Brian’s Gain, The Devil’s Loss
Seemingly America is full of young people who are confused about their gender identity and sexual orientation. Our main character is a veteran of the Iraq War, who is dealing with his PTSD and his own sexual issues. He's in conflict with his family values and the American culture as it is evolving today. In his frustration he got deeply involved in the gay world of drugs, orgies, and risky behaviors. Along the way his conscience weighed heavily upon him. His contact with the Father's Home Ministry impacted the decisions he had to make to restore himself to his true identity and sanity. The results remain to be seen!
In Dyer Need
It's the end of the world, Who said you can't fall in love? Ren Dyer is at the pinnacle of her career. Newly appointed as head of the protection team for Home Secretary Andrea Fielding, she is a woman focused only on her job. Andrea Fielding is a woman who is looking for love and finding it in all the wrong places. When the worst happens and the world changes dramatically around them, will Andrea finally see what's been right in front of her all along? On the road, together with a group of people that includes Andrea's ex, Dutch Foreign Minister Marja Stegenga, they must try to reach the safety of HQ at the other end of the country. For Ren Dyer, it is simple: keep her safe. For Andrea Fielding, it's anything but...As protocols shift and rules go out the window, will Ren see there is more to life than work, and will Andrea finally find the love she is searching for?
Tending Tyler
Bartender, Tyler McKeehan, feels like his whole life is on hold. All he does is work and sleep, because he just doesn't know how to move on with his day to day after the shocking loss of his best friend. When he meets Matt at Les's Bar where he works in New York, though, he thinks he might have found someone who can nudge him out of his rut. The cowboy seems to live on fast forward, but at the same time, this kind, generous man makes Tyler feel wanted and safe. Ranch owner, Matthew Whitehead, is just in New York for a visit. But when he runs into Tyler at Les's Bar, he can tell right away that Tyler is special. Matt's family thinks he makes snap decisions, and they worry about him, but he knows what he wants, and even after just a few days, he's willing to fight to keep Tyler in his life. When Matt has to head back to Texas, he tells Tyler to come visit him and meet his kids. Soon. Tyler doesn't know if he can just pick up and go to Texas, but he misses Matt's affection and calming presence, so when life gets too overwhelming, he makes the call. Between Matt's huge, boisterous family, his children, his busy ranch, and the vast differences between New York City and Texas, Tyler wonders if he should go back to his old life every day. Matt is determined to keep Tyler right where he is, but can they overcome the odds against them and make a new life together?
Kazuchiyo
A year has passed since the Battle for Two Bridges, and Kazuchiyo is once again sent out to wage war in Lord Aritaka's name. With Yagi and Amai at his side, he ventures west into a new province in search of allies that will aid their march on the capital. There he is confronted with a castle under siege, a mortal enemy, and a mysterious stranger who holds the secrets of magic. As his resolve and his relationships are tested through battle and deception, he must ask of himself: how much would he risk to seize the title of shogun, not only from the current ruler, but from his own father?The Breaking of the Siege is the second book of the KAZUCHIYO series, continuing the adventures and romance of a young samurai, his most loyal warrior, and a trickster shinobi.
The Membranes
It is the late twenty-first century, and Momo is the most celebrated dermal care technician in all of T City. Humanity has migrated to domes at the bottom of the sea to escape devastating climate change. The world is dominated by powerful media conglomerates and runs on exploited cyborg labor. Momo prefers to keep to herself, and anyway she's too busy for other relationships: her clients include some of the city's best-known media personalities. But after meeting her estranged mother, she begins to explore her true identity, a journey that leads to questioning the bounds of gender, memory, self, and reality. First published in Taiwan in 1995, The Membranes is a classic of queer speculative fiction in Chinese. Chi Ta-wei weaves dystopian tropes--heirloom animals, radiation-proof combat drones, sinister surveillance technologies--into a sensitive portrait of one young woman's quest for self-understanding. Predicting everything from fitness tracking to social media saturation, this visionary and sublime novel stands out for its queer and trans themes. The Membranes reveals the diversity and originality of contemporary speculative fiction in Chinese, exploring gender and sexuality, technological domination, and regimes of capital, all while applying an unflinching self-reflexivity to the reader's own role. Ari Larissa Heinrich's translation brings Chi's hybrid punk sensibility to all readers interested in books that test the limits of where speculative fiction can go.
