[Wattpad's Summer Reading Checklist 2022 Pick] "'Hella heavy' is your response to seeing me with a literal fish tail?" "Sorry. Should ... should it be something else? Wait, does this mean that you can't eat sushi?" * * * * * When Alyssa shows up in Hulhazy Front a week after wiping the memory of her partner, she's terrified of ruining everything again. Her brother and dad are convinced she'll be okay as soon as she's able to "move on", which makes no sense to her, because they sound like the exact same thing. Alyssa doesn't care about moving on--she just cares about hiding the fact that she's a mermaid from this new small town, and especially her new coworker, Elliot. Elliot has spent the past year trying to figure out how to be out. It seems that every time she finds some kind of balance, something has to happen. Her parents say something homophobic before she's about to confess her "big secret," or her old friends from the swim team make some jab about all the things they're convinced Elliot did sophomore year. She's planning on her summer consisting of working at the public pool, hiding her sexuality, and third-wheeling it up with her best friends, Neema and Duncan. Until, of course, she meets Alyssa. *cover created using graphics from freepik*

Forbidden things are like a beautiful hypnotizing magnet. Once you get pulled in, it's hard to pull back. But maybe I liked being pulled in, especially if it was by her.

❝ I DON'T WANNA BE YOUR FRIEND, I WANNA KISS YOUR LIPS. ❞ ─── ( girl friends ) in which the sought after cheerleader heartthrob makes a bet regarding the captain of the baseball team; testing just how deep her feelings for her best friend truly are. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗 | 𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐬 © 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

At the ripe age of twenty-seven, Nokomis Reed's love life has come to a screeching halt -- which is why when her mother nominates her to be a contestant on a reality TV show, she reluctantly says yes. Nokomis soon finds herself in a strange new world, living in a house with twenty other women, each vying for the attention of the same man. But when it's one of the other contestants, and not the single man who catches her eye, Nokomis is thrown even further from her comfort zone. Smart, sexy, and fun, The Final Rose follows Nokomis as she navigates the Game in search of love. Now complete!

From best-selling sapphic romance author, Eliza Lentzski: a sweet and spicy sapphic short story Addison Yates is one semester away from her college graduation, but too much fun and not enough studying has been detrimental to her GPA. To maintain her scholarship and make it to graduation, she plans to shut out all distractions and focus on her remaining assignments. Spending the evening at her college library would normally help her avoid temptation if not for Ellie Brown, the beautiful and enigmatic campus librarian. Addison knows that Ellie is out of her league, but there's something about the elusive, bookish woman that makes her want to try. One big secret. One night to forever. One night to eternity?

Wren is hot-blooded, impulsive, and crass. She's quick to draw her sword and even quicker to down a drink. She's known around town as a problem, just a lower-class girl with a big mouth, improperly mingling (and tussling) with men at the local tavern. No one expects anything from Wren but trouble, but little do they know that by night, she climbs the castle tower to visit her lover, the beautiful Princess Ivy. Ivy is everything that Wren is not: patient, measured, diplomatic, and soft-spoken. She could have any nobleman in the kingdom, but something about Wren's fiery passion sets her heart ablaze. She's the only one who makes Wren feel like she can be something more than a street rat. The only problem is that Ivy is of marrying age, and her father is eager to use his daughter's marriage to secure an alliance with a neighboring kingdom. If Ivy and Wren stand any chance at happiness, they'll need to act quick.

Elusive. Sexy. Lethal. Eternally infamous gun for hire Daisy Reyes is often referred to as all of the above, though what she's never been described as is boring. Posing as a pretty-in-pink florist by day, she doubles as a highly skilled mercenary by night, her talents frequently utilised by the likes of rich and powerful criminals. When Daisy hears that NYPD's newest and most promising detective, Riley Wolfe, has taken a particular interest in hunting her down, she will pull out all the stops to ensure her own continued survival. That includes going undercover as Detective Wolfe's newest room mate.

Catalina, a young seamstress, yearns for something more than the life she's forced to live, working night and day for a bitter old shopkeeper who treats her like vermin. Naturally, when she discovers a mysterious castle hidden in the deep woods, she investigates it, curious as she is. Inside, she encounters Scarlett, a former princess suffering from a horrid curse. Catalina takes it upon herself to help Scarlett break the curse that was placed on her years ago, but as the two begin to know each other they discover something more. They are both suffering from the same curse: loneliness.

To save the world from the apocalypse she accidentally triggered, a hopeless romantic klutz must take her wish back from the malicious devil apprentice and give up the girl of her dreams. Samantha is so hopelessly in love with her neighbor Ella that after finding a real "Genie", she wished for her love to be returned. And it worked! She gained Ella's interest and they embarked on a passionate romance for a lifetime. Until the world started ending. Literally. Should Samantha perhaps have read the fine print before she made her wish? Should she do the morally responsible thing and take her wish back, or spend the rest of her short insignificant life with the one she loves? Wattpad Featured on @WattpadShortStory profile in the "Another Time Another Place" reading list. ©2020 to Sol Tuberosum

Jude Barrow is a black belt in karate―fiery, temperamental, with a tendency to talk back . . . even to her kidnappers. After her mother is taken, Jude stumbles into the Underground, where the Mafia hide beneath New Orleans. She has no choice but to trust the girl with a dangerous smile and a mouth like sin. Hunter is the Mafia boss with a feared reputation and a ruthless plan―and Jude is determined to fight fire with fire. But when the world is burning, does it end in love . . . or ashes? "What would you like me to do to you, Jude?" Her voice is a breath, igniting fire in my bones. Our mouths are so close I can taste the heat between us. Kiss me. The thought is sudden. Unexpected. "Why are you here, Jude?" A slow caress of words. This is a game―a game of touch and sensation and risk. I want to kiss her. I want to close the distance between us and pull her down to me, to kiss her until my eyes roll back and I see stars. "When you're ready to tell the truth," she says, and there is a smile, a dark smile, "we can play this game. And I'll show you what I know about the art of fucking." HIGHEST RANKING #1 in lesbian #2 in lgbt #2 in lgbtq #6 in girls