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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: Dispatches From Lesbian America

Dispatches From Lesbian America Giovanna Capone, Xequina Berber, Cheela Romain Smith
Lesbian - Non Fiction
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Bedazzled Ink Publishing (February 28, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1943837643
ISBN-13: 978-1943837649
Amazon: Dispatches From Lesbian America Giovanna Capone, Xequina Berber, Cheela Romain Smith

Dispatches from Lesbian America is a collection of more than forty works of short fiction and memoir from contemporary writers, some newly emerging and some well-known. Unique in recent lesbian anthologies, these thoughtful stories address themes meaningful to us in the modern world. Featured Authors: Charlene Allen, Mari Alschuler, Joan Annsfire, Roxanne Ansolabehere, Terry Baum, Xequina Maria Berber, Elizabeth Bernays, Lynn Brown, Giovanna Capone, Susan Clements, Elana Dykewomon, Haley Fedor, Joanne Fleisher, Pippa Fleming, Judy Grahn, Felicia Hayes, Lois Rita Helmbold, Chante Shirelle Holsey, Toke Hoppenbrouwers, Happy/L. A. Hyder, Bev Jafek, Bev Jo, Lenn Keller, Heidi LaMoreaux, Alison Laurie, Mo Markham, Arielle Nyx McKee, Heal McKnight, Helena Montgomery, Dr. Bonnie J. Morris, Ashley Obinwanne, Artemis Passionflower, Tonya Primm, Francesca Roccaforte, Lilith Rogers, Ruth A. Rouff, Heath Atom Russell, Barbara Ruth, Mary Saracino, Cheela "Rome" Smith, Tess Tabak, and Polly Taylor.

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: The Sacred Beasts Bev Jafek

The Sacred Beasts Bev Jafek
Lesbian - Contemporary General Fiction
Paperback: 276 pages
Publisher: Bedazzled Ink Publishing (October 1, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1943837465
ISBN-13: 978-1943837465
Amazon: The Sacred Beasts Bev Jafek

Ruth, a brilliant zoologist and geologist, has just retired with her lover, Katia, to her family home in the southern tip of Argentinean Patagonia. Ruth conceives a unique way of dealing with her grief over Katia’s sudden suicide with the creation of an outdoor art garden made of cast-off objects and garbage. Sylvie, a young French artist, is drawn to the art garden and she and Ruth discover that they are kindred spirits. They travel to Spain’s Costa Brava and then on to Barcelona—Ruth filtering the world through her feminist political and zoological/environmental perspective, and Sylvie capturing the world around her with a vivid, penetrating artist eye. Together they discover a new vision of liberated women: sacred beasts.

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: Haunting Muses Doreen Perrine

Haunting Muses Doreen Perrine
Lesbian - Anthology / Collection / Fantasy
Paperback: 182 pages
Publisher: Bedazzled Ink Publishing (October 21, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 194383752X
ISBN-13: 978-1943837526
Amazon: Haunting Muses Doreen Perrine

In this collection of lesbian stories, ghosts, be they actual or the metaphorical ghosts of memories, aren't necessarily evil and hauntings may or may not be bad. How do we move beyond the foul spirits or integrate the shining beings who haunt us in the cruelest or the best ways? And how do we or our characters reconcile these ghosts into transformation and healing within present reality?

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: A Perfect Life and Other Stories Elaine Burnes

A Perfect Life and Other Stories Elaine Burnes
Lesbian - Anthology / Collection / Contemporary General Fiction
Paperback: 178 pages
Publisher: Bedazzled Ink Publishing (September 1, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1943837368
ISBN-13: 978-1943837366
Amazon: A Perfect Life and Other Stories Elaine Burnes

Call it happily ever after or a perfect life, it's a universal destination we all hope to reach. Lily plays out the anxieties of her freshman year while standing in line. Lin, wanting only to be left alone, watches a stranger waiting on her porch. Denny flies tourists around an Alaska mountain, hoping to forget, while Alice embarks on an adventure to remember. Tate and Emily, friends since childhood, team up to play out the pirate games of their youth, only this time it's not a game. From North America's highest mountain to that quirky town at the end of the hook of Cape Cod and well past the stars beyond, Burnes explores the hopes and fears that drive us all. With eight previously published stories, and the all new "Auto Repair," A Perfect Life and Other Stories is the first collection by the author of Wishbone.

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: The Urn Carrier Chris Convissor

The Urn Carrier Chris Convissor
Transgender - Contemporary General Fiction
Paperback: 250 pages
Publisher: Bedazzled Ink Publishing (October 1, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1943837384
ISBN-13: 978-1943837380
Amazon: The Urn Carrier Chris Convissor

Nineteen-year-old Tessa is suddenly tasked with spreading her great aunt's ashes all over the US and Canada so the rest of her relatives can receive their inheritance. After her initial dismay, she finds the road trip full of mystery and surprises. Old family secrets, girlfriend problems, and beautiful sunsets accompany her as she honors her aunt's wishes.

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: Reunion (Diversion #6) Eden Winters

Reunion (Diversion #6) Eden Winters
Gay - Mystery / Thriller
File Size: 4607 KB
Print Length: 296 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: Rocky Ridge Books (August 19, 2017)
Publication Date: August 19, 2017
Amazon: Reunion (Diversion #6) Eden Winters

Reunions can be murder.