What We Lost in the Fire & Other Stories
Even as they blur distinctions between fiction and memoir, the daring, challenging stories in What We Lost in the Fire stretch and expand notions of queer lives-and of queer fiction writing. The eclectic geographies of these stories-Hawai'i, Rome, a Texas prison, southwestern Ohio, New York, Florida, and still other, hybrid landscapes-are reflected in the rich, idiomatic voices of Ricketts' characters. San Francisco, in particular, is as much a living presence in many of these stories as it is a setting, and the novella-length title story captures the nearly indescribable zeitgeist of queer life in "the City" during the plague years at the end of the last millennium-and of the weight of memory for the survivors who live on in the present. Throughout these fictions runs a dark, occasionally lacerating humor, a well-honed sense of both existential absurdity and the harrowingly high stakes of everyday love and trouble. Ricketts' characters are messy. They have faults. They're nobody's role models. This memorable, richly varied collection of tales of ennui, bitterness, and violence; of rambunctious satires and carefully-drawn realism; of love stories (and a few hate stories); of studies in working-class revenge and working-class solidarity honors the distance traveled and the scars earned along the way. These are not "feel good" stories; they're "feel human." stories. Queer literary fiction has a new champion. Ricketts finds territories where other writers only find interstices, and what results is a collection of stories that uncovers powerful meanings in the most mundane spaces and times. - Keith Banner, author of the short-story collections The Smallest People Alive and Next to Nothing; the novel The Life I Lead; and the anthology, This is True Love: Essays and Stories Sexuality-as a topic that runs along the spine of many of the stories-is elevated deftly to a more sophisticated arena, away from familiar queer territory and toward poignancy. What impressive storytelling! - Rigoberto Gonzalez, recipient of the Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement and of the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry and author of What Drowns the Flowers in Your Mouth: A Memoir of Brotherhood; The Book of Ruin; and Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa
Finding Faith
Faith Fitzgerald thought that if she got an education and became a high-powered attorney in Manhattan, maybe-just maybe-she'd gain the attention and respect of her absentee father. Considering he was the only parent she had left after her mother's suicide when Faith was just a child, she thought that's what it would take. She was wrong. What she dreamed would be glamorous and satisfying turned out to be grueling and thankless. Since she wasn't willing to play the game between the sheets, she was forced to stay in the cubicle jungle doing all the heavy lifting while the men got the credit and the rewards. Deciding she is done, Faith packs up and, with the flip of the bird to the rearview mirror, leaves New York and heads home to Colorado. She has nothing there: no job, nowhere to live, no relationship with her father. Truth is, she barely has a relationship with herself. On the drive home, she finds herself in Wynter, a tiny mountain town at the foot of the Rockies. Looking more like it belongs in a made-for-TV Christmas movie than on the map, Faith is utterly enchanted. When she tries her luck and buys a raffle ticket at Pop's, Wynter's charming caf矇, her prize is far more than meets the eye-or the heart. Enter Wyatt, a feisty, sexy southerner and waitress at Pop's, who just happens to be married to a local sheriff's deputy. All is not as it appears with the All-American boy and his Georgia peach.A colorful cast of unforgettable and charming characters will teach the jaded attorney that sometimes to find yourself all you have to do is go back to the basics...and have a little Faith.
The Truth About a Girl
Thousands of LGBTQ] people, from every corner of the world, traveled to Vancouver in 1990 to participate in the Gay Games. Each person carried in their heart their own story of how they came to be themselves. The Truth About a Girl is the story of four gays and lesbians, who each find themselves embracing a community of Pride they didn't know existed. The Truth About a Girl is grittier and more intense that the gay classic, Tales of the City -- but it too chronicles the triumph of the LGBTQ+ community -- reimagining the world by speaking their truth. Advance Praise: The Truth About a Girl is such a good story. Full stop! Scooter is a wonderfully sympathetic character -- quick witted and feisty! --- K.M.The Truth About a Girl is a beautiful character study of four courageous people. It is so well done! -- L.M.
Regiment of Women
Regiment of Women (1917) is a novel by Winifred Ashton. Written using the pseudonym Clemence Dane, Regiment of Women was Ashton's debut novel and a turning point in her career. Deriving its title from an anti-feminist polemic written by 16th century minister John Knox, Ashton's novel depicts a doomed romance between two intelligent, strong-willed women living in Edwardian England. Recognized as a pioneering work of lesbian literature, Regiment of Women would inspire famed novelist Radclyffe Hall to write her groundbreaking novel The Well of Loneliness (1928). Early on in her days as a teacher at a prestigious private school for girls, Alwynne Durand, a young woman new to the profession, is made aware of the lofty status of Clare Hartill, a popular teacher among the schoolgirls. Primed to take over as headmistress, Hartill has a reputation as a strict instructor who pushes her students to the limit of their abilities, often resulting in their adoration and respect. Soon, Alwynne and Clare become close friends, frequently visiting one another outside of school-much to the dismay of Alwynne's aunt and legal guardian Elsbeth. As their relationship grows more and more romantic, Alwynne begins spending most of her spare time at Clare's flat, leading her aunt to devise a scheme to drive them apart. When an unrelated tragedy occurs at the school, a change in Clare's demeanor threatens her relationship with Alwynne, who finds her companion growing increasingly harsh and distant. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Winifred Ashton's Regiment of Women is a classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
Cinderellis
From the Amazon bestselling dual finalist in the prestigious 2019 Romance Writers of America(R) Golden Heart(R) contest and seven-time 1st place Romance Writers of America(R) award-winning contemporary male/male romance author comes the next installment of her Once Upon a Vegas Night fairy tale reimagining series.As the son of music industry royalty and a famous rock star in his own right, Henry "Cinder" Cinderford has spent his life on the road. Craving stability, he signs on to do a special limited engagement in Las Vegas and plans to spend the next six months discovering the meaning of home.After losing his mom at a young age, Ellis Tremaine survived a childhood with an abusive stepfather who took out his anger on the son he never wanted. Nearly two decades later, Ellis continues to struggle against the emotional manipulations of his family, even in his career. But when he meets none other than the Prince of Pop himself, things start to change.From attraction to friendship to something so much more, Ellis and Cinder become the celebrity 'ship known as "Cinderellis." But when reality threatens their storybook romance, all they can do is hope there really is a happily ever after for every once upon a time.
