Books like 'Cinzia'
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Hopelessly Bromantic by Lauren Blakely
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA sexy, passionate, utterly addictive, roomies-to-lovers MM romance from #1 NYT Bestseller Lauren Blakely!Look, when I met the sexy, witty Brit on the streets of London last night, I had no idea who he was. He was just that hot guy I wanted to have a drink with so I asked him out for my first evening in town. One thing almost led to another... -
![Christmas Flings and Wedding Rings by Beth Rain]()
Christmas Flings and Wedding Rings by Beth Rain
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLast Christmas, Lucy Brown turned to her best friend and found the love of her life staring back at her. One year later . . .She’s got a wedding to organise…An entire village to cook Christmas dinner for…And she’s sure she’s forgotten something… oh yeah, her wedding dress!But Lucy’s determined to make sure that everything goes off without a hitch… especially when it comes to getting hitched... -
![Main Dish by J.A. Armstrong]()
Main Dish by J.A. Armstrong
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSix months have passed since Carrie Maynard walked into D&B’s Steakhouse and collided with its owner, Devon Brine. Life has been a mixture of sweet, savory, and sour. While both women deal with the realities of owning a business, Carrie finds herself playing the role of parent to her four-year-old goddaughter, CJ... -
![The Case of the Brokenhearted Bartender by Tiffany Reisz]()
The Case of the Brokenhearted Bartender by Tiffany Reisz
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWelcome to the private files of Nora Sutherlin, The Mistress.Kingsley Edge, owner of the 8th Circle BDSM club, has ordered her to compose client profiles so the other Dominatrixes in his employ can learn from her expert erotic encounters. She’s the best Dominatrix at the club and her clients always leave satisfied.. -
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![Short Stack by Lily Morton]()
Short Stack by Lily Morton
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhat happens after the happy ending?Drawn together for the first time, this is a collection of Lily’s short stories about the much-loved men from her Mixed Messages and Finding Home series. Follow them through awkward marriage proposals, birthdays, a fraught babysitting job, and a very drunken Eurovision Song Contest party... -
![Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein]()
Torch Song Trilogy by Harvey Fierstein
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDrama, American Literature, Gay and Lesbian Studies, PlaysTorch Song Trilogy is a collection of three plays by Harvey Fierstein rendered in three acts: International Stud, Fugue in a Nursery, and Widows and Children First! The story centers on Arnold Beckoff, a torch song singing Jewish drag queen living in New York City in the late 1970 and 1980s... -
![Fred Gets Dressed by Peter Brown]()
Fred Gets Dressed by Peter Brown
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFrom a New York Times bestselling author and Caldecott-honor winning artist comes an exuberant illustrated story about playing dress up, having fun, and feeling free.The boy loves to be naked. He romps around his house naked and wild and free. Until he romps into his parents' closet and is inspired to get dressed. First he tries on his dad's clothes, but they don't fit well... -
![Joey by J.D. Light]()
Joey by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJoey is a twenty-year-old model who has decided to slow down in order to take care of his Gramma. He's nice and funny and unquestionably gorgeous... he's also a bit of a mess every time Harlow West comes into the gym... -
![Brighton by J.D. Light]()
Brighton by J.D. Light
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBrighton WalkerI'm a bit of a mess. I'm hyperactive, but lazy at the same time. I apparently have an annoying pen tapping problem. I can't cook even pre-made meals without a major catastrophe happening and I'm a little on the forgetful side. All reasons having a roommate isn't really a great idea... -
![Avocado Asks: What Am I? by Momoko Abe]()
Avocado Asks: What Am I? by Momoko Abe
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAvocado is feeling just fine in the fruit and veg aisle at the supermarket - until a young customer asks a difficult question: "Is an avocado a fruit or a vegetable?" Avocado doesn't know the answer either - and the question won't seem to go away!A brilliantly funny book about identity and being confident in your own skin - featuring the world's most popular... -
![My Truck Is Stuck! by Kevin Lewis, Daniel Kirk]()
