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Fave Five: Queer Soccer/Football Romances

This post is sponsored by Pat Voss in honor of his upcoming 2nd chance m/m love story, Fouled in Open Play, releasing June 24th! 

The summer soccer event FIFA doesn’t want you to know about.

He came to SESU for a second chance.

Then his ex released an album exposing everything they tried to hide.

Follow rising soccer star Caleb as he chases a professional contract while battling heartbreak, secrets, and the pressure of staying closeted in a college town that refuses to let his personal life stay private. As fame grows and betrayals pile up, Caleb must decide what matters more: … fight for a future he promised to keep or finally face the music of his past.

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For YA soccer romances, click here.

After the Siren by Darcy Green (m/m)

Top of Her Game by M. Ullrich (f/f)

Glasgow Lads by Avery Cockburn (m/m series)

Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner (f/f)

Two Left Feet by Kallie Emblidge (m/m)

Bonus: These are all Adult, but for New Adult, check out Futbolista by Jonny Garza Villa (m/m)

New Releases: February 2026

This post is sponsored by Dana Hawkins for the release of I Will Always Love You (Maybe), out February 10th!

What’s worse than regretting a one-night stand? Being snowed in with her.

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Continue reading New Releases: February 2026

Fave Five: Queer Literary Fiction about Grief and Mourning, Part II

This post is sponsored by Lorenzo di Bernardo in honor of the publication of For All the Times I Tried to Say Goodbye, a slow-burn psychological drama.

Perfect for readers who crave slow-burning tension, lyrical prose, and emotional suspense, For All the Times I Tried to Say Goodbye is a meditation on grief, intimacy, and the aching need to be seen.

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For Part I, click here.

We Do What We Do in the Dark by Michelle Hart

Model Home by Rivers Solomon

A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood

Ghost Fish by Stuart Pennebaker

And Then the Gray Heaven by RE Katz

New Releases: January 2024

Today’s post is sponsored by Beverly Gandara and What Did You Know and Who Did You Tell, out now!

When Did You Know and Who Did You Tell? LGBTQAI+/Biographies

Interviews with 25 diverse LGBTQAI+ Role Models

How would you cope if your family rejected you, your religion abandoned you and society labeled you an outcast? Read the Inspirational, heartfelt coming-out stories by 25 LGBTQAI+ role models from the ages of 21-80 who journeyed from strength to strength to become their authentic selves.

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The Curse of Eelgrass Bog by Mary Averling (2nd)

Nothing about Kess Pedrock’s life is normal. Not her home (she lives in her family’s Unnatural History Museum), not her interests (hunting for megafauna fossils and skeletons), and not her best friend (a talking demon’s head in a jar named Shrunken Jim).

But things get even stranger than usual when Kess meets Lilou Starling, the new girl in town. Lilou comes to Kess for help breaking a mysterious curse—and the only clue she has leads straight into the center of Eelgrass Bog. Everyone knows the bog is full of witches, demons, and possibly worse, but Kess and Lilou are determined not to let that stop them. As they investigate the mystery and uncover long-buried secrets, Kess begins to realize that the curse might hit closer to home than she’d ever expected, and she’ll have to summon all her courage to find a way to break it before it’s too late.

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