Louangie Bou-Montes

SHE CAN'T TOUCH HIM. HE CAN'T STAY AWAY. ____________________In this steamy, moody romance, Rogue and Gambit race to save New Orleans’ soul from vampires and greed incarnate – if their own checkered pasts and touch-starved yearning for each other don’t destroy them first. Rogue is a hero. But when her bare touch can steal someone’s memories, their powers, even their life – she feels monstrous. Yet no part of her feels more dangerous than the part that wants. Remy is a born thief. Even if he’s turned a new leaf as Gambit, when he sees Rogue’s walls, he wants to slip behind them. If she only trusted herself the way he does, he’d gladly lay every bit of his power at her feet. When Remy has a sinking feeling that New Orleans needs him, it’s time to finally go home. He’s just afraid of how much has changed; how much he has changed. What if returning as some big-league hero isn’t what his friends and family need? But he’s not alone – Rogue is at his side. As their easy friendship simmers with temptation, can they gamble with getting closer? And there’s no time to waste. In the wake of a devastating hurricane, bloodsuckers are lapping at the wounds of New Orleans, buying up the city in pieces and unleashing a threat even older than corporate greed: vampires. As Rogue and Remy uncover the sinister plot threatening the lifeblood of his hometown, they’ll unearth their own issues they can’t keep running from. It’s easy to be the hero, but it can be much harder to let yourself be saved. For two people who could destroy everything they touch, love is a dangerous thing. _________________

“The queer young adult story that I’ve been desperately craving for years!” —Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, New York Times bestselling author of Ace of Spades and Where Sleeping Girls LieIn this YA contemporary fantasy, the teen son of the local mortician accidentally reanimates the dead body of the boy he had more than friendly feelings for, but can he keep him alive for good before their time runs out? Perfect for fans of Cemetery Boys and The Taking of Jake Livingston! When you grow up in a funeral home, death is just another part of life. But for sixteen-year-old Jaxon Santiago-Noble, it’s also part of his family’s legacy. Most dead bodies in the town of Jacob’s Barrow wind up at Jaxon’s house; his mom is the local mortician, after all. He doesn’t usually pay them much mind, but when Christian Reyes is brought in after a car accident, Jaxon’s world is turned upside down. There are a lot of things Jaxon wishes he could have said to his once best friend and first crush. When he accidentally resurrects Christian, Jaxon might finally have that chance. But the more he learns about his newfound necromancy, the more he grasps that Christian’s running on borrowed time—and it's almost out. As he navigates dark, mysterious magics and family secrets, Jaxon realizes that stepping into an inherited power may also mean opening up old family wounds if he wants to keep the boy he may be falling for alive for good.