Alt-pop country singer-songwriter ‘s EVERYWHERE ISN’T TEXAS, following a queer used electronics store employee in 1980s small-town Texas who is drawn into an alternate dimension through a mysterious TV; blending speculative, horror, sci-fi, and western elements to explore questions of identity and belonging, to Pilar Garcia-Brown at Dutton, in a pre-empt, by Julie Flanagan at CAA (NA).
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The Torqued Man by Peter Mann
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
Vera Kelly by Rosalie Knecht
The Tuxedo Society by Paul Rudnick
The Perfume Thief by Timothy Schaffert
Today on the site I’m delighted to reveal the cover of In Your Starlight by Marina Baker, a lesbian romcom releasing December 15, 2026 from Contrarian Publishing! Here’s the story:
Engaged to the supposed love of her life and starring in a major motion picture, Regan Marshall was supposed to have it all. But her rising star falls abruptly when her fiancé’s cheating scandal breaks and his fans turn on her, crash landing her into Chester Ridge, the small hometown that she hasn’t visited properly in years. And everything is the same yet so, so different.
When her childhood best friend gets engaged, he asks Regan to be his best man. On one condition: Regan must play nice with their former best friend, Maia Fischer. Maia, who now runs her grandfather’s bakery. Maia, who she had a falling out with the night of high school graduation. Maia, who Regan has been running away from ever since.
Forced into their friend’s wedding party together, Regan and Maia slowly begin mending fences and discover there might even be something more between them. But when Hollywood begins calling Regan’s name again, she must decide whether to risk everything she’s been building in Chester Ridge or to let go of the string pulling her back toward the big screen.
And here’s the dreamy cover by Emily Nolan!
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Marina Baker has lived in Ventura, California their entire life, and they have been writing for the majority of that time. She is a lesbian interested in telling sapphic love stories, as she believes the romance genre could use more queer love stories. Queer love and queer joy are such a light in the stories that people tell, and she is honored to be a part of LGBTQ+ storytelling. Their hope is that young queer people can look to their writing as a source of comfort, just as they have.
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The Emperor and the Endless Palace by Justinian Huang
Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die by Greer Stothers
Yield Under Great Persuasion by Alexandra Rowland
Swordcrossed by Freya Marske
Bromantasy by Máire Roche
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Jaliya Powell has never had a real adventure, a real boyfriend, or spoken up for herself. She’s never even been kissed. Despite being valedictorian of her high school class, Jaliya is used to fading into the background.
But this summer will be different.
This summer, Jaliya is visiting her uncle and his family in Jamaica. Under the guise of one last vacation before college, she plans to find out more about her estranged mother, whose absence has remained an unspoken mystery. But things have changed in the seven years since Jaliya last visited. Her cousin has his own life and is reluctant to let Jaliya in, her childhood crush has only gotten hotter and more unavailable, and her aunt and uncle aren’t everything she remembered, either. Then she meets India, who’s vibrant, gorgeous, and free-spirited. And who makes Jaliya feel something she’s never felt before.
While searching for traces of her mother across the island, Jaliya finds herself entangled in complicated relationships, tricky secrets, and a passionate new love. As she navigates this perfectly complicated summer, Jaliya must choose between who she has always been or who she hopes to become.
Today on the site, I’m delighted to welcome contributors to the speculative aromantic anthology Common Bonds 2 to take us inside the collection and get a glimpse of their stories! Before we get to that, I’ll take this opportunity to mention that the editors are hard at work on Common Bonds 3 (the cover of which was recently revealed on the site), and you can still support their Kickstarter here!
Now, let’s get to the collection:
Common Bonds returns in this second volume of speculative short stories and poetry featuring aromantic characters.
Housed within this anthology are a scientist who makes a terrifying discovery at the bottom of the ocean, a baker who must fulfill a prophecy, a priest and a witch who must form a family to escape a war, and a woman whose survival might just unravel time itself.
Through nineteen stories and poems, Common Bonds 2 explores the bonds that impact our lives from beginning to end: platonic relationships. From friends with benefits to mentors to life partners, this collection explores platonic relationships strong enough to overcome barriers of species, alien invasions, and the power of the gods themselves.
Continue reading Inside an Anthology: Common Bonds 2, ed. by Claudie Arseneault
Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
By Any Means Necessary by Cam Montgomery
Every Body Looking by Candice Iloh
Time Tripping Over You by Brennon Lane
For Part I, click here.
The Perfect Match by Chris Taylor and Dan Becker
Harper Becomes a Big Sister by Seamus Kirst and Karen Bunting
Stella Brings the Family by Miriam B. Schiffer and Holly Clifton-Brown
Bathe the Cat by Alice B. McGinty and David Roberts
Why Do We Sing? by Sam Tsui and Casey Breves
This post is sponsored by Dana Hawkins in honor of the August release of Forced Proximity, a bi M/F Romance coming August 27th!
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This is the third book in the Gymbos series
Hockey star Diego Ferguson says he knows about the grind, but he’s about to learn that his new personal trainer, Callan, gives the word a whole new meaning.
Everyone in Chicago has been following the news about Diego’s injury and the last season spent on the bench. It doesn’t hurt that he’s got a major sexy brood going on in every picture I see of him these days.
The last place I expected him to show up was Sweat. But he’s looking for a personal trainer to help him get fully back in shape before the season, and I’m just the guy for the job.
It figures that he’s straight, but that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy the view while I help get his fine backside ready to get back out on the ice.
He’s definitely as surly as his pictures, and twice as arrogant. Turns out he’s also desperate for some bro time in between workouts, and I’m more than qualified to be the guy for that job too.
Maybe he’s not as straight as he claims. Maybe he just needs a little fun to get his confidence back up after last season. Maybe I’ll let myself indulge in a harmless fling with a cocky, bi-curious hockey player as a little treat. I work hard after all, and I deserve a little fun too.
We both know it can’t last, but puck it, a summer fling is always a good time.
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Elsie Parker is having a totally normal fifth grade year.
Fractions and conjunctions―check.
Stressing about middle school―check.
Body-positive puberty class at church that also covers feelings and identities―check.
Okay, maybe that last one isn’t so normal. It’s a little weird (and awkward) to spend her Sundays talking periods, B.O., and pimples. But Elsie’s also learning a lot more than she’s heard in her public-school health class ― like the difference between sex and gender, and what consent is, and what it might mean that she can’t stop blushing around a certain cute girl at her school.
When her puberty lessons become the school’s latest gossip, Elsie’s totally humiliated… until she finds an anonymous note in her locker from a classmate who wants to know more, and realizes that other kids might have embarrassing questions of their own.
Starting an underground advice board wasn’t exactly in her plans, but Elsie won’t pass up a chance to turn her reputation around ― or to share words and labels that have not-so-accidentally been left off their curriculum. But when the principal tries to shut down the unauthorized puberty talk, Elsie has to decide what she’s willing to risk to tell the truth to kids who really need to hear it.
