When Gwen's captain Tyra awkwardly blurts out that she gets herself off to help her sleep before games, the last thing Gwen expects is for the conversation to go one step further. Now she's Tyra's pre-game hook-up and her crush on her captain is going to be impossible to conceal. They keep their hook ups a secret from the team, and when they are discovered, one will deny it, hurting the other who wants a relationship. A hook-up to lovers sapphic novella with guaranteed HEA.

One gourmet party. Six potential couples. The taste of love? Sam Viravaidya knows he's thrown his brother Kiet under the bus by asking him to deliver oysters from their farm to a Rainbow Cove Christmas lunch. But his ex-girlfriend will be there and Sam would rather not see her. She broke it off because he needed to 'grow up'. He suspects she's right, but he also knows he'd much rather hang out online in SkyDiscHooks creating cities and chatting to the mysterious Velebit. Being an adult is over-rated, and so is Christmas. When his friendship with Velebit grows into something more, Sam doesn't need to worry about serious. Velebit lives on the other side of the world ... doesn't he?When Sam discovers Velebit is actually Mick, the local paramedic, he could not be more surprised. After a devastating factory fire, Mick has fled the city and just wants to settle down to a quiet country life. When Mick discovers his online crush lives nearby,...

Engine fires, sabotage, and two friends falling in love.... Engineer Victor Tsui needs to figure out why his race cars keep failing. Being Gamble Racing's Chief Engineer is his dream job and he's built a fast car. But there is something wrong with his design and he needs to understand how to fix it before next season. Hot headed driver Lucien Grenville has nowhere to go over the winter break, so when his friend Victor expresses frustration at the recent run of engine failures, he decides to hang out and offer support. Things get awkward when Lucien gets an intense urge to kiss Victor, and they need to decide if this is going to remain a friendship or become something more.

She is his greatest fan. He wants more than adoration... JOEY MANANUI has had it all. The dizzying heights of a successful rugby league career, the lows of a career ended when he fractured his spine during a game. Now, three years after becoming a paraplegic, he has returned to success, thanks to the huge sums people pay to listen to his inspirational story. Only one thing is missing from his life, a partner who cares more about him than his fame. ELLA TART is a massive fan of Joey Mananui. She has followed his story from his sensational debut through to his awful injury. When she books tickets to see him on the final night of his Leagues Club tour, she gets more than she bargained for. An incredible one night stand.But when he arrives at her work a few days later, and her boss wants them to work together, Joey and Ella both have their own motivations for keeping their one night stand secret. They just need to keep their hands off each other...

A fake date ... a real secretAn invitation to her ex's wedding is the icing on a crappy cake for burlesque dancer Yolande. Her ex ghosted her just as they were about to take the stage for their neo-burlesque act. Yolande's friends at Seraph's Burlesque Club persuade her that attending will show her ex that she's moved on. She just needs a date.Shy bartender Reiko has a secret, or two. She can't risk anyone discovering that her life as a penniless PhD student and bartender is a sham. And even though she's been in love with Yolande since forever, when Yolande needs a plus-one to save face at her ex's wedding, Reiko knows any fantasy of romance is just that - fantasy. Yolande will never notice the way Reiko looks at her.When the drama of the wedding reveals a spark of attraction between them, Reiko will have to risk her fake identity for the hope of real love.- found family- fake dating- friends to lovers- only one bed

The war might be over, but the battle for love has just begun.
When Lady Eleanor “Nell” St. George arrives in Wales after serving as a veterinarian in the Great War, she doesn’t come alone. With her is her former captain’s beloved warhorse, which she promised to return to him—and a series of recurring nightmares that torment both her heart and her soul. She wants only to complete her task, then find refuge with her family, but when Nell meets the captain’s eldest daughter, all that changes.
Beatrice Hughes is resigned to life as the dutiful daughter. Her mother grieves for the sons she lost to war; the care of the household and remaining siblings falls to Beatrice, and she manages it with a practical efficiency. But when a beautiful stranger shows up with her father’s horse, practicality is the last thing on her mind.
Despite the differences in their social standing, Beatrice and Nell give in to their unlikely attraction, finding love where they least expect it. But not everything in the captain’s house is as it seems. When Beatrice’s mother disappears under mysterious circumstances, Nell must overcome her preconceptions to help Beatrice, however she’s able. Together they must find out what really happened that stormy night in the village, before everything Beatrice loves is lost—including Nell.

