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1. Outdated Wounds by Logan-Ashley Kisner
Abstract: Erin and Max are two transgender teenagers attempting to get to California. Max is determined to lastly transition, and Erin is longing to grasp why she’s on this journey to start with. The final she spoke to Max was when he all of a sudden broke up together with her two years in the past.
However once they discover themselves stranded in the course of the woods in a small Kentucky city, they notice they’ve a lot greater issues. The locals want a feminine sacrifice for the monster that lives within the woods—in response to them, the solar received’t come up once more till the monster eats a woman . . . and it solely eats what it kills. Preventing again is futile; nobody chosen because the providing has ever survived the night time.
When the 2 strangers present up, the locals imagine they’ve the right candidate. The irony of the state of affairs is nearly an excessive amount of to fathom.
The factor is, the locals don’t know who they only trapped as their sacrifice. They don’t know Erin’s and Max’s secrets and techniques, which might be a dying sentence on a very good day. And the monster that lives of their woods has by no means confronted prey who’ve already fought so arduous to stay.
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2. I’ll Get Again to You by Becca Grischow
Abstract: Murphy was speculated to be settling into her junior yr on the College of Illinois together with her greatest good friend, Kat. As a substitute, she’s caught in a hellish suburban holding sample: dwelling together with her dad and mom, failing the identical class that stored her from graduating the primary time round, and making minimal wage on the identical espresso store she’s labored at since she was sixteen. It doesn’t assist that the relationship pool for a twenty-one-year-old lesbian within the tiny city of Geneva, Illinois, is anemic at greatest.
When her and Kat’s long-awaited reunion is affected by stuttering dialog and uninvited visitors, Murphy’s resentment threatens to boil over. That’s, till a miracle seems within the type of Ellie Meyers, a former classmate who’s method cuter and never practically as straight as Murphy remembers. Their heavy flirting holds the promise of one thing extra… till Murphy learns that Ellie’s mother is the very professor getting ready to flunk Murphy for a second semester in a row. Discuss killing the vibe.
Romance is perhaps off the desk, however Ellie might be Murphy’s key to moving into Professor Meyers’ good graces and at last getting out of Geneva. And Murphy—well-versed in defying parental expectations—is perhaps Ellie’s likelihood to get her mom onboard together with her personal goals. Collectively, they hatch a plot: pretend a relationship for a vacation weekend on the Meyers’ home. If every part goes in response to plan, Ellie might be dwelling her dream midway throughout the nation, and Murphy will lastly be capable of graduate group school and begin her life in earnest. So, the truth that Murphy can’t cease fascinated by Ellie’s lips on hers isn’t related. It’s only a half performed properly. Proper?
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3. A Darkish and Drowning Tide by Allison Saft
Abstract: Lorelei Kaskel, a folklorist with a fast mood and a good faster wit, is on an expedition with six eccentric nobles in the hunt for a fabled spring. The magical spring guarantees untold energy, which the king needs to harness in an effort to safe his reign over the embattled nation of Brunnestaad. Lorelei is decided to make use of this chance to show herself and make her wildest, most not possible dream come true: to grow to be a naturalist, capable of journey freely to lands she’s solely examine.
The expedition will get off to a harrowing begin when its chief—Lorelei’s beloved mentor—is murdered in her quarters aboard their ship. The suspects are the 5 remaining expedition mates, every with their very own motive. The one individual Lorelei is aware of should be harmless is her longtime educational rival, the insufferably gallant and maddeningly lovely Sylvia von Wolff. Now answerable for the expedition, Lorelei should discover the spring earlier than the assassin strikes once more—and a coup begins in earnest.
However there are different risks lurking at the hours of darkness: forests that rearrange themselves at night time, rivers with slumbering dragons hiding beneath the water, and shapeshifting beasts out for blood.
As Lorelei and Sylvia grudgingly work collectively to uncover the reality—and resist their rising emotions for one another—they uncover that their chief had secrets and techniques of her personal. Secrets and techniques that make Lorelei query whether or not justice is value pursuing, and if this kingdom is value saving in any respect.
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4. Love and Sportsball by Meka James
Abstract: Arduous work has Khadijah Upton beginning her dream job as an athletic coach for the Atlanta Cannons. Then a night of celebratory letting free turns right into a one-night stand with a good looking stranger. It’s a reckless, wildly horny encounter that Khadijah intends to overlook…till her first day on the job lands her face-to-face with basketball star Shae Harris once more.
Shae is a serious participant in each sense of the phrase, and Khadijah doesn’t plan to be the newest in a protracted line of “Harris Honeys.” Private {and professional} simply don’t combine. However Shae, who’s all about dwelling life to the fullest, retains tempting Khadijah to blur the boundaries. And the extra Shae reveals about herself, the tougher it’s for Khadijah to withstand her.
Within the bed room, their pressure sizzles. On the court docket, it’s a legal responsibility. However until Khadijah’s keen to actually let Shae in, it received’t be simply the staff championship on the road, however a body-and-soul connection that rewrites all the principles.
