💋 Secret Sapphic Love

Women loving women in circumstances that demand concealment, finding intimacy in hidden spaces and coded language. These stories honor desire that persists beautifully despite the need for silence.

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 91%

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

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 90%

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

Big Swiss

by Jen Beagin • 2023

A transcriptionist falls for a client's voice, meets her at the dog park, and gives a fake name.

3.68

149k+

🛋️ Therapy Fiction 🤫 Secret Queer Affair 🎭 Identity Concealment 🤪 Unhinged Narrator 🏚️ Modern Gothic

Big Swiss 90%

A transcriptionist falls for a client's voice, meets her at the dog park, and gives a fake name.

by Jen Beagin 2023

3.68

149k+ ratings

🛋️ Therapy Fiction 🤫 Secret Queer Affair 🎭 Identity Concealment 🤪 Unhinged Narrator 🏚️ Modern Gothic

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

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 90%

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

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 89%

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 Gilded Crown

by Marianne Gordon • 2023

To raise the dead, she pays in flesh. The princess she saves demands her heart.

3.69

2k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 💀 Death Magic 🩸 Cost Of Magic 💔 Sapphic Yearning 🏰 Outsider At Court

The Gilded Crown 89%

To raise the dead, she pays in flesh. The princess she saves demands her heart.

by Marianne Gordon 2023

3.69

2k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 💀 Death Magic 🩸 Cost Of Magic 💔 Sapphic Yearning 🏰 Outsider At Court

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

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

Deliverance

by Katelyn Taylor • 2025

Two hostile stepsisters ignite a forbidden affair within Salem's oldest secret society.

4.09

2k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Secret Society 💔 Forbidden Love 📚 Dark Academia 🌫️ Salem Gothic

Deliverance 89%

Two hostile stepsisters ignite a forbidden affair within Salem's oldest secret society.

by Katelyn Taylor 2025

4.09

2k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 🕯️ Secret Society 💔 Forbidden Love 📚 Dark Academia 🌫️ Salem Gothic

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) 89%

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

Vibe

by Liza James • 2020

A cult survivor meets a stripper who reignites every desire she was taught to bury.

3.57

6k+

🏃 Cult Escape 💕 Sapphic Romance ⛪ Religious Trauma 👥 Found Family 🖤 Dark Romance

Vibe 89%

A cult survivor meets a stripper who reignites every desire she was taught to bury.

by Liza James 2020

3.57

6k+ ratings

🏃 Cult Escape 💕 Sapphic Romance ⛪ Religious Trauma 👥 Found Family 🖤 Dark Romance

Cursebound

by Saara El-Arifi • 2025

Exiled, bonded, captured: Yeeran must break a fae curse entwined with her sister's doomed romance.

3.80

7k+

👭 Sisters Divided 💔 Forbidden Love 🔮 Prophecy 🌈 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity

Cursebound 89%

Exiled, bonded, captured: Yeeran must break a fae curse entwined with her sister's doomed romance.

by Saara El-Arifi 2025

3.80

7k+ ratings

👭 Sisters Divided 💔 Forbidden Love 🔮 Prophecy 🌈 Sapphic Romance 🎭 Hidden Identity

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

Nobody in Particular

by Sophie Gonzales • 2025

A commoner pianist, a grieving princess, and a boarding school romance kept secret from the world.

4.05

9k+

💖 Sapphic Romance 🏰 Royal Romance 🏫 Boarding School Outsider 😨 Forced Coming Out 💔 Grief And Guilt

Nobody in Particular 89%

A commoner pianist, a grieving princess, and a boarding school romance kept secret from the world.

by Sophie Gonzales 2025

4.05

9k+ ratings

💖 Sapphic Romance 🏰 Royal Romance 🏫 Boarding School Outsider 😨 Forced Coming Out 💔 Grief And Guilt

Some Girls Do

by Jennifer Dugan • 2021

A closeted pageant queen falls for a track star who refuses to be her secret.

3.69

30k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 💞 Opposites Attract 🚪 Coming Out Story 📚 High School Romance 🤫 Secret Romance

Some Girls Do 89%

A closeted pageant queen falls for a track star who refuses to be her secret.

by Jennifer Dugan 2021

3.69

30k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 💞 Opposites Attract 🚪 Coming Out Story 📚 High School Romance 🤫 Secret Romance

The Jasmine Throne

by Tasha Suri • 2021

Her magic could save the imprisoned princess or burn the empire she was born to rule.

4.09

39k+

⚔️ Sapphic Epic Fantasy 🪷 South Asian Fantasy 🔥 Forbidden Magic 🎭 Secret Identity 🖤 Slow-Burn Romance

The Jasmine Throne 89%

Her magic could save the imprisoned princess or burn the empire she was born to rule.

by Tasha Suri 2021

4.09

39k+ ratings

⚔️ Sapphic Epic Fantasy 🪷 South Asian Fantasy 🔥 Forbidden Magic 🎭 Secret Identity 🖤 Slow-Burn Romance

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 89%

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

Playing for Keeps

by Jennifer Dugan • 2024

A star pitcher's feud with an umpire sparks a secret romance that league rules could destroy.

