"This is my kind of book!" - Ladie BeastieJamie's flower girls are all grown up, and now they're ready to make waves at her vow renewal ceremony in Zihuatanejo, México.This humorous fiction novel is a classic beach-resort party weekend, with a fun twist of double trouble!Jamie is a film director hoping that her vow renewal ceremony and coincidental movie shoot at a beach resort in México go off without a hitch. Paloma and I...

In this "raucous, moving, and necessary" story by a Pulitzer Prize finalist (San Francisco Chronicle), the De La Cruzes, a family on the Mexican-American border, celebrate two of their most beloved relatives during a joyous and bittersweet weekend."All we do, mija, is love. Love is the answer. Nothing stops it. Not borders. Not death."In his final days, beloved and ailing patriarch Miguel Angel de La Cruz, affectionately called Big Angel, has summo...

Rising star Kat Fajardo's debut middle-grade graphic novel about a girl who would rather do anything other than celebrate her quinceañera! A funny and heartfelt coming-of-age story about navigating the expectations of family and cultural tradition.Sue just wants to spend the summer reading and making comics at sleepaway camp with her friends, but instead she gets stuck going to Honduras to visit relatives with her parents and two sisters. They live way out in the country, which mea...

Inspired by the real House of Xtravaganza, this novel follows gay and transgender club kids as they navigate the Harlem ball scene of the 1980s and '90s."Cassaras's propulsive and profound first novel, finding one's home in the world—particularly in a subculture plagued by fear and intolerance from society—comes with tragedy as well as extraordinary personal freedom." — EsquireIt's 1980 in New York City, and nowher...

Be one of the first to read this sneak preview sample edition of a sparkling, whimsical novel about an accomplished young woman who discovers what it really means to come into her own by Yamile Saied Méndez, the acclaimed author of the Reese Witherspoon YA Book Club Pick Furia, in her adult fiction debut…One month short of her wedding day—and her thirtieth birthday—Nadia Palacio finds herself standing up to her infuriating, cheating fiancé for the first ti...

***Winner of the American Book Award**Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Memoir/Biography*An Honor Book for the 2023 Stonewall Book Award—Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Book AwardThis witty memoir traces a touching and often hilarious spiralic path to embracing a gay, Latinx identity against a culture of machismo—from a cockfighting ring in Nicaragua to cities across the U.S.—and the bath houses, night clubs, and drag queens who help redefine pride**...

Jack: You would think that rescuing my boss and helping deliver her happily-ever-after would earn me a few points with Karma, or at least a couple nights off, but luck has never been on my side. I’ve got to make my own way in this new reality: my Mistress is dead, but Maya needs help fighting off other vampire gangs, a sacred warrior is after me for my part in their partner’s death, I’ve got a bloodslave following me like a pup, Francesca is breathing down my neck, the Dar...

Will their arrangement ever be enough?Relationships are not a priority for restaurateur Esteban Galiano, and when he sees Sonia Kennedy at a party, he plans to make her a conquest in a long line of many. But she rebuffs his advances and forces him to adjust—determined to meet the challenge and do whatever he must to make her his.All her life, Sonia’s beauty has caused unnecessary problems, and right now she needs a job, not a suitor. When Esteban makes an indecent ...

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • An exhilarating debut novel following members of a Dominican family in New York City who take radically different paths when faced with encroaching gentrification“Strikes all the right notes—captivating characters, lyrical language, and a storyline that captures your imagination and refuses to let go . . . an unforgettable debut!”—Tayari Jones, New York Times bestselling author of An American Marriage

Maya isn’t supposed to like the ambassador, let alone sleep with him. Her only focus should be on killing him.Tough and invincible Maya Martin is part of Cain Jones’s paranormal crime task force. Her ability to manipulate water makes the South African born hydromancist an invaluable asset to the team.When AK-47s are smuggled from Mexico to Zimbabwe via Costa Rica, Maya is sent on a mission to destroy the arms and expose the syndicate. Her main suspect is th...

One of the most original performance poets of her generation, Melissa Lozada-Oliva has captivated crowds across the country and online with her vivid narratives. Humorous and biting, personal and communal, self-deprecating and unapologetically self-loving, peluda (meaning “hairy†or “hairy beastâ€) is the poet at her best. The book explores the relationship between femininity and body hair as well as the intersections of family, class, the immigrant experience, Latina identity, and ...

Rich aches for more than a book boyfriend to love. But is the mysterious, rugged admirer he serves at the coffee shop too dangerous for him to consider?After declaring his love life officially dead, Rich wonders if maybe he should stick with his shifter book boyfriends instead. It's not as if he has much free time to date. Between working long hours at a coffee shop, guarding his sodas from his hygienically challenged roommates, and running the programming...