👩‍❤️‍👩 1950s Lesbian Romance

Love between women in an era that demanded secrecy, capturing the courage of desire in a decade defined by conformity and surveillance.

Carol (Movie Tie-In)

by Claire Morgan • 1952

A shopgirl falls for an elegant older woman, but a custody battle threatens their stolen happiness.

4.02

86k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Classic 💔 Forbidden Love 💫 Age Gap Romance 🌸 Sexual Awakening 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Carol (Movie Tie-In) 93%

A shopgirl falls for an elegant older woman, but a custody battle threatens their stolen happiness.

by Claire Morgan 1952

4.02

86k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Classic 💔 Forbidden Love 💫 Age Gap Romance 🌸 Sexual Awakening 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

We Could Be So Good

by Cat Sebastian • 2023

A guarded reporter and his boss's gentle son risk everything for love in 1950s New York.

4.26

21k+

🕯️ Slow-Burn Romance ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 📰 Workplace Romance 🗽 1950s New York

We Could Be So Good 90%

A guarded reporter and his boss's gentle son risk everything for love in 1950s New York.

by Cat Sebastian 2023

4.26

21k+ ratings

🕯️ Slow-Burn Romance ☀️ Grumpy Meets Sunshine 🏠 Found Family 📰 Workplace Romance 🗽 1950s New York

The Briar Club

by Kate Quinn • 2024

Thanksgiving night, 1954: a body in a D.C. boarding house, and the house knows the killer.

4.28

306k+

🫂 Found Family 🇺🇸 1950s America 🚩 Soviet Defector 🏛️ Washington Dc 📜 Mccarthy Era

The Briar Club 89%

Thanksgiving night, 1954: a body in a D.C. boarding house, and the house knows the killer.

by Kate Quinn 2024

4.28

306k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🇺🇸 1950s America 🚩 Soviet Defector 🏛️ Washington Dc 📜 Mccarthy Era

That Green Eyed Girl

by Julie Owen Moylan • 2022

Decades-old letters pull a teen into the forbidden romance that shattered in her New York apartment.

3.87

2k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline 📚 Sapphic Historical 💔 Forbidden Love 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma 🌫️ Quiet Grief

That Green Eyed Girl 89%

Decades-old letters pull a teen into the forbidden romance that shattered in her New York apartment.

by Julie Owen Moylan 2022

3.87

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline 📚 Sapphic Historical 💔 Forbidden Love 🔗 Intergenerational Trauma 🌫️ Quiet Grief

Tell It to the Bees

by Fiona Shaw • 2009

Through a boy's bees, his mother falls for a woman doctor, scandalizing a small postwar town.

4.10

4k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💌 Clandestine Love 🐝 Beekeeping Metaphor ⚖️ Custody Battle 🏡 Small Town Scandal

Tell It to the Bees 89%

Through a boy's bees, his mother falls for a woman doctor, scandalizing a small postwar town.

by Fiona Shaw 2009

4.10

4k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💌 Clandestine Love 🐝 Beekeeping Metaphor ⚖️ Custody Battle 🏡 Small Town Scandal

Don't Want You Like a Best Friend

by Emma R. Alban • 2024

In Victorian London, a debutante dreads marrying a lord after she falls for an ungovernable heiress.

3.76

22k+

👑 Victorian Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic Romance 💌 Secret Relationship 🔄 Second Chance Romance

Don't Want You Like a Best Friend Summary

Don't Want You Like a Best Friend 89%

In Victorian London, a debutante dreads marrying a lord after she falls for an ungovernable heiress.

by Emma R. Alban 2024

3.76

22k+ ratings

👑 Victorian Romance 💕 Friends To Lovers 👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic Romance 💌 Secret Relationship 🔄 Second Chance Romance

In the Shadow of Truth

by J.E. Leak • 2023

She joined the OSS to fight Nazis, then fell for the woman training her to kill.

