@riptidepublishing.bsky.social
A boutique publisher of LGBT+ fiction - shared staff account.
What's better than a quirky gay romance in time for Valentineβs Day? How bout a quirky gay romance in time for Valentineβs Day πFOR ONLY A DOLLAR?π
Get our odd couple/star-crossed roommate romance for practically free THIS WEEK ONLY!
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Lessons In Timing by Sylvia Barry
Lessons In Balance by Sylvia Barry
Lessons In Timing by @sylviabarry.bsky.social is on sale Feb. 3rd-6th - $0.99 FOR A LIMITED TIME!
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β¨ LESSONS IN BALANCE OUT NOW - The thrilling sequel to Lucas and Armand's story - www.amazon.com/Lessons-Bala...
Lessons in Balance by Sylvia Barry - book cover
Armand will come to him when heβs readyβor so Lucas hopesβand he has bigger fish (and chips) to fry ...
Book 2 in the Lessons series by @sylviabarry.bsky.social is almost here!
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Lessons in Balance by Author Sylvia Barry - a purple and green cover featuring two well-dressed men.
LESSONS IN BALANCE by @sylviabarry.bsky.social is almost here! Featuring a London setting, plenty of humor, and enough twists to keep you guessing.
"Thereβs a delicate balance between falling in love and falling apart." | Release date - 12/22/25
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β¨οΈCover Reveal!!β¨οΈ
LESSONS IN BALANCE is the sequel following the events of LESSONS IN TIMING (our Odd Couple, opposites attract romcom):
"Thereβs a delicate balance between falling in love and falling apart."
Coming 12/22 from @riptidepublishing.bsky.social
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If you're going to shop this week, the best thing you can do for your community & workers is focus on small businesses, local shops, and independent artists. Hit up your Main Street. Order some great queer stories from @riptidepublishing.bsky.social or bath & body from healthy-plantet.square.site ;D
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I was in Trinidad Co. a few weeks ago. In the town history museum there is an exhibit about Dr. Stanley Biber. Starting in 1969, he was pioneering gender affirming surgery. Trinidad became βthe sex change capital of the USβ.
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Seriously, itβs everywhere and if you genuinely didnβt know, thatβs okay. The only way to get better is by learning and this is a great place to start.
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2025 Best Book Awards Finalist - DEMARIS: PROTOCOL, by Brian Randall will make your pulse race from the very first page. Based on TRUE events.
Read what really happened: www.amazon.com/Demaris-Prot...
Sundays With Oliver by Kelly Jensen.
SUNDAYS WITH OLIVER is $0.99 for a limited time! Check out the whole Hearts & Crafts series: 3 unique stories about finding love later in life. Available everywhere ebooks are sold.
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Are you an #LGBTQIA+ #library, #bookstore, book club, individual, or other organization that could use queer novels? @riptidepublishing.bsky.social has 4 queer romance titles we'll send you for exact shipping costs (or pick up free in WNC). Get 4 or 400; we want to spread queer joy. DM me!
30.09.2025 18:20 β π 1 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0How long have your characters been rattling around your brain? Are they strangers or old friends? WE WANNA KNOW! π₯°
Our characters in LESSONS IN TIMING have been around for different lengths of time π€ͺhttps://a.co/d/0sMrxPd
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Demaris: Protocol by Brian Randall.
DEMARIS: PROTOCOL by Brian Randall is the thrilling spy novel you've been waiting for.
BookLife said: "Randall offers an incredibly fresh concept that will fascinate readers, particularly as the circumstances are based on true events."
Read the Full Review: booklife.com/project/dema...
It doesn't, correct, but if we make WC in audio, we'll announce it!
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1) Audio is already here! We're about to do a big announcement, so congrats on being the first to know. ;)
Link: www.audible.com/pd/Cut-Run-A...
2) Nothing will happen to your books! Those are yours forever. The new versions will be new versions, so a whole other book.
Dive into the story of young Alexander the Great--and his deep bond with Hephaistion--as he comes of age. This evocative YA, LGBT duology was written by Dr. @mathetria.bsky.social.
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Have you ever thought "Damn I'd love to read one of Hazel's books but I wish they were a dollar?
Super good news for you, we're doing a kindle countdown deal and all my ebooks published through Riptide are .99 cents today, July 25th!
And $1.99 tomorrow, if today's no good.
Books by Hazel Domain, through Kindle Unlimited.
For one day only, books by @hazeldomain.bsky.social are only $0.99! Or read for free through Kindle Unlimited, for a limited time.
Amazon: www.amazon.com/stores/Hazel...
Congratulations to Brian David Randall on the release of DEMARIS: PROTOCOL--a spy thriller and gay romance, based on real events. Head on over to @queerty.com to see what 5 queer novels inspired him.
Link: www.queerty.com/author-brian...
A background of watercolor painting reminiscent of rainbow tree rings (or a fingerprint, or fruit stripe bubble gum), over which there is a wonky white square containing the words βPRIDE FUNDRAISER 2025β with the QLL logo smack dab in the middle.
π³οΈβπHAPPY PRIDE!π³οΈββ§οΈ Weβre kicking off our annual Pride Fundraiser today, which will keep the library thriving into the next year & beyond π
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"Celebrate Pride with select titles just $0.99 each."
