It’s that time of year!
What, ant season?
No, it’s –
Oh yeah, hurricane season. Thanks for the reminder, I need to restock my –
No, I meant –
Oh! I remember now. Monsoon season. But that doesn’t start for another two weeks.
I mean, yes, all of those, but it’s also PRIDE MONTH. The time of year we queers celebrate how far we’ve come and reflect on how much further we have to go, when we remember that it takes standing up and making ourselves actually visible – however terrifying and dangerous that may be – to make any progress.
In that spirit of visibility, me and some other authors put together a special little pre-order campaign, just for Pride. We all know pre-orders mean the world to debut and small authors, and it means even more to marginalized authors. We’ve made some big strides in recent years when it comes to how many queer books are out there, but we’ve still got some ways to go.
So here’s what we got for you. For the month of June, for each of these four books that you pre-order, you’ll get a special, signed, Pride-themed bookplate. Each of us has made our own fancy bookplates just for this, and we’re excited to send them to you!
All you have to do is pre-order, and then fill out this form.
That’s it!
And here are
THE BOOKS
Lord of Secrets by Breanna Teintze
July 25th 2019 by Jo Fletcher Books
Magic is poison. Secrets are power. Death is . . . complicated.
A delightful necromantic romp through a dark and complex world with magic as boundless as it is painful, terrifying undead monstrosities, and secrets layered upon secrets.
Outlaw wizard Corcoran Grey is just trying to find his imprisoned grandfather. To do so, he’s just break out of prison, break into an ancient underground temple and avoid killing himself with his own magic in the process.
Oh, and handle a ego-centric, power-mad, necromantic demigod. You know. Easy stuff.
It’s also got some straight up gay necromancy and I loved this book so much.
Rep: M/M
Pre-order: Publisher | Dymocks | Amazon
The Library of the Unwritten by A.J. Hackwith
October 1st, 2019 by Ace Books
A story about stories, ones we tell ourselves, the ones we tell others, and the ones buried so deep we hope no one ever finds them.
Hell’s Librarian is just supposed to tend to the unwritten books under her care, to keep the characters from escaping their stories, and mend any that manage to get away, only to inevitably be drawn back, battered and bruised.
She’s not supposed to let any of those characters stay free and she’s not supposed to leave the library for any length of time and she’s absolutely, 100%, No, Don’t, supposed to get involved a power struggle between Hell and Heaven.
Well, she tried not to. That should count for something, right?
Rep: F/F, Bi
Pre-order: Publisher | Indiebound | B&N | Amazon
Wild Life: Dispatches from a Childhood of Baboons and Button-Downs by Keena Roberts
November 12th 2019 by Grand Central Publishing
The memoir from the daughter of two famous primatologists, Wild Life describes an adolescence split between the wilds of an island camp in Botswana and the even more treacherous halls of an elite Philadelphia private school.
In Africa, Keena slept in a tent, cooked over a campfire, and lived each day alongside the baboon colony her parents were studying. She could wield a spear as easily as a pencil, and it wasn’t unusual to be chased by lions or elephants on any given day. But for the months of the year when her family lived in the United States, this brave kid from the bush was cowed by the far more treacherous landscape of the preppy, private school social hierarchy.
Wild Life is ultimately the story of a daring but sensitive young girl desperately trying to figure out if there’s any place where she truly fits in.
Rep: #Ownvoices lesbian
Pre-order: Publisher | Indiebound | B&N | Amazon
The Impossible Contract by K.A. Doore
November 12th 2019 by Tor Books
In this not-exactly-sequel to The Perfect Assassin, Thana’s got a huge reputation to live up to as the only daughter of the Serpent. When the opportunity to finally prove herself arrives in the shape of a particularly dangerous contract, she doesn’t think twice. Of course she’ll do it.
Even if the contract is on a foreign diplomat with the ability to bind a soul under his own control. Even if somebody else wants her mark dead, and doesn’t care who gets in their way. Even if it means pursuing her mark across the desert and into the heart of the Empire itself. Even if she’s got to tamp down on these feelings she has for the healer who’s come along for the ride.
Even if it turns out the man she’s supposed to kill might be the only one who can stop something far more evil?
Even if…
Rep: F/F
Pre-order: Publisher | Indiebound | B&N | Amazon
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