#VBT - Girls Who Lie Together - Jessa Russo - August 2022 To start with, this book I went and grabbed as I love the cover and it sounded like a fun read and it grabbed my attention with the tagline that read Grease meets Mean Girls. For me, this book was all Grease and yes it did have a mean girl queen bee vibe but was not Mean Girls movie style for me. If Regina George had been a bisexual and had feelings for Cady and then continued to cheat with Eric and Cady, then yes go ahead and compare to Mean Girls. This book starts with the summer break and Ren after wrecking her stepfather's car has been sentenced to community service in the form of building houses with her stepfather's old friend. When she arrives, she learns that her stepfather's friend's niece has also come to stay with them and help build houses and do chores just like Ren. Brit is the pageant type - blonde barbie doll whereas Ren strikes me as an Emo chick personality. As the summer goes along, we learn ...

Honestly Yours Jaime Reese Publication date: May 12th 2022 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance The truth hurts. But in the end, honesty wins. Or does it? Warren Prescott loves a challenge. He knows how to play the game and adapts when necessary to succeed in his cutthroat world. Tired of pining for a man he’s wanted for months, Warren intends to seal the deal. Until that man throws him an endearing curveball… Be honest. Gian Benedetti doesn’t play games. Success has cost him the personal connections he craves, and he doubts he’ll take another chance on a relationship. Until the attractive, younger man with the brazen personality and confidence stirs his interest. Except…someone else is playing games. And threatening everything Gian has worked hard to achieve. Warren won’t rest until he uncovers the new player and gets his forever with Gian. But they’ll soon face a hard truth— Honesty may be what brings them together… Or it could be the one thing that tears th...

Two Winters Lauren Emily Whalen Publication date: September 14th 2021 Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult The winter of 1997 is a tragedy waiting to happen. Small-town life isn’t easy for seventeen-year-old, bisexual and closeted Paulina, especially when her best friend Mia becomes pregnant. A devout Catholic, Mia doesn’t want to tell her parents, see a doctor, or even tell the baby’s father, Paulina’s other best friend, Tesla. Meanwhile, Paulina’s secret relationship with volleyball star, Ani, is about to go public in the worst way. It all comes to a head one fateful night, and everything changes forever. Fast forward to the winter of 2014, where Perdita, bi and proud in Chicago, is weeks away from turning seventeen. Her life is perfect–well, almost. She loves her two moms, but why do they refuse to tell her anything about her adoption? When Perdita meets Fenton, her handsome improv coach who’s taking a gap year before college, she discovers both a kindred soul and a willing a...

Chasing Risks Maria Ann Green Publication date: May 22nd 2020 Genres: Contemporary, Erotica, LGBTQ+, Romance Eleonora – Ellie or Nora or Leo, depending on who’s calling her name at the moment – has the exact life she wants. No really, she does. She couldn’t be happier with her job at the bar she owns with her best friend or her fantastic sex life with her boyfriend, Lucas. Or…with her girlfriend Theo. Hey, she never said it wasn’t complicated, just that she couldn’t picture it any other way. And, that’s not to say that Ellie doesn’t have struggles. Being proudly bisexual and openly polyamarouns, she knows what it’s like to be judged, to be written off immediately by a lot of people. She’s used to it, though. So when Quincy walks into her bar – and then into her bed – she expects just that, a judgment and a fast goodbye. But somehow this gorgeous woman takes Ellie as she is, with all the baggage. And Quincy even wants more. But Ellie isn’t sure she has the time for more, for...

When Light Shatters Laney Wylde Published by: CTP Pulse- Crimson Tree Publication date: August 26th 2019 Genres: Contemporary, LGBTQ+, New Adult, Romance Harlow’s parents are dead. So is her brother. So is Tenley. Probably. Hopefully. She’s like… ninety-five percent sure about that last one. Seventeen and orphaned, Harlow is eager to leave her past behind when she moves in with her guardians. But in her new environment, she’s drawn to Brighton, a senior in her art class who is haunted by ghosts similar to her own. It’s not long before Harlow realizes their friendship has turned into something deeper—something that Brighton would have to sacrifice everything to pursue. And Brighton does. Their secret romance is perfect…until the precarious life Harlow has built crumbles beneath her. In the collapse, they both come face to face with Tenley. Who, it turns out, is far from dead. Perfect for fans of The Kiss Thief and The Book of Essie, Laney Wylde’s coming-of-age, bisexua...