Books like 'Reading the Waves: A Memoir'
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The Spooky Life by S.E. Harmon
Rated: 4.91 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRain Christiansen isn’t sure he’ll ever fully understand the supernatural. But he’s finally finding his groove as a reluctant medium and cold-case detective. That’s not to say everything is going smoothly—there’s a wedding in the works, after all. He’s finally taking that enormous step with fellow detective, Daniel McKenna, and he couldn’t be happier…about the marriage. Not so much the wedding... -
![A Haven in the Keys by Hope Holloway]()
A Haven in the Keys by Hope Holloway
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter the storm, life, love, and the concept of home has to be reimagined…A new life begins on Coconut Key when Beck and her family and friends are blessed with a beachfront sanctuary after the hurricane damages their side of the island. Although it is a haven where life and love carries on in an unforeseen way, they face a new set of challenges... -
![A Season in the Keys by Hope Holloway]()
A Season in the Keys by Hope Holloway
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe winds of change are blowing over Coconut Key…and nothing will ever be the same.When tourist season ends, the next one begins…and hurricane season is never easy in the Keys. Especially when the winds have blown in a man who threatens everything Beck has built over the last few months in Coconut Key... -
![Rising Seas by Edie James]()
Rising Seas by Edie James
Rated: 5.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFleeing his old life gave him hope.Will his deadly secrets kill their only chance at love?Detective Will Natchez isn't who he seems. On the run from a ruthless gang of dirty cops, he's hiding in plain sight. Getting hired by the tiny MacKenzie Cove PD was his first stroke of luck since escaping witness protection. The second? Meeting gorgeous psychologist Viv MacKenzie... -
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![Oceans Apart/Between Sundays by Karen Kingsbury]()
Oceans Apart/Between Sundays by Karen Kingsbury
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOceans ApartIn a riveting story of secret sin and the healing power of forgiveness, Airline pilot Connor Evans and his wife, Michele, seem to be the perfect couple living a perfect life. Then a plane goes down in the Pacific Ocean. One of the casualties is Kiahna Siefert, a flight attendant Connor knew well. Too well... -
![Seagrass Secrets by Christy Barritt]()
Seagrass Secrets by Christy Barritt
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe’s her best friend. She’s the woman of his dreams.Firefighter Colby Morris needs answers. After discovering a dead body, he then learns his best friend’s address was in the man’s pocket. He’ll do anything to keep Emmy safe—yet he wants to keep his heart safe also. That’s why he’s never told Emmy he’s in love with her... -
![The Red Gloves Collection by Karen Kingsbury]()
The Red Gloves Collection by Karen Kingsbury
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCompiled in this collector edition are Gideon's Gift, Sarah's Song, Maggie's Miracle, and Hannah's Hope. Readers worldwide have been touched by these heart-warming tales of hope, inspiration, and joyous miracles by bestselling author Karen Kingsbury... -
![Heaven Right Here by Lutishia Lovely]()
Heaven Right Here by Lutishia Lovely
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Stacy Gray meets friends for lunch, the last thing she expects to be served is legal papers suing her for custody of her son, Darius Jr. As far as Stacy’s concerned, when Darius Sr. chose to be with his male lover, he lost his chance at fatherhood... -
![Jack of Hearts by A.M. Snead]()
Jack of Hearts by A.M. Snead
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a taboo industry that thrives on raw, emotionless sex, Gideon Dodd is a visionary who views gay sex as a thing of beauty and something to be celebrated rather than exploited. Gideon’s boys are the best in the business, not merely for their exquisite talents but for the bonds they share with one another as their mutual love for each other thrives on and off the camera... -
![The Dove Keeper by Evelyn Deshane, Emily James Ray]()
The Dove Keeper by Evelyn Deshane, Emily James Ray
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThomas is a seventeen-year-old who doesn't want to grow up and has little aspirations for anything beyond standing outside the local liquor store and getting drunk. But when he meets Bernard, the old, aging, and well known fag artist, he is offered something he cannot turn down... -
![Trash Trio: Three Screenplays by John Waters]()