My Truck Is Stuck! by Kevin Lewis, Daniel Kirk
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMy Truck Is Stuck. Rotten luck. Can't go! My truck is stuck. Tug and tow. Two engines roar. But the truck won't go. Not one inch more... -
![The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish by Lil Miss Hot Mess]()
The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish by Lil Miss Hot Mess
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPlaying off "The Wheels on the Bus," this dazzling nursery rhyme book covers all the ways drag queens "work it," by one of the drag queens from the nationally acclaimed Drag Queen Story Hour.The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish encourages readers to boldly be exactly who they are... -
![Binding Devotion by Kiki Archer]()
Binding Devotion by Kiki Archer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“What’s more important … the bond of marriage or the pull of desire?” “But what’s more powerful?” Andi Armstrong is the 29-year-old CEO of the UK’s largest LGBT campaigning organisation, Proud Unity. She’s a public figure, an empowering speaker, a devoted boss and a loyal wife. Or so she thought... -
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![Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang]()
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNominated for six Tony Awards®, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is one of the most lauded and beloved Broadway plays of recent years. Vanya and his adopted sister Sonia live a quiet life in the Pennsylvania farmhouse where they grew up, but their peace is disturbed when their movie star sister Masha returns unannounced with her twenty-something boy toy, Spike... -
![Ela se chama Rodolfo by Julia Dantas]()
Ela se chama Rodolfo by Julia Dantas
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMurilo acaba de se mudar para um apartamento no qual a antiga moradora, Francesca, deixou uma tartaruga. Seguindo ordens recebidas por e-mail, tenta entregar o animal por meia Porto Alegre. A peregrinação parece inocente, mas a escritora Julia Dantas sabe que não há nada mais radical e transformador do que o encontro entre pessoas, quando minimamente desarmadas... -
![The Flight of Icarus by Raymond Queneau]()
The Flight of Icarus by Raymond Queneau
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn late 19th-century Paris, the writer Hubert is shocked to discover that Icarus, the protagonist of the new novel he's working on, has vanished. Looking for him among the manuscripts of his rivals does not solve the mystery, so a detective is hired to find the runaway character... -
![Princess Kevin by Michaël Escoffier, Roland Garrigue]()
Princess Kevin by Michaël Escoffier, Roland Garrigue
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis year, Kevin is going to the school costume show as a princess. His costume is perfect but he knows that the best costumes are authentic. So he is outraged that none of the knights will partner with him and complete the look. Things don't go quite a smoothly as he planned. Next year, there is only one thing for it. He will just have to be something even more fabulous... -
![Dog Sees God by Bert V. Royal]()
Dog Sees God by Bert V. Royal
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen CB's dog dies from rabies, CB begins to question the existence of an afterlife. His best friend is too burnt out to provide any coherent speculation; his sister has gone goth; his ex-girlfriend has recently been institutionalized; and his other friends are too inebriated to give him any sort of solace... -
![When Adam Kissed Me by Chris Scully]()
When Adam Kissed Me by Chris Scully
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNine and a half weeks ago, Joe Massone got the surprise of his life when his straight best friend and secret crush, Adam, kissed him. At the time, Adam was recovering from an accident that left him with temporary amnesia and broken ribs, so Joe isn’t sure if he should take it seriously... -
![Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang]()
Beyond Therapy by Christopher Durang
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBruce and Prudence are deeply into therapy. Prudence's macho therapist is urging her to be more assertive while Bruce's wacky female therapist wants him to meet women by placing a personal ad. She does not fully comprehend that Bruce has a male lover who is not pleased by Bruce's desire to date a woman: Prudence... -
![Will by Maria Boyd]()
Will by Maria Boyd
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHE CRIME It all started when Will mooned the girls' school bus. It wasn't his finest moment. And it's the last time William Armstrong will sully the St. Andrew's community, says Principal Waddlehead-er, Waverton. THE PUNISHMENT That's when a teacher worried about Will's home situation comes up with an idea... -
