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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 02/10/2026

"Tears streamed down Andy’s face as he pulled Leo in for another, deeper kiss. The world dropped away, and for a moment it was just the two of them, embracing on their knees, their mouths entangled with each other." graysonbell.net/book/coffee-to-go/ #FridayFling

Background shows a barista making a foam design on a cup of cappucino. Text on the left reads: "Tears streamed down Andy's face as pulled Leon in for another, deeper kiss. The world dropped away, and for just a moment it was just the two of them, embracing on their knees, their mouths entangled with each other." On the right is the cover of a novel with the title "Coffee-to-Go" by Grayson Bell. The image on the cover shows the hand of a brown-skinned person handing a to-go cup of coffee to the hand of a lighter-skinned person. Below the cover is the URL graysonbell.net/book/coffee-to-go

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 14/09/2026

Looking for books with queer main characters? I've written everything from a meet-cute coffee shop romance to a sci-fi mystery adventure (along with a few spicier romance stories). Find them all at graysonbell.net/books

A promotional graphic displaying the covers of five different books (clockwise from the top, "Suddenly, Omega," with a silhouette of a young man in front of a pink and purple sunset, "Mark My Soul," with a shirtless man sitting in front of a man in a suit holding a wooden paddle, "Coffee-to-Go," with a brown male hand and a white male hand brushing fingers as one hands a to-go cup of coffee to the other, against a brown-brick backdrop, "Transcendent," with a man in a suit adjusting his tie. The image is cropped to only display him from his chin down to his mid-chest. Finally, in the center there is the cover of "Artifact of the Dawn," where a taller Black male humanoid stands next to a shorter pale male humanoid with long purple hair. They are overlooking a mountain valley with an out-of-place high-tech structure standing in the valley below them. In the bottom right of the graphic is a website URL: graysonbell.net

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 31/08/2026

The discovery of an anachronistic artifact leads Ardyn, an Athla’naa ranger, into the Aria'una. After a Medellan trader named Jevan saves his life, they venture deeper into the forbidden woods and discover an ancient secret their elders hid for generations. graysonbell.net/book/artifac...

Marketing graphic with the text: Artifact of the Dawn: a Sci-Fi Mystery Adventure. Below the text is the novel cover showing two figures facting a high-tech structure sitting in a mountain valley. Callouts from the cover state: Distant Future, Ancient Secrets, and Queer Representation. Below the cover is a URL pointing to the book on the author's website at https://graysonbell.net/book/artifact-of-the-dawn/

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 25/05/2026

Do you enjoy reading books featuring queer main characters? I write science fiction and spicy romance stories featuring gay, bisexual, pansexual, and trans characters. Check them out at: graysonbell.net/books/ #books #novels #mmromance #queerbooks #romancenovels #scifi #scifibooks #scifinovels

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Text: Queer Books! Whether you're a fan of queer romance stories or sci-fi queer representation, I have a little of something for everyone. Join me as I explore the joys of queer love or mysteries of out-of-this-world adventure! Buy Now! graysonbell.net

Between the buy now and URL there are five books standing in a row with the titles: Artifact of the Dawn, Coffee-to-Go, Mark my Sould, Transcendent, and Suddenly, Omega.

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 11/08/2025

I have changed my "Buy Now" links on my website to "Buy Now from Amazon," which hopefully makes the purchase choices clearer.

Screenshot showing a book listing with a 5-star rating from 8 ratings, a price of $4.99, and a green button labeled “Buy Now from Amazon.” Below the heading “Also Available At,” logos for multiple retailers are displayed in three columns: IngramSpark, Smashwords, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Rakuten Kobo, Bookshop, Books-A-Million, Google Play Books, Powell’s, Waterstones, Angus & Robertson, Indigo, and Mondadori.