4.46

376

🔍 WWII Espionage 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 🎭 Undercover Agents 🔐 Family Secrets 💔 Angsty Romance

In the Shadow of Truth 89%

She joined the OSS to fight Nazis, then fell for the woman training her to kill.

by J.E. Leak 2023

4.46

376 ratings

🔍 WWII Espionage 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 🎭 Undercover Agents 🔐 Family Secrets 💔 Angsty Romance

Sunburn

by Chloe Michelle Howarth • 2023

Her first love is another girl. 1990s Ireland demands she hide behind the boy next door.

4.28

61k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🤫 Secret Relationship 💕 Best Friends To Lovers 📜 Compulsory Heterosexuality ✝️ Catholic Guilt

Sunburn 89%

Her first love is another girl. 1990s Ireland demands she hide behind the boy next door.

by Chloe Michelle Howarth 2023

4.28

61k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🤫 Secret Relationship 💕 Best Friends To Lovers 📜 Compulsory Heterosexuality ✝️ Catholic Guilt

The Inverts

by Crystal Jeans • 2021

Childhood friends, both queer, seal a marriage pact in the 1920s that will cost them everything.

3.22

864

📜 Queer Historical Fiction 💍 Lavender Marriage 🌸 Sapphic Awakening 🤝 Platonic Soulmates 🖤 Dark Humor

The Inverts 88%

Childhood friends, both queer, seal a marriage pact in the 1920s that will cost them everything.

by Crystal Jeans 2021

3.22

864 ratings

📜 Queer Historical Fiction 💍 Lavender Marriage 🌸 Sapphic Awakening 🤝 Platonic Soulmates 🖤 Dark Humor

One Last Stop

by Casey McQuiston • 2021

August falls for a girl on the Q who hasn't aged since the 1977 blackout.

3.88

294k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance ⏳ Time Slip Romance 🏠 Queer Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🪩 1970s Nostalgia

One Last Stop 88%

August falls for a girl on the Q who hasn't aged since the 1977 blackout.

by Casey McQuiston 2021

3.88

294k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance ⏳ Time Slip Romance 🏠 Queer Found Family ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🪩 1970s Nostalgia

When You Least Expect It

by Haley Cass • 2020

A divorce lawyer takes on her nemesis's wife as a client, and risks falling in love.

4.26

19k+

🔥 Slow Burn 🎄 Holiday Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mom 🏠 Found Family 💔 Divorce Recovery

When You Least Expect It 88%

A divorce lawyer takes on her nemesis's wife as a client, and risks falling in love.

by Haley Cass 2020

4.26

19k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn 🎄 Holiday Romance 👩‍👧 Single Mom 🏠 Found Family 💔 Divorce Recovery

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2017

Reclusive screen legend Evelyn Hugo tells a journalist the love story she hid behind seven husbands.

4.39

4.2M+

🎬 Old Hollywood 💋 Sapphic Romance 💍 Fake Marriage 🏠 Found Family 💔 Second Chance Romance

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Summary

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 88%

Reclusive screen legend Evelyn Hugo tells a journalist the love story she hid behind seven husbands.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2017

4.39

4.2M+ ratings

🎬 Old Hollywood 💋 Sapphic Romance 💍 Fake Marriage 🏠 Found Family 💔 Second Chance Romance

Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh

by Rachael Lippincott • 2023

A magical coin flings an artist into 1812, where a repressed heiress becomes her forbidden muse.

3.94

12k+

✨ Time Travel Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 🎩 Regency Era 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 💔 Forbidden Love

Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh Summary

Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh 88%

A magical coin flings an artist into 1812, where a repressed heiress becomes her forbidden muse.

by Rachael Lippincott 2023

3.94

12k+ ratings

✨ Time Travel Romance 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 🎩 Regency Era 🐟 Fish Out Of Water 💔 Forbidden Love

Atmosphere

by Taylor Jenkins Reid • 2025

Two women astronauts hide a love that could ground them forever in the 1980s space program.

