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Publication Date:  March 30, 2021 Format:  Audio Genre:   Legal Thriller  Narrators:  Marguerite Gavin Publisher:  Recorded Books  Length:   10 hours 11 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Erin McCabe has been referred the biggest case of her career. Four months ago, William E. Townsend, Jr., son of a New Jersey State Senator, was found fatally stabbed in a rundown motel near Atlantic City. Sharise Barnes, a nineteen-year-old transgender prostitute, is in custody, and given the evidence, there seems little doubt of a guilty verdict.   As a trans woman herself, Erin knows that defending Sharise will blow her own private life wide open, and doubtless deepen her estrangement from her family. Yet she f...

  Format:  Audio/Kindle Genre:   Romance   Narrators:  Cindy Kay, Aiden Stone Publisher: Tantor Audio/Self Published Buy:  Kindle   Synopsis TWISTED LOVE: Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can’t escape. Driven by a tragedy that has haunted him for most of his life, his ruthless pursuits for success and vengeance leave little room for matters of the heart. But when he’s forced to look after his best friend’s sister, he starts to feel something in his chest: A crack. A melt. A fire that could end his world as he knew it. *** Ava Chen is a free spirit trapped by nightmares of a childhood she can’t remember. But despite her broken past, she’s never stopped seeing the beauty in the world…including the heart beneath the icy exterior of a man she shouldn’t ...

  Publication Date:  March 17, 2016 Format:  Kindle Genre:    LGBTQ, Romance Publisher:  Independently published Length:  347  pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis Joss Perrault left Sky, Colorado after high school with no intention of ever returning, but all that changes when she inherits Atramentum. Burned out on public accounting after too many sixteen-hour days, the allure of operating a small, independent bookstore is too tempting to resist, and Joss decides to walk away from the career she spent the last decade building to move back to the resort town high in the Rockies. Cupid strikes as she’s moving into her new place outside Sky and, contrary to popular belief, Cupid has four legs and a tail, hits l...

  Publication Date:  August 28 2018 Format:  Kindle Genre:   YA, LGBTQ, Publisher:  Scholastic Length:  352  pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis In the companion to  Openly Straight , Ben confronts pressure at school, repression at home, and his passion for two very different people in figuring out what it takes to be  Honestly Ben . Ben Carver is back to normal. He's working steadily in his classes at the Natick School. He just got elected captain of the baseball team. He's even won a full scholarship to college, if he can keep up his grades. All that foolishness with Rafe Goldberg the past semester is in the past.Except...There's Hannah, the gorgeous girl from the neighboring school, who attracts him and ...

Publication Date:  May 31, 2022 Format:  Audio Genre:   Memoir  Narrators:  Colton Haynes Publisher:  Simon & Schuster Audio Length:  6 hours 22 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Four years ago, Colton Haynes woke up in a hospital. He’d had two seizures, lost the sight in one eye, almost ruptured a kidney, and been put on an involuntary psychiatry hold. Not yet thirty, he knew he had to take stock of his life and make some serious changes if he wanted to see his next birthday. As he worked towards sobriety, Haynes allowed himself to become vulnerable for the first time in years and with that, discovered profound self-awareness. He had millions of social media followers who constantly told him they lov...

Publication Date:  May 28 2013 Format:  Kindle Genre:   YA, LGBTQ, Publisher:  Scholastic Length:  339  pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis Rafe is a normal teenager from Boulder, Colorado. He plays soccer. He's won skiing prizes. He likes to write.And, oh yeah, he's gay. He's been out since 8th grade, and he isn't teased, and he goes to other high schools and talks about tolerance and stuff. And while that's important, all Rafe really wants is to just be a regular guy. Not that GAY guy. To have it be a part of who he is, but not the headline, every single time.So when he transfers to an all-boys' boarding school in New England, he decides to keep his sexuality a secret -- not so much going back in the closet as starting over with a clean sla...

  Publication Date:  March 26, 2013 Format:  Audio Genre:   Paranormal Romance, Narrators:  Jim Frangione Publisher:  Penguin Audio Length:  22 hours 23 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Qhuinn, son of no one, is used to being on his own. Disavowed from his bloodline, shunned by the aristocracy, he has found an identity as a brutal fighter in the war against the Lessening Society. But his life is not complete. Even as the prospect of having a family of his own seems within reach, he is empty on the inside, his heart given to another... Blay, after years of unrequited love, has moved on from his feelings for Qhuinn. And it’s about time: It seems Qhuinn has found his perfect match in a Chosen female, and they are going to ...

  Publication Date:  March 22, 2022 Format:  Kindle Genre:   MM Romance Publisher:  Wild One Press Length:  385 pages Buy:    Kindle | Paperback  Synopsis Sometimes love is where you least expect it, and sometimes it's right where you left it . Widower, Max Hartwell, is barely keeping it together, being a single dad, managing his law firm, and navigating life's chaos. Life after loss is too difficult for surprises, which is why Max would be lost without his reliable best friend and neighbor, Jack. Best pitcher in the MLB, Jack Spears, is at the top of his game. He has it all, except for the one thing he wants most, which happens to be the one thing he can't have if he doesn't want his private life to overshadow his career - love. Whe...

