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Summary: “The countdown to graduation is on, but for Tay, Toby, and Third, real life is just beginning.” The trio of best friends—Tay, Toby, and Third—are about to face their most challenging year yet. As Tay and Toby dive deeper into their relationship, navigating the excitement of firsts and the intimacy of being together, they find themselves discovering everything they’ve always wanted. Meanwhile, Third is on his own journey of self-discovery and where he falls on the asexuality spectrum, embracing and exploring what it means to find a connection in a world that too often prioritizes romantic/physical relationships. He's learning to define his own path, finding strength in his unwavering friendship with Tay and Toby, and discovering that love comes in many forms. As the countdown to graduation begins, the trio face the anticipation of senior year: prom, finals, the excitement and anticipation of college, and the goodbyes to the familiar halls of their high school. Through it all, their friendship remains the anchor, a constant source of support and understanding. They’re learning that love and friendship aren’t about fitting into a mold, but about embracing their authentic selves and the unique bonds that connect them. 'It's All Good Until Everyone Finds Out' is a heartwarming story about the power of friendship, the beauty of first love, and the courage to forge your own path, even when the future seems uncertain. It's about finding your place in the world, surrounded by the people who love you for exactly who you are.

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Summary: What if you don’t fit the labels? What if you’re too different? Who’s ready for ‘adulting’? Best friends since kindergarten, Tay and Third have grown up side by side—navigating crushes, identity, family, and the endless maze of growing up in a world that doesn’t always know what to do with you when you’re different. Now, with high school in the rearview mirror and their first off-campus apartment on the horizon, they’re facing their biggest test yet: adulthood. Tay’s relationship with Toby—the new kid he never saw coming in 10th grade—has deepened into something physical, something real, something exciting in its intensity. Meanwhile, Third, still fairly new to identifying as asexual, is struggling with the space between who he is and who he thinks he’s supposed to be. His boyfriend says he gets it, but their definitions of asexuality don’t quite match. Does that mean Third is broken? Or just… untranslatable? As the trio settle into college life, they find comfort, friction, and love in unexpected places. The bond between them grows stronger—but so do more questions. What are they to each other? What do they owe themselves? And when a life-altering choice appears on the horizon, none of them are ready for the answer—or the fallout that could follow. In this emotionally positive and affirming continuation of the It’s All Good series, Book 4 explores friendship, sexuality, queer identity, and the beautiful, complicated mess of becoming your true self. Everything changes after graduation. Even some things you thought never would.

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Summary: Tay and Toby are a couple now but Third is feeling like the odd one out. What next? Tay and Toby are living their best summer, working side by side at the movie theater, they’re closer than ever but it’s not the same for Third. With his job at the library and his internal struggles about who he is, Third starts to feel like he’s being left behind. The second book, It’s All Good Until You Start Dating, picks up the summer after their junior year, with Tay and Toby officially a couple. But the joy of young love comes with new complications as the boys take on summer jobs—and Third struggles with feelings of exclusion as he works alone at the library. As Tay and Toby grow closer, Third must confront his own place in the trio, while dealing with his own journey of self-discovery.

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Summary: Peter is excited to start his freshman year of college at Wabash, an all-male college in Indiana. He meets Austin almost immediately, even before classes have started. When he gets asked to join a fraternity, he wonders if he can really handle all that is to come. Peter experiences the highs of performing, the lows of homophobia and the first pings of love; and it's only his freshman year.

