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New Releases: May 20, 2025

Young Adult Fiction

Out of Step, Into You by Ciera Burch

You can’t outrun love.

Taylor and Marianna were each other’s whole world – best friends, running partners, practically sisters – until Marianna moved away and Taylor promptly ghosted her. When the former best friends turned rivals end up on the same cross-country team three years later, everything is a competition… and a reminder of past feelings, as well as blossoming new ones.

Marianna runs because she’s angry.The oldest child of a single mother, she knows all about responsibility – for her siblings, at her part-time job. She just has to stay focused and be faster than the past nipping at her heels if she wants to secure a new, brighter future. With or without Taylor.

Taylor runs to prove herself. The only child of an almost-Olympian, she’s no stranger to high expectations. With enough effort, she knows she can immortalize herself with a state record and make her parents proud. Then, she can figure out her own passion. Shedefinitely doesn’t have time to untangle her feelings towards Mari.

Can this pair figure out a way to work together before their past catches up with them?

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September 2024 Deal Announcements

Adult Fiction

Author of WAKE UP, NAT & DARCY Kate Cochrane‘s YOURS FOR THE SEASON, a sapphic romance in which a former Olympic hockey player who has reluctantly returned to her home town for Christmas teams up with her childhood crush to win their town’s annual holiday contest and a fancy romantic prize, despite telling everyone “we’re just friends,” to Errin Toma at Carina Adores, for publication in fall 2025, by Paige Terlip at Andrea Brown Literary Agency (world English).

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Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2024!

Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2024! And if you’re Canadian, Happy Asian Heritage Month! Come celebrate with all the books! (And get even more recs from past years’ posts!)

(Note: not all of the Asian authors or characters in these titles are specifically American. I thought it was worth highlighting more books than that specific title allowed.)

Picture Books

I Am a Rainbow! by Mark Kanemura (text) and Richard Merritt (illustration)

Mark loves putting on shows, dressing up, and dancing! But what makes him happy at home gets him teased at school. To remind Mark that his unique light makes the world a brighter place, his parents surprise him with a beautiful, flowing cape. Wearing it, he feels invincible and free to shine all over Honolulu! It even gives him the courage to befriend some kids who are just as colorful as he is. When the cape goes missing, Mark loses his new confidence. How will he ever shine again?

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Fave Five: Queer YA Sports Fiction in Audio

All links are Libro.fm affiliate. Using them to purchase the books earns a small percentage of income for the site.

Man o’ War by Cory McCarthy, narrated by E.R. Fightmaster (Swimming)

Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler, narrated by Natalie Naudus and Lori Prince (Football, Cheerleading)

The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimons, narrated by Jamie K. Brown (Soccer)

She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen, narrated by Piper Goodeve (Basketball, Cheerleading)

Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei, narrated by Tom Picasso (Hockey)

Bonus: It doesn’t appear to be on Libro, but Like Other Girls by Britta Lundin, narrated by Lindsey Dorcus (Football) is available on Audible.

Fave Five: NA/Adult F/F Romances Available in Audio

This post is sponsored by me and OrangeSky in honor of the release of Out on Good Behavior on audio, narrated by Samantha Summers!

Out on Good Behavior is the story of Frankie, a pansexual party girl who’s finally met a girl who makes her want to settle down…if only she can trust that she’s able to. She and Samara, a closeted lesbian, agree to thirty days of trying to make it work without sex, going public, or dating other people, because if Sam’s gonna defy her entire family, she’s only gonna do it for the real thing.

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One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston, narrated by Natalie Naudus (Libro.fm)

How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole, narrated by Karen Chilton (Libro.fm)

Written in the Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur, narrated by Lauren Sweet (Libro.fm)

Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers, narrated by York Whitaker (Libro.fm)

Satisfaction Guaranteed by Karelia Stetz-Waters, narrated by Lori Prince (Libro.fm)