Books like Captive in the Underworld by Lianyu Tan

Veronica Welch's life plan to be married by thirty-five goes awry when she accidentally invites her lesbian friend, Bea, to a date night and Rachel Monaghan's chance to take on the challenge of photographing thirty dates in thirty days turns into a modern-day Romeo and Juliet romance comedy story about two women discovering love in the most efficient way possible, while navigating a city that is both beautiful and terrifyingly dangerous, in 30 Dates in 30 Days.

Gemma believes her mind is gone, but she discovers clues to a hidden plan by Stephan involving a mysterious star—and the only place to find answers is the Underworld, a realm no one dares to visit.

A perilous quest in the Forgotten Realms: Midnight, Adon, and a mysterious woman unravel Bane’s plot to seize the Tablets of Fate.

When Hugo, a museum curator, and Ben, an ad executive, are about to marry, a South African honeymoon turns into a perilous quest after Ben is kidnapped and Hugo must navigate crime and mystery to find him.

By day, Holly Hudson’s a story editor for Wifetime Network. By night, she’s the writer for the network’s very cheesy, very straight holiday romance series—Christmas in Evermore. Holly took the job to accomplish exactly one thing: a gay Christmas movie. She’s been shot down before, but things start to look up when Meredith Drake unexpectedly moves into the network’s holiday division. On the heels of a brief (but totally hot) fling, Holly and Meredith agree to keep things professional now that they’ll be working together. Especially since the network has a strict policy about workplace relationships. Instead, they vow to channel their passion into a pitch for the network’s first Christmas movie to feature two female leads. In this contemporary romance, Holly and Meredith work to make the Yuletide gayer while discovering that happy endings aren’t only for the movies.

Whitney Ainsworth has had a very tough year. First up was the very public divorce from an A-list actress, and then the third book in her popular suspense series bombed. She’s got a chronic case of writer’s block and feels like a fraud getting paid to give speeches about achieving success. After a particularly disastrous event, Whitney’s manager suggests a romantic distraction might be in order. Gabriela Talbot never expected to hear back when she requested an interview with her favorite author—certainly not after the scathing review she’d given Whitney’s latest book. She’s thrilled when the opportunity arises. What happens next isn’t what either expected, and although passions flare, Whitney is furious when she learns she’s slept with the enemy. Their already rocky road to friendship—or something more—is complicated by family, Hollywood’s expectations, and an ex-wife who’s set to star in the film adaptation of Whitney’s first book. Will they find their way to love or will insecurities and outsiders prove too much to overcome?

**A destitute maidservant must choose whom to love: her vampire mistress or the woman trying to save her life. *In the Dream House* meets *The Ghost Bride* in a provocative tale of seduction, violence, and despair from lesbian dark fantasy author Lianyu Tan.** *1927, colonial Singapore* Monsters don’t scare Gean Choo. And there are monsters aplenty among the Europeans on sultry Singapore island, all of them running away from something—or someone. When she starts her new job as a lady’s companion, she can’t imagine falling for the impassioned, demanding mistress of Ambrosia Hall, nor the gruff, brooding woman who serves as her lady’s majordomo. The latter holds her heart; the former, her body, blood, and loyalty. Both want her. Both *need* her. **And one of them will die for her.**