4.32

967k+

💕 Sapphic Romance 🚪 Closeted Love 🔬 Women In Stem 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Atmosphere 88%

Two women astronauts hide a love that could ground them forever in the 1980s space program.

by Taylor Jenkins Reid 2025

4.32

967k+ ratings

💕 Sapphic Romance 🚪 Closeted Love 🔬 Women In Stem 🏠 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Lately Lesbian

by J.D. Simmons • 2019

After thirty-three years as a wife, a woman from her past makes her question everything.

4.12

🌸 Late-Blooming Lesbian ⏰ Midlife Awakening 🔗 Compulsory Heterosexuality 🔥 Sexual Awakening 🚪 Closeted Marriage

Lately Lesbian 88%

After thirty-three years as a wife, a woman from her past makes her question everything.

by J.D. Simmons 2019

4.12

17 ratings

🌸 Late-Blooming Lesbian ⏰ Midlife Awakening 🔗 Compulsory Heterosexuality 🔥 Sexual Awakening 🚪 Closeted Marriage

Fellow Travelers

by Thomas Mallon • 2007

In McCarthy's Washington, a diplomat and a young idealist risk everything for a hidden affair.

3.60

6k+

🏳️‍🌈 Lavender Scare 🚪 Closeted Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 👁️ Political Paranoia 📰 Mccarthy Era

Fellow Travelers 88%

In McCarthy's Washington, a diplomat and a young idealist risk everything for a hidden affair.

by Thomas Mallon 2007

3.60

6k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lavender Scare 🚪 Closeted Romance ⏳ Age Gap Romance 👁️ Political Paranoia 📰 Mccarthy Era

Dream On, Ramona Riley

by Ashley Herring Blake • 2025

A waitress fake-dates the star she's training, unaware they shared a first kiss at thirteen.

3.70

14k+

🖤 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Fake Dating 🌟 Celebrity Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔗 Childhood Connection

Dream On, Ramona Riley 88%

A waitress fake-dates the star she's training, unaware they shared a first kiss at thirteen.

by Ashley Herring Blake 2025

3.70

14k+ ratings

🖤 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Fake Dating 🌟 Celebrity Romance 🏘️ Small Town Romance 🔗 Childhood Connection

On the Same Page

by Haley Cass • 2023

A news producer exhausted by dating discovers her roommate might be the connection she's craved.

4.33

16k+

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💕 Sapphic Romance 🏠 Roommates To Lovers 💭 Mutual Pining

On the Same Page 88%

A news producer exhausted by dating discovers her roommate might be the connection she's craved.

by Haley Cass 2023

4.33

16k+ ratings

🫂 Friends To Lovers 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💕 Sapphic Romance 🏠 Roommates To Lovers 💭 Mutual Pining

The Gift

by Danielle Steel • 1986

When death steals his sister, a pregnant stranger becomes his family's only hope.

3.99

21k+

🕰️ 1950s Setting 💔 Grieving Family 🍼 Teen Pregnancy 💕 Bittersweet Romance 🎁 Sacrificial Love

The Gift 88%

When death steals his sister, a pregnant stranger becomes his family's only hope.

by Danielle Steel 1986

3.99

21k+ ratings

🕰️ 1950s Setting 💔 Grieving Family 🍼 Teen Pregnancy 💕 Bittersweet Romance 🎁 Sacrificial Love

The Safekeep

by Yael van der Wouden • 2024

She guards her mother's house like a fortress. Her brother's girlfriend slips through every wall.

4.06

138k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🇳🇱 Postwar Netherlands

The Safekeep 88%

She guards her mother's house like a fortress. Her brother's girlfriend slips through every wall.

by Yael van der Wouden 2024

4.06

138k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💕 Enemies To Lovers 🏠 Forced Proximity 🔥 Slow Burn 🇳🇱 Postwar Netherlands

Taming of a Rebel

by Eada Friesian • 2024

A single mom's meet-cute with a guarded guardian opens the door to love neither saw coming.

