LGBTQ+ Books Releasing in June 2025

Happy Pride Month! Along with the queer books coming out this month, listed below, we're celebrating Ivy's birthday on the 1st, and you should too by buying her fantastical short story, Tide Breaker's Curse, all about female rage!

And that's not all! This month, we're hosting a Pride Bundle. Through June, you can grab 14 books by LGBTQ+ indie authors for just $17, including contemporary, romance, sci-fi, and fantasy stories featuring an array of queer rep! Don't miss out!

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Begin June with lesbian mafia romance Rubies and Revenge by Lexie A. Lynn, out on the 1st!

ZARINA GALLO

I’ve spent my whole life being a good princess to my mafioso parents, helping them amass more power and money however they ask. But when they ask—no, tell—me to marry Marcus Accardi, I put my foot down.

First of all, he’s a man (ew). Second of all, he’s a brutal, violent man.

I don’t care what kind of trouble we’re in. There must be a way to solve our problems that doesn’t involve sacrificing myself to the altar of familial duty. And I’m going to find it.

Except I need time. So I run to the only queer gangster in town who (probably) won’t surrender me to the Accardi family or my own—Andrea Tamayo—and propose a deal. We claim we’re engaged, she protects me from my parents and the Accardis, and I use the time to figure out how to get me and my family out of this mess. In exchange, she gets more money, more power, more territory.

I expect her to accept. I don’t expect her to force me to my knees. Even more, I don’t expect to like it.

ANDREA TAMAYO

For years, I’ve sought one thing—revenge on the Cardinal Family that betrayed me and left me for dead. Every move I’ve made to build up my family, to expand our territory, to create a reputation, has been in service of that goal. I thought it’d take another decade or more to achieve.

But then their only heir and princess, Zarina Gallo, marches into my club and asks for help.

More like demands. A princess through-and-through. She wants three months of asylum and my family’s safety laid on the line for her freedom from the Accardi prince in exchange for territory and an open-ended favor.

I accept. But not before I make her beg.

And I won’t let her go until I ruin her as well as her family ruined me.

On the 3rd, dive into A.K. Ikezoe's Marigolds and Murder, a historical fantasy mystery with lesbian and an Asian American FMC.

What good is it to know the truth if you’re powerless to change it?

Philadelphia, 1950.

Nobody suspects that private detective Katsumi Okazaki uses prophecy magic to solve her cases. But her uncanny “intuition” at finding the truth can’t help her prove that her new client’s wife was murdered. Not when everyone else is convinced the death was accidental. To make matters more complicated, Kat’s new client is an Exalter—afflicted with unpredictable magical abilities as collateral damage from the war—and her story stirs up Kat’s own painful memories of displacement and the love she lost.

Luckily, Kat has plenty of practice burying her personal problems under a mountain of work. She sets out with her ethically questionable but trustworthy assistant to find evidence and catch the killer. But dread creeps in when she realizes she’s being tailed. Is someone trying to thwart her investigation, or does the government still not trust her?

Either way, Kat can’t let her client down. And if what her magic tells her is real, then catching the killer might not be enough . . . not if she’s going to be able to live with herself when it’s done.

The first book in The Exalted series, Marigolds and Murder is a queer fantasy murder mystery that blends WWII history with magic.

Deepest Canyon: A Starslinger Tale by Kras Nebula is weird west post-apocalyptic story featuring a non-binary protagonist, out on the 3rd.

Sunny, a scrapper and her father’s daughter till the end, has held a secret in her teeth so long she’s worried her jaw might just snap. She’ll be alright if she can fulfill her father’s dying wish— that is, if she can make it that far.

Shui, yet another bandit out in the Wastes, has lived a kicked-dog life so long he can no longer see beyond the boot. Between an employer who only sees him as fodder and a boss that only sees him as trouble, the boot’s coming down one way or the other.

Xal, a wandering gunslinger, should be dead— but that ain’t nothing new.

It’s a fight for survival down in the derelict depths of an abandoned ‘Fore-Folk lab, between the horrid technology of the past, the pack of bandits pointing guns at Sunny and Xal, and the ghosts haunting the very environment they’re in— and if none of those do them in, the secrets held between them just might.

This is the sixth book in the 12 Months of Whump series. Each month in 2025, look out for a new standalone whumpy book!

We're Ready to Score with Jodie Slaughter's steamy sapphic sports romance, out on the 3rd.

