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  Lavender Hyacinth Violet Yew

  Coral Wylie

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  'A garden without a traditional English rose is a cardinal sin – and I committed eight of those before my Ready Brek'
  Nineteen-year-old Pip is trying to find themselves through gardening. But with a dad more interested in plants than people and a mum stuck in the past, they're left to ponder life's questions alone.
  Then one day, they uncover a jacket in the attic that's been gathering dust. Bold, vibrant and very '80s, in its pocket lies a diary belonging to someone long gone. Swept up in the mystery, Pip digs into the past, unearthing secrets about an old friend their parents don't want to discuss…
  Funny, affecting and beautifully queer, Coral Wylie's play Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew tracks one family's efforts to assuage the past and plant the seeds of a better future. It was shortlisted for the Alfred Fagon Award in 2023 and premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2025, directed by Debbie Hannan and starring Omari Douglas, Pooky Quesnel and Wil Johnson alongside the playwright.

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  Rhythm of Us

  Aimee Nicole Walker

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  Can two damaged halves ever form a whole? 
   
   
   
  Xavier Cruz, an enigmatic musician, has come home after eight years of touring with his band. Haunted by past decisions, he's lost himself and his ability to create music. Every day is a struggle to recapture them both and forgive the mistakes he's made. Healing and rediscovering the melodies all around him again are his only objectives, but Bennett St. Clair has other ideas. 
   
   
   
  Ben, a playboy ad executive, can't stop thinking about the mysterious Xavier, and the strength of his attraction shakes him to his core. He's lived a life devoid of affection, love, and romance, but watching his two friends fall madly in love has left Ben yearning for his own special someone. His heart wants Xavier, but his brain urges caution. Ben recognizes a fellow wounded soul when he sees one. 
   
   
   
  A relationship is out of the question for both men, but a no-strings affair wouldn't hurt anyone. Famous. Last. Words. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Beloved by the Boss

  Leighton Greene

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  It’s good to be the Boss. That’s what I thought my whole life. 
  Now I am the Boss. I’ll shoulder that responsibility with my beloved husband beside me. As long as I have Finch, I can handle whatever life throws at me. 
  But what they say is true: Be careful what you wish for. 
  My Family has been decimated. My allies are few. I’m holding onto power by a thread. 
  And the truth is, my husband is more vulnerable than ever. He’s always been a lost soul, and now he’s suffered yet another crushing loss. 
  I can’t protect him from Fate’s cruel blows. But I’m determined to protect him from our enemies, no matter what it takes—as soon as I get my own house in order. 
  Because I’m starting to wonder if there’s a traitor in the Morelli Family... 
  If I can't even trust my own men, how can I keep my beloved safe? 
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  Beloved by the Boss is the sequel to Married to the Mobster, and is the second book in the Morelli Family Mafia Romance series.

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  Beyond the Blue

  TJ O'Shea

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  Numbers rule Dr. Mei Sharpe's life. She has no husband, one friend, two daughters, and three random meetings with the same woman within four weeks. Once is chance, twice is coincidence, but upon the third meeting, even Mei in all her empirical rigidness must admit that perhaps the universe is giving her a nudge. A nudge that lands her directly in the path of Lieutenant Morgan Kelly—an affable, charming detective for the Sheriff Department's brand-new cold case team working down the hall from Mei's morgue. 
   
   
   
  More golden retriever than hard-boiled detective, Morgan is determined to pull the asocial widow out of her shell. As the icy scientist warms to her cheerful new friend, an irrepressible chemistry develops, and Mei begins to realize she's perhaps a different number on the Kinsey scale than previously considered. 
   
   
   
  As Mei and Morgan struggle with guilt and grief, drama and desires, Mei finds her scientific austerity is no match for the universe and its nudges toward the startling revelation of what her heart really wants. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  The Call Is Coming from Inside...

  Allyson McOuat

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  From Allyson McOuat, author of the popular 2020 New York Times Modern Love essay "The Ghost Was the Least of Our Problems," comes her debut essay collection 
   
   
   
  In a series of intimate and humorous dispatches, McOuat examines her identity as a queer woman, and as a mother, through the lens of the pop culture moments in the '80s and '90s that molded her identity. McOuat stirs the ingredients required to conjure an unsettled spirit: the horrors of pregnancy and motherhood, love and loss, the supernatural, kaleidoscopic sexuality, near-miss experiences, and the unexplained moments in life that leave you haunted. 
   
   
   
  Through her own life experiences, various tall tales, urban legends, analysis of horror and thriller films, and spine-chilling true crime incidents, McOuat uncovers how cultural gatekeeping has forced her, as a mother and queer femme woman, to persistently question her own reality. Through this charming and humorous exploration of what moments have made her who she is, McOuat demonstrates for listeners a way through by forgiving herself and exorcising her stubborn attachment to a phantom, heteronormative, nuclear family structure.

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  Zepharali - Lord of the East Wind

  A.E. Via

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  Lord of the East Wind and Titan of Tir Scáthanna, the Land of Three Suns. 
   
   
   
  His winds ignite the summer season and the blossoms of new love and passion. 
   
   
   
  "A tribrid vampire is wickedness personified. I will send you to the Land of Three Suns," the Mother of Earth smiled. "A beloved with a titan heart can save you from the evil within." 
   
   
   
  The presence of a powerful entity taking refuge in his realm alarms Zepharali. 
   
   
   
  This being has a dark aura, but also a sweet, irresistible scent he's never experienced. They could be an upper-level vampire, a warlock, a fire lord, or gods forbid, all three, capable of harnessing the dark elements, and making them the most formidable adversary he's ever faced. 
   
   
   
  He hopes they can be reasoned with, because Zepharali has yet to unleash the full forces of his summer suns, which could shatter the peace of his realm. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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