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Summary: Forgive when there is nothing to forgive, and forget when there is. Barbary Fleet, September 1890 Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, September 1890 Deaf since birth, Joe Tanner is destined for a life of misery in the workhouse until Lord Clearwater offers him a place at the curious Larkspur Academy in Cornwall. There, while adjusting to his new life, His Lordship challenges Joe to unlock the mystery of the Colvannick stone row. As Joe sets about his task, he suspects a connection between the standing stones and a series of unsolved murders. The problem is convincing others, and his obsession soon threatens his relationship with his lover, Dalston Blaze. Joe's determination to unearth the truth also jeopardises his place at the academy, but a man's life is at stake, and the only one who believes in the mysteries of the past is Joe — and the killer who is prepared to murder anyone who interferes. The second of The Larkspur Mysteries continues from book one, 'The Guardians of the Poor.' The Larkspur Mysteries are inspired by existing locations and newspaper reports from the time, and combine fact, fiction, adventure and bromance. If you have not yet read the preceding series, ‘The Clearwater Mysteries’, you might like to start with book one, ‘Deviant Desire.’ There are 11 books in the ongoing series including a prequel, ‘Banyak and Fecks’ which can be read first although it is not a mystery. To get the most out of it, you should read it just before you read book nine, ‘Negative Exposure.’

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Summary: It’s 1985, but different.... Frank Hope is a troubled high school senior. Being gay in a small Texas town in the eighties is hard enough, but Frank’s also fighting to win back his ex-boyfriend, trying to graduate while hating school, and struggling to care for his sick mom. Despite his cynical nature, he tries to remain, well, hopeful. Everything he desires seems beyond his reach—until a newfound ability promises financial success and prestige. But success always comes with a price. What is Frank willing to sacrifice? Kasimir is—humans would call Kasimir a demon. Kasimir’s people refer to themselves as the Eternals, who are engaged in a centuries’ long conflict with the mortals from another world. But Kasimir, sensitive and idealistic, can’t hate humans because he fell in love with a human boy named Frank while watching him through an interdimensional window when they were children. Now, as a priest scholar specializing in the study of humans, he’s set on finding his old crush. However, his boy has grown into something feared by all beings of the Eternal Realm. Taking place in an alternative 1985 where demon essence fuels everything from mopeds to the space shuttle, this story of star-crossed lovers combines elements of fantasy and dystopian genres with gay romance while weaving together themes of surviving past trauma, breaking obsessions, and the transformative power of love. Warning: period homophobia, hate speech, suicidal ideation, past suicide, explicit language, sex, violence, child abuse, drug abuse, smoking

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Summary: If he's by himself, no one else will get hurt. But there's a fuckload of hurt in being alone. In the sequel to Wanted: LIghthouse Keeper, Dirk Black, an undercover cop, blows into town for a holiday. Um, except there is no town—only sea and rocks on the far north spit of land in the the Shetlands—and the massive storm that greets him guarantees an indoors holiday. Being under the covers with his unique lover, Stephan Tavish, is just what Dirk’s been needing. But he soon finds that the storm has also brought a maelstrom of trouble for him and the entire Tavish family—Stephan, his father Peter, and his son Jamie have been swept into a tempest of crime and passion that threatens to leave only heartbreak in its path. When Jamie disappears, Dirk is forced into seeing from a different perspective. From the secrets hidden in a boy’s school, to crimes committed in a stone-cold basement, even to a final horrendous crash—he learns that getting out alive is only part of the challenge. Aye, pagan Dirk is forced to call on the “damned father, son and holy ghost” to set the world upright again on Fate’s storm-ravaged playing field.

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Summary: Can an alien with no knowledge of humans or concept of sex find lasting love with a human man? Zak, an alien from the planet Trimmeron, is a member of a race of beings who transform into other species during their years of puberty. It’s customary for the youngsters to be fostered to the worlds native to their new forms, to study and learn about the races who will play an important part in their lives. When Zak turns into a human, it comes as a surprise to everyone, for only one other before him has ever done so. Nevertheless he is sent to Earth, a world he views as primitive and barbaric. He arrives with a chip on his shoulder and attitude to spare. He does not believe that anyone on Earth could have anything to teach him. When Zak meets college student Sam he soon discovers he has a lot to learn, not only about humans, but also about himself. Trapped on an unfamiliar world and in a strange body that seems to have a mind of its own, Zak has no idea what is happening to him—only that Sam seems to be the key to the strange afflictions he is suffering from. But can an alien find love with a human being?