Cleat Cute meets Friday Night Lights in this funny, spicy, emotional new sapphic romance from Jodie Slaughter.

Jade Dunn has spent years trying to climb her way to the top of the southern high school football food chain. Now, the only thing standing between her and that future head coach spot is years of small-town good ‘ol boy politics. When she scores an invite to a highly coveted monthly poker game perfect for networking, she jumps at the chance for a seat at the table. Only to find the one person with the ability to shake her there. An infuriatingly sexy art teacher who plays her cards like she’s gunning for Jade’s deserved spot.

Francesca Lim never thought she’d be happy in a small town, not after living and breathing hardcore Texas football her whole life. But two years ago, the promise of forever love had her leaving behind a burgeoning coaching career for a new life - only for it to burst into flames. Now, she has a chance to gain back a piece of her life she thought she’d left in Houston. The only one standing in the way? The prickly assistant coach that Francesca can’t keep her mind or hands off of.

Not wanting to risk losing out on a dream job, Jade and Francesca can’t afford to give in to the iron hot attraction that simmers beneath their biting interactions, so they try desperately to ignore it. Too bad their hearts don’t seem to be as on board with the game plan.

Jodie Slaughter’s Ready to Score shows how sometimes you have to go big or go home to get the life - and love - you deserve.

Also on the 3rd comes achillean mystery romance He's to Die For by Erin Dunn.

Brooklyn 99 meets The Charm Offensive in this sparkling romantic murder it's murder cute in the first degree when a detective finds himself falling for the lead suspect in a career-making case.

At 29, Detective Rav Trivedi is the youngest member of the NYPD’s homicide squad, and his future looks bright. He may be a bit of an outsider in the department – an ivy-league educated gay Brit with a weakness for designer suits – but his meteoric rise and solve rate prove he belongs.

So when his CO assigns him lead on the high-profile murder of a record executive, Rav is ready for action. He won’t be distracted by TV crews, tabloids, or what’s trending on social media, nor by the ridiculously hot rock star with a clear motive and no alibi.

This is it, his shot, and he is not going to screw it up—certainly not by falling in love with his number one suspect…

A Language of Limbs by Dylin Harcastle is a queer historical literary novel also out on the 3rd.

A beautifully inventive, tender novel—the author's first to be published in the U.S.—following two lives as they almost intersect over three heartbreaking yet euphoric decades

A Language of Limbs is a breathtaking spin on a will-they-won’t-they love story; it is a tender epic that explores the weight of a choice, the love of community, and how joy is found in even the darkest corners.

Newcastle, Australia, 1972. On a sticky summer night, a choice must be made: to give in to queer desire or suppress it? To venture into the unknown or stay the course? In alternating chapters, poetically called Limb One and Limb Two, we trace the two versions of a life that follow.

In Limb One, a teenage girl is caught kissing her neighbor and is kicked from her home; in continuing to run, she chooses a new life for herself. She lands at a queer communal home in Sydney called Uranian House, where she meets the people who will forever become her family. Meanwhile, in Limb Two, a teenage girl pushes down her lustful dreams of her best friend and eventually makes her way to a university in Sydney to study English literature.

During pivotal moments, the physical space between Limb One and Limb Two closes and they almost intersect—like when they each meet the first great loves of their lives in 1977 at a protest, or when, almost a decade later, they are both rushed to the hospital with only a curtain between them. Through the AIDS crisis—and from classrooms to art galleries, beds to bars, and hospitals to homes—we witness these two lives shadow each other until, finally, they collide.

The Lure of Their Graves, the second book in Laura R. Samotin's Cursed Crown series, is an achillean Jewish fantasy out on the 3rd.

Dimitri Alexeyev used to be the Tzar of Novo-Svitsevo. Now, he is merely a broken man, languishing in exile after losing a devastating civil war instigated by his estranged husband, Alexey Balakin. In hiding with what remains of his court, Dimitri and his spymaster, Vasily Sokolov, engineer a dangerous ruse. Vasily will sneak into Alexey’s court under a false identity to gather information, paving the way for the usurper’s downfall, while Dimitri finds a way to kill him for good.

But stopping Alexey is not so easy as plotting to kill an ordinary man. Through a perversion of the Ludayzim religion that he terms the Holy Science, Alexey has died and resurrected himself in an immortal, indestructible body—and now claims he is guided by the voice of God Himself. Able to summon forth creatures from the realm of demons, he seeks to build an army, turning Novo-Svitsevo into the greatest empire that history has ever seen.

