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I don’t take kindly to jerks. So when Lorde Sheen – yes, that Lorde Sheen – crashed into my carefully curated life, I knew she was trouble. She’s the daughter of a Hollywood icon, all bad attitude and devastating charm, and she challenged me from the second we met. I tried to shut her down. She made me feel alive. I told myself it was just a game. But the moment she saw through me, it stopped being pretend…

Singaporean heiress Genevieve Liu has searched the globe for love and has always found heartbreak. Nearing 40, she now focuses on her work, forgetting the kinky lifestyle that once brought her the greatest comfort.

That feisty blonde making my life hell is Kathleen, a woman who seduced me twelve years ago. Seduced and left me in one of the most embarrassing situations of my life. I don’t hold a grudge. Not really. How can I, when I still find myself staring at her every time she’s around? How can I want her to leave my presence when all I think about is her watching my every move, studying me… wanting me?

Delia Benoist is everyone’s rival, nobody’s true friend. Yet as she enters her thirties, she’s coming around to the idea of meaningful bonds, including romance. The last place she expects to find a relationship, though, is in a club built around hooking up. A one-night stand doesn’t just blow her mind. It blows up Delia’s whole concept of love and romance! One hot relationship. Zero realistic possibilities. Helena Pierce has been running from her past for as long as she’s been out of high school.

Lonely Lydia has little to look forward to during her long days working at the local LGBT resource center, except greeting multimillionaire heiress, Maxine Woodward, who drops by every week. But Maxine could barely care who Lydia is. Maxine's a faraway dream, the ultimate fantasy for young lesbian, Lydia. When she attends a high-class fundraiser at Maxine's country manor, the last thing Lydia expects is for her dreams to come true!

She's the richest woman in a city built on billions of dollars, and she's got the trophy girlfriend to prove it. Business and pleasure have a tendency to mix in the high-stakes world Adrienne Thomas breathes. As the co-owner of one of America's biggest corporations, the young billionaire doesn't have time to date...especially when her recent bisexual awakening leaves her more confused than her confidence likes to admit.

Raquel has a reputation around town. When she's not dominating the luxury real estate market, she's enjoying the company of yet another young girlfriend. Because there's nothing that sates the appetite of the neighborhood cougar like the firm flesh of her 20-something prey. But Raquel isn't immune to heartbreak. Her therapist believes she dates co-eds because she's attempting to recreate the great romance of her youth. The one that ended when her ex-girlfriend left her for someone else.

Managing the frozen-food aisles at the market rarely brings excitement. Until average gal Maya Flores meets two female customers who want her to go out with them...separately, of course. Jocie Greer is the charismatic lover that she’s always desired. When they’re together, they’re on an adventure. Maya doesn’t have to think about the crumbling family waiting for her at home. And when she’s with Loren Hamilton, the professor who can quote from classic literature and the latest hot romance novel, Maya feels like the star of her own best-selling romance.

Jade Emerson didn't take up a job in private security to be paired with her worst nightmare. But that's what she gets when her boss sends her on assignments with former FBI agent Stella Moore, who is brash, forgetful...and dangerously hot. The rainy city of Portland has seen its share of female couples, but these two are thornier than the City of Roses. Can they overcome their dating pasts to save a woman in need? Or are they doomed to crash and burn...taking half the city with them?

High in the mountains of central Japan, there's a town that makes it official business to invite in a host of spirits every summer. Helen's twin sister has drowned. After 60 years of relying on each other, Helen must now learn to not only work through her grief, but to embrace a life without the only person who ever mattered.

When Noelle walked away from her adult entertainment gig, she never thought she’d return. Not with a comfortable corporate career in her life. Yet shortly after being laid off, she’s back to escorting the region’s wealthiest women…and growing more tired by the night.

Bree sees Hellfire as her permanent escape. A place where she can forget her old relationships and seek out new, temporary pleasures. Yet when she sees the woman of her dreams on the night of a big key party, Bree knows she must have her – even if for only tonight. Yet Amelia isn’t a woman who gives her heart as easily as she gives her body. Fresh from a heartbreaking divorce, she’s in Hellfire to get back in the dating game, convinced that a night of senseless fun with a stranger will erase her sadness.

Heaven’s Cafe is the social epicenter of Paradise Valley, but Heaven Mossberg doesn’t have much of a social life to show for it. Between the demanding small business life and dealing with her ex-husband’s pleas to get back together, there isn’t a lot of time for one 30-year-old to kick back and chill.

City girl Mikaiya "Mik" Marcott returns to her hometown to help her ailing grandmother. But who does she see first when she's barely reached the city limits? Ariana Mura, the girl whose heart she broke 10 years ago. Only Ari isn't a "girl" anymore. She's a grown woman who doesn't take crud from anyone. The lanky Ariana with a flower crown in her long hair is now the big and tough Ari, Paradise Valley's strongest EMT and all-around "native gal" the other townsfolk are prepared to defend.

Dani wants a stepmom. More specifically, she wants her mom Emma to get married! Enter city girl Tamryn, who is on assignment on behalf of her law firm. From the moment Emma sees her in a coffee shop, she’s infatuated—and from the moment Dani sees her mom’s eyes wander? Nothing will stop one little girl from bringing Emma and Tamryn together!

Ten years ago, Jess Mills had her life changed when she crossed paths with Shannon Parker, the most beautiful girl at their small liberal arts college. But what Jess assumed to be nothing more than a crush on a straight girl turned into the night of her dreams senior year. Then? Nothing. Shannon was gone before graduation. But Jess's love for astrology and divination is about to come in handy now that Shannon is determined to face her feelings and understand the whim of the universe.

Ember Donoghue, former high school soccer star, only needs three things to be content: A place to live. Her little sister Cinder. Fantasies of her old coach, Brynn Morgan.

Bereaved widow Monica had the perfect marriage. For 30 years, she and college sweetheart Cassie made a home, built a business, and celebrated their love with hardly a secret between them, until Cassie dies in a tragic accident. Then, all the secrets are let loose, like the sins from Pandora’s box.

Simone Evans is a hot mess. Fresh from a second stint in rehab and on sabbatical from the family business, Simone doesn’t believe that there’s a genuine soul in the world. Yet at a gathering in Miami, Simone meets the outgoing and charming Petra. On the run from one crime or another, the pickpocketing grifter known as Petra Kallis has no qualms giving Simone a lift. First it’s to the airport. Then it’s to an Atlantan hotel, where sparks inevitably fly and Petra quickly discovers just what kind of woman Simone is when the clothes come off.

Joan Sheffield and Lorri Abrams have been partners for years, but their mission to have a baby has placed a damper on their love. After the most recent miscarriage, the couple has begun questioning the direction of their relationship. Yet Joan isn't ready to give up. Her dreams of having the family she always wanted won't end because of some heartbreak and bad luck. Yet as she regroups and prepares to try again, she comes up against an obstacle she least expected.