3.89

2k+

🧊 Ice Queen 👩‍👧 Single Mother 🧲 Opposites Attract 🏠 Found Family 😍 Meet Cute

Taming of a Rebel 88%

A single mom's meet-cute with a guarded guardian opens the door to love neither saw coming.

by Eada Friesian 2024

3.89

2k+ ratings

🧊 Ice Queen 👩‍👧 Single Mother 🧲 Opposites Attract 🏠 Found Family 😍 Meet Cute

Her Name in the Sky

by Kelly Quindlen • 2014

She's in love with her best friend, and their Catholic school says that love is a sin.

4.26

17k+

🌈 Sapphic Coming Of Age ⛪ Catholic School Setting 💕 Best Friends To Lovers 🙏 Religious Guilt 🤐 Closeted Romance

Her Name in the Sky 88%

She's in love with her best friend, and their Catholic school says that love is a sin.

by Kelly Quindlen 2014

4.26

17k+ ratings

🌈 Sapphic Coming Of Age ⛪ Catholic School Setting 💕 Best Friends To Lovers 🙏 Religious Guilt 🤐 Closeted Romance

That Summer Feeling

by Bridget Morrissey • 2023

At adult summer camp, she meets the man from her premonition. He brought his sister.

3.71

9k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 🌱 Late Bloomer Queer ☀️ Summer Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏕️ Forced Proximity

That Summer Feeling 88%

At adult summer camp, she meets the man from her premonition. He brought his sister.

by Bridget Morrissey 2023

3.71

9k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 🌱 Late Bloomer Queer ☀️ Summer Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏕️ Forced Proximity

Mrs. S

by K. Patrick • 2023

At an English boarding school, a queer Australian matron falls for the headmaster's enigmatic wife.

3.58

7k+

🖤 Queer Gothic 🏫 Boarding School Setting 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 👁️ Outsider Narrator

Mrs. S 88%

At an English boarding school, a queer Australian matron falls for the headmaster's enigmatic wife.

by K. Patrick 2023

3.58

7k+ ratings

🖤 Queer Gothic 🏫 Boarding School Setting 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💔 Forbidden Love 👁️ Outsider Narrator

Above All Things

by Roslyn Sinclair • 2022

Her secret affair with her pregnant, powerful boss is one tabloid leak away from disaster.

4.51

4k+

🧊 Ice Queen ⏳ Age Gap 💼 Workplace Romance 🤰 Unexpected Pregnancy 🚪 Coming Out

Above All Things 88%

Her secret affair with her pregnant, powerful boss is one tabloid leak away from disaster.

by Roslyn Sinclair 2022

4.51

4k+ ratings

🧊 Ice Queen ⏳ Age Gap 💼 Workplace Romance 🤰 Unexpected Pregnancy 🚪 Coming Out

I Am You

by Victoria Redel • 2025

To survive, she passed as a boy. Then a painter saw through it and claimed her.

3.85

2k+

🖼️ Dutch Golden Age 🎭 Gender Disguise 💔 Forbidden Queer Love 🎨 Mentor And ProtéGé 👩‍🎨 Women Artists

I Am You 88%

To survive, she passed as a boy. Then a painter saw through it and claimed her.

by Victoria Redel 2025

3.85

2k+ ratings

🖼️ Dutch Golden Age 🎭 Gender Disguise 💔 Forbidden Queer Love 🎨 Mentor And ProtéGé 👩‍🎨 Women Artists

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

by Anne Lister • 1992

Her coded diary recorded a lesbian life 150 years before anyone would read it.

3.95

2k+

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian History 📔 Women's Diaries 🖋️ Intimate Journals 📓 Queer Memoirs 💪 Defying Gender Roles

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister Summary

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister 88%

Her coded diary recorded a lesbian life 150 years before anyone would read it.

by Anne Lister 1992

3.95

2k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Lesbian History 📔 Women's Diaries 🖋️ Intimate Journals 📓 Queer Memoirs 💪 Defying Gender Roles

Nanny in the Middle

by Adrian J. Smith • 2025

A nanny falls for three mothers who share her. Their fragile family faces a vengeful ex.

