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Patricia Wants to Cuddle
Samantha Allen
The contestants of a reality television dating show compete for loveāand their livesāin this pulse-pounding and viciously funny fiction debut from the GLAAD Award-winning author of Real Queer America.
When the final four women in competition for an aloof, if somewhat sleazy, bachelor's heart arrive on a mysterious island in the Pacific Northwest, they mentally prepare themselves for another week of extreme sleep deprivation, invasive interviews, and of course, the salacious drama that viewers nationwide tune in to eagerly devour. Each woman came on 'The Catch' for her own reasonsābrand sponsorships, followers, and yes, even loveāand they've all got their eyes steadfastly trained on their respective prizes.
Enter Patricia, a temperamental, but woefully misunderstood local, living alone in the dark, verdant woods and desperate to forge a connection of her own. As the contestants perform for the cameras that surround them, Patricia watches from her place in the shadows, a queer specter haunting the bombastic display of heterosexuality before her. But when the cast and crew at last make her acquaintance atop the island's tallest and most desolate peak, they soon realize that if they're to have any hope of making it to the next Elimination Event, they'll first have to survive the night.
A whirlwind romp careening toward a last-girl-standing conclusion and a scathing indictment of contemporary American media culture, Patricia Wants to Cuddle is also a love story: between star-crossed lesbians who rise above their intolerant town, a deeply ambivalent woman and her budding self-actualization, and a chosen family of misfit islanders forging community against all odds.
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Embracing the body and reclaiming otherness, these books use horror to redefine notions of womanhood and monstrosity.
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Sponsored Limited Time Quest (June 17-Dec 31, 2026): 6 genre-spanning books featuring queer storylines, mystery, romance, and gothic horror.
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This Quest was inspired by the List "One and Done Fantasy" by hannah, winner of Q2 2026 community voting.
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This Quest was inspired by the List "forgive us our trespasses: religious horror," winner of Q2 2026 community voting.
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All the Painted Stars
Emma Denny
Oxfordshire 1362
When Lily Barden discovers her best friend Johannaās hand in marriage is being awarded as the main prize at a tournament, she is determined to stop it. Disguised as a knight, she infiltrates the contest, preparing to fight for Joās hand. But her conduct ruffles feathers, and when a dangerous incident escalates out of Lilyās control, Jo must help her escape.
Finding safety with a local brewster, Lily and Jo soon settle into their new freedom, and amongst blackberry bushes and lakeside walks an unexpected relationship blossoms. But when Joās past catches up with her and Lilyās reckless behaviour threatens their newfound happiness, both women realise that choices must always come at a cost. The question they need to ask is if the cost is worth the price of loveā¦
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Home Field Advantage
Dahlia Adler
In this sweet and funny new f/f romance from the author of Cool for the Summer, a cheerleader and the school's newest quarterback are playing to win, but might lose their hearts in the process.
Amber McCloudās dream is to become cheer captain at the end of the year, but itās an extra-tall order to be joyful and spirited when the quarterback of your team has been killed in a car accident. For both the team and the squad, watching Robbie get replaced by newcomer Jack Walsh is brutal. And when it turns out Jack is actually short for Jaclyn, all hell breaks loose.
The players refuse to be led by a girl, the cheerleaders are mad about the changes to their traditions, and the fact that Robbieās been not only replaced but outshined by a QB who wears a sports bra has more than a few Atherton Alligators in a rage. Amber tries for some semblance of unity, but it quickly becomes clear that she's only got a future on the squad and with her friends if she helps them take Jack down.
Just one problem: Amber and Jack are falling for each other, and if Amber can't stand up for Jack and figure out how to get everyone to fall in line, her dream may come at the cost of her heart.
Dahlia Adler's Home Field Advantage is a sparkling romance about fighting for what - or who - you truly want.
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That Which Feeds Us
Keala Kendall
A native Hawaiian teen travels to a luxury island resort in search of her missing twin and uncovers the dark side of paradise, in this YA supernatural thriller that's Mexican Gothic meets She is a Haunting.
For the worldās wealthiest, KÅpaŹ»a Island Resort is more than a destination. Itās the ultimate escape. With no cell service or Wi-Fi, the Hawaiian island is a coveted wellness retreat renowned for its persimmon orchard and promises of rejuvenation.
But their dream vacation is Lehuaās nightmare. When her twin sister, Ohia, goes missing, Lehua follows her trail to KÅpaŹ»a to find her. Instead, Lehua is cut off from civilizationāand helpāafter the islandās boat leaves without her, stranding her with the resortās lavish guests and enigmatic staff.
As Lehua investigates Ohiaās disappearance, she discovers her missing sister isnāt the islandās only mystery. KÅpaŹ»aās rich exterior and sweet persimmons hide its dark plantation past. And Lehua canāt ignore the dreams haunting her each nightānor the warning telling her to leave the island at once. To uncover what happened to Ohia, Lehua will have to unearth the islandās bloody history and face the horrors that lurk within its sugarcane fieldsāor risk being consumed by them.
Sharply observed and gorgeously written, That Which Feeds Us explores the true cost of paradise as Lehua must fight to reclaim the land, the stories, and the very souls of her people.
