{"title":"Fiction \u0026 Romance","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"weekend","title":"Weekend","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Jane Eaton Hamilton\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrize-winning writer Jane Eaton Hamilton's novel explores the complexities of contemporary queer love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn her fiftieth birthday, crazy-in-love Ajax visits her mercurial lover Logan, who trails their tarnished reputation like a lapsed halo. Logan has secrets, but so does Ajax, and during their weekend getaway to Ontario's cottage country, some of these secrets will prove explosive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the next cottage, long-term couple Joe and Elliot are having their own challenges as the parents of a newborn baby girl. Joe isn't sure if Elliot loves her or even if Elliot wanted a baby at all. Can she make it through a weekend feeling as she does, let alone the rest of her life?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJane Eaton Hamilton's ninth book is an intimate, sexy queer romance. \u003ci\u003eWeekend\u003c\/i\u003e is a bold and heartbreaking consideration of the true nature of love at the cusp of middle age― about trust, negotiation, and what's worth keeping in the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e 296 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e Arsenal Pulp Press (May 1 2016)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e 978-1551526355\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Dimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e13 x 1.5 x 20.3 cm\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Little Sister's Book \u0026 Art Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":17899194373,"sku":"110225","price":17.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/products\/weekend.jpg?v=1475865715"},{"product_id":"blue-is-the-warmest-color","title":"Blue is the Warmest Color","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Julie Maroh; Translation by Ivanka Hahnenberger\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOriginally published in French as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLe bleu est une couleur chaude\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlue is the Warmest Color\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a graphic novel about growing up, falling in love, and coming out. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClementine is a junior in high school who seems average enough: she has friends, family, and the romantic attention of the boys in her school. When her openly gay best friend takes her out on the town, she wanders into a lesbian bar where she encounters Emma: a punkish, confident girl with blue hair. Their attraction is instant and electric, and Clementine find herself in a relationship that will test her friends, parents, and her own ideas about herself and her identity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVividly illustrated and beautifully told, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlue Is the Warmest Color\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a brilliant, bittersweet, full-color graphic novel about the elusive, reckless magic of love. It is a lesbian love story that crackles with the energy of youth, rebellion, and desire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in French by Glenat, the book has won several awards, including the Audience Prize at the Angouleme International Comics Festival, Europe's largest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe live-action, French-language film version of \u003cstrong\u003eBlue Is the Warmest Color \u003c\/strong\u003ewon the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2013. Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche and starring Lea Seydoux and Adele Exarchopoulos, the film generated wide praise as well as controversy for its explicit scenes. It opened in the fall of 2013 through Sundance Selects\/IFC Films (USA) and Mongrel Media (Canada) as well as other countries around the world, including the UK and Ireland (Artificial Eye) and Australia (Transmission Films). It was named best foreign-language film by the New York Film Critics Circle and the Los Angeles Film Critics Circle.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e*Watch the trailer for the 2013 film adaptation...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uKmWi_T3QWE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/b\u003e 160 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arsenal Pulp Press (Aug. 2013)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781551525143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eProduct Dimensions: \u003c\/b\u003e1.3 x 18.4 x 26 cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ARSENAL PULP PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":33167737417,"sku":"108944","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/products\/bitwc.jpg?v=1491326775"},{"product_id":"the-hardest-thing-a-dan-stagg-mystery","title":"The Hardest Thing: A Dan Stagg Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy James Lear\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOnce a major in the U.S. Army, Dan Stagg fell afoul of \u003cem\u003eDon't Ask Don't Tell\u003c\/em\u003e. In his late 30s, tall, and muscular, Dan is prone to violence, always upholding what he views as justice. He's offered a great deal of money to protect the young male \"secretary\" of a powerful real estate broker. The vain, shallow; but most of all hot; young man's idea of protection includes sex. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDan quickly realizes something strange is going on: he's being used as a shield for a much more sinister operation and must chose between easy money and sex or the ideals that he embodied in the Army. Why should he do the right thing; particularly when the army betrayed him? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Hardest Thing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a sexy gay mystery as only James Lear can write it: filled with lots of gay sexual encounters, romance, sweat, violence, and conspiracy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/b\u003e 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cleis Press (June 2013)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781573449298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eProduct Dimensions: \u003c\/b\u003e12.9 x 1.8 x 20.2 cm","brand":"Little Sister's Book \u0026 Art Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35462144009,"sku":"978157344929","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/products\/hardest_thing.jpg?v=1494634088"},{"product_id":"rom-com","title":"Rom Com","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Daniel Zomparelli \u0026amp; Dina Del Bucchia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt precisely the cultural moment you were hoping for, a dream team of smart, sexy, brunette, West Coast poets of Italian descent has passionately co-authored an intelligent collection of poetry that both celebrates and capsizes the romantic comedy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the origin of the genre (\u003cem\u003eIt Happened One Night\u003c\/em\u003e) to its contemporary expressions (\u003cem\u003eLove Actually\u003c\/em\u003e), the poems in \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRom Com\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e trace the attempt to deconstruct as well as engage in dialogue with romantic comedy films and the pop culture, celebrities, and tropes that have come to be associated with them. These irreverent, playful, weird, and comedic poems come in a variety of forms, fully engaging in pop culture, without a judgmental tone. They see your frumpy expectations and raise you issues of sexuality, consent, sexism, homophobia, race, and class. They explore the highs and lows of romantic relationships and the expectations and realities of love, tackling real emotional worlds through the lens of film.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo cool people wrote it. Dina Del Bucchia, the fashionable and voluptuous, is a woman on the go, brazenly hosting literary events and tweeting about otters and award shows. Daniel Zomparelli, the handsome and dashing, is a young, gay man-about-Vancouver who somehow also quietly edits (in chief) a semi-annual poetry journal. (Ship them all you want, fools.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow to tell if you are compatible with this book: Are you equally versed in literature and pop culture? Are you a film-savvy fan of contemporary poetry? Are you an academic with interest in literature and cultural studies? Are you in general a cool, sad person? This book might just be the sassy best friend you've wanted.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/b\u003e 128 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Talonbooks (Oct 2015)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889229600\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eProduct Dimensions: \u003c\/b\u003e12.2 x 1 x 21.3 cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RAINCOAST BOOK DISTRIBUTION","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36918780041,"sku":"110590","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/products\/rom_com.jpg?v=1496340050"},{"product_id":"run-j-run","title":"Run J Run","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Su J. Sokol\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eJeremy, a high school English teacher coming to grips with a shattered marriage and haunted by the brother he lost, unexpectedly falls in love with his best friend, Zak.  Attractive, wildly unconventional, and happy in an open relationship with his partner Annie, Zak seems to embody everything missing from Jeremy's life, but when the arrest and death of a marginalized student at the Brooklyn high school where they both teach trigger Zak's mental breakdown and slow descent, Jeremy and Annie are compelled to cross boundaries, both external and internal, in a desperate attempt to save them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 311 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Renaissance Press (July 2013)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 9781987963519\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProduct Dimensions:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e15.2 x 1.8 x 22.8 cm\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Little Sister's Book \u0026 Art Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32251309031507,"sku":"110270","price":20.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/products\/45733278._SY475.jpg?v=1601665742"},{"product_id":"find-me","title":"Find Me","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy André Aciman\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo novel in recent memory has spoken more movingly to contemporary readers about the nature of love than André Aciman’s haunting \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCall Me by Your Name\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.  First published in 2007, it was hailed as “a love letter, an invocation . . . an exceptionally beautiful book” (Stacey D’Erasmo, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e).  Nearly three quarters of a million copies have been sold, and the book became a much-loved, Academy Award–winning film starring Timothée Chalamet as the young Elio and Armie Hammer as Oliver, the graduate student with whom he falls in love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFind Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Aciman shows us Elio’s father, Samuel, on a trip from Florence to Rome to visit Elio, who has become a gifted classical pianist.  A chance encounter on the train with a beautiful young woman upends Sami’s plans and changes his life forever.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eElio soon moves to Paris, where he, too, has a consequential affair, while Oliver, now a New England college professor with a family, suddenly finds himself contemplating a return trip across the Atlantic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAciman is a master of sensibility, of the intimate details and the emotional nuances that are the substance of passion.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFind Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings us back inside the magic circle of one of our greatest contemporary romances to ask if, in fact, true love ever dies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 272 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Picador (August 2020)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e: 9781250758071\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProduct Dimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 13.8 x 1.8 x 21.1 cm\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Little Sister's Book \u0026 Art Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38164104347831,"sku":"111255","price":24.