LGBTQ - Romance

This list has been created by a Library Assistant at Wake County Public Libraries (WCPL) and encompasses *most* of the LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, plus other identitites such as, intersex, asexual, aromantic, demisexual, demiromantic, nonbinary, genderqueer, and more) titles categorized under "Romance" in the WCPL collection as of June 11, 2025.

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"Jade Dunn has spent years trying to climb her way to the top of the southern high school football food chain. Now, the only thing standing between her and that future head coach spot is years of small-town good 'ol boy politics. When she scores an invite to a highly coveted monthly poker game perfect for networking, she jumps at the chance for a seat at the table--only to find the one person with the ability to shake her there. An infuriatingly sexy...
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"Nicole Wells left Seattle two years ago for a master's in fire dynamics and some much-needed space. Now she's back, ready to hit reset on her life--and take one last chance on best friend/unrequited love Skylar Clark. But Nic's plans crumble when Skylar announces she's quitting her job and moving to Fiji for secret reasons, another typical Skylar disaster in the making. It's a giant red flag, and Nic feels like she's the only one who sees it. Until...
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"Once upon a time, Ramona Riley was a student at a prestigious art school, with dreams of landing in Hollywood as a costume designer to the stars. But after her father's car accident, she had to quit everything and return to her small New Hampshire town, Clover Lake, to help take care of her younger sister. Twelve years later, Ramona is still working at the town's café, all but given up on her dream. But when a big-budget romantic comedy comes to...
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"Librarian Angela Gutierrez has never been kissed. But after posting a video about her late bloomer status and ace identity, she's finally ready to get some firsts out of the way. Using her new influencer status to come up with a scavenger hunt idea in which the winner earns her first kiss, Angela realizes she may need some help to pull off the event. Enter Krystal Ramirez, hot bartender and Angela's unrequited crush of five years. Despite vowing...
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Peach Blossom volume 1.
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For teacher Ava Williams, some subjects are not up for debate. Like history--specifically, the one she has with Grace Jones, bowling pro and local celeb. Who is now, for no identifiable reason, teaching at the same small-town Georgia high school as Ava. Once upon a time, they were thick as thieves, best friends, rivals who pushed each other, and total bowling nerds. Then they shared a kiss, sweet and confusing...and after that, they split and nothing...
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"When a driven businesswoman from Boston collides with a free-spirited artist on a Vermont mountainside, they share a memorable--and steamy--night, but life soon pits them against each other over the fate of a family business. Emily Janssen prefers to play it safe. At thirty-five, she's still working at the inn her grandmothers own while dreaming of a day when she's able to support herself fully with her art. And while her friends have all hiked to...
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3 stars
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"For fans of The Holiday comes a ... Christmas house-swap rom-com debut in which finding yourself and finding love come hand in hand"--
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"Murphy was supposed to be settling into her junior year at the University of Illinois with her best friend Kat. Instead, she's stuck in a hellish suburban holding pattern: living with her parents, failing the same class that kept her from graduating the first time around, and making minimum wage at the same coffee shop she's worked at since she was sixteen. It doesn't help that the dating pool for a twenty-one-year-old lesbian in the tiny town of...
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"No-nonsense lawyer Tara Sloane Chadwick is perfectly fine with going to her ex's wedding--the break-up was congenial, and Tara is nothing if not well-mannered. But after one too many reminders of her dismal dating track, Tara panics when asked if she'll need a plus-one and declares she's bringing her new girlfriend. One issue: Tara is seriously single. Thankfully, Holly, the waitress she's been crushing on, happily offers to be her fake date... Only...
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"To help save Coris store and help Liz survive her exes wedding they strike a deal: a fake relationship, but just for one week. Theres no way this will turn into the real deal."--
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An underground lesbian couple in Victorian London find themselves tied up in the troubles of their male relatives.
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"At twenty-nine, Valeria Sullivan is a celebrated, award-winning actress. But when her attempt to transition to directing is complicated by a bad interview on a late night show, Val decides she's had enough of Hollywood. Intent on pursuing her other passion, she pours herself into a guest professorship at USC, hoping to transition to academia fulltime. Standing in her way is her co-professor, Maeve Arko, whose brilliance and beauty is matched only...
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"Krystin knows exactly what she wants: a husband, a horse, and a place to hang all her competitive rodeo blue ribbons. ... On Hopelessly Devoted, Krystin will compete against dozens of other women for the heart of this season's Hopeless Romantic, Josh Rosen. She's determined to win the perfect life she came here for, if she can just ignore the glossy brunette whose crimson smile gives her goosebumps. Lauren has never done anything for the right reasons,...
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A free-spirited DJ with commitment issues falls for her good friend and popular strip club dancer and the pair navigate the blurring the lines between friendship, attraction and conflicting desires.
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"Katie Price is known in every living room in America. A small-town Wisconsin girl who became an A-list star, she rarely makes it home, but this year is different . . . Little does she know it will lead her straight into the piercing blue-eyed gaze of Wil Greene. A lot has happened in the decade since those cold Wisconsin nights when Wil and Katie drove around in Wil's Bronco senior year. Since then, Wil's law career hasn't taken off. Her father passed...
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"Can love survive when trust is the rarest magic of all? Bella Blythe, master of lattice magic, is determined to win the Runic Games... If only her greatest rival, Remy Reid would get out of the way. For years they one-upped each other in competitions, jobs, and their apprenticeships... Until a single kiss changed everything. With the biggest competition of their lives ahead of them, they're going to have to trust each other... A futile task when...
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5 stars
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"Sparks fly between two women pitted against each other in this delectable new romantic comedy by Taleen Voskuni, author of Sorry, Bro. Twenty-seven-year-old Nazeli "Ellie" Gregorian enjoys the prestige of her tech marketing job but hates the condescending Patagonia-clad tech bros, her micromanaging boss, and her ex-boyfriend, who she's forced to work with every day. When Ellie's lovingly overbearing parents ask her to attend PakCon-a food packaging...
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In a game of power, can love be the deadliest weapon? Stirling Grey, legendary negotiator, is on a mission: to mend her broken heart and avenge its ruin. Morrigan Lee, hidden princess and heir to the throne, is harbouring a dark secret. For years, Stirling and Morrigan navigated the perilous games of power and politics, shared clandestine moments, and ultimately... fell in love... Until a deal with fate forced them apart. When the Queen sets a formidable...
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"Izzy Wells-aka burlesque superstar Blue Lenox-doesn't have time for anything more than a hookup. She has a theater to renovate, and turning it into a safe space for queer performers costs money. Money she doesn't have. With the mortgage overdue, the only way she'll save the theater is to win the prize money from the Great American Talent show. And if that means forgetting about the beautiful Black ballerina she spent one night with in order to focus...
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