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Looking for your next hidden gem? These new additions to the SelfPubShelf library are waiting to be discovered. Scroll through diverse indie reads from talented authors and uncover something fresh, unexpected, and completely binge-worthy.

You Ring My Bell

A short story for the holidays from bestselling LGBT writer Erin Wade. When Avery Denton discovers that her partner and life-long friend Jim Steel is planning to divorce his beautiful wife, Mandy, she is angry and distraught. A former Miss America, Mandy had worked two jobs to put Jim through med school. When he solicits Avery's help in duping Mandy out of her share of their community property, she is aghast that he would stoop so low. All Avery sees for the month of December is heartache and misery for all concerned. Caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place, Avery must choose between the man who has always been there for her and doing the right thing, a decision that could destro...
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Wrongly Accused

When esteemed surgeon Dawn Fairchild is wrongly accused of vehicular manslaughter, her world is turned up side down. Sentenced to two years in a federal women's prison Dawn encounters a side of life she didn't know existed. Caged with drug addicts, killers and rapist, she is surprised when her knight in shinning armor is a scrawny, scrappy redhead serving time for drug addiction and prostitution. A woman she couldn't bring herself to shake hands with for fear of touching her.You will laugh, cry and cheer for these two unlikely friends as they navigate the horrors of a prison run by a no-nonsense warden with her own plans for Dr. Dawn Fairchild. LGBT, Lesbian Fiction, WLW, Sapphic Romance Thr...
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Who Wrote This Thriller Anyway?

A psychological thriller from Bestselling Lesbian Action/Adventure writer Erin Wade, this fast-passed novel will keep you on the edge of your seat.Trying to recover from a broken heart caused by an unfaithful wife, world renowned lesbian author Lane Dawson agrees to temporarily move to Hollywood to consult on the movie version of her bestselling novel. Wanting an actress in her early thirties for the main character, Lane selects an actress in a blind audition. She is surprised to learn her selection is A-list movie star Ashley Sinclair an older, Oscar winning actress who hasn’t made a movie in two years.Ashley has finally settled a two-year divorce battle with her cheating husband who walk...
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When We Were Gods

Multiple plots, love, friends, apocalypse, demons, Gods, and AI… a perfect story
I am continually amazed as I read each of Erin Wade’s books. Each one has a unique plot, but the women she writes about are strong and innovative. Meet Destiney, a doctor over 300 years old but could be a 30 year old Miss America. Her adopted daughter, Venus, is just as beautiful and just as mysterious. Vicar Faith Seraph appears when needed with powers of prayer that create miracles. Mix in shape shifters, Vampires, medical catastrophes, and human trafficking you have another Erin Wade winner.

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Valentines Day

Both of Erin Wade’s Valentine short stories are featured in this collection. You will laugh and cry as Cupid tries to find a suitable match for Police Detective Drew Darwin. Things go awry in "Cupid's Crossbow" when a miss-fired arrow results in an unacceptable pairing of the pretty detective and a suspected criminal.Renn and Cody have had each other’s backs since they were four. Newly graduated form college they face a life where Renn is a U.S. Marshal and Cody is a budding restaurateur struggling to put her establishment on the map. You will laugh with them and cry for them as they navigate the obstacles life throws at them but they keep on swinging. You will love the fast action of th...
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Too Strong to Die

Don’t miss this epic tale of two women fighting for their beliefs and trying to find common ground in their personal lives. One reviewer called this fast paced, action romance, “Die Hard for Lesbians.” Texas Ranger Ricky Strong is chasing a vicious serial killer that has left no clues.  Her life becomes more complicated when one of the victims is the missing sister of ultra-conservative Senator Christine Richmond.  Their lives become more entwined when Ricky is assigned to protect the headstrong senator on her goodwill tour of the Texas border.  The President gives Senator Richmond the impossible task of working with the Mexican government to build the wall along the Tex...
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Three Times as Deadly

When Sloan Cartwright awakens in an African hospital with no memory, she is astounded to find three beautiful women claiming to be her wife. An attempt on her life makes her realize that her biggest problem is not which woman is her wife, but who wants to kill her and why. She discovers that she holds secrets that will topple governments and bring down illegal poachers in Africa. The only problem is that Sloan can’t remember where she hid the evidence. Sloan quickly realizes that she must trust one of the women to help her escape Africa. Which one will it be? Wife Number One: Amarosia (Amy) Cartwright, a beautiful Halle Berry look-a-like who tells Sloan that they have been married for five...
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The Table Between Us

One reviewer said, "I really enjoyed The Table Between Us. Wow. For a short book it sure packs a lot of action. Romance. Restaurant Management. Law Enforcement and Thugs. All wrapped up in one quick read." Lesfic author Erin Wade combines humor and action in this Christmas Short Story as Cody Preston and Renn Summers navigate life after college. They’ve had each other’s backs since they were four. Suddenly they face a life where Renn is a U.S. Marshal and Cody is a budding restaurateur struggling to put her establishment on the map. You will laugh with them and cry for them as they recover from the blows life deals them but they keep on swinging. You will love the fast action of their ad...
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The Roughneck & the Lady

When Care-flight delivered a roughneck to Dr. Heather Hunter's trauma unit, it turned her world upside down. Heather found herself in love with someone her mother found socially unacceptable. Someone whose job was so dangerous Heather fought falling in love to avoid a broken heart. Little did she know that her loved one was courting danger far deadlier than working on an oil rig. In the fast-moving, hard-loving, world of Texas oil tycoons and terrorists hell bent on destroying the Texas oil industry Dr. Hunter finds love in the fast lane breath taking and indescribably satisfying.    Trinidad Winfield was to women what the Silver Ghost was to the Rolls-Royce: one-in-a-million and b...
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The Littlest Werewolf

Put into the witness protection program medical doctor Haven Langley is hidden in a veterinarian clinic In Sugar Land, TX. On her way home one night she saves a small Yorkie from a pack of vicious dogs. She pets and soothes the trembling little guy, and both fall asleep in her bed. Haven is surprised to be awakened the next morning by a small boy pulling the covers off her asking to be fed. She searches every room in her house but can’t find the Yorkie. Things heat up when hired killer Nova Norton appears on the scene to collect the bounty placed on Haven’s head by a New York crime boss. Can Federal Marshall Genesis Adams keep her witness alive long enough to put criminals behind bars? F...
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