Her best friend’s sister is strictly off-limits, especially when her friend has no idea that her little sister is a lesbian. Jewel is back from a long stint in the Peace Corps and ready to start her new life back in her hometown. She’s ready to come out to her family and live life without apology. A chance encounter with her sister’s best friend Alice brings back memories of her childhood crush. Alice still sees her as the pesky kid sister, but Jewel is all grown up now and knows exactly how to take what she wants – and she wants Alice. Can Jewel convince Alice to take a chance on ...

Is someone still considered your “work wife” if you’re both women? Rachel and Brittany have been friends for a long time. Good friends. They both started at Phoenix Software on the same day and have worked on the same team ever since. For years they’ve joked around calling each other their office spouse, much to the consternation of the women they’ve dated. But lately, things have felt different… First, there’s that time Brittany accidentally walks in on Rachel showering in the company gym. And there’s that tiny little kiss after the office holiday party, the one neither of ...

They’re destined to love each other from afar, until their worlds collide… Barista Camille has a secret: she’s got a crush. An all-encompassing crush on the glamorous older woman who comes into her coffee shop every single day at precisely seven thirty a.m. It’s crazy. Madison doesn’t even know she’s alive, but that doesn’t keep Camille from dreaming about her every night. Billionaire Madison has the weight of the world on her shoulders. The CEO of one of Seattle’s largest software firms doesn’t have time for dating, fun, or any type of a personal life. Too many people are...

There are just some things you don’t do, like fall in love with your sister’s ex! Jolene never thought she’d fall for her sister’s ex-girlfriend, but when the new neighbor turns out to be the same woman who broke her sister’s heart years ago, she can’t help but feel drawn to her. As she spends time with her new neighbor, they become friends. But can they ever be more? Anna always liked her ex’s younger sister, but now that they’re becoming friends she’s realizing she feels a little more than simple like. Sparks fly every time they're together. Jolene doesn’t want to rock...

The woman she’s had a crush on for years needs a fake girlfriend, and Elana is ready to volunteer for the job! Toya is in a bind. Her little sister is getting married, and her mother is insisting she bring her girlfriend to the wedding. She’d told a little white lie to get her mom off her back, but now it’s backfiring. Her mom thinks she’s in a committed relationship, so Toya needs to find a pretend girlfriend, and fast. Elana fell in love with Toya the minute she set eyes on her. Unfortunately, she somehow went right into the friend zone. Elana has been hesitant to rock the boat, ...

She kissed a girl…and then the girl married a man. Miranda and Elizabeth were best friends throughout college. They shared everything: the same dorm room, the same group of friends, the same major. Until the night that their friendship became something more, and they shared their first lesbian experience. The next morning Elizabeth was gone, leaving only a note. She transferred schools and married the “perfect” man her rich parents picked out for her. Other than glimpses in the society pages, Miranda never heard from her again. Fifteen years later Miranda walks into a Lesbian ...

Her new roommate is down on her luck… and easy on the eyes. When Ashley’s roommate moves out unexpectedly, she needs to find a new one fast. There’s no way she can afford Seattle rent by herself on a receptionist’s salary, so when her friend recommends the new barista at their local coffee shop, Ashley jumps at the opportunity. Hannah is new in town. She’s looking for a fresh start after getting fired, dumped, and evicted all in one week. By a stroke of luck, she lands a job and an apartment in one visit to the funky little coffee shop she visits to use the free Wi-Fi. She and ...

She agreed to plan the party, but she never planned for love! Joey is turning thirty soon and there’s one thing she wants for her birthday: a huge party to celebrate living past the age her doctors told her she’d never see when she was a kid. And she knows just the person to help plan the big event: her friend and party planner Kelsie. Kelsie is one of Seattle’s most in-demand party planners. She loves her job. She also has a huge crush on her friend Joey, but that’s her little secret. She’s been in the friend zone with Joey ever since they met. The two women couldn’t be more ...

They bonded over heartbreak, but is what they’re feeling really love? Or is it just a rebound relationship? Grace never thought she’d be single again, but when she catches her wife messing around with another woman, she has no choice but to start over again. When someone in her divorce support group offers to rent her a room, Grace jumps at the chance to move out of her house and start fresh. Jasmine isn’t one to make impulsive decisions, but when she hears the sad but beautiful woman in her support group complaining about not being able to find an affordable rental in Seattle’s ...

The only thing worse than getting dumped on Valentine’s Day is having it happen in front of the mean girl who terrorized you all through school. Mia doesn’t know what’s wrong with her. Every time she thinks she’s found “the one” she gets her heart broken. But having her girlfriend announce that she’s bad in bed while publicly breaking up with her in a restaurant on Valentine’s Day seems like a new low. Especially with her old high school nemesis sitting at the next table. Colleen has two major regrets in life: not holding onto those Microsoft stocks she inherited from her ...

She went back to school to find herself after her divorce – instead she found love with a woman. When Adrianna finally gets the courage to divorce her cheating husband, it’s a chance for a fresh start. Married too young to a man who controlled her every move, she can finally pursue her dream of being a photographer and traveling the world. She gets a scholarship to Seattle City College’s photography program, and at thirty-five, she goes back to school. Single mother Erin has a lot on her plate. Between raising her daughter, taking care of her temperamental old house, and juggling ...

