Through characters like Jocasta Mackenzie, sub-sections of the Outlander fandom also caused trouble when the Outlander showrunners wrote in Scotland’s role in racist colonial enslavement. But as Jay begins crossing items off his list, he’ll soon be torn between his heart and his hormones, his old friends and his new ones . In the wider social context, I also saw Good Luck to You, Leo Grande which (un)arguably fetishises Black male bodies to accentuate white womanhood.

Though, to varying degrees even as far as superficial visibility — the late 1980s up to the early to mid 2000s seemed to do more for me. Josh's straight relationship with his GF is kinda tiptoed around and she's barely even described, I focus on *him* while he's getting pegged, should still be a pleasurable read for the gays! Walden is convinced to go along for the ride, but there’s an unshakeable feeling in the pit of his stomach that it won’t be a simple visit to his lover’s home. At the height of the conflict between the Empire and the Stormcloaks, Owain Gevlac and his superior, Sylvia Ironhilt, are sent to the "village" of Stayhelm Mire.

Nehni thinks: if a rabbit is a food, if a rabbit is a pest, and my family are all rabbits, what does that make us?

When Ben De Backer comes out to their parents as nonbinary, they’re thrown out of the house and forced to move in with their estranged sister Hannah and her husband Thomas, someone they’ve never met. A powerful novel about fear, first love, and the devastating impact of prejudice, A Very Large Expanse of Sea follows Shirin, a 16-year-old Muslim girl living in post-9/11 America. With the strength of one last dance with death, she makes an escape from her wife, but she cannot do it alone. Told in dual narrative between Will and Jocelyn, this YA romance explores the topics of mental health, race, and ultimately, self-acceptance as the pair explore the challenges and triumphs of their cross-cultural relationship. A retelling of Beauty and the Beast , this novel gives one of history’s favorite love stories a memorable modern twist.

Minor, landless nobles descended from the bastard line of Isidore D'Arlesans, Duke of Arlesans in the Exalted Age.

Sergeant Jo Barnes (Hilary Swank) and her elite, all-female US Army investigative team are renowned for cracking complex sex-crime cases within the military. Frightened for Maddie's safety, she picks her up and takes her back to her father, not knowing what she's about to step into.

With her school’s spoken word contest looming, Soma must decide: Is she brave enough to put herself out there?