February New Release Round Up

The second ever “New Release Round Up” and we couldn’t be happier! February might be the shortest month, but it had a good amount of new releases! If you have a release coming out in March that you want us to highlight, please checkout the booking page!


No Experience Necessary

Book cover for No Experience Nexessary. A man stands in a workshop, leaning against a counter, open shirt with suspenders, thumbs hooked into his pockets.

Alex Pendragon

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Romance

Spiciness / Heat Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Representation: Gay

Eighteen and desperate for work, Jake's prospects seem dire. Fate lands him a job, along with his first, confusing attraction to another man. Ashton's confident and ambitious, but as wary of their 7 year age gap as he is of Jake's inexperience. Can a relationship coexist with the expectations of Jake's community, or would it have been better had neither man realized his true desires?

Release Date: 2025-02-09

Regular Price: $4.99

Direct || Itchio || Elsewhere

Content Warnings:

It's high-heat and entirely open door. Some coming-out tension between the MC and his disapproving mother (which is largely resolved by the end).


The Hand That Feeds

Cover for the Hand that Feeds. A woman in a plain, cotton dress stands in profile, one hand reaching behind her back, neck turned to face the camera.

Sass Everett

Fantasy, Romance

Spiciness / Heat Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Representation: Bi, Queer

Ten years ago, Corin was King Starling's most trusted personal guard and Lady Yolantha's beloved. Once, he had dreams of marrying his lover and standing beside his king as they ushered in a new era of peace. But after a sudden betrayal, Corin was forced into a life of exile. Ten years later, an unexpected message from the king brings hope for a new life and a new chance at love... as long as Corin is willing to meet his demands. But Corin is not so easily bought, nor will he forgive the past so soon.

Regular Price: 1.99

B&N || Amazon || Kobo || Apple || Elsewhere

Release Date: 2025-02-14

Content Warnings:

Discussion of infertility and pregnancy.


The Smith

A dark castle is visible in the background with looming turrets and towers, in front is a ghostly figure holding with the title text also outlined in an unnerving misty glow

Marine St. Jean

Historical, Fantasy, Romance

Representation: Lesbian

Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Ama has been on the run from the people who destroyed her life. Moving quickly is all you can expect as a merchant with unnatural passions in 9th C France. Now a village needs her skills, and a woman her heart. Will she be able to choose love or put them all in danger?

Amazon

Release date: 2025/14/02

Content Warnings:

Themes of racism, homophobia, abuse, abandonment, cultural estrangement moderate violence, graphic lesbian sex


Silver Blood

Cover for Silver Blood. An ornate gold frame highlights the two men in formal wear reaching towards each other, one is pale and has long silver hair, the other is holding a book in one hand

T. L. Morgan

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Gothic Romance

Representation: Gay, Trans, Bi, Queer

Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

SILVER BLOOD is a gothic romance about the son of a famous vampire hunter on a mission to end the cycle of violence his family perpetrates. Alongside the heir to an elite vampire family, he seeks a way to save vampires from turning monstrous.

Itchio || Amazon || Bookshop

Release Date: 2025/11/02

Regular Price: $4.99

Content Warnings:

Blood, violence, and mild body horror; death of siblings and parents; depictions of emotional and physical abuse by family; drinking of blood; mentions of self harm and suicide; off-page suicide attempt; animal (horse) death.


Yelen & Yelena

Cover for Yelen and Yelena. A woman among flowers stares ahead inquisitively while in a dark forest.

C. M. Rosens

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Dark Fantasy

Representation: Aromantic, Bisexual, Sapphic, Achillean, Non-binary

YELEN & YELENA is a standalone dark Gothic Fantasy with strong elements of body horror, described as a monster-loving 'tour de force', perfect for fans of Beauty and the Beast re-imaginings, Mexican Gothic, and What Moves The Dead.

Itch || KoFi || Elsewhere

Regular Price: $4.99

Release Date: 2025/14/02

Content Warnings:

Family deaths; frequent suicide ideation; on-page violent suicide and murder; implied SA mention; depression; depersonalisation and derealisation; social ostracism; eviction; some body horror related to the rot (fungal infections, fruiting bodies, etc).


