HOT TOPIC with GIVEAWAY: International Transgender Day of Visibility

We at KEBB recently attended an author’s book release party in which we won $10 to Dreamspinner Press. As a book recommendation blog we are honored and blessed every day to be given access and the opportunity to read numerous free ARC’s, so when something like this happens we want to give back to our readers. As we sat itching to give the money away we wanted to do more than just throw a giveaway out there.

So in honor of International Transgender Day of Visibility today, March 31st, we have selected to highlight a few transgender books from Dreamspinner Press’ collection as well as provide you a link where you can find more.

Did you know that 41% of transgender individuals have attempted suicide, 1 in 5 have experienced homelessness or that 50% have been raped or assaulted by a romantic partner? These statistics are unacceptable!

Our hope is that you will take a peek at the author’s works at Dreamspinner Press, perhaps purchase some and maybe even recommend these wonderful titles to your friends. The books we read do more than provide us an escape. They also have the means to educate, enlighten and provide the visibility so many need.

To help you purchase these titles one lucky winner will receive a $10.00 store credit to Dreamspinner Press!

Please take the time to check out the events and resources in your area and become an ally.

Does gender really matter?

For Kel and Toni, life is precarious. Kel turns tricks for cash and works hard to stay clean, while Toni seeks absolution in a bottle of Mexican hormone pills. Their love is raw and obsessive, but as Toni struggles with anxiety and gender identity, Kel fears the reality of Toni pursuing male-to-female transition, and questions his motives for doing it.

While Kel grapples with his worries and the attentions of regular client Michael—otherwise known as the Sherbet Pervert—Toni faces different problems. Her best friend, Danielle, a transgender woman, thinks Kel is a bad influence and pushes Toni to leave him. Toni holds off, aware that deep down, she's not like Danielle, however much she wishes she could be. Hell, sometimes Toni can't even get comfortable with one set of pronouns.

Things are already complicated, but one terrible day forces Toni and Kel to confront some frightening possibilities when they're shown just how easily their harsh little world could crumble.

Scandalous Whispers of the Remmington Realm: Book One

In an alternate universe, in the country of Angland, 1814, the gentry live lives of culture and class. It is a time of courtships, marriages of convenience, and titles, where scandal can ruin an entire family. Gender lines are blurred, and making a good match is of utmost importance. Children are born to men and women, which has led to the acceptance of same-sex marriages.

Lady Lucien Timothy Hawthorne is shocked and angry when he is betrothed against his will to Lord Heathcliff Eddington, III, the Duke of Pompinshire. While drowning his frustration at a popular gentleman's club, he meets "Robert," a gorgeous older man whom he sleeps with as "Timmy," regardless of the potential damage to his reputation.

After their liaison, Lucien corresponds with Robert via letters left at Remmington, and they decide to elope. Before they can get away, Lucien meets his betrothed, Heathcliff, who he is surprised to discover is also his beloved, Robert. Both men desire a marriage of the heart, but they find out that sometimes a marriage of convenience can turn into love under the right circumstances. But Lucien has a secret, and Tlondon isn't as safe as they once thought.

Sloane would've given anything to have been born with the right body, but he hadn't. He’d have given anything to have his family back, but his father insisted that until Sloane was ready to become his heterosexual daughter again, he wanted nothing to do with him. So Sloane dealt with the challenges of living transgendered as best he could. Luckily, his best friend Jace was there with him every step of the way. Jace is the best man Sloane has ever met, but Jace is gay and Sloane still doesn’t have the right parts – until Jace proves that he loves Sloane just the way he is.