Black Bay Books

Black Bay Books Award-winning publisher of literary, mystery, and LGBTQ fiction. Black Bay Books offers some of the finest fiction and poetry available today. P.V. Petty.

Many of our books feature a Florida setting, and you will find some of your favorite horse stories and mysteries here as well. Iza Moreau is an award winning author of le***an fiction--that is, fiction with le***an protagonists. Recently, Tank Baby, the first book of her Elodie Fontaine Young Adult mystery series, won First Prize in the Lesfic Bard Literary Awards for 2020. The second volume in th

e series, Ghost in the Piano, was the 2020 Rainbow Award winner. A previous book--a stand-alone YA le***an adventure, Swamp Girl--won the 2019 Rainbow Award. Moreau has also been a Golden Crown Finalist for Secrets in Small Towns, a book in her adult mystery series, The Small Town Mysteries. She is an 11-time Finalist for the Next Generation Indie Book awards. Megan Casey is the leading authority on the le***an mystery novel. Her historical and bibliographical surveys are the only ones of their kind yet published. If you are looking for mystery novels with le***an protagonists, look no further. Still Waters, an environmental thriller by Sara Warner was the $1,500.00 Grand Prize Winner for Fiction in the 2013 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. It was also the General Fiction winner for that year. LeForge's far-ranging stories are highlighted in his recent Book Stories from events that happened during his 25 years in the used book business. His novel The Notebooks of William Wilson, spans 75 years of North Florida history and features the diaries of three very different protagonists. LeForge also has a North Florida literary adventure series written with the late Anne C. And check out his four books of poetry as well. In addition to our line of book--which are all available as both paperback and ebook, we provide a formatting service for authors who want to translate their files into e-books or paperbacks. To get information about our authors, titles, or formatting services, send an email to [email protected].

π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘†π‘œπ‘’π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘› πΏπ‘–π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘¦ 𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑀 just published a nice review of P.V. LeForge's new novel about 1943 Detroit. Check out the ...
07/16/2025

π‘‡β„Žπ‘’ π‘†π‘œπ‘’π‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿπ‘› πΏπ‘–π‘‘π‘’π‘Ÿπ‘Žπ‘Ÿπ‘¦ 𝑅𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑀 just published a nice review of P.V. LeForge's new novel about 1943 Detroit. Check out the review below.

The setting for The Wars Between Us and Them (Back Bay Books, 2025) by P. V. LeForge is Detroit, Michiganβ€”his birthplace. So why is a Southern publication reviewing a novel set so far north? Because LeForge’s parents moved to Florida when he was just an infant and he remained there most of his l...

Here's the newest release from Black Bay Books. Fifty years in the writing!
06/23/2025

Here's the newest release from Black Bay Books. Fifty years in the writing!

In 1943 Detroit, Officer Eddie DuPre is trying to convince himself that joining the police department instead of the military was not a big mistake. There's a war on in Europe and he is needed in the trenches. And he could use some distance from his wife and new baby. But for Eddie’s pal Stanisl.....

03/17/2025
01/16/2025

Frank Grace returns home from an extended tour in Iraq with nothing on his mind but the horrors of war. In an effort to reconnect with his longtime fascination with horses, he buys Dannyboy, a school horse who has fallen on hard times. But what Frank plans as a simple fix to his grief instead lau...

Word is traveling fast about the latest release by Black Bay Books: π»π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘ π‘’ π‘ƒπ‘’π‘œπ‘π‘™π‘’, by Sara Warner. Available now from Ama...
01/16/2025

Word is traveling fast about the latest release by Black Bay Books: π»π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘ π‘’ π‘ƒπ‘’π‘œπ‘π‘™π‘’, by Sara Warner. Available now from Amazon in paperback and ebook. KU subscribers, of course, can read it free.

Frank Grace returns home from an extended tour in Iraq with nothing on his mind but the horrors of war. In an effort to reconnect with his longtime fascination with horses, he buys Dannyboy, a school horse who has fallen on hard times. But what Frank plans as a simple fix to his grief instead lau...