Dimitri is determined not to let Alexey corrupt his country, but saving Novo-Svitsevo and its people will mean forfeiting the soul of the husband he can’t bring himself to forsake—or the spymaster he’s come to love.

We're SO excited for Josie Jaffrey's new release, Kill Me Quick, out on the 5th! This dark fantasy promises bisexual rep and a sapphic romance!

The pirates of Charleston’s Golden Age aren’t as dead as you might think.

In her centuries-long life, Kulika Yadav has chalked up more than her fair share of regrets. Deserting the crew of former pirate king Bartholomew Roberts is not one of them. She vowed she would never return to his Charleston mansion, knowing that doing so would mean captivity or death. Now, two hundred years after she left, she has no other option: her new master is dying, and the person who holds the key to his cure has disappeared on Bartholomew's turf.

But Kulika isn't the only woman on a mission in South Carolina. Patience Quick has been searching for her best friend for six months now, along with enough other missing people to fill a whole deck of cards. She's willing to do just about anything to find her friend, even if it means following a midnight lead to a colonial-era mansion, where a never-ending pool party is about to turn sinister.

While Kulika knowingly confronts the man who gave her immortality, Quick is left scrambling to understand the nature of the creatures whose nest she has unwittingly disturbed. When the two women's paths cross, blood will fly.

Kill Me Quick is the first book in Josie Jaffrey’s QuickSilver series, a sapphic dark fantasy series set in Charleston, South Carolina.

Also on the 5th, embark on a Summer of Love with Lily Easton's new achillean romance!

Oliver is Declan’s type on paper. But what about off-screen?

For boxer Declan King, his performance on the UK's #1 reality show, Summer of Love, will be the hardest of his life. To win, he must convince 5 million viewers he’s looking for the right girl. In reality, Declan is rapidly falling for the wrong guy.

Oliver Wright, a ballet dancer, needs to win the show and prize money to get his ex-girlfriend back. But when his and Declan’s on-screen bromance leads to an off-screen kiss, they can no longer deny their attraction to one another.

With meddling producers, fame-hungry co-stars, and the millions of viewers watching their every move, they must decide what they are willing to give up to live in the public eye, even if it means each other.

Funny, sweet and swoony, this is the perfect read for fans of Red, White and Royal Blue, Something to Talk About and The Charm Offensive.

On the 10th, enjoy achillean rom-com Winging It with You by Chip Pons!

Popular bookstagrammer Chip Pons's gay rom-com about two men who impulsively pose as a couple to compete in a reality show contest just minutes after meeting at an airport, and their run-in with the very real feelings that start to simmer between them.

Catching flights...& feelings...has never been more complicated.

Asher Bennet thought his relationship was just fine. Until he’s unceremoniously dumped at the Boston airport ahead of the world-wide travel competition reality show, The Epic Trek. Armed with only a ticket and righteous indignation, Asher finds the closest solace he can: a mimosa and mozzarella sticks combo at an airport TGI Fridays. Still, Asher is determined to find a new partner and luckily, right in front of him is a smooth-talking airline pilot ready for takeoff.

Theo Fernandez has been grounded. He’s the only pilot that has never taken a vacation and the edict has been passed prove you're prioritizing a work-life balance or say goodbye to your wings. As he struggles to bask in his new downtime, without reconnecting with his family, he stumbles upon the perfect opportunity. The handsome guy who "stole" his mozzarella sticks at his favorite terminal eatery has a sudden opening for a partner . . . on a nationally televised reality show.

Theo and Asher buckle up to fake date for the cameras, but as they do the undercurrents of attraction make them wonder if their on-screen chemistry hints at something bigger. Do they have the courage to leave behind their baggage, and wing it together for another chance at love?

We're looking forward to Joanna Lowell's historical romance featuring a non-binary MC. A Rare Find is out on the 10th!

When an aspiring archaeologist teams up with her childhood enemy for a treasure hunt, they find it impossible to bury their growing feelings, in a charming queer historical romance from the author of A Shore Thing.

Elfreda Marsden has finally made a major discovery—an ancient amulet proving the Viking army camped on her family’s estate. Too bad her nemesis is back from London, freshly exiled after a scandal and ready to wreak havoc on her life. Georgie Redmayne is everything Elfreda isn’t--charming, popular, carefree, distractingly attractive, and bored to death by the countryside. When the two collide (literally), the amulet is lost, and with it, Elfreda’s big chance to lead a proper excavation. Now Elfreda needs new evidence of medieval activity, and Georgie needs money to escape the doldrums of Derbyshire. Joining forces to locate a hidden hoard of Viking gold is the best chance for them both.

