Blueprints For Better Worlds
By: Tenea D. Johnson
Synopsis
Two girls barely in their teens devise on escape from a world abandoned by the privileged, ravaged by climate change, and losing its way. Will they find what the world has lost and what they've a so far only found in one another?
Can a manufactured heaven floating amongst the stars provide more than illusions of perfection? How might it improve the world that its customers vacated?
When all you have left is the space between you, can you overcome the distance, and what might be lurking in the things that you don't say, the days can't share, the secrets you keep from your self?
In the absence of government, how can the people left behind avoid a grim fate of air thinner by the day, hope thinner by the hour?
Is home where you're from or how it treats you? How much a home is a place where you're not equal? Might you change that by stepping into another person's life? Or stepping into new territories within your own?
Once forever attainable what will it be spent on and in this ultimate success of sustainability who decides what exactly should be sustained?
Only one way to find out.
Smoketown
By: Tenea D. Johnson
Synopsis
The city of Leiodare is unlike any other in the post-climate change United States.
Within its boundaries, birds are outlawed and what was once a crater in Appalachia is now a tropical, glittering metropolis where Anna Armour is waiting. An artist by passion and a factory worker by trade, Anna is a woman special gifts. She has chosen this beautiful, traumatize city to wait for the woman she's lost, the one she believes can save her from her troubled past and uncertain future.
When one night Anna creates life out of thin air and desperation, no one is prepared for what comes next - not Lucine, a smooth talking soothsayer with plans for the city; Lucine's brother Eugenio who has designs of his own; Saife, a star performer in the Leiodaran cosmos; or Rory, a forefather of the city who's lived through outbreak, heatbreak, and scandal. Told through their interlocking stories, Smoketown delves into the invincible connections that rival magic, and the copst of redemption.
Z-Town
By: Eden Darry
Synopsis
Meg Daltry isn't interested in falling in love and certainly doesn't have time for a relationship, even though she can't quite forget about Lane Boyd, a vacation fling she left behind in London.
When Lane arrives in Provincetown hoping to win Meg back, she isn't expecting a town in perpetual dusk, or the hordes of zombies overrunning it. Now she's not only fighting for Meg, she's fighting for her life.
An ancient Viking grave has been disturbed and it's treasures stolen, something wants back what was taken, and it won't rest until everyone in Provincetown is destroyed. Forced to work together to stay alive, Meg and Lane must find the centuries-old treasure before the zombies find them first.
Compass Rose
A Compass Rose Novel Book 1
By: Anna Burke
Synopsis
In the year 2513 , the only thing higher than the seas is what's at stake for those who sail them.
Rose was born facing due North, with an inherent perception of cardinal points flowing through her veins. Her uncanny sense of direction is earns her a coveted place among the Archipelago Fleet elite, but it also attracts the attention of admiral Comita, who sends her on a secret mission deep into pirate territory.
Accompanied by a ragtag crew of mercenaries and under the command of Miranda, a captain of bloodthirsty as she is alluring. Rose discovers the hard way that even the best sense of direction won't be enough to keep her alive if she can't learn to navigate something far more dangerous then the turbulent seas. Aboard the mercenary ship , Man o' war, Rose learns quickly that trusting the wrong person can get you killed - and Miranda's crew have no intention of making things easy for her- especially Mranda's trusted first mate, Orca, who is as stubborn as she is brutal.
Lucky 7
Lucky Breaks Book 1
By: Rae D. Magnon
Synopsis
Elena Nevares is on the run. She's a jacker, someone who connects to virtual reality with their brain, and everyone else on her crew was murdered during a mission gone wrong. Sasha Young is planning a rescue. She's a handler, a team leader whose crew has been scattered by an evil corporation: Axys Generation. Together, they must find the rest of Sasha's crew: Cherry the engineer and explosives expert; Rami, the master of disguise, Doc, the wunderkind Medical Officer, and Rick, the Mechanically modified muscle. But Axys Generation has bigger plans than taking Sasha's crew. Elena, Sasha and the rest of Lucky 7 must go on their most dangerous mission yet - not for credits or tech, but to save the world.
Gearbreakers
Book 1
By: Zoe Hana Mikuta
Synopsis
Two girls on opposite sides of a war discover they're fighting for a common purpose and falling for each other.
We went past praying for deites and started to build them instead..