The Myriad of Simon Hansen

Cover for the Myriad of Simon Hanson. A man stands atop a tall pile of book, shown in silhouette.

SCH

Romance

Spiciness / Heat Level: 🌶️🌶️

Representation (Main Character): Gay, Achillean, Bi

“What if The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole had been written by an American in 1990s Ireland with a found family, a nervous taste for other guys, and a bad case of insomnia? “Tam is convinced he saw a nymph today. I saw her too, and nymph isn’t that far off the mark as a comparison, but Tam’s got it in his head that she’s a nymph maybe in the folkloric sense as well. What is definite—what we can both agree on—is that neither of us has ever seen anyone like her before.” When Simon and his pal stumble across a young woman with a dark past, life at their Dublin bookshop changes forever. Devoted to his Irish crew—and grateful to them for helping him escape his own bleak background—Simon puts more focus on making their dreams come true than he does on overcoming the trauma he’s still locked in, one that keeps him isolated in the middle of a growing crowd. He’s getting to know himself better through his journal entries, though—the ones no one else is ever allowed to read.”

Regular Price: $4.99

Itchio || Gumroad

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Release Date: 2025-02-04

Content Warnings:

Parental neglect; homophobic attitude among certain side characters; depiction of anxiety symptoms; depiction of drug use (marijuana) Brief mention of past confinement, sexual assault, home invasion and violence


Scene

Cover for Scene. A band in strong stage lighting stands naked with his hand in front of his throat. OVerlaid is a neon take-board from film sets

J. Tomala

Contemporary Romance

Spiciness / Heat Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Representation: Gay, Bi, Queer, Pansexual

Adam discovers his dominant tendencies, Sebastian loves to be put in his places, and Chris just found out he might be pansexual and way in over his head. Adam landed his dream job as a hair and make-up artist on the hit show KaPow! The eye candy could not be better, and being friends with the stars of the show has its perks too. The only problem is his crush on Chris and his need to take apart Sebastian Winter. Adam’s always been intuitive, and the vibes coming from Sebastian are hard to ignore. He can’t help but imagine how the man would look on his knees waiting for Adam’s orders. But before Adam can make his move, Chris makes his. In his 31 years on this planet, Chris had never been in this situation before. Meaning: wanting to get into another man’s pants so badly. But there is something so alluring about Sebastian Winter. His fingers itch to take him apart every time they’re together lately. Sebastian’s career is going great, but his love life is a mess. Hooking up with your make-up artist, who’s ten years younger, in a sex club could not be called the greatest decision ever. Especially when you’re kind, sort of dating your costar, who had never shown any interest in men before. Choosing would be the adult option, but he can’t. Adam satisfies his every sexual need like no other Dom had ever before, and Chris looks at him like he hung the moon. He knows that he can’t keep these two sides of his life separate forever, but is afraid of what will happen if they crash into each other. Will he lose them both or gain everything he ever wanted?

Regular Price: 2,99

Amazon

Release Date: 2025-02-28

Scene is the first book in a series of interconnected stand alone stories.

Content Warnings:

D/s, stalking from an ex


Mela Súle

Cover for Mela Sule. Three cat-people chat in the woods under a crescent moon. Furthest left is sitting in a wheelchair with silver/gray hair and a scarf. The next has matching silver hair and looks on in anxiety. The third is clearly excited about something and clutching their hands in front of them. The last is seated wearing a military style jacket and sipping on a hot drink.

Astrid Abell

Young Adult, Fantasy

Spiciness / Heat Level: 🍭

Representation: Asexual. Aromantic, Queer

It's Kaedan Beservera's first Mela Súle in a wheelchair. And, without his mother. With his father and grandfather both sick, this year's celebration will only be spent with his child, Inarora. As Kaeden worries he will disappoint his daughter, the two stumble upon a foreign family enjoying Mela Súle for the first time. It will be a memorable winter holiday season for all.