Dr. Valerie Bush is a tough and demanding Head of Surgery. When the young and passionate surgeon Dr. Ella Ashton joins her team, Valerie is shocked by her own immediate attraction to the beautiful Ella. Ella was fired from her last hospital for breaking hospital rules and it seems like she hasn't learnt much from that. Ella makes decisions from her heart and Valerie runs her hospital by the rules—it isn't long before they clash.

Is thirty years too long to wait for a second chance? High school best friends Sara and Sofia had always been inseparable, but neither of them knew that they were hiding a secret attraction. The girls lost touch after graduation, but thirty years later, they run into each other in a coffee shop, and it’s love at first sight. Or second sight, anyway. They’re both too old to fall this fast, but they don’t want to waste any more time. After years of being single, Sara and Sofia are about to find out that true love was worth waiting for – and their first love can also be their last. “...

Sarah Brennan is a hockey player in the new professional women's league, but it's her mind she wants to exercise when she enrolls in a university class on Irish literature. Professor Claire Joyce is no fan of pro athletes, especially after a failed marriage to one. Unfortunately her ten-year-old daughter adores hockey, and her idol happens to be none other than Sarah Brennan. Falling in love with someone who barely tolerates sports and athletes finally forces Sarah, at thirty-six, to admit that her career is in overtime, and to consider what life might look like after hockey.

Last Christmas they fell in love. This Christmas can they do it again? Lucy When I parked my tow truck behind a disabled vehicle that winter night, I had no idea that the love of my life was waiting for me inside. I took one look at Kate and fell head over heels in love. But then she betrayed me. Or so I thought… Kate Growing up in foster care, I learned to rely only on myself. Protecting my heart was a defense mechanism, until a sexy mechanic slipped right past my walls and made me believe in Christmas and fairy tales. But when Lucy dumped me, I realized that our love was all an illusion...

Timothy and Jonah, wealthy entrepreneurs with a spoiled son, hide sins from their past—one involving a death on a cruise, the other a crime in Bali. Nathan and Samantha, the hot ex-nanny turned trophy wife, grapple with infertility and a shocking paternity secret. Bartosz and Angelika (he’s a chef, she’s a former sex worker) carry debts to the other couples they don’t even realize they owe. Over fourteen days, the couples bond—but their pasts are too deeply intertwined to stay hidden. The sly concierge, Putu, knows more than he lets on.

Annie has always had high hopes for her future. But the reality of her life just isn’t measuring up. She loves her fiancé, Greg–doesn’t she? She’s going to get her degree and open her own business–won’t she? Then, a strange old woman shows up outside her house, and she seems to know a lot about Annie. An awful lot. Annie could tell the old woman to get lost. Yet there’s something about her Annie just can’t shake. And what she learns could change her life forever–but is it the life she envisioned?

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

The 13 chapters of The Art of War, each devoted to one aspect of warfare, were compiled by the high-ranking Chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher Sun-Tzu. In spite of its battlefield specificity, The Art of War has found new life in the modern age, with leaders in fields as wide and far-reaching as world politics, human psychology, and corporate strategy finding valuable insight in its timeworn words.

Lucas knows the perfect night entails just three things: video games, wine, and pad thai. Peanuts are a must! Other people? Not so much. Why complicate things when he’s happy alone? Then one day the apartment board, a vexing trio of authority, rings his doorbell. And Lucas’s solitude takes a startling hike. They demand to see his frying pan. Someone left one next to the recycling room overnight, and instead of removing the errant object, as Lucas suggests, they insist on finding the guilty party. But their plan backfires. Colossally.

But Jason Asano is settling into his new life. Now, a contest draws young elites to the city of Greenstone to compete for a grand prize. Jason must gather a band of companions if he is to stand a chance against the best the world has to offer. While the young adventurers are caught up in competition, the city leaders deal with revelations of betrayal as a vast and terrible enemy is revealed. Although Jason seems uninvolved, he has unknowingly crossed the enemy’s path before.

Guy Montag is a fireman. In his world, where television rules and literature is on the brink of extinction, firemen start fires rather than put them out. His job is to destroy the most illegal of commodities, the printed book, along with the houses in which they are hidden. Montag never questions the destruction and ruin his actions produce, returning each day to his bland life and wife, Mildred, who spends all day with her television "family."

As Charly struggles to recover from her brain injury, she begins to realize that the events of that fateful night are trapped in the damaged right side of her brain. Now, she must put the jigsaw pieces together to discover the identity of the man who tried to kill her...before he finishes the job he started.

Every year, Caroline Reed takes a trip with her best friend, Esme Lamont. They’re usually accompanied by their spouses - but this year, everything’s changed. Esme has just gone through a bitter divorce, and Caroline's wondering if her own marriage is reaching its breaking point as she and her husband, John, cope with the discovery that their son has been abusing drugs. Still, the inseparable duo books a weeklong stay at a beach-front home in Shoreham, Florida, inviting Esme’s brother, Nick, and his new husband. After a blissful first night in the vacation home, tragedy strikes.