Trash Trio: Three Screenplays by John Waters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsScreenplays for Pink Flamingos and Desperate Living, and the unmade sequel Flamingos Forever... -
![Anaché by Maria Turtschaninoff]()
Anaché by Maria Turtschaninoff
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOm nätterna vandrar nomadflickan Anaché med andarna. Om dagarna lär hennes älskade bror henne allt det en akkadekvinna inte får kunna: kasta kniv, jaga och rida som en man. Men i en värld där faror och förbud styr en flickas liv får hon inte visa sina förmågor för någon. Speciellt inte då hennes far är stammens ledare, en oberäknelig, våldsam man... -
![Ice Rivals by Christie Gordon]()
Ice Rivals by Christie Gordon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI should hate him. But after learning the truth, how could I not fall for him?MasonMy rookie season in the NHL started with a gut punch.There he was, standing in my locker room. Jett Jarvis, a player hated by his former teammates.He has an arrogant smirk, intense eyes, and a birthmark that looks…too familiar. I’m sure I saw it on the dude who dumped me in my hookup app... -
![Heartstrings by S.J. Frost]()
Heartstrings by S.J. Frost
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen violinist, Nicholas “Las” Lamont would make his treasured violin sing, he could transfer the emotion of every piece to his listeners. That was before his passion faded. As Las performs the last concert on his tour, he realizes his lackluster playing goes against everything he used to love about music and he has two choices; rediscover his love for music, or stop playing... -
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![The Man Who Set Me Free by Romeo Alexander]()
The Man Who Set Me Free by Romeo Alexander
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou can’t control everything. Sometimes you just need to let go, let life happen and believe things will work out. Could it really be that easy?Simple, smooth, and calm. That’s how I like to keep my life. I plan and organize, leaving nothing to chance. It’s what makes me an excellent personal assistant. Just ask my boss, Abel... -
![Oceanic by Greg Egan]()
Oceanic by Greg Egan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the electronic frontier to the wilder shores of hard physics, Greg Egan's new collection is powerful, shocking and... -
![Timing by Ashley John]()
Timing by Ashley John
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen it comes to love, is timing everything? Tom doesn’t have time for a relationship – not now that his fingers are practically touching the promotion he’s spent years chasing. His weekdays are consumed by desperately fighting for his editor’s attention and his weekends are wasted alone with meals for one and his cat for company... -
![Passion Play by Sarah Ruhl]()
Passion Play by Sarah Ruhl
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPassion Play is Sarah Ruhl’s “biggest, most ambitious effort yet” (The New York Times), a three-and-a-half hour intimate epic, plunging the depths of the timely intersection of politics and religion... -
![The Fancy Dancer by Patricia Nell Warren]()
The Fancy Dancer by Patricia Nell Warren
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTom Meeker is a handsome rookie priest stranded in a dying rural parish. Vidal Stump is a proud, gay half-breed with a criminal record and unlawful desires. Father Meeker must choose between his sacred vows and his secret attraction to this Fancy Dancer who lures him into forbidden love... -
![The Redemption Engine by James L. Sutter]()
The Redemption Engine by James L. Sutter
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGet Out of Hell FreeWhen murdered sinners fail to show up in Hell, it's up to Salim Ghadafar, an atheist warrior forced to solve problems for the goddess of death, to track down the missing souls. In order to do so, Salim will need to descend into the anarchic city of Kaer Maga, following a trail that ranges from Hell's iron cities to the gates of Heaven itself... -
![Forsaken by J.R. Gray]()
Forsaken by J.R. Gray
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTitus had lived and breathed religion his entire life, tucked away from the rest of the world in a compound in northern Wyoming. He’s destined to be the next leader of the church, deemed so by the Prophet. God spoke and with His word He created. But God made a mistake. Titus isn’t worthy. He was born sick and it’s solidified when he rescues the most beautiful man he’s ever seen... -
![Hombres puros by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Rubén Martín Giráldez]()
Hombres puros by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Rubén Martín Giráldez