Itchio

Release Date: 2025-02-18

Content Warnings:

Brief mentions of war, brutal injuries, and death.


Men in Focus: A M/M Romance Anthology

Cover for Men in Focus. A slightly out of focus photo of a man that is naked, with soft pink lighting

Rena Butler

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Romance, Science Fiction, Contemporary

Spiciness / Heat Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Representation: Gay, Bi

Six stunning, steamy, and sassy M/M romances — now available in one anthology. From a hurricane in Florida to a diplomatic mission in outer space to the Wild West, this is a collection of stories with Rena Butler’s trademark humor and heat. Gathered together for the first time, Men in Focus is a romantic romp with characters who are flawed, funny, deeply human, and always loveable.

Regular Price: 7.99

Direct from Author || Elsewhere

Release Date: 2025-02-14

Content Warnings:

Some period-era racial language & homophobia in the Western story “The Heir and the Outlaw”


Rainsquall

Cover for Rainsquall. A man is consummed by smoke from a fire that is behind him. IT is a dark night and the smoke has a threatening aura as it wraps around the man.

Penny Moss

Romance, Fantasy, Historical

Spiciness / Heat Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Representation: Gay, Demisexual

Lone shepherd Folke is content to drift through life without the hassle of others. Yet his quiet days come to a thunderous end when a storm forces three enigmatic men to seek refuge in his secluded cottage. Suddenly, Folke’s world is crowded with all the things he worked to avoid, while opening up to many alluring possibilities. Warm skin, shared breaths, and the caress of lips beguile him into what he knows will lead to heartbreak. Each day he grows closer to the men is another day until their inevitable departure—and to secrets that could change all he knows.

Regular Price: $5.99 USD

Release Date: 2025-02-21

Amazon

Content Warnings:

“Mentions of animal death (sheep) and mentions of a dog passing, discussions of parental death, vague suicidal ideation, strong sexual content, foul language, British spelling, overarching themes of depression, violence”


Red, like my bleeding heart in your hand

Two figures sit on the edge of a cliff overlooking a patch of trees, slightly out of focus. Cover for Red like my bleeding heart in your hand.

Sarah B. Elisa

Romance, Contemporary

Spiciness / Heat Level: 🍭

Representation: Gay, Bi

Theodore Spinoza was crying the first time Nash ever saw him. With the principal's hand on his shoulder, she explained that Teddy was new to the school, new to the community, and needed their help to adjust. Everybody knew that only meant to not tease him about his red face and the streaks of snot on his sleeves. At that moment, looking at Teddy all sad and soppy with his sharp chin tipped up anyway, Nash made a decision. With all his six years of worldliness and wisdom, Nash decided no way did he want anything to do with that snot-faced kid. Not when he was already in charge of keeping his snot-faced sister right and happy, and not with Daddy's fits of violence already taking up more than their fair share of his concern. Theodore Spinoza was on his own. It's funny how life can take a decision like that and twist it into something precious and unexpected.

Multiple Retailers

Regular Price: 0.99

This book is part of the Wildflowers of Deliverance series. Read the rest of the series.

Release Date: 2025-02-19

Content Warnings:

Child abuse


The Powers That Be

Cover for The Powers that Be, illustrated. A masked heroine crouches in the streets of a city, poised to strike. A purple flame rises over the horizon behind her, the flames have two large eyes inside of them.

Temple Hart

Science Fiction, Contemporary, Romance

Spiciness / Heat Level: 🌶️

Representation: Lesbian

Dr. Peril is a melodramatic supervillainess out to rule the world. Her nemesis, Diamond, is a kindly Midwestern gal who can lift a truck. Clearly, they're meant for each other. Too bad their employer, the Department of Unnatural Powers, disagrees and will do anything to keep them apart.

Regular Price: $5.99

Kobo || Amazon || BN || Apple

Release Date: 2025-02-11

This is the first book in a planned series.

Content Warnings:

Violence, sexual harassment, attempted sexual assault (thwarted)


My Obedient Girlfriend: A Lesbian BDSM Erotica

Cover for My Obedient Girlfriend. A woman with a leotard stands in profile, one hand raised above her head and another held under her chin, her hip popped out seductively.

