Series in Transgender Fiction
Books in Transgender Fiction
Aria
Aria and Sebastian are wildly different in every way but the one that truly matters: their love for one another. But their newfound happiness is about to be torn apart. ARIA Aria's anything but the girl next door. She's a tall, strong woman, a transgender beauty in tight leather and goth makeup who doesn't take shit from anyone. When she's not building custom motorcycles, she's out riding her own, helping out at the biker bar owned by the older couple she considers her would-be parents, or alone in her apartment, reading, painting, or playing her guitar. She's had her heart broken too many times to believe she'll ever find love or happiness, and the demons of her violent past will never stop haunting her. SEBASTIAN Sebastian's world burned down around him six years before, taking from him everyone and everything he loved and leaving him with deep physical and emotional scars. After wandering through a guilt-fueled hell of alcohol and drug addiction, something called him back from the brink of self-destruction. A quiet, big-hearted man and a genius with numbers, all he wanted after climbing out of the pit was to live in lonely penance of his past sins until death finally claimed him. FIRST LOVE AFFAIR When Aria confronts Sebastian over her motorcycle, he tells her something no one else ever had: "You're beautiful." Those words rocked her world, dousing the anger that had been her constant companion for as long as she could remember. While two people couldn't be more different, they fit perfectly together and Aria soon found herself falling into her very first love affair with a man she was crazy about and who was crazy about her. For the first time in her life, she knew what it was to be happy At least until the nightmare of a past they unknowingly shared caught up with them. After Sebastian is kidnapped by the criminal cartel she once worked for, Aria and those who care for her unleash hell on wheels to save him and seek revenge for all those the cartel had murdered and enslaved. Author's note: This novel contains several scenes of explicit sex and violence.
Beta Test
Opposites attract for two workplace rivals in this forced proximity romance from bestselling author Annabeth Albert Player vs. Player. Fight! Brilliant graphic designer Ravi Tandel is ahead of the game—he’s just been asked to present a top secret project at a huge conference in Seattle. All systems are go...until he learns his buttoned-up office nemesis is coming along for the ride. Tristan Jones isn’t really the gamer type, but he knows the back end of the video game business inside out. Together, he and Ravi will give an awesome presentation. If they survive the cross-country trip first. Tossed together in close quarters, Ravi’s shocked to see Tristan’s sexy, softer side emerge from such a conservative shell. He’s less shocked to learn his handsome colleague’s prominent family would never support an out-and-proud son. But Ravi didn’t struggle through his own coming out to hide who he is now. To be together, Tristan will have to push past his fear and ultimately decide: Does he want a future with Ravi? Or is it game over before they’ve even begun? #gaymers Book 1: Status Update Book 2: Beta Test Book 3: Connection Error Also by Annabeth Albert: Shore Leave Book 1: Sailor Proof Book 2: Sink or Swim Out of Uniform Book 1: Off Base Book 2: At Attention Book 3: On Point Book 4: Wheels Up Book 5: Squared Away Book 6: Tight Quarters Book 7: Rough Terrain Hotshots: Book 1: Burn Zone Book 2: High Heat Book 3: Feel the Fire Book 4: Up in Smoke
Same Difference
Nineteen-year-old trans woman Eliza is missing . . . and her worried father sets private investigators Fran and Ken Stein on her trail in this second instalment of the light-hearted and fun cozy mystery series with a paranormal twist. Taking a break from their usual business of helping adoptees find their birth parents, New York private investigators - and super-sized, ever-so-slightly-paranormal siblings - Fran and Ken Stein accept a job to find a missing young woman. Nineteen-year-old college student Eliza Hennessey is trans - and she has a rocky relationship with her father, their new client. Brian's convinced his daughter's vanished, rather than run away, but Fran and Ken aren't so sure she wants to be found. The PI duo investigate, and soon Fran is butting heads with her irritating sort-of-ex-boyfriend Mank at the NYPD, who has what seems to be a similar case on his desk. But not even Fran could guess how tangled their investigations are going to get, and how deep they'll need to dive into murder and mayhem to solve the case! The new instalment of the Fran and Ken Stein mystery series, following Ukulele of Death , has it all: unique characters, witty humour and a twisty mystery plot to die for!
Shae
From “a highest-order storyteller of Southern noir” ( Electric Literature) , a queer coming-of-age novel about addiction, belonging, and loving a place that doesn't always love you back. When sixteen-year-old Shae meets Cam, who is new to their small town in West Virginia, she thinks she has found someone who is everything she has ever wanted in a companion. The two become fast friends, and then more. And when Shae ends up pregnant, Cam begins a different transition—trying on clothes that Shae can no longer fit into and using female pronouns. Shae tries to be fully supportive as Cam becomes the person she wants and needs to be. After a traumatic C-section and the birth of their daughter, Eva, Shae is given opioids to manage the intense pain. During the first year of Eva’s life, Shae’s dependence shifts from pain management to addiction, and her days begin to revolve around getting more pills. In the heart of West Virginia, opioids are dispensed as freely as candy, and Shae is just one of many to fall victim to addiction. Meanwhile, as Cam continues to transition, she embraces new relationships and faces the reality of being a trans woman in rural America. Shae is as much about these two young women as it is about the home they both love despite its limitations. Following the acclaimed Sugar Run and Perpetual West , this is Mesha Maren’s most intense and intimate novel yet.
We're Here, We're Here
Critically acclaimed sci-fi author K.M. Szpara probes the ethics of genetic engineering in this Tor.com Original short story "We're Here, We're Here" Joining a boyband gave Tyler everything he ever dreamed of. A close-knit group of friends, the chance to model a beautiful masculinity, and a vocal implant that lets him sing even better than he did before transitioning. But deep on tour, Tyler realizes he wants more from one of his bandmates, yearns for a love that would never fit the image that has been carefully crafted for him. His manager wants him to be the heartthrob: available, wholesome, and pure. And since his manager gave Tyler his voice, he can always take it away again. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.