Bears in the Woods
The secluded rental cabin offers Jim Traynor exactly what he needs: peace and quiet to finish his latest book, and maybe a little inspiration for a new series. There's even a little dog named Buster to provide an adorable distraction. Buster's owners, however, bring distraction of a very different kind. Jim's determination to focus on his work doesn't stop his delicious fantasies, but each new encounter with Julian and Michael makes him forcefully aware of the aching desire building within him.Julian and Michael have built a wonderful life together. Then Jim's arrival rocks it to its foundations. Julian is drawn to the quiet writer, aware of an intensifying connection between them. Michael feels that same magnetic pull, but remains haunted by the past: they've been down this road before. Reaching the end of it broke Julian's heart, something Michael will not let happen again. He strives to be the strong one, but with every passing night, he's falling for Jim just as hard as Julian is.Both men know Jim can only hurt them if they let him in. The trouble is, Jim might already be through that door. If he is, the day will come when he'll walk right back out of it.Only this time, how many hearts will be broken?*The bears featured in this story are strictly of the human variety. Any resemblance to bear shifters - okay, they're furry - is purely coincidental.
Infraction
Marya Zhukova is a woman of many passions. Her husband isn't one of them. It's mathematics and literature that captivate her, in part, but her lover, Vera, enthralls her most of all. These are, however, all dangerous obsessions in the socially turbulent St. Petersburg of 1875. Marya is the fiery center of a small solar system of characters, each of whom depends on her to light their own lives. There is her aunt Lidia, a spinster who, dying of consumption, exacts from her niece a promise to marry. There is Grigorii, Marya's one-time math teacher, who longs for his former pupil to achieve the scholarly glory he cannot. There is Vera, a young tutor surprised to find she's fallen in love with a woman. There is Sergei, an earnest librarian captivated by Marya and willing to do whatever it takes to be near her, even if that means a platonic marriage. But when Sergei is consumed with desire for Marya, his anguish over the promise he made sets in motion a deadly chain of events. St. Petersburg itself adds a richness to these characters as they walk and muse along the city's canals or bounce along the rutted streets behind a hardy droshky driver on their way to dine at Privato or Leiner's Deli or to watch ballet at the Marinsky Theater. Inspired by a real-life account, Infraction takes place at a time when women who yearn for more find that freedom comes at a cost.Praise for Infraction"Infraction re-creates 19th-century Russia and what it was like to be a woman who loved women in that time and place. Marya, Yvonne Zipter's brilliant and feisty young heroine, lives through the excitement of revolutionary new ideas about women's rights, the delirium of passionate same-sex love, and the anguish caused by a society's refusal to acknowledge and honor women's relationships. Through Zipter's vivid and compelling writing, we walk every step of the way with Marya."- Lillian Faderman, author of Surpassing the Love of Men, Odd Girls and TwilightLovers, and Naked in the Promised Land"Infraction, the first novel by accomplished poet and nationally syndicated columnist Yvonne Zipter, is a poignant tale of suppressed yearning and potential. In 19th-century Russia, which is more of an infraction for Marya Zhukova, her love for mathematics or for a woman? Zipter's evocative book is based on a true story of a gifted gay geometer who was forbidden to follow both her head and her heart. Infraction will leave you reeling for how much has been squandered in the name of tradition and status quo."- Mary Kay Zuravleff, author of Man Alive! and The Bowl Is Already Broken"Part adventure story, part cautionary tale, Infraction opens a door on the inner lives of women in 19th-century Russia whose desire to love and to live a life of the mind comes at a price. Daring, delightful, and dangerous, filled with vivid details and keen emotional insight, Zipter's novel is an important and intriguing exploration of the forbidden and transgressive at a time when what was not spoken too often hid a life-or-death truth."-Kim Barnes, author of In the Kingdom of Men"With elegant prose and authentic period detail, Yvonne Zipter's Infraction brings to vibrant life an aspect of tzarist Russian society all-too frequently ignored: women's same-sex romances and struggles to secure the dignity of independence."- Daniel M. Jaffe, translator of the best-selling Russian novel, Here Comes the Messiah!
A Prison In The Sun
After ghostwriter Trevor Moore rents an old farmhouse in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, he moves in to find his muse.But instead of creative inspiration, he discovers a rucksack filled with cash. Who does it belong to, and what should he do with it?Struggling to make up his mind, Trevor gradually finds more clues, and unravels the harrowing true story of a little-known concentration camp that incarcerated gay men in the 1950s and 60s.
Loophole Ex Machina
"There's Always a Loophole."Months after the Ahedrian murders, Emery Luple's back in Seattle living his normal life. Which is anything but normal. As an incarnate-an urban legend come to life-his day job is to debunk the very existence of his kind to keep them safe from the world at large.So when he's contacted to debunk a legend about a gateway to the underworld in a local cemetery, Emery never stops to consider he might be in over his head. He's more concerned with trying to keep date night plans with Caden, while contending with the return of ancient enemies, his own unpredictable powers, and incarnate abductions.But people start dying, and Emery and those he loves are in danger. As events begin to snowball out of control, he realizes he'll need to find a solution-or at least a loophole-to save Caden and himself from horrible deaths.
Teammates
The Dart's first season was a success. But as they make preparations for their new season, complications are inevitable. Tessa's wrestling with her feelings for Fitz. Dawn and Michelle face their own parenting challenges. And Fitz forced her to decide what she is willing to endure in the name of saving her marriage. Can they run a successful hockey team while balancing their real-life problems, or will something have to give?
