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Grounded for All Eternity by Darcy Marks: Malachi and his friends are just your regular average kids from hell. The suburbs that is, not the fiery pit part. But when Hell’s Bells ring out—signaling that a soul has escaped from one of the eternal circles, Mal and his friends can’t help but take the opportunity for a little adventure. ….. View the full summary and rep info on wordpress!

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A Rational Arrangement by L. Rowyn: Wisteria Vasilver does wish to marry, but arranging a match is precarious. Nikola Striker expects he’ll wed–someday. But never to a rich icicle of a woman. Lord Justin Comfrey would be more than happy to help Striker with his financial troubles, and not just to ensure Miss Vasilver’s dowry doesn’t tempt him into marriage. ….. View the full summary and rep info on wordpress!

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THE MOONLIT KNIGHT, my first book in the ELEGY OF AN EMPIRE series, is coming out 1st July 2025!

The Lady of Ruby was a beautiful dream from which Sir Gawain never wanted to wake. King Arthur's famous nephew, Sir Gawain of Orkney, Knight of the Round Table, is known by many names: Hawk of May, Dawnbreaker, Maiden's Knight. With great acclaim comes even greater expectation. When a challenge from Persian knight Sir Gromer Somer Joure draws Gawain east of the Mediterranean Sea, a new confrontation arises from Gromer's outspoken sister. The Knight of Maidens' reputation could be his undoing. Zoroastrian widow Osti Mahtab, granddaughter of Iran's revolutionary Mobed Mazdak, detests violence. And the men who make names for themselves through it. While long resigned to her devout life within the Old City's walls, she would sooner die than admit her little brother's challenger to the inner sanctum uncontested. Yet by forestalling this game of blows betwixt paladins, has Mahtab inadvertently entered the fray herself? In this retelling of The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle, Persian mythology clashes and mingles with Arthurian to create a new and exciting tale of romance, self-discovery, and fantasy. The Moonlit Knight marks the first installment of the Elegy of An Empire epic that promises to entice old and new fans of the legends for years to come.

Pre-order your copy today in print or as an ebook!

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A big thank you to @mortiscausa for this beautiful cover. Go show her some love!

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Just For the Cameras by Viano Oniomoh

Sex worker couple Kian Kalu and Jordanne Daye decide to fantasise about their hot, untouchable flatmate and best friend, Luka Prince, just once. Just to scratch the itch. They totally don't want anything else from Luka—not his body, nor his heart. The last thing Luka expects to come home to is his two sexy flatmates and best friends getting frisky underneath their blanket on the living room sofa. And for the first time in a long time, Luka lets himself want. It was supposed to be one video for Jordanne's and Kian's subscribers. One video. No strings attached. Except now, Jordanne and Kian don't know how to let Luka go, not after they know how fucking perfect he feels between them. And Luka feels like maybe he can risk getting his heart broken again, if it means he gets to have Jordanne and Kian forever.

Promotion length: Until August 21st, 2025

Markets available: Amazon

Link to book: https://www.amazon.com/Just-Cameras-Viano-Oniomoh-ebook/dp/B0CCK42HT6

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Like Salt and Whisky

Despite being slightly unsure before I ordered it, this book has turned out to be my favourite read this year so far! One I will easily reread when I want to feel surrounded by a story. Like a warm, friendly arm around your shoulder, I felt tugged into the lives of Miles and Aileena immediately.

Even before I began reading, I was finding it hard to not keep looking over at my copy because the cover artist, el.gato.bandito, did a fantastic job. The greyscale images of Aileena and Miles contrast beautifully with the textured, deep pink background. There were several instances throughout where Miles was taking in Aileena and her striking beauty, and I found myself closing the book and to take in all the details that we too had been gifted.

Though set in 1992, the book has a very timeless quality to it. It doesn’t play with pop culture nor does it intend to make one nostalgic for the ‘90s, though that doesn’t mean it shies away from nostalgia – on the contrary, there is a beautiful balance between old and new in Miles and Aileena’s relationship. Sometimes stories situated in a specific time can feel lacking if there isn’t enough to convince you that it is indeed that year, but not here. Merlina has a very light touch that gave enough to settle one into the scenario without ever being too much.

The novel uses a healthy dose of teenage flashbacks to fill us in on Miles and Aileena’s background together, letting us fill in the blanks as necessary for the moment.