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/products\/911vmBI6OOL.jpg?v=1613340355"},{"product_id":"after-delores","title":"After Delores","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Sarah Schulman\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA new edition of Sarah Schulman's acclaimed 1988 novel, a noirish tale about a no-nonsense coffee-shop waitress in New York who is nursing a broken heart after her girlfriend Dolores leaves her; her attempts to find love again are funny, sexy, and ultimately even violent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter Delores\u003c\/i\u003e is a fast-paced, electrifying chronicle of the Lower East Side's lesbian subculture in the 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSarah Schulman\u003c\/b\u003e's previous books include \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEmpathy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRat Bohemia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Child\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Gentrification of the Mind\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e176 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eArsenal Pulp Press; Second edition (September 10, 2013)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 978\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1551525151\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProduct Dimensions: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e13.72 x 1.27 x 20.07 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"ARSENAL PULP PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40026587365559,"sku":"109865","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/products\/511mOOz5yeL._SX342_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1623687364"},{"product_id":"tales-from-the-bottom-of-my-sole","title":"Tales from the Bottom of my Sole","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy David Kingston Yeh\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen a long-lost sister shows up as a trans man named Luke, a series of precipitous events throws the lives of boyfriends Daniel and David into turmoil. While David attends an extravagant family reunion in Sicily, Daniel's ex Marcus plans the world-premiere of his one-man show. The couple's vertiginous exploration of sex, intimacy and love comes to a head when a shocking revelation tests their commitment and future together.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e200 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGuernica Editions; 1st edition (Oct. 1 2020)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9781771835411\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProduct Dimensions: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e15.24 x 2.54 x 22.86 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Sister's Book \u0026 Art Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40268218826935,"sku":"109759","price":25.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/products\/51gs70YTqxL._SX311_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1626386093"},{"product_id":"boy-meets-boy","title":"Boy Meets Boy","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy David Levithan \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the story of Paul, a sophomore at a high school like no other: The cheerleaders ride Harleys, the homecoming queen used to be a guy named Daryl (she now prefers Infinite Darlene and is also the star quarterback), and the gay-straight alliance was formed to help the straight kids learn how to dance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Paul meets Noah, he thinks he’s found the one his heart is made for. Until he blows it. The school bookie says the odds are 12-to-1 against him getting Noah back, but Paul’s not giving up without playing his love really loud. His best friend Joni might be drifting away, his other best friend Tony might be dealing with ultra-religious parents, and his ex-boyfriend Kyle might not be going away anytime soon, but sometimes everything needs to fall apart before it can really fit together right.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a happy-meaningful romantic comedy about finding love, losing love, and doing what it takes to get love back in a crazy-wonderful world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 224 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Ember; Reprint edition (May 10 2005)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 9780375832994\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProduct Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 14.12 x 1.27 x 21.11 cm\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40290898280631,"sku":"109117","price":10.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/products\/31NdcBfqAfL._SX331_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1626545620"},{"product_id":"mooncakes-1","title":"Mooncakes","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Wendy Xu \u0026amp; Suzanne Walker (Illustrator)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA story of love and demons, family and witchcraft.  Nova Huang knows more about magic than your average teen witch.  She works at her grandmothers’ bookshop, where she helps them loan out spell books and investigate any supernatural occurrences in their New England town.  One fateful night, she follows reports of a white wolf into the woods, and she comes across the unexpected: her childhood crush, Tam Lang, battling a horse demon in the woods.  As a werewolf, Tam has been wandering from place to place for years, unable to call any townhome.  Pursued by dark forces eager to claim the magic of wolves and out of options, Tam turns to Nova for help.  Their latent feelings are rekindled against the backdrop of witchcraft, untested magic, occult rituals, and family ties both new and old in this enchanting tale of self-discovery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 256 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Oni Press (October 2019)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 9781549303043\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProduct Dimensions:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e15.2 x 1.8 x 22.9 cm\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"SIMON AND SCHUSTER CANADA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40404181844151,"sku":"111586","price":23.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/products\/71QH6tnxSRL.jpg?v=1628040429"},{"product_id":"a-dream-of-a-woman","title":"A Dream of a Woman","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Casey Plett\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLonglisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAward-winning novelist Casey Plett (Little Fish) returns with a poignant suite of stories that center transgender women.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCasey Plett's 2018 novel\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLittle Fish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewon a Lambda Literary Award, the Firecracker Award for Fiction, and the Amazon First Novel Award. Her latest work,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Dream of a Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, is her first book of short stories since her seminal 2014 collection\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Safe Girl to Love\u003c\/i\u003e. Centering transgender women seeking stable, adult lives,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Dream of a Woman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efinds quiet truths in prairie high-rises and New York warehouses, in freezing Canadian winters and drizzly Oregon days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \"Hazel and Christopher,\" two childhood friends reconnect as adults after one of them has transitioned. In \"Perfect Places,\" a woman grapples with undesirability as she navigates fetish play with a man. In \"Couldn't Hear You Talk Anymore,\" the narrator reflects on her tumultuous life and what might have been as she recalls tender moments with another trans woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn ethereal meditation on partnership, sex, addiction, romance, groundedness, and love, the stories in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Dream of a Woman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebuzz with quiet intensity and the intimate complexities of being human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 256 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Arsenal Pulp Press (Sep 2021)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 9781551528564\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProduct Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 15.24 x 1.91 x 20.32 cm\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"ARSENAL PULP PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41476413423851,"sku":"108575","price":21.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/products\/51bl6bxUaUL._SX373_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1633478792"},{"product_id":"lie-with-me","title":"Lie With Me","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Philippe Besson \u0026amp; Translated by Molly Ringwald\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this “sexy, pure, and radiant story” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOut\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), Philippe chances upon a young man outside a hotel in Bordeaux who bears a striking resemblance to his first love. What follows is a look back at the relationship he’s never forgotten, a hidden affair with a boy named Thomas during their last year of high school. Thomas is the son of a farmer; Philippe the son of a school principal. At school, they don’t acknowledge each other. But they steal time to meet in secret, carrying on a passionate, world-altering affair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespite the intensity of their attraction, from the beginning Thomas knows how it will end: “Because you will leave and we will stay,” he says. Philippe becomes a writer and travels the world, though as this “tender, sensuous novel” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) shows, he never lets go of the relationship that shaped him, and every story he’s ever told.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 176 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eScribner; Reprint edition (April 7 2020)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 9781501197888\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eProduct Dimensions:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e13.34 x 1.27 x 20.32 cm\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"SIMON AND SCHUSTER CANADA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42748468920555,"sku":"109746","price":22.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/products\/41PCCqL0M9L._SX326_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1650685086"},{"product_id":"the-priory-of-the-orange-tree","title":"The Priory of the Orange Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Samantha Shannon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA world divided.\u003cbr\u003eA queendom without an heir.\u003cbr\u003eAn ancient enemy awakens.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction--but assassins are getting closer to her door.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEad Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcross the dark sea, Tané has trained all her life to be a dragonrider, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback,‎\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e848 pages\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished by\u003c\/strong\u003e:‎\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBloomsbury Publishing (Feb 2020)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan\u003e9781635570304\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e15.37 x 5.66 x 23.37 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RAINCOAST BOOK DISTRIBUTION","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43596542968043,"sku":"108621","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/products\/510YSx9l-cL._SX329_BO1_204_203_200.jpg?v=1669777411"},{"product_id":"thanks-a-lot-universe","title":"Thanks A Lot, Universe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Chad Lucas\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA moving middle-grade debut for anyone who’s ever felt like they don’t belong.