Margins and Murmurations
Characters typically absent from mainstream fiction take centre stage in this action packed story, bringing their fabulous complexity to the front-lines. After the economic crises of the 2020s, a corner of Europe known only as the State has become a monoculture of gender, sexuality, ability and race. Forced to leave their home, Ash and Pinar, elder leaders of the Resistance, have made a new, quieter life in the forest. But nothing lasts forever.These best friends answer the calls of the past - and the future - to rejoin their community and face their oppressors head on. As a movement, they organise for dignity and self-determination. Together, they fight to survive.
Heroine Of Her Own Life
In early 20th century Belfast, working class Meg Preston struggles to accept her own sexuality and yearns for forbidden love.Battling the customs and hardships of their time, Meg pursues a relationship with her childhood friend, Lillian Watson. But soon, tribulations of war, violence, and emigration threaten to tear everything apart.Seeking refuge for herself, her love, and her family, can Meg find the courage to become the heroine of her own life?
In Our Words
In Our Words: Queer Stories from Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Writers is a thoughtfully curated collection of short stories at the intersection of racial and queer identity. Comprising both the renowned and emerging voices of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color authors, across multiple countries, and diverse in style, perspective, and theme, In Our Words reflects the complexity and diversity of human experience.
Heroine Of Her Own Life
In early 20th century Belfast, working class Meg Preston struggles to accept her own sexuality and yearns for forbidden love.Battling the customs and hardships of their time, Meg pursues a relationship with her childhood friend, Lillian Watson. But soon, tribulations of war, violence, and emigration threaten to tear everything apart.Seeking refuge for herself, her love, and her family, can Meg find the courage to become the heroine of her own life?This is the large print edition of Heroine Of Her Own Life, with a larger font / typeface for easier reading.
Heroine Of Her Own Life
In early 20th century Belfast, working class Meg Preston struggles to accept her own sexuality and yearns for forbidden love.Battling the customs and hardships of their time, Meg pursues a relationship with her childhood friend, Lillian Watson. But soon, tribulations of war, violence, and emigration threaten to tear everything apart.Seeking refuge for herself, her love, and her family, can Meg find the courage to become the heroine of her own life?This is the large print edition of Heroine Of Her Own Life, with a larger font / typeface for easier reading.
Valiente
Ever since his beloved father's unexpected death and his best friend's suicide, high school athletic phenom Chente Jimenez has been shutting out his family and friends in an attempt to protect his shattered soul. When Chente decides to take a midnight jog on a sleepless, snowy night, he never imagines that his surprising encounter with his first-year basketball coach at a city park will unleash a series of events that will test his fortitude, challenge his courage, and awaken feelings he has guarded and suppressed all his life. While immersed in the final semester of his senior year, Chente soon becomes overwhelmed by the pressures of being an all-American boy, choosing the right college, and hiding his emerging homoerotic feelings from family and friends. Now as the Avalon High School basketball team races toward their first state championship, their starting-point guard must battle locker room homophobia and cyberbullying while attempting to boldly embrace his truth and become, Valiente. In this coming-of-age tale, a high school athlete must face a mirror of truth that shows him a reflection he must come to terms with before he can move forward in life.
A Prison In The Sun
After ghostwriter Trevor Moore rents an old farmhouse in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, he moves in to find his muse.But instead of creative inspiration, he discovers a rucksack filled with cash. Who does it belong to, and what should he do with it?Struggling to make up his mind, Trevor gradually finds more clues, and unravels the harrowing true story of a little-known concentration camp that incarcerated gay men in the 1950s and 60s.This is the large print edition of A Prison In The Sun, with a larger font / typeface for easier reading.
A Prison In The Sun
After ghostwriter Trevor Moore rents an old farmhouse in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, he moves in to find his muse.But instead of creative inspiration, he discovers a rucksack filled with cash. Who does it belong to, and what should he do with it?Struggling to make up his mind, Trevor gradually finds more clues, and unravels the harrowing true story of a little-known concentration camp that incarcerated gay men in the 1950s and 60s.This is the large print edition of A Prison In The Sun, with a larger font / typeface for easier reading.
Valiente
Ever since his beloved father's unexpected death and his best friend's suicide, high school athletic phenom Chente Jimenez has been shutting out his family and friends in an attempt to protect his shattered soul. When Chente decides to take a midnight jog on a sleepless, snowy night, he never imagines that his surprising encounter with his first-year basketball coach at a city park will unleash a series of events that will test his fortitude, challenge his courage, and awaken feelings he has guarded and suppressed all his life. While immersed in the final semester of his senior year, Chente soon becomes overwhelmed by the pressures of being an all-American boy, choosing the right college, and hiding his emerging homoerotic feelings from family and friends. Now as the Avalon High School basketball team races toward their first state championship, their starting-point guard must battle locker room homophobia and cyberbullying while attempting to boldly embrace his truth and become, Valiente. In this coming-of-age tale, a high school athlete must face a mirror of truth that shows him a reflection he must come to terms with before he can move forward in life.
