I didn’t get to finish April releases, so I just combined them for this post! ooo lots of good sapphic releases this time!
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April 14
I Hate You, Now Kiss Me
People grow apart, Andy. Get over it.
Their sordid history started before they were born, so in fifth grade when Lena severed her friendship with Andy, she started a war. For over six years, they lived to make each other miserable. That’s why no one was more astonished than Andy when Lena kissed her, not once, but twice, just before they left for college.
Twelve years later, Andy’s unable to find love, Lena runs at the mere hint of emotional entanglement, and family has brought them back home for several weeks. Of course, it’s only a matter of time before they run into each other. Unbelievably, not only are they civil, but they fall into bed, discovering the missing parts of themselves in each other.
Amid family drama and new beginnings, they help each other heal. Some things aren’t always what they seem, and others are exactly how they appear, even when they wish they weren’t. Will they let fear ruin what they’ve rediscovered?
The Girl Next Door
Everyone deserves a happily ever after, that’s why Jenna Murphy is fiercely proud of her romance-only bookstore, BookLove. With her pets by her side, she’s content in her neat life, convinced that one day she’ll find her person. Jenna helps Grandma with her groceries, runs the library’s used book sale, and hands out water to the runners in the local 5K race. What’s not to love?
Sawyer Hall, a sharp-witted book blogger, has gained a reputation for her brutally honest takes. Fresh from a messy breakup, her posts have grown…snarkier than usual, and when she stumbles into Jenna’s charming bookstore filled with “sappy fluff,” she doesn’t exactly hold back.
Sawyer’s suggestion that romance novels peddle unattainable dreams to the sad and lonely makes Jenna absolutely livid. But fate has a twisted sense of humor because a new neighbor is moving into the other half of Jenna’s duplex and it’s Sawyer Hall, because, of course it is. And Sawyer is gorgeous. And funny. And sort of makes Jenna swoon. So annoying.
A witty, heartwarming enemies-to-lovers romance about falling for the girl next door that proves the best stories are the ones with endings we never see coming.
The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own
“Truth is rarely convenient as silence.”
Celebrated author Gwendolyn Kiste cordially invites you to explore The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own. Enter a world possessed by recriminations from bygone eras, where the regrets and malice of years past still reverberate and shape our doom. Here, morally complex women and queer antiheroines swim against the current of a social structure that serves as a spectral prison in these layered stories of the weird and the Other.
Known for crafting bold metafictional narratives that grapple with challenging social issues, Kiste’s unwavering voice deftly weaves a siren’s song of resilience and survival. Included among the short stories in this collection are the Bram Stoker Award-winning “The Eight People Who Murdered Me (Excerpt From Lucy Westenra’s Diary),” “The Girls From the Horror Movie,” “The Sea Witch of the World’s Fair,” and other riveting new gothic tales of body horror, the supernatural, and unapologetic resistance.
“What’s going on inside you?” I ask, but the darkness never whispers back.
April 15
This Summer With You
Shae swore she’d never let her into her life again—until Em showed up at her family’s beach house for the summer.
Shae Hemingway spent four years in Italy convincing herself she’d moved on from her first love. The truth is, she’s still running from the girl who taught her how much a heart can hurt. The last time Shae spent time with Em Lauchner, they were eighteen—and their prom-night connection ended with a rumor that shattered Shae’s trust.
Rushing through the airport after a twelve-hour flight home, Shae learns her sister has invited Em to stay at the beach house for the summer. Now, they’re sharing the same house, the same friends, and one long Cape Cod summer with nowhere to hide from the past.
Em is longing to rekindle what they once had, but Shae still believes Em betrayed her after prom, and trusting the girl who broke her once might be the one risk she refuses to take. When another girl in the house begins getting closer to Shae, Em realizes she may have already lost the second chance she never stopped hoping for.
A slow-burn, second-chance sapphic romance filled with beach house game nights, messy friendships, buried secrets, and the kind of first love that refuses to stay in the past. Will they finally untangle what really happened and choose love, or lose each other all over again?
April 24
Make Your Move (A Formula Next Romance)
Reese Maddox is the kind of driver who’s relied on raw talent and unshakable confidence to get her to the top. But when that approach stops being enough, she’s recruited into Formula Next—the all-female racing academy designed to fast-track drivers to Formula 1. Reese is fearless, flashy, and knows how to put on a show. But at Formula Next, raw talent isn’t enough, and Reese is about to learn what it really means to be coached.
