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A Double Rainbow of Queer Happily-Ever-Afters: 16 LGBTQ+ Romances to Read This Pride Month

Did you know the original Pride Flag had eight stripes? Pink stands for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sunlight, green for nature, turquoise for magic and art, indigo for serenity, and violet for spirit. Celebrate Pride Month with one of these colorful romance novels featuring queer identities from all across the rainbow spectrum.

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  • Newly single Avery enlists heartbreaker Taylor to teach her how to flirt. Will their playful arrangement turn into something real?
    Book, 2025New York : Berkley, [2025] — ROMANCE GUILLORY J
  • After unexpectedly becoming the Earl of Oxney, Major Rufus d’Aumesty must contend with his odd family in a remote Norman manor while battling off other claimants to his inheritance—including Luke Doomsday, a local smuggler.
    Book, 2023Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Casablanca, [2023] — ROMANCE CHARLES K
  • The new athletic trainer for the WNBA Atlantic Cannons, Khadijah Upton discovers her hot one-night stand is Shae Harris, the team’s star player. Will she mix business with pleasure or stick to the rules?
    Book, 2024Toronto, Ontario : Harlequin Enterprises ULC [2024] — ROMANCE JAMES M
  • A fire-starting scientist and a bi firefighter team up to save their best friend from an epic mistake and find the situation between them heating up!
    Book, 2025Toronto, Ontario : Canary Street Press, [2025] — ROMANCE ENGLAND M
  • Bobby Mason and James Demeroven can barely get through a single conversation without tensions boiling over. But when an extortionist starts targeting their families, they must find a way to work together.
    Book, 2024[New York] : HarperCollins, [2024] — ROMANCE ALBAN E
  • When they accidentally book the same European food and wine tour, estranged exes Theo and Kit challenge each other to a hookup competition to prove they’re over each other.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : St. Martin's Griffin, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2024. — ROMANCE MCQUISTO C
  • Presumed dead at Waterloo, Viola is finally living as herself—even though it meant losing her wealth, her title, and her closest friend, who was left grief-stricken by her disappearance. Can she help him without losing everything again?
    Book, 2022New York, NY : Forever, Hachette Book Group, 2022. — ROMANCE HALL A
  • Are two cooks in the kitchen better than one? When newly unemployed Xavier moves home to Maine and meets grumpy chef Logan, they're both about to find out!
    Book, 2022New York : Berkley Romance, 2022. — 813.6000
  • A grumpy middle-aged single mom joins an online gaming group to make friends but might just find something more with the sweet cinnamon roll who runs the guild.
    Book, 2023Seattle : Montlake Romance, [2023] — ROMANCE YARDLEY C
  • A closeted baseball player in the middle of a slump finds an unexpected connection with the grieving reporter covering his disastrous first season in New York.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Avon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — Sebastian, C.
  • Joy is thirty, flirty, and asexual — and she's been in love with her best friend for years. When Malcolm invites her on vacation with him and his new girlfriend, is this Joy's last chance to show him he belongs with her instead?
    Book, 2022New York : Jove, 2022. — ROMANCE KANN C
  • Spoiled socialite Matthew Prince has no intention of being shipped off to his grandmother for Christmas. But when he and his distractingly handsome roommate are forced to work together, Matthew may find the home he's been missing all along.
    Book, 2022Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Casablanca, [2022] — ROMANCE JANOVSKY T
  • Danika Brown, a successful and driven academic, agrees to fake-date her friend Zafir after a video of him "rescuing" her from their office building goes viral and spurs a wave of donations to his charity organization.
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Avon, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers ; [2020] — FICTION HIBBERT T
  • High school basketball coach Julie Parker invites a team member’s foster parent, a super-hot ex-WNBA star, to be her assistant coach and the pair begin to blur the lines between working together and dating.
    Book, 2024New York : Forever, 2024. — ROMANCE KELLY A
  • A free-spirited DJ with commitment issues falls for her muse and best friend, a popular strip club dancer, forcing the pair to navigate the blurring lines between friendship, attraction and conflicting desires.
    Book, 2024Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Carina Press, [2024] — ROMANCE HIGGINS C
  • Determined to enjoy one last summer of freedom before being trapped in a loveless marriage, Manuela accepts an invitation to show her paintings in Paris and finds herself entangled with the ruthless Duchess of Sundridge.
    Book, 2023Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Canary Street Press, [2023] — 813.0000