The shadow of Godolia's tyrannical rule as a spreading, aided by their giant mechanized as weapons known as Windups. War and oppression are everyday constants for the people of the Badlands, who live under the thumb of their cruel of Godolia overloads.
Eris Shinadanai is a Gearbreaker, a brash young rebel who specializes in taking down Windups from the inside. When one of her missions goes awry and she finds herself in Godolia's prison, Eris meets Sona Steelcrest, a cybernnetically enhanced Windup pilot. At first Eris sees Sona as her mortal enemy, but Sona has a secret: She has intentionally infiltrated the Windup program to destroy Godolia from within.
As the clock ticks down to their deadliest mission yet, a direct attack to end Godolia's reign once and for all, Eris and Sona grow closer - as comrades, friends, and perhaps something more...
The Gunrunner And Her Hound
Those Who Bear Arms Book 1
By: Maria Ying
Synopsis
Viveca Hua, arms-dealer
... is driven by three things: the certainty of steel, the need to win, and the compulsion to possess.
Yves, bodyguard
... hunts for the place she belongs, and she might just have found it in the captivating Viveca, who offers her a new organization, an answer - and a collar.
But their world is violent. It is unpredictable. Luck alone will not shield them. Together they must survive assassin, rival gunrunners, and their own lethal attraction.
Upheaval
As we Know It - Book 1
By: Rita Porter
Synopsis
It is time for Dillon Mitchell to start living again
Since the death of her wife three years ago, Dillon had buried herself in her work. When an invitation arrives for Tiffany Daniels' exclusive birthday party, her best friend persuades her to join them for the weekend.
It's not the celebration that draws her but the location. The party is being held at the Whitaker Estate, one of the hottest tickets of the West Coast. The Estate once belonged to an eccentric survivalist, whose family converted it into a trendy destination while preserving some of its original history.
Surrounded by a room full of successful lesbians, Dillon finds herself drawn to Skylar Lange, the mysterious and elusive bartender. Before the two can finish their first dance, a screams hatters the evening. When the party goers emerge from the underground bunker, they discover something terrible has happened at the Estate.
The group races to try to discover the cause of this upheaval, and whether it's isolated to the Estate. Has the world, as we know it, changed forever?
Survival
As we Know It - Book 2
By: Rita Porter
Synopsis
Fourty-eight hours after the Upheaval, reality is beginning to set in the Whitaker Estate. The world, as we know it, has ended.
Dillon Mitchell and her friends are left to survive, after discovering most of the population, at least in the United States, has mysteriously died.
While they struggle to come to terms with their devastating losses, they are faced with the challenge of creating a new society, which is threatened by the divergent factions that my tear the community apart from the inside.
Even if the group can unite, external forces are gathering that could destroy their fragile existence.
Meanwhile, Dillion budding relationship with the elusive Skyler Lange faces obstacles, when Skyler's hidden past is revealed.
Cypher
A Dystopian Novel
By: Barbara Winkes
Synopsis
Enemies or Allies
Cypher are assigned a number, a place to live and work in exchange for giving up rights and freedoms most take for granted. Ami Moore finds herself trapped in what was sold to her as a temporary solution, and her situation gets worse when she is framed and accused of stealing.
Ami can't be sure whether Inspector Katlena Cervantes will be her ally or enemy -- but the two women’s fates are tied together from the day they first meet.
Ride For Tomorrow
Riders of the Apocalypse Book 1
By: Alex Westmore
Synopsis
Man made virus that wiped out more than 90% of the population. Now it's up to a tough-as-nails lesbian to save what remains.
First there was the outbreak...
As the virus sweep across the United States claiming more and more victims, butch firefighter Dallas was sure death was coming for her, too. Only it never did. Of course, that doesn't mean its deranged, bloodthirsty horde won't...
Dallas and hedgepodge gang of new friends know that to survive the world, they must shut themselves off from it. But with constant misdirection from the government, a frightening decree of martial law, rogue military leaders, and - oh yeah - a roaming drove of hungry zombies, that task could prove pretty damned difficult.
Burning Rubber
Riders of the Apocalypse Book 2
By: Alex Westmore
Synopsis
When the living are just as dangerous as the dead, things tend to get tough, real tough. The survivors will betray you to the hordes in a heartbeat while those damned man-eaters just keep pressing forward, dragging their lifeless limbs and gnashing their bloody and broken teeth . . . Well, you get the picture , and its sure is fugly one.
