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Shane K. Morton

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Shane K Morton lives in California with his husband and their fur baby. His Novels include: The Point Pleasant Holiday Series, Bluegrass Boys Series, Moray University Collection- Adorkable, The Trouble With Off-Campus Housing, Private Waterloos and The Year of the Cock. Short stories: And We Call It Bella Notte, Ginger in the City and Get off of my Runway. Shane can usually be found at a film festival or performing in cabaret somewhere in a dark dive bar in LA.

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	Something Borrowed, Something Boo (Point Pleasant Holiday, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Himbos, Homicide & Heels (Drag Queen Detective, #3) 4.32 avg rating — 164 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Exes, Extortion and Eyeliner (Drag Queen Detective, #4) 4.25 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sailors, Strangulation and Sunscreen (Drag Queen Detective #5) 4.43 avg rating — 124 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Very Merry Princemas (Point Pleasant Holiday #2) 4.10 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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My First Gay YA Book

When I was a kid, there wasn't a lot of literature that had LGBT characters as heroes or the love interests. I think the first one I ever read was Tales of the City by Armistaud Maupin. It meant so much to me to read a story that normalized me as a person just trying to be happy and sometimes succeeding , sometime failing.
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Drag Queen Detective (5 books)
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Point Pleasant Holiday (9 books)
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Drag Queen Detective: Side Sleuths (1 book)
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The Prophecy (The Dark Sorcerer, #1)

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