The Outrage by William Hussey (1st) Welcome to England, where the Protectorate enforces the Public Good. Here, there are rules for everything – what to eat, what to wear, what to do, what to say, what to read, what to think, who to obey, who to hate, who to love. Your safety is assured, so … Continue reading New Releases: April 2021
Black Boy Out of Time by Hari Ziyad (1st) One of nineteen children in a blended family, Hari Ziyad was raised by a Hindu Hare Kṛṣṇa mother and a Muslim father. Through reframing their own coming-of-age story, Ziyad takes readers on a powerful journey of growing up queer and Black in Cleveland, Ohio, and of … Continue reading New Releases: March 2021
The Other Mothers by Jennifer Berney (1st) When Jenn Berney and her wife decided they wanted to have children, they took the next logical step: they went to a fertility clinic. Intrauterine insemination is a simple medical procedure that has been available since the 1950s, but doctors were baffled by Jenn’s situation. With no man … Continue reading New Releases: February 2021
The Prophets by Robert Jones, Jr. (5th) Isaiah was Samuel’s and Samuel was Isaiah’s. That was the way it was since the beginning, and the way it was to be until the end. In the barn they tended to the animals, but also to each other, transforming the hollowed-out shed into a place of human … Continue reading New Releases: January 2021
The Ballad of Ami Miles by Kristy Dallas Alley (1st) Raised in isolation at Heavenly Shepherd, her family’s trailer-dealership-turned-survival compound, Ami Miles knows that she was lucky to be born into a place of safety after the old world ended and the chaos began. But when her grandfather brings home a cold-eyed stranger, she realizes … Continue reading New Releases: December 2020
Her Lady to Love by Jane Walsh (1st) Country mouse Lady Honora Banfield arrives in London with one mission: to catch a husband. A perpetual wallflower, she’s going to do whatever it takes to win a proposal from London’s most eligible bachelor, including teaming up with the most popular (and least proper) woman in London. … Continue reading New Releases: November 2020
All Amazon, Indiebound, and Bookshop links are affiliate links. Purchasing through these links brings a small percentage of income back to the site, so please do! Memorial by Bryan Washington (6th) Benson and Mike are two young guys who live together in Houston. Mike is a Japanese American chef at a Mexican restaurant and Benson’s … Continue reading New Releases: October 2020
Road Out of Winter by Alison Stine (1st) Wylodine comes from a world of paranoia and poverty—her family grows marijuana illegally, and life has always been a battle. Now she’s been left behind to tend the crop alone. Then spring doesn’t return for the second year in a row, bringing unprecedented extreme winter. With grow … Continue reading New Releases: September 2020
The Immortal City by May Peterson (3rd) This is the second book in the Sacred Dark series I don’t remember you… Reborn as an immortal with miraculous healing powers, Ari remembers nothing of his past life. His entire world now consists of the cold mountainside city of Serenity. Ruled with an iron fist. Violent. Lonely. … Continue reading New Releases: August 2020
Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron (7th) It’s 200 years after Cinderella found her prince, but the fairy tale is over. Teen girls are now required to appear at the Annual Ball, where the men of the kingdom select wives based on a girl’s display of finery. If a suitable match is not found, the … Continue reading New Releases: July 2020