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Decomposition Book
Sara van Os
An emotional, electrifying, and darkly hilarious debut about a woman who finds a dead body and canāt give up its ghost, for fans of Mona Awad, Yellowjackets, and weird girl fiction.
Spiraling from a disastrous falling-out with her best friend, Savannah retreats to her parentsā empty lake house in upstate New York to tend her wounds. Isolated and reeling from rejection, she spends her days in a fog, drinking and overthinking in equal worrisome measure. Until she wakes up one morning in the woods behind the houseānext to a dead body.
Instead of calling the police, Savannah reads the journal she finds nearby, reliving the last desperate months of this womanās life lost in the wilderness, fighting for survival. Ava, as it turns out, is more than just a cold, lonely corpse. She was funny. She was smart. And Savannah has finally found someone she can talk toā¦
As she pushes deeper into Avaās harrowing story, Savannah notices a change, a shift in her reality. Each page brings her closer to the Ava from the journalā¦and the ghost before her now. Before long, Savannah feels something for Ava she hasnāt felt for anyone elseāand thereās a good chance letting go would haunt her for the rest of her life.
Is Savannah finally losing her grip? Or has she found the friend sheās needed all along?
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Saturn Returning
Kim Narby
A smoldering, soul-splitting debut that tracks three friends through the celestial chaos of adulthood, love, and queer identity.
Jordan Caleb is a freshman at McCallen College when she meets Trace. From the moment the confident, tattooed Trace compliments Jordanās Alanis Morissette T-shirt, their friendship feels fated and electrically charged. When the two friends meet mercurial transfer student Silvia, she catches Traceās eye. Their instant attraction eclipses the nascent pull between Jordan and Trace, forming a messy constellation among the three women.
Over the course of a decade, their orbits send them to opposite Jordan builds a life in New York City, while Trace and Silvia get engaged in Seattle, yet the three remain linked by the gravitational pull of the past. As they approach thirty and the apogee of their Saturn return, their bond splinters when Trace calls Jordan with a shocking revelation, exposing a web of heartache, secrets, and unspoken desires.
Saturn Returning charts the complex paths of human connection and queer friendship, questioning how we define ourselves against the relationships that have shaped our lives.
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I Accidentally Locked Down a Witch (Accidents Happen)
Jessica Cage
Who has time for crazy ex-girlfriends and witches from new worlds when youāre trying to build an empire?Shontae Carter has built her fitness sanctuary from the ground up, armed with protein bars, sass, and zero tolerance for diet culture nonsense. Sheās not just helping women lift weights, sheās helping them lift each other up. And with a big TV spot to drum up new business, everything is right on trackā¦ until a mysterious (and absurdly gorgeous) new client named Likosa walks through the door with killer cheekbones and an energy that cracklesā¦literally.Likosa isnāt your typical gym-goer. She's a witch from a shadowy realm known as The Bane. Her plan? Cozy up to Shontae, tap into the strange power hidden in her aura, and use it to break open a portal home. But nothing in her ancient practices prepared her for protein smoothies, cardio class, or the devastatingly cute way Shontae blushes when Likosa flirts with her.As the two women team up for "personal training" (emphasis on personal), sparks fly, spells misfire, and hearts get caught in the crossfire. With demons from The Bane tracking Likosaās every move, and Shontae discovering secrets about her own power, theyāll have to fight for their separate homes, or build one together?Spicy, snarky, and full of heart, I Accidentally Locked Down a Witch is a magical rom-com for anyone who believes strength comes in all sizes. And that love might just be the strongest magic of all.
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Sweet Talk
Rena Sapon-White
Could late nightās saltiest host find her sweetest match?
Dr. Noa Hart lives her life unapologeticallyāfrom her PhD in ice cream science to the eccentric bumper sticker collection on her ancient VW Bug, Ringo Carr. Sheās never hidden who she is, which is why sheās completely unprepared to fall for someone whoās spent her adult years doing the opposite.
Comedian Aarti Nair has clawed her way to the top as the first woman of color to host a legendary late-night talk show, but between balancing network expectations and hiding her true self, sheās drowningāuntil a nitrogen canister explosion changes everything.
When their off-the-charts chemistry pivots the show in a new direction, Aarti and Noaās professional partnership becomes dangerously personal. With Aartiās career hanging in the balance, can she risk everything for love? And can Noa protect her heart without compromising who she isāeven if it means walking away?Why you'll love this
š¦ Sapphic romcom with heat
š¤ Dual POV
š¦ HEA
š¤ Enemies to lovers
š¦ Forced proximity
š¤ Ice queen/cinnamon roll
š¦ Opposites attract
š¤ Celebrity x normie
š¦ TV & Hollywood
š¤ Food/culinary romance
š¦ First-gen Indian-American FMC
š¤ Trans sibling rep
š¦ Bi rep
š¤ Coming out journey
š¦ Family acceptance
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The Earl Has to Die
Emily Shacklette
Ivy and Delilah were the best of friends, all through their teenage days.Both members of the 4H club, both active in the GSA.After graduation, Ivy went out, looking to share her art with the world.Delilah looked all around their town and all she found was The Earl.Just a few years after they got married,Delilah started getting suspicious.She put on dark glasses to follow her husbandAnd found his cheating ways maliciousRight away, Ivy drove in from NashvilleOn the night of Delilahās big fightShe held her best friendās hand, and they thought up a planAnd it didnāt take them long to decideThe Earl had to die.