Johnnie Rico never really intended to join up—and definitely not the infantry. But now that he’s in the thick of it, trying to get through combat training harder than anything he could have imagined, he knows everyone in his unit is one bad move away from buying the farm in the interstellar war the Terran Federation is waging against the Arachnids. Because everyone in the Mobile Infantry fights. And if the training doesn’t kill you, the Bugs are more than ready to finish the job.

She agreed to plan the party, but she never planned for love! Joey is turning thirty soon and there’s one thing she wants for her birthday: a huge party to celebrate living past the age her doctors told her she’d never see when she was a kid. And she knows just the person to help plan the big event: her friend and party planner Kelsie. Kelsie is one of Seattle’s most in-demand party planners. She loves her job. She also has a huge crush on her friend Joey, but that’s her little secret. She’s been in the friend zone with Joey ever since they met. The two women couldn’t be more ...

They’re destined to love each other from afar, until their worlds collide… Barista Camille has a secret: she’s got a crush. An all-encompassing crush on the glamorous older woman who comes into her coffee shop every single day at precisely seven thirty a.m. It’s crazy. Madison doesn’t even know she’s alive, but that doesn’t keep Camille from dreaming about her every night. Billionaire Madison has the weight of the world on her shoulders. The CEO of one of Seattle’s largest software firms doesn’t have time for dating, fun, or any type of a personal life. Too many people are...

She went back to school to find herself after her divorce – instead she found love with a woman. When Adrianna finally gets the courage to divorce her cheating husband, it’s a chance for a fresh start. Married too young to a man who controlled her every move, she can finally pursue her dream of being a photographer and traveling the world. She gets a scholarship to Seattle City College’s photography program, and at thirty-five, she goes back to school. Single mother Erin has a lot on her plate. Between raising her daughter, taking care of her temperamental old house, and juggling ...

There are just some things you don’t do, like fall in love with your sister’s ex! Jolene never thought she’d fall for her sister’s ex-girlfriend, but when the new neighbor turns out to be the same woman who broke her sister’s heart years ago, she can’t help but feel drawn to her. As she spends time with her new neighbor, they become friends. But can they ever be more? Anna always liked her ex’s younger sister, but now that they’re becoming friends she’s realizing she feels a little more than simple like. Sparks fly every time they're together. Jolene doesn’t want to rock...

Is thirty years too long to wait for a second chance? High school best friends Sara and Sofia had always been inseparable, but neither of them knew that they were hiding a secret attraction. The girls lost touch after graduation, but thirty years later, they run into each other in a coffee shop, and it’s love at first sight. Or second sight, anyway. They’re both too old to fall this fast, but they don’t want to waste any more time. After years of being single, Sara and Sofia are about to find out that true love was worth waiting for – and their first love can also be their last. “...

The only thing worse than getting dumped on Valentine’s Day is having it happen in front of the mean girl who terrorized you all through school. Mia doesn’t know what’s wrong with her. Every time she thinks she’s found “the one” she gets her heart broken. But having her girlfriend announce that she’s bad in bed while publicly breaking up with her in a restaurant on Valentine’s Day seems like a new low. Especially with her old high school nemesis sitting at the next table. Colleen has two major regrets in life: not holding onto those Microsoft stocks she inherited from her ...

Is someone still considered your “work wife” if you’re both women? Rachel and Brittany have been friends for a long time. Good friends. They both started at Phoenix Software on the same day and have worked on the same team ever since. For years they’ve joked around calling each other their office spouse, much to the consternation of the women they’ve dated. But lately, things have felt different… First, there’s that time Brittany accidentally walks in on Rachel showering in the company gym. And there’s that tiny little kiss after the office holiday party, the one neither of ...

She kissed a girl…and then the girl married a man. Miranda and Elizabeth were best friends throughout college. They shared everything: the same dorm room, the same group of friends, the same major. Until the night that their friendship became something more, and they shared their first lesbian experience. The next morning Elizabeth was gone, leaving only a note. She transferred schools and married the “perfect” man her rich parents picked out for her. Other than glimpses in the society pages, Miranda never heard from her again. Fifteen years later Miranda walks into a Lesbian ...

Eleven years ago, they were one of the first lesbian couples to be married in Seattle. Ten years ago, they got divorced. Or so they thought… Claire Langford has a big problem. She wants to marry her girlfriend, but when they apply for a marriage license, she’s shocked to learn that she’s still married to her first wife, Vickie. It was love at first sight when the two women met, but once they were married, they learned they were just too different to make it long-term. Vickie McMaster never got over her first wife. Her only wife. She’d been devastated when Claire served her with ...

Her new roommate is down on her luck… and easy on the eyes. When Ashley’s roommate moves out unexpectedly, she needs to find a new one fast. There’s no way she can afford Seattle rent by herself on a receptionist’s salary, so when her friend recommends the new barista at their local coffee shop, Ashley jumps at the opportunity. Hannah is new in town. She’s looking for a fresh start after getting fired, dumped, and evicted all in one week. By a stroke of luck, she lands a job and an apartment in one visit to the funky little coffee shop she visits to use the free Wi-Fi. She and ...