Sloane Foster was once the next big thing in Formula 1 until a crash ended her career and made her retreat from the spotlight. Now, she’s back—this time on the other side of the circuit, tasked with coaching the next generation of racers. She’s not looking for redemption, and she’s definitely not looking for complications. But Reese is all fire and temptation, and keeping things professional becomes harder with every stolen glance and late-night debrief.
The rules are clear. The lines are drawn. But in a world fueled by adrenaline and ambition, one bold move could change everything.
April 28
How to Fake It in Society
Bridgerton meets The Goldfinch in How to Fake It in Society, a stunning queer romance by rising genre star KJ Charles.
It is 1821 and Nicolas-Marc, Comte de Valois de La Motte is making a splash in London Society. The son of Jeanne de Valois de La Motte, infamous for stealing a priceless diamond necklace meant for Marie Antoinette, Nico hopes to restore his wronged mother’s reputation, if only he can raise the funds. But he must operate with great secrecy, because the Bourbon dynasty murdered his mother, and he fears for his life.
At least, that’s what he tells Titus Pilcrow. Titus was a simple shopkeeper, making and selling artists’ paints, when he found himself suddenly married to an immensely wealthy woman who wanted to disinherit her nephew on her deathbed. As word spreads of his fortune, Titus finds himself a target of every scammer and beggar in London…including one Nicolas-Marc, Comte de Valois de La Motte.
Nico is on his last legs, out of money, and on the run from some terrifying gangsters. When Titus offers Nico a space in his household, it’s the perfect chance for him to exploit London’s newest golden purse–until he falls in love with the man he needs to cheat. Still, Nico is sure they can have a happy ending together. If he can just find his way out of his own web of lies…
Our Rogue Fates: A Novel
On the hunt for hidden treasure, two former best friends turned adversaries must put the past behind them if they hope to make it home.
This childhood friends-to-lovers male/male romantic fantasy for fans of Tusk Love and Sara Raasch crackles with tension and heat.
When he isn’t training as a Warden to become half the hero his father was, Griff Sayer is in the business of breaking hearts all across the town of Mayfair, although that slows down after settling in with his current boyfriend. Griff’s ex–best friend, Mal Pryce, meanwhile, is in business with whatever or whoever puts good money in his hands. Now in their mid-twenties, Griff and Mal have only exchanged scathing looks and carefully barbed jabs since the fight that sent them their separate ways years ago. But all that begins to change when an attack Mal plotted for his shady boss leaves Griff near death and their childhood friend Alys as his savior, forcing them back into each other’s orbit.
Livid at his boss, Mal makes a deal to earn his freedom and Griff’s safety. He has just four weeks to retrieve an ancient treasure from Rotrose Mire, a remote swamp known for its ghostly and beastly dangers, the same treasure Alys’s beloved father, Rhun, had been searching for when he disappeared for good. Armed with a map and a broken blade of Rhun’s, Mal sets off—with Alys and a reluctant and newly single Griff in tow.
Yet the explosive tension between the two men—along with the dangers of the mire pressing in around them—makes for a more difficult journey than any of them could have anticipated. As Griff and Mal peel back their tough facades and shared feelings heat up in unexpected ways as they learn to trust again, they also realize that someone—or something—seems to be following their path. Someone who doesn’t want them to succeed, no friend to their parents’ old enemies, but also no friend to would-be heroes…
The Redwood Bargain
I’m the fourth Redwood girl, and I mean to be the last.
Indentured servant Katrien longs to make amends after a difficult choice extended her cousin Helsa’s servitude with their lord of the manor. So when a dark creature in the forest known as The Redwood Man demands the lord’s youngest daughter as payment for saving his life, Katrien is eager to make her own bargain that will guarantee her cousin’s freedom―so long as she can successfully lie.
Katrien must fool The Redwood Man into believing she is the daughter he was promised, Lady Zaviera. Yet three girls have already lost their lives trying to pose as the young noblewoman, with the increasingly impatient forest lord seeing through each deception and exerting his wrath in return.