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Wife Shaped Bodies
Laura Cranehill
Sorrowland meets Manhunt in this literary horror debut in which an isolated newlywedācovered in mushroom growths like all the other wives in her communityāstrikes a precarious balance between following her husbandās strict rules and pursuing an intense connection with a woman who makes her question everything.Forbidden from leaving her house from girlhood until marriage, Nicole has only her mother's lessons and what she can see from her bedroom window to draw on in forming her view of the world, and of herself. Taught that the mushrooms which cover the women in her village are repulsive and dangerous, she conforms to a rigid set of rules to protect herself and those around her. When her wedding day arrives, Nicole moves from one prison to anotherāan empty mansion on the very outskirts of town belonging to the husband sheās been promised to since birth. As she haunts the edges of Silas's unknowable life and decaying home, maintaining control over her own transforming body becomes increasingly impossible. And when another wife with rebellious tendencies pays Nicole an unexpected visit, something within her cracks open. Their furtive explorations yield confusing answers, unearthing the long-buried secrets of the generations of resentful brides that came before. Unmoored, angry, and at last awakened, Nicole must reckon with who she really is, and perhaps, give in to what she truly wants. Raw, visceral, and relentless, Wife Shaped Bodies is an exploration of gender, power, and community through the lens of mycological body horror and an ode to the unsettling beauty of the natural world.
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Queenslander
Laura Garden
Farms collect broken things. Things awaiting resurrection.
Since getting out of juvie, Ronnie Madonna has built a tentative life in Lionheart working as a farmhand for Nev at Upsend Downs, but one thing is still missing: her daughter Rainbow.
When she realizes she has a chance to get Rainbow back, she must prove she is a responsible adult and a good mother. Her quest will take a village, and will force her to confront demons from her past. Will she follow her football dreams to Brisbane or put down roots on the land that holds a mysterious power over her and her boss?
Ten years ago, jaded former war photographer Nev Bickerman woke to a pregnant teenager smashing the family room with a cricket bat. Now, Nev is far too professional to admit sheās falling in love.
Welcome to Lionheart, aka āLine Hat,ā a small town between the Outback and the rainforest healing from colonial scars, where climate change threatens both agriculture and eco-tourism. Gritty and hilarious, with emotional momentum, Queenslander is the first book in this Australian family drama series about a close-knit village of misfits and monsters.
"This extraordinary debut from Laura Garden is so many things: a lyrical ode to Queensland and its people, an exploration of love in all its many forms, a double portrait of two women who only appear to be perfect opposites to one another, but in fact share a bond deeper than blood. Queenslander, like its protagonists Ronnie and Nev, never gives up its secrets easily, but the rewards along the way are well worth the journey. Lush and transportive, tender and fierce, this is a novel that lives on well after the last page."
āHesse Phillips, author of Lightborne
"A moving story about queer family, identity, and belonging set on a sheep farm in Australia, Queenslander shows how people can atone for their past mistakes and discover who they're meant to be.ā
āMilo Todd, nationally bestselling author of The Lilac People
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Queenslander
Laura Garden
Farms collect broken things. Things awaiting resurrection.
Since getting out of juvie, Ronnie Madonna has built a tentative life in Lionheart working as a farmhand for Nev at Upsend Downs, but one thing is still missing: her daughter Rainbow.
When she realizes she has a chance to get Rainbow back, she must prove she is a responsible adult and a good mother. Her quest will take a village, and will force her to confront demons from her past. Will she follow her football dreams to Brisbane or put down roots on the land that holds a mysterious power over her and her boss?
Ten years ago, jaded former war photographer Nev Bickerman woke to a pregnant teenager smashing the family room with a cricket bat. Now, Nev is far too professional to admit sheās falling in love.
Welcome to Lionheart, aka āLine Hat,ā a small town between the Outback and the rainforest healing from colonial scars, where climate change threatens both agriculture and eco-tourism. Gritty and hilarious, with emotional momentum, Queenslander is the first book in this Australian family drama series about a close-knit village of misfits and monsters.
"This extraordinary debut from Laura Garden is so many things: a lyrical ode to Queensland and its people, an exploration of love in all its many forms, a double portrait of two women who only appear to be perfect opposites to one another, but in fact share a bond deeper than blood. Queenslander, like its protagonists Ronnie and Nev, never gives up its secrets easily, but the rewards along the way are well worth the journey. Lush and transportive, tender and fierce, this is a novel that lives on well after the last page."
āHesse Phillips, author of Lightborne
"A moving story about queer family, identity, and belonging set on a sheep farm in Australia, Queenslander shows how people can atone for their past mistakes and discover who they're meant to be.ā
āMilo Todd, nationally bestselling author of The Lilac People
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