The Heiress
"Greeley's storytelling is intricate, masterly, and delightfully imaginative. Highly recommended."--Library Journal (starred review) In this gorgeously written and spellbinding historical novel based on Pride and Prejudice, the author of The Clergyman's Wife combines the knowing eye of Jane Austen with the eroticism and Gothic intrigue of Sarah Waters to reimagine the life of the mysterious Anne de Bourgh.As a fussy baby, Anne de Bourgh was prescribed laudanum to quiet her, and now the young woman must take the opium-heavy tincture every day. Growing up sheltered and confined, removed from sunshine and fresh air, the pale and overly slender Anne grew up with few companions except her cousins, including Fitzwilliam Darcy. Throughout their childhoods, it was understood that Darcy and Anne would marry and combine their vast estates of Pemberley and Rosings. But Darcy does not love Anne or want her.After her father dies unexpectedly, leaving her his vast fortune, Anne has a moment of clarity: what if her life of fragility and illness isn't truly real? What if she could free herself from the medicine that clouds her sharp mind and leaves her body weak and lethargic? Might there be a better life without the medicine she has been told she cannot live without?In a frenzy of desperation, Anne discards her laudanum and flees to the London home of her cousin, Colonel John Fitzwilliam, who helps her through her painful recovery. Yet once she returns to health, new challenges await. Shy and utterly inexperienced, the wealthy heiress must forge a new identity for herself, learning to navigate a "season" in society and the complexities of love and passion. The once wan, passive Anne gives way to a braver woman with a keen edge--leading to a powerful reckoning with the domineering mother determined to control Anne's fortune . . . and her life.An extraordinary tale of one woman's liberation, The Heiress reveals both the darkness and light in Austen's world, with wit, sensuality, and a deeply compassionate understanding of the human heart.
Green Grass
The heart of Green Grass spans 1885 in the Deep South to Upstate, New York in 1927. Anna, a key narrator in 1945 tells us the past of her family and friends. The story intersects people who have suffered loss, and abuses inherited down through the decades, and how they chose to handle them. It is also a story of self-discovery, and there is a strong element of lesbianism, and a non-graphic thread of sex-trade in the early 1900's that enters.This novella tells the story of a family's trauma and a town's shame through the eyes of the narrator Anna.
A Blind Eye
Babe thought he had done all the right things. He works a respectable job, owns his own home, pays his taxes, and throws jury duty summonses in the trash just like every other fellow American. He even stays faithful to his promiscuous boyfriend. But even through all of the right things, he is unsatisfied with his life.Chance, an Eminem wannabe, drops his pants low and listens to hip hop to show his alliance with Black culture, but Babe has to learn to accept him as more than the "W" word: a wigger.Alise and her special-needs son, Rueben, have been evicted and reduced to living in a car when her husband runs out on them. They now have to rebuild their lives after losing all their earthly possessions.Babe finds that Alise and Chance may represent an opportunity for a fresh start as they navigate the intricacies of race relations, working class disillusionment, and mental health.
A Prison In The Sun
After ghostwriter Trevor Moore rents an old farmhouse in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, he moves in to find his muse.But instead of creative inspiration, he discovers a rucksack filled with cash. Who does it belong to, and what should he do with it?Struggling to make up his mind, Trevor gradually finds more clues, and unravels the harrowing true story of a little-known concentration camp that incarcerated gay men in the 1950s and 60s.★★★★★ - Readers' Favorite Awards
Our First and Last
When a cute nurse needs to be saved during his shift in the Pride kissing booth, he's rescued by a man he least expects. Now he just needs to figure out how to achieve the future he wants, one that will lead to a happily ever after and a place he can call home. Ian Haughton is a loveable, hardworking nurse. He's ready for a change and wants to escape and start afresh in the small community of towns he's grown to love-Kirkby being at the heart. When the new annual Pride festival launches in this small-town community, Ian is happy to be involved but reluctant to be the lips needed to draw in the crowds at the kissing booth. That is until one man's lips save him from an uncomfortable moment and end up turning his world on its head. With miles separating Ian from the future he so desperately wants, he has no idea how he can make it all work out, especially when someone appears to be driving a wedge in his plans.Some surprises are unexpected, while some revelations come with the sweetest of first-and last-kisses.Our First and Last is a feel-good sexy M/M romance in Becca Seymour's bestselling True-Blue series. It can be read as a stand-alone novella, but it's recommended you read book four, Thinking It Over, first so you have a better understanding of the wonderful characters in this world.
A Prison In The Sun
After ghostwriter Trevor Moore rents an old farmhouse in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, he moves in to find his muse.But instead of creative inspiration, he discovers a rucksack filled with cash. Who does it belong to, and what should he do with it?Struggling to make up his mind, Trevor gradually finds more clues, and unravels the harrowing true story of a little-known concentration camp that incarcerated gay men in the 1950s and 60s.★★★★★ - Readers' Favorite Awards
Identity Interrupted
Solei was perfectly content living the life of a party girl until her mother kicked her out for the hundredth time. Determined to establish her independence, she takes on questionable work for great money but at the cost of her self-respect and getting sucked into the dark side of TLC. When someone at work finally makes her forget about her ex-girlfriend, Solei is convinced she is ready to love again. That is until her new girlfriend decides she's not really a lesbian and puts the pressure on Solei to solve their problem, where nothing is off-limits on her search for a normal relationship. Follow these teenage girls exposed to the underground and gritty side of New York City while battling internal struggles and self-doubt.Identity Interrupted is a provocative, coming-of-age novel of toxic love, family dynamics, and the subtle ways our friendships save us from ourselves in a way that is as singular as it is universal.
