Balzer & Bray 5/2/2023. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. Store pick: While Imogen is straight, she is definitely an ally. She has a queer little sister and queer best friends. But since one of her friends, Lili, went to college and acquired a circle of queer friends (who all seem amazing on social media), Imogen isn't sure where she fits anymore. And things get even more confusing when Imogen visits Lili and meets Tessa...who, along with all of Lili's other friends, thinks Imogen is bi. And now, with possible crush feelings for Tessa, Imogen doesn't know what to think. More of a questionin... View More...
HarperTeen 11/1/2022. New hardcover. in Brand New jacket. Store pick: Shanni is running away from herself. She wants to run away from spending Hanukkah with her mom, and the horrible breakup with her girlfriend Sadie. After receiving a coveted monthlong internship with the Natural History Museum with the famous paleoichthyology, Dr. Charles Graham, Shanni drops everything and heads to Washington DC for the holiday season. What Shani is not expecting is to run into the girl of her dreams. Yet, after just a few days in Washington DC, and a few close calls, Shanni meets May by happenstance. May ... View More...
Avon 4/18/2023. New paperback. Store pick: Tansy has never been great at dating, but she also hates going to family dinners, so she invented a fake girlfriend based on romance cover model Gemma months ago to get her family off her back. Imagine her surprise when she actually meets Gemma at a family wedding -- not only meets her, but gets sucked into agreeing to a marriage of convenience so Gemma can inherit her grandfather's company. What starts as a fake engagement becomes something real as Tansy and Gemma get to know each other. But Gemma's family is kind-of the worst, so when they get invo... View More...
Atria Books 11/1/2022. New paperback. Store pick: Last Christmas, Ellie met Jack, the girl of her dreams. It fell apart the next morning, but Ellie's still not over her, despite what she tells her best friend. This year, Ellie's 10-year plan is way off track, she's stuck in a dead-end job with an impending eviction...and she's fake-engaged to her landlord Andrew to help him get his inheritance, and they're on their way to spend the holidays at his family's 'cabin' (read: mansion in the woods). And guess who else is there? Yep, Jack, who just happens to be Andrew's sister. A fun and flirty hol... View More...
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 4/18/2023. New paperback. Store pick: Blaine is all set to say yes when his boyfriend of a year asks him to vacation with his family, which he's sure is going to happen tonight, on their anniversary. Except instead, Blaine gets dumped. Because his (now ex) boyfriend -- class president, Northwestern-bound, future president of America -- thinks he should be with someone more 'serious'. So Blaine decides to become a Serious Guy by running for senior class president to win his ex back. What Blaine doesn't count on is actually wanting to be class president ... View More...
Penguin Books 5/31/2022. New paperback. Store pick: Helena, Leonie, Niamh, and Elle are witches who have been friends since girlhood, though they've grown apart in the years since taking their oath to join Her Majesty's Royal Coven and fighting a magical war. Now, Helena is High Priestess of HMRC; Leonie has started her own more inclusive coven; Niamh is a country vet who doesn't want anything to do with the coven; and Elle does her best to ignore her witch side while being the best wife and mom she can be. Then Theo is dropped into their lives, a prophesied child who heralds the coming of a ... View More...
Tor Teen 7/13/2021. New paperback. Store pick: Nick lives to write his fanfiction about his city's Extraordinaries, including fictional romance between himself and the superhero of his dreams, Shadow Star, who lately has been ramping up his conflict with fellow Extraordinary and supervillain Pyro Storm. When he's not writing fanfiction, though, Nick has to deal with his real life -- his ADHD that seems to control everything, his friends who have started acting a bit weird, and his ex-boyfriend who insists on hanging around and making a nuisance of himself. While the story really doesn't have ... View More...
