Happy Sunday! It’s #IndiePrideDay, and this month is also our local Pride festival. So I’ve made all my indie titles 99 cents through the end of July! Take a look, then use the links to find them in your preferred format. Then see the end of this post for some more great indie authors!
Chemical Reaction
After Ethan meets fellow teacher Paul, his desire to know the man better results in a complicated situation misread by a parent. Ethan’s only option is to tell the truth about his feelings and hope Paul returns them.
Categories: gay, bisexual, sweet romance, teachers, school play
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Electricity
A late night drive and a thunderstorm lead Trace Watson to the doorstep of a former classmate. Angel Zamora gives Trace shelter for the night, and the two share an electrically-charged connection that unleashes the secret they both possess.
Categories: bisexual, MM, erotic, urban fantasy
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Fifteen Minutes
For fifteen-year-old AJ, life seems pretty good. He’s a student at an excellent private school and has a promising future in art. He’s just asked out the girl he’s crushed on forever, his best friend of nine years. The most he has to worry about is keeping his little sister out of his business. That is, until new kid Connor shows up at school and threatens to shake everything AJ’s built his world on. When Connor oversteps his boundaries, it forces AJ to confront what he’s been hiding underneath the perfectly painted exterior.
*Companion prequel to An Act of Devotion
Categories: bisexual, YA, coming out
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Finders Keepers
Casey Dalton has been taking care of his sister’s son since she passed away six months ago, but he hasn’t yet figured out how to balance his own needs with those of his five-year-old nephew. He’s sworn off relationships, not wanting to add to his or Ryan’s already complicated life. Enter one attractive new office mate and he might be willing to make an exception. If only it were that simple.
*Companion to What Once Was Lost
Categories: gay, bisexual, MM romance, parenting
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Imperfections
A set of flash fiction on the less-ideal parts of long-term relationships. Stories about a tech support call that leads to more; making up after a fight; the need to be free; a strained business partnership; a disappointing sexual encounter; a Valentine mishap; a friendship that doesn’t need to be more; a triple wedding; and the desire to be desirable.
Categories: short fiction, relationships, LGBT
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The Law of Radical Expressions
A collection of flash fiction on gender, sexuality, and marriage. Includes a sex manual with odd suggestions; a church that takes things a bit too literally; a men’s breakfast gone horribly wrong; a difficult father-son phone call; a dull wedding; a board game no one wants to play; a boy’s fight for a place on the cheer squad; a health education campaign; an unexpected twist to a relationship; and a chance meeting in the park.
Categories: LGBT, gender, marriage, sexuality
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Leaps of Faith
From Christmas to Easter and from childhood through the end of life, here are ten interconnected stories revolving around one couple and the people who love them. These are tales of friendship, family, sensuality, and all the intimate moments that make them who they are, together and apart. The stories, while standalone, also fill in the gaps before and around the events in the novels in the Passing on Fatih series. Included: a youth embraces his identity; two women build a life together; a former rebellious teen finds her way; a pair of lovers explore each other’s minds and bodies; a man copes with loss and grief.
*Companion to Passing on Faith, Walking by Faith, and Keeping the Faith
*Also features characters from Anthem, An Act of Devotion, and Lower Education
Categories: LGBT, relationships, mental health, disability, grief, friendships, family
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The One that I Want
When Al proposes to Chad, he has in mind a fairytale wedding with all the works. Chad’s not so sure it’s a good idea. Between the planner with her binders full of weddings, the myriad tasks, the short time frame, and Al’s meddling sister, Chad’s at risk of coming undone long before the big day. When his own fears bubble to the surface, he nearly breaks Al’s heart–and his own. They’ll need to work things out in time to be the stars of their own magical story.
Categories: gay fiction, marriage, relationships, family
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Pink in the Mirror
Before, Barbara’s goal was to win the county drag race. Now all she wants is to win Dottie’s heart.
By day, Barbara works as an assistant seamstress. By night, she’s a drag racer preparing for the biggest local event of the summer. Her only hope to make it out of town is to win the race and spend a couple of years in junior college. If she can put him off long enough, she can gently let down the polite young man with whom she’s keeping up appearances.
What Barbara hasn’t counted on is how drawn she is to vibrant, gorgeous Dottie, the woman who comes to watch them prepare for the race. A single evening with Dottie convinces Barbara she’ll never be happy with an artificial life. Now she’ll have to make a decision about what she wants before it’s too late.
Categories: historical fiction, lesbian, drag racing, 1950s
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The Royal Family of Hell
What has Lucifer hot under the collar this time? He’s fretting over which demon has won the heart of his youngest daughter, a secret she’s kept closely guarded. Unfortunately for him, the biggest surprise is yet to come.
Categories: humor, family, urban fantasy
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(S)no(w) Angels
A set of holiday-themed short fiction. Phin’s home sick, but Alex will take good care of him; Jeanine is about to deliver something more than red shoes to the boy who keeps asking for them; Santa’s son is in love with his sexy best friend, Elf Robin, and is trying to find a way to tell him; best friends, lovers, and co-teachers at a dance studio, Elinor and Giovanna enjoy their ballet with a side of spanking; eleven-year-old Cat wants to be Mary in his church’s Christmas play, but not everyone thinks that’s a good idea; Zayne wonders which part of her life will cause Pam to decide she’s better off looking for someone with fewer issues.
Categories: holidays (Christmas), light fantasy, LGBT, relationships, urban fantasy, zombies, Santa, friendship, children
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You can read up on other indie authors and get some recommendations in a wide variety of categories by visiting this link: http://www.newsnibbles.co.uk/2018/06/30/sparkly-badgers-recommend
Happy #IndiePride and happy reading!
