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Lee Osorio
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Joel de la Fuente
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The Shape of Water meets The Greatest Showman in this queer historical cozy fantasy, as a young Puerto Rican immigrant goes through a journey of love and self-discovery after capturing a merman for a Coney Island sideshow act in turn-of-the-20th-century New York.
“Venessa gives life to the most unexpected things. I have a strong, strong feeling that this is the start of something special.”—TJ KLUNE, New York Times Bestselling Author of The House in the Cerulean Sea
Benigno “Benny” Caldera knows an orphaned Boricua blacksmith in 1910s New York City can’t call himself an artist. But the ironwork tank he creates for famed Coney Island playground, Luna Park, astounds everyone, especially the eccentric side-show proprietor who commissioned it. Benny’s work earns him an invitation to join the show’s eclectic crew of performers—his first welcome in the city—and share in their astonishing secret: the tank Benny built is a cage for their newest exhibit, a living, breathing, in-the-flesh merman stolen from the banks of the East River under a gleaming full moon.
The merman is more than a mythic marvel, though. Benny comes to know Río as a clever philosopher, an observant traveler, and a kindred spirit more beautiful and compassionate than any human he’s ever met. Despite their different worlds, what begins as a friendship of necessity deepens to love, leading Benny’s heart into uncharted waters where he can no longer ignore the agonizing truth of Río’s captivity—and his own.
A cage is no place for a merman to survive. Though releasing Río means betraying his new family, bankrupting their home, and losing his soulmate forever, Benny must look within for the courage to do what’s right, and find a love strong enough to free them both.
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Futbolista
- By: Jonny Garza Villa
- Narrated by: Robb Moreira
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Gabriel Piña knows who he is: a college goalkeeper, a future Liga MX or MLS star, and definitely straight. He’s starting his freshman year with a lot of eyes on him and even more potential, but he’s got this. Nothing will have him straying off the path to greatness. That is, until his philosophy classmate Vale volunteers to tutor him. Vale, the same guy who Gabi, in a moment of history repeating itself, might’ve kissed very briefly—and only once—just to help him out at a party.
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ABSOLUTELY LOVED!!!
- By Adam Harper on 05-22-25
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Disco Witches of Fire Island
- A Novel
- By: Blair Fell
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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It’s 1989, and Joe Agabian and his best friend Ronnie set out to spend their first summer working in the hedonistic gay paradise of Fire Island Pines. Joe is desperate to let loose and finally move beyond the heartbreak of having lost his boyfriend to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The two friends are quickly taken in by a pair of quirky, older house cleaners. But something seems off, and Joe starts to suspect the two older men of being up to something otherworldly. In truth, Howie and Lenny are members of a secret disco witch coven tasked with protecting the island.
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WOW! What a great book!
- By Ace on 06-14-25
By: Blair Fell
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How to Have a Killer Time in DC
- Oliver Popp’s Travel Guides to Murder, Book 1
- By: Sam Lumley
- Narrated by: Andre Bellido
- Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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For twenty-four-year-old Oliver Popp, autism is just another fact of life. As long as Oliver sticks to a comfortable itinerary planned in advance, he gets by just fine as a staff writer for Offbeat Traveler magazine. But a curveball drops into Oliver's budding career when his first feature assignment takes him to Washington, DC, to chronicle the latest tourism trends. His freelance project photographer is Ricky Warner, a gregarious and impulsively adorable shot of adrenaline.
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Promising start to a new series!
- By Kevin LS on 06-15-25
By: Sam Lumley
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ELIZANDHE`S DREAM
- By: Maysun Halah Bañón
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs
- Unabridged
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Elizandhe moves to the city in search of a new beginning. Everything in her life is normal, until one day a series of strange dreams begin to happen. In them, she will meet an enigmatic dream companion with whom she will establish a much closer relationship than expected. Everything seems to be normal, until, somehow, his dreams invade his real life. Can fiction overcome reality, and is it possible to fall in love in a dream? Find out by accompanying Eli in this adventure full of unknowns, betrayal, justice and love.
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Eat the Ones You Love
- By: Sarah Maria Griffin
- Narrated by: Barry McStay, Lauren O’Leary
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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After losing her job and her fiancé and moving back from the city to live with her parents, Shell Pine needs some help. And according to the sign in the window, the florist shop in the mall does too. Shell gets the gig, and the flowers she works with there are just the thing she needs to cheer up. Or maybe it’s Neve, the beautiful shop manager, who is making her days so rosy? But you have to get your hands dirty if you want your garden to grow—and Neve’s secrets are as dark and dangerous as they come.
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Amazing book
- By Rose Bowen on 05-08-25
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Is That an Aura of Wild Magic Engulfing You, Or Are You Just Pleased to See Me?