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Summary: What is normal anyway? Jordan is pretty sure he's not normal. It's not that he's gay. It's other things, like the fact that he tends to stick to himself. He's also the president of the book club (which isn't exactly popular) and at the worst possible times, he has scary panic attacks. As Jordan prepares to enter Grade Eleven, his best friend Emma tries to convince him that this is going to be his year of change, but Jordan isn't so sure. He doesn't want change, he wants to be in control. Jordan's world is turned upside down when he meets Nathan who has a strong disregard for the rules and doesn't seem to be afraid of anything. And when Nathan starts to show interest in Jordan as more than a friend, things start to get ... out of control. Will Jordan find the strength to let go, or will he push away his chance to find love? Not Not Normal is a book for anyone who feels like nobody else understands them. It's a story about overcoming grief, dealing with anxiety, and the power of love when someone accepts you for you are and gives you the strength to become the person you've always wanted to be.

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Summary: Two young men try to reunite across the divide of ocean and against the tide of history. (A novel in The Renegade and the Runaway universe) Owl…it’s the name given to Grant Fletcher by his close friends and allies, the Tuscarora Indians of North Carolina's Ocracoke Island. His best friend is Sky, a native son. When Grant is forced to leave the island—when his family comes to "rescue" him from the only home he's ever known—he must also leave Sky. His new father takes him to the tall dark city of Edinburgh, center of enlightenment, and of sinister shadows too. When the story opens, he's twelve and Sky is fifteen. But reality has a way of making boys into men, very fast. Sky is a native of an emerging country...America...an indigenous segment of the New World that its new settlers are trying to eradicate or to marginalize. What happens when this young Indian strikes a fateful bargain with a colonial icon named Daniel Boone? When he teams up with an African man once held in an iron collar? Owl & Sky is a story of young love, a continuation of the universe that began with “The Renegade and the Runaway” series (Unkilted and Unbroken, c. 2019 by Erin O’Quinn). This current novel shares many of the characters in that series.

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Summary: Kyle Morgan is about to set out of the journey of a lifetime. He's been chosen to live and work in the outer reaches of the Milky Way on a military base doing communications. Then he hears an alien transmission planning on destroying his ship. His life starts moving in directions he could never imagine. He is on the precipice of discovering who he really is and his place in this amazing universe. This is the first entry of the Precipice Series.

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Summary: In the second part of the Precipice series, Kyle Morgan is inexplicably returned by the alien race only to stumble upon a kidnapping plot. Why is everyone after Kyle and how could they think that Kyle can start a war? When will Kyle finally get back to his normal life or is all this becoming his new normal? This is the second book of a four part series, The Precipice Series.

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Summary: Life is good in San Capistrano. Alex is happy and recovering after the drama of the last few years. Ben has settled into a contented life with his law practice, his family, and scotch. Ally and Lucy are growing up too fast and foster son Jamie seems settled in his new life with them and his boyfriend Leo. Nobody is prepared for what is around the corner. How will the family cope when they're once more thrust into turmoil? And how will Alex cope with what may be the biggest challenge he has faced so far?

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Summary: It isn’t easy to leave a family that hurts. But what if it’s the start of finding a love that heals? High-school senior Sandy's Catholic parents are furious to discover he's had sex before marriage. But when he blurts out he's bisexual, they go ballistic. To avoid conversion therapy, Sandy runs away from Rockford, Illinois to move in with his gay uncle in Portland and start a new life. He leaves behind Jade, the fabulous out gay kid in their Catholic high school. They hooked up—once—to confirm Sandy’s bisexuality. Jade had never expected to get that far with star athlete and altar boy Sandy. But he was crushed when Sandy disappeared without even telling him. A year later Jade and Sandy run into each other on the train going home to Rockford for Thanksgiving and form an alliance to help Sandy confront his parents. Will they keep building where they left off or will their spark turn to dust? If you like coming of age stories, queer kids finding the courage to be themselves, and the comfort of found families, you’ll love Sand-Man’s Family. 2^nd edition, revised.

