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[bey0utifulsoul]

[lgbtqreads]

Fave Five: Adult Trans M/M Romance

Rules for Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore (Paranormal) The Key by Jo Morgan Sloan (Contemporary) Second Chances in New Port Stephen by TJ Alexander (Contemporary) What it Looks Like by Matthew J. Metzger (Contemporary) Coffee Boy (Contemporary) and Peter Darling (Fantasy) by Austin Chant Bonus: Coming in 2025, check out A Hex for Hunger by Alistair Reeves (Fantasy) and A Gentleman’s…

[tjalexandernyc]

My next book is out today!

Second Chances in New Port Stephen is...the book I think I'm the proudest of so far. If you are queer or gay or trans or questioning or an elder millennial or Floridian or a single dad or a washed up comedian or a fan of manatees--this one's for you.

You can order it here.

[les-portes-du-sud]

Lire et écrire sont deux points de résistance à l’absolutisme du monde. »

Christian Bobin

« L’acte d’écrire peut ouvrir tant de portes, comme si un stylo n’était pas vraiment une plume, mais une étrange variété de passe-partout. »

Stephen King

« La lecture est l’apothéose de l’écriture. »

Alberto Manguel

[eldrytchcryptid]

(Spoilers Ahead)

I wrote this review on Goodreads too but like every trans dude of like adult age needs to read this damn book-

A trans man, as a romance protagonist in an actual adult novel.

Have you ever loved the words on the page of a book so much you wanted to rip them from the spine and stuff the paper into your mouth and digest them?

I think I might sleep with this book under my pillow for the next year just to absorb it into my bloodstream through osmosis.

When I tell you I have been waiting years for trans men to be properly represented in romance (or just ANY adult media at all), this book decided to grab me by the throat and force tear after tear from my eyes until I was sobbing and hollering with laughter, slamming the book down on my bed to the point where I may actually get charged with abuse.

There were points in this book where I thought I needed to check my brain for cameras - I can't speak for every trans man of course, but having the ftm experience so seamlessly written from an actually confident trans man in his identity with the same inability to realise people actually want to be around him, and the same kind of trans dick jokes and mourning over childhood - at certain point, especially when they redid the photos I started crying only to realise that Eli was crying to like "Ye bro I'd be crying too in that scenario damn."

I have truly, truly never felt so represented in a book - and I was starting to give up hope that I would ever see a trans man in an adult book who was PROPERLY written that I-

I can only thank @tjalexandernyc for writing this and hope that this is the start of trans men beginning to come into their own to being represented as something other than in teen media.

Transness aside, the book is beautifully written with amazing humour and heartwarming scenes that ripped me into thin little ribbons.

And the only qualm I had is that Eli didn't dick Nick down. I need a novella of just them exploring each other. Please. The sex scenes were just exquisite and hilarious.

I'm also gonna put some of my favourite bits here cause I have to.

[bookshelvesandtealeaves]

🎄 BOOK REVIEW 🎄

Second Chances in New Port Stephen by TJ Alexander

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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I was a bit wary of this book cos I couldn’t get into Chef’s Kiss but I’m so glad I gave it a chance because I really enjoyed it!

Honestly I related to Eli a lot which may also be why I found him so infuriating at times. Being queer and returning to your conservative home town is so hard, especially when you think you might be MOVING back there. But gosh, he behaved like an ass at times.

But he made up for it in the end, which was also really great to see.

I LOVED Nick. He was just so sweet and wholesome and lovely. So chill about everything, so compassionate and caring, so ready to go to bat for everyone. I really liked how chill he was about questioning his sexuality and I also liked that he didn’t really feel a need to find a label.

This second chance romance from childhood friends to lovers was just…so disgustingly sweet lmao. I loved every moment of it, truly.

I highly recommend this book for romance fans!

[kastillia]

[transbookoftheday]

Second Chances in New Port Stephen by TJ Alexander

Eli Ward hasn’t been back to his suffocating hometown of New Port Stephen, Florida, in ages. Post-transition and sober, he’s a completely different person from the one who left years ago. But when a scandal threatens his career as a TV writer and comedian, he has no choice but to return home for the holidays. He can only hope he’ll survive his boisterous, loving, but often misguided family and hide the fact that his dream of comedy success has become a nightmare.

Just when he thinks this trip couldn’t get any worse, Eli bumps into his high school ex, Nick Wu, who’s somehow hotter than ever. Divorced and in his forties, Nick’s world revolves around his father, his daughter, and his job. But even a busy life can’t keep him from being intrigued by the reappearance of Eli.

Against the backdrop of one weird Floridian Christmas, the two must decide whether to leave the past in the past…or move on together.

[aspeccharactersoftheday]

Nick Wu from Second Chances in New Port Stephen is acespec!

[thefollyflaneuse]

The Palladian Bridge, Wilton House, Wiltshire

The Palladian Bridge at Wilton House, in Wiltshire, was built in 1736-37 for Henry Herbert, the 9th Earl of Pembroke. The design was his own, and such was his passion for building that he became known as the ‘Architect Earl’. The bridge crosses the River Nadder which forms the boundary between the formal gardens and informal landscape. Continue reading The Palladian Bridge, Wilton House, Wiltshire

[sarquarium]

had a thought about a possible smt oc who rewrote the demon summoning program in another language so they could carry it around on their comically large arch linux thinkpad... and then i remembered that as of v the dsp can just be Downloaded to a smartphone. and then i looked up the dsp to figure out what language it was written in in the first place and the first picture on the megaten wiki shows what i think is c. Ok

[lgbtqreads]

Fave Five: M/M Small Town Romances

Second Chances in New Port Stephen by TJ Alexander Showmance by Chad Beguelin Work For it by Talia Hibbert Seasons of New Hope by Philip William Stover The Barkeep and the Bro by AJ Truman

[tjalexandernyc]

Calling all bookstore folks, book reviewers, and publishing people who use NetGalley! My next book, Second Chances in New Port Stephen, is currently available as a Read Now e-arc. Meaning you don't have to wait to be approved! It's a Christmas miracle! Get it hassle-free (for a limited time/quantity).

I'm so glad my publisher is giving folks a chance to read & review this well in advance of the Dec. 5 pub date. My whole gay, trans, Floridian, elder millennial, coastal, dad friend, swim team alum heart is in this one, y'all.

If you're NOT a book reviewer/bookstore buyer/industry person and you're gnawing off your own arm wanting to read this book, please please please consider preordering! It helps me more than probably anything in the world other than handing me a fistful of money.

[lilyhabiba]

Every goddamn day

every time I fumble w my phone’s charger cable I think about emailing steven moffat a pipe bomb

[eldrytchcryptid]

"I'm trying my best 🥲."

[beerswithqueers]

Stephen Port aka “The Grindr Killer”

Listen To The Full Story Here: bio.site/beerswithqueers He seemed ordinary. Awkward. Forgettable, even. But behind Stephen Port’s soft voice and boyish face was one of the UK’s most manipulative serial killers—one who used the very apps meant to connect LGBTQ+ people as tools for murder. Between 2014 and 2015, four young men were found dead within yards of his East London flat. They’d all been…