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A disturbing tale of a young man's uncanny ability to remain both young and beautiful while descending into a life of heartless debauchery, The Picture of Dorian Gray was considered proof of both Wilde's genius and his perversion. Oscar Wilde's scandalous best seller of 1891 was one of the most damning pieces of evidence used against him in the trial that brought about his downfall.

Billie and Vero are getting married and the gang's all here, even the only two members left of the Singles Girl's Club, Isla and Freya. When the wedding planner mixes up reservations for the wedding, party girl Isla and jaded artist Freya find that they're either sharing the very last room available or one of them is sleeping out on the beach. There's just one teeny-tiny problem—the room has one bed. But they're mature adult friends who can handle a sleepover.

Chicago, 1898. In the midst of the Progressive Era, twenty-one-year-old junior detective Harriet Morrow is determined to prove she's more than a lucky hire as the Prescott Agency's first woman operative. But her latest challenge—a murder case steeped in scandal—could become a deadly setback . . .

Megan is a struggling single mom who lies on her resume to get a job in a school as a personal assistant to the stern Headmistress.

Nothing Megan does seems to please her boss in any way. Megan is constantly in trouble for something.

Megan finds herself secretly enjoying being ordered around and disciplined.

Bec Harrison flees Detroit for Minnesota after a bitter divorce, trading heartbreak for the icy shores of Lake Superior and a fresh start as a detective with the Duluth Police Department. Theo Zaccardo owns The Mashed Spud, a popular Duluth LGBTQ bar where her no-strings lifestyle keeps her haunted past at bay. That is until a body appears in her dumpster—and her very own pizza cutter turns out to be the murder weapon.

It's 2005, and Ali is a publicist for Hollywood's biggest stars. Part of her job entails keeping gay celebrities in the closet—which is pretty ironic, since she's a lesbian herself. When Ali is assigned a new client, Cara Bisset, upcoming star of a (hetero) romantic blockbuster, keeping Cara's sexuality under wraps becomes Ali's biggest challenge yet. Bold, unpredictable Cara hates that she has to hide such an integral aspect of her identity, and after a series of increasingly close calls, Ali is sent on her worldwide promotional tour to help with her image.

When a young woman is found dead at her kitchen table – with DNA belonging to her ex-boyfriend at the scene – psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis assume it's an open-and-shut case. But the guy has an airtight alibi. Could an enemy from his shady past have framed him? Many miles away, a former LAPD officer is found brutally murdered in her garage.

Follow Emilia—a forty-something woman trapped between longing and loyalty—as she spirals deeper into forbidden territory. What begins as a coffeehouse flirtation with a mysterious barista turns into a consuming affair that unravels her entire life. Along the way, fiery encounters, heartbreaking choices, and emotional awakenings blur the line between love and lust.

Written for boys who like to eat other people's sorrows, or not eat at all, and for girls who love them regardless. Nick and Mark are 20-something nihilists with nothing but Thursday evenings, a mattress, and the weight of their own thoughts. In one final attempt to find meaning, they give themselves a week to search. If they fail, they jump. We’re Jumping Tomorrow is an intimate, hauntingly poetic novella designed to be listened to in one sitting, like stumbling upon a stranger’s tragic story online, finding empathy for them, and then scrolling away.

When Stassi’s glam life collapses, she’s forced behind a hospital desk — and into the orbit of Sage, her disciplined, green-eyed boss. The chemistry is instant, the desire impossible to ignore. But Stassi’s secret — she only got the job because her father owns the hospital — could ruin everything, especially since Sage is leading the fight against his empire. Torn between loyalty and forbidden love, Stassi must decide: play it safe or risk everything for a love she never saw coming. "Hidden Desire": a steamy lesbian medical romance.

From rebound nights to slow-burn passion: lesbian romances where lust ignites love.

Lasse er efter mange års kamp endelig ankommet til et liv i den øvre middelklasse. Sagen er bare, at Lasses begær er formet af en opvækst med mandemænd og mobning, og han bliver ikke just tændt af den omsorg og rummelighed, som er Emils naturlige kærlighedssprog. Når Lasse midt i den dresserede og disciplinerede middelklassetilværelse savner impulsivitet, vildskab og risiko, og når den livsstrategi, der har bragt ham så vidt, den lille stemme i hans hoved, der siger: "kæmp kun for dig selv!", støder sammen med selve præmissen for at være i et parforhold?

I don't do relationships. I don't do feelings. I don't do what's considered the norm. I love hurting people. I love their screams. I love their begging. I live for it. Until him. Aaron. He has his own version of crazy. His crazy mixed with mine? That's a recipe for disaster.

What happens when an eccentric, germophobic actress with an excessive need for cleanliness meets her messy match? A very untraditional Opposites-Attract sapphic romance that not even Hollywood—or Shakespeare—could script. Cordelia Wainwright is a superbly capable actress but a supremely incapable adult, who is plagued by decisions from her past that prevent her from accepting both love and her sexuality.

Short stories from Borealis: Without a Compass North and Shaw: Out of Office Volume 2 is a collection of short stories. It includes the following: “Couple Friends” As a (relatively) new couple, North and Shaw learn what it means to have friends as a couple—and how to be friends in a relationship. This story takes place before Indirection. “Good Friends” North and Shaw spend the day together for Shaw’s (make-up) birthday. This story takes place before Misdirection. “Just Friends” North and Shaw figure out how to be just friends while helping a pair of older men recover their stolen money.

A woman in Galway hears of the death of her son in the First World War. An Irishman is living an anonymous existence in Barcelona, under the shadows of crimes he has committed. A man goes to Dublin from Enniscorthy to implore the Minister for Health for a special favor. A young woman is pregnant during the Spanish Civil War. An undocumented worker finds himself living an illegal life and must leave San Francisco, and his child, after thirty years in America. Three sisters who have been living in Argentina decide to return to Catalonia.

With a vividly sketched cast of characters, award-winning poet Joelle Taylor uses the Maryville butch bar as a lens through which to consider the underground histories of queer London. The violence and pain of oppression and the beauty and intimacy of community are rendered in awe-inspiring high definition in a collection as filmic as it is familiar.

Das Buch entfaltet ein Panorama vom Leben der Homosexuellen in der alten Bundesrepublik. In Geschichten erzählt es von ihrem Leben im Versteck, ihren kleinen Freiräumen und großen Sehnsüchten. Der Roman von 1964 wurde bei der wissenschaftlichen Aufbereitung des Nachlasses von Felix Rexhausen wiederentdeckt und gilt als schwuler Pioniertext. Fast sechs Jahrzehnte hat es gedauert, bis das Buch endlich gedruckt werden konnte – und nun auch als Hörbuch erscheint.

Something wicked this way comes. FBI Agent Ryan "Mac" McGuinness and con man Henry Page are on the run again. This time they're headed back to where it all began: Altona, Indiana. Population: some goats. Henry's not happy about lying low at the McGuinness family farm, but they've got nowhere else to go. While Mac fights to clear his name and Henry struggles with whose side he's really on, a ghost from the past threatens to destroy everything. And those aren't the only storms on the radar. Cut off from both sides of the law, Mac and Henry must rely on their tenuous partnership to survive.

All's fair in love and war. There's something rotten in the state of Indiana. When con man Henry Page takes it upon himself to investigate the death of an elderly patient at a care facility, he does so in true Shakespearean tradition: dressed as a girl. FBI Agent Ryan "Mac" McGuinness has more to worry about than Henry's latest crazy idea. Someone is trying to send him a message — via a corpse with a couple of bullets in it. He needs to figure out who's trying to set him up before he gets arrested, and he really doesn't have time for Henry's shenanigans.