While there is skilful use of description to place us into the various locations the story travels to, little is really shown of Miles and Aileena’s lives apart from each other which aids the feeling of their love being a little bubble around them, untouchable by the outside world. (That’s one thing I loved about the ending – it feels a little more grounded and expansive than their lives without each other.)

Right from the first page we are treated to a concise image of the kind of person Miles is and that makes his growth over the course of the novel so much sweeter. Aileena goes through her own changes but they are slightly more opaque as we mostly see the outcome rather than the journey itself.

Being told from Miles’ point of view does mean we, the reader, are usually viewing Aileena through rose-tinted glasses: stunning, powerful, capable. It would be easy to leave it at that, but Merlina lets us in to see Aileena losing her temper and composure on occasion, bringing us back to reality with a bump. Miles’ fragility and his tender spots are clear to us because he worries about them, but a relationship cannot work on that inequality. Aileena has struggled too and Miles needs to understand that – he can’t just shower her in compliments and pretend everything is okay.

Miles and Aileena haven’t had easy lives nor are they always easy people to get along with, but that doesn’t make the book heavy, it just makes everything so much more hopeful. They got through it. They are getting through it; there is always time. There’s discovery and rediscovery, adventure and the sudden bump that comes after. Like Salt and Whisky might not be a joyful book but it is certainly a hopeful one. Like any good title, I was curious as to what it meant and when it was finally uttered – on page 241 – it was so, so perfect. (I gasped aloud.)

The story meanders along at its own pace, dipping in and out of the summer camps where Aileena and Miles met, then returning to their ‘now’. We see their slow but steady progress to soulmates, from kindness from a stranger to worshipping each other on crisp, hotel sheets. The sensual scenes are still very heightened emotionally and for me that worked wonderfully. Miles is a very emotional character; flamboyant and loyal. When he loves someone he wants everyone to know, so it made sense that in intimate moments he would be equally as attentive and over-the-top.

Merlina opens the novel with an author’s note starting, “This is not a romcom”, and it isn’t. But what it is, is a story about love and how, when you both try, you can get through anything. It’s a story about hope and resilience and second chances. Give Miles and Aileena a go – I promise you won’t regret it.

You can find more information on the author's website and order directly from them here.

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The Anonymous Letters of C Forestier by Felicia Davin

The Anonymous Letters of C Forestier (bought via itch.io before the censorship scandal, but it's also available at other retailers) by Felicia Davin (The Gardener's Hand) was a lot of fun! It's Book 3 of the French Letters, an epistolary story mixing 19th-century fantasy and queer romance (with some erotic content).

Each volume focuses on different characters, but they know one another and the plot is related, so I recommend reading them in order. There's also some nice humour here and there.

This tome has major f/nb between a bisexual woman and a genderfluid protagonist. New characters include an aromantic woman and a minor trans female character, old ones an nb/nb pairing and an f/f (gnc)/m triad.

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i think a 7 year old girl could kill any transphobe. imagine telling a 7 year old girl she's not as strong as the boys around her because she's a girl, she'd rip your organs out in less than a second. have you ever seen what happens when a teacher says "i need a strong boy to carry this thing"?? have you never seen a small child carry four times her body weight with a smile on her face just to spite someone???? i think kids should be allowed to kill tbh

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Hello everyone, if you can please share and donate to the Shehab family’s campaign to support them through displacement and famine. Sahar, her family of eight (five of whom are children), and extended family (three are children) need funds to survive as food, water, formula and baby products become more and more scarce and expensive. All donations will go towards evacuation funds, and to help them recover afterwards and build towards a brighter future once more. Please keep this family in your hearts and minds, and show them your kindness through sharing and donating, thank you. @danashehab is one of the accounts for the family who contacted and asked me to make this post for them.

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Exclusive Cover Reveal: Load Game by Emilie Nantel

Today on the site I’m delighted to welcome Emilie Nantel to reveal the cover of her upcoming speculative bi f/f YA, Load Game, releasing September 18, 2025! Here’s the story: Vera Young can time travel through her selfies. For a disaster bi with a huge crush on her bestie Soph and an affinity for trouble, that new power is a cheat code for life. Consequences are a thing of the past. Punched the…

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Hello #writingcommmunity !

