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  A Dangerous Prize

  Persephone Black

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  Natalie Miller thought she could gamble with my heart. But she's about to learn I always make the final play. 
   
   
   
  Released on bail, I'm a woman on the warpath. But vengeance will have to wait. First I need to reclaim my crown—and outplay my own Family. 
   
   
   
  But Natalie is a wild card I can't ignore. She fooled me, seduced me, and betrayed me. I hate her. 
   
   
   
  Now she's back, begging for my help to expose the corruption festering in her agency. I still want her. 
   
   
   
  We strike a bargain, but every charged encounter blurs the lines between ally and enemy, love and hate. And someone out there is willing to kill to ensure we never uncover their secrets. 
   
   
   
  To stay alive, I'm forced to put my trust in the woman who destroyed me once already. And if she tries to play me again? Natalie Miller had better watch her back. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  The Billionaire's Wish

  Robin Knight

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  With a sentimental tip of a hat to the classic Christmas movie It's A Wonderful Life, Matt is taken on a funny and touching journey through the lives of his friends and his billionaire husband Cal had he not been such a pivotal presence in their lives. 
   
   
   
  Tis the season to be jolly, but romance writer Matt Darcy is feeling anything but festive. With a pile of rejection letters as high as his latest manuscript, Matt is questioning whether his career as an author will ever take off. And while his perfect husband Cal has planned a week-long trip to a mountain chalet for Matt, Mrs. Mulroney, Mr. Banks, Tilly, and Angus—so that everyone can be together and enjoy the lead-up to Christmas—Matt can only hope his feelings of worthlessness and self-doubt won't ruin the trip. 
   
   
   
  But when a bump on the head knocks Matt out and he wakes up miles from the chalet, the journey he must undertake is not a trek through the snow, but an eye-opening insight into the lives of those he loves most if he, Matt Darcy, had never, ever existed. Will Matt let his feelings of uselessness and self-doubt lead him forever into the Forest of Darkness . . . or will this Christmas open his eyes to the magical truth that it is indeed a wonderful life?

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  Destiny's End

  Tinnean

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  Many obstacles stand in the way of baronet's son Warrick Synclaire being with his best friend, Thomas Smythe. Same-sex love is illegal in early 20th Century England, and Warrick is heading for Canada while Thomas is destined for the military college at Sandhurst. Warrick isn't sure he can bear the separation.
  However, the day before Warwick leaves, Thomas persuades him to see a fortune teller. The old gypsy woman's warnings fail to scare Warwick, but another gypsy, Nicolae, by turns intrigues, arouses, and terrifies him. That night, Nicolae breaks into Warwick's bedchamber, bedding then biting him. Warwick, unable to process the encounter, convinces himself it was just a bad dream and sails off to Canada to start a new life. 
  In Canada, Warrick renews his acquaintance with Fox Sullivan, who he first met during the war. Soon the two become lovers, but for Warwick, the relationship is purely physical. Thomas still owns his heart. When he can stand their separation no longer, Warrick returns to his ancestral home in Kent, determined to reunite with Thomas, who now has a lover of his own. But the encounter with Nicolae years earlier changed Warwick considerably. Every full moon he turns into a ravenous creature, which seems able to rule Warwick's life even during the daytime. 
  Determined to win over Warrick, Fox sells his medical practice and sails to England. But is he too late to save the man he loves?

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  We Shall Be Changed

  Alexandra Caluen

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  Benny Schneider has lived in Las Vegas for a lot of years, working in medical billing for the past fifteen. In February 2021, he runs into new friend Dorian Weathers at the supermarket and they start a conversation that goes in some unexpected directions.
   
  Dori's seen a lot during his years of working as a hospital orderly, but hit the wall after eight months of coping with a pandemic. Now staying with a longtime friend, he's been offered a free apartment in Los Angeles and help with tuition to level up his career. When Benny offers a room in his own house instead, Dori gets a vision of what might be possible.
   
  By the end of that first conversation, it's clear they'll be housemates with benefits. Over the months that follow, they grow closer. Benny's twenty years older and he's been through a change that even most of his friends don't know about. Before long, Dori wants everything Benny is, was, and ever will be.
   
  With the support of their friends and the freedom of drag, they're determined to embrace a new change. Can they carry it into the future along with everything else they are?

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  The Ayatollah's Gaze - A Memoir...

  Majid Parsa

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  'Defiant, fabulous and filled with the nuanced challenges so many young queer people struggle to make sense of: family, faith, tradition, affection and belonging. I loved this intimate, heartbreaking coming-of-age story' Henry Fry, author of First Time for Everything
  An unflinching memoir about growing up in Iran where homosexuality is punishable by death, and yet underground, hidden from Sharia law, is a vibrant gay scene threatening to burst open.
  The dawn prayer calls echo through the streets. As many make their way to mosques, for some it signals the end of another illegal gay party. Under the cover of darkness, smiles on lips and sweat on foreheads, the gays of Tehran blend back into daily life. Hidden in plain sight, they plan when and where they will meet again.
  In an unparalleled true story, Majid Parsa recounts how a childhood of war, prayer and obedience was upended by a teenage sexual awakening and, ultimately, pride. He lifts the heavy veil of persecution to reveal the fabulous and flamboyant gay scene right at the heart of the Islamic Republic of Iran, flourishing under the ever-present shadow of the grand Ayatollah and morality police. Eye-opening and at times laugh-out-loud funny, The Ayatollah's Gaze is a story of self-discovery in a country where Sharia is the law.
  'The Protagonist, Majid, epitomises the duality of identity. He struggles with his Islamic faith and his burgeoning sexual awakening as a gay man. He finally emerges as a proud peacock but there is a cost to his freedom' Khakan Qureshi, LGBTQ+ activist and founder of Finding a Voice
  'When I wasn't laughing with the cast of larger-than-life characters, I was crying and shaking my head in sadness and disbelief . . . an important story for our times, and a testament to how we can find joy in even the bleakest of circumstances' Iqbal Hussain, author of Northern Boy

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  The Element Case

  Edward Kendrick

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  Clay Richardson is a well-known artist who owns his own gallery.
  
  
  Quint Hawk, a police detective, makes contact with Clay when he sees a portrait Clay has painted in the window of the gallery -- a portrait of a homeless young man who was murdered just days before. Unfortunately, Clay has no idea who the subject was.
  
  
  Several months later, Quint contacts Clay to again ask about one of Clay's paintings. The subject has been murdered, as has a third man in another of his paintings.
  
  
  The reclusive artist and the handsome detective are drawn to each other as they try to determine what is happening and why. They come up with a plan to catch the killer -- a plan that could end up in their deaths before they can decide if there is more to their feelings than a couple of very good nights in Clay's bed.

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