Helen Plum Library

Tougo Amase is a well-known photographer who focuses on night scenery--and the man Subaru Miyazawa not-so-secretly idolizes from afar. Subaru always assumed Tougo would be distant, just like the stars in his art, so he can't quite believe his luck when they meet at a trial screening of a new planetarium show. While Subaru is a totally awestruck mess of nerves, Tougo takes it all in stride. Not only that, but he's hopelessly sweet, carrying Subaru...

"Stardom fades fast when you're on the line for murder, in this debut cozy mystery perfect for fans of Richard Osman and Jenn McKinlay. Jay Allan and Cindy Cooper were soap opera stars in the late '90s, a wholesome young husband-and-wife duo who combined musical talent with humor and charisma. When the truth about their sexual orientations came to light, their marriage and TV careers ended, but decades later they have remained friends. Together, they...

""In this astonishing and powerful work of nonfiction, Green meticulously reports on a series of baffling and brutal crimes targeting gay men. It is an investigation filled with twists and turns, but this is much more than a compelling true crime story. Green has shed light on those whose lives for too long have been forgotten, and rescued an important part of American history." -David Grann, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the...

After a successful restauranteur learns that his grandmother has terminal cancer and that she's willing half of her state to his ex-husband, he contests the will and discovers embers that could potentially reignite and reunite them As executive chef at one of the hottest restaurants in DC, DeShawn Franklin is well-known, his restaurant is Michelin starred, and he can write his own ticket anywhere he wants. Until his grandmother calls him home and...

"Ever since he was a child, private detective Inusaki has had the unenviable talent of being able to communicate with birds. And even though he's never liked birds, he somehow ends up getting his heart broken by one! Conveniently there to pick up the pieces, though, is his landlady's son, Mitsuru, whose voice sounds suspiciously like that of the fowl heartbreaker, Kuro. And it's not long before Mitsuru confesses his feelings to the clueless detective,...

"In his novel based on the extraordinary life of the gay brother of Vladimir Nabokov, Paul Russell re-creates the rich and changing world in which Sergey, his family and friends lived; from wealth and position in pre-revolutionary Russia, to the halls of Cambridge University, and the Parisian salon of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. --Amazon.com

Masahiro finds himself working day and night to save up funds again after his mom spends the money he'd been saving for the big school trip. Kousuke's desperate efforts to dissuade Masahiro prove ineffective, and he reluctantly signs off on Masahiro's nightmarish work schedule. Meanwhile, all's well between Hasekura and Kensuke...until Hasekura's mother makes a surprise return home and utters one dreaded phrase: "school transfer."

"With the Ohshiba family's blessing and the formalities out of the way, Masahiro has officially become Kousuke's bride and moved in with the rest of the family. It's happy days for him even as he worries about what others might think. But with a school trip coming up, is there more trouble right around the corner?!"--Provided by publisher

Twenty-four-year-old Edward Warren, has been living in Thailand for five years, a prodigal son who left his family after an irreparable fight with his father, Luke. But he gets a frantic phone call: his dad lies comatose, gravely injured in the same accident that has also injured his younger sister Cara. With her father's chances for recovery dwindling, Cara wants to wait for a miracle. But Edward wants to terminate life support and donate his father's...