This book is approximately 82,000 words

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From casual hook up ... to something more? Burlesque dancer Charlie Kent should be happy performing and hooking up with sexy people now the pandemic is over, just like before. Instead it feels empty. The audience is always missing Elle, her friend-with-benefits. They were just casual, but Charlie now realises she wants more. Much more. When Elle arrives at the Seraph's Burlesque Club for business only, Charlie is not going to let this second chance go to waste. Elle's interior design business has boomed since the pandemic with so much work she's barely thought of the sexy-as-sin burlesque dancer who she used to hook up with... Except when she's lonely all night. But she can't be just friends anymore, so she stays away. When she is commissioned to refit Seraph's Burlesque Club, Elle bumps into Charlie, and all her best intentions go out of the perfectly dressed window. Elle must keep her professional reputation intact,...

LORD RUPERT STANMORE was banished to the continent for a grand tour after being caught kissing his best friend, Lord Benburgh. Two years later and life back in England has caught up to him. His father died recently and now he's the latest Earl of Stanmore. On the way home, his ship is wrecked in a storm, and he washes up on a beach in Spain, only to be rescued by a beautiful woman. As the Earl, he has an obligation to marry. He'd rather be hung for sodomy than allow his mother to choose his bride, and who better to annoy his proper and distant mother than a poor foreigner as a bride? He plots for Sofia to fall in love with him, not expecting to fall for her.SOFIA LUCIANA RIAL is the only daughter of a fisherman in Spain. She taught herself to read English from books washed up on their beach, a skill her widowed Father sees as pointless. In his opinions, she should spend all, not most, of her time doing domestic work. When a man washes up on the beach near their cottage,...

She can rescue herself but perhaps life is more fun together.... When Linda Dexington is kidnapped by Sir Bartleby de Muis, a man who has refused to take no for an answer, only one solution is possible: she must rescue herself. Escaping the carriage is not a problem, especially when they are held up by a highwayman. Escaping the unwanted attentions of Sir Bartleby may be a bit more problematic. Marti Babbitt got more than he bargained for with his attempted highway robbery. Instead of finding an easy mark, he discovered his long-lost childhood friend, Linda. Linda claims she can rescue herself, thank you very much, but when the kidnapper continues to pursue her, maybe Marti can rescue her after all...

Paid to protect him ... But at what cost?Paulo's father's money bought him a seat in a Series One car, and now he needs to prove himself. Unfortunately, after a spectacular crash he finds it hard not to believe all the bad press about him. He escapes hospital to go to a dodgy bar, thinking a secret hook-up might get this all out of his system. Then he meets Cohen.Working as a security guard in a run-down gay bar as a trans man has meant Cohen has seen a lot of things. But none as thrilling as when rich and famous Paulo offers him a new job. He can take the money and protect his boss without getting emotionally involved. Can't he?As the racing season progresses, they have everything to prove. Paulo needs to be the driver he knows he can be, and Cohen needs to show that he can protect the man he's falling in love with.

A Regency Lady. An Unlikely Pirate. A KidnappingThere are two things Tzipporah MacJohn can't resist. A beautiful woman and an adventure. When her brother asks her to kidnap his sister-in-law to help her escape an abusive husband, Tzipporah is keen for the adventure.She doesn't expect Lady Abigail Coxspeckle to be so brave under her polite porcelain façade. Soon their kisses, the murder of Lord Coxspeckle, and the little matter of an accidental pregnancy all threaten to destroy Tzipporah's pirate smuggler lifestyle.Can Tzip keep her freedom if she falls in love with the most inconvenient of her lovers?A Sapphic Regency story with guaranteed HEA.Content Warnings: Please note this novella contains domestic abuse, miscarriage, pregnancy, kidnapping, murder, slavery (like much of the aristocracy in Regency times, the villain owns slaves), and misgendering.

A friends to lovers gay Regency romance with a delicious slow burn.Humphrey Dexington wants his best friend, and colleague, to be happy in love. With him, preferably. After accidentally reading a letter written by David to a former lover, Humphrey realises his own love for David would forever remain unrequited. It's time to finally move on and let David find someone to love who would stick by him. If he couldn't have David, at least David could have the man who he sent such poignant letters to.Humphrey invites David and his lover to the Soho Club for an evening together, but when David's lover doesn't show, it might just give Humphrey the chance he's always wanted.Engineer David Mattson doesn't have time for love. Grand engineering projects dominate his life, and he spends most of the year travelling to supervise the works. When his last affair ended, he decided that was it. Love wasn't for him. He'd never find someone who wanted to share the life he...

Two men in the spotlight with too much chemistry...Media personality and retired driver Freddy Hiptonstall knows one thing. Getting involved with someone in the S1 paddock only leads to disaster, so why can't he stay away from Gamble Racing's new Team Principal?Suddenly promoted to Team Principal, Jaxxon Loharani-Jones has a lot to prove. He's always been ambitious, but now he needs to step up and run Gamble Racing as the second youngest Team Principal in S1 history. The last thing he needs is a distraction.The chemistry between them results in kisses, but will the intimate nature of their work be too much for their burgeoning relationship with all the pressures of their jobs?