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Summary: The court case is over. Alex and Ben can concentrate on healing the wounds inflicted by Alex's mother, Janice. As they find their way back to a normal family life Alex begins to experience life in ways he never has before.  When he takes up a role in a local free clinic, he encounters a teenage boy who has been neglected and rejected by his parents. Will Alex be able to cope when he and Ben decide to take the boy in? Will the new family member help him take the last steps into the lightness of being loved?

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Summary: “Risk is the spark that ignites adventure.” Barbary Fleet, 1891   The Larkspur Academy — Where men explore the mysteries of love and learning Chester Cadman has been duped by unscrupulous men, ridiculed in the newspapers, and disowned by his family. Only twenty-two, he is on the verge of starvation when a Clearwater detective makes him an offer he can't refuse: Join the Larkspur Academy and investigate a haunting that has plagued Lord Clearwater’s family for nearly four hundred years. Mystified, but determined, Chester enlists the help of fellow academy man, Frank Andino, and is soon presented with a second mystery: his attraction to the loyal, but bawdy young Greek. Together, they unearth sinister family secrets that could destroy Clearwater’s reputation and the academy, but the truth must be known. Faced with a double dilemma, Chester is forced to confront the past, even if it means Clearwater’s downfall and a broken heart. It’s a risk, but, as Fleet says, ‘Risk is the spark that ignites adventure, and love is the greatest adventure of them all.’ ★★★★★ ‘Seeing Through Shadows’ is the fourth book in The Larkspur Mystery series. A combination of mystery, male love and adventure set in England in 1890 and 1891, the Larkspur Mysteries blend historical fact with fiction. Rescued from destitution, young gay men are invited to Lord Clearwater’s Larkspur Academy. There, they explore their talents as they encounter romance, bromance and a variety of intriguing mysteries. The Larkspur series follows on from the popular Clearwater Mysteries and is set in the same world, but you don’t have to have read the Clearwater series to enjoy this collection of full-length historical novels.

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Summary: Shy guy Jed Carter has always felt invisible next to his charismatic older brother, Kent. Kent’s master plan for Jed is simple: University of Virginia, fraternity, business, sports, and ladies’ man. None of it is Jed, except for playing on the rugby team, which he joins in defiance of soccer-loving Kent. Jed comes out in his sophomore year and starts seeing Pete, an attractive junior, who uses him for sex and videogames. Jed wants more—in life and in love—and starts making his own plans. First on the list: getting to know Charlie, the handsome guy working at the local videogame arcade. Charlie Ambrose has always felt like an oddball, and not just for his tendency to stutter. Being gay sets him apart from his African-American community, and as a “townie,” he doesn’t fit in with the college crowd. Charlie’s inspiration is his cousin, Morocco, who’s transgender and doesn’t give a fig about fitting in. Art is Charlie’s passion, and when a local videogame designer discovers him, Charlie’s living a dream. The only thing he’s missing is love. But the last person Charlie expects to find it with is a cute, white U.Va. rugby player named Jed.

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Emmaline's twin brother, Spencer, has been found dead at a party. The police say Spencer drowned, but Emmaline doesn't believe it. She wants the truth, and when she finds it she wants revenge. Harley and Reed, are Spencer's best friends, they want to help Emmaline find the truth, but they also want Emmaline. As the trio seek out answers they discover an unconventional love, a love that works for them. This is a N/A book, with M/M scenes and group sex. Not suitable for under 18. It is dark and has some major triggers.

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Summary: A science experiment gone wrong gives Justin the body of his dreams. For his best friend Leo it’s the start of a nightmare as he watches the man of his dreams turn from a shy nerd to a party animal. His best bet is to reverse the effects of the lab explosion, but how can he do that when he doesn’t know what caused it in the first place? In the meantime Justin is gathering notches on his bedpost at an alarming rate. Will he learn that beauty is only skin deep before it’s too late?