Escal-Vigor
Escal-Vigor (1899) is a novel by Georges Eekhoud. Recognized as a groundbreaking work of LGBTQ literature, Escal-Vigor was praised by some of Belgium's leading critics upon publication, but also led to a trial in which Eekhoud was accused of obscenity. Acquitted, he managed to retain his reputation as a leading writer in Belgium and continued publishing novels and stories, often on homosexuality, until his death in 1927. "Henry, whose nature was passionate and philosophy audacious, told himself, not without reason, that through his affinities, he would feel himself at home amid these beautifully barbarous surroundings, where natural instincts reigned." Having lived freely around Europe, Henry Kehlmark returns to his family's ancestral home, ready to settle down in the role of Dykgrave, or Count. Soon, however, his cosmopolitan ways draw the attention of the local villagers, who mistrust Henry and question his intentions. When the Count strikes up a romantic relationship with the burgomaster's son, an impressionable youth, he risks violent reprisal as a homosexual living in proximity to a traditional, insular people. For once in his life, however, Henry feels like he can be himself, living truthfully and without fear, able to separate himself from the pressures that dogged so many of his loved ones, now deceased. When word of their relationship gets out, however, Henry discovers the limits of provincial hospitality. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Georges Eekhoud's Escal-Vigor is a classic work of Belgian literature reimagined for modern readers.
The Murder Next Door
A queer historical murder mystery that explores notions of justice and morality, driven by compelling flawed characters.In the summer of 1912 in Northern England, sapphic couple Louisa Knight and Ada Chapman are drawn into the investigation of their neighbour's murder.The police quickly declare his wife the obvious suspect. Ada, however, questions whether she could be innocent.The same as Ada's former lover - now in gaol for manslaughter - claims to be.Louisa is less certain, and less keen to investigate, but finds herself pulled along by the mystery of it all.These reactions reflect their differing personalities. Ada is artistic, impulsive and fiery, whilst Louisa is pragmatic, clever and dry witted. She is also asexual - a word not available to her - and Ada is not. Due to these differences, their relationship is a careful balancing act and both harbour fears that this investigation could push them over the edge.It doesn't help that what they learn about Mr Pearce paints him as a selfish man who cared little for the hurt he caused others. His wife is not the only woman with good reason to want him dead, and the couple are forced to ask themselves questions about the morality of the situation and the legal system that will ensnare the guilty party.This book would appeal to both fans of historical mysteries and LGBTQA+ fiction.
Fairytales From Verania
New York Times bestselling author TJ Klune invites you back to the land of Verania in a new collection of short stories starring the beloved characters from the Tales of Verania series.In the opening story-The Unicorn in the Tower-Gary is a princess trapped in a stone tower by the evil Lady Tina DeSilva, who plans on sacrificing him on the first full moon after his eighteenth birthday. With help from his friends-a bird named Tiggy and a mangy weasel called Sam-Gary interviews potential suitors to rescue him and love him above all others, as he so rightly deserves.The Unicorn in the Tower is followed by Sam and the Beanstalk, wherein a poor farm boy exchanges his family's bull for magical beans and the promise of treasure in the sky. But when he climbs the beanstalk, Sam finds things are not as he expected them to be.The Good Boy sees Todd and his immaculate ears taking center stage. When Todd's father dies, he leaves his son in the care of his evil stepmother and two stepsiblings who live to make Todd's life a living hell. It's not until the household receives an invitation to attend a ball for the mysterious Sir that Todd begins to wish for a life beyond what he knows.David's Dragon, the final-and only canonical-tale, is set a thousand years before the rise of the Dark wizard Myrin. It begins simply: a lonely boy in a small village befriends a dragon. What follows is a story of love and sacrifice, hope and heartbreak, and what it means to earn your place amongst the stars.Welcome back to Verania. It's going to be a hell of a ride.
Constelis Voss Vol. 1
The series opens on a dystopic planet-sized ship in the far future, where a very advanced android receives a personality file from the 90s. He is the only one of his kind.His name is Alex, and in his quest for understanding just how he got to be an android-and on the planet-sized ship known as CONSTELIS VOSS-he finds curiously familiar faces who help him color in the blanks.As the coincidences pile up-friends, objects, scenes, motifs, and tropes-they start to form a pattern. A pattern that's set against the backdrop of a dystopian, corrupt civilization, with a conveniently very-evil villain.A pattern that seems, in all its madness, to be directly linked to him.Something is pulling the strings, and figuring out the mystery is the only way to save himself, his friends, and the future of the very human race itself.But will he be able solve the mystery without losing himself-and his friends-in the process? The road to hell is paved with good intentions, after all.Welcome to Constelis Voss, the anime-inspired, psychological sci-fi trilogy nobody asked for, but everyone (probably) deserves.
Revenge of the Marquis Cartel
This book is the last of the trilogy, which covers love, passion, death, violence, destruction, and the creation of the largest cartel in the Caribbean Sea, The Marquis Cartel. It was able to exist due to the support of two major crime organizations being that of the Black Disciples and King's Jamaican Cutthroats. Ron, Jim, David were known as the powerbrokers of the Marquis Cartel. They were targeted for assassination by El Capo and his Cartel. Jim's loss of his second lover, Ron, puts him in a downward spiral leading him to emotional ruin along with his imprisonment. His life has never changed this dramatically. The once highly respected Marquis Cartel now sits paralyzed, waiting for its leaders to reappear.