Thought I’d promo my disaster bisexual necromancer for Pride Month🏳️‍🌈

Working on completing my draft of THE NECROMANCER’S WIFE (80% done).

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🏳️‍🌈 wlw + queer chars

💀 retired necromancer 🩷💜💙

⚗️ missing alchemist 🧡🤍🩷

🪄 magical intrigue

🚂 dieselpunk

✨Vibes: FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST x SAVING PRIVATE RYAN

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March Book Reviews: A Legionnaire's Guide to Love and Peace by Emily Skrutskie

I received a free copy from Del Rey via Netgalley in exchange for a fair review. Publish date 24 June.

I've read a few books by Skrutskie, and this book's intriguing premise made it one of my anticipated new releases for 2025. In A Legionnaire's Guide to Love and Peace, First Spear Katrien doesn't expect to survive the doomed last push to attack the Demon Lord's fortress--until the demon is unexpectedly defeated in a last minute attack by the prince of the realm. Now alive and with the option to leave the army, Katrina must process an eve of the battle hookup with her battle partner Emory, even as the prince takes an interest in her career and the Demon Lord might not be as defeated as they thought…

A Legionnaire's Guide to Love and Peace was a gentle and leisurely paced novel exploring territory more often occupied by fanfiction, about what happens after the final battle with the forces of dark. The answer seems to be: lots of angst. Katrien and Emory have been partners in battle for three years, but only had sex the once, under highly emotional circumstances. Now, contemplating their future without the army, they're both uncertain about what they want. The central romantic conflict leans heavily on Katrien and Emory not having a conversation, or even an argument about their relationship, but perhaps that's understandable. They're only twenty-one, in an army that seems to be shockingly young--their commanding officer is only two years or so older, and their fellow soldiers mostly younger than them. However, I did enjoy how deftly Skrutskie avoids writing the same old tired gendered relationship tropes. Emory and Katrien might be m/f, but they're also both bi, and Katrien is over six feet tall, muscled like the blacksmith she was, and fully capable of picking Emory up and tossing him in the river, even though he's no lightweight himself.

The worldbuilding leans heavily on archetypal fantasyland concepts, and for the most part this works. It's about the concept of moving after your whole life has been defined by war, about rebuilding after disaster, about redefining relationships after you're no longer in the position that created them. When you squint a little harder at the worldbuilding, it doesn't quite hold up to the depth lent by the genre space it's inhabiting. There's a gesture at common people vs the out of touch nobles, but mostly on a shallow level. Similarly, worldbuilding about the ancient gold tokens that lend users the power of angels isn't deeply explored either magically or theologically, although a major plotline revolves around Katrien learning to use her token. Still, it's effectively enough written overall.

A thoughtful, slow romantic fantasy exploring the idea of after the battle in an archetypal fantasyland with a sweet bi4bi romance. Recommended for people who liked Legends and Lattes and How to Become The Dark One and Die Trying.

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BI GARDLESS IS OUT NOW!!

I am absolutely ecstatic to present this community zine! Very proud of myself and my wonderful participants’ work. If you are interested in hearing bisexual voices, this zine is for you!

CLICK HEREEEEE TO READ THE BI GARDLESS ZINE!

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I would love to personally gmail it to you if you have any difficulties opening the zine!

You are absolutely permitted to download the file, keep it on your phone, laptop, carrier pigeon, whatever! It is a Standard PDF

Enjoy!

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Loki’s Price by Julie Mannino: The old myths from centuries ago had some things right about Loki: He was bisexual, gender fluid, and a trickster. But human mythology doesn’t contain everything that happened, and many were warped over time.

But then a terrible mistake leaves a smear on his past, and the results could be dangerous in the future. ….. View the full summary and rep info on wordpress!

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The bi flag but make it sapphic vampires hehe

Merch available on Etsy ✨

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If aid does not enter to Gaza Strip within the next 48 hours — especially baby formula and flour — then prepare yourselves for the largest mass death crime in history.

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Choosing violence early morning I think pansexuals should shut the fuck up sometimes when people are talking about their bisexual experiences. "I know you're identifying as bi but I think that what you are describing is pan/omnisexual" SHUT UP. Go to school!! Read a fucking queer book that is not Alice Oseman idgaf??! Sorry you think bisexuality is restrictive or transphobic, it's not our fault your entire basis for this argument is so you can position your sexuality as more inclusive and woke.