By Krista Hutley, Teen Librarian
We all need a happily ever after sometimes. Here are seven novels for adults featuring LGBTQ+ characters that will give you all the feels.
Once Ghosted, Twice Shy: A Reluctant Royals Novella by Alyssa Cole
While her boss the prince was wooing his betrothed, Likotski had her own romance. Unfortunately it ended in heartbreak. She runs into the woman who broke her heart while back in NYC and agrees to meet again, hoping to find out why Fabiola unceremoniously dumped her. Their meeting goes well enough that they end up exploring the city together and wondering if they can take a second chance on each other.
Digital Library of Illinois Ebook: https://dlil.overdrive.com/nsls-wilmettepublic/content/media/4322844
American Dreamer by Adriana Herrera
Nesto Vasquez has six months to make it work after moving his Afro-Caribbean food truck to the wilds of Upstate New York —the last thing he needs is a distraction. Jude Fuller is proud of the life he's built on the banks of Cayuga Lake, with a great job and friends, but he’s lonely. Jude can’t help flirting with Nesto when he tries Ithaca's most-talked-about new lunch spot. Their connection is real but can they overcome their pasts to be together?
Digital Library of Illinois Ebook: https://dlil.overdrive.com/nsls-wilmettepublic/content/media/4414712
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
Bisexual Danika Brown is anti-romance; she devotes her time to her academic career with an occasional roll in the hay to relive all that tension. When brooding security guard Zafir Ansari rescues her from a workplace fire drill gone wrong, his heroic rescue goes viral. Now half the internet is shipping #DrRugbae - and Zaf is begging Dani to play along to help his kids’ nonprofit. Dani's plan is simple: fake a relationship in public, seduce Zaf behind the scenes. But grumpy Zaf is secretly a romantic - and he's determined to corrupt Dani's stone-cold realism.
Call number: F Hibbert, T (coming soon)
Digital Library of Illinois Ebook: https://dlil.overdrive.com/nsls-wilmettepublic/content/media/5004946
How to Be a Normal Person by TJ Klune
Gustavo Tiberius is not normal. He knows this. Everyone in his small town of Abby, Oregon, knows this. And he's fine with that. All he wants is to be left alone. Until Casey, an asexual stoner hipster and the newest employee at Lottie’s Lattes, enters his life. For some reason, Casey thinks Gus is the greatest thing ever. And maybe Gus is starting to think the same thing about Casey, even if Casey is obsessive about Instagramming his food.
Digital Library of Illinois Ebook:https://dlil.overdrive.com/nsls-wilmettepublic/content/media/5085861
When Katie Met Cassidy by Camille Perri
Katie Daniels is a perfection-seeking 28-year-old lawyer living the New York dream who has gladly left behind her Kentucky past. Her bubble is burst when she is suddenly dumped by her finance, art curator Paul Michael, leaving her devastated and completely lost. On a whim, she agrees to have a drink with Cassidy Price--a self-assured, sexually promiscuous woman she meets at work. The two form a newfound friendship, which soon brings into question everything Katie thought she knew about sex--and love.
Call number: F Perri, C.
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Rogues Make a Right by Cat Sebastian
Will Sedgwick can't believe that after months of searching for his oldest friend, Martin Easterbrook is found hiding in an attic like a gothic nightmare. Intent on nursing Martin back to health, Will takes him to the countryside to recover. Martin doesn't much care where he is or even how he got there. He's much more concerned that the man he's loved his entire life is currently waiting on him hand and foot. Martin knows he's a lost cause, one he doesn't want Will to waste his life on. As a lifetime of love transforms into a tender passion both men always desired but neither expected, can they envision a life free from the restrictions of the past?
Digital Library of Illinois Ebook:https://dlil.overdrive.com/nsls-wilmettepublic/content/media/4824822 (coming soon)
The Lady’s Guide to Celestial Mechanics by Olivia Waite
As Lucy Muchelney watches her ex-lover's sham of a wedding, she wishes herself anywhere else. It isn't until she finds a letter from the Countess of Moth, looking for someone to translate a groundbreaking French astronomy text, that she knows where to go. Catherine St Day looks forward to a quiet widowhood once her late husband's scientific legacy is fulfilled. She expected to hand off the translation and wash her hands of the project—instead, she is intrigued by the young woman who turns up at her door. Unexpectedly to both, they fall in love, but sabotage and old wounds threaten to sever the threads that bind them. Can Lucy and Catherine find the strength to stay together or are they doomed to be star-crossed lovers?
Call number: F Waite, O.