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 02/08/2025

An ancient artifact leads Ardyn into the forbidden woods. With Jevan, he uncovers ancestral secrets. Truths that draw them together and will change their entire world forever. Would you dare explore the Forbidden Woods? graysonbell.net/book/artifac... #scifi #scifibooks #lgbtqia

Promotional graphic for the book Artifact of the Dawn by Grayson Bell, subtitled The Cycles of Revelation, Book One. The image shows a 3D rendering of the book standing in a dark forest with ferns and a narrow path. The text at the top reads, “Would you dare explore the Forbidden Woods?” Arrows point to the book with the phrases: “Distant Future,” “Ancient Secrets,” “Mystery,” “Science Fiction,” “Adventure,” and “Queer Representation.” A QR code and the URL “https://graysonbell.net/book/artifact-of-the-dawn/” appear at the bottom.

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 20/07/2025

Friendly reminder, because you really don't want to see me on OnlyFans! Also, my queer stories are on sale at Smashwords for 50% off (and a couple are even available for free), so go check them out. www.smashwords.com/profile/view... #bookdeals #queerbooks #mmromance #scifi #lgbtqia

Meme with the text: "Please buy my books, I'm not built for OnlyFans."

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 18/07/2025

Baldur's Gate is quite lovely in the summer, isn't it?

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 15/07/2025

"The Medellan Conspiracy" has two MCs. Ardyn is (hopefully) more relatable to the neurodivergent community (I know, how unoriginal, making the ND character an alien, but he reflects how I've always seen myself). Jevan is a dashing charmer, and I hope some readers also relate to him. #QueerPrompts

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 11/07/2025

Yes, early in "The Medellan Conspiracy," there is a flashback scene of when Jevan and Ardyn first arrived in the city of Donarvon. Here's the opening of that scene. (Since this is out of context, cycles of the moons = months, and cycles of the sun = days. Their planet has 2 moons). #QueerPrompts

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 11/07/2025

Through the end of July, save 50% on all my books on @smashwords.bsky.social! Also, there are a couple of spicy omegaverse short stories available for free, so you can check out my writing (and hopefully come back for more). www.smashwords.com/profile/view... #LGBTQ #QueerBooks #QueerReads

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 02/07/2025

I made my two short stories available for free for the Smashwords Summer Sale and it's amazing how many "sales" I made already! 😅 Anyone want to buy one of my other books? They're all discounted 50%! www.smashwords.com/profile/view... #BookDeals #QueerBooks #LGBTQBooks #LGBTQ

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 30/06/2025

I started late but I'm ending on time! For the coming month, I need to buckle down and work on those edits for my manuscript. I also need to double-check my inventory and prepare for my local (Ft. Collins) Comic-Con in August, where I'll be a vendor again. #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 29/06/2025

The last line of "The Medellan Conspiracy:" “I’m pleased to see you react this way,” the Athla’naa said, lowering his ears with a slight bow in greeting. “My name is Romaerys. Welcome to Aria’naa.” #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 29/06/2025

I'll admit I did not make much progress this week. I began editing chapter 5, but found myself distracted by trying to attain an achievement in a video game instead. 😳 My neck pain was part of the reason I was easily distracted this week. 🥺 #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 29/06/2025

I fell behind again! Here's my bad moodboard for "The Medellan Conspiracy." #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 26/06/2025

"The Medellan Conspiracy" sees our heroes Ardyn and Jevan unable to decide where to live as they hop from the art deco city of Donarvon to the ancient but futuristic settlement of Rahn'naa, with brief stops aboard the Star Cruiser Wah'kah'ria for good measure. #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 25/06/2025

The antagonist in "The Medellan Conspiracy" is a secretive group of xenophobic isolationists known as The Society of Sevens. Throughout the novel we uncover several members of that group including: [spoilers!] 😏😁 #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 24/06/2025

Andreesen being hostile toward Keryth for attacking the Seven's missle base without his permission, when he knew very well Keryth was acting in the best interest of both of them, was a bad choice. Their bickering gave the Sevens more time to plan against them. #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 24/06/2025

This week I am hoping to get more editing done. It's been a real struggle, but my back is feeling a bit better so I'm hoping I'll have some ability to focus this week. This novel is 90 chapters long and I'm only starting on chapter 5. Wish me luck! #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 23/06/2025

