Pride Not Prejudice is a charity collection of never-before-published, brand-new stories featuring and benefiting love and Happily Ever Afters across the gender and sexual identity spectrums. Proceeds from both ebook and paperback will be donated to four nationally renowned organizations in support of LGBTQIA+ and other marginalized and oppressed communities in the United States, including PLANNED PARENTHOOD, HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN, NATIONAL CENTER FOR TRANSGENDER EQUALITY and HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ADVANCING LGBTQ+ MEDICAL TREATMENT AND EQUALITY. This volume includes stories by Mila Finelli, Ruby Dixon, Kim Loraine, Darynda Jones, Janna MacGregor, Robyn Peterman, and April White.
the print version is divided into three separate print volumes. i read the nook version from my library which has all the stories in one ebook. however, 1763 pages is a lot of pages! - so i'm choosing to count it as the three print books instead of the one ebook. it took me multiple renewals of the ebook to get through it all. there's only so much smut i can read at once, and M-M isn't really my thing. lotta insta-love.
for some reason the nook ebooks always have shorter page counts despite not being abridged versions. since i read the nook/epub version (only 1423 pages), the page counts i give are not accurate to the print or kindle versions.
-when she's shy by ruby dixon - risda verse series - Ali has a crush on alien Haina but is too shy to do anything about it, so Haini takes the first step. F-F. sex scene. 40 pages on nook, listed as 52 pages on goodreads. science fiction romance. "are you stressing about tonight?" // stressing? stressing is one of the things i do best. "of course. it needs to be perfect." // "it doesn't need to be perfect. it just needs to be...us." "it's strange, because back on earth, you're expected to know what you want to do for the rest of your life when you turn eighteen. you're still practically a kid though, and you're supposed to have your mind made up. when i was eighteen, i didn't know what i wanted." "i wonder why you wouldn't have more faith in me than that." // "because you're so perfect. you're bright and happy and wonderful and too good to be true, and i'm just...me."
-mafia brute by mila finelli - Toni learns his love, Nikolai, is part of the mafia and leaves him. M-M. multiple sex scenes. 59 pages on nook. contemporary romance.
-billionaire and the beast by darynda jones - shane and bronson run into each other as adults, years after a frightening encounter with a hellhound back in their school days. M-M. no sex scenes. 16 pages on nook. urban fantasy.
-drive me wild by kim loraine - ryker ranch series. killian and jameson, two failing musicians, are forced to work together or be dropped from their label. the first half is nothing but annoying bickering and petty insults from both parties. not a turn on, and not enjoyable to read. eventually they let their instalove out. until jameson decides he *has* to leave for killian's sake. never mind they love each other. and finally killian goes after jameson and they get their happily ever after. i didn't care for all the hurtful insults in this one. M-M. multiple sex scenes. 143 pages on nook, 252 pages on goodreads. contemporary romance. "to future us." // "why future us?" // "because current us is a hot fucking mess."
-what lovers do by janna macgregor - cavisham heiresses series? - robert, elizabeth, and ash all love each other in regency england and try to find a way to be together despite those who are trying to sabotage their relationship. M-M-F polyamory. multiple sex scenes. 97 pages on nook. historical romance.
-johnson jones' diary by robyn peterman - my so-called mystical life series - johnson is a flaming gay fashion designer wizard who ghosts his date because he's too perfect. kurt is that guy and is trying to get back with johnson. M-M. off-page sex. 76 pages on nook, 114 pages on goodreads. paranormal romance. "i'm not a runway model kind of gay or a club kind of gay. i'm more of a couch gay. i enjoy referring to myself as a homosectional."
-the inspector and mrs. mac by april white - baker street series. trans woman mrs mac helps inspector lestraude find a missing boy. F-M. no sex scenes. 37 pages on nook. historical romance. "i have no business asking such questions, and yet, in the immortal words of children everywhere, you started it."