To ensure Katrien’s success where the girls before her have failed, Zaviera and her sisters teach her how to be the perfect imposter, even as The Redwood Man’s sentient vines threaten to consume the manor and its staff. Turning a kitchen maid into a proper lady is no simple task, and matters are complicated further as Katrien begins to fall for the tenderhearted lady she might die for. Caught between duty, desire, and Zaviera’s own blooming feelings, Katrien must decide if she’s truly willing to risk her life to right past wrongs and sacrifice herself for the girl she’s come to love.
May 3
🍓 The Punk’s Mafia Prince
Oscar Bradley, a member of an old-school motorcycle gang, has never been a fan of bending to fit expectations or of following the rules. He steals cars to cover rent, and employs other, less-than-legal means to pay his biker club dues. It’s not a glamorous life, but he lives it unapologetically. Or rather, he did…until he fell for Max.
As Kingsport’s wealthiest and most eligible mafia prince, Max wants to give Oscar the world—and he can. Fine clothes, sick rides, hot date nights in foreign countries… Virtually anything Oscar wants, Max can get. But the closer they get, the more his efforts to keep their relationship—and Oscar’s existence—on the “DL”, seem increasingly moot. The punk might as well be a walking billboard with a big-ass target on it.When Max’s world of extreme luxury and violent crime lords finally comes crashing through Oscar’s life of seedy, graffiti-covered bathrooms and leather-clad bullies, will they both find a way to make it work without abandoning everything that makes them…them?
May 5
🍓 Between Sun and Shadow
Hades and Persephone reimagined on a tidally locked planet, for fans of queer romance, mutant superpowers, eccentric robots, and speculative tech.
Featuring fun and stylish case art beneath the hardcover dust jacket!
Sixteen-year-old Kori struggles to be a dutiful heiress to the Daylands, a post-cataclysmic society reliant on chip implants to retain memory. With a strict routine and an overly cautious mother, Kori has only one friend, Aspect—an industrial robot she’s repurposed. Determined to awaken sentience in her metal companion, Kori crash-lands in enemy territory while hunting for a memory that might do the trick.
Ravaged by radiation from a meteorite, the citizens of the Shadowlands have evolved into beast-like creatures with supernatural abilities. Adria, a winged mutant, has wrested control of the Shadowlands from her bloodthirsty parents—but not everyone is so willing to embrace her leadership. What better way to instill confidence in her court than by capturing a foreign princess and demanding ransom?
However, what began as a political maneuver transforms into a potent attraction as Kori’s longing for relationship echoes Adria’s own. Granted free rein of Adria’s fortress, Kori stumbles upon a startling revelation that could upend the Daylands entirely. As rebellion grows and Adria’s precarious hold on her throne wavers, Adria and Kori must join forces to avert all-out war. Does a queen of shadows really stand a chance with a princess of sunlight? Or has the chasm between their nations grown too wide?
A science fantasy “Beauty and the Beast,” this action-packed adventure is written in dual point of view and layered with a charming robot, a cuddly three-headed dog, mind-bending twists, and sapphic yearning.
You Pierce My Soul
Packed with shocking plot twists and sapphic yearning, this romantic and thrilling queer dystopian YA is perfect for fans of Rachael Lippincott.
In the utopian city of New Ionia, everyone gets a soulmate – and Zada can’t wait for hers. Now that she’s eighteen, it’s her turn to meet her destiny with the help of Heartsong, an algorithm that chooses your perfect match for you.
Then Zada crashes into her soulmate, setting off their shared Heartsong, and the unthinkable happens: she feels nothing for him. But the Heartsong program doesn’t make mistakes, and by the end of the night, Zada is engaged to a man she doesn’t love.
Desperate for a way out, Zada turns to her beautiful, reckless, and utterly impossible former best friend Daphne. Together, the two embark on a quest for the truth that throws Heartsong – and their entire world – into question. As time runs out, Zada must find the courage to choose what she believes and who she loves.
May 11
🍓 Regal Feather (Plumas Universe)
Ev
After years of dabbling into every kink and fucking up more than once within the walls of my local BDSM club, I was ready. I’d found myself, the way I wanted to be in and out of kink, and I felt comfortable opening up to my friends there about the sort of life I was a part of.
I thought I’d cracked the code…but the guy who gave me most of my firsts moving in with me after years a part put a wrench on that idea.
