Vaughn. Crippled by grief over the unexpected death of her wife, Jackie deals with her anguish through pills and booze. While these coping mechanisms numb her pain, the growing addiction hampers her abilities, and places her health and livelihood in jeopardy. The missing...
20) Wave
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I remember how you were, not how you are. We were we until we became you and I. Midori and Âu Cô are international university students tasting freedom from family for the first time. They discover Melbourne and each other. All is well until the tsunami that swamps their world... Midori and Âu Cô are international university students in Melbourne. They play at being silver dragons birthing pearls from their mouths. They are united by loneliness....
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