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBrian has always been anxious, whether at home, or in class, or on the basketball court. His dad tries to get him to stand up for himself and his mom helps as much as she can, but after he and his brother are placed in foster care, Brian starts having panic attacks. And he doesn’t know if things will ever be “normal” again...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEzra’s always been popular. He’s friends with most of the kids on his basketball team — even Brian, who usually keeps to himself. But now, some of his friends have been acting differently, and Brian seems to be pulling away. Ezra wants to help, but he worries if he’s too nice to Brian, his friends will realize that he has a crush on him...\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut when Brian and his brother run away, Ezra has no choice but to take the leap and reach out. Both boys have to decide if they’re willing to risk sharing parts of themselves they’d rather hide. But if they can be brave, they might just find the best in themselves — and each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DescListItem\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-mce-tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--small\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-mce-tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e, 304 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DescListItem\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by\u003c\/strong\u003e Harry N. Abrams (April 2022)\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-mce-tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781419751035\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e13.97 x 2.92 x 20.32 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HACHETTE BOOK GROUP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43990781657323,"sku":"108526","price":11.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/49202852.jpg?v=1686285835"},{"product_id":"must-love-silence-1","title":"Must Love Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Lucy Bexley\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat happens when a misanthrope meets the one person she doesn't want to be without? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReese Walker doesn’t like people. What she likes is silence and being left alone. The thing she loves most about recording audiobooks is that she doesn’t have to leave her Chicago apartment to do it. And she hasn’t for nearly a year. But with an unavoidable bill going to collections that puts her sister’s treatment at risk, she has no choice but to take a job that pushes her out of her comfort zone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter a disastrous blow to her career, Arden Abbott needs a comeback. Step one: a successful book launch, including an audiobook. She doesn’t trust anyone else to oversee every aspect of the project. It has to be flawless. Arden knows she’s ready to resume the life she had before her dreams fell apart, all she has to do is prove it to everyone around her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Reese and Arden meet, sparks fly and then they combust. Will Reese crack under the constant pressure from Arden? Can she possibly read a sex scene with the woman who wrote it interrupting to correct her pronunciation of words she is saying 100% correctly? Or can they step outside their comfort zones long enough to meet in the middle...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMust Love Silence is an enemies-to-lovers slow burn workplace lesbian romance featuring a lovable misanthrope and a heroine in recovery. It’s funny and a little dark, and it firmly believes that everyone deserves a chance to change.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback, \u003c\/strong\u003e236 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eLucy Bexley (Oct 2020)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9798986117140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: 12.7 x 1.52 x 20.32\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INGRAM INTERNATIONAL INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43993370853611,"sku":"108606","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/51_VyiCJWYL.jpg?v=1694312029"},{"product_id":"legends-lattes","title":"Legends \u0026 Lattes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Travis Baldree \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success — not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIf Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her plans a reality, she won't be able to go it alone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut the true rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And whether drawn together by ancient magic, flaky pastry, or a freshly brewed cup, they may become partners, family, and something deeper than she ever could have dreamed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DescListItem\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"TruncatedContent\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--small\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DescListItem\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"TruncatedContent\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--small\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback, \u003c\/strong\u003e304 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DescListItem\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eTor Books (Nov 2022)\n\u003cdiv tabindex=\"-1\" class=\"TruncatedContent\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DescListItem\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781250886088\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DescListItem\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e13.59 x 2.03 x 20.96 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"INGRAM INTERNATIONAL INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44014179483883,"sku":"108490","price":23.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/8161AymtanL.jpg?v=1689467641"},{"product_id":"celestial-mechanics","title":"The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Olivia Waite\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs Lucy Muchelney watches her ex-lover’s sham of a wedding, she wishes herself anywhere else. It isn’t until she finds a letter from the Countess of Moth, looking for someone to translate a groundbreaking French astronomy text, that she knows where to go. Showing up at the Countess’ London home, she hoped to find a challenge, not a woman who takes her breath away.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatherine St Day looks forward to a quiet widowhood once her late husband’s scientific legacy is fulfilled. She expected to hand off the translation and wash her hands of the project—instead, she is intrigued by the young woman who turns up at her door, begging to be allowed to do the work, and she agrees to let Lucy stay. But as Catherine finds herself longing for Lucy, everything she believes about herself and her life is tested.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhile Lucy spends her days interpreting the complicated French text, she spends her nights falling in love with the alluring Catherine. But sabotage and old wounds threaten to sever the threads that bind them. Can Lucy and Catherine find the strength to stay together or are they doomed to be star-crossed lovers?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback, \u003c\/strong\u003e322 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by\u003c\/strong\u003e Avon Impulse (July 23)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9780062931795\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: 10.7 x 2.5 x 16.8 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INGRAM INTERNATIONAL INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44014179516651,"sku":"108496","price":11.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/42117380.jpg?v=1689398338"},{"product_id":"old-fashioned-cupcake","title":"Old-Fashioned Cupcake","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Sagan Sagan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt 39 years old, Nozue lives a routine, if not melancholic, life of sleep and work. Togawa, his younger subordinate, finds this troubling and takes it upon himself to shake up Nozue’s routine. During a lunch outing, the two go to a pancake shop full of exuberant young ladies to “do what girls do,” and it’s just the thing to breathe life into Nozue. The two men start an unlikely friendship—and perhaps something a little sweeter!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DescListItem\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-mce-tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--small\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-mce-tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback, \u003c\/strong\u003e250 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eSuBLime (June 2023)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DescListItem\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-mce-tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781974734580\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e12.7 x 1.52 x 18.1 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INGRAM INTERNATIONAL INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44014181187819,"sku":"108794","price":18.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/71S_rVj6yXL.jpg?v=1689471384"},{"product_id":"ponyboy","title":"Ponyboy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn evocative debut novel of trans-masculinity, addiction, and the pain and joy of becoming.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the first of three acts, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePonyboy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e’s titular narrator—a pill-popping, speed-snorting trans-masculine lightning bolt—unravels in his Paris apartment. Ponyboy is caught in a messy love triangle with Baby, a lesbian painter who can’t see herself being with someone trans, and Toni, a childhood friend who can actually see Ponyboy for who he is. Strung out, Ponyboy follows Baby to Berlin in act two, where he sinks deeper into drugs and falls for Hart, a fellow writer, all the while pursued by a megalomaniacal photographer hungry for the next hot thing. As Ponyboy’s relationships crumble, he overdoses and find himself alone in his childhood home in Nebraska. The novel’s final act follows Ponyboy to rehab, exploring the ways in which trans identity, addiction, and recovery reforge the bond between mother and child. Eliot Duncan reveals, in precise atmospheric prose reminiscent of Anne Carson and Allen Ginsberg, the innate splendor, joy, and ache of becoming oneself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DescListItem\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-mce-tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--small\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-mce-tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback, \u003c\/strong\u003e240 pages\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DescListItem\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eW. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company (June 2023)\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-mce-tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--small\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-mce-tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781324051220\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--small\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-mce-tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e13.97 x 1.78 x 21.08 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"INGRAM INTERNATIONAL INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44014181417195,"sku":"108798","price":23.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/51AFbn09dPL.jpg?v=1689474907"},{"product_id":"old-enough","title":"Old Enough","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Hayley Jakobson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFinalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Bisexual Fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Old Enough is full of growth, heartbreak, and winsome bisexual chaos.”—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVogue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA debut novel “as astute, funny, and loving as your best friend from college”* about a young bisexual woman who is pulled between a new sense of community and loyalty to a friendship she’s outgrown\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e*Isle McElroy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSavannah \"Sav\" Henry is almost the person she wants to be, or at least she's getting closer. It’s the second semester of her sophomore year. She’s finally come out as bisexual, is making friends with the other queers in her dorm, and has just about recovered from her disastrous first queer “situationship.” She is cautiously optimistic that her life is about to begin.