T.B. Markinson Books in Order

A college student recovering from a suicide attempt faces grief, family blame and fear of coming out in a hostile environment. With support from her girlfriend and a therapist, Paige struggles to understand the secrets surrounding her and find safety.

Successful historian Lizzie keeps her distance from a family that judges her sexuality. Her brother's engagement draws her back into its troubled relationships, while her girlfriend's hopes for commitment challenge Lizzie's fiercely guarded independence.

A graduate student begins falling for a visiting teacher while hiding the truth about an abusive former relationship. Blackmail and mistrust threaten the new romance, forcing Lizzie to confront secrets she has kept even from her closest friends.

Lizzie panics when her wife wants them to have a baby, doubting whether she can be a good mother. As she begins considering parenthood, painful news from her estranged family brings another challenge to their marriage and future.

Fleeing her husband's hired killers, Claudia tries to escape by making a lookalike their target. When the plan endangers someone connected to organized crime, her attempt to secure a new identity leaves her hunted from several directions.

Publisher JJ Cavendish takes charge of a struggling Denver newspaper while concealing her history of addiction. Reuniting with an old love offers another chance at happiness, but a difficult personnel decision threatens both her work and their relationship.

Expecting twins with her wife, Lizzie tries to repair relationships with her father and brother before becoming a parent. Her father's own plans and family secrets provoke fresh conflict, threatening the reconciliation she hopes to achieve.

As her twins approach their first birthday, Lizzie faces the unwelcome return of someone from her past. Her wife's simultaneous crisis leaves Lizzie struggling to manage her own distress while offering the support their marriage needs.

Lizzie's wife wants to host a perfect Christmas gathering, but their difficult guests bring chaos instead. As one visitor threatens the wider family, Lizzie's attempts to control the celebration only seem to make matters worse.

In early-1990s Colorado, college roommates Tegan and Gemma develop feelings that unsettle Tegan's assumptions about herself. Their growing relationship must contend with secrecy, jealous rivals and Tegan's uncertainty about telling the people around her who she loves.

During their second year of college, Tegan and Gemma hope for an easier relationship. Blackmail drives Tegan into increasingly desperate attempts to protect herself, while Gemma struggles with jealousy as new crises threaten their life together.

Photographer Eileen returns home after a devastating event threatens to end her career and meets Naomi, whose generosity and enthusiasm draw her in. A possible Christmas romance requires Eileen to confront trauma and troubled family relationships before accepting another future.

After a disastrous Christmas, Lizzie finds herself drawn into fresh family emergencies despite her desire for peace. Her brother's legal trouble, a family feud and competing responsibilities to children test how much more she can take.

Tech entrepreneur Holly must rescue her company while social worker Ivy struggles to fund help for her island community. After a disastrous one-night encounter, they discover that cooperating could solve their problems, provided insecurity and secrets do not sabotage them.

After publishing her memoir, JJ Cavendish hopes to settle down with Claire and run an online news venture. Her notoriety and a proposed investigation into cyberbullying pull her back toward dangerous publicity and the darkest parts of the internet.

With four children to protect and her wife recovering from childbirth, Lizzie faces attacks on her career and reputation. A collapsed book deal and vicious rumors push her toward a new friend as she searches for whoever is responsible.

A blizzard brings widowed finance executive Laurie and ambitious young portfolio manager Jack together for an apparently casual encounter. Their next meeting at work reveals a professional connection that could destroy both careers if they pursue their attraction.

Dumped on Christmas Eve during an English holiday, Dagny meets a journalist celebrating a promising assignment. Their unexpected connection offers happiness, but the demands of Allison's investigation make the timing of a new relationship especially difficult.

Newly arrived in Britain for a work assignment, Rory intends to explore rather than settle into a relationship. A friend's matchmaking introduces her to equally reluctant Imogen, and a disastrous first meeting conceals the possibility of a stronger connection.

The pandemic upends Lizzie's already complicated life, and her wife invites relatives into their home for lockdown. Unable to find space to think, Lizzie struggles with family confinement, private doubts and questions about her future.

As pandemic restrictions ease, Lizzie faces kindergarten preparations, environmental worries and the demands of launching a media business. Beneath the daily chaos, a personal fear threatens to overturn the understanding she thought she had of herself.

After inadvertently coming out to her mother, Tegan confronts upheaval at home and a secret from her father. Her friends' troubles and threats to her university job add pressure as she tries to keep her life and relationships intact.

Veteran morning-show host Amanda shares an unexpected night with young reporter Dakota at a wedding. When Dakota joins her television network, a strict employment contract forces them to choose between their careers and an attraction neither can easily abandon.

An American student moves to London with her dog and immediately antagonizes the cat-loving baker next door. Their pets and a meddling sister encourage another chance, but a succession of dating mishaps keeps complicating their mutual attraction.

Advice columnist Joni launches a relationship web series to save her livelihood and recruits Hope, who struggles to understand attraction. As viewers embrace Hope, Joni falls for her too, risking heartbreak while helping another woman explore her identity.

