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Romance

New Release: The Netherworld Witch – Lisa Acerbo

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The Netherworld Witch - Lisa Acerbo

QSFer Lisa Acerbo has a new FF fantasy romance book out: The Netherworld Witch. Mina Rubenstein has a secret. She doesn’t just sketch elves; her drawings transport her into the kingdom of Auralon. Once there, the princely Callon informs her the king has vanished, dark forces are rising, and Mina is the Netherworld Witch. According to the prophecy, only she can shape the ethereal darkness into anything imagined, find the missing monarch, and save the realm. Mina never asked for magic, let alone a destiny, but refusing Callon’s plea to save his father could doom Auralon. The only thing worse … Read more

Review: Aiden and the Alien Invasion – Damian Serbu

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Aidan and the Alien Invasion: Arrival - Damian Serbu

Genre: Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It At Amazon | Publisher | Universal Buy Link About The Book Aliens seize control of Earth, descending without warning, cutting off communication systems and crushing military resistance. Aidan and his friends flee home from Chicago to rural Michigan, but learn the aliens control the entire planet. Their leaders have dark intentions that Aidan and his friends uncover when they fall in with a revolutionary faction of aliens who desperately seek to save humanity. Human aid to the revolutionaries’ cause is essential but dangerous. As secrets and surprising histories are revealed, Aidan adds to his … Read more

Review: Come Away Again – Mere Rain

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Come Away Again - Mere Rain

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM Romance (Bi, Gay) Reviewer: Jay Get It On Amazon | Publisher About The Book To save my brother, I made a promise to the strange and powerful lord of the woods. I didn’t keep that promise, and now he’s taken my little nephew. I swear I’ll get him back, no matter how dangerous the forest between the worlds may be, or how angry its lord. I succeeded when I was only sixteen, after all, surely I can prevail again. But as I stumble from one peril to another, I begin to think he was taking it … Read more

New Release: The Duke’s Runaway Omega – Autumn Montague

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The Duke’s Runaway Omega - Autumn Montague

Autumn Montague has a new MM omegaverse book out: The Duke’s Runaway Omega. Phillip’s on the run, with not just one but two alphas on his trail. Raised as an alpha, Phillip’s unexpected manifestation as an omega turns his life upside down. His father demands a handfasting, insisting Phillip be mated to whichever alpha wins the day with their pheromones. But when the triumphant alpha turns out to be his school friend Everett, Phillip realizes they are fated mates. However, as a diminished omega, his chances of bearing Ev’s children are slim. Heartbroken, Phillip flees to London. Everett never expected to … Read more

Cover Reveal: In Love and War – The First Lotus Knights, by Beryll & Osiris Brackhaus

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In Love and War - The First Lotus Knights, by Beryll & Osiris Brackhaus

Beryll & Osiris Brackhaus have a new queer sci-fantasy romance coming out (gay, bi, poly): In Love and War – The First Lotus Knights. And we have the cover reveal! It is the year 1985 ET. House Virasana has fallen, the Lotus Throne stands empty, and a bitter succession war has every noble House at arms. To make things worse, House Tô-Genji and House Medina are locked in a vicious feud over a flood of cheap illicit drugs tearing their worlds apart. Prince Li Lan Tô-Genji is as far from the fighting as one can be. Third son of the … Read more

“Fantastic” and “Normal.” Jeff Baker, Boogieman In Lavender, (August, 2026)

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The Black Fantastic and Not Not Normal: On Beyond Cisgender XI Jeff Baker This is the latest installment in this column’s occasional feature “On Beyond Cisgender,” suggested by Amy Liebowitz several years ago and spotlighting books recommended for High School readers that go beyond the usual “white, male, cisgender paradigm.” This time around, two books to look at. One deliberately written for kids, one not. First, here’s a look at “The Black Fantastic,” a recent anthology of “Afrofuturist stories” edited by Andre M. Carrington from 2025. The anthology blends newer writers with more familiar names, and benefits immensely from Carrington’s … Read more

Review: Virtually Guarded – Karenna Colcroft

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Virtually Guarded - Karenna Colcroft

Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Demi, Gay, Trans FTM Reviewer: Jay Get It On Amazon About The Book Newly-changed werewolf Ren Torres flees from pack members who assaulted him when his first shift from wolf form to human revealed him as a transgender man. Injured and terrified, Ren runs to the home of the Anax, ruler of all werewolves in the United States. There, Ren finds sanctuary—and his destined mate. On the eve of the annual gathering of the U.S. werewolf leaders, the Anax’s guard, Xavier Pelly, has traveled with the Anax to the secondary home where the gathering will … Read more

Review: Symbiosis: Salvation – Mark Z. Harrondale

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Symbiosis: Salvation - Mark Z. Harrondale

Genre: Sci-Fi, Dystopian, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book What am I? That’s the question Riel has been running from his entire life. T.A.D.—the corporation that became a totalitarian regime—dissolved Europe’s nations, erased its borders, and engineered a replacement. New Europa. One language. One order. Every mind connected to SOLACE, an artificial superintelligence that believes, with quiet certainty, it is keeping humanity safe. In Echelon, obedience has never felt so much like choice. T.A.D. calls itself progress. But progress has always had owners. Nineteen years old. Never Integrated. In a world where that … Read more

New Release: Every Almost – Elizabeth Hale

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Every Almost - Elizabeth Hale

QSFer Elizabeth Hale has a new FF sci-fi romance out: Every Almost. What happens when a stranded engineer from 1990 gets six months of free passage on a starship full of rescued space animals? Charlie Wickett has a knack for fixing anything you put in front of her. She’s got the job she’s wanted since she was nine years old, her sister sharing her apartment, and a life in California she built herself, out of nothing, on purpose. It’s a good life. Captain Reyna Solas of the Emberkind CV-0417 is just trying to get through her day, thank you very … Read more

New Release: Demonic Reign – Devorah Leah Barrocas

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Demonic Reign - Devorah Leah Barrocas

QSFer Devorah Leah Barrocas has a new FF dark sapphic fantasy out: Demonic Reign. Nyx was not raised to be merciful. She was forged in the dark, made into a weapon, and taught that obedience was the only thing standing between survival and slaughter.’ When she enters a brutal series of trials to prove herself, survival becomes more than simply winning. Every victory demands a price, every alliance carries a risk, and the mysterious woman she should keep at a distance becomes the first to make her question what she has spent her life becoming. To stay alive, Nyx must … Read more