Last chance! These $0.99 deals will only be here for a week. Happy Pride!
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The cover art for Magic Runs Deep by Alex Whitehall, featuring a dark forest in the background, a topless man stroking his beard in the middle ground, and a large wolf paw print with the title superimposed on top of it in the foreground.
The cover art for Blue Unicorn Book One: The Glamour Thieves, by Don Allmon. The background features a futuristic neon cityscape. The foreground features a futuristic race car with neon tires and a Delorean-like door, with one orc sitting in the passenger seat, and another orc in a cut-off flannel shirt and jeans leaning against the trunk. A quote from a Publisher's Weekly starred review says "Swoonworthy."
Cover art for Love and Other Hot Beverages by Laurie Loft, featuring a soft pink table on which sits a latte in a red cup and saucer with a heart drawn in the foam. One man's hand is curled around the cup, and another man's hand is cupping the first man's hand. There is a Lambda Literary Awards Winner emblem in the top left corner, and a quote from Booklist that reads "Loft tracks the winding course of true love."
The cover art for Lock Nut (A Plumber's Mate Mystery) by JL Merrow. The background is a natural-paper invitation with pencil drawings of plants on it that says "You're Invited." Pinned with green push pins to (and covering most of) the invitation is a picture of two smiling young men in formal clothes, and a piece of yellow paper with the title written on it. The author's name is on a piece of masking tape at the bottom of the invitation. A quote from Publisher's Weekly reads "A witty, absorbing mystery."
Shifters: Magic Runs Deep by @alexwhitehall.bsky.social. Buck-wild SF/F: The Glamour Thieves by Don Allmon (plus two sequels). Contemporary @lambdaliterary.org award winner: Love and Other Hot Beverages by Laurie Loft. Cozy Mysteries: The entire Plumber's Mate series by @jlmerrow.bsky.social AND
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Cover art for USA Today Bestselling author Jesi Lea Ryan's Surreal Estate. The background is of a house standing out against a stormy night. The foreground features two young, attractive men, standing apart.
Cover art for Too Hot! by Avery Giles. The background is of a fire, with sparks flying, against a night sky. In the foreground is a young, attractive firefighter in turnout gear. Behind him is a young, attractive topless man looking hungrily at the firefighter.
Cover art for Cinderella Boy by Kristina Meister. The background is a nondescript gray and black building with blue and pink sparkles everywhere. The foreground features a young man in a black v-neck shirt, with a tiara hovering over his head. The entire middle of the cover, including the young man's face from his hair to the bottom of his nose, looks torn out, to reveal beneath it a bright blue background with the title text.
The cover art for Detour by Reesa HErberth and Michelle Moore. The background is a cartoony drawing of sky, mountains, grass, and a road. The foreground features a cartoony drawing of an unfolded map with two very large "pins": an orange one with the face of an attractive young blonde man in it, and a blue one with an attractive young dark-haired man in it. Beside the map is a cartoony travel guide called "Bigfoot and Where to Find Him."
Magical realism: Surreal Estate by Jesi Lea Ryan. Firefighters: Too Hot! by Avery Giles. New Adult genderqueer: Cinderella Boy by Kristina Meister (this is being made into a musical that just showed in New York!). Road Trip: Detour by Reesah Herberth and Michelle Moore.
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Cover art for Are You Kitten Me by Quinn Anderson. Two young men lying beneath a white blanket with pastel pawprints on it, the top halves of their faces peeking out. Between them is an orange cat, also with the top half of its face peeking out.
Cover art for Night Life by SJ Hartsfield, featuring a drawing of a city skyline against a starry night. The windows in the skyscrapers are in the colors of the bisexual flag (pink, purple, blue), and one set of windows forms a heart.
Ok so all of these are @riptidepublishing.bsky.social books because that's where I work and so what I've widely read, and also the quality there is just *chef's kiss*
Fluff: Are You Kitten Me by Quinn Anderson. F/F contemp: Night Life by @sjhartsfield.bsky.social.
"Celebrate Pride with select titles just $0.99 each."
June is Pride Month! If you need help getting in the spirit this year, these LGBTQ+ reads are just $0.99. New books every week of Pride!
Face Blind by @jlmerrow.bsky.social
Night Life by @sjhartsfield.bsky.social
And more!
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A blue book that says Demaris Protocol by Brian David Randall on the cover.
Our latest release is finally here. DEMARIS: PROTOCOL is a spy thriller unlike any other--based on true events.
"Surviving this mission may mean losing each other . . . or their lives."
Amazon: www.amazon.com/Demaris-Prot...
4 books are $0.99 this week in June for Pride month.
Happy Pride Month! We're celebrating all June long with new $0.99 deals every week. Week 2 is live now!
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Celebrate Pride with us! Each week in June, new LGBT+ books are only $0.99. Week One -
The Uncanny Aviator, and
The Musician and the Monster by @jenyakeefe.bsky.social
Deal in Divinity by Chely Penn
Lessons In Timing by @sylviabarry.bsky.social
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Happy Pride Month! π
01.06.2025 15:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We will certainly do our best! If you have any particular requests, lay 'em on us. :)
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