Marsdens and Redmaynes don’t get along, and that’s the least of the reasons these enemies can’t dream of something more. But as the quest takes them on unexpected adventures, sparks of attraction ignite a feeling increasingly difficult to identify as hatred. It’s far too risky to explore. And far too tempting to resist. Elfreda and Georgie soon find that the real treasure comes with a steep price… and the promise of a happiness beyond all measure.

More sapphic romance, this time with spies! If I Told You, I'd Have To Kiss You by Mae Marvel is also out on the 10th.

Ms. and Ms. Smith meets The Pairing in this heart-racing romance of secrets, spies, and steam.

A few rules for the international superspy:

(1) Never blow your cover.

(2) Never accept the first plan.

(3) Never fall for anyone at the agency. Especially if she’s your ex-girlfriend.

Second-generation spy Yardley Whitmer, code name “the Unicorn,” can do no wrong. With her combination of debutante-style charm and expert spycraft, she’s become an instant legend in the field. If only finally moving out of her girlfriend’s home were as easy as rappelling off the Eiffel Tower. But living a full-time cover story has slowly eroded her relationship with KC until there’s nothing left but lies.

KC “Tabasco” Nolan, hacker extraordinaire, can crack anything—except the code that would tell her the right moment to confess her secret job to Yardley. Now it’s too late, and she’s in danger of losing the best chance at love she’s ever had.

When an undercover shakedown goes wrong, Yardley and KC discover the unbelievable truth—that they are Unicorn and Tabasco, and they’ve both been working with the agency for years. To salvage the mission, they’re compelled to partner up and fly across oceans, race through winding European streets, and give in to inconvenient passion while hiding in an ambassador’s linen closet. But can they throw away their Plan A and fight through the betrayal and secrets to fall in love with each other’s true selves?

With summer well on its way, enjoy a sapphic tennis sports romance with a soul mate twist: Backhanded Compliments by Katie Chandler is also out on the 10th.

A steamy sapphic romance with a fantastical twist about two bitter tennis rivals who realize they are reluctant soulmates—perfect for fans of Expiration Dates and Here We Go Again.

Juliette Ricci dreams of only one being the best women’s tennis player in the world. She’s worked nonstop with her strict father/coach to prepare for her big chance in the Australian Open. Unfortunately, she’ll be playing Lucky Luca Kacic, an aloof player whose unorthodox style and reigning popularity deeply irritate Juliette.

For months they’ve traded sly insults in their press conferences leading up to their showdown on the court, and their first ever match is the most anticipated of the season. But Juliette refuses to let her nerves—or Luca’s annoyingly perfect abs—get the best of her.

Meanwhile, Luca seemingly has everything Juliette desires but there’s one thing missing from her love. When she shakes hands with Juliette after an agonizing match and sees her rival’s name appear on her wrist, it feels like a cruel joke. Juliette is a spoiled, arrogant brat who wants absolutely nothing to do with Luca or a soulmate.

But despite their personal and professional clashes, the two grow closer after late-night massages and one too many shots of limoncello. Their chemistry is tangible, but Luca’s anxiety tells her that Juliette is just messing with her head to throw her off her game, and Juliette can’t understand why Luca is so hot and cold. With the pressure of the world scrutinizing their every move, they will have to decide what’s more important—being together or being number one.

And Notting Hill fans will LOVE a new sapphic homage with The Next Chapter by Camille Kellogg.

When a famous former child actress meets a tender masc West Village bookseller, sparks fly and complications ensue in this queer homage to Notting Hill by the author of Just as You Are.

Katrina Kelly is a former child star with five blockbuster movies under her belt and a face that's instantly recognizable to most of America. Unfortunately, her career ended with her teens. Now she's twenty-four, running out of money, and spends most of her nights alone Googling things like 'how do I know if I'm bi or gay?' She's desperate to rebrand herself as a Serious Adult Actress and restart her career—at any cost.

Jude Thacker, a butch bookseller at The Next Chapter, doesn't want to admit she might be stuck. After all, she's running the queer feminist bookstore of her dreams with a staff of chosen family. Sure, she hasn't even tried to go on a first date in two years. And she may have a tiny problem with panic attacks. But as long as her life stays small and tidy, she's fine.