4.26

742

😈 Why Choose Romance 🧸 Nanny Romance 🏠 Found Family 🌈 Sapphic Awakening 💕 Hurt Comfort

Nanny in the Middle 88%

A nanny falls for three mothers who share her. Their fragile family faces a vengeful ex.

by Adrian J. Smith 2025

4.26

742 ratings

😈 Why Choose Romance 🧸 Nanny Romance 🏠 Found Family 🌈 Sapphic Awakening 💕 Hurt Comfort

A Language of Limbs

by Dylin Hardcastle • 2024

Two girls caught loving each other in 1972: one exiled, one silent, both haunted for decades.

4.29

8k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 👥 Parallel Lives 🏠 Chosen Family 💔 First Love Forbidden 🕯️ Aids Crisis Fiction

A Language of Limbs 88%

Two girls caught loving each other in 1972: one exiled, one silent, both haunted for decades.

by Dylin Hardcastle 2024

4.29

8k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 👥 Parallel Lives 🏠 Chosen Family 💔 First Love Forbidden 🕯️ Aids Crisis Fiction

The Air You Breathe

by Frances de Pontes Peebles • 2018

A servant and a planter's daughter chase samba, stardom, and a bond that will undo them.

3.88

9k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👤 Invisible Creator 🌈 Queer Longing 🫂 Found Family

The Air You Breathe 88%

A servant and a planter's daughter chase samba, stardom, and a bond that will undo them.

by Frances de Pontes Peebles 2018

3.88

9k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Historical 💔 Toxic Female Friendship 👤 Invisible Creator 🌈 Queer Longing 🫂 Found Family

A Village Affair

by Joanna Trollope • 1989

A restless village mother falls for a magnetic woman, and her carefully ordered world comes apart.

3.70

2k+

🏘️ English Village 🔥 Small Town Scandal 💍 Crumbling Marriage 💝 Unconventional Love 🏡 Quiet Domestic Drama

A Village Affair 88%

A restless village mother falls for a magnetic woman, and her carefully ordered world comes apart.

by Joanna Trollope 1989

3.70

2k+ ratings

🏘️ English Village 🔥 Small Town Scandal 💍 Crumbling Marriage 💝 Unconventional Love 🏡 Quiet Domestic Drama

The Secrets We Kept

by Lara Prescott • 2019

A banned novel links a Moscow muse facing the Gulag to the CIA typists smuggling it home.

3.65

79k+

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 📚 Books About Books 🕶️ Secret Female Spies 💔 Forbidden Queer Romance 🎨 Muse And Artist

The Secrets We Kept 88%

A banned novel links a Moscow muse facing the Gulag to the CIA typists smuggling it home.

by Lara Prescott 2019

3.65

79k+ ratings

🕵️ Cold War Espionage 📚 Books About Books 🕶️ Secret Female Spies 💔 Forbidden Queer Romance 🎨 Muse And Artist

Girls Like Girls

by Hayley Kiyoko • 2023

A grieving teen lands in small-town Oregon. The girl she falls for kisses her, then runs.

3.75

18k+

🏘️ Small Town Summer 🚪 Closeted Love Interest 🌈 Coming Out Story 💔 Father-Daughter Repair 🎢 Push And Pull Romance

Girls Like Girls 87%

A grieving teen lands in small-town Oregon. The girl she falls for kisses her, then runs.

by Hayley Kiyoko 2023

3.75

18k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Summer 🚪 Closeted Love Interest 🌈 Coming Out Story 💔 Father-Daughter Repair 🎢 Push And Pull Romance

6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did]

by Tess Sharpe • 2023

Six near-kisses and one liver transplant later, Penny and Tate are out of room to run.

4.15

13k+

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 Mutual Pining 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🌧️ Grief And Healing

6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did] Summary

6 Times We Almost Kissed [and One Time We Did] 87%

Six near-kisses and one liver transplant later, Penny and Tate are out of room to run.

by Tess Sharpe 2023

4.15

13k+ ratings

🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 💕 Mutual Pining 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🌧️ Grief And Healing

Friday I'm in Love

by Camryn Garrett • 2023

A coming-out party was the plan; falling for a taken Irish girl was the complication.