For every single wasted flesh-bag Dallas and her crew put down, twelve more rise to take its place like the most horrible kind of virus-infested hydra in the history of the universe. How much future could possibly be left for the few who've managed to escape it's clutches?
Dallas doesn't know, but she she sure as hell wants to find out. Can she put the pedal to the metal and ride through the danger to find a safe haven that may or may not exist, or is the virus craving a nice juicy flank of lesbian ass to add to its ever growing empire?
Where ever Dallas is going, she better get there fast. It's time to burn rubber, baby!
The Magistrate
The Prisonworld Trilogy Book 1
Synopsis
Poverty is rife in twenty-fouth century London, England. Crime rates are at all-time high, and living conditions for many or bleak. Capital punishment and public hangings have been reinstated, and Magistrates, in their new role, are tasked with patrolling the streets to enforce arrest warrants and 'terminate' any civilians who attempt to evade justice - - which isn't always and noble pursuit.
The law are strict, illiberal, and unsympathetic. If you can't afford to feed clothe yourself, you'll be sent to the workhouse. If you fall behind on your rent, you will be sent to the debtors' prison. If you're gay, you'll be hanged.
For Carmen Wild, the latter becomes a potentially deadly problem when the discovery of a murdered prostitute brings her back into the life of a first love -- the Madame of an East End cathouse -- and the illicit passions between them are swiftly reignited.
A Study In Honor
The Janet Watson Chronicles 1
By: Claire O'Dell
Synopsis
Set in a near future Washington, D.C., a clever, incisive, and fresh feminist twist on a classic literary icon - Sherlock Holmes - in which Dr. Janet Watson and covert agent Sara Holmes will use espionage, advanced technology, and the power of deduction to unmask a murderer targeting Civil War veterans.
Dr. Janet Watson knows firsthand the horrifying cost of a divided nation. While treating broken soldiers in the battlefields of the New Civil War, a sniper's bullet shattered her arm and ended her career. Honorably discharged and struggling with semi-functional mechanical arm that replaced the limb she lost, she returns to the nation's capital, a bleak, edgy in that throes of a fraught presidential election. Homeless and jobless, Watson is uncertain of the future when she meets another black and queer woman, Sara Holmes, a mysterious yet playful challenging covert agent who offers the doctor a place to stay.
Watson readjustment to civilian life is complicated by the infuriating antics of her strange new roommate. But the tension between them dissolve when Watson dicovers the soldiers from the New Civil War have begun dying one by one - and the deaths may be that tip of something far more dangerous, involving the pharmaceutical industry and even the looming election. Joining forces, Watson and Holmes embark on a thrilling investigation to solve the mystery - and secure justice for these fallen soldiers.
Beneath The Surface
The Outsider Project Book 1
By: Rebecca Langham
Synopsis
When a change in collective consciousness sends the Outsiders, a group of aliens, to the shadows below the city, humans reason that the demonization of their peers is simply more "humane." There's no question, nor doubt. Just acceptance.
Lydia had embraced the sense of "truth" for as long as she remember. The daughter of a powerful governor, she has been able to live her life with more comforts than most. Comforts can be suffocating, though, and when the opportunity to teach Outside children in their private, "humane" community becomes available, she takes it.
What she finds beneath the city is far from the truth she had grown to know. There she meets Alessia, an Outsider with the knowledge and will to shake the foundation of all those who walk above ground. The two find a new unexpected connection despite a complete disconnect from the technological world. Or perhaps in spite of it.
Still, it takes a not more than tin an immutable of connection to change the world, Lydia, Alessia, and a small group of Outsiders must navigate a system of corruption, falsehoods, and twists none of them ever saw coming, all while holding on to the hope to come out alive in the end. But it's a risk worth thinking, and a future worth fighting for.
The Renegade
By: Amy Dunne
Synopsis
In this post apocalyptic world, you have a choice: survive as a slave or fight for your freedom.
The Red Death pandemic wipe out most of the human population, and the world that remains is dangerous and unforgiving. Survivor Alex Clarke and her companions are rescued after vicious attack and welcomed into the Raptures Haven Camp. Although given medical treatment, food, shelter, and Protection, Alex senses sinister lurking beneath the camp's friendly exterior.
Comp medic Evelyn Bennet instinctively drawn to Alex and warns her that the camp is a dangerous cult and women are slaves. While planning to escape, their secret relationship is discovered. Escape is no longer possible. They must fight for their freedom or die trying.
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