Santos
All I wanted after being dismissed was going back to how everything had been with Ever—Ev, for the rest of his friends. Neither his family, nor his new wardrobe, or even his online Dom, could stop me.
My own head might, though. I wanted to be better, to give Ever everything he could ever want, but there were too many demons, too many flashbacks and memories I couldn’t make sense of, getting in the way.
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Regal Feather includes a childhood best friends to lovers romance, the pressures of high society, feminization kink and all sorts of discoveries of the spicy variety, CBT, chastity, a very chaotic group chat, and all the found family vibes that come from being in the inner circle of the Plumas Universe.
May 12
Smash or Pass
For 16-year-old Ellie, beach volleyball camp is a disaster until she’s paired with Sierra, an athletic prodigy who teaches her that volleyball…and love are about taking the right shot in this sporty sapphic romance.
Ellie dates the Right Guy, says all the Right Things, and acts the Right Way to avoid being ridiculed for her autism. When that Right Guy unceremoniously dumps her right before they’re supposed to go to beach volleyball camp together, Ellie’s perfectly curated world comes crashing down and she’s labeled the boring, weird girl.
Desperate to regain her good reputation (and yeah, sure, the boy…), Ellie goes to Camp SMASH, which is nothing like she expected. There, she’s paired with Sierra, a mysterious, standoffish volleyball legacy who makes Ellie’s quest to get her boyfriend back even more complicated…
Dive into this sporty summer romance full of the classics: a ragtag group of friends, a tense game of capture the flag, and a swoon-worthy sapphic love story.
May 19
A Star-Cursed Heart
Two women are cursed to be mortal enemies, despite their love for each other, in this queer, fantastical novel by Annie Mare.
In the lead-up to the Salem witch trials, a desperate man made a deal with the devil—a deal that would drag two families down with him. Now, over 400 years later, the Steadfasts and the Prynnes remain caught in a curse that sentences both families to an existence of rigid rules, torturous consequences, and half-lives.
Lucy Prynne and Ashes Steadfast are the latest to take on the mantle of this centuries-old deal: Lucy, born to try to reap the souls of the hopeful; and Ashes, born to stop Lucy, no matter the cost. But before they inherited their respective curses, it sure felt like Ash’s purpose was Lucy. Her best friend, her closest confidant, her true love.
Ash knows the rules. She keeps her head down, her emotions in check, and she fights Lucy, no matter the personal cost. They are doomed to an incessant battle between good and bad, self-righteous and carnal.
Or so Ash thinks. But when she resists her instincts to fight Lucy and finally starts to fight the curse instead, she realizes there might just be a way to end this once and for all. If not in this timeline, then the next. As generational secrets begin to unravel, Ashes and Lucy join forces against the true threat that has haunted their families for centuries, even if it costs them their lives—and their love.
Second Helpings
Warm, funny, and delectably swoony—a second-chance romance with found family, a chaotic deli dog named Pastrami, and all the comfort-food you could ever want.
Sam Adelson has spent over a decade pouring his heart into Silverman’s Deli, the beloved Cleveland institution his family has run for seventy-five years. So when a scathing review tanks his business, Sam develops some strong feelings about the critic responsible. Fantasies involving expired clam juice may be involved.
Then Jake Thompson walks through the door—Sam’s first love, the one who got away. Reconnecting after twelve years feels like coming home, and having Jake around makes even the chaos of saving the deli feel manageable. But Sam’s fought to move on from the disaster that tore them apart, and now pretending it never happened is becoming more impossible every day.
As Sam falls harder than he ever meant to, Jake’s past begins to catch up with both of them. Some recipes are worth perfecting, even when the first attempt was a disaster—Sam just hopes this one doesn’t blow up in his face…
May 21
In Your Court (The Love Game)
A sweet, steamy AF contemporary MM romance! Find within: truckloads of hot, witty banter, exploration of queer solidarity, lots of tennis details but very little actual tennis, and amusing Australian/American cultural confusion.