When Kat and Jude meet in the bookstore, Kat realizes that coming out as queer is the perfect way to transform her image. She and Jude can date for a few weeks, cause a media firestorm, and then Kat will move on. But what's meant as a temporary publicity stunt quickly turns into real feelings for both women. As the media scrutiny intensifies, each must decide what's real, what's not, and if true love is worth losing everything they believe is keeping them safe.

On the 12th, dive into queer fantasy Cage of Starlight by Jules Arbeaux.

Don't make waves, don't get attached, and never let anyone see the tattoos.

Those rules have kept Tory Arknett alive, alone, and on the run for years in a country eager to put his healing hands to the work of war. When a desperate display of magic outs him to the authorities, Tory flees—right into the hands of cold and competent Sena Vantaras.

Caged in a cruel training facility and threatened with placement on the front lines of a brutal war, Tory needs to get out before he gets dead.

There’s just one thing to do before he goes: make Sena pay.

But when a mission strands them in enemy territory, they'll have to work together to survive. As they learn more about each other and the myth behind the magic that connects them, Tory and Sena find belonging with each other. But the trackers the facility has implanted in them will kill them in three days if they don't go back. Soon, Tory and Sena face a desperate decision: their freedom, or their lives?

A grumpy healer must work with his captor when a mission strands them in enemy territory in this action-packed, queer romantic fantasy by the author of Lord of the Empty Isles.

The 13th is set to be anything but unlucky with Airic Fenn's new achillean folk horror, Lamb, Stag & Wolf.

Sanctimonious, hypocritical, manipulative—Shelby Blackwood is a priest of the worst sort. To keep his secluded little village peaceful, he’s learned to carefully balance preaching of faith and fear. Ives Thatcher, the reclusive woodsman at the edge of the forest, has neither; the villagers are not pleased. But converting Thatcher proves to be easier said than done when Shelby discovers there is something far more unnatural about him than his pagan ways, and Shelby can’t help himself from being tempted by the large man’s power and allure. Worse still, there’s a newcomer in town, and her curiosity and defiant personality may not just jeopardize Shelby’s secret, but the sanctity of the very system he’s worked to maintain.

Also on the 13th, enjoy a horror romance from A.L. Davidson. All For The Blood of The Lamb includes gay, bisexual, mental health, and chronic illness representation.

On the third Friday of every month, a young priest named Connor makes the long trek through the isolated countryside to visit his stoic lover, Ivan. The humble shepherd welcomes him with open arms and a ravenous appetite.

They lose themselves to the throes of passion until the sun comes up on Saturday, then Connor leaves to tend to his own flock in the city - much to the dismay of Ivan who longs to have him give up the priesthood and call the cabin home. Though Connor knows he cannot give into those desires, his heart yearns for a simpler life at Ivan's side.

During one of their Friday visits, a storm forces Connor to stay longer than he'd planned. Despite his bubbling guilt, he begins contemplating the risks of accepting Ivan's pleas to stay, igniting a crisis of faith and identity for the priest that rattles his constitution.

As the storm rages, red lightning cracks overhead, and a demonic entity appears at the gates of the pasture, leaving behind a trail of carnage in its wake. The towering figure begins closing in, mutilating any living creature that dares to cross the threshold of the ranch, all the while counting down the days with a raised hand and malicious intent.

Trapped with time running out, the panicked priest and his skeptical shepherd soon realize that they may be next for the slaughter if they can't overcome their own demons in time to exorcise the one on the other side of the door...

Anthony Camber's YA comedy-drama novel, Unstable Orbits, releases on the 15th and promises an achillean romance with mental health struggles and undiagnosed neurodivergence.

Second chances. New relationships. Old wounds. Physics never prepared Nate for this.

Nate thought repeating Year 13 would let him ace his A-levels, dodge the drama, and avoid the mistakes (the draining, angry, Luke-shaped ones). But with familiar places full of unfamiliar faces, being back at school won’t be easy — especially with Nate’s head raging a constant battle between the laws of motion and emotion.

Then he meets Preston — and the attraction is more than gravity. Maybe things won’t be so bad after all. But school — and Luke’s unstoppable force of nature — have a way of throwing everything out of balance. Between Luke’s presence, Preston’s tangled past with another student, and his own spiralling anxiety, maybe Nate should plot a different trajectory?

