Bywater Books

  • Beloved Disciples

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    A dazzling gay love story where devotion sparkles in memory, obsession dances on the edge of reality, and a young man discovers the power of first love.

    Sim?n fell in love the first night he stepped in

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    • Author: Elías, Mario
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: May 12 2026
    • ISBN10: 1612943373
    • Language: English
  • Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons

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    Prepare for intrigue, suspense, and unforgettable twists in this groundbreaking anthology of queer crime fiction.

    In 2023, crime fiction anthologies featured 517 stories across 30 titles–but shockingl

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    • Author: Copenhaver, John
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 400
    • Publish Date: September 02 2025
    • ISBN10: 161294325X
    • Language: English
  • And Introducing Dexter Gaines: A Novel of Old Hollywood

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    Emmy, Golden Globe, and GLAAD Award-winning writer Mark B. Perry deftly weaves fictional characters with well-known personalities of Hollywood’s golden age into this powerful and sparkling novel about

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    • Author: Perry, Mark B.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 370
    • Publish Date: May 06 2025
    • ISBN10: 1612943136
    • Language: English
  • The Ever End

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    A mysterious figure. A dead televangelist. A series of bizarre rituals.

    Margo has spent most of her life without a family, and with a telekinetic gift she can’t quite explain. Since losing her mother l

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    • Author: Wilson, Audrey
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 260
    • Publish Date: August 05 2025
    • ISBN10: 1612943233
    • Language: English
  • Something Close to Nothing

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    First comes surrogacy, then comes the messy gay breakup in Tom Pyun’s tragi-comic debut novel that asks, is it ever too late to finally face yourself and grow up?

    Winston Kang and Jared Cahill seem lik

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    • Author: Pyun, Tom
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 250
    • Publish Date: November 12 2024
    • ISBN10: 1612942997
    • Language: English
  • Chocolate Chip City

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    Singer-songwriter and filmmaker Be Steadwell’s lyrical debut is Practical Magic meets Black Cake in this warm and wry family drama with a magical twist about three sisters, a vision of princes, true l

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    • Author: Steadwell, Be
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 370
    • Publish Date: June 03 2025
    • ISBN10: 1612943152
    • Language: English
  • Emerald Road: A Tale of Love, War, and Betrayal

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    In this powerful prequel to The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants, Orlando Ortega-Medina weaves an inspiring story of survival, love, and resilience set against the violent backdrop of 1980s El Salvador.

    Isa

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    • Author: Ortega-Medina, Orlando
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 362
    • Publish Date: January 14 2025
    • ISBN10: 1612943020
    • Language: English
  • Compass Rose

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    In the year 2513, the only thing higher than the seas is what’s at stake for those who sail them. Rose was born facing due north, with an inherent perception of cardinal points flowing through her vei

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    • Series: A Compass Rose Novel #1
    • Author: Burke, Anna
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 375
    • Publish Date: July 10 2018
    • ISBN10: 1612941192
    • Language: English
  • Bloodline

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    Jenn Alexander introduces readers to a different kind of romance–think Buffy the Vampire Slayer in a coffee shop with lesbians, vampires, and a wide selection of coffinated beverages.

    Still reeling fr

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    • Author: Alexander, Jenn
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: April 09 2024
    • ISBN10: 1612942814
    • Language: English
  • The Black Bird of Chernobyl

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    Two-time Lambda Literary Award-winning author Ann McMan takes readers inside the inner workings of the funeral home business as only she can in this remarkable and wholly unforgettable romantic comedy

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    • Author: McMan, Ann
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 300
    • Publish Date: July 09 2024
    • ISBN10: 1612942873
    • Language: English
  • Tea Leaves

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    Tea Leaves is an astonishing collection of fables for our time by a young writer of tremendous power and promise.

    Tea Leaves presents 17 speculative short stories that place queer characters in larger-

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    • Author: Budenz, Jacob
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 250
    • Publish Date: September 19 2023
    • ISBN10: 161294275X
    • Language: English
  • Spindrift

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    Sometimes love finds you when you least expect it . . .

    Morgan Donovan had everything she ever wanted: a dream job as a large animal veterinarian, awesome friends, and a loving and supportive fianc e.

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    • Series: A Seal Cove Romance #1
    • Author: Burke, Anna
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 296
    • Publish Date: August 25 2020
    • ISBN10: 161294177X
    • Language: English
  • Thorn

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    On a cold day deep in the heart of winter, Rowan’s father returns from an ill-fated hunting trip bearing a single, white rose. The rose is followed by the Huntress, a figure out of legend. Tall, cruel

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    • Author: Burke, Anna
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 215
    • Publish Date: January 29 2019
    • ISBN10: 1612941435
    • Language: English
  • Two Wings to Fly Away

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    In 1856 Philadelphia, a cross-dressing runaway slave named Genie Oliver uses her dress shop as a front for her work with the Underground Railroad. Reluctant white heiress Abby Read runs a rooming hous… [more below]

    • Series: Two Wings Saga #1
    • Author: Mickelbury, Penny
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 325
    • Publish Date: May 21 2019
    • ISBN10: 1612941494
    • Language: English
  • Paper Is White

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    When oral historian Ellen Margolis and her girlfriend decide to get married, Ellen realizes that she can’t go through with a wedding until she tells her grandmother. There’s only one problem: her gran

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    • Author: Zaid, Hilary
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 318
    • Publish Date: March 13 2018
    • ISBN10: 1612941133
    • Language: English
  • Bury Me When I’m Dead

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    Charlene “Charlie” Mack is a PI in Detroit. Born and raised in the city that America forgot, Charlie has built a highly respected private investigations firm through hard work, smart choices, and rele

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    • Series: Charlie Mack Motown Mystery #1
    • Author: Head, Cheryl A.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 220
    • Publish Date: August 02 2016
    • ISBN10: 1612940676
    • Language: English
  • Dead Letters from Paradise

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    Two-time Lambda Literary Award-winning author Ann McMan introduces readers to a spinster postal investigator for the Winston-Salem Dead Letter Office who finds herself enmeshed in the mystery of solvi

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    • Author: McMan, Ann
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 316
    • Publish Date: June 28 2022
    • ISBN10: 1612942350
    • Language: English
  • Touch of the Bone

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    After a lifetime spent steeped in death L.A. Franco has retired from the LAPD and has plunged head first into living–but separating her two worlds isn’t as easy as she hoped.

    Following the death of “S

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    • Author: Trautman, Baxter Clare
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: August 08 2023
    • ISBN10: 1612942717
    • Language: English
  • Consecrated Ground

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    Consecrated Ground is a multiracial lesbian paranormal tour de force that will leave you wary of the shadows and absolutely breathless.

    Like her father before her, Joan Matthews is a witch. For generat

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    • Author: Black, Virginia
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 248
    • Publish Date: February 07 2023
    • ISBN10: 1612942555
    • Language: English
  • The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants

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    Award-winning author and immigration attorney Orlando Ortega-Medina returns to 1990s San Francisco in The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants, a powerful family drama that plays out within a captivating legal

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    • Author: Ortega-Medina, Orlando
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 335
    • Publish Date: April 18 2023
    • ISBN10: 1612942636
    • Language: English
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