"Kala's dark, smooth skin and Kelly's pale, heavily freckled face contrasted so vibrantly I wondered how they could both be so beautiful. They were like a living yin-yang. Kala sat with legs crossed and arms on her armrests, calmly waiting for the curtains to open. Kelly was talking and laughing excitedly with people all around her. Both girls radiated energy. Kelly's was all kinetic. Kala's was pure potential. Fire sat next to water." Analee didn't have an LGBTQ community to join. In her small town, she WAS the LGBTQ community. When two new girls move into town her senior year, one older, one younger, everything changes for her. It turns out falling in love is harder than she thinks. Even with a steadfast belief in true love, Analee finds navigating romance, friendships, and family something that has to be figured out one day at a time.

||AMBY'S FAVORITE 2024|| (Editor's Choice July 2022) [LGBTQ+ Teen Fiction] High school junior, Callie Washington, is currently in a dilemma. Attending an all-girls, Catholic high school means most of her peers are focused on college, SATs, and the nearby boys at their brother school, Holy Spirit. But since the start of the school year, Callie can't forget the silky hair and gleaming brown eyes of her former Chemistry partner, Isabella Sandoval. After escaping from her Homecoming date one October evening, Callie runs into Aurora Gray, a smart, charismatic senior, who seems to be having as rough of an evening as Callie. After realizing they are in the same Calculus class, Aurora begins to shift Callie's life in ways she cannot comprehend. Deep down, Callie knows she must confront the thing inside her that is troubling her deeply, but what hurdles will she have to face to get there? (Published: 2020)

Blackwell Boarding School is swarmed with cameras that prey on the students in order to film for the reality TV show that shows an exclusive inside to an elite school. Zora McQueen avoids the glistening TV screen when her nudes are spread around campus, instead taking comfort with the only other person who keeps secrets from the public. Alluring mystery and dubbed slut, Eliott Hearse. Except now, Eliott is missing and no one has the faintest idea where she could've gone. Taking matters into her own hands, Zora believes that the answers may lie in Eliott's favourite game: chess. Partnering with the school's best chess club player, Arwyn Truong, Zora learns that not everything is as it seems and that perhaps the old school holds far more secrets than they'd care to admit. Some secrets hitting dangerously close to home. In order to see things for what they are and find her friend, Zora must escape the gossip and cameras that follow her closely and embrace the title she adorns. The only way to do that? Follow the Slut's Guide to Chess. [2022 Watty's Shortlist] [Featured on Wattpad Editors' Picks, April 2021 + 2023]

Shawn Reyes is a typical, closed off, impatient, cocky, stubborn, introverted woman. Okay, so maybe she isn't a typical girl. But neither is York Grey. Shawn has never know the expansions of love like those that York has shown her. And although it terrifies her, in every single way, she can't say no to York. Shawn and York's story is that of loving someone with a disability, and standing by them while they struggle. Unbeknownst to them, the disability is not their only obstacle. To live with York is to live without ties, or rather, strings-except one. And that string can be to one person, and one person only. Will Shawn choose York?

When Lacey graduated from college she had her life planned to a 'T', secure her dream job, find a new apartment, and maybe get a cat - that was a year ago.

Gail Brennan, our mopey-overthinking-hero, has just gone over a terrible break-up that causes her to dysfunction and withdraw from her social life. Now, her best friend is a cup of Irish coffee. Her other two best friends, Tiffany and Peter, only wishes for Gail to shred off her day-old pajamas. The two make ways to get Gail back in the game, to forget Pam, the woman who broke her heart. But as Cameron, the pretty and blonde woman who worked at the trio's local town coffee house, reveals to be Gail's crush, Gail's best friends do what they can to get Gail and Cameron involved. The only thing is, Cameron appears to be straight. Witness as Gail willingly dives into uncertainty, making her crush grow into something more. Can she find out Cameron's secrets? Can she be more to her like she hopes?

Being broken isn't easy. Nobody ever said it was. Mackenzie knows this. She's been broken for so long. Despite what everyone sees her life is no cake walk. The past had written her off as unimportant, useless, and unwanted. She has the scars, bruises, and stitches to prove it. But what's broken can be fixed. Or at least that's what Caitlyn thinks. Mackenzie is a mystery to everyone who sees her and Caitlyn can't help but be attracted to her. And maybe just maybe Mackenzie can learn that her stitches don't matter. ***** Warning: Sexual Content. Mentions of and Showings of Abuse.

Due to an instance of sabotage, Rosalie loathes Joanna Spencer. Suffice to say that Rosalie would, if she could, throttle Joanna and after four long years she has her chance. Joanna's back in DC after living abroad, and she's gayer than ever, and has an even stronger grudge on soccer than before. Despite being an ace goalie, Joanna couldn't care less until Rosalie winds up as her soccer captain with high hopes of making it to nationals. Being smitten does little to improve Joanna's attitude towards the general public, and fuels Rosalie's "hatred" even further. [ Cover illustration by @SearchingAstronaut ]