The Raven And The Banshee By: Carolyn Elizabeth   Synopsis It's the early 1700's and sixteen-year-old Julia Farrow, spirited the daughter of a shipping company owner, lives and loves on her own terms. With a sharp mind and sharper tongue, she constantly defies family and society expectations with no regard for the consequences. Branna Kelly, only child of an Irish immigrant sailor, is hopelessly in love with Julia and imagines their life together as captains of their own fate. Left brokenhearted after Julia's rejection, she embarks on a journey to chart a new shipping route to the Caribbean. Before Julia can explain her decision, Branna's ship is overrun by merciless pirates. All hands are presumed lost. Fifteen years later, Julia is running the Farrow Company and sailing with the crew on her newest ship when an encounter with pirates leaves her the lone survivor to be rescued by the infamous Raven, hard-hearted captain of the mercenary ship, Banshee. Julia is shocked ...

Darkness Embraced By:   Winter Pennington Synopsis Two hundred years ago, Epiphany was reborn a vampire. Sired by Renata, the Queen of the Rosso Lussuria, Epiphany willingly played the role of the queen's beloved pet-- until she was cast from Renata's bed and lost her protection from the elder vampires. Ephiphany has done her best not to become a target,  trying to remain as inconspicuous as possible, light along forgetting memory huddling beneath the mantle of Vasco's power her one true friend among the Rosso Lussuria.  Now Renata has called Epiphany forth the face the challenges ahead that could elevate her clan status to the ranks of an elder.  But Epiphany has few friends and many enemies and the chances of surviving the challenges are slim. Surrounded by harsh vampire politics and secret ambitions, Epiphany learns that an old enemy is plotting treason against the woman she once loved,  and to save all she holds dear, she must embrace and form an alliance wi...

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 with...

Love And Chaos  A Dystopian FF Romance  By: Poppy Woods Synopsis The second collapse change the world forever.  Cris has spent her entire life in her Tribe. Safe from the pollution that still clings to more populated areas, they grow crops to sell in the Cities, they hunt for their meat, and they take care of their own. Their rural way of life ensures the politics of the Cities doesn't reach them.  Until one day, it does.  Like all orphans, Love Ward was conscripted into the Venus Guard as a child. She has done her best to take the opportunity and to make it into a career, something she can be proud of. The Venus Guard is her Family.  But the New Republic has secrets, the kind of secrets that can get a low-ranking officer like Love reassigned and even killed if she's not careful.  When chaos erupts around them, the two women find themselves at odds but with only each other to rely on. Their shared past and the growing attraction between them can only s...

Beast Caller By:   Brea Alepou Synopsis Melony thought her life was boring. Every day the same routine: going to class and hanging with her best friend, Denelle. Then, suddenly, everything change. While investigating a flash of light, she was transported to another realm. The harder she tries to return to her world and forget about it,  she's dragged back into this foreign world. Zola's world. Zola is an esteemed unicorn general. They one of the highest-ranking warriors of the forest. She vowed to protect the forest and all its inhabitants. While fighting against a pack of wild ghouls, she meets a beautiful witch. It's been drilled in her head from a young age that Witches and magical creatures don't mix. Witches aren't to be trusted, yet she can't fight the attraction she has toward this stranger. This beautiful soul. Itsumi is indebted to the Queen and must follow her orders. One of her missions is to help capture a powerful witch. When she does,  she can'...

Snow Globe By:   Georgia Beers Synopsis MacKenzie Campbell has no idea that her life will fall apart. She's bright and attractive with a good job, a comfortable home, and an impending Christmas wedding she's been planning for months. So when her girlfriend bails less than two weeks before the nuptials, Kenzie's picture-perfect Christmas world begins to crumble around her. Determined to hold on to at least some shred of her dignity, Kenzie snags her best friend, Alison, and flees the cold of the Northern to take the honeymoon anyway. The Rainbow's Edge is an enormous LGBT resort in South Florida, and its atmosphere of sun and fun seems to be just what Kenzie needs to help take her mind off of her lost relationship.  But can a few hot dances, a mysterious suitor, and a handful of rum runners help her figure out what is it she wants? 

Who'd Have Thought By:   G Benson Synopsis Top neurosurgeon Samantha Thomson needs to get married fast and is tightlipped as to why. And with over $200,000 on offer to tie the knot, no questions asked, cash-strapped ER nurse Hayden Pérez isn’t about to demand answers.  The deal is only for a year of marriage, but Hayden’s going into it knowing it will be a nightmare. Sam is complicated, rude, kind of cold, and someone Hayden barely tolerates at work, let alone wants to marry. The hardest part is that Hayden has to convince everyone around them that they’re madly in love and that racing down the aisle together is all they’ve ever wanted. What could possibly go wrong? Top neurosurgeon Samantha Thomson needs to get married fast and is tightlipped as to why. And with over $200,000 on offer to tie the knot, no questions asked, cash-strapped ER nurse Hayden Pérez isn’t about to demand answers. The deal is only for a year of marriage, but Hayden’s going into it knowing it will ...

Christmas On Emerald Mountain By:   Cara Malone  Synopsis When her dad decides to book a cabin in the idyllic, snow-capped mountains of Colorado for Christmas, the rest of the family is skeptical - why trade palm trees and warm weather for a snowbound ski resort? Carmen hasn't had a snow on Christmas for ten years. Her family has grown accustomed to beaches and extravagant tropical vacations,  but she still remembers the snow in Massachusetts when she was a kid.  Carmen's in the same 'bah humbug mood until she meets the impossibly optimistic, endlessly intriguing Joy,  and their worlds collide - quite literally - on the slopes. Joy has lived her whole life on Emerald Mountain and watched a lot of people come and go through the resort town. She has learned to expect a certain amount of impermanence here, but Carmen makes her hope for more than just a vacation romance. Can Joy help Carmen and her family rediscover the true spirit of Christmas?

Slammed By:   Lola Keeley Synopsis A sparkling lesbian tennis tale about rivals and romance and putting everything on the line.  World No. 1 tennis star Elin Larsson is in hot pursuit of a record number of Grand Slam titles. But between pressing injuries and growing anxiety, it's starting to feel like her heart isn't in it.  Gorgeous rival player Toni Cortes Ruiz bursts onto the scene chasing her first slam. As their paths keep crossing in big matches, a growing attraction starts to burn between the competitive women. Elin's used to winning - but not when the woman she's falling for is on the other side of the net.  As scandals, the media, and the world starts closing in on them, Elin and Toni need to decide whether they're competitors or on the same side.

Sweet Paladin In The Queerness Of Time Book 1 By: Alex Washoe Synopsis A love that transcends time... and Scones to Die For.  Celebrity chef Holly Milan ditched her TV career and Michelin star restaurant (along with her rich new york boyfriend) to run a pay-what-you-can diner in Seattle's Fremont district. She devotes her energies to feeding the local homeless camp, but no matter how much you bakes, it never feels like enough to feed the world hunger. Akachy  of Asphodel is a  twelfth-century knight of the Order of Sophia, whose home was destroyed by the Crusaders. Crying out for help from the Goddess, she awakens to find herself in a strange new world of wonderous technology and unforseen dangers.  The moment they meet, their powerful attraction is obvious. But they soon begin to discover a deeper bond - one that was forged on the day they were born and could be destined to re-write the history of the world.