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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Book cover for "Best hex ever"
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"As a skilled kitchen witch, Dina Whitlock knows her way around a pastry recipe. In fact, she runs her very own London café, serving magic-infused treats to her loyal customers. She is not as much of an expert on romance, thanks to the hex hanging over her head. It's hard to fall in love when your partner is cursed with a string of bad luck. But who needs love when your best friend is getting married, right? Scott Mason has returned from global...
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"Nicholas 'Coal' Claus used to love Christmas--until his father, the reigning Santa, turned the holiday into a PR façade. Coal will do anything to escape the spectacle, including getting tangled in a drunken, supremely hot make-out session with a beautiful man behind a seedy bar one night. But the heir to Christmas is soon commanded to do his duty: he will marry his best friend Iris, the Easter Princess and his brother's not-so-secret crush. A situation...
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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...
Book cover for "I'll be gone for Christmas"
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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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The theme is, in a word, yes. In twenty-two short stories, desire and generous consent are explored from queer, trans, Black, brown, and disabled perspectives--a chorus of voices historically excluded from romance narratives. A nonbinary sexworker with psychic gifts allows an older woman to connect with her long-lost love. A divorcée downloads a dating app and finds herself bathed in perfect moonlight. Two Modern Orthodox Jewish women cross a magical...
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2 stars
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"Margot Murray is a newly single, successful businesswoman with no interest in a cutesy seasonal romance after her breakup with her long-term girlfriend. Ben Gibson is an unlucky-in-love sweetheart in need of a woman to bring home for the holidays. Together, they make a pact: Margot gets two blissful weeks away from London in a picture-perfect manor, and Ben gets a fake girlfriend for his holiday at home with his family. Upon arriving to the manor,...
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4 stars
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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...
Book cover for "Fall for him"
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Apartment-neighbors Dylan and Derek find themselves temporarily sharing a tiny apartment after Dylan falls through Derek's roof. Dylan's carpentry skills might save the day here, and their initial animosity might melt away as time goes on.
Book cover for "Hers for the weekend"
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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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"Farzan Alavi may be looking for love, but after another disastrous break-up, he decides it's time to (temporarily) throw in the towel. He plans to drown his sorrows at Kansas City's newest winery. Only instead of spending a lonely night at the bar, he's escorted to a table for one. There, the hot sommelier more than treats him like a VIP: the way he flirts with Farzan ignites a lust he didn't think was possible. Only David Curtis isn't flirting because...
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Mortal follies volume 2.
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"A nobleman must work with a dashing soldier to save his sister from a mystical bargain gone awry in this swoon-worthy romance from the bestselling author of Boyfriend Material"--
Book cover for "You had me at happy hour"
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"What if the one thing you crave isnt on the menu? O little town of Bethlehem, PAit may be charming, but Julien Boire cant wait to get out of there. Soon hell be leaving to take an advanced wine course that will put him on track to become a master sommelier. Meantime, his OCD demands he keep clear of distractions, especially the hot new hire at his aunt and uncles restaurant, Martins Place. Which...
Book cover for "Cash Delgado is living the dream"
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"A small-town bartender juggles motherhood and a sexual awakening in this heartwarming queer friends-to-lovers romance from the author of Sammy Espinoza's Last Review. Cash Delgado has a good life in the quaint town of Ridley Falls. She has Joyce's Bar, where she manages a familiar group of regulars and emcees the ever-popular Karaoke Thursday. She has her six-year-old daughter, Parker, whose spunky attitude always keeps life interesting. And she...
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4.6 stars
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"Theo and Kit have been a lot of things: childhood best friends, crushes, in love, and now estranged exes. After a brutal breakup on the transatlantic flight to their dream European food and wine tour, they exited each other's lives once and for all. Time apart has done them good. Theo has found confidence as a hustling bartender by night and aspiring sommelier by day, with a long roster of casual lovers. Kit, who never returned to America, graduated...
Book cover for "You're the problem, it's you"
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"Bobby Mason is sick of being second best: born the spare, never trusted with family responsibility, never expected to amount to much. He's hungry to contribute something that matters, while all around him his peers are squandering their political and financial power, coasting through life. Which is exactly why he can't stand the new Viscount Demeroven. James Demeroven, just come of age and into the Viscountcy, knows that he's a disappointment g his...
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"As a luxury fashion sales associate, Marley Kamal's livelihood depends on being cool, aspirational, and just the right amount of detached. None of her coworkers need to know she's been waiting years for a surgery date because she carries a BRCA genetic mutation. But only weeks before her surgery, the professional opportunity of a lifetime comes to her: a major studio wants Marley to style an up-and-coming Hollywood superstar, who also just happens...
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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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4 stars
Book cover for "A bluestocking's guide to decadence"
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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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"Sparks fly when a young woman finds herself cast on a Love Island-inspired reality show and has to choose between her heart and her strategy in this sizzling new queer romantic comedy from the beloved author of Wanderlust"--