In Northern Italy in 1983, seventeen-year-old Elio begins a relationship with visiting Oliver, his father's research assistant, with whom he bonds over his emerging sexuality, their Jewish heritage, and the beguiling Italian landscape.

    Go to Italy, they said.It will be interesting...Little did I realize just HOW interesting.Marco and Alessio are committed to each otherBut they also want me.How can this American girl resist two gorgeous, hunky, alpha Italians?We form a perfect triangle of loveUntil a Mafia boss sets me in his sights.What started as a fling turns into something way more serious.And I risk not only losing my heart but my life.

    Phun's little sister, Pang, is obsessed with boys' love.Phun needs to convince Pang that he has a boyfriend so that she can help talk their father around the idea of dating his friend's daughter. So he asked Noh to become his fake boyfriend in exchange for helping Noh raising fund for his Music Club. However, the two 17 years old high school boys eventually fall in love after the deal brought them closer together.

    Sakusa needs a fake boyfriend. What could possibly go wrong?

    “I am the hurting kind.” What does it mean to be the hurting kind? To be sensitive not only to the world’s pain and joys, but to the meanings that bend in the scrim between the natural world and the human world? To divine the relationships between us all? To perceive ourselves in other beings—and to know that those beings are resolutely their own, that they “do not / care to be seen as symbols”?With Limón’s remarkable ability to trace thought, The Hurting Kind explores those questions—incorporating others’ stories and ways of knowing, making surprising turns, and always reaching a place of startling insight. These poems slip through the seasons, teeming with horses and kingfishers and the gleaming eyes of fish. And they honor parents, stepparents, and grandparents: the sacrifices made, the separate lives lived, the tendernesses extended to a hurting child; the abundance, in retrospect, of having two families.Along the way, we glimpse loss. There are flashes of the pandemic, ghosts whose presence manifests in unexpected memories and the mysterious behavior of pets left behind. But The Hurting Kind is filled, above all, with connection and the delight of being in the world. “Slippery and waddle thieving my tomatoes still / green in the morning’s shade,” writes Limón of a groundhog in her garden, “she is doing what she can to survive.”

    But, the death of her father and the guilt she carries about their last conversation before he died, push Braer to explore new artistic opportunities driven by her earlier successes. Then David starts an affair with a married man, which threatens to derail their cosy marital arrangement. A mysterious woman enters Braer’s life. New Zealand born, Ariana Te Ata, was ready to start a family but over the last six months her husband, Jordan Travers, has distanced himself from her, putting the next stage of their lives in jeopardy. Ariana’s suspicions are aroused when she finds his mobile and a thread of texts that hint at something more than his busy work schedule. Consumed with tracking down Jordan’s supposed lover, Ariana embarks on a collision course which crosses paths with Braer. Layers of deception intertwine and disintegrate their lives, only to reveal the possibility of so much more than either of them had dreamed of. A Convenient Deception. Expect the unexpected…

    A queer, Jewish take on classic Hallmark tropes,

    Unfortunately, they've never met in real life and Ada lives an ocean away. But Elsie has decided it's now or never to tell Ada how she feels. That is, until her long-lost best friend Joan walks back into her life.In a summer of repairing broken connections and building surprising new ones, Elsie realises that she isn't nearly as alone as she thought. But now she has a choice to make...A lyrical contemporary story about falling in love and finding yourself in the process, for fans of THE BLACK FLAMINGO, THE FALLING IN LOVE MONTAGE and Alice Oseman.

    Growing up in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, Maggie Gonzalez has always been a little messy, but she’s okay with that. After all, she has a great family, a goofy group of friends, a rocky romantic history, and dreams of being a music photographer. Tasked with picking an escort for her little sister’s quinceañera, Maggie has to face the truth: that her feelings about her friends—and her future—aren’t as simple as she’d once believed.As Maggie’s search for the perfect escort continues, she’s forced to confront new (and old) feelings for three of her friends: Amanda, her best friend and first-ever crush; Matthew, her ex-boyfriend twice-over who refuses to stop flirting with her, and Dani, the new girl who has romantic baggage of her own. On top of this romantic disaster, she can’t stop thinking about the uncertainty of her own plans for the future and what that means for the people she loves.As the weeks wind down and the boundaries between friendship and love become hazy, Maggie finds herself more and more confused with each photo. When her tried-and-true medium causes more chaos than calm, Maggie needs to figure out how to avoid certain disaster—or be brave enough to dive right into it.

    Ava's traumatic past with relationships, and her inability to fully embrace her asexuality has made it hard for her to connect with anyone. But when she starts seeing Parker everywhere, she finds it hard to ignore how familiar Parker is, and how at peace Parker's presence in her life makes her feel. Parker is less than a year out of a toxic relationship when she starts seeing Ava all over town. At the gym where she works, at the coffee shop she frequents, and then at the LGBT therapy group she decides to attend on a whim. She takes this as a sign from the universe, but is shocked to find that Ava doesn't believe in fate, and none of the charm and charisma that has worked before will quite cut it this time. As the two grow closer, they both have to decide if holding onto the things their exes taught them are also holding them back from their future.Content warnings:Discussions of traumaDiscussions of domestic violenceAlcoholismRepresentation:Own voicesAsexual main characterLesbian main characterBisexual side character

    ***Handle with Care takes place eight years before Training Mac. While it doesn’t contain the sorts of spoilers that would likely ruin the series for you, it’s definitely a prequel. Reading it after you know the stories will probably be the most satisfying. Find more info on the Erotic Gym page: krisripper.com/gymWarnings: physical abuse, abuse masquerading as kink (it’s not), mentions of suicide.

    Ilsley, Betsy Warland, Brett Josef Grubisic, John Barton, Lydia Kwa, and more. Check out the website here: http://plenitudemagazine.ca/

    Submitting to her husband willingly without question. Meeting all of his needs and desires enthusiastically because he was her king.But what should a woman do when she submits her mind, body and soul completely to a man...And it's still not enough?