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Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one in the journalism community is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now? Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband, David, has left her, and her career has stagnated.

He's coaching girls for the first time... So what's the best way to relate to them? Caleb is a recent college grad and part-time volleyball coach who feels directionless in life. But when he's assigned to be an assistant coach for the club's top girls team, Caleb slowly discovers that fitting in with the team may be easier by embracing his feminine side.

Linus Baker is a by-the-book case worker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth. He's tasked with determining whether six dangerous magical children are likely to bring about the end of the world. Arthur Parnassus is the master of the orphanage. He would do anything to keep the children safe, even if it means the world will burn. And his secrets will come to light.

Benigno “Benny” Caldera knows an orphaned Boricua blacksmith in 1910s New York City can’t call himself an artist. But the ironwork tank he creates for famed Coney Island playground, Luna Park, astounds everyone, especially the eccentric sideshow proprietor who commissioned it. Benny’s work earns him an invitation to join the show’s eclectic crew of performers—his first welcome in the city—and share in their astonishing secret: the tank Benny built is a cage for their newest exhibit, a living, breathing, in-the-flesh merman stolen from the banks of the East River under a gleaming full moon.

In an age of miracles where our greatest heroes from history have magically, unexplainably returned to shake us out of our confusion and hate, Harriet Tubman is back, and she has a lot to say. Harriet Tubman and four of the enslaved persons she led to freedom want to tell their story in a unique way. Harriet wants to create a hip-hop album and live show about her life, and she needs a songwriter to help her. She calls upon Darnell Williams, a once successful hip-hop producer who was topping the charts before being outed on a BET talk show.

It’s 1972, and eighteen-year-old tomboy Maeve O’Connor must win a photography contest to escape her suffocating, conservative family and attend her dream school in Manhattan. But where will she find arresting subjects? Why, a washed up old seaside resort called Asbury Park, New Jersey—a place where sideshow entertainers, strippers, carnies, artists, and alternative lifestyles coexist on the boardwalk in plain sight.

Part II of LOVE SUCKS: New York Stories of Love, Hate and Anonymous Sex, the Gay Men’s Press bestseller from the nineties, now reprinted in electronic form. A guided tour through sleaze city, this reportage walks the thin line between journalism and fiction. From Bottoms Up to One Bitch's Story each chapter takes you one step further to a place you'd rather not go. A book to hide under your pillow. So hold your nose.

Since I was eleven or so, I've had two extraordinary aspects to my life. The first was that, even though I had been born as James Patterson, I knew, in my heart, that I was a girl. But aspects of my life had been preventing me from becoming Melinda fully. The second extraordinary thing was a recurring dream about a place I called the Night Festival. And then a third extraordinary thing happened: I met Veronica--a beautiful and astonishing trans woman, who somehow fell in love with me. This is our story. And all the extraordinary things that happened once I met her.

Gene was a young teen with a secret--a secret self he called Jeannie. And after his father died, Gene's stepmother learned of Jeannie--and was delighted. Soon Gene was spending his summer before High School as Jeannie, full-time. Until a turn of events led Gene to disappear and Jeannie to take over. Permanently. But keeping such a transition secret is not something that can be easily done. And soon Jeannie had to chose whether or not to remain a secret. This is Book One of a planned multi-volume Transgender Tale. The second book is in process at the moment and should be available soon. In ...

Forty-seven year old Carl Nixon once dreamed of driving one of the world-famous black cabs he'd seen in London. After the sadness of losing his wife and now losing the job he's had for most of his life, his dream of being such a cab driver is coming true. Despite not being the same confident person he was in his youth, forward he goes, embarking on a new chapter in his life that will encompass not only a new job, but quite a few other kinds of new experiences...

Leonard O'Neal had always been notably short--for a man, that is. That did not prevent him from becoming an attorney and it did not prevent him from marrying a tall and beautiful woman. But Leonard carried a secret. He secretly preferred to be a woman named Laura. And when his wife discovered that secret, she did something unexpected and extraordinary. She happily encouraged her spouse to be Laura more and more, until at last there was no Leonard at all, only the lovely Laura--who happened to be just the perfect height, for a girl. And that was just the beginning of a process of total ...