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut when she learns that Izzie, her best friend from childhood, has gotten engaged, Sav faces a crisis of confidence. Things with Izzie haven’t been the same since what happened between Sav and Izzie’s older brother when they were sixteen. Now, with the wedding around the corner, Sav is forced to reckon with trauma she thought she could put behind her.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOn top of it all, Sav can’t stop thinking about Wes from her Gender Studies class—sweet, funny Wes, with their long eyelashes and green backpack. There’s something different here—with Wes and with her new friends (who delight in teasing her about this face-burning crush); it feels, terrifyingly, like they might truly see her in a way no one has before.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith a singularly funny, heartfelt voice, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOld Enough\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores queer love, community, and what it means to be a sexual assault survivor. Haley Jakobson has written a love letter to friendship and an honest depiction of what finding your people can feel like—for better or worse.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback,\u003c\/strong\u003e 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eDutton (Jun 2024)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9780593473023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e13.21 x 1.7 x 20.27 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover,\u003c\/strong\u003e 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eDutton (June 2023)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 97805963473009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e15.93 x 2.77 x 23.62 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46942320132331,"sku":"109274","price":36.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46942320165099,"sku":"112500","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/91XSu0-0Y_L._SL1500.jpg?v=1694747769"},{"product_id":"deliah-green-doesnt-care","title":"Delilah Green Doesn't Care","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Ashley Herring Blake\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA clever and steamy queer romantic comedy about taking chances and accepting love—with all its complications—from the author of Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDelilah Green swore she would never go back to Bright Falls—nothing is there for her but memories of a lonely childhood where she was little more than a burden to her cold and distant stepfamily. Her life is in New York, with her photography career finally gaining steam and her bed never empty. Sure, it’s a different woman every night, but that’s just fine with her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen Delilah’s estranged stepsister, Astrid, pressures her into photographing her wedding with a guilt trip and a five-figure check, Delilah finds herself back in the godforsaken town that she used to call home. She plans to breeze in and out, but then she sees Claire Sutherland, one of Astrid’s stuck-up besties, and decides that maybe there’s some fun (and a little retribution) to be had in Bright Falls, after all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHaving raised her eleven-year-old daughter mostly on her own while dealing with her unreliable ex and running a bookstore, Claire Sutherland depends upon a life without surprises. And Delilah Green is an unwelcome surprise…at first. Though they’ve known each other for years, they don’t really know each other—so Claire is unsettled when Delilah figures out exactly what buttons to push. When they’re forced together during a gauntlet of wedding preparations—including a plot to save Astrid from her horrible fiancé—Claire isn’t sure she has the strength to resist Delilah’s charms. Even worse, she’s starting to think she doesn’t want to...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e, 400 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eBerkley (Feb 2022)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780593336403\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: 13.82 x 2.59 x 20.83 cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INGRAM INTERNATIONAL INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44094545658091,"sku":"109280","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/71b5a1oeOtL._SL1500.jpg?v=1694736643"},{"product_id":"astrid-parker-doesnt-fail","title":"Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Ashley Herring Blake\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eAn interior designer learns to rebuild her love life from the ground up with zero blueprints in this new romantic comedy by Ashley Herring Blake, author of \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eDelilah Green Doesn't Care\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor Astrid Parker, failure is unacceptable. Ever since she broke up with her fiancé a year ago, she’s been focused on her career—her friends might say she’s obsessed, but she’s just driven. When Pru Everwood asks her to be the designer for the Everwood Inn’s renovation that will be broadcasted on a popular home improvement show, Innside America, Astrid knows this is the answer to everything that is wrong with her life. It’ll be the perfect distraction from her failed love life, and her perpetually displeased mother might finally give her nod of approval.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHowever, Astrid never planned on Jordan Everwood, Pru’s granddaughter and lead carpenter for the inn’s renovation, who despises every modern design decision Astrid makes. Jordan is determined to preserve the history of her family’s inn, particularly as the rest of her life is in shambles. When that determination turns into a little light sabotage, ruffling Astrid’s perfect little feathers, the showrunners ask them to play up the tension. But somewhere along the way, their dislike for each other turns into something quite different, and Astrid must decide what success truly means. Is she going to pursue the life that she’s expected to lead, or the one she wants?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback, \u003c\/strong\u003e400 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eBerkley (Nov 2022)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780593336427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: 13.82 x 2.29 x 20.83 cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INGRAM INTERNATIONAL INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44106842472683,"sku":"109272","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/81yAbYJe06L.jpg?v=1694406312"},{"product_id":"count-your-lucky-stars","title":"Count Your Lucky Stars","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy Alexandria Bellefleur \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFollowing \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWritten in the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHang the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e, national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur pens another steamy queer rom-com about former best friends who might be each other's second chance at love…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMargot Cooper doesn’t do relationships. She tried and it blew up in her face, so she’ll stick with casual hookups, thank you very much. But now her entire crew has found \"the one\" and she’s beginning to feel like a fifth wheel. And then fate (the heartless bitch) intervenes. While touring a wedding venue with her engaged friends, Margot comes face-to-face with Olivia Grant—her childhood friend, her first love, her first… well, everything. It’s been ten years, but the moment they lock eyes, Margot’s cold, dead heart thumps in her chest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOlivia must be hallucinating. In the decade since she last saw Margot, her life hasn’t gone exactly as planned. At almost thirty, she’s been married... and divorced. However, a wedding planner job in Seattle means a fresh start and a chance to follow her dreams. Never in a million years did she expect her important new client’s Best Woman would be the one that got away.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen a series of unfortunate events leaves Olivia without a place to stay, Margot offers up her spare room because she’s a Very Good Person. Obviously. It has nothing to do with the fact that Olivia is as beautiful as ever and the sparks between them still make Margot tingle. As they spend time in close quarters, Margot starts to question her no-strings stance. Olivia is everything she’s ever wanted, but Margot let her in once and it ended in disaster. Will history repeat itself or should she count her lucky stars that she gets a second chance with her first love? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback,\u003c\/strong\u003e 384 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by\u003c\/strong\u003e Avon (Feb 2022)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780063000889\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: 13.49 x 2.18 x 20.32 cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INGRAM INTERNATIONAL INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44112906518763,"sku":"108493","price":21.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/71koi6qLnyL._SL1500.jpg?v=1694736147"},{"product_id":"the-foghorn-echoes","title":"The Foghorn Echoes (HC)","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Danny Ramadan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e*WINNER OF A 2022 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 BC AND YUKON ETHEL WILSON PRIZE*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 VANCOUVER BOOK AWARD*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A sweeping and mesmerizing story that spans time and mortal space so expertly and elegantly.\" —Alan Cumming\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA deeply moving novel about a forbidden love between two boys in war-torn Syria and the fallout that ripples through their adult lives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSyria, 2003. A blooming romance leads to a tragic accident when Hussam’s father catches him acting on his feelings for his best friend, Wassim. In an instant, the course of their lives is changed forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTen years later, Hussam and Wassim are still struggling to find peace and belonging. Sponsored as a refugee by a controlling older man, Hussam is living an openly gay life in Vancouver, where he attempts to quiet his demons with sex, drugs, and alcohol. Wassim is living on the streets of Damascus, having abandoned a wife and child and a charade he could no longer keep up. Taking shelter in a deserted villa, he unearths the previous owner’s buried secrets while reckoning with his own.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe past continues to reverberate through the present as Hussam and Wassim come face to face with heartache, history, drag queens, border guards, and ghosts both literal and figurative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMasterfully crafted and richly detailed, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Foghorn Echoes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a gripping novel about how to carve out home in the midst of war, and how to move forward when the war is within yourself.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" data-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover, \u003c\/strong\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eCanongate Books (2022)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781838854652\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e14.5cm x 22.25cm x 2.8cm\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"INGRAM INTERNATIONAL INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44208263889131,"sku":"109581","price":34.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/9781838854652-us.jpg?v=1727582503"},{"product_id":"kink-stories","title":"Kink: Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEdited by R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKink\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is a dynamic anthology of literary fiction that opens an imaginative door into the world of desire. The stories within this collection portray love, desire, BDSM, and sexual kinks in all their glory with a bold new vision. The collection includes works by renowned fiction writers such as Callum Angus, Alexander Chee, Vanessa Clark, Melissa Febos, Kim Fu, Roxane Gay, Cara Hoffman, Zeyn Joukhadar, Chris Kraus, Carmen Maria Machado, Peter Mountford, Larissa Pham, and Brandon Taylor, with Garth Greenwell and R.O. Kwon as editors.