With exams looming, friendships shifting, and his mental health taking a nosedive, Nate must stabilise his own orbit — or risk his academic dreams and his chance to find real happiness.

Packed with sharp humour, heartfelt moments and a little light physics, Unstable Orbits is a queer, geeky coming-of-age story about love, friendship and second chances, perfect for fans of Alice Oseman, Simon James Green and Isaac Newton.

Dive into a sapphic new adult romantic fantasy on the 17th with Conjuring & Crossroads Luciana Morfa.

Hecate, the Greek Goddess of Witchcraft and Crossroads, has so many responsibilities on her plate that she never has time for herself. She definitely doesn’t have time for romance—not that she is looking, anyways.

Stefana “Stef” Val recently found out she is a witch under the Norse goddess, Freyja—which, on top of everything else in her already jam-packed life, is something she just can’t deal with right now.

But when, thanks to the fates, the pair meet at a winter solstice ball, the spark between them is undeniable. Can the busy pair make space in their complicated lives for their burgeoning romance, and will Hecate ever be able to reveal her truth to the ever-inquisitive Stef?

Oh, and in the middle of dealing with all of this, they have to solve a string of murders. The course of true love never did run smooth…

If cyberpunk sci-fi is more your style, A.J. Calvin's Wraith and the Revolution is also out on the 17th and features aro/ace and non-binary rep.

Kye Verex is trapped.

Due to a fluke of genetics, the decisions of the galaxy’s elite, and a lack of finances, he’s stuck on his polluted and noxious home world indefinitely. And it’s slowly killing him.

Then his more fortunate sister returns one day, bringing the promise of salvation. Kelsey has always hoped to find the means to pull him out of his desperate cycle of survival, but it has taken years. Now, she has a plan, one that will cure his genetic condition and clear him for interstellar travel.

The catch?

He has to sign over his very existence – and a portion of his humanity – to Zylar Inc., the galaxy’s most prominent and notorious corporation, in exchange for the necessary treatment. Is his cure worth the cost?

It's never too early to get festive! Holly Jolly July is a sapphic holiday romance by Lindsay Maple, also out on the 17th!

It's the hottest Christmas on record...

Like naughty and nice, Mariah and Ellie are complete opposites. Small-time actress Ellie is thrilled to be back on set of a cozy holiday film, while makeup artist Mariah only views the low-budget project as a stepping stone on her way to more serious movies. The pair definitely don't hit it off when they're introduced, but if they want to survive the summer heat—and Mariah's stifling Canadian hometown—they've got to keep it professional. Luckily, holiday cheer is Ellie's specialty, and she's determined to win stubborn Mariah over.

Mariah finds one bright spot in her forced second Christmas: hot hookups with an edgy local bartender. The romance even has her opening up to Ellie—who admits to crushing on her wholesome cottage-rental host. But when Ellie and Mariah realize the guys are cheating on them, they band together to get revenge. It's fun planning their own Home Alone–inspired pranks…until Ellie and Mariah realize they're actually falling for each other.

But the film shoot is too short to get serious, so they’ll have to decide: Was their romance simply a holiday fling or a real Christmas-in-July miracle?

Or, on the same day, indulge in a steamy queer MF romance from Maggie North with The Ripple Effect.

A grumpy burnt out physician and a sunshine psychologist must fake an engagement to save his whitewater canoeing/ relationship therapy startup in Maggie North's sparkling second novel about starting over.

Burned-out former ER doc Stellar J Byrd can solve any crisis except her own life. But with her financial prospects dwindling, she’d do anything to stay in her beloved, pricey wilderness town—even take a job as a camp physician at The Love Boat, an unspeakably touchy-feely whitewater canoeing/ relationship therapy startup. If there are sing-alongs, she’s calling in sick.

What’s worse? The founder is Lyle “McHuge” McHugh, the sunshiny psychologist she’s masterfully avoided since their disastrous hookup last year. Hardheaded relationship bean-counter Stellar plans to dodge his pathological generosity from now until September, but after a scathing article puts McHuge's credibility into question, the two are forced into a fake engagement to salvage the camp’s crumbling public image. It’s strictly business . . . but the more closely they work together, the more Stellar realizes her feelings for Lyle are anything but professional.

