Queer SF - December 2026
December 1, 2026
Horny — Lucy Lehane
Genre: Paranormal rom-com
Rep: Sapphic
Paranormal roommates discover that there's a thin line between love and hate in this steamy opposites-attract romantic comedy by Lucy Lehane.
Rachel’s death is going about as well as her life. Welcoming a poltergeist to share her body had its challenges, but she’s mostly figured those out: she’s got good friends, a room in a gorgeous apartment, and she’s well on her way to regaining the career her death derailed. What she doesn’t need is a strange, inhumanly beautiful new roommate—a unicorn—with a million odd questions about the human world—especially one who can peer into Rachel’s soul and see each of her dark, dirty secrets.
Isolde has been tempted by the human world for longer than she can remember. The land of the unicorns was beautiful, pristine… and as boring as watching moss grow. But taking on human form comes with more complications than she expected. Like a roommate who’s possessed, opinionated, argumentative... and distractingly alluring.
Getting into a magical grudge match with your roommate is a bad idea. Hooking up with your roommate when they’re a virgin from another dimension is an even worse one. But since when did the voluntarily haunted make good choices?
Link: Goodreads
Dreamslayer — A.K. Mulford
Genre: Romantasy
Rep: Bi, sapphic
Series: Book 1 of 3
From the bestselling author of the Five Crowns of Okrith series comes Dreamslayer, the first book in a dark romantasy series in which a devout acolyte must form an unholy alliance with the very monsters she was trained to destroy in a desperate quest for the truth—and her survival.
She was meant to become a dream. Instead, she fell in love with a nightmare.
Acolyte Praer Dundariff is only one year away from her ascension to the dream world, but when her friend dies with a chilling warning, Praer’s world fractures. Praer seeks comfort in the one place she can be her true self: her dreams. Inspired by a beautiful statue in the temple gallery, Praer imagines being in the arms of a dream warrior named Reverie.
But instead of the normal sleepy comfort of Reverie’s embrace, Praer loses control of her dream and Reverie gives her a violent warning never to return. As more temple secrets emerge, Praer abandons Reverie’s wishes and seeks her out in sleep. After all, Reverie is just a figment of Praer’s imagination, isn’t she? But when Praer returns to her dream, she discovers she’s not asleep at all but rather she’s portalled herself, not to the dream realm, but to Hell. Worse, the woman she’s fantasized about for years isn’t a dream at all, but a nightmare incarnate.
Trapped in Hell, Reverie knows that Praer is the only way to break her curse. Along with her other nightmare companions, Reverie drags Praer on a harrowing journey to the gates of Hell. On a death-defying quest to assemble the key to the gate, Praer finds herself caught between destruction and desire. Reverie is her sworn enemy and Praer knows if she can’t resist the pull of her nightmare, more than her heart will break.
Link: Kobo
This Crimson Ruin — Rebecca Thorne
Genre: Fantasy
Rep: Lesbian
Series: Book 2 of The Titan’s Wrath Trilogy
Death might be the only escape.
When Sergeant Nix Marr signed up as her ex’s bodyguard for a trip to the domed city of Fall, she doubted she’d return alive. But neither woman could have predicted the cataclysmic event that stranded them both beneath the ocean.
Worse, Fall has been completely abandoned, ruins of a once-grand city. Aside from the occasional infected citizen, there’s no indicator where the rest of Fall’s population went. And as Nix and Kessandra hunt for clues, a deeper evil prods Nix’s own mind.
With Fall’s iconic dome flooding and every answer creating more questions, the pair may have to descend deeper than they ever imagined to survive.
Welcome to Fall.
Link: Amazon
December 5, 2026
Wither and Bloom — E.K. O’Connor
Genre: Fantasy, retelling
Rep: Sapphic
The goddess of spring boldly choses to not accept a questionable offer from the King of the gods, Zeus. Never one to accept rejection well, Zeus subtly orchestrates her banishment from the mortal realms, forcing her into the underworld.
Disoriented and not knowing where she is or the rules of this new place, Persephone blunders around and unknowingly almost dies repeatedly. A tall, dark and brooding Queen Hades must not only rescue her but must also then keep Persephone safe from all that would do her harm, including herself.
Link: Goodreads
December 10, 2026
The Alchemist Baker of Rosen — JP Rindfleisch IX
Genre: Cozy fantasy
Rep: Queer
Series: Standalone in established universe
A grandmother’s old recipes. A city on the hunt for magic. And bread that makes things better.
Erik never expected his grandmother’s old baking secrets to change anything beyond keeping his neighbors fed. Working quietly in Master Garrick's shop, he uses hints of magic to stretch meager supplies, ever since the city’s tension with refugees worsened. It’s nothing grand, just a few prayers and simple etchings, but it’s enough to ease hunger in Rosen’s struggling harbor district.
When a licensed mage appears at the bakery door, Erik fears his careful balance is crumbling. But as word spreads about this miracle bread, he discovers something unexpected: a community beginning to form around his kitchen table. From Master Garrick’s gruff protectiveness to young Theo’s eager friendship, Erik finds himself building the very thing he thought he’d lost—a place to belong.
Link: Kobo
December 29, 2026
Lightning & Thunder — Sara Raasch
Genre: Fantasy rom-com
Rep: M/M; bi MC
Series: Book 1 of Heroes and Romance
Percy Jackson meets Thunderbolts in this action-adventure romcom where the descendants of gods protect humanity, and Zeus’s snarky, vigilante heir is forced to team up with the globally beloved descendant of Thor.
As a Zeus descendant, Pollux “Lux” Keraunos never intended to be a villain. But if the cyber-crime hat fits, he’ll wear it to destroy the tyrant Hero Council led by his brother.
Then his brother vanishes (not Lux’s fault). Zeus’s line must continue, and the Hero Council turns to Lux as the heir—with the caveat that he trains under Erik Thorson, his brother’s Viking-wannabe BFF. Lux’ll use this to bring down the Council, and he isn’t falling for Erik’s smoking hot with a heart of gold persona—
Even if Erik didn’t know Lux’s brother was corrupt.
Even if Erik actually helps people—and believes Lux can, too.
As Lux tries the good guy role, the truth behind his brother's disappearance surfaces, and he’ll have to decide if he still wants to destroy the Council... or if he wants someone else more.
Hero? Villain? Or a secret third option: disaster bisexual with a savior kink?
Link: Goodreads