A black woman’s SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK. When a bipolar diagnosis rips her out of her cozy city life, Michelle Delphinia is forced to retreat to her dysfunctional family. She’s desperate to avoid stigma, but she must accept her reality before denial destroys her relationships and hard-won career.
Soon-to-be-divorced September has thirty days to renovate herself at her parents’ Floridian retirement home before she can return to Boston and hope to avoid her cheating ex. Falling for the hot, bi bartender at the Iris—the local drag haven—certainly wasn’t on her agenda. But when rumors circulate of the Iris closing, September must act fast to save her new home and budding relationship, or risk having to start over, all over again.
Halley lost out on a coveted grant and needs a source of income before she’s broke. She’ll have to rely on her jock-whispering tutoring skills to survive the semester financially. Quinton knows every move on the football field but has to ace Organic Chemistry to keep his pre-med dreams alive in case his body breaks. Together, their sexual chemistry sizzles, but their future paths point opposite directions.
As the only transgender contestant on his favorite televised baking competition, Blaise Thompson wants his baking to stand out while he keeps his gender identity private. But when Blaise falls for fellow competitor Erik, he must risk vulnerability, or he may lose more than the contest. The Great British Bake-Off meets Play It Again.
Environmental litigator Ev Kovach has made a killing defending Big Industry against the “little guy.” But when she’s zapped from Earth and appointed to defend Homo sapiens in the Intergalactic Court of Justice, she’ll not only discover if she has what it takes to save her species from extermination, but also what it means to be human.
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