As the title suggests, this literary novel is told in a series of letters from the main character in Las Vegas to her lover in Italy, written in a beautiful, stream-of-consciousness style. The letters touch on betrayal, sex, the immigrant experience, class, and more. This is a sensual, surprising novella that is by turns funny, disturbing, and poetic.

This 320-page novel is set in 24 hours of Natwest’s life as he waits for a “deeply embarrassing package” to be delivered to his home so he can intercept it before heading off to university. Meanwhile, we get glimpses into the minds and lives of the other characters in his life, from a dentist pursuing his dream of becoming an artist by painting human mouths to an imam tormented by his complicated relationship with the vicar. This promises to be an “incredibly funny and tenderly moving” story that shows how we are all connected.

You may know Amber Rose Gill as the winner of the fifth season of Love Island, but she’s also a romance novelist. This is her second novel, and it’s about Kya, who is working flat out to make it in the tech industry in Silicon Valley. She finally takes a break and goes on holiday to Miami… only to find out on the flight there that she’s been fired. In a bar in Miami, she meets Jade, a DJ who leads a very different life. It was supposed to be just a summer fling, but things quickly get complicated.

Caro De Robertis is a popular author of queer literature, including Cantoras. In their latest book, they retell the Greek myth of Psyche and Eros. Psyche is tied to a rock by her father to be sacrificed to the gods, but Eros—the nonbinary deity of desire—saves her instead and hides her in an idyllic palace. There, they fall in love during the nights they spend together, even though Eros must fly away every morning. But Psyche begins to doubt Eros, forcing her into a reckoning that could change the worlds of gods and mortals.

In fact, there are two queer retellings of the myth of Psyche and Eros this week, so be sure to check out K. Arsenault Rivera’s “Oath of Fire” too!

Fans of queer cozy fantasy need to keep this one on their radar! Aila is the phoenix keeper at a magical zoo. She’s trying to raise funds to restart the breeding program to save this endangered species, but to do so she must enlist the help of know-it-all griffin keeper Luciana – and Luciana thinks the phoenixes should perform instead. As poachers and other threats close in, Aila must fight for the future of the species.

This book seems tailor-made for me! I love lesbian cozy fantasy novels and am always looking for more fantasy books about magical/fantasy/mythological animals. I am so excited to read this book.