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Aftercare at Randy’s

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Where do you meet like-minded kinksters in Boston? It’s time for Pancakes & Pronouns at Randy’s!
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Gael “Gay” López Cruz is a no-nonsense civil rights lawyer by day, strict but nurturing Dom by night. The only problem? Her partner is a switchy kitten, not the sub she longs to care for, and finding a second great love feels impossible.

Cincinnati "Cin" Santos' life is perfect, except something is missing. Cin and their partner, Gay, host a munch for non-cis kinksters, and maybe they'll meet a third there…

RJ Meritt is new to Boston, and is excited to finally explore everything a trans kinkster could dream of. His first stop is something called a “munch” at Randy’s Diner.

Published: October 31, 2024

Editors:

Jenn Reads Books

Cover Artists:

Cormar Covers

Genres:

contemporary, fiction, gay, lgbtq, romance

Tags:

BDSM, contemporary, D/s, gay, gender fluid, HEA guaranteed, hurt/comfort, interracial couple, LGBT, LGBTQ fiction, neurodivergent, nonbinary, PoC, polyamory, sex toys, short men, soft Dom, spicy, transgender

Aftercare at Randy’s is the story of three transgender kinksters discovering their chosen family, more than one love, and having a lot of fun along the way.
Part of the Randy's Diner Days collaboration - Love beyond the binary: serving up low angst trans romances at Randy's Diner!

Truth Dare, Cinderfella?

by R.A. Frick

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Editions:Kindle, Paperback

Can a game night bring these two together?

Miles O’Donnell was a comic artist in San Francisco. With multi-colored hair and eyes to match his sassy personality, Miles never had trouble getting attention. Unfortunately, most couldn’t satisfy what he really needed…

Shane Long was an engineer who just turned forty and wasn’t sure there was a partner out there for him when they all complained he was too big. Until a chance meeting and a game of Truth or Dare put a certain size queen in Shane’s path.

It might take more truth than they expected to share!

Published: May 14, 2025

Editors:

Jenn Reads Books

Cover Artists:

R.A. Frick

Genres:

contemporary, fiction, gay, lgbtq, M/M, romance

Tags:

bisexual, contemporary, gay, gay romance, gender fluid, interracial couple, LGBT, LGBTQ fiction, low angst, nonbinary, San Francisco, size difference, spicy

Reviews:Trish on Goodreads wrote:

This was a super fun, sexy story about a rainbow haired twink and the muscular top who he falls for!

Miles is an unashamed size queen. He knows what he’s looking for, but he hasn’t found it yet. When he gets invited to a kinky game night, he thinks it’ll just be a bit of fun. Then he meets Shane…

Shane has struggled with partners in the past due to his size. It’s either a turn off, or the only turn on. When he meets Miles, he’s instantly attracted, but worried a guy half his size will run for the hills.

But when the party gets spicy and the two end up as the last two in the room, they have the chance to see if they’ll be the perfect fit 😆🍆

Truth or Dare, Cinderfella? was originally part of the Game Night: Truth or Dare anthology in 2024 as Size Queen. This edition is a standalone novella with an expanded story including a completely new epilogue, now connected to Frick's X Club series!

Enemy

by R.A. Frick

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Editions:Kindle, Paperback

Is it really kidnapping and torture if they both get turned on by it?

Giorgio “George” Greco was the former leader of the Italian crime family in the Bay Area, but he was done with that life. Children grown and wife long dead, George was ready to start exploring what it meant to be a civilian… and maybe get to know a new side of himself as a Daddy.

Vasily “Basil” Kiselov was fresh out of college and ready to prove himself to his Russian crime family in San Francisco. After being kept on the edge of their business, Basil goes on the hunt for an Enemy. When Basil tried to kill George, he ended up being the one under the gun.

The problem? George didn’t want to let go of the boy so easily.

Editors:

Jenn Reads Books

Cover Artists:

Jamie Luther

Genres:

contemporary, gay, lgbtq, M/M, romance

Enemy is part of the Ruthless Daddies multi-author collab and a complete standalone. With a sadistic older Italian Daddy, a not-so-innocent Russian boy, and rival families, these two hurt each other until they like it! Want more deliciously morally gray Daddies and boys? Grab the whole series!

* See Author Note and Triggers inside: Enemy has connections to characters in my other books (X Club: For You), but is a standalone. Contains dub con, see CW for full details.