3.81

2k+

🎀 Sapphic Ya 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Story 🇮🇪 New Girl Crush 💬 Mixed Signals ⛪ Faith Vs Identity

Friday I'm in Love 87%

A coming-out party was the plan; falling for a taken Irish girl was the complication.

by Camryn Garrett 2023

3.81

2k+ ratings

🎀 Sapphic Ya 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Story 🇮🇪 New Girl Crush 💬 Mixed Signals ⛪ Faith Vs Identity

Cosas del destino (II)

by Cris Ginsey • 2018

Ashley found Claire's diary at camp. Twelve years later, Claire walks into her park, already taken.

4.39

321

🌈 Sapphic Romance 👭 Friends To Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Journey 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Cosas del destino (II) 87%

Ashley found Claire's diary at camp. Twelve years later, Claire walks into her park, already taken.

by Cris Ginsey 2018

4.39

321 ratings

🌈 Sapphic Romance 👭 Friends To Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Coming Out Journey 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Mrs. Everything

by Jennifer Weiner • 2019

Two sisters. One loves women in secret. One buries her past. A lifetime of becoming themselves.

3.85

95k+

🏡 Family Saga 👭 Sisterhood 🏳️‍🌈 Repressed Sexuality 🩹 Trauma And Healing 🇺🇸 Midcentury America

Mrs. Everything 87%

Two sisters. One loves women in secret. One buries her past. A lifetime of becoming themselves.

by Jennifer Weiner 2019

3.85

95k+ ratings

🏡 Family Saga 👭 Sisterhood 🏳️‍🌈 Repressed Sexuality 🩹 Trauma And Healing 🇺🇸 Midcentury America

A Perfect Fit

by Kellan McKnight • 2023

Newly out at thirty-five, Ella falls for a twenty-four-year-old bartender who never gets serious.

4.04

1k+

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🌸 Late Blooming Lesbian 🏠 Found Family 🧲 Opposites Attract 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

A Perfect Fit 87%

Newly out at thirty-five, Ella falls for a twenty-four-year-old bartender who never gets serious.

by Kellan McKnight 2023

4.04

1k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 🌸 Late Blooming Lesbian 🏠 Found Family 🧲 Opposites Attract 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Bloomsbury Girls

by Natalie Jenner • 2022

Three bookshop women in postwar London hunt a lost novel to claim ownership of the shop.

3.85

18k+

🏪 Bookshop Fiction 🇬🇧 Postwar London 👯 Female Friendship 🫂 Found Family ✊ Feminist Historical

Bloomsbury Girls 87%

Three bookshop women in postwar London hunt a lost novel to claim ownership of the shop.

by Natalie Jenner 2022

3.85

18k+ ratings

🏪 Bookshop Fiction 🇬🇧 Postwar London 👯 Female Friendship 🫂 Found Family ✊ Feminist Historical

The Night Off

by Meghan O'Brien • 2012

An accountant books a night with a butch escort. The connection was never part of the deal.

4.02

3k+

🖤 Bdsm Romance 💼 Sex Work Romance 💪 Butch/Femme 👩‍👧 Sibling Caretaker 😢 Angsty Romance

The Night Off 87%

An accountant books a night with a butch escort. The connection was never part of the deal.

by Meghan O'Brien 2012

4.02

3k+ ratings

🖤 Bdsm Romance 💼 Sex Work Romance 💪 Butch/Femme 👩‍👧 Sibling Caretaker 😢 Angsty Romance

I Kissed Shara Wheeler

by Casey McQuiston • 2022

Her prom queen rival vanishes, leaving clues. The chase for a title becomes a chase for her heart.