3.51

3k+

⚾ Baseball Diamond 🏅 Women In Sports 🌈 Sapphic Sports Romance 💔 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers

Playing for Keeps 89%

A star pitcher's feud with an umpire sparks a secret romance that league rules could destroy.

by Jennifer Dugan 2024

3.51

3k+ ratings

⚾ Baseball Diamond 🏅 Women In Sports 🌈 Sapphic Sports Romance 💔 Forbidden Love ⚔️ Rivals To Lovers

Loathing You

by Amina Khan • 2023

A scholarship student must tutor her rich nemesis, and their hatred hides a ruinous attraction.

3.97

6k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💕 Sapphic Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏫 Prep School 💰 Class Divide

Loathing You 89%

A scholarship student must tutor her rich nemesis, and their hatred hides a ruinous attraction.

by Amina Khan 2023

3.97

6k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💕 Sapphic Romance 🏠 Forced Proximity 🏫 Prep School 💰 Class Divide

sWitch

by Kat Blackthorne • 2025

A tattooed masc dropout, her twin's girlfriend, and the game where she pretends to be him.

3.75

2k+

🖤 Sapphic Dark Romance 🎮 Gamer Romance 💖 Femme Masc Dynamic 💍 Fake Dating 👤 Secret Identity Online

sWitch 89%

A tattooed masc dropout, her twin's girlfriend, and the game where she pretends to be him.

by Kat Blackthorne 2025

3.75

2k+ ratings

🖤 Sapphic Dark Romance 🎮 Gamer Romance 💖 Femme Masc Dynamic 💍 Fake Dating 👤 Secret Identity Online

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

Sputnik Sweetheart

by Haruki Murakami • 1999

An unconventional Tokyo writer falls for her elegant boss and quietly vanishes on a Greek island.

3.83

184k+

🖤 Unrequited Love 🏮 Japanese Magical Realism 💔 Age Gap Relationship ✍️ Writers And Writing 🌙 Dreamlike Atmosphere

Sputnik Sweetheart 89%

An unconventional Tokyo writer falls for her elegant boss and quietly vanishes on a Greek island.

by Haruki Murakami 1999

3.83

184k+ ratings

🖤 Unrequited Love 🏮 Japanese Magical Realism 💔 Age Gap Relationship ✍️ Writers And Writing 🌙 Dreamlike Atmosphere

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 89%

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

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 89%

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 89%

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

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 89%

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

Don't Leave Me

by Eden Emory • 2023

A cybercriminal's house arrest traps her with the childhood stepsister she's never stopped wanting.

3.96

3k+

🌑 Dark Sapphic 💋 Stepsister Romance 🖤 Obsessive Love 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🔄 Second Chance

Don't Leave Me 89%

A cybercriminal's house arrest traps her with the childhood stepsister she's never stopped wanting.

by Eden Emory 2023

3.96

3k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Sapphic 💋 Stepsister Romance 🖤 Obsessive Love 🩹 Hurt/Comfort 🔄 Second Chance

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 89%

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

Faebound

by Saara El-Arifi • 2024

Exiled elf warrior captured by fae and bound to a magical creature falls for the fae queen.

3.53

30k+

🌍 African Fantasy 🧚 Fae Romance 👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic Fantasy 👭 Sisterly Devotion 🏛️ Political Intrigue

Faebound 89%

Exiled elf warrior captured by fae and bound to a magical creature falls for the fae queen.

by Saara El-Arifi 2024

3.53

30k+ ratings

🌍 African Fantasy 🧚 Fae Romance 👩‍❤️‍👩 Sapphic Fantasy 👭 Sisterly Devotion 🏛️ Political Intrigue

This Is How You Lose the Time War

by Amal El-Mohtar • 2019

Two enemy time agents trade letters. Their taunts become love. Their love becomes treason.

3.83

349k+

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers ✉️ Epistolary Sci-Fi 💌 Secret Correspondence 🥀 Yearning ⏳ Multiple Timelines

This Is How You Lose the Time War Summary

This Is How You Lose the Time War 89%

Two enemy time agents trade letters. Their taunts become love. Their love becomes treason.

by Amal El-Mohtar 2019

3.83

349k+ ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers ✉️ Epistolary Sci-Fi 💌 Secret Correspondence 🥀 Yearning ⏳ Multiple Timelines

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

In Love and War

by Lisette Marshall • 2024

A half-demon and a fae warrior strike a truce. For twelve hours, desire follows no rules.

3.84

646

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy ⏳ Forced Proximity 👑 Fae Court 📖 Fantasy Novella

In Love and War 88%

A half-demon and a fae warrior strike a truce. For twelve hours, desire follows no rules.

by Lisette Marshall 2024

3.84

646 ratings

🗡️ Enemies To Lovers 🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy ⏳ Forced Proximity 👑 Fae Court 📖 Fantasy Novella

Tryst Six Venom

by Penelope Douglas • 2021

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 88%

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

by Penelope Douglas 2021

3.82

48k+ ratings

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

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

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

My Darling Dreadful Thing

by Johanna van Veen • 2024

A medium escapes to a widow's decaying estate, where love and the dead both prove insatiable.