For Real

by R.A. Frick

Amazon Kindle

Editions:Kindle, Paperback

Living outside of the cis-het box makes life more challenging, but also more fabulous!

Ash is a high-powered San Francisco real estate agent by day, Professional Dom by night. They live their life gender-queer and proud, but s-x work has gotten old. Will they ever be able to quit Pro-Domming and do k!nk for fun again?

Jefferson “Flowers” Flores is bitter from twenty years in the military and trying to find where he fits in the world. He's finally out of the Army and out of the closet; looking for love, hopeful but cynical in a new city where he doesn't feel like he belongs.

When one of Ash's clients has a video of their scene released, his criminal family is out for blood. Flowers steps up to protect Ash and keeps them safe as the feelings for each other grow. Can they really be what the other needs in the middle of running for their lives?

Published: November 30, 2021

Cover Artists:

Jamie Luther

Genres:

contemporary, gay, lgbtq, M/M, romance

For Real is the beginning of the X Club series featuring trans and non-binary main characters falling in love in San Francisco. All of these stories can be read as standalones, but are best enjoyed in order as the characters appear before their books, and now you can read them all together!

Full Series and spin off order:

1. For Real (X Club 1)

2. For You (X Club 1.5)

3. For Keeps (X Club 2)

4. For Them (X Club 3)

5. For Life (X Club 4)

6. Daddy for Christmas: Sawyer

7. Beauty for Kinkmas

8. Fluff Me

9. Happy Pride

10. Enemy

11. His Furry Heat (ABO)

12. Edging Glory (Naughty November Antho, to be re-released)

13. Leo: A Little Christmas 3

14. Daddy for Christmas: Will

15. Truth or Dare, Cinderfella? (X Club 4.5)

Don’t Ask, Ghosts Tell

An LGBTQ+ Horror Anthology

by G.B. Lindsey

Publisher Amazon Books A Million Barnes and Noble

Editions:Hardcover, Kindle, Paperback

Truths always catch up with us. There’s no denying it. Your senses heighten—as a presence lurks in the shadows, haunting your thoughts with every move. Knots form in your stomach from guilt, memories, or real horrors. Each moment is fraught with heaviness, zapping energy as your reflections pull toward whatever or whomever cowers in the shadows, ready to pounce at the slightest chance to claw at your soul.

The stories and poems in this anthology evoke powerful emotions across distinct perspectives and eras—plagued by terrors, misinterpretations, suffering, and lost love. Does hope linger when ghosts hold all the cards?

With stories and poetry by Amanda Dier, Amanda Nevada DeMel, Benjamin Larned, Christina Bergling, Darrell Z. Grizzle, Eric David Roman, G.B. Lindsey, J. Daniel Stone, John Grover, M. Edusa, Maxwell I. Gold, May Walker, Michael Thomas Ford, R.J.K. Lee, Rook Riley, Ryan Cole, Sara Tantlinger, Sean Eads, Sumiko Saulson, and Toshiya Kamei.

Proceeds from your purchase of this book go to the Modern Military Association of America, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

Published: June 3, 2025

Publisher: Tundra Swan Press (https://tundraswanpress.com/)

Editors:

Sirrah Medeiros, Vince Liaguno

Illustrators:

Nemanja Designs

Cover Artists:

Ruth Anna Evans Designs

Genres:

gay, horror, lesfic, lgbtq, M/M, paranormal

Tags:

anthology, contemporary, dark, desert, forbidden love, gay, Horror, lesbian, LGBT, LGBTQ fiction, mental health, military vet, monster, post apocalyptic, short story

Everything We Thought Was true

by Lisa Montanaro

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Editions:Audiobook, ePub, Kindle, Paperback

Los Angeles lawyer Lena Antinori has dedicated her career to fighting discrimination, including for the LGBTQ community, but her own family's secret haunts her. At thirteen years old, she made the startling discovery that her father, Frank, was gay and her mother, Teresa, knew. Fearing social stigma, Teresa instituted a code of silence meant to protect their Italian Catholic family—a code Lena adhered to for decades.

Now, Frank plans to marry his partner, and he wants Lena to help plan the wedding. Lena is torn between maintaining loyalty to her mother and supporting her father's newfound happiness. As her father’s wedding approaches, Lena learns her childhood wounds run deeper than she thought, and failing to heal them might sentence her to a life of hypocrisy and the inability to discover the true meaning of coming out.

