New Sapphic Romance for Summer

Two members of a close-knit Texas friend group weigh the risks of taking a chance on love versus ruining the valuable friendship they already share. Jamie and Peaches can’t deny the white-hot chemistry between them, but is acting on it really worth risking their friendship? And, perhaps just as importantly, can these two career-minded women make a future together when they’re not sure they’re on the same path? It’s a risk, but it might just be one well worth taking.

After a failed proposal makes Nar realize she needs to find someone who actually shares her ideas about romance, Nar’s mother is on a mission to find her the perfect Armenian man to settle down with. But it’s not some hot-shot engineer who catches Nar’s eye at an Explore Armenia event: it’s a witchy woman named Erebuni who helps Nar embrace her Armenian roots. Can Nar find the courage within her to embrace her bisexuality and her feelings for Erebuni in front of her friends and family, too, and finally, once and for all, be proud of who she is?

Gym rat Lizzie accidentally convinces her best friend’s sister to leave her fiancé on her wedding day during a bathroom pep talk. Now, to keep the family — her bosses — from figuring out what she’s done, she agrees to spend time with Cara until she figures out what she wants. No need for Cara to know it’s a setup from her well-meaning brother. And there’s no risk, because why would a girl like Cara ever fall for someone like Lizzie? But the more time the two spend together, the more Cara comes to mean to Lizzie. If her secret gets out, now it could ruin more than just her job — it could ruin her chances at the woman of her dreams.

Manuela has one last summer to enjoy her freedom before marrying a man she doesn’t love. Having her paintings on display at the 1889 Exposition Universelle is the perfect excuse to spend that summer in Paris. Cora Kempf Bristol, Duchess of Sundridge, figures it should be easy enough to convince a flighty heiress to part with a parcel of land. But the only way Manuela agrees to even consider the offer is if Cora will show her the glories of Paris. Neither of them expected to find something more from the deal. The happiness they’ve both longed for might be just within reach, but it would also be a scandal to shock all of Paris. For love, maybe a little scandal is worth it.

Tally Dewilde and Rome Ashcroft are both trying to leave their old lives behind. After eschewing her mother’s dreams for her to open a vet clinic for Manhattan’s elite, Tally is excited to get away from the big city and join an animal hospital in upstate New York. Rome was forced to give up everything when she was accused of a crime and is hoping to build a new life for herself as a PA at a new hospital. But when they’re thrown back into each other’s lives, they realize maybe there are parts of the past that don’t need to stay buried.

Clover Hill’s Anisse & Clover Diner is Star’s home. She’s spent the last five years turning what was once a job into a fulfilling career and she’s perfectly happy to keep things going just as they are. But when Anisse & Clover’s ownership changes hands from mother to daughter, Star’s carefully constructed world is flipped upside down. Now, she’s scrambling to keep up and stay away from her new boss. But it’s not just their differences in opinions about the diner that makes Star want to keep her distance; it’s also the growing attraction between the two of them — and all the complications that could bring with it.