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe stories within explore bondage, power-play, and submissive-dominant relationships; we are taken to private estates, therapists’ offices, underground sex clubs, and even a sex theater in early-20th century Paris. While there are whips and chains, sure, the true power of these stories lies in their beautiful, moving dispatches from across the sexual spectrum of interest and desires, as portrayed by some of today’s most exciting writers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback,\u003c\/strong\u003e 288 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eCaitlin Press (Feb 2021)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781982110215\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e13.97 x 1.83 x 21.27 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SIMON AND SCHUSTER CANADA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44271611904235,"sku":"109764","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/61kYsVEphUL._SL1500.jpg?v=1698896682"},{"product_id":"the-henna-wars","title":"The Henna Wars","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Adiba Jaigirdar \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNamed one of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTIME\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emagazine's 100 Best YA Books of All Time\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Impossible to put down.\" -\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKirkus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, starred review\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNishat doesn't want to lose her family, but she also doesn't want to hide who she is, and it only gets harder once a childhood friend walks back into her life. Flávia is beautiful and charismatic, and Nishat falls for her instantly. But when a school competition invites students to create their own businesses, both Flávia and Nishat decide to showcase their talent as henna artists. In a fight to prove who is the best, their lives become more tangled--but Nishat can't quite get rid of her crush, especially since Flávia seems to like her back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs the competition heats up, Nishat has a decision to make: stay in the closet for her family, or put aside her differences with Flávia and give their relationship a chance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback,\u003c\/strong\u003e 400 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003ePage Street Kids (July 2022)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781645675730\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e14.1 x 2.79 x 20.83 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UTP INC.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44279163453675,"sku":"109760","price":14.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/81sDFRnXOcL._SL1500.jpg?v=1700186822"},{"product_id":"boyfriend-material-2","title":"Boyfriend Material","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Alexis Hall\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNamed a best book of the year by Oprah Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Goodreads, The Washington Post, and more!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWANTED:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne (fake) boyfriend\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePractically perfect in every way\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLuc O'Donnell is tangentially―and reluctantly―famous. His rock star parents split when he was young, and the father he's never met spent the next twenty years cruising in and out of rehab. Now that his dad's making a comeback, Luc's back in the public eye, and one compromising photo is enough to ruin everything.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTo clean up his image, Luc has to find a nice, normal relationship…and Oliver Blackwood is as nice and normal as they come. He's a barrister, an ethical vegetarian, and he's never inspired a moment of scandal in his life. In other words: perfect boyfriend material. Unfortunately, apart from being gay, single, and really, really in need of a date for a big event, Luc and Oliver have nothing in common. So they strike a deal to be publicity-friendly (fake) boyfriends until the dust has settled. Then they can go their separate ways and pretend it never happened.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut the thing about fake-dating is that it can feel a lot like real-dating. And that's when you get used to someone. Start falling for them. Don't ever want to let them go.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDiscover the LGBT romance about exact opposites falling in perfectly imperfect love that New York Times and USA Today bestselling author CHRISTINA LAUREN calls \"hilarious, witty, tender, and stunning.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e, 425 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by\u003c\/strong\u003e Sourcebooks Casablanca; Illustrated edition (Jul 2020)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781728206141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: 13.97 x 2.74 x 20.96 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INGRAM INTERNATIONAL INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44450746695915,"sku":"110011","price":26.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/81zKg9e8EYL._SL1500.jpg?v=1703828656"},{"product_id":"such-a-lonely-lovely-road-1","title":"Such A Lonely, Lovely Road","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy \u003cspan\u003eKagiso Lesego Molope \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComing out in South Africa ... At what cost?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll his life Kabelo Mosala has been the perfect child to his doting absent parents, who show him off every chance they get. Both his parents and his small community look forward to him coming back after medical school and joining his father's practice. They also plan to give him the perfect township wedding. But Kabelo's one wish has always been to get as far away from the township as he possibly can and never come back. A few weeks before he leaves for university, however, he forms a close bond with Sediba, one of his childhood friends, confirming his long-held suspicion that he is gay. Their relationship is thrown into turmoil by social pressures and conflicting desires, and it starts to look as if they can't be together. But against all odds the two young men make their way back to each other, risking scorn from the community that raised them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn her characteristic, beautifully modulated voice, with razor-sharp clarity, Kagiso Lesego Molope tackles an urgent issue in her country of birth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback,\u003c\/strong\u003e 200 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eMawenzi House Publishers Ltd (Aug 2018)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781988449449\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e14.48 x 2.03 x 22.1 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"UTP INC.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45031251214571,"sku":"110753","price":22.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/61QkLRobnQL._SL1281.jpg?v=1720064659"},{"product_id":"perfect-little-angels","title":"Perfect Little Angels","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy \u003cstrong\u003eVincent Anioke\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this stunning debut story collection set largely in Nigeria, questions abound: What happens when we fall short of society's - and our own - expectations? When our personal desires conflict with the duties we are bound to? The characters in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePerfect Little Angels\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e confront these dilemmas and more in these brilliantly imagined tales.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a boarding school, tensions brew between students and vengeful staff. An addict seeks a fresh start in pottery class. A man returns home from university abroad with confessions that unravel his mother's world. Amid winter storms, a ghost delights her grief-stricken partner. And atop a hill surrounded by rot and garbage, two lovers dare to embark on a secret, dangerous romance. Human desires - for connection, salvation, and understanding - imbue these deeply Nigerian stories with universal resonance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Vincent Anioke's tenderly written stories, characters seek love in different permutations from teachers, parents, dead partners, and even God. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePerfect Little Angels\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a nuanced exploration of masculinity, religion, marginalization, suppressed queerness, and self-expression through the lens of (un)conditional love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback,\u003c\/strong\u003e 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eArsenal Pulp Press (Apr 2024)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781551529431\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e14.61 x 1.91 x 19.05 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ARSENAL PULP PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45299810599147,"sku":"110802","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/61JuO3Gsj7L._SL1000.jpg?v=1715386642"},{"product_id":"an-evening-with-birdy-oday","title":"An Evening With Birdy O'Day","description":"\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e25% OFF SALE!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiscount will apply automatically at checkout.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy \u003cstrong\u003eGreg Kearney\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRoland Keener is an aging hairstylist who's lived and worked in Winnipeg all his life. He's more or less content with the quiet and predictable days he shares with his partner of twenty-five years, Tony. That is, until he hears that Birdy O'Day - washed-up music icon and Roland's childhood best friend and first love - is playing his first concert in Winnipeg since fleeing decades earlier.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHoling up with a scrapbook of news clippings about Birdy, Roland recalls his childhood in the '60s: Growing up poor with a single mother, he meets a boy at school who calls himself Birdy and is unlike anyone he's ever known. The two become inseparable, with Roland an eager sidekick to Birdy and his dreams of stardom. But when Birdy gets his big break, Roland is left behind, bereft. They become estranged over the years; one tours the world as a pop music sensation while the other struggles to chart a new path forward. But now, Birdy's imminent return to town is a chance for both of them to finally come to terms with their glorious yet troubled past.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA funny and poignant novel about hero worship, heartbreak, and queer survival, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAn Evening with Birdy O'Day\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e will remind you that you can never go home again - even if you never left it in the first place.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback, \u003c\/strong\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eArsenal Pulp Press (Apr 2024)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781551529417\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e15.24 x 2.54 x 22.86 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ARSENAL PULP PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45299866075371,"sku":"110803","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/71v8IEodyIL._SY425.jpg?v=1715387035"},{"product_id":"the-cure-for-drowning","title":"The Cure For Drowning","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Loghan Paylor\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvocative, magical and luminously written,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cure for Drowning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis not only a brilliant, boundary-pushing love story but a Canadian historical novel that boldly centres queer and non-binary characters in unprecedented ways.