Told by Lena in the present, and her parents, Frank and Teresa, in the past, Everything We Thought Was True examines how the truth doesn't set you free until you embrace it.

Published: January 27, 2025

Genres:

family drama, fiction, gay, historical, lgbtq

Tags:

audiobook, family drama, gay, gay awakening, Italian American, LGBT, LGBTQ fiction, Los Angeles, New York

First place winner, LGBTQ Fiction, 2024 International Firebird Book Awards

Honorable Mention, General Fiction, 2025 Los Angeles Book Festival

Brewing (Dis)trust

Trust Series Book 1

by D.L. O'Neil

Paramedic watching firetruck leave station

Amazon

Part of the Trust Series series:

Brewing (Dis)trust

JC Washington is laser focused on the debut of her new, all-natural energy drink. !ZING’s success will free her from her father’s unreasonable expectations. Abby Martin is running from her past, determined not to let anyone get too close. Those close to her always got hurt. When JC and Abby’s paths cross in a small northern California community neither is sure they can trust the other. Facing a series of unexplained incidents threatening to disrupt their lives, both women realize they need to trust someone. But who? Can that question be answered before anyone gets seriously hurt?

Published: November 5, 2024

Editors:

Allison Behrens

Genres:

contemporary, family drama, fiction, lgbtq, mystery

Tags:

bartender, entrepreneur, lesbian, paramedic/fire fighter

Excerpt:

JC didn’t speak to her father for four years after admitting to him she quit college. The day she declared her independence from Cole Washington’s empire and all the things it stood for. Everything JC did since that day declared her liberation from the family business. Even though she now spoke with her father, their business separation remained. JC wanted none of his world.

She shook her head, bringing herself back to the present. JC tried hard not to forget about that time in her life. It embarrassed her to think of things she’d done. How she’d treated others in pursuit of her father’s approval while growing up. The ways she’d chosen to get ahead. Every day JC awoke determined to live a life that made up for all of that. And to prove to her father that there were paths to being a winner that did not have to come at someone else’s expense.

Footsteps drew her attention as Dre emerged from the warehouse. JC stared, arching an eyebrow and stifling a laugh. Dre’s cargo shorts and tee were covered in brownish-black goo. It was splashed on her face and in her neatly combed black hair, making it appear she’d fallen into a mud pit. “Do I even want to ask?” JC queried, struggling to keep the smile from her face.

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In the Shadow of Heroes

A 3rd Fieldston Mystery

by D.L. O'Neil

Amazon

Part of the Fieldston Mysteries series:

In book 3 of the Fieldston mystery series Camp Richland is being prepped to house Lyndon's Warrior Vision but before that can happen, its underground tunnels need to be sorted. The mysterious trunk's contents lead Sarge, Alex, and the others back through the centuries, following a trail to unravel the secrets hidden on the property. Who came before them and what might have been left behind? What makes this place so special to D'Shea? And who is tracking their every move from the shadows.

Join Sarge and the other Fieldston women as they explore the past, the present, and for some, the future.

Published: December 7, 2023

Genres:

fiction, historical, lgbtq, mystery

Tags:

college graduate, construction worker, hurt/comfort, interracial couple, lesbian, military vet, Native American, outdoorsman, series, small town, uplifting

Excerpt:

Sarge ended the call and dropped her cell phone on the counter, turning to face Bill and Alex.

“That was Victoria King. The archeology team from Philadelphia is staged and ready. They expect to pull into camp sometime Wednesday afternoon. Once set up, they’ll start examining and mapping what we already discovered and then figure how best to open the trunk without damaging anything inside. King said they bring most of their own workspace but may need an extra storage area, maybe either the barn or the hall next door.” Sarge indicated the attached room which had been the camp’s original dining hall. “The historical significance of this is still unknown, but King said the team lead, Dr. Hawes, thinks it’s likely we stumbled on an unknown railroad station. This may put Camp Richland on the map for more than our warrior program.” Alex and Bill both grinned widely.