Cory’s new boss knows his secret. He also wants him—in more ways than one. 😏 Corporate fantasy. Trans lead. Bisexual billionaire. High heat, high drama, happy ending. 📖 Transcendent is available at select online retailers. graysonbell.net/book/transcendent

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 22/06/2025

"Ardyn giggled gleefully as Jevan helped him out of his sleep clothes, before tumbling onto the bed and pulling his beautiful bondmate into an amorous embrace, stilling his silly giggles." #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 21/06/2025

Their reading comprehension is also not that great. This was their response to my stating, "I was never a lesbian."

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 21/06/2025

Once again, someone assumed that I'm attracted to women. Sorry, ladies, but I'm only interested in men (plus, my sexuality has absolutely no bearing on my gender identity). I wrote this three years ago, but it's sadly still relevant: medium.com/prismnpen/th...

Screenshot of a social media comment. The poster's name and person they are responding to are blocked. The comment reads: "someone gave you the idea to transform, didn't they? You didn't just transform overnight. You should have just stayed as a butch lesbian, there is nothing wrong with that."

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 21/06/2025

Now that I'm caught up I can give a real-time check in (yay). Last week I completed the edit of chapter 4 and began editing chapter 5 (and realized I needed to do a slight rewrite to fix a small plothole). I'm not entirely finished with 5 yet, but plot is fixed! #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 21/06/2025

It still needs a little tweaking, but this will be the cover for "The Medellan Conspiracy." Art by Tobias Roetsh (gtgraphics.de/en/about/tob...). #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

Book cover for The Medellan Conspiracy by Grayson Bell, Book Two in The Cycles of Revelation series. The image shows a futuristic city surrounded by forest and backed by a range of rocky mountains. Architectural elements include a domed government building in the foreground and tall, art-deco style skyscrapers in the background. A white spacecraft with blue thrusters is flying at an angle toward the government building. Two moons are visible in the sky—one fully visible in the upper left, and a second partially obscured behind the title text.

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 21/06/2025

Not a nod to a book, but in the first novel of my sci-fi series, I have a nod to Smallville in how I designed the "artifact" that Ardyn finds. #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

An octagonal silver metallic object with glowing blue alien letters. On the bottom end is a copper-colored end that extends slightly. Behind this object is a background of an image of outer space in blues, pinks, and purples.

An image of the key to Kal-El's (Clark's) Kryptonian spaceship. It's an octagonal silver object with alien writing on three sides.

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 21/06/2025

The color of Ardyn’s suit really brought out the stars in his otherwise fathomless eyes and worked well with his lavender hair, which he kept in a neat braid. #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 21/06/2025

As I recall, I had another difficult week with my back and hadn't made much progress outside of some marketing posts. #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 21/06/2025

Pride flag moodboard for Jevan (pansexual) and Ardyn (gay), from my WIP, "The Medellan Conspiracy." #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

A moodboard with a colorful space background. On the left is an image of a Black man with long dredlocks, wearing a short sleeved, short legged one-piece jumper (American meaning) in the colors of the pansexual flag (blue, yellow, and pink). He's wearing pink rimmed sunglasses, a brightly colored over-the-shoulder purse, and bright blue socks in black sandals. On the right is an anime-style character with pale white skin, purple hair, and a coloful suit and tie and a small top-hat. He's holding a cake layered with the colors of the homosexual rainbow flag. Overlayed over the corners of each image are the pansexual and homosexual flags, and the names "Jevan" on the left and "Ardyn" on the right in a science-fiction style font.

