100 Must-read Books By Queer Authors

Rejected. Sold. Marked by a cursed Lycan. Camilla thought she’d lost everything, until the Lycan's mark didn’t kill her. Now caught between a deadly past and a dangerous bond, she must choose who to trust before her mate bond seals the wrong fate.

She loved him. He humiliated her. Now she’s walking away—for good! Lily gave up everything for her husband, William Aldridge—the man she believed was her forever. But on their anniversary, the night she planned to share the news of her long-awaited pregnancy, she walked in on him tangled in the arms of her best friend. With betrayal cutting deeper than any knife and humiliation turning her heart to ash, Lily makes a choice. No more tears. No more waiting to be loved. If not for her shattered dignity, then for the sake of her unborn child, she will return to her true self—Lilian Arkwright, the hidden heiress of the powerful Arkwright Conglomerate. But just as she begins to rebuild her shattered world, she catches the attention of Aaron Aldridge—the devilishly handsome, younger tycoon brother of William, with secrets of his own and a desire to win her heart, no matter the cost. Now torn between the father of her unborn child, the man who broke her... and the man who would do anything to love her, Lilian must decide: Forgiveness or freedom? Past or future? ~•~•~ Pa! Lily threw the stack of documents on the table in front of him. Without waiting for him to question, she said. "Divorce papers, sign them." William stared at the documents like they were a foreign language. “Divorce papers? You’re not serious,” he said, his voice low, disbelieving. Lily remained seated across from him, her expression unreadable. “I’ve never been more serious in my life.” Leaning forward, she slid the pen across the table toward him and repeated. “Sign it.”

Amelia Blackwood has spent the last two years as an outcast, serving the pack that once claimed her as family. Her crime? She didn't shift on her 16th birthday, leading to her family treating her as less than a servant. After she turned eighteen... everything changed. Whether for the better or the worse would depend on the ruthless Alpha King, Lukas Volkov. As Amelia navigates a treacherous path between servitude and sovereignty, she must confront her painful past and the brutal pack dynamics that threaten her very existence. When danger lurks in the shadows and betrayal seeps into every corner of the kingdom, Amelia must decide whether to bend to the Alpha King's will or fight. With the bond to her mate stronger than she ever imagined, will she embrace her fate as queen, or will the darkness of her past consume her once more?

After I've completed 98 tasks for my fiancee, Cheryl Landeau, she finally agrees to marry me once I've completed the 99th task for her. For that task, I'm required to pick her up outside her company. On the day I stand outside Cheryl's company with a huge flower bouquet in my arms, I don't see her at all despite having waited till late night. Soon after, I get hospitalized due to a high fever. When I tap on my phone, the first thing I see is a photo of the marriage certificate belonging to Cheryl and her assistant, Jason York. Jason even includes a caption with the photo. "My mom is very satisfied with her daughter-in-law. Please take good care of me from now on, my dear wife." The next day, I hang a banner outside the company. "May Ms. Landeau and Mr. York grow old in harmony and be blessed with children." All of my colleagues are stunned, to say the least. At that moment, Cheryl quickly pulls me into her office. She then explains, "Jason's mom is severely ill. Her death wish is watch him get married. What's wrong with me fulfilling her wish? Can't you show more kindness toward Jason? "Now, stop throwing that tantrum of yours and get rid of the banner. Once Jason's mom passes away, I'll file for a divorce from him." I just smile as I set off more fireworks at the doorway. "Oh, you don't have to bother with a divorce. I'm worried that his mom might come back to life soon. Let's just end things here."

He rejected her once… left her humiliated and unseen. Summer came, and she returned unrecognizable—confident, beautiful, unstoppable. Now Hades Deville—the rival, the playboy—sees her and claims her as his mate. Can she survive being desired by the boy she never expected… and the one who once let her go?

Aria Hale spent her entire life believing the Moon Goddess created someone just for her. Someone who would see her. Choose her. Love her. She didn’t expect her fated mate to be Alpha Blake Thorn—the golden boy of the pack… or that he would reject her in front of everyone on her eighteenth birthday. Humiliated, heartbroken, and stripped of her place in the pack, Aria runs into the Forbidden Woods, praying for the pain to stop. But instead of death, she finds something far more dangerous: The Dark King. Erevan is ancient, feared, and impossibly powerful. To the world he is a myth. To Aria, he is the first person who looks at her like she is worth the world. And when she collapses in his arms, he does the unthinkable— He claims her as his mate. In the Dark Realm, Aria begins to unlock abilities she never knew she had. Abilities that were never meant to exist in the mortal world. Abilities that could destroy everything she once called home. When she returns to her old pack, Alpha Blake realizes the awful truth: Rejecting her was the biggest mistake of his life. But it’s too late. Aria is no longer the girl who begged for love. She is the mate of a king. Chosen. Claimed. Unstoppable. And she will never kneel again. A rejected-mate romance filled with betrayal, power, jealousy, possessive love, and a heroine who rises from broken to legendary.

On the night Ava expected to be chosen as the Luna, Alpha Damon publicly rejects her- without explanation. Humiliated and broken she finds herself in the arms of a stranger who rescued her who has secrets of his own Dante Blackwood, he is Damon’s banished brother. Ava is the key to breaking a generational curse that haunts the bloodline of two brothers Now both brothers want her One controls the past One controls the future Ava must choose between the Alpha that rejected her for some unknown reason and the Alpha that saved her One will burn the world for her, the other will burn himself for her

On the night she discovers her fated mate, Aurelia Nightbane expects love. Instead, Alpha Kael publicly rejects her before the entire pack. Humiliated. Broken. Cast out. But rejection does not weaken her, it awakens something ancient. When the ruthless Lycan King Lucian Viremont senses the rise of a long-lost royal bloodline, he finds Aurelia the girl no Alpha wanted, and he claims her. Now caught between a regretful Alpha and a dangerously possessive Lycan King, Aurelia must uncover the truth about her heritage, survive political betrayal, and decide whether she is merely a rejected mate, or the Queen destiny has been waiting for. Because this time she will not be rejected, she will be worshipped.

SYNOPSIS Aurora Sinclair is a broken Omega who's never shifted until her fated mate, the ruthless Alpha Damon Blackwood, publicly rejects her at the Mate Revelation Ball, destroying her in front of hundreds. But rejection awakens something ancient inside her. She's not just an Omega. She's the lost Lycan Princess with a bloodline powerful enough to shake the werewolf world. And she doesn't have one mate, she has two. When the mysterious Lycan King Kai Thorne claims her, Aurora must choose: accept the Alpha who shattered her heart, embrace the King who saved her, or forge her own destiny as the Silver Queen who answers to no one. One rejection. Two fated mates. A queen's rise from the ashes.

Aria has never known love—not from her cold family, nor from the pack that shuns her. When the Moon Goddess reveals her mate to be the Alpha’s son, Aria’s heart swells with hope. But her joy is short-lived when he cruelly rejects her in front of everyone, shattering her fragile dreams. That same night, chaos descends upon the pack as Alpha Ronan, the ruthless Rogue King launches a brutal attack. In the midst of the bloodshed, he claims Aria as his mate, marking her and dragging her away to his pack. Torn between fear and an unshakable bond, Aria is thrust into a world of danger and secrets. As she glimpses the man beneath the Alpha Ronan’s icy exterior, she begins to wonder: can she melt his heart of stone, or will falling for him lead to her ultimate ruin? In a tale of betrayal, passion, and redemption, Aria must decide if love is worth risking everything—even her soul.