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What do you get when you cross a nervous bride, a chain-smoking, former pageant-queen aunt, and two cans of Aqua Net? A “perfect” New England wedding day in 1984. At least, that’s what everyone keeps telling Julie Winfield. She’s marrying Doug, her sweetheart since sixth grade, and he couldn’t be a more dreamy hunk. They have a romantic past and a bright future. He’s going to be a doctor and Julie is going to have 2.5 kids and enough money to get her hair set every week at the Cut ‘n Curl.

Magisch, romantisch, geheimnisvoll: Spiegelstadt 2. Gefangen in Purpur und Schatten ist die Fortsetzung von Spiegelstadt. Tränen aus Gold und Silber und der Abschluss der queeren Urban-Fantasy-Dilogie von Andreas Suchanek und Christian Handel. Nach seiner Flucht aus der Spiegelstadt findet sich Max in einer dritten Version von Berlin wieder: Statt Prunk und Glamour der 20er-Jahre herrschen hier Verfall und Zerstörung. Um in dieser Gefängniswelt zu überleben, muss Max mit einem neuen Feind zusammenarbeiten.

A local celebrity in the arts community of Quesinberry, Lolly Scarberry shines as one of the main acts at the Lotus Theatre. Always one to wear her heart on her sleeve, Lolly earns the affections of others quickly, loving openly and treating everyone with considerable care—even the town’s resident outsider MackLynn Brooks. A college transplant, Mack has thought about skipping town every day since graduation, but after years hanging around, it allowed her an accidental meeting with Lolly, and solidified her planting in the town she hates.

Andrew is a jock, tall and attractive with eyes you could float away in. Though, despite seeming to have the qualities that would make for a romantic love interest, he's never been in a relationship. Why? Because he's in the closet. Being gay isn't exactly suited to a guy like him. Marred with a tendency to compare himself to others—particularly to his overachieving older brother—and having witnessed a less attractive classmate score the man of his dreams, Andrew figures it may be time to start dating. And shortly after his eighteenth birthday, he resolves to do just that.

Ein mitreißender wie nachdenklich stimmender Roman über die Fragen, die mit den Jahren immer drängender werden. Jettes Großmutter hat mal gesagt, es gebe »zwei Sorten von Menschen auf der Welt: die, die zu zweit sind, und die, die allein sind«. Im Roman prallen sie aufeinander: Jette hat sich mit Anfang 40 in ihrem kinderlosen Singleleben eingerichtet und hält sich mit prekären Jobs über Wasser. Eva und Lukas hingegen sind seit zwanzig Jahren ein Paar, sie haben zwei kleine Kinder, eine Eigentumswohnung, und Berufe, die sie ausfüllen.

It's a destiny thrown upon her too soon, and one she's not even sure she wants. After killing her uncle, Hyde, and capturing his rebels, Trinity must repair relations between Humans and Angorians. She must find a way to ease their fears and assure them that Angorians will not cause them harm.

When Eli Harpo was four, he underwent emergency open-heart surgery, flatlined on the operating table, and for a brief time, went to heaven and met Jesus. Or at least that's what his father, a loving but devout Baptist minister, has raised him to believe. Nine years later, Eli isn't so sure. His rounds with his father to evangelize at hospices and sell his father's self-published book, Heaven or Bust!, feel inauthentic and strange, especially now that he's started having sex dreams about Jesus. 

Robin, the fiery redhead, arrives home from her freshman year of nursing school, to discover her childhood home is slated for demolition for upscale housing she can't afford. Her summer vacation devolves into a chaotic circus of exploration of sexuality, violence, and tragedy. Then, thieving by an ex-friend threatens Robin's job and brings her to court; but that's not all. Robin's summer spins further out of control when an unanticipated reunion with her estranged mother is derailed by family violence that leaves Robin grappling with grief and railing against the world.

REBEL IN VENUS takes place over one 'girl's night in' spent between best friends, Maria and Layla. Over the course of the witty and unexpected evening, Layla's memory is jolted, and her once carefully repressed past begins to return to her, triggering a sequence of events that ultimately jeopardizes Layla's unconventional life. In REBEL IN VENUS, the bold, and sometimes brutally honest stories that unfold, are filled with sexual revelations, high-school humiliations, unwanted pregnancies, unwavering friendships, sex work, divorce, and loss.