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn Kathleen to an immigrant Irish farming family in southern Ontario, Kit McNair has been a troublesome changeling since, at ten, they fell through the river ice and drowned—only to be nursed back to life by their mother's Celtic magic. A daredevil in boy's clothes, Kit chafes at every aspect of a farmgirl's life, driving that same mother to distraction with worry about where Kit will ever fit in. When Rebekah Kromer, an elegant German-Canadian doctor's daughter, moves to town with her parents in April 1939, Rebekah has no doubt as to who 19-year-old Kit is. Soon she and Kit, and Kit's older brother, Landon, are drawn tight in a love triangle that will tear them and their families apart, and send each of them off on a separate path to war. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLandon signs up for the Navy. Kit, now known as Christopher, joins the Royal Air Force, becoming a bomber navigator relied on for his luck and courage. Rebekah serves with naval intelligence in Halifax, until one more collision with Landon changes the course of her life and draws her back to the McNair farm—a place where she'd once known love. Fallen on even harder times, the McNairs welcome all the help she is able to give, and she believes she has found peace at last. Until, with the war over, Kit and Landon return home.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTold in the vivid, unforgettable voices of Kit and Rebekah, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cure for Drowning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a powerfully engrossing novel that imagines a history that is truer than true.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback,\u003c\/strong\u003e 400 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eRandom House Canada (Jan 2024)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781039006454\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e14.43 x 2.69 x 21.01 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45325683163371,"sku":"110810","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/A18APKY0eQL._SL1500.jpg?v=1715998049"},{"product_id":"iris-kelly-doesnt-date","title":"Iris Kelly Doesn't Date","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Ashley Herring Blake\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEveryone around Iris Kelly is in love. Her best friends are all coupled up, her siblings have partners that are perfect for them, her parents are still in marital bliss. And she’s happy for all of them, truly. So what if she usually cries in her Lyft on the way home. So what if she misses her friends, who are so busy with their own wonderful love lives, they don’t really notice Iris is spiraling. At least she has a brand-new career writing romance novels (yes, she realizes the irony of it). She is now working on her second book but has one problem: she is completely out of ideas after having spent all of her romantic energy on her debut.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePerfectly happy to ignore her problems as per usual, Iris goes to a bar in Portland and meets a sexy stranger, Stefania, and a night of dancing and making out turns into the worst one-night stand Iris has had in her life (vomit and crying are regretfully involved). To get her mind off everything and overcome her writer's block, Iris tries out for a local play, but comes face-to-face with Stefania—or, Stevie, her real name. When Stevie desperately asks Iris to play along as her girlfriend, Iris is shocked, but goes along with it because maybe this fake relationship will actually get her creative juices flowing and she can get her book written. As the two women play the part of a couple, they turn into a constant state of hot-and-bothered and soon it just comes down to who will make the real first move…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback,\u003c\/strong\u003e 416 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eBerkley (Oct 2023)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9780593550571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e13.84 x 2.29 x 20.78 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45325683359979,"sku":"110812","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/71TUoMSbzqL._SL1500.jpg?v=1715995693"},{"product_id":"the-night-off","title":"The Night Off","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Meghan O'Brien\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEmily Parker has a busy life over which she maintains iron-clad control. Raised by drug-addicted parents, she’s used to taking care of the people around her, to the exclusion of her own needs. But not tonight. After years of celibacy, she’s ready to pay for exactly what she wants: to surrender control, by having it taken away.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHaving worked as a high-priced escort for years, Nat Swayne not only enjoys her job she’s damn good at it. Dangerously sexy, she knows precisely how to fulfill the fantasies of women who enjoy her special brand of make-believe all without ever becoming emotionally involved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen their night of intense play turns into something more, Emily and Nat can’t help but pursue a connection in the real world. Unfortunately, old habits die hard, and love isn’t always enough.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOr is it?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback,\u003c\/strong\u003e 264 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eBold Strokes Books (July 2012)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781602826731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e13.97 x 1.52 x 21.34 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"INGRAM INTERNATIONAL INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45346716221675,"sku":"110827","price":22.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/71Uzx3RuOiL._SL1500.jpg?v=1716343154"},{"product_id":"a-day-of-fallen-night","title":"A Day of Fallen Night (Roots of Chaos #0)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Samantha Shannon\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Day of Fallen Night,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Samantha Shannon sweeps readers back to the universe of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePriory of the Orange Tree\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and into the lives of four women, showing us a course of events that shaped their world for generations to come.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTunuva Melim is a sister of the Priory. For fifty years, she has trained to slay wyrms – but none have appeared since the Nameless One, and the younger generation is starting to question the Priory's purpose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTo the north, in the Queendom of Inys, Sabran the Ambitious has married the new King of Hróth, narrowly saving both realms from ruin. Their daughter, Glorian, trails in their shadow – exactly where she wants to be.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe dragons of the East have slept for centuries. Dumai has spent her life in a Seiikinese mountain temple, trying to wake the gods from their long slumber. Now someone from her mother's past is coming to upend her fate.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen the Dreadmount erupts, bringing with it an age of terror and violence, these women must find the strength to protect humankind from a devastating threat.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback,\u003c\/strong\u003e 880 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eBloomsbury Publishing (Mar 2024)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781639732999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12.9 x 5.8 x 19.8 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"RAINCOAST BOOK DISTRIBUTION","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45657760530667,"sku":"111073","price":28.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/A1e9wCM21aL._SL1500.jpg?v=1721522417"},{"product_id":"hot-bothered-4","title":"Hot \u0026 Bothered 4: Short Short Fiction on Lesbian Desire","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdited by\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eKaren X. Tulchinsky\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is the fourth installment of the bestselling international lesbian erotica series, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHot \u0026amp; Bothered\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, that consist of stories of 1,000 words or less that articulate desire between women.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHot \u0026amp; Bothered 4\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e includes stories by many award-winning writers, including Lesléa Newman, Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Carol Queen, Nisa Donnelly, Barrie Jean Borich, Gabriella Glancy, Wickie Stamps, Sara Graef, and Tamai Kobayashi.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"ARSENAL PULP PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45730740142315,"sku":"111275","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/610amasEShL._SL1500.jpg?v=1723765127"},{"product_id":"imogen-obviously","title":"Imogen, Obviously","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Becky Albertalli\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but she’s got the World’s Greatest Ally title locked down.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShe's never missed a Pride Alliance meeting. She knows more about queer media discourse than her very queer little sister. She even has two queer best friends. There's Gretchen, a fellow high school senior, who helps keep Imogen's biases in check. And then there's Lili—newly out and newly thriving with a cool new squad of queer college friends.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImogen's thrilled for Lili. Any ally would be. And now that she's finally visiting Lili on campus, she's bringing her ally A game. Any support Lili needs, Imogen's all in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEven if that means bending the truth, just a little.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike when Lili drops a tiny queer bombshell: she's told all her college friends that Imogen and Lili used to date. And none of them know that Imogen is a raging hetero—not even Lili’s best friend, Tessa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOf course, the more time Imogen spends with chaotic, freckle-faced Tessa, the more she starts to wonder if her truth was ever all that straight to begin with. . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback,\u003c\/strong\u003e 432 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eBalzer + Bray (May 2024)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9780063045880\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12.95 x 2.79 x 20.07 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"HARPER COLLINS CANADA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45732584620267,"sku":"111256","price":19.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/81xx_IgbjzL._SL1500.jpg?v=1723852717"},{"product_id":"the-pairing","title":"The Pairing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Casey McQuiston\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTheo and Kit have been a lot of things: childhood best friends, crushes, in love, and now estranged exes. After a brutal breakup on the transatlantic flight to their dream European food and wine tour, they exited each other's lives once and for all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTime apart has done them good. Theo has found confidence as a hustling bartender by night and aspiring sommelier by day, with a long roster of casual lovers. Kit, who never returned to America, graduated as the reigning sex god of his pastry school class and now bakes at one of the finest restaurants in Paris. Sure, nothing really compares to what they had, and life stretches out long and lonely ahead of them, but―yeah. It's in the past.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll that remains is the unused voucher for the European tour that never happened, good for 48 months after its original date and about to expire. Four years later, it seems like a great idea to finally take the trip. Solo. Separately.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt's not until they board the tour bus that they discover they've both accidentally had the exact same idea, and now they're trapped with each other for three weeks of stunning views, luscious flavors, and the most romantic cities of France, Spain, and Italy. It's fine. There's nothing left between them. So much nothing that, when Theo suggests a friendly wager to see who can sleep with their hot Italian tour guide first, Kit is totally game. And why stop there? Why not a full-on European hookup competition?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut sometimes a taste of everything only makes you crave what you can't have.