Australian Matteo Russo is the first and only openly gay tennis pro. Once a brilliant junior, he was slated for a bright future – until a freak accident derailed his career. Now, he’s fed up, he’s struggling to qualify for tournaments, and he’s not sure he can afford dinner tonight.After losing to his old rival-the rich, arrogant, American superstar Miles Callahan-Mat throws the man’s privilege in his face and sets him a challenge – one he’s sure Miles would never accept. But he does. Determined to prove he’s earned his success, Miles travels to Wimbledon on a tight budget – no support team, no coach, no fancy hotel. And now the American needs a hitting partner, and someone to explain laundromats, and what started as a dare soon becomes a searing off-court fling.Mat should be focussing on his career, not falling for a glamorous star. But Miles believes in his game in a way Mat hasn’t for a long time, and is fast becoming everything he’s ever wanted. Only… love and tennis just don’t mix, because one day soon they’ll have to face each other on the court.And in tennis, someone always has to lose.
More than Meets the Eye
A workaholic lawyer who’s got the world figured out.
An opposing counsel happy to prove him wrong…
Love has no place in Baz Hadley’s life. He is too focused on working hard, winning big, and becoming the youngest partner yet at his elite law firm. Enter Sami Adam. Cocky, gorgeous, oh, and right-hand man to Chicago’s most dickish legal shark. Baz despises Sami and his stupid, intoxicating smirk on sight.
But when Sami shows up at Baz’s doorstep at the end of a grueling week, the sparks of loathing turn into something far more dangerous. As the two entangle in a secret affair that threatens to torch the career Baz has worked so hard for, Sami challenges every one of his snap judgments. With the clash of prejudice and reality chipping away at his rock-solid views, Baz is forced to confront a life-changing choice: chase the prestige he’s always craved or embrace the one person who makes him feel truly alive.
Brimming with heart, humor, and sizzling tension, this grumpy sunshine secret relationship MM romance explores the messy beauty of looking below the surface and proves love doesn’t care about a five-year plan. Perfect for fans of Casey McQuiston’s Red, White, and Royal Blue and Adib Khorram’s I’ll Have What He’s Having.
May 26
Bromantasy
Two heroes. One brain cell.
BROMANTASY is a cozy, queer fantasy about the mortifying ordeal of being known by your totally platonic best friend and the epic quest that might force you to confront the truth.
This deluxe limited first run edition will feature beautifully designed colored edges—while supplies last!
Fellas, is it gay to kiss your bff while on a quest through the forest you’re unqualified for?
Juniper O’Reilly is good at only two things: demolishing a pint of mead and finding the perfect skincare routine. Everything else—taking care of the farm, bartering for goods, any sort of manual labor—falls to Juniper’s best friend, the absurdly capable, endlessly patient Mo Elmthorn.
But when Juniper accidentally volunteers them both for a quest to kill a fearsome monster, he knows he’s finally gotten in over his head. Juniper hates camping, he hates the dark, and there’s no way all these foraged mushrooms are going to sit well in his stomach. One thing he doesn’t hate? How good Mo’s thighs look in his questing pants—he doesn’t have time to think about that, though, with a monster to hunt and their futures on the line.
But monsters come in all shapes and sizes. When Juniper and Mo realize that the terrifying beast they’ve sworn to kill is just a scared little girl torn from her family, they’re off to find not only the true villain of the story, but maybe even a happy ending.
THE FIRST TIME I’VE WANTED A BOOK FOR THE SPRAYED EDGES LMAO
I Accidentally Locked Down a Witch
Who has time for crazy ex-girlfriends and witches from new worlds when you’re trying to build an empire?
Shontae Carter has built her fitness sanctuary from the ground up, armed with protein bars, sass, and zero tolerance for diet culture nonsense. She’s not just helping women lift weights, she’s helping them lift each other up. And with a big TV spot to drum up new business, everything is right on track… until a mysterious (and absurdly gorgeous) new client named Likosa walks through the door with killer cheekbones and an energy that crackles…literally.
Likosa isn’t your typical gym-goer. She’s a witch from a shadowy realm known as The Bane. Her plan? Cozy up to Shontae, tap into the strange power hidden in her aura, and use it to break open a portal home. But nothing in her ancient practices prepared her for protein smoothies, cardio class, or the devastatingly cute way Shontae blushes when Likosa flirts with her.
As the two women team up for “personal training” (emphasis on personal), sparks fly, spells misfire, and hearts get caught in the crossfire. With demons from The Bane tracking Likosa’s every move, and Shontae discovering secrets about her own power, they’ll have to decide: fight for their separate homes, or build one together?
Spicy, snarky, and full of heart, I Accidentally Locked Down a Witch is a magical rom-com for anyone who believes strength comes in all sizes. And that love might just be the strongest magic of all.