- Magic, Monsters and Radical Empathy
- By: Michael Coolwood
- Narrated by: Michael Coolwood
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Queer disabled joy. Emotional pain manifests literally around Laceco. He doesn’t know why, maybe he was cursed when he crossed the Ember Trail. He’s tried living as a hermit in the mountains, hoping the wild magic wouldn’t ensnare anyone else. He managed a month before the wild magic teleported a new victim into his shack. He tried running, but he couldn’t get very far thanks to post-viral fatigue. He’s drawn to the Ember Cavalcade, a nomadic caravan run for disabled people, by disabled people.
By: Michael Coolwood
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Behooved
- By: M. Stevenson
- Narrated by: Natalie Naudus
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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A charming slow-burn romantasy featuring a duty-bound noblewoman with a chronic illness, a prince who would rather be in a library than on a throne, and a magical ride through a world of cozy enchantment.
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Good but spicy
- By Joella Berkner on 05-28-25
By: M. Stevenson
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Fragments of Asgard
- A Faint Touch of Asgard
- By: Deanne Dietz
- Narrated by: Allie Rose
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Conquer what may destroy you, though resilience can only get you so far. After one fateful night, Blake's destiny comes into view, and she finds that her life is not of this realm. Asgard is her true home, and she must stop Ragnarök from coming. Will she be able to conquer the darkness within or will it consume her?
By: Deanne Dietz
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Notes from a Regicide
- By: Isaac Fellman
- Narrated by: Avi Roque
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Griffon Keming’s second parents saved him from his abusive family. They taught him how to be trans, paid for his transition, and tried to love him as best they could. But Griffon’s new parents had troubles of their own—both were deeply scarred by the lives they lived before Griffon, the struggles they faced to become themselves, and the failed revolution that drove them from their homeland. When they died, they left an unfillable hole in his heart.
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Spectacular work from a great author.
- By Meghan Elison on 04-24-25
By: Isaac Fellman
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The Sea Gives Up the Dead
- By: Molly Olguín
- Narrated by: Heather Kay Ling
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
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Molly Olguín brings us The Sea Gives Up the Dead, a collection of stories sprinkled into the soil of fairy tales, left to take root and grow wild there. A lovesick nanny slays a dragon. The devil tries to save her mother. A girl drowns and becomes a saint. Three kids plot to blow up their dad, a grieving mother sails the sea to find her son's grave, a scientist brings a voice to life, and a mermaid falls into the power of a witch. Here, historical fiction, horror, and fantasy tangle together in a queer garden of love, grief, and longing.
By: Molly Olguín
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El sueño de Elizandhe
- By: Maysun Halah Bañón
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 39 mins
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Elizandhe se traslada a la ciudad en busca de un nuevo comienzo. Todo en su vida es normal, hasta que un día comienzan a suceder una serie de extraños sucesos relacionados con sus sueños. En ellos, una mujer de ojos azules se convierte en compañera onírica a la que tratará de ayudar. Todo parece ser medianamente normal, hasta que al despertar, ve que sus sueños han invadido la realidad. ¿Puede la ficción superar la realidad? ¿Es posible enamorarse de un sueño? Descúbrelo acompañando a Eli en esta aventura llena de incógnitas, traición, justicia y amor.
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Crueler Mercies
- By: Maren Chase
- Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
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After nine years as the people's beloved princess in the sun-soaked Kingdom of Carca, Vita witnesses the execution of her mother by her father's hand. Forced into exile, Vita fades into obscurity with her only friends—the crows that visit her window. Eleven years later, Vita is given a choice: marry an enemy general, granting him legitimacy to take the throne, or die as the forgotten princess. With time running out, Vita meets Soline, an intriguing lady-in-waiting who introduces her to the powerful but unstable magic of alchemy.
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Vengeance is best served by persecuted women
- By Stevie on 06-07-25
By: Maren Chase
A man, fired from his job and evicted from his house, is lured in to a circus in hopes to find a new home. The ringleader is trying to keep the circus afloat by taking sketchy deals and capturing a mythical creature for a new exhibit in his show.
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LGBT Rep
Mermen, circus folk, and found family.
Narrator and Story 5/5
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a devastating beautiful queer romance
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Beautifully moving and utterly romantic
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Engaging narrator and impactful love story
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And our primary narrator is a talented wonder, imbuing each character with their own voice and elevating an already stellar prose with a performance that’s enthralling. The secondary narrator, the voice of the mermaid, while used infrequently, still provides a foothold for the audience.
This was clearly a labor of love on the author’s part and that makes the experience for the reader all the more moving.
Acceptance of love in all its forms and an immersive narration!
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Beautiful love story
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Easy 5 star listen!
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