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback,\u003c\/strong\u003e 432 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eSt. Martin's Griffin (Aug 2024)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781250365842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e13.72 x 2.74 x 20.83 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"RAINCOAST BOOK DISTRIBUTION","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45732585013483,"sku":"111258","price":27.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/71UURTCRpCL._SL1500.jpg?v=1723855929"},{"product_id":"one-last-stop","title":"One Last Stop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Casey McQuiston\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and cinematic love stories don’t exist, and the only smart way to go through life is alone. She can’t imagine how waiting tables at a 24-hour pancake diner and moving in with too many weird roommates could possibly change that. And there’s certainly no chance of her subway commute being anything more than a daily trudge through boredom and electrical failures.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut then, there’s this gorgeous girl on the train.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJane. Dazzling, charming, mysterious, impossible Jane. Jane with her rough edges and swoopy hair and soft smile, showing up in a leather jacket to save August’s day when she needed it most. August’s subway crush becomes the best part of her day, but pretty soon, she discovers there’s one big problem: Jane doesn’t just look like an old school punk rocker. She’s literally displaced in time from the 1970s, and August is going to have to use everything she tried to leave in her own past to help her. Maybe it’s time to start believing in some things, after all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCasey McQuiston’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne Last Stop\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a magical, sexy, big-hearted romance where the impossible becomes possible as August does everything in her power to save the girl lost in time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback,\u003c\/strong\u003e 418 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eGriffin (Jun 2021)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781250244499\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e13.67 x 2.74 x 20.96 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INGRAM INTERNATIONAL INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45804153307371,"sku":"108489","price":22.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/7125eYIFBxL._SL1500.jpg?v=1726358649"},{"product_id":"secrets-of-the-italian-villa","title":"Secrets of the Italian Villa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy M.J. Milne\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eA spicy, slow burn, sapphic romance about finding the courage to love again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eComments from First Readers:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Deeply sensual \u0026amp; haunting. I adored it!”\u003cbr\u003e“Beautifully romantic and deeply emotional.”\u003cbr\u003e“Swoonworthy!”\u003cbr\u003e“Thought-provoking insights on life and love.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGet ready to love \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ela dolce vita\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e style!\u003cbr\u003e— What do you get when you combine a sweet California wine and hearty Italian tortellini?\u003cbr\u003e= Strong characters. Unexpected twists. Powerful emotions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSTORY SYNOPSIS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: When Gerri’s best friend asks for help, she readily agrees to be the substitute house-sitter at an Italian villa, a perfect place to heal her wounds, having just discovered that her deceased husband had been an adulterer. There, on romantic Lake Como, she succumbs to the seductive advances of Kate, one of the villa’s rental guests from California. However, the amorous pair turn amateur sleuths when they uncover the villa's dark secrets, and discover that Gerri’s destiny has led her there for a purpose. — A love story about coming out and coming home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWomen’s Fiction\/Romance\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Adult Contemporary, WLW, Coming Out, Sapphic Romance, Love After Loss, Courage to Love Again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback,\u003c\/strong\u003e 293 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eBlue Heron Productions\/MJMilne (Apr 2024)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9780973965452\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INGRAM INTERNATIONAL INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45829356716267,"sku":"111420","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/7123ehxbIxL._SL1500.jpg?v=1726963137"},{"product_id":"the-summer-hikaru-died-vol1","title":"The Summer Hikaru Died Vol. 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Mokumokuren\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt has Hikaru’s face. It has Hikaru’s voice. It even has Hikaru’s memories. But whatever came down from the mountains six months ago isn’t Yoshiki’s best friend. Whatever it is, it’s dangerous. Carrying on at school and hanging out as if nothing has changed―as if Hikaru isn’t gone―would be crazy...but when it looks so very like Hikaru...and acts so very like Hikaru...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback, \u003c\/strong\u003e180 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eYen Press (Jul 2023)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781975360542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e14.61 x 1.43 x 20.83 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HACHETTE BOOK GROUP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45843535757547,"sku":"111426","price":19.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/71aptV4ScXL._SL1500.jpg?v=1727394991"},{"product_id":"lipstick-tattoo","title":"Lipstick Tattoo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Julia Dovey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBianca used to write romances before Pete made her realise how silly they were.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis poetry focuses on reality. It means something. Romances – “saccharine calls for pity from bored housewives” – have no footing in real life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut when Louise – a sophisticated journalism student with date-purple eyes and a kiss tattoo – makes a chance reappearance, Bianca’s simple story takes an abrupt turn. Bianca is faced with two paths. One: safe, paved, and colourless. The other: a twisting, vibrant trail into the dangerous unknown.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback,\u003c\/strong\u003e 280 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBWL Publishing Inc. (Mar 2022)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9780228620259\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e13.34 x 1.63 x 20.32 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"JULIA DOVEY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45866453827819,"sku":"111458","price":19.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/71a-LJDwaRL._SL1500.jpg?v=1728521747"},{"product_id":"husband-material","title":"Husband Material","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Alexis Hall\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Instant USA Today Bestseller!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Our favourite chaos demon \u0026amp; stern brunch daddy return in this delicious, ridiculous, and often poignant romcom about all the ways love can grow.\" ―Talia Hibbert, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWANTED: One (very real) husband, nowhere near perfect but desperately trying his best\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn BOYFRIEND MATERIAL, Luc and Oliver met, pretended to fall in love, fell in love for real, dealt with heartbreak and disappointment and family and friends…and somehow figured out a way to make it work. Now it seems like everyone around them is getting married, and Luc's feeling the social pressure to propose. But it'll take more than four weddings, a funeral, and a hotly contested rainbow balloon arch to get these two from \"I don't know what I'm doing\" to \"I do\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGood thing Oliver is such perfect HUSBAND MATERIAL.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Brilliance on every single page.\"―Christina Lauren, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, for Boyfriend Material\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The apotheosis of the rom-com.\"―Entertainment Weekly, A+ Review, for Boyfriend Material\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Every once in a while you read a book that you want to SCREAM FROM ROOFTOPS about. I'm screaming, people!\"―Sonali Dev, award-winning author, for Boyfriend Material\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"FAKE DATING, REAL FEELINGS, BEST JOKES.\"―Olivia Waite, award-winning author, for Boyfriend Material\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Fresh and vibrant.\"―Annie Carl, The Neverending Bookshop (Edmonds, WA), for Boyfriend Material\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback, \u003c\/strong\u003e432 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eSourcebooks Casablanca (Au\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eg 2022)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781728250922\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e13.97 x 2.74 x 20.96 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RAINCOAST BOOK DISTRIBUTION","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45917173776619,"sku":"111495","price":23.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/817Sxhb8X7L._SL1500.jpg?v=1729912749"},{"product_id":"wet-moon-unseen-feet","title":"Wet Moon 2: Unseen Feet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Sophie Campbell\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCleo Lovedrop has a lot of friends in the sleepy town of Wet Moon, and she's just made one more: the mysterious girl next door, Myrtle. Cleo's friends think Myrtle has a crush on Cleo, but she isn't so sure. Then, roses begin to appear on her doorstep...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis new edition of Sophie Campbell's critically-acclaimed book features a new cover design by Annie Mok and new extras in the back!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback,\u003c\/strong\u003e 184 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eOni Press (Dec 2017)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781620103289\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e15.24 x 1.52 x 22.86 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INGRAM INTERNATIONAL INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45931621286123,"sku":"111543","price":21.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/61jaXzM2RxL._SL1200.jpg?v=1730591438"},{"product_id":"letters-for-lucardo","title":"Letters For Lucardo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Otava Heikkil\u003cspan\u003eä\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEd Fiedler\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a common man.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e61 years old and employed as a scribe in a royal palace, his most regular client is\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLucardo von Gishaupt\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a forever-young aristocrat... and regular member of the mysterious and revered\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eNight Court\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. When the eternally 33-year old Lucardo and the aging Ed develop feelings for one another, both are forced to contend with the culture shock of a mortal's presence among the deathless, the perilous disapproval of the sitting Lord of the Night Court, and Ed's own ever-present mortality, threatening to bring an end to their romance in the blink of an everlasting eye.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLetters of Lucardo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the first erotic graphic novel in Otava Heikkilä's four-part series about the dangerous love between \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ehuman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003esuperhuman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Brought to you by Iron Circus Comics, the publishers of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSmut Peddler\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eYes, Roya\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback,\u003c\/strong\u003e 140 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eIron Circus Comics (Oct 2017)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781945820045\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e13.34 x 1.27 x 20.32 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RAINCOAST BOOK DISTRIBUTION","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45931621351659,"sku":"111544","price":22.