3.85

21k+

🖤 Sapphic Gothic 🏚️ Haunted Estate 👻 Spirit Companion 🩸 Toxic Devotion ✍️ Lyrical Horror

My Darling Dreadful Thing 88%

A medium escapes to a widow's decaying estate, where love and the dead both prove insatiable.

by Johanna van Veen 2024

3.85

21k+ ratings

🖤 Sapphic Gothic 🏚️ Haunted Estate 👻 Spirit Companion 🩸 Toxic Devotion ✍️ Lyrical Horror

Letters from the Dead

by Isabella Valeri • 2025

An heiress must hide her family's murderous past or lose the woman she loves.

3.26

325

🏰 Gothic Family Saga 💔 Forbidden Sapphic Love 👑 Dysfunctional Dynasty 🏫 Boarding School 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Letters from the Dead 88%

An heiress must hide her family's murderous past or lose the woman she loves.

by Isabella Valeri 2025

3.26

325 ratings

🏰 Gothic Family Saga 💔 Forbidden Sapphic Love 👑 Dysfunctional Dynasty 🏫 Boarding School 🌫️ Atmospheric Dread

Hild

by Nicola Griffith • 2013

In Anglo-Saxon England, a girl sees the patterns others miss. The king calls it prophecy.

3.85

13k+

🌿 Anglo-Saxon England 👑 Court Intrigue 🖤 Sapphic Love 📜 Lyrical Historical 🔮 Seer Protagonist

Hild 88%

In Anglo-Saxon England, a girl sees the patterns others miss. The king calls it prophecy.

by Nicola Griffith 2013

3.85

13k+ ratings

🌿 Anglo-Saxon England 👑 Court Intrigue 🖤 Sapphic Love 📜 Lyrical Historical 🔮 Seer Protagonist

The Curse of Penryth Hall

by Jess Armstrong • 2023

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

3.58

7k+

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

The Curse of Penryth Hall 88%

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

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

The Mimicking of Known Successes

by Malka Ann Older • 2023

An arrogant scholar vanishes on a gas giant colony. To find him, an investigator enlists her ex.

3.59

10k+

📚 Academic Mystery 💕 Second Chance Love 🌈 Sapphic Romance 🌫️ Melancholy Sci-Fi 🪐 Orbital Habitat

The Mimicking of Known Successes Summary

The Mimicking of Known Successes 88%

An arrogant scholar vanishes on a gas giant colony. To find him, an investigator enlists her ex.

by Malka Ann Older 2023

3.59

10k+ ratings

📚 Academic Mystery 💕 Second Chance Love 🌈 Sapphic Romance 🌫️ Melancholy Sci-Fi 🪐 Orbital Habitat

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

Una marea oscura y letal

by Allison Saft • 2024

Two rival scholars hunt the source of magic, trapped together on an expedition with a murderer.

3.49

19k+

🖤 Dark Academia 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🌿 Folkloric Fantasy 🔍 Fantasy Whodunit 💜 Sapphic Rivals

Una marea oscura y letal 88%

Two rival scholars hunt the source of magic, trapped together on an expedition with a murderer.

by Allison Saft 2024

3.49

19k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 💘 Enemies To Lovers 🌿 Folkloric Fantasy 🔍 Fantasy Whodunit 💜 Sapphic Rivals

Lo que quiero es no quererte

by Andrea Torrano • 2021

At university, a princess is blackmailed by the cheer captain she can't stop wanting.

3.14

346

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Modern Royalty 🎓 University Campus 💘 Forbidden Love

Lo que quiero es no quererte 88%

At university, a princess is blackmailed by the cheer captain she can't stop wanting.

by Andrea Torrano 2021

3.14

346 ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Romance 💔 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Modern Royalty 🎓 University Campus 💘 Forbidden Love

City of Stone and Silence

by Django Wexler • 2020

A ghost ship traps one sister; a doomed rebellion claims the other. Both wield corrupting magic.

4.01

2k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 👭 Sister Bond 💀 Corrupting Power 🤝 Found Family 🔥 Rebellion

City of Stone and Silence 88%

A ghost ship traps one sister; a doomed rebellion claims the other. Both wield corrupting magic.

by Django Wexler 2020

4.01

2k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Fantasy 👭 Sister Bond 💀 Corrupting Power 🤝 Found Family 🔥 Rebellion

The Lions of Fifth Avenue

by Fiona Davis • 2020

A family's hidden life in the New York Public Library unravels when rare books start disappearing.

3.90

84k+

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 📚 Books About Books 🏳️‍🌈 Forbidden Sapphic Love 🔐 Family Secrets 📜 Lost Manuscript

The Lions of Fifth Avenue 88%

A family's hidden life in the New York Public Library unravels when rare books start disappearing.

by Fiona Davis 2020

3.90

84k+ ratings

🕰️ Dual Timeline Mystery 📚 Books About Books 🏳️‍🌈 Forbidden Sapphic Love 🔐 Family Secrets 📜 Lost Manuscript

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