This summer is nothing like Stellar expected, but could it be exactly what she needed? With a colorful cast of camp-goers, including a journalist intent on bringing The Love Boat down and an estranged celebrity sibling, plus a dash of corporate espionage, Maggie North’s signature heart and heat shine in The Ripple Effect.

Author of queer comedy, Ry Herman, is also back on the 17th with This Princess Kills Monsters: The Misadventures of a Fairy-Tale Stepsister.

A princess with a mostly useless magical talent takes on horrible monsters, a dozen identical masked heroes, and a talking lion in a quest to save a kingdom—and herself—in this affectionate satire of the Grimm Brothers’ fairy tale The Twelve Huntsmen.

Someone wants to murder Princess Melilot. This is sadly normal.

Melilot is sick of being ordered to go on dangerous quests by her domineering stepmother. Especially since she always winds up needing to be rescued by her more magically talented stepsisters. And now, she's been commanded to marry a king she’s never met.

When hideous spider-wolves attack her on the journey to meet her husband-to-be, she is once again rescued—but this time, by twelve eerily similar-looking masked huntsmen. Soon, she has to contend with near-constant attempts on her life, a talking lion that sets bewildering gender tests, and a king who can't recognize his true love when she puts on a pair of trousers. And all the while, she has to fight her growing attraction to not only one of the huntsmen, but also her fiancé’s extremely attractive sister.

If Melilot can't unravel the mysteries and rescue herself from peril, kingdoms will fall. Worse, she could end up married to someone she doesn’t love.

Reflections of Lilje Damselfly by Natalie Kelda, out on the 23rd, is a cosy historical fantasy with a sapphic romance and chronic illness representation.

When a mysterious ailment refuses to leave water nymph Lilje, her father sends her to a human spa retreat. Lilje quickly discovers she has a lot to learn about human nature and culture when she scandalises the Edwardian spa guests by showing up undressed.

In hope of relieving her chronic pain and fatigue, she tries her best to fit in and silence her ability to speak with the elements, plants, and animals around her. But when the secret of her heritage is revealed and Lilje falls in love with a human, she faces a difficult choice. Give up everything she thought she was or live forever in pain and regret of what could have been.

A sapphic Swan Lake retelling, you say? A Treachery of Swans by A.B. Poranek is out on the 26th!

An enthralling sapphic retelling of Swan Lake, for fans of Allison Saft and V.E Schwab.

Magic has long been outlawed in Auréal . Odile has always known she’d be the one to restore it.

Raised by a sorcerer, Odile has spent years preparing for the heist of a lifetime. It’s relatively simple. Impersonate a princess, infiltrate the palace, steal the king's enchanted crown and restore magic to the kingdom.

But when the King is unexpectedly murdered, she’s forced to recruit the help of Marie, the real princess, and the two begin to unravel a web of lies and deceit that leaves Odile uncertain of who to trust.

Soon though Odile must decide – her mission or the girl she’s falling for?

The fate of the Kingdom depends on her making the right choice. . .

On the 28th, Baby Got Bodee: The Red Dress Diary by Aunt Georgia Lee is sure to attract fans of lesbian contemporary romance, with queer women of colour and body positivity at the forefront.

In Baby Got Bodee meet Monica Kelly, a 34-year old successful attorney who knows how to keep the law and order in and out of the bedroom! She's often been referred to as big-boned, a whole lot to love, and some not-so-pleasant references to her full-figured body. But none of these descriptions ever truly defined her. Monica is more than her beautiful curvy figure. She is a strong, black woman with a smile that warms the heart, laughter that brightens the soul, and a legal mind that makes her the perfect candidate for the next partner spot at her law firm.

Monica never questioned if her body was the right fit for a future love interest. That is until she falls for Taylor Armstrong, a colleague at work, and spars with Nicole (Nic) Johnson, a neighbor in her condo community. When Monica is finally invited on a date with the object of her desire, Taylor, she purchases the perfect red dress that fits her curves in all the right places, for the occasion.

Her feisty and very flirty neighbor, Nic would rather help Monica unzip that sexy number instead of zipping it up for Taylor's pleasure. And new emotions are awakened at the touch of the strong hands of her contentious neighbor/frenemy.

Will Monica find real love in the arms of her very handsome, talented colleague, Taylor or in the teasing hands of her phyne ass, antagonistic neighbor, Nic?

Themes and Tropes: Body Positivity, Romantic Comedy, Lawyer, Landlord, Butch/Femme, Girl Next Door, Love Triangle, Opposites Attract, Self Discovery

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