My NOT So Anonymous Best Friend Elizabeth Arroyo Publication date: April 29th 2022 Genres: LGBTQ+, Romance, Young Adult Noah aka NOS2321: Gamer. Weeb. Up-and-coming rock star. And gay. Encouraged by his anonymous pen pal, XES6969, Noah takes the leap and comes out of the closet—no instructions needed—accidentally sending his father to the hospital during his reveal. Despite his horrible dating track record which included two girls (because it was required that he at least try) and one boy (because he had to start somewhere), Noah believes in happily ever after. That belief gets tested when he falls for Evan Santiago. Evan aka XES6969, believes in sacrificing yourself for those you love. Learning NOS’s identity hadn’t been his fault. Except he carries the lie which begins to fester, trapping him into silence. When a stray football brings them together, Evan no longer wants to keep silent. And when he learns that Noah is interested too, he takes a chance at love, risking everyon...

Audiobook Club Jessica Frances Publication date: February 25th 2022 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance Being a police officer in a small town doesn’t often offer up many surprises. Working the night shift means I rarely see or do much of anything that doesn’t involve a speeding vehicle, or a drunken rant. And, while quiet nights are better than deadly ones, it still takes some getting used to after living in a big city for years. So, I’m rather shocked when I pull over a driver and find the dirtiest audiobook playing from the car speakers. And, paint me intrigued when the hot driver struggles to get the enticing words to stop broadcasting to the entire street. The embarrassing encounter has us both lowering our guard, and I find myself a new friend, one who suggests we start our own audiobook club. Soon, we become more than just friends as we listen and fall into stories and new worlds together and, naturally, the sexy scenes we’re listening to become a blueprint ...

  Publication Date:  March 20, 2021 Format:  ebook Genre:   Dark Fantasy/LGBTQ Publisher:  Independently Published  Length:  176 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis Would you like to know? Would you like to know the answer to any question?  Anything. Ask away. One question, though. So what would your question be?But be warned...the price for such knowledge is steep. The answer to any question you have.  And all it will cost you is your face. Your mouth. Your nose. Your ears and your eyes. You will still live. But I will take your face. So what is important enough to you that you would give up so much? What question is worth the price? Anto did not have an easy life. He was ignored and beaten as a chi...

Night Prince Felice Stevens Publication date: October 31st 2021 Genres: Adult, LGBTQ+, Paranormal, Romance From Lambda Literary Award winning author Felice Stevens comes a sexy paranormal stand-alone romance. A vampire who’s lost everything meets a man who has nothing to lose. For centuries, Massimo D’Alba, banished prince of the Fold, has wandered through life frozen in darkness and pain. Betrayed by his younger, power-hungry brother, he’s existed for centuries but not lived. A rain-soaked night brings smart-mouthed New Yorker, Damion Avery, to his doorstep and suddenly he’s riding spin bikes, shopping for yoga pants, eating ice cream…and falling in love. Damion Avery can’t figure out why Prince Tall, Dark, and Incredibly Sexy wants him as his personal assistant, but he’s not going to second-guess his good luck. Even though he has to work all night and sleep during the day, the job is too good to be true. But where does Massimo sneak off to in the dead of night? Is he a spy...

Blackbird Mia Kerick (If I Fell, #2) Publication date: November 1st 2021 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance Sequel to Hide Your Love Away (If I Fell Series, book 2) Timmy and Cole’s angsty love story continues… Last year, in Timmy Hale’s junior year at Edgewater University, he set his romantic sights on Colton “Cole” Ledger—a burly and sometimes over-protective dormitory maintenance man. Cole soon had it bad for sleek and snarky Timmy too, and—despite a bumpy road (a frenzied stalker and an uncooperative son)—before year’s end they’d found love. Now, in Timmy’s senior year, the couple has left the dormitory behind. Cole is back to running his own custom construction company, and they’ve turned an antique Victorian home into a love nest. For a while, life is good. But insta-love comes at a cost, and for Timmy and Cole it’s steep. Cole’s doubts haunt him: he’s almost certain he’s too old for Timmy, and that he’s pushing him into a life he’ll eventually resent, keepi...

  Publication Date:  October 26, 2021 Format:  Kindle Genre:   Memoir/ LGBTQ/Transgender  Publisher:  The Experiment       Length:  272 pages Buy:    Kindle  |  Paperback  Synopsis Mama, something went wrong in your tummy. And it made me come out as a boy instead of a girl. When Marlo Mack’s three-year-old utters these words, her world splits wide open. Friends and family, experts, and Marlo herself had long downplayed her “son’s” requests for pretty dresses and long hair as experimentation—as a phase—but that time is over. When little “M” begs, weeping, to be reborn, Marlo knows she has to start listening to her kid. Review:  I got this book free from The Experiment through Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. Marlo Mack wrote a no holds barred honest book about raising her transgender daughter.  Not understanding what was happening she found support groups, she grieved the child she though...

Publication Date:  December 29, 2020 Format:  Paperback Genre:   LGBTQ Fantasy Fiction Publisher: Tor              Length:  416 pages Buy:    Kindle  | Paperback  Synopsis A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret. Linus Baker leads a quiet, solitary life. At forty, he lives in a tiny house with a devious cat and his old records. As a Case Worker at the Department in Charge Of Magical Youth, he spends his days overseeing the well-being of children in government-sanctioned orphanages. When Linus is unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper Management he's given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel to Marsyas Island Orphanage, where six dangerous children reside: a ...