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Miss Dana talks about upcoming events like the Summer Reading Program and so much more! Then she features a bunch of LGBTQIA+ stories that you can find in the library now! You are valid and safe at your library!

Renée Dahlia is an unabashed romance reader who loves feisty women and clever men.

Her books reflect this, with a side note of awkward humour. Renée (cis-bisexual she/her) has a science degree in physics. When not distracted by the characters fighting for attention in her brain, she works in the horse-racing industry doing data analysis and writing magazine articles. Renée spends her time with her four children when she isn't reading or writing, usually watching them play cricket.

Renee Dahlia’s three-book lesbian romance series, Seraph’s Burlesque Club, begins with SHOW UP. The series explores the impact of the COVID pandemic, particularly lockdowns, on hospitality businesses and the way they had to hustle to find new income streams.

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We predict you'll enjoy No Man of Woman Born by Ana Mardoll, an anthology of queer characters finding their way amidst prophecies and fairytales.

His Father's Son features Nocien, an otherwise gentle young man totally focused on avenging his slaughtered family. He leaves his newfound family behind to seek his revenge, only to learn of an interesting prophecy straight from the murderer's mouth.

Will two years of sword fighting lessons and a bit of luck be enough for Nocien?

Citrus: None
Sweetness: Sour
Gore: Quite a Bit

Trigger Warnings: death, character death, death of close family, death of children, stabbing, slicing, impaling, sword-related violence, sexualized violence, blood, suicide mission, fire, poison, and misgendering

Mentions of food, BBC Sherlock, dictators, 1940's politics, Guillain Barre, Karen haircut, and morphing into insects

We predict you'll enjoy No Man of Woman Born by Ana Mardoll, an anthology of queer characters finding their way amidst prophecies and fairytales.

King's Favor features Caran, a simple hedge witch on an undercover mission in hostile territory. Nee is discovered just as nee is making ner escape and brought before the murderous witch queen of Northnesse.

When witchery turns to trickery - will Caran survive?

Citrus: Just a hint
Sweetness: Dry
Gore: Little a blood

Trigger Warnings: Border walls, blood, choking, poison, violence, death, population purge, genocide, infanticide, killing one's parents

Mentions of food, alcohol, drinking games, nobility typical sexism, pregnancy

We predict you'll enjoy No Man of Woman Born by Ana Mardoll, an anthology of queer characters finding their way amidst prophecies and fairytales.

Tangled Nets features Wren, a humble fisher with a big, scaly reason to be upset. Wren's village sacrifices one person to the dragon every winter and that's how xie lost xer sister many years ago. As Wren's mother takes ill, xie has to make a grim choice.

But an unexpected visit from the village witch may change Wren's fate.

Citrus: None
Sweetness: Salt
Gore: Blood! Blood everywhere!

Trigger Warnings: Blood, violence, stabbing, in-depth discussion of being eaten alive, poverty, starvation, illness, chronic illness, past character deaths, grief, predatory financial systems, falling to death, and life or death situations.

Mentions of food, alcohol, drinking games, eugenics, and slavery

We had a great time in this town full of quirky characters enjoying Brooks and Mal's sweet and steamy romance. Brooks brings his straight co-worker Paul home to his TN town Licking Thicket to help out his family, and also put a buffer between him and his family. His HS ex who he broke up with and outed himself to in front of the whole town comes home also with a fake boyfriend... who is gay. 
See where we are going with this? Hijinks ensue in a fun way as they "swap" fake partners!

Three cheers for the excellent use of lube in this book. And for mixing the sweet and steam very well. 

If you missed our awesome interview with May and Lucy, make sure you check it out. They were so fun to talk to about romance and writing MM romance, writing with a partner, and how much money they make on Amazon publishing under Kindle Unlimited. 

Buy your copy of the Licking Thicket series!

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Best-selling author Suzanne Brockmann lived up to all the expectations that Bridget had for her. One of Bridget's OG romance novel obsessions, Bridget was thrilled to talk with Suzanne about Navy Seals, Jules Cassidy (Suzanne's first gay character to get his own book), the evolution of her characters, her advice for white writers on how and why they should be writing a world in color, and more. 

Shani was there too ;) (HAHA For real though she was and Bridget let her ask questions, and they were great ones! hehe)

This interview was AMAZING. We couldn't be prouder of it. We couldn't be more thankful Suzanne was so honest with us!   

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Francesca Ekwuyasi joins Twenty Summers for our first virtual arts programming to read from her recently released novel Butter Honey Pig Bread (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2020), an intergenerational saga about three Nigerian women: a novel about food, family, and forgiveness.

FROM THE PUBLISHER:
Butter Honey Pig Bread is a story of choices and their consequences, of motherhood, of the malleable line between the spirit and the mind, of finding new homes and mending old ones, of voracious appetites, of queer love, of friendship, faith, and above all, family.

Francesca Ekwuyasi's debut novel tells the interwoven stories of twin sisters, Kehinde and Taiye, and their mother, Kambirinachi. Kambirinachi feels she was born an Ogbanje, a spirit that plagues families with misfortune by dying in childhood to cause its mother misery. She believes that she has made the unnatural choice of staying alive to love her human family and now lives in fear of the consequences of that decision.

Some of Kambirinachi's worst fears come true when her daughter, Kehinde, experiences a devasting childhood trauma that causes the family to fracture in seemingly irreversible ways. As soon as she's of age, Kehinde moves away and cuts contact with her twin sister and mother. Alone in Montreal, she struggles to find ways to heal while building a life of her own. Meanwhile, Taiye, plagued by guilt for what happened to her sister, flees to London and attempts to numb the loss of the relationship with her twin through reckless hedonism.

Now, after more than a decade of living apart, Taiye and Kehinde have returned home to Lagos to visit their mother. It is here that the three women must face each other and address the wounds of the past if they are to reconcile and move forward.

AUTHOR BIO:
Francesca Ekwuyasi is a writer, artist, and filmmaker born in Lagos, Nigeria. Her work explores themes of faith, family, queerness, consumption, loneliness, and belonging. Francesca's writing has been published in Winter Tangerine Review, Brittle Paper, Transition Magazine, the Malahat Review, Visual Art News, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, and GUTS magazine. Her story Ọrun is Heaven was longlisted for the 2019 Journey Prize. Her forthcoming debut novel, Butter Honey Pig Bread will be available October 2020 through Arsenal Pulp Press. Supported through the National Film Board's Film Maker's Assistance Program and the Fabienne Colas Foundation, Francesca's short documentary Black + Belonging has screened in festivals Halifax, Toronto, and Montreal.