3.84

105k+

👊 Rivals To Lovers 💕 Sapphic Romance 🔍 Scavenger Hunt 🌈 Queer Awakening 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

I Kissed Shara Wheeler 87%

Her prom queen rival vanishes, leaving clues. The chase for a title becomes a chase for her heart.

by Casey McQuiston 2022

3.84

105k+ ratings

👊 Rivals To Lovers 💕 Sapphic Romance 🔍 Scavenger Hunt 🌈 Queer Awakening 🏘️ Small Town Secrets

Mistakes Were Made

by Meryl Wilsner • 2022

Her best friend's mom is the woman she slept with last night. Staying away proves impossible.

3.91

53k+

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 💔 Forbidden Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🏠 Forced Proximity 👁️ Dual Pov

Mistakes Were Made 87%

Her best friend's mom is the woman she slept with last night. Staying away proves impossible.

by Meryl Wilsner 2022

3.91

53k+ ratings

🕰️ Age Gap Romance 💔 Forbidden Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 🏠 Forced Proximity 👁️ Dual Pov

The Three Lives of Cate Kay

by Kate Fagan • 2025

She left her best friend paralyzed, then wrote a bestseller under a new name.

3.73

115k+

📖 Novel Within A Novel 🎭 Hidden Identity 👯 Platonic Soulmates 🔺 Love Triangle 🥀 Bittersweet

The Three Lives of Cate Kay 87%

She left her best friend paralyzed, then wrote a bestseller under a new name.

by Kate Fagan 2025

3.73

115k+ ratings

📖 Novel Within A Novel 🎭 Hidden Identity 👯 Platonic Soulmates 🔺 Love Triangle 🥀 Bittersweet

Now Is the Hour

by Tom Spanbauer • 2006

A queer farm boy in 1960s Idaho hunts for one color worth believing in.

4.14

1k+

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Coming Of Age 🤲 Found Family 💔 Forbidden Love 💑 Interracial Romance ⛪ Catholic Guilt

Now Is the Hour 87%

A queer farm boy in 1960s Idaho hunts for one color worth believing in.

by Tom Spanbauer 2006

4.14

1k+ ratings

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3.65

2k+

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Lavash at First Sight 87%

At a food industry conference, two queer Armenian women from rival families fall in love in secret.

by Taleen Voskuni 2024

3.65

2k+ ratings

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3.81

74k+

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When Women Were Dragons 87%

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by Kelly Barnhill 2022

3.81

74k+ ratings

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by Jess Armstrong • 2023

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3.58

7k+

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The Curse of Penryth Hall 87%

An exile delivers books to a cursed Cornish manor and finds her lost love's husband dead.

by Jess Armstrong 2023

3.58

7k+ ratings

🏚️ Postwar Gothic 🌿 Folk Horror Mystery 💔 Forbidden Queer Love 🤫 Village Secrets ⛓️ Abusive Marriage

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by Sarah Waters • 2006

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3.71

33k+

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The Night Watch by Sarah Waters 87%

In postwar London, queer citizens carry forbidden loves and the weight of wartime secrets.

by Sarah Waters 2006

3.71

33k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Queer Historical 💔 Forbidden Love ❤️‍🩹 Trauma Recovery 🤝 Found Family 🇬🇧 Postwar Britain

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Hollywood is a faerie court. A Chinese-American girl trades pieces of herself to become its queen.

3.67

13k+

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🧚 Faerie Bargains 💋 Sapphic Romance 🐉 Monstrous Women ⭐ Price Of Fame

Siren Queen 87%

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by Nghi Vo 2022

3.67

13k+ ratings

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🧚 Faerie Bargains 💋 Sapphic Romance 🐉 Monstrous Women ⭐ Price Of Fame

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A debutante and swamp outcast share venom that is really desire. One kiss could destroy them.

3.82

48k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 💔 Bully Romance 🤫 Secret Relationship 💰 Class Divide 🌈 Coming Out

Tryst Six Venom 87%

A debutante and swamp outcast share venom that is really desire. One kiss could destroy them.

by Penelope Douglas 2021

3.82

48k+ ratings

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