Inanna Black

Contemporary, Erotica

Spiciness / Heat Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Representation : Sapphic, Lesbian

I love to dominate my girlfriend—and she loves to submit to me. When I discover her weakness for whipped cream, I find a new, delicious way to test her obedience. She’s hungry, and she’s going to get her fill. Today, I am her tasty treat. And if she’s a good girl, I’ll reward her handsomely for her service.

Amazon

Regular Price: 2.99

Release Date: 2025-02-02

Content Warnings:

BDSM, explicit sex between women, edging, bondage


Under the Light of the New Moon

Cover for Under the Light of the New Moon. A dark creepy forest with an overlay of a representation of the phases of the moon.

Kris Madigan

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Contemporary, Fantasy

Spiciness / Heat Level: 🌶️

Representation: Lesbian, Sapphic

The lights go out every new moon, blanketing the small town of Ashbury in darkness. Erin is restless to leave and start a new life in the city, but is tied to a dead-end job and a grandmother no closer to death than she. On the night of one particular new moon, she finds something more than she could have ever hoped in a mysterious woman who comes to visit.

Itchio

Regular Price: $2.50

Release Date: 2025-02-19

Content Warnings:

“Sexual content, vibes of blood-related rituals”


User Not Found

Cover for User Not Found. A swirl of 1s and 0s loops around a computer that is rather boxy and looks out of place. The computer has some static interference over it.

Dani Finn

Science Fiction, Dystopian

Representation: Trans, Non-binary, Lesbian

Spice Level: 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Jack works for the Censorship Bureau of the Incorporated States, scanning transgressive fics for clues to the identities of the authors. It's a shit job, and it's getting to him. He finds himself unnaturally drawn in by transgressive a fic by UserNotFound26A6. He can't stop thinking about it and about the author he's nicknamed Oomf. He should just turn them in and be done with it, but his curiosity must be satisfied. What he discovers at the used bookstore where the fic was posted will change him forever. This 12,000-word dystopian short story is set in a not-too-distant future that is by turns bleak and oddly hopeful.

Itchio || Elsewhere

Regular Price: $2.00

Release Date: 2025-19-02

Content Warnings

This story is meant for adult audiences and contains drinking, drug use, societal transphobia, and explicit, consensual sex scenes.


Reborn at the Shores of Awakening

Illustrated cover for the Wonders of Mundus 1: Reborn on the Shores of Awakening. A foxgirl in adventuring clothing stands in a sea of water and stars next to the wreckage of a boat. A villainess with starwberry earings cackles, the back of her hand held to the side of her mouth.

Talia Elliott Belser

Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery

Spiciness / Heat Level: 🌶️🌶️

Representation: Lesbian, Queer, Trans, Non-binary

Official Paperback Release!

A closeted transgender woman is about to get way too into her favorite MMO. It's 2047, and our protagonist wakes up face-down in the sands of the Shores of Awakening – a starter area of their favorite VRMMO, Another World Online: Mundane Phantasy Historia – as avatar Deedee Yeowoo, a foxgirl healer. Something's wrong – she can't log out, and as part of the late-game raiding guild Dungeon-Crawling And Chill, shouldn't be at first level. Moreover, she's not alone – at least some of her friends in the guild, as well as the innocent newbie and streamer Ace Striker, are along for the ride. How can they survive such an adventure friendly – which is to say, violent and monster-filled – world? Why are they here? And why does this avatar feel more comfortable to Deedee Yeowoo's player than her real life body ever did?”

Discounted Via IngramSpark

Regular Price: 19.95 Discounted Price: 14.95

This is the first book in the Wonders of Mundus series

Release Date: 2025-02-28

Content Warnings:

“Violence, transphobia”


A very happy release month to all who put out a new book, serial, novella, or other form of queer lit this month! Next month, we will be celebrating Trans Visibility Day in addition to our regular weekly discount posts and our end of the month round ups. You can sign up for all of them at our booking website. Don’t forget to subscribe so you never miss an issue!