Career trouble sends Natalie to Vermont, where she inherits half a building containing a bookstore. Her neighbor Celeste wants to sell and leave town, but a threatened Christmas festival forces the reluctant partners to cooperate and discover an unexpected connection.

Ambitious attorney Ashley faces a setback when Caitlyn, a woman from her past, returns to Boston and becomes her rival. Working together on a consequential case revives their attraction while professional competition and concealed family connections threaten their future.

During a short London business trip, Marley must negotiate the purchase of a historic bookshop and meet an online romantic interest. An unexpected walking tour with the shop's owner makes her question both the deal and her carefully planned future.

A Las Vegas encounter leaves marketing assistant Maisie and Wyoming rancher Drew married without remembering the ceremony. When they discover the truth months later, each needs something from the other, complicating a divorce that was supposed to be straightforward.

Approaching forty, Lizzie wants an enjoyable summer with no acknowledgment of her birthday. Her growing anxiety about aging clashes with her wife's apparent plans for a surprise celebration, making an ordinary milestone feel increasingly difficult to survive.

A closeted country singer hires a struggling single mother as her chef for a national tour. As their connection deepens on the road, they must decide whether to risk professional security and expose feelings that could disrupt both their lives.

When Sarah returns to full-time work, Lizzie discovers that looking after four children is harder than she expected. Her secret plan to build a basement refuge creates another problem, threatening the marriage she hoped it would help her manage.

A recently divorced bookstore manager fights sabotage while trying to earn a leading role in her family's business. A struggling writer takes a job in the shop, and their attraction complicates urgent efforts to protect the store and their futures.

A closeted media heiress and a whistleblower fleeing dangerous enemies agree to a public romance that could help them both. As the arrangement attracts scrutiny, real feelings emerge amid corporate manipulation, deception and threats to their safety.

After her husband’s crimes destroy her comfortable life, a powerless witch returns to her family’s island inn despite a magical ban. A guest’s death, a persistent ghost, and unexpected attraction complicate her efforts to protect her daughters and start over.

Returning to Vermont after her life falls apart, Clara discovers that former school rival Lucy plans to buy her family’s inn. A shared threat forces them into partnership, reviving memories of a long-ago kiss and the hurt that followed.

Game-company founder Julianna unexpectedly gains custody of her niece and hires struggling Sadie as a nanny. Their growing attraction unsettles a practical arrangement, challenging Julianna’s assumptions about herself and Sadie’s fear of falling for another unavailable woman.

After actress Caroline gets wardrobe supervisor Margo fired, Margo reluctantly agrees to pose as her fiancée at a Hawaiian family wedding. A generous payment makes the charade tempting, but celebrity exes and unexpected attraction complicate two weeks together.

Angela rescues business consultant Elle from a flood, and their encounter becomes a night of passion. Then Angela learns that Elle’s assignment could close her family’s cheesemaking business, turning attraction into a conflict over the future of their Vermont community.

Librarian Bennet’s Austen pilgrimage to Bath ends in romantic disappointment until she meets aspiring novelist Alice. A transatlantic book swap draws the unlikely friends closer, challenging their literary prejudices and their assumptions about the love stories they want to live.

Newly out physician Rowan discovers that an unforgettable one-night partner is her stepdaughter’s best friend and a new colleague. As they work at a troubled Cape Cod hospital, renewed attraction risks their careers, reputations, and complicated family connections.

To win a vital client, executive Brooklyn recruits Savannah, a woman she last met seven years earlier, as her date. A mistaken assumption sends them on a Jamaican corporate retreat as a supposed couple, where Savannah’s hidden connection threatens everything.

Lizzie decides a new year will be devoted to improving her life after a personal wake-up call. With four young children and constant family demands, her plans for reinvention quickly become harder to carry out than she imagined.

Choreographer Eden returns to the ballet company where a youthful affair ended in heartbreak and finds her former lover Portia running it. Working together exposes old misunderstandings while scandal and exploitation force them to reconsider both the institution and their future.

Event planner Pippa accepts a discreet celebrity wedding assignment and discovers the bride’s mother is an unforgettable former one-night lover. Lieutenant Governor Abigail cannot risk a public affair, while Pippa refuses to become another secret in someone else’s life.

After ruining a fashion shoot, unemployed chef Harley must work for demanding designer Santana to repair the damage. A gossip photograph turns their arrangement into a fake romance, giving Harley unexpected bargaining power and both women feelings they did not plan for.

Stranded by a Christmas blizzard, Tatum accepts shelter with her housemate’s family, who believe she is his girlfriend. Keeping up the harmless-seeming charade becomes difficult when she falls for his twin sister amid escalating misunderstandings and exuberant family traditions.

Divorced doctor Stella Gilbert has built her life around work and her daughter, while Aurora Shirley hides uncomfortable truths from her family. A wedding brings them together and opens questions about trust, attraction, and starting again.