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5. Every thing Glittered by Robin Talley
Abstract: It’s 1927 and the strict legal guidelines of prohibition have performed little to mood the roaring 20s nightlife, even within the nation’s capitol. Everybody is aware of the booze has by no means stopped flowing, particularly amongst the wealthy and highly effective, and seventeen-year-old Gertrude and her greatest pals Clara and Milly are decided to get a style of freedom and liquor, propriety be damned.
However after sneaking out of the Washington Feminine Seminary to go to a speakeasy, they return to find that their controversial younger headmistress, Mrs. Rose, has been murdered.
Reeling from the dying of her beloved mentor, Gertrude enlists her pals in her quest to clear Mrs. Rose’s fame, whereas attempting to maintain her personal intact. However in Prohibition Washington, it’s troublesome to sidestep grifters, bootleggers, and shady federal brokers when investigating a homicide. And with all of the secrets and techniques being uncovered, Gertrude is discovering it tougher and tougher to maintain her attraction to her greatest pals hidden.
A correct, upscale life is all Gertrude has ever recognized, however homicide certain makes a gal surprise: is all that glitters actually gold?
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6. The Seemingly Not possible Love Lifetime of Amanda Dean by Ann Rose
Abstract: Amanda Dean would say she’s an okay artist and a loyal good friend, however what she’s greatest at is falling in love. A self-proclaimed bi catastrophe who has had her coronary heart damaged extra instances than she cares to depend, Amanda can’t assist opening herself up. As she will get prepared on the day she’s waited a lifetime for, recollections of her previous loves run by means of her thoughts, with one obtrusive pink signal blinking above them—is that this “the one”?
Will it’s:
the match water polo participant,
the fashionista,
the reliable hedge fund supervisor,
or the one the place the timing was by no means fairly proper.
Now, on the day of her wedding ceremony—a day the place every part already appears to be going unsuitable—Mandy should determine if she’s keen to danger all of it one final time or if she’ll escape whereas her entire coronary heart remains to be intact.
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7. This Deadly Kiss by Alicia Jasinska
Abstract: Cursed to hang-out the river operating by means of the magical spa city the place she drowned, Gisela is a water nymph who goals of returning to the dwelling world and the household she left behind. All it takes to regain her humanity is a kiss from a mortal…however everybody sees her as a monster.
After which there’s Kazik, the brooding, interfering, spirit-hunting grandson of a neighborhood witch. He’s decided to rid the world of unholy creatures like Gisela. After Kazik botches Gisela’s exorcism, she strikes up a deal. She received’t inform the opposite spirits that he’s shedding his magic, if he agrees to play matchmaker and helps her get a kiss. However Gisela’s plan goes awry when Kazik additionally falls for the devilishly good-looking younger man that she units her coronary heart on—somebody who might be linked to Gisela’s troubled previous.
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8. Look Up, Good-looking by Jack Unusual
Abstract: Hay-on-Wye’s solely queer bookshop is all the time a hive of exercise. So when it’s threatened with closure, its proprietor Quinn Oxford is decided to do no matter it takes to save lots of his beloved store.
That’s till romantic novelist Noah Sage arrives on the town. Beautiful, brooding and clearly sad to be there, Noah is the distraction Quinn doesn’t want. Noah has a historical past with Hay and it’s one he’d somewhat not face. However when the snow leaves him stranded, he’s left with no alternative.
Hay is a small city, which means Quinn can’t assist however stumble upon Noah wherever he goes. And because the two develop nearer collectively, is it potential that Noah’s emotions in direction of Hay will thaw? Can Quinn have a real-life romance and save his beloved bookshop? Or will he want a Christmas miracle…
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9. The Duke’s Sister and I by Emma-Claire Sunday
Abstract: She’s speculated to wed a duke… nevertheless it’s his sister she will be able to’t preserve her eyes off!
Because the ton’s most in-demand debutante, it needs to be straightforward for Miss Loretta Linfield to seek out the right husband. So the explanation why she is embarking on her third season unwed is a puzzle that no person can resolve. Not least Loretta! Till she meets Charlotte Sterlington… The sister of her new suitor, the Duke of Colchester, is every part that prim and correct Loretta isn’t—daring, daring and rakish! However Charlotte can also be every part that Loretta finds herself needing…
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10. The Lovers by Rebekah Faubion
Abstract: If Equipment Larson believes one factor, it’s that the playing cards by no means lie. She’s seen it confirmed time and time once more as a tarot reader and mystic influencer. However sadly the playing cards didn’t warn her about her most up-to-date breakup or her dad and mom’ divorce, so when Equipment is obtainable a gig at one other influencer’s boho-chic Joshua Tree wedding ceremony she accepts for the distraction. And distract it does when she finds out her highschool crush, Julia, is the marriage planner.
Julia Kelley is her company’s most sought-after wedding ceremony planner, and for a very good purpose—she’s a perfectionist. Management means by no means displaying others the weak, blobby mess she actually is deep down inside. Having an ex-girlfriend within the bridal celebration is an issue, certain, however reconnecting with the gorgeous tarot reader who broke her coronary heart as a teen is a lot worse.
Equipment’s playing cards as soon as instructed her that she and Julia had been Twin Flames, two halves of the identical soul. With wedding ceremony occasions pushing them collectively, their spark reignites . . . and so does an opportunity at being lovers.
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