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/71LzPPixd1L._SL1500.jpg?v=1730592117"},{"product_id":"fortunate-beasts-letter-for-lucardo","title":"Fortunate Beasts (Letters For Lucardo #2)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Otava Heikkila\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen the vampire Lucardo fell in love with Edmund Fiedler, a 61-year-old mortal scrivener, their passion became legendary before Lucardo's practical father intervened. The royal Court of Night has gone back to its peaceful reign, Ed has exiled himself, and Lucardo . . . well, Lucardo is hopelessly enraged. Determined to seize control of his life again, Lucardo mounts a search for his missing lover, sparking a new flame that—this time—threatens to consume them both. An erotic graphic novel that redefines a genre, Fortunate Beasts continues the immortal romance begun with Letters for Lucardo in a paranormal tale of fighting back against fear for love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback,\u003c\/strong\u003e 152 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eIron Circus Comics (May 2019)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781945820281\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e13.97 x 1.4 x 20.32 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RAINCOAST BOOK DISTRIBUTION","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45931621384427,"sku":"111545","price":22.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/61xFdVIiCxL._SL1500.jpg?v=1730592526"},{"product_id":"a-lady-for-a-duke","title":"A Lady For A Duke","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Alexis Hall\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eHusband Material \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ecomes a lush, sweeping queer historical romance where sparks fly between childhood friends after a life-changing separation—perfect for fans of Bridgerton, Evie Dunmore, and Lisa Kleypas!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e When Viola Carroll was presumed dead at Waterloo she took the opportunity to live, at last, as herself. But freedom does not come without a price, and Viola paid for hers with the loss of her wealth, her title, and her closest companion, Justin de Vere, the Duke of Gracewood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnly when their families reconnect, years after the war, does Viola learn how deep that loss truly was. Shattered without her, Gracewood has retreated so far into grief that Viola barely recognises her old friend in the lonely, brooding man he has become.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Viola strives to bring Gracewood back to himself, fresh desires give new names to old feelings. Feelings that would have been impossible once and may be impossible still, but which Viola cannot deny. Even if they cost her everything, all over again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback,\u003c\/strong\u003e 480 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eForever (May 2022)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781538753750\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e13.46 x 3.94 x 20.32 cm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INGRAM INTERNATIONAL INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45983245402347,"sku":"111624","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/81bOVg5fgIL._SL1500.jpg?v=1764908266"},{"product_id":"the-summer-hikaru-died-vol-2","title":"The Summer Hikaru Died Vol. 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Mokumokuren\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYoshiki tried to pretend nothing was wrong, but the truth cannot be ignored. Hikaru is gone. “Hikaru” is here. This new version is dangerous...or perhaps not? One thing’s for sure―Yoshiki doesn’t seem to be in harm’s way. In fact, “Hikaru” seems to want nothing more than to befriend and protect him. Despite Rie’s warnings, Yoshiki chooses to extend the hand of friendship, hoping it will help “Hikaru” become more human. But in doing so, what might Yoshiki become...?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback, \u003c\/strong\u003e196 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eYen Press (Oct 2017)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781975371036\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e14.61 x 1.59 x 20.83 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HACHETTE BOOK GROUP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46147340108011,"sku":"111778","price":19.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/71ziETwr4FL._SY425.jpg?v=1738468394"},{"product_id":"crush-a-sweet-full-bodied-queer-romanc","title":"Crush: A Sweet, Full-Bodied Queer Romance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy L. Dreamer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMia Torwood moves from San Francisco to the central coast of California when her husband Tom buys a winery. She is resistant at first but learns to appreciate the slower pace of life and the beauty of the land. During their very first harvest, Tom dies of a heart attack. During a meeting with their financial planner, Mia learns her husband made some bad investments and the winery is her only asset. She must also find another vineyard manager because their present one, Jose, wants to retire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCal Sanders is a transgender man who helps run his family's winery in the central valley of California. He wants out of his small town because of the transphobia and harassment he has experienced since coming out as trans. He just wants to grow grapes and make great wine as the man he's always seen himself to be. So, he answers an ad looking for a vineyard manager and meets Mia Torwood. Cal makes an impression on Mia during their interview. He's the only man who treats her like she's the owner of the winery, not Jose. She offers him the job the next day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs Cal settles in, he butts heads with the head winemaker, Samuel, who thinks the promotion to vineyard manager should have gone to him. He also has his eye on Mia. He challenges Cal at every turn, especially when Cal proposes turning the vineyard into a biodynamic farm with goats, chickens, and supplemental crops. It infuriates Samuel that Mia spends time with Cal. Things come to a head when Samuel corners Mia and tries to convince her that Cal is trying to seduce the winery out from under her. She calls him into her office the next day and fires him. He is escorted off the premises and makes threats to both Cal and the winery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhile all this is going on, Cal finds a box of letters in the attic of the apartment he lives in on the property. Both he and Mia join in on unraveling the mystery of the letters sent from a woman named Anne during World War II to one of the original winery owner's daughters, Patty. It leads them to Patty's granddaughter, who lets Cal and Mia read Patty's journals. The journals, they find, chronicle an extraordinary love story that brings Mia and Cal closer as they learn not everything was as it seemed on the winery decades ago.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThings take a harrowing turn when Cal wakes to a fire right under his apartment in the harvesting equipment room. He escapes with his life and some important files from Mia's office on the other side of his apartment. Mia is moved by his act of selflessness. He moves in with Mia temporarily as the building is repaired.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs the season winds down and grape harvesting begins, Cal and Mia finally acknowledge to themselves that their connection has grown and evolved. With the help of her friend Lloyd, Mia decides to have a conversation with Cal. Though she isn't quite ready for a relationship, she wants to be honest about how she feels. He too admits his feelings for her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs Mia plans the winery's grape stomping festival, the culminating event that brings the growing season to an end, she considers what a future with Cal would look like. She rereads Patty's journals and weighs the risks and rewards of opening her heart up to love and possibility one more time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback, \u003c\/strong\u003e232 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003eL. Dreamer (June 2022)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9798218020996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003e15.24 x 1.24 x 22.86 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INGRAM INTERNATIONAL INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46147340239083,"sku":"111781","price":23.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/611LCGgOj-L._SL1360.jpg?v=1738472114"},{"product_id":"old-fashioned-cupcake-w-cappuccino","title":"Old-Fashioned Cupcake With Cappuccino","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Sagan Sagan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA visit to a pancake shop leads to an unexpected May-December romance that breathes life into the monotonous routine of an older salaryman.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe daily grind both soothes and troubles older salaryman Nozue, until an unexpected visit to a pancake shop with his blunt younger coworker shakes things up!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThirty-nine-year-old Nozue went from living a routine, melancholic life of sleep and work to spending his days in bliss with Togawa, his younger subordinate. Now six months into their relationship, the two have graduated from dates at a pancake shop to spending their nights together. But when a coworker spots Togawa wearing one of Nozue’s ties to work, it sends Nozue spiraling into doubt about the feasibility of their relationship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback,\u003c\/strong\u003e 218 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by\u003c\/strong\u003e SuBLime (Sep 2023)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781974734597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12.7 x 1.52 x 18.1 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INGRAM INTERNATIONAL INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46219388322027,"sku":"111844","price":18.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/71vU_sce7CL._SL1500.jpg?v=1740707233"},{"product_id":"hot-head","title":"Hot Head","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy Damon Suede\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhere there’s smoke, there’s fire...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSince 9\/11, Brooklyn firefighter Griff Muir has wrestled with impossible feelings for his best friend and partner at Ladder 181, Dante Anastagio. Unfortunately, Dante is strictly a ladies’ man, and the FDNY isn’t exactly gay-friendly. For ten years, Griff has hidden his heart in a half-life of public heroics and private anguish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGriff’s caution and Dante’s cockiness make them an unbeatable team. To protect his buddy, there’s nothing Griff wouldn’t do… until a nearly bankrupt Dante proposes the worst possible solution: HotHead.com, a gay porn website where uniformed hunks get down and dirty. And Dante wants them to appear there—\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003etogether\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Griff may have to guard his heart and live out his darkest fantasies on camera. Can he rescue the man he loves without wrecking their careers, their families, or their friendship?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback,\u003c\/strong\u003e 464 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDreamspinner Press (Mar 2018)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781641080842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e10.8 x 2.95 x 17.78 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INGRAM INTERNATIONAL INC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46264572838123,"sku":"111903","price":24.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/8600\/files\/81wAF69FkIL._SL1500.jpg?v=1741827685"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.littlesisters.ca\/collections\/shelf-fiction-romance.oembed?page=5","provider":"Little Sisters Book \u0026 Art Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}