Roped into helping his favorite millionaire author host a charitable Halloween gala at her mansion, Deputy Chief Vasily Korsokovach finds himself unusually annoyed at having to set aside his clandestine wedding planning; with the possible New Years date now visible on the horizon, not only are there far too many items to get pinned down than he would like, Vas is increasingly worried his fiancé has begun to realize something is afoot — and he knows from experience a suspicious Alejandro Ortega-Cortez is a force to be reckoned with. Constitutionally being unable to say no to Rosie ...

In the spring of 1974, Calliope Stephanides, a student at a girls' school in Grosse Pointe, finds herself drawn to a chain-smoking, strawberry-blonde classmate with a gift for acting. The passion that furtively develops between them - along with Callie's failure to develop physically - leads Callie to suspect that she is not like other girls. In fact, she is not really a girl at all.

I have feelings for my roommate, but I know it's wrong. God would never approve of this —my roommate is a demon who looks like an angel! Jonah has spent his entire life suppressing his feelings. But when he moves in with Lucien, his enigmatic roommate, resisting desire becomes impossible. Raised in a strict religious household, Jonah never questioned the rules—until now. In the vibrant city of Zurich, he's experiencing new freedoms for the first time. But nothing is as overwhelming as his growing attraction to Lucien. Lucien is everything Jonah isn't: confident, artistic and ...

This story is about Sarah, A rich Daddy's girl fresh from a trip in Europe playing with friends and helping her Dad with work. Her Personal Maid, Sil has been around her for half a Decade and rarely leaves her side. When something unexpected happens and Sarah learns a new Truth about her Personal Maid. This is a Kinky BDSM Futanari Story roughly 30k words of juicy erotic story. It is short and delicious Futa action with a great story.

For adult readers only! A tale of valor and gay romance from Bart Sanders. Set aboard a fictional submarine of the Kriegsmarine during the final years of World War II, the story's main characters are a seductive young midshipman and the U-boat’s handsome executive officer -- who become involved in a torrid love affair against the bleak backdrop of an unwinnable war. Explosive naval combat action and sizzling-hot masculine couplings!

Vincent LaRue is all wrong — too polished, too pretty, and too full of secrets. But when his brother turns up dead in a motel room dressed to scandalize, he walks into detective Nash Vega’s office with blood on his hands and a plea for help. Nash should’ve walked away. He’s been burned before. But Vincent’s kiss is as dangerous as the case — and someone out there is filming their victims like it’s high art. Lies. Lust. Murder on reel. Hollywood’s dirty secrets are about to light the screen on fire.

Samuel was an unusual young teen. He lived with his Aunt Elena. Who was a witch. Not that she was a mean woman, she was an actual practitioner of what regular people call magic. Then the life of the teen got even more unusual, when his aunt found he liked to wear girl's clothes. And then his aunt introduced Samuel to his own soul--the soul of a young woman named Shenandoah. And then things got really unusual.

Tanner, a fun-loving American jock, is on a solo trip through Europe, eager for adventure but struggling with the language. What was meant to be a simple coffee stop in Paris turns into a whirlwind of spontaneity when he crosses paths with Frederick, a charming and stylish Frenchman. Despite their language barrier, an unexpected spark ignites between them. Using a quirky translation app, Tanner and Frederick embark on an unforgettable weekend filled with fun, passion, and discovery. As they explore the hidden gems of Paris and navigate their growing connection, their bond deepens in ways ...

After nine years as the people's beloved princess in the sun-soaked Kingdom of Carca, Vita witnesses the execution of her mother by her father's hand. Forced into exile, Vita fades into obscurity with her only friends—the crows that visit her window. Eleven years later, Vita is given a choice: marry an enemy general, granting him legitimacy to take the throne, or die as the forgotten princess. With time running out, Vita meets Soline, an intriguing lady-in-waiting who introduces her to the powerful but unstable magic of alchemy.