This award-winning series from Black Bay Books is still the only Nancy-Drew-inspired le***an sleuth YA mystery series. I...
06/22/2024

This award-winning series from Black Bay Books is still the only Nancy-Drew-inspired le***an sleuth YA mystery series. Includes the recent Lesfic Bard Awards winner, π‘†π‘‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘šπ‘¦ π‘Šπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿ. Check them out for Pride Month. Or any time.

Black Bay Books is proud to announce that one of its titles, π‘†π‘‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘šπ‘¦ π‘Šπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿ, by Iza Moreau and R.E. Conary, has won firs...
05/24/2024

Black Bay Books is proud to announce that one of its titles, π‘†π‘‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘šπ‘¦ π‘Šπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿ, by Iza Moreau and R.E. Conary, has won first place in this year's Lesfic Bard Awards in the Le***an Mystery category. π‘†π‘‘π‘œπ‘Ÿπ‘šπ‘¦ π‘Šπ‘’π‘Žπ‘‘β„Žπ‘’π‘Ÿ is the last book in the 6-book Elodie Fontaine series. All are available on Amazon and KU.

01/18/2024

It is 1969 in London and Dawn Blackwell is at loose ends. She has just graduated from university and has no job and only a few friends. She has given up her dream of earning a spot on the professional golf tour and spends most of her time reading newspapers and listening to records in her flat. W...

A flashback to the recent past. The daughter of England's Home Secretary, adrift after failing to make the women's profe...
01/18/2024

A flashback to the recent past. The daughter of England's Home Secretary, adrift after failing to make the women's professional golf tour, descends into London's underground in search of some--any--purpose. What she finds is fascination and love.

It is 1969 in London and Dawn Blackwell is at loose ends. She has just graduated from university and has no job and only a few friends. She has given up her dream of earning a spot on the professional golf tour and spends most of her time reading newspapers and listening to records in her flat. W...

Picture it: Miami Florida, 1974. Three sisters have just opened their own Private Detective Agency. Xande, the oldest is...
01/07/2024

Picture it: Miami Florida, 1974. Three sisters have just opened their own Private Detective Agency. Xande, the oldest is a hippie with Sherlock Holmes sensibilities. Ex-Army Corporal Yolanda, the narrator, is a le***an. Zoe, the youngest; well, Zoe is missing.

Sisters Xande, Yolande, and Zoe Calhoun make up XYZ Investigations in 1974 Miami. The oldest, Xande, is a young hippie with blonde dreadlocks; 23-year-old Yolande is a pistol-packing, curly-haired le***an, and Zoe, well, Zoe is missing. These six interconnected stories are not only lively and puz...

Picture it: Miami Florida, 1974. Three sisters have just opened their own Private Detective Agency. Xande, the oldest is...
01/07/2024

Picture it: Miami Florida, 1974. Three sisters have just opened their own Private Detective Agency. Xande, the oldest is a hippie with Sherlock Holmes powers. Ex-Army Corporal Yolanda, the narrator, is a le***an. Zoe, the youngest; well, Zoe is missing.

Sisters Xande, Yolande, and Zoe Calhoun make up XYZ Investigations in 1974 Miami. The oldest, Xande, is a young hippie with blonde dreadlocks; 23-year-old Yolande is a pistol-packing, curly-haired le***an, and Zoe, well, Zoe is missing. These six interconnected stories are not only lively and puz...

𝐡𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑦'𝑠 πΏπ‘’π‘”π‘Žπ‘π‘¦, the final book in Iza Moreau's Elodie Fontaine Mystery series can be found in The Lambda Literary Review...
01/05/2024

𝐡𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑦'𝑠 πΏπ‘’π‘”π‘Žπ‘π‘¦, the final book in Iza Moreau's Elodie Fontaine Mystery series can be found in The Lambda Literary Review's list of Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Books for January. It is listed under Mystery/Thriller. Here is the full article:

TBR is here! Grab some of these amazing LGBTQIAP+ books out in January

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