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Discovering Douglas