A story told from two perspectives: Erik is a religious boy who begins to question his sexuality and beliefs after he is propositioned by a male classmate. Nicholas is an attractive, though somewhat self-absorbed, young man whose life is uprooted when his mother announces her bitter divorce from his father. When the two boys meet, things become increasingly complicated as they strike up a friendship, which quickly develops into something neither party can be certain of.

In 1970, pampered, naïve, Philly-born Frannie is overwhelmed by the responsibilities of nursing school and college life in Dallas. A love-hate relationship erupts when Robin, her fiery, red-headed roommate, arrives from Chicago to find Frannie's belongings covering every inch of space in their room, and Frannie nowhere in sight. Adding fuel to the fire, Frannie pursues a relationship with a sophomore hunk whom Robin insists is pond scum. She ignores her suitemates' pleas to join their study group, insisting her high school achievements will guarantee her success in college.

The feel-good read of 2024. Perfect for fans of Mike Gayle, Beth O’Leary and Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper. Selected as one of the Independent’s 19 debut authors set to make their mark in 2023 ‘Gentle, honest and beautifully authentic’ Julietta Henderson ’Touching and sincere’ The...

Etwas muss sich ändern, aber was wenn die ganze Welt gegen einen scheint? Snehas Abschluss fällt in den Schlund der amerikanischen Rezession, und doch gehört sie zu den Glücklichen. Für ihre erste Stelle zieht sie nach Milwaukee; und obwohl der Job aufreibend ist, eröffnet er ihr unverhoffte Möglichkeiten: Sie kann die Drinks ihrer neuen Freunde bezahlen und ihren Eltern in Indien Geld schicken. Sneha stürzt sich auch ins Dating und verknallt sich bald in die Tänzerin Marina. Doch der Druck ist groß, und bald zeigt sich, dass dieses gute neue Leben auf wackeligen Beinen steht.

After devastating news regarding his only child, Giuseppe Meazza, a middle-aged Italian immigrant who works as a mechanic in a small Florida town, must take care of the one thing that still keeps him connected to her, her dog.

Scamming the local perverts out of their social security checks inside of Reuben "the Prince-of-Porn" Sturman's Paris Adult Theater; learning everything there is to know about wholesale drug dealing from two of the biggest street pharmacists in the city; getting mixed up with gay motorcycle gangs or attempted murders out on Lake Erie; and experiencing every puppy-love whore-crush in between. There really were a lot of Drugs and Other Things to Do in Cleveland during the 1980s!

A Story of a Boy: Finding Light in the Shadows of Self-Acceptance is a compelling journey through the life of a young man as he navigates self-doubt, societal expectations, and self-discovery. This heartfelt narrative explores the challenges of identity, relationships, and resilience, offering a message of hope and empowerment for those on similar journeys.

When Michael Dawouk is disowned by his Muslim family for being gay, he turns his back on the religion and culture he grew up with. He is forced out onto the street, only to be taken in by a former high school teacher who offers him room and board in exchange for sex. Michael is soon left with nothing to believe in, until he meets Wyatt, a successful Texan businessman who takes him under his wing. But what Michael can’t see is that his mentor is just as lost as he is.

Hamburg, 1977. Julle ist vierzehn Jahre alt. Kurz vor den Sommerferien bekommt er einen neuen Mitschüler, Axel. Sofort ist Julle verliebt. Dass er schwul ist, weiß keiner. Bis auf seine Schwester und seine Mutter vielleicht, Mütter sollen so etwas ahnen. Julle zählt die Stunden, die er Axel kennt, und freundet sich mit ihm an. Zusammen gehen sie ins Freibad, füttern Axels Kaninchen und entdecken eine versteckte, halb abgebrannte Hütte im Wald.

"Aprovéchate de mí" de Xóchitl Lagunes es la novela ganadora del Premio Nacional de Novela Joven José Revueltas 2020. La novela, narrada en primera persona por el protagonista, Santi, cuenta con doce capítulos, todos titulados como canciones de Café Tacuba. Se trata de una novela gay de aprendizaje sobre una primera relación con alguien veinte años mayor. La voz del narrador es verosímil y da cuenta de un mundo, el del extrarradio de la Ciudad de México, con sus propias reglas.

This picture of Devin, alive when she should not be alive, triggers of a journey of grief and discovery as the young woman convinced that she caused Devin's death sets out to discover whether Devin may actually be alive, and whether she can be forgiven. Along the way she steals identities, picking up and discarding the people she may or may not be as she struggles with her guilt, and to come to terms with her own bisexuality. As her sense of self unravels, she meets Calgary hippies, a car thief, and an ice cream loving corpse.