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 21/06/2025

I'll admit, I haven't yet read any books with reps important to me. "The Autistic Brain" by Temple Grandin is on my reading list, along with "The T in LGBT" by Jamie Raines. #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 21/06/2025

We need more rep of all kinds in books. Every flavor of LGBTQ+, ethnicity, and level of ability. For me personally, autistic, transgender male, and demisexual rep would have been great to have grown up with, and I will incorporate more of those into my stories #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 21/06/2025

Jevan is Black and pansexual. Ardyn is gay and has PTSD. After reading a lot of sci-fi with only straight, white men, I wanted to tell a story with a more diverse, inclusive cast. Readers of all walks of life should feel seen within the stories they read. #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 21/06/2025

My goals that week were to get back into editing my manuscript or at the very least refresh all my social media marketing for my other novels. #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 21/06/2025

At first there was nothing but pure blackness, until the ship changed its angle, and, in the distance, they saw a planet. Jevan’s heart raced, and he felt Ardyn’s palpable excitement as they approached this shining ball of light. #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 21/06/2025

Since I'm writing this in the future, I'll do this as an update instead. That week I hadn't made much progress yet because of a procedure I had done on my back that I was recovering from. #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 21/06/2025

"The Medellan Conspiracy" has two MCs, Jevan, a Medellan who is a former trader, turned diplomat, and his beloved bondmate Ardyn, an Athla'naa #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

A moodboard with a detailed sci-fi background showing a high-tech shuttlecraft flying toward what looks like an official government building. The surrounding city has an art-deco style to all the buildings. In the distance are mountains and two moons are seen in the sky. In the left corner of the image are four smaller images in a square grid. Clockwise from the top left are depicted: a futuristic white living space with a couch, table, and kitchen island; a Black man in a brown 3-piece suit and tie, standing in a library; an elf with long pointed ears, very pale, white skin, and long lavender hair. He's wearing futuristic dark blue clothes and standing in a futuristic, white living space; finally, a small living room that looks like something out of the 1930s, with two small floral print easy chairs, a couch, and a small circular coffee table. The chairs are on either side of a doorway leading into what looks like a kitchen.

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 21/06/2025

I began writing "The Medellan Conspiracy" in 2017, so the current political climate heavily influenced this book. Also, the fact my late husband and I felt like we could read each other's mind influenced the telepathic connection between Ardyn & Jevan. #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 21/06/2025

Not sure if these are more comps or inspirations for my sci-fi series: the Shannara series by Terry Brooks, "Little Fuzzy" by L. Beam Piper, "A Golden Dream: A Fuzzy Odyssey" by Ardath Mayhar, and "Genesis Quest" and "Second Genesis" by Donald Moffat. #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 21/06/2025

As my WIP, "The Medellan Conspiracy" is the second novel in my series, the primary inspiration was the first novel, "Artifact of the Dawn," which was inspired by the thought: what if elves are really aliens who crashed eons ago and forgot their origins? #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 21/06/2025

My goals for June were/are to continue to edit my WIP, "The Medellan Conspiracy," which is the 2nd novel in my sci-fi series. I hope this will be the penultimate round of edits, so I can still publish later this year. #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 21/06/2025

I'm late! Hello, I'm Grayson Bell. I'm a queer & autistic author of queer fiction. 1st line from my WIP: Jevan hefted the dusty, leather-bound tome onto the table where he’d been working. With gloved hands, he carefully opened the ancient, fragile tome. #LGBTQWriteAThon #WritersCommunity

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 19/06/2025

Today marks my 7 year anniversary on Testosterone. What a fresh-faced lad I was back then!

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 15/06/2025

Now before you judge him, it wasn't his choice to not be in my life, it was my mother's. Long story, but she basically wanted to punish him for getting her pregnant and punish me for existing. He promised to find me when I turned 18. Sadly, he died in 1983, when I was only 11.

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 15/06/2025

Today most people are celebrating their dads, but unfortunately I never got to know mine. All I have are a few random photos of a man I haven't seen since I was three years old, which is my only memory of him.

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Grayson Bell 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @graysonbell.net · 09/06/2025

Andy left his coffee behind. Leo chased him down. Cue: car accident, flirty nurse, & one very illegal deportation attempt. ☕ Queer coffee shop romance 🌈 Gay + bi rep ❤️‍🔥 Angst, kisses, & a happy ending graysonbell.net/book/coffee-to-go #QueerRomance #GayRomance #CoffeeShopAU #LGBTQBooks

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