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsUna novela conmovedora sobre un tema tabú: la homofobia de la sociedad senegalesa, cuyas consecuencias son devastadoras.Dakar. Por las redes circula un vídeo que se hace una horda desentierra un cadáver y lo arrastra fuera del cementerio... -
![After® by Auriane Velten]()
After® by Auriane Velten
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLa Terre d'après... À l'abri d'un baobab, une société utopique, soudée par des règles strictes et bienveillantes, semble profiter d'une vie paradisiaque, totalement apaisée et égalitaire. Pourtant, l'un des membres de cette communauté ne peut s'empêcher de se poser mille et une questions, sur tout, y compris sur l'avant... -
![Wicked by Kerri Sharp, Sylvia Day]()
Wicked by Kerri Sharp, Sylvia Day
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWICKED: showcases some of the best erotic writing from both sides of the Atlantic, bringing together a collection of unashamed, wildly entertaining fantasies all on the theme of holiday romances and sensual encounters... -
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![The Little Buddhist Monk & The Proof by César Aira]()
The Little Buddhist Monk & The Proof by César Aira
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo completely different stories by the inimitable César AiraThe Little Buddhist Monk is a story of Asian invention gone wild, as a diminutive Korean Buddhist monk acts as a tour guide to an increasingly distraught French couple on a working vacation in the Far East... -
![Girl on Geek by Mia Archer]()
Girl on Geek by Mia Archer
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI felt like I was standing on the edge of a cliff ready to admit my own sexuality, ready to jump, but she seemed terrified of jumping with me. What sort of future did we really have if she was too afraid to tell the world the truth about who she was? School, writing, and gaming. That's all Amber had time for, and not necessarily in that order... -
![The Bride of Amman by Fadi Zaghmout]()
The Bride of Amman by Fadi Zaghmout
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Bride of Amman, a huge and controversial bestseller when first published in Arabic, takes a sharp-eyed look at the intersecting lives of four women and one gay man in Jordan’s historic capital, Amman—a city deeply imbued with its nation’s traditions and taboos... -
![The Lebs: Miles Franklin Literary Award Finalist by Michael Mohammed Ahmad]()
The Lebs: Miles Franklin Literary Award Finalist by Michael Mohammed Ahmad
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA confronting, heartbreaking and illuminating new novel from Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist, Michael Mohammed Ahmad. 'Bani Adam thinks he's better than us!' they say over and over until finally I shout back, 'Shut up, I have something to say!' They all go quiet and wait for me to explain myself, redeem myself, pull my shirt out, rejoin the pack... -
![Seraphita by Honoré de Balzac]()
Seraphita by Honoré de Balzac
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBalzac begins with a travelogue of the fiords of Norway, concentrating ultimately on one valley that is isolated by the roaring waters of the Sieg River which rises in Sweden and by the forbidding mountains of Jarvis.We begin with two figures cross-country skiing UP a mountain, past unimaginable abysses. One of them is Minna Becker, daughter of the village pastor... -
![Managing and Other Lies: A Queer Horror Collection by Willow Heath]()
Managing and Other Lies: A Queer Horror Collection by Willow Heath
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn unsettling collection of queer horror stories that takes readers on a dark journey down desolate country roads, through the vacant halls of Gothic homes, and into the dark heart of modern-day Britain. These are Kafkaesque tales of loneliness, brutality, and paranoia... -
![Some Assembly Required by Lynn Kiele Bonasia]()
Some Assembly Required by Lynn Kiele Bonasia
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThirty-nine-year-old Rose is content with her safe life: both her job writing manuals for appliances and her long-term boyfriend are reasonably satisfying. But when Mr. Almost Right betrays her, Rose decides there has to be more to it than writing succinct descriptions about how to use the timer on a Pause 'n Serve coffeemaker... -
![Second Chances by Alison Stanley]()
Second Chances by Alison Stanley
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEven as a child, Rachel had her whole life mapped out – study teaching, marry the perfect guy, have some kids and be a stay at home mum...
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