Betram Cope’s Year
Bertram Cope's Year (1919) is a novel by Henry Blake Fuller. Having established himself as a leading figure in Chicago's burgeoning literary scene, Fuller-a pioneer of American realist fiction-produced this late masterpiece, often considered one the nation's earliest homosexual novels. Both profound and funny, Bertram Cope's Year is a classic campus story that critiques the social lives of academics while emphasizing the struggles of its intelligent young hero. "Of course, there is no more reason for assuming that every man will make a good lover than that every woman will make a good mother or a good housekeeper. Or that every adult male will make a good citizen....I don't feel that I'm an especially creditable one. So it runs. We ground our general life on theories, and then the facts come up and slap us in the face." Where theories fail, experience is all that remains. For Bertram Cope, a promising young English instructor, this truth proves both enticing and dangerous-searching for recognition, he suffers from self-doubt; searching for love, he finds romance wherever he turns. As he balances his work alongside affairs with older men and women, as well as some fleeting matches with women his own age, Bertram finds himself longing for his old friend Arthur Lemoyne, perhaps the only person who has always treated him as human. Hilarious and heartfelt, Bertram Cope's Year is a groundbreaking work of queer literature that continues to entertain and inform over a century after it was published. This edition of Henry Blake Fuller's Bertram Cope's Year is a classic work of queer American literature reimagined for modern readers. Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.
Heroine Of Her Own Life
In early 20th century Belfast, working class Meg Preston struggles to accept her own sexuality and yearns for forbidden love.Battling the customs and hardships of their time, Meg pursues a relationship with her childhood friend, Lillian Watson. But soon, tribulations of war, violence, and emigration threaten to tear everything apart.Seeking refuge for herself, her love, and her family, can Meg find the courage to become the heroine of her own life?
Crystal’s House of Queers
"The heady mix of teenaged desire, confusion, and conviction are convincing. This story of found family brims with high drama." -PUBLISHER'S WEEKLYGOLD Medal Literary TitanBRONZE Medal Reader's Favorite International Book Award-LGBTQ Fiction Three senior girls in rural Alaska escape their abusive pasts by raising their dyke flag for themselves and their community.Crystal Rose woke up at three in the morning today, drenched in sweat and breathless after another sex dream with Haley Carson. Later at school in the tiny town of Clear, Alaska, Crystal saves Haley from an assault by her abusive boyfriend.The two girls renew a love started years ago that had to stay hidden until now. But with Crystal's grandparents in the hospital with Covid and the possibility of her drug addict parents returning from a 14-year absence, Crystal needs Haley as much as she needs Crystal.They connect with Payton Reed, a gun-toting artist who helps them feel proud to be gay and willing to stand up to anyone. Together they struggle to make Crystal's house safe for those who are hated for their love.
Every Time We Meet
Heidi's life may be a complicated balancing act between work, her kids, and a messy relationship with her ex. But all that is about to change when she proposes to her long-time girlfriend at the top of the hill during the annual Lilac Festival. What could be more romantic?When nothing about her day goes according to plan, and her proposal is rejected, Heidi is devastated. She confesses her one wish to a stranger on a park bench: to have the whole day over again. Little does she know, this will set her on an endless loop of reliving it, each time hoping for a different outcome.As Heidi replays the events, she confronts her own poor choices and actions. Now she must figure out how to make things right if she hopes to break the cycle and find true love before time runs out.
A Marriage Below Zero
A Marriage Below Zero (1889) is a novel by Alan Dale. Recognized as one of the first English language novels to openly depict homosexuality, the novel is a poignant study of the institution of marriage and the policing of desire in Victorian England. Rejected by contemporary critics as "unconventional" for its depiction of "monstrous forms of human voice," A Marriage Below Zero would later earn Dale a reputation as a pioneering author whose exploration of homosexual romance, however tragic its consequences, set the stage for generations of artists to come. "He reddened slightly. 'Captain Dillington always enjoys himself, ' he said quietly. 'He is very happy in society." [...] 'How rarely you find two really sincere friends, ' I remarked, rather sentimentally. 'The present time seems to be wonderfully unsuited to such a tie.' 'That is true'-very laconically. 'I think there is nothing so beautiful as friendship, ' I went on, with persistence. 'You have heard of Damon and Pythias, ' he said quickly, reading me like a book. I blushed deeply and was then furiously angry with myself. 'I don't mind, ' he went on. 'Make all the fun of us you like.'" Referring to the ancient Greek story of Damon and Pythias, whose names became synonymous with ideal male friendship, Elsie shows herself to be rather na簿ve regarding the nature of Arthur Ravener's relationship with Captain Dillington. Despite this lack of clarity, Elsie Bouverie finds herself attracted to the handsome young man, and soon they are married. As she begins to grow suspicious about his sexual appetites, she hires a private investigator to follow the two friends, unwittingly welcoming tragedy into their lives. This edition of Alan Dale's A Marriage Below Zero is a classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers. Since our inception in 2020, Mint Editions has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh, professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover, all while maintaining the integrity of the original book. With thousands of titles in our collection, we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works, curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.
