Category Archives: Queer Lit

The Quiet at the End of the World by Lauren James

The Quiet at the End of the World by Lauren James

Lowrie and Shen are the youngest people on the planet after a virus caused global infertility. Closeted in a pocket of London and doted upon by a small, ageing community, the pair spend their days mudlarking for artefacts from history and looking for treasure in their once-opulent mansion. Their idyllic life is torn apart when a secret is uncovered that threatens not only their family but humanity’s entire existence. Lowrie and Shen face an impossible choice: in the quiet at the end of the world, they must decide who to save and who to sacrifice.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Anxiety & panic attacks
  • Alcohol consumption
  • Infertility (theme)
  • Blood & injury depiction
  • Hospitalisation
  • Death of a friend
  • Death of parents recounted
  • Helicopter accident
  • Building collapse
  • Drowning
  • Cave collapse
  • Fire
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Crumbs by Danie Stirling

Crumbs by Danie Stirling

In a very special town, there’s an even more unusual bakery with a selection of baked treats hand-crafted to help your dreams come true. For Ray, a quiet young woman with special powers of her own, the order is always the same: a hot tea with a delicious side of romance. When Ray meets Laurie, the kind barista who aspires to be a professional musician, she gets a real taste of love for the first time. But even with a spark of magic, romance isn’t so simple. Both Ray and Laurie are chasing their own dreams and even when Ray starts to see the future, she can’t predict her fate with Laurie.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Memory loss
  • Grief & loss depiction
  • Death of a parent mentioned
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Swamp Blood by KA Merikan

Swamp Blood by K.A. Merikan

After months of recovering from his injuries, Seth struggles with who he has become. Afloat in a reality he never planned, he tries to find the lost pieces of himself again. Find the purpose, motivation, and strength to get back into shape. He is sick and tired of being a burden for Domenico, who seems to have it all together. When Domenico’s jealousy pushes them into the spotlight of a biker gang with connections to their former mafia family, Seth decides to step up, and make his own decisions, no matter what risks they might entail. Domenico Acerbi can’t trust anyone… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Human trafficking
  • Homomisia
  • Sexual assault
  • Sex work
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Depression
  • Torture
  • Organised crime (motorcycle gang)

No Matter What by KA Merikan

No Matter What by K.A. Merikan

Ghost. Not a member of the Coffin Nails MC. Not a doctor anymore. Not gay. Luca. Bent, not broken. Will not let go of Ghost. No matter what. Ghost finds out the hard way that people you meet online aren’t always who they seem to be. When he met ‘Zara’ five years ago, they became inseparable. She’s been with him through the rough and the smooth. He’s been there for her when her abusive boyfriend had her in tears. She is The One, and despite all his friends considering him crazy, Ghost is about to propose. But ‘Zara’ turns out to be Luca, and Luca is most definitely a guy… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia
  • Statutory rape & rape
  • Abusive relationship
  • Panic attacks
  • Catfishing
  • Organised crime (mafia, motorcycle gang)

The Devil’s Ride by KA Merikan

The Devil’s Ride by K.A. Merikan

Tooth. Vice President of the Coffin Nails Motorcycle Club. On a neverending quest for vengeance. The last thing he needs is becoming a permanent babysitter for a male hooker. Lucifer. Fallen. Lost. Alone After a childhood filled with neglect and abuse, followed by his mother’s suicide, Lucifer set out into the world alone. There was nothing for him out there other than taking it one day at a time. As the bastard son of the Coffin Nails club president, Lucifer never got much fatherly love. So when the Nails show up at the strip joint Lucifer works in, the last thing he expects is to be put in… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia
  • Transmisia
  • Coming out
  • Sex work
  • Sexual assault of a child by a teacher
  • Child abuse & neglect recounted
  • Organ harvesting
  • Death of a mother from suicide recounted
  • Murder of a partner recounted
  • Torture
  • Organised crime (motorcycle gang)
  • Blackmail
  • Attempted murder of a kitten mentioned

Heart by Garrett Leigh

Heart by Garrett Leigh

Cornish pastry chef Seb Wright dreads the summer tourist season. The cash injection to his artisan fudge pantry is more than welcome, the extra work, less so. Then one summer, a shadowy Good Samaritan catches his eye. Irish Traveller Dex is bewitching, a beautiful sullen enigma who turns Seb’s world upside down until he disappears in the night, vanishing like a mystical summer rain. Twelve months later Dex is in the midst of a dark storm. A slave to his master, ‘Uncle’ Braden, he spends his days cleaning caravans and his nights working in Braden’s other businesses… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Child sex slavery recounted

Off Campus by Amy Jo Cousins

Off Campus by Amy Jo Cousins

With his father’s ponzi scheme assets frozen, Tom Worthington believes finishing college is impossible unless he can pay his own way. After months sleeping in his car, he’s ready to do just that. But his new, older-student housing comes with an unapologetically gay roommate. Tom doesn’t ask why Reese Anders has been separated from the rest of the student population. He’s just happy to be sleeping in a bed. Reese isn’t about to share his brutal story with his gruff new roommate. You’ve seen one homophobic jock, you’ve… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia
  • Antiziganism (g slur)
  • Sexual assault recounted
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Attempted suicide mentioned
  • Self-harm mentioned
  • Physical injury (steam burn)
  • Incarceration of a parent

All Kinds of Tied Down by Mary Calmes

All Kinds of Tied Down by Mary Calmes

Deputy US Marshal Miro Jones has a reputation for being calm and collected under fire. These traits serve him well with his hotshot partner, Ian Doyle, the kind of guy who can start a fight in an empty room. In the past three years of their life-and-death job, they’ve gone from strangers to professional coworkers to devoted teammates and best friends. Miro’s cultivated blind faith in the man who has his back… faith and something more. As a marshal and a soldier, Ian’s expected to lead. But the power and control that brings Ian… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Murder, on-page
  • Military service

Takeover by Anna Zabo

Takeover by Anna Zabo

Michael Sebastian thought Curacao would be the perfect place to have a little fun in the sun—and between the sheets. So far, no one has struck his interest, until Sam Anderson walks into the bar. With one look at his tense body and expensive suit, Michael knows that this is a man in need of release. And Michael is more than willing to lend a hand. Shattered by the most intense sex he’s ever had, Sam has to face the facts—one night with a handsome, dominating stranger is all he gets before returning to the closet he’s been suffocating in for years. But when Sam… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Homomisia
  • Threatened outing
  • Hate crime recounted

Broken by Nicola Haken

Broken by Nicola Haken

When Theodore Davenport decides to switch his mundane job for a career, he walks into Holden House Publishing with enthusiasm and determination to succeed. As he settles into his new role, makes new friends, and dreams of making it to the top, everything is going to plan. Until he meets James Holden, CEO of Holden House. James Holden hasn’t been able to stop thinking about his encounter with the timid man he met in a club bathroom last week, and when he discovers the one haunting his dreams is an employee, he can’t seem to stop himself from pursuing him… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

  • Ableism
  • Queermisia
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Depression
  • Suicidal ideation
  • Self-harm