🍓 Long Overdue: a sapphic small town romance
Despite Brianna Robinson’s conflicted feelings about being back in her small town, she is excited about the opportunity to become head librarian at her local library. Having moved away from Beaver Creek for school and a new outlook on life where she can be herself, she’s not quite sure that the small town life is for her. At least her best friend Nathan is still in town, as is his beautifully distracting sister.
Audrey Mahoney is content with her small circle of friends and even smaller circle of regular activities. It’s not exactly a secret that she could use some new hobbies, and reading has quickly become an escape from her corporate job and the small town where dating choices are far and few in between, not that her brother is any help.
When Brianna runs into Audrey at the library, complicated feelings rise to the surface. While everyone in their town may think that Nathan is perfect for her, it’s really his sister Audrey who Brianna finds herself longing for.
In a sapphic twist on the ‘falling for your best friend’s sibling’ trope, Rochelle Wolf presents a new low stakes, open-door romance set in a small town.
Long Overdue is a part of the Library Love Notes series, a series of open-door, small-town romances set in the fictional cozy town of Beaver Creek, Ontario.
Marooned
Survivor meets The Charm Offensive in this contemporary LGBTQIA+ romantic comedy about love, strategy, and connection on a desert island reality show.
Ryan Levine is a contestant on the newest season of Marooned, the hit reality show where eighteen people are stranded on a desert island, competing in challenges and voting each other out until one is left to claim the million-dollar prize. All he cares about is bringing home the money, and he’s determined to not let anything stand in his way.
That all changes when he meets Cole Walker, his handsome tribemate with a ready smile and a quick laugh–and, of course, a perfect body. In other words, Cole is a distraction, and that’s the one thing Ryan can’t afford, not when the slightest mistake could get him voted out. Will he be able to navigate the twists and turns of the game and win the million? Or will he go home with nothing but empty pockets and a broken heart?
The Maidenheads: A Novel
A bighearted debut novel about queer yearning, indie musicians, and bushwacking a thorny path back to your first love
Jamie is bad at endings, which is why she’s stuck at a dead-end Baltimore newspaper job, continuing to have break-up sex with her first-ever hetero partner, and haunted by the what-ifs of her ex-girlfriend Mari—a charismatic and brilliant musician—and their former band together, the Maidenheads. Since they (and their band) broke up a decade ago, Jamie hasn’t been able to sing.
Then an unexpected opportunity to perform in DC with Mari’s successful new band arises, and Jamie jumps at it. What begins as a return to music becomes a reckoning—with the weight of unfinished love, the voice she long buried, and her own complicated past. But as Jamie channels more of her energy into the band, other threads in her life begin to fray, and she must make some urgent choices about her future.
Electric, spine-tingling, and filled to the brim with tenderness and honesty, The Maidenheads is a novel about the tenacity of first love, the life-changing power of music, and the difficult, necessary work of becoming yourself.
The Tuxedo Society: A Novel
If Guy Ritchie directed a James Bond caper starring a queer 007, it might look something like this hilarious and action-packed spy thriller by Paul Rudnick, acclaimed screenwriter and author of Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style, that blends espionage and social commentary, with an elite, gay secret society.
They are fierce patriots. They are licensed to kill. And they are really, really gay. Welcome to democracy’s secret weapon, the Tuxedo Society.
When Andrew Birnbaum, a struggling actor making ends meet by working in a candle shop, gets invited to have dinner with the exclusive Tuxedo Society by his best friend, Brock, his life takes an unexpected turn. What seems like a group of wealthy socialites gathering for gossip and cocktails quickly spirals into a world of espionage, danger, and hilarity.
Andrew soon meets Reggie O’Malley, a Navy SEAL with a penchant for black tie, who recruits Andrew to join the society’s covert mission to protect national security. Armed with gadgets like an inflatable life raft backpack, a yoga mat that doubles as an assault rifle, and, of course, an AMEX Black Card, Andrew quickly finds himself tackling spies, thwarting assassinations, and facing a host of unexpected threats in settings from the White House to the Vatican to the Summer Olympic Games.
The stakes escalate when Andrew and his comrades are sent on a jet-setting mission to uncover the truth about an ancient artifact. Along the way, they clash with oligarchs, crooked senators, and a smarmy televangelist with sinister plans for world domination.
