Item category 1: LGBTQ+

Jessie 'Mouse' Swift needs to get the hell out of Seattle. A few days ago she admitted to wanting her abusive stepfather dead, only to come home and find his murdered body. So when a girl from school offers Jessie a ride in her vintage red Mustang, they embark on an unexpected road trip across Am...

Danny is sixteen and spending his summer in Rome. As his mother works all day in a museum dedicated to the preservation of books, he wanders the city's ancient, lonely streets, not really sure what he's looking for - until a voice calls to him, and a strange, beautiful boy steps into his life. An...

The centuries-old prophecy has been fulfilled at last: the New Maiden has returned to Velle. Unfortunately, so has a malicious demi-god, whose elusive prophet is intent on converting the New Maiden's followers. The Second Son is a vengeful, angry deity, whose psalm resonates with the disenfranchi...

When Japanese-American teenager, Adam, discovers a diary in his attic, he is enthralled by its account of a young Japanese woman's life. A hundred years separate them yet she, like Adam, is caught between cultures, relationships and heartbreak. She also writes of the ghosts that have begun to see...

Forty years ago, sixteen-year-old David faced heartbreak when his family rejected him for coming out. Since then, David has vowed to always help anyone in need. So, when he spots a woman crying outside his flower shop one afternoon, he simply cannot ignore her. Meg is newly engaged to the love of...

With warmth and humour, Elizabeth Lovatt reimagines the women who both called and volunteered for the Lesbian Line in the 1990s, whilst also tracing her own journey from accidentally coming out to disastrous dates to finding her chosen family. With callers and agents alike dealing with first crus...

Last year, Iggy almost drowned, losing all memory of their magical Mediterranean holiday. Determined to piece together the fragments of their forgotten summer, they return to Europe to retrace their steps, from the sun-drenched shores of St. Tropez to the colossal ruins of Rome. When their paddle...

Auden is finding different ways to be themself. The first - using their new chosen name, which feels most authentically them. The second - starting a food blog where they can share their passion for food, through family recipes and the stories behind them. And when the blog brings them Valerie, t...

Despite increasing openness around bisexuality, it's often still seen as something temporary: a sign of immaturity or a way station on the road to a different sexuality altogether. In this cultural history, Sam Mills reclaims bisexuality as its own identity, interweaving her experience of being b...

Clever thief Felix seizes an opportunity to steal a helmet in Pompeii. But as he's chased by a mysterious patrician, Felix discovers the helmet is not only a priceless artefact but a relic of the god Mercury. When Felix touches it, pieces of his forgotten past begin to simmer. Loren, an aspiring ...