A dial tone instead of a human voice announced Lucky’s ousting from the Lucklighter clan over twelve years ago. After living a life of crime. After testifying against his drug lord lover. After receiving a ten-year sentence. Ah, hell. Lucky would’ve disowned himself too.

Now life’s better. He’s done his time and earned a place in the Southeastern Narcotics Bureau’s Department of Diversion Prevention and Control. He has a house. He has Bo, his partner both on and off the job. And pets. But not his folks. The worst part? He’s not sure exactly why they disowned him. Too late now—they think he’s dead.

Now his father needs a gift only Lucky can give. And Lucky’s family has something that may destroy all he believes:

The truth.

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: Cowboys Don’t Ride Unicorns Tara Lain

Cowboys Don’t Ride Unicorns Tara Lain
Gay - Contemporary Romance
Series: Cowboys Don't
Paperback: 226 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (March 22, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 163533506X
ISBN-13: 978-1635335064
Amazon: Cowboys Don’t Ride Unicorns Tara Lain

A Cowboys Don’t Story

Cowboy Danny Boone—a name he made up one drunken night and has regretted ever since—harbors a big past and yearns for a small future. A short, bright career as a champion bull rider almost ended in his death when his homophobic father discovered Danny was gay. Now Danny longs for a plot of land he can build a ranch on, enough money to make up for some of the education he missed... and, secretly, a beautiful femme who likes to top—a combo rarer than a unicorn.

Then onto the guest ranch where Danny works drives San Francisco decorator Laurie Belmont, a young man so gorgeous he makes the horses gasp, and so ballsy he almost kills Danny’s attacker. Laurie’s trying to find his way out from under the thumb of a domineering mother, helpless father, and rich, privileged boyfriend. But no matter the attraction, their lives are worlds apart, and cowboys don’t ride unicorns.

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: Fool of Main Beach (Love in Laguna #5) Tara Lain

Fool of Main Beach (Love in Laguna #5) Tara Lain
Gay - Contemporary Romance
Series: Love in Laguna
Paperback: 274 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (August 21, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1635339650
ISBN-13: 978-1635339659
Amazon: Fool of Main Beach (Love in Laguna #5) Tara Lain

A Love in Laguna Novel

Merle Justice wants to reach for the stars, but it’s tough to get respect when playing a teenybopper vampire on TV. Then he meets a famous director anxious to give him all he thinks he wants—and maybe a bit more. Everything’s looking up until a life-threatening encounter with some homophobes on Main Beach puts Merle face-to-face with a Sasquatch-sized hero in a pink puffer coat.

Tom Henry defies description. As unsophisticated and simple as an angel, he walks through life content with who he is and asking for very little except to care for his sister, Lily, and the dogs he loves. Then he meets Merle, the embodiment of dreams he barely knows he has. Merle knows the people who hold his future in their hands might love Tom—but they’ll never understand Merle and Tom together. Tom knows it too. With lives this far apart, who’s really the fool of Main Beach?

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: The Glamour Thieves (Blue Unicorn #1) Don Allmon

The Glamour Thieves (Blue Unicorn #1) Don Allmon
Gay - Paranormal Romance
Series: Blue Unicorn (Book 1)
Paperback
Publisher: Riptide Publishing (August 28, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1626496161
ISBN-13: 978-1626496163
Amazon: The Glamour Thieves (Blue Unicorn #1) Don Allmon

JT is an orc on the way up. He's got his own boutique robotics shop, high-end clientele, and deep-pocketed investors. He's even mentoring an orc teen who reminds him a bit too much of himself back in the day.

Then Austin shows up, and the elf's got the same hard body and silver tongue as he did two years ago when they used to be friends and might have been more. He's also got a stolen car to bribe JT to saying yes to one last scheme: stealing the virtual intelligence called Blue Unicorn.

Soon JT's up to his tusks in trouble, and it ain't just zombies and Chinese triads threatening to tear his new life apart. Austin wants a second chance with
JT--this time as more than just a friend--and even the Blue Unicorn is trying to play matchmaker.

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: Cutie and the Beast (Fae Out of Water #1) E.J. Russell

Cutie and the Beast (Fae Out of Water #1) E.J. Russell
Gay - Fantasy Romance
Series: Fae Out of Water (Book 1)
Paperback: 262 pages
Publisher: Riptide Publishing (March 31, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1626496005
ISBN-13: 978-1626496002
Amazon: Cutie and the Beast (Fae Out of Water #1) E.J. Russell

Temp worker David Evans has been dreaming of Dr. Alun Kendrick ever since that one transcription job for him, because holy cats, that voice. Swoon. So when his agency offers him a position as Dr. Kendrick’s temporary office manager, David neglects to mention that he’s been permanently banished from offices. Because, forgiveness? Way easier than permission.

Alun Kendrick, former Queen’s Champion of Faerie’s Seelie Court, takes his job as a psychologist for Portland’s supernatural population extremely seriously. Secrecy is paramount: no non-supe can know of their existence. So when a gods-bedamned human shows up to replace his office manager, he intends to send the man packing. It shouldn’t be difficult—in the two hundred years since he was cursed, no human has ever failed to run screaming from his hideous face.

But cheeky David isn’t intimidated, and despite himself, Alun is drawn to David in a way that can only spell disaster: when fae consort with humans, it never ends well. And if the human has secrets of his own? The disaster might be greater than either of them could ever imagine.

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