Packed with Paul Rudnick’s signature wit, The Tuxedo Society is a wild ride through decadence, danger, and unexpected heroism, as Andrew discovers that saving the world might just be the role he’s been waiting for.
I immediately requested an arc
This Must Be the Place
Inheriting a gay bar from your secretive great-uncle? Awkward. Trying to save it while catching feelings for the wrong girl? Complicated. From the author of She Drives Me Crazy comes an exuberant YA novel about queer joy, found family, and standing your ground.
When eighteen-year-old Louisa Wade inherits a gay bar from her late great-uncle, she figures there’s been some kind of mistake. There’s no way Uncle George―football legend and hometown hero of Rustin, Alabama―could have secretly owned a queer bar… right?
But The Frisky Cricket is real, and so is the messy legacy Uncle George left behind―including his grumpy ex-partner, Hatch, who wants nothing more than to sell the bar. Louisa may have zero business experience, but she’s determined to keep it open for the vibrant queer community that calls it home.
As the summer heats up, Louisa’s crusade puts her on a collision course with Aubrey Calhoun: the pretty, popular, and sharp-tongued daughter of Rustin University’s newly crowned football coach. The girls start off on the wrong foot, but a tentative truce leads to late nights, shared secrets, and a growing spark.
But things threaten to sputter out when Coach Calhoun sets his sights on The Frisky Cricket, scheming to replace it with a new athletic facility―celebrating Uncle George’s football career while erasing his queerness. Now Louisa must decide if she can fight for Uncle George’s legacy without losing sight of herself in the process.
May 28
Black Hole Guns For Hire
The empire made them soldiers. The void made them rebels.
Lina Bho captains a beat-up transport at the galaxy’s ragged edge, running aid missions with veterans who’d rather fight than follow orders. She left the United Earth Marines behind, with its politics, its prejudice, and the boot she wore too long. Her Chief, Zuri Josmith, keeps the platoon sharp and the Captain honest. She’s also the only woman who’s ever made Lina want to take orders.
A black hole is swallowing their star system. No one is coming.
When Lina discovers the United Earth deliberately stranded nine billion people to wipe out a rebel stronghold, she turns her crew against the government that raised them. Pirates stalk her vessel; alien predators nest in her cargo hold; and her hired guns look to her for a plan she hasn’t finished writing.
They’ll fight their way out or die as the Black Hole Guns.
A jump-capable freighter at the sector’s edge is their only ride out. Between Lina and escape sits a pirate captain with a personal vendetta, alien cyborg predators, and her own unraveling mind. Zuri can hold her together or hold the crew together. She can’t do both.
This sapphic military sci-fi features a found family crew, morally gray characters, and a second chance romance with power exchange. It contains graphic violence, explicit language, and adult content. Check the copyright page for details. BLACK HOLE GUNS FOR HIRE can be read as a standalone.
sapphic military sci-fi you say🤔…. hmm brb lol
May 29
🍓 Edge Jump
Roderick is grabbing his future by the horns.
With tight technical skills and a strong vision for his program he has a good shot at qualifying for the Olympic figure skating team. He’s confident he can balance school, practice, and qualifiers at the expense of his college social life. But he’s not the only one with big aspirations this season.
Christos, a minotaur fresh from minor league hockey, is hungry to build a new reputation for the worst team in the college league. Roderick has little interest in hockey, especially a losing team. But a late night chat on a dating app has him intimately familiar with ‘Coach Chris’ before the season’s start.
They have everything to lose but denial is hard for two go-getters. Even if Christos is totally into denial. But when perfection is Roderick’s standard, can anyone really live up to expectations?
You, Me, & A Penalty
When your former best mate wins the match with a very questionable penalty, you’re definitely going to hate him. It’s not love. Not even close.
…except it might be.
Kyle and AJ used to share everything-childhood dreams, a love of football, and one unbreakable rule: never play for their rival club.
They broke it anyway.
Now they’re rising stars in the biggest rivalry in the sport-red versus blue, headlines versus history-and every match between them is war. But when a late-night reunion turns into something neither of them saw coming, old feelings resurface in ways that are impossible to ignore…and even harder to hide.
Because falling for your rival is one thing. Doing it under the spotlight of the entire world? That’s a whole different game.
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