![Seminar on Youth by Aldo Busi]()
Seminar on Youth by Aldo Busi
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Seminar on Youth" is an account of the adventures of a young peasant from northern Italy who becomes a homosexual prostitute in Milan and Paris. For money or company he pursues relationships, most memorably with an insecure French girl, and through her, with her circle of bourgeois women friends... -
![The Boy Who Cast No Shadow by Thomas Olde Heuvelt]()
The Boy Who Cast No Shadow by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFree ebook download (epub & mobi).AN ETALE by Thomas Olde HeuveltTwo male teenagers with peculiar bodies...The Boy Who Cast No Shadow won the prestigious Paul Harland Award for best Dutch story of the Fantastic in 2010. Mr. Olde Heuvelt tells us he wrote it in a four-day rush in between two chapters of a novel which was giving him uncontrollable screaming fits at the time... -
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![Memoirs of a Gigolo Volume One by Livia Ellis]()
Memoirs of a Gigolo Volume One by Livia Ellis
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOliver Adair enjoys a life of women (sometimes men), travel, and sex. Unfortunately these things cost money - something he doesn't have a lot of. When he's offered an opportunity to get paid for doing what he loves, he happily signs on to become a male escort. But first, he has to pass the interview process. The madam of the agency has one of her girls put him to the test... -
![Every Nine Seconds by Joseph Brockton]()
Every Nine Seconds by Joseph Brockton
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFlashback to 1989 with your favorite characters from Queer as Folk in this new line of books based on the record-breaking Showtime series hailed as "wonderful" (Newsweek) and "groundbreaking" (People)! Before they were grown men working and playing in Pittsburgh, Brian Kinney and Michael Novotny were high-school friends dealing with bullies, secret crushes, and their emerging sexuality... -
![Design Flaws of the Human Condition by Paul Schmidtberger]()
Design Flaws of the Human Condition by Paul Schmidtberger
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs can only happen in New York, two strangers find themselves railroaded into an anger-management class, where they soon become fast friends. Iris is there because of an eminently justifiable meltdown on a crowded flight, whereas Ken got caught defacing library books with rude (but true!) messages about his former boyfriend. The boyfriend that he caught in bed with another man... -
![Want to Play Trucks? by Ann Stott]()
Want to Play Trucks? by Ann Stott
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJack likes trucks. Alex likes dolls. What will they play together? Their new favorite game, of course!Jack and Alex meet almost every morning in the sandbox at the playground. Jack likes trucks — big ones, the kind that can wreck things. Alex likes dolls — pink ones, with sparkles. And tutus. But Jack doesn’t want to play dolls, and Alex doesn’t want to play trucks... -
![El guerrero oculto by Matías G.B.]()
El guerrero oculto by Matías G.B.
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUna amistad. Una misión. Una lucha por la identidad.Al cumplir los 17 años, Nálum debe asistir al baile anual en el palacio del emperador y encontrar una pareja digna de la aprobación de su padre. Pero un terrible ataque a la familia real pone en riesgo su mundo.Nálum hará lo que sea por restituir el orden, incluso infiltrarse en una peligrosa misión y, finalmente, enfrentar a todos sus demonios... -
![Leap Year by Peter Cameron]()
Leap Year by Peter Cameron
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Leap Year attests to Mr. Cameron’s blossoming satiric gifts and his instinctive feeling for the confusions of a generation.” —The New York Times As the curtain falls on the vibrant, gritty New York of the 1980s, just-divorced David and Loren Parish watch their lives come apart—but not before one last year of self-absorbed fun... -
![The Wig, the Bitch & the Meltdown by Jay Manuel]()
The Wig, the Bitch & the Meltdown by Jay Manuel
Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Wig, The Bitch & The Meltdown is a satirical look behind the scenes of Model Muse, a fictional reality model competition show and global phenomenon. Seen through the eyes of our moral compass Pablo Michaels-the heart of production in the helter-skelter world of Model Muse-we see behind the scenes and backstage shenanigans of the fashion/reality TV world...
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