The Western Shore
The Western Shore (1925) is a novel by Clarkson Crane. Written while the author was living in a cramped Paris apartment, The Western Shore appeared at an exciting time of literary experimentation and achievement among American expatriates in Europe. Condemned for its realistic portrayal of campus life, featuring homosexual characters and sharp critiques of government and academic institutions, The Western Shore proved a costly gamble for Crane's literary career. Although he would publish several more novels throughout his lifetime, Crane never achieved the recognition he deserved as a pioneering LGBTQ figure in American literature. Most novels of American college life focus on the nostalgia of the campus experience, the parties, friendships, and romances which accumulate to shape and change young lives, for better and for worse. In The Western Shore, Clarkson Crane refuses to look back on his undergraduate days with rose-tinted glasses, instead presenting a warts-and-all portrait of his diverse cast of characters. Milton Granger comes from a prominent family of intellectuals and academics. Carl Werner, a veteran of the First World War, struggles to obtain health benefits from the government he risked his life to serve. George Towne, a poor student and unrepentant cheater, tries not to flunk out of Berkeley for the third-and likely final-time. Perhaps most interesting of all is the lecturer Burton, an openly gay man who makes an impression on his students-Granger most of all. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Clarkson Crane's The Western Shore is a classic work of American literature reimagined for modern readers.
Heroine Of Her Own Life
In early 20th century Belfast, working class Meg Preston struggles to accept her own sexuality and yearns for forbidden love.Battling the customs and hardships of their time, Meg pursues a relationship with her childhood friend, Lillian Watson. But soon, tribulations of war, violence, and emigration threaten to tear everything apart.Seeking refuge for herself, her love, and her family, can Meg find the courage to become the heroine of her own life?
Origins
Jamis is still healing from her last adventure when she's pulled into another dangerous mystery.There's an inherited house in the middle of the Arizona desert and a strange spirit visiting the new owners at nighttime, repeating, "She knows." There's a living person creating mayhem. There's a demon whispering in Jamis's ear. Behind it all is a woman Jamis only glimpses in shadows.Somehow, it's all connected to Jerome, Arizona, where Jamis witnessed a terrifying vision years before. Jamis is about to learn her path wasn't arbitrary and the truth of her origins as a ghost hunter. But will she and her new relationship withstand the answers she finds?
Pursuit
Handsome, intelligent, street-smart, ruthlessly ambitious, and omnisexual, young Addison Grimmins has been hired by the Lord Exchequer of England to be his second and to do what Lord R. cannot do himself. After a country estate wedding, the Marchioness of R. is discovered missing. Is it a kidnapping or...a more sinister plot? Addison vows to find her and bring her back no matter what it takes. It is the 1880s and despite only letters, bribed information, and telegrams as communication; despite only horse, coach, and train service as transportation, Addison tracks Lady R. across Europe, via the strangest people and places: from Venetian palaces to opium dens. Who and what he discovers about her, and more fatefully about his own life, will lead Addison to the crisis of his life, an extraordinary decision, and a stiletto duel with his most implacable foe.
Barter Economy
2020 changed everything.For the better.Spring 2020 was as different as anything Kanta had ever experienced, including transitioning. She really wasn't sure how she'd survive until things got back to normal. No one was.Thing was, she wasn't all that sure she wanted "normal" when she got to barter brownies for jambalaya and home-bakes sourdough bread with her downstairs neighbors. Everyone in the apartment building was terrified, sure, but they were all so kind.Especially Avia who was bright and cheerful and so enthusiastic as she ran errands, carried mountains of traded food around, and beamed so beautifully behind her Hawaiian-print mask.Kanta could get used to a world that included Avia smiling up at her that way.
Mergers & Acquisitions
New York attorney Teague Whitaker is so close to making equity partnership he can taste it. He's spent two years cultivating a relationship with the Avenstone Group and he's finally landed them, bringing in a big-money deal in a big-money industry. Jason Kovacs is...from Jersey. He's been a barista, a bike messenger, a third-shift stocker at D'Agostino. He tries out new jobs and quits them all the time, not because he hates them, but because he doesn't love them. But that changes when he lands a job dancing at The Wiggle Room. When Teague bellies up to the bar, Jason can tell he's had a bad, bad day. Jason also knows money when he sees it, so he swoops in on the polished hottie, hoping to make bank. Stunned by the unexpected loss of his career-making deal, Teague is there to drink. He's looking for a distraction, and chatting up the buff and pretty boy that just swiped the cherry from his whiskey sour is a damn good start.Neither expects sparks to fly with one unplanned kiss, but that's just the beginning of the unexpected for Teague and Jason. They're from the same city, but they're living in two different worlds. Their relationship may be unconventional, but if they can meet in the middle-halfway between Wall Street and Jersey-they just might make it work.
How to Steal a Star
Margot Sullivan was ready to give up on her dreams, but a risky invitation could give her everything she's ever wanted. For a price.Ten years ago, Margot Sullivan's dreams literally crashed to Earth with the destruction of the International Space Station. With all missions canceled and humanity cut off from space, she moved on. She bought an airline and has spent the years since flying charters over the Rockies and trying to forget how close she came to being an astronaut. When an ambitious private project succeeds in clearing away enough debris to make space travel possible again, Margot is devastated to learn she won't even be considered for future missions. She tries to make peace with the fact that she's lost her last chance to reach the stars and move on.Until the day a mysterious woman appears in the airport with a proposition. An unsanctioned mission. Untested technology. And the possibility their endeavor will end with them either dead or in prison.But for a chance to see the stars, how could she refuse?