Reach Past the Shadows

A 2nd Fieldston Mystery

by D.L. O'Neil

Photos of a building, woods, wooden box, and leaves

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Part of the Fieldston Mysteries series:

The residents of Fieldston are healing from the hate crimes that tore the town apart while D’Shea Sinclair and her friends move forward, building lives with those they love. A series of unexplained incidents involving gunshots, drugs, and a mysterious disappearance lead police down a trail where people are not what they seem. Murky shadows loom large, remnants of the past surface, and mistrust is fueled by secrets…some innocent and others sinister. The investigation uncovers unlikely alliances, and a plot that just may tear the whole town apart once again.

When Camp Richland is put up for sale, time becomes the enemy. Will the mystery be unraveled before it’s too late?

The 2^nd Fieldston mystery continues D’Shea and Evie’s love story alongside some familiar faces plus a few new ones.

Published: December 9, 2023

Genres:

contemporary, fiction, lgbtq, mystery, suspense-thriller

Tags:

contemporary, interracial couple, lesbian, low angst, military vet, outdoorsman, series

Excerpt:

Nervous after the gunshot, D’Shea backed out of the ranger’s driveway and headed to the road. The camp gate was ajar, the padlock hanging loose, affording them an easy exit. As she pulled onto the road, D’Shea considered how odd it was that Dale would leave the lock hanging, but getting to the police station to report what happened was higher on her priority list than trying to puzzle out the hanging lock. The trip was a blur as both D’Shea and Evie replayed how close the shot had come to hitting them. “I’m sure that had nothing to do with the May incident,” Evie said finally, her voice shaky. Am I trying to convince D’Shea or myself?

Wearing a grim expression, D’Shea only nodded as they pulled up and parked in front of the police station in downtown Fieldston. Before getting out of the car, D’Shea dialed the ranger’s number again. If it was an accident, I’m not going to report it. Maybe he was taking target practice and missed. As quickly as the thought crossed D’Shea’s mind, she classified it as unlikely. Hitting the end button, she turned to Evie and said, “Dale still isn’t answering. Am I nuts or does it seem weird he’d leave, knowing we were in camp—and leave the gate lock hanging? Please tell me I’m overreacting, hon.”

Evie shook her head and touched D’Shea’s arm. “I’m afraid you and I are on the same wavelength on this. It’s out of character based on the few interactions I had with him last spring. But,” she paused and drew out her thought, “the police may not think so. Let’s not go too far down that path until we talk with them.”

Evie and D’Shea stood impatiently in front of the desk sergeant waiting for him to finish his phone call, which seemed to be taking forever. “How can I help you two girls?” the sergeant finally asked after disconnecting the call.

“I need to report a shooting,” D’Shea said hurriedly, ignoring her flare of irritation at his demeaning language.

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Love Through the Shadows

by D.L. O'Neil

Amazon

Part of the Fieldston Mysteries series:

Ever wonder where hate comes from? From small slights or from deeply held beliefs? And what happens when hate runs headlong into the strongest emotion there is…love?

Fieldston, a sleepy town in eastern Pennsylvania, is gearing up to host a women’s music festival when a rash of petty crime and vandalism strike. When young women begin to disappear, something has to be done to keep locals and visitors safe. D’Shea Sinclair and women from the festival set out to unravel the mystery, discovering that there is more to Fieldston than a surface glance reveals. As the group uncovers and works to foil a dangerous plan, Sinclair finds herself presented with a second chance at love. If only she is brave enough to take the first step.

Set in 2018, this fictional tale explores the concepts of love and hate, the influence of national politics, and the power of a community coming together for the common good.

Published: March 15, 2022

Genres:

lgbtq, mystery

Tags:

hurt/comfort, lesbian, second chance, series, small town

Excerpt:

Her car was speeding up, moving away from a past she didn't want to think about, hurtling towards a future that was nothing but murky grey to her now. She felt every molecule of air rushing past her, faster and faster. How did it get this like this? How did she go from a life that was so simple, so ordered, so routine to this? And what did it all mean? What caused the fear? The intimidation? The unrest?

Faster now, she was going faster. She couldn't seem to slow the car although she knew that she should. The woods were now a solid green blur on her left. On her right, the greens of anise and dill reaching for the grey sky passed by, looking as though they were a single plant. Maybe this was it--maybe the chase was over. She’d run again and but this time she’d lost—everything. As though on cue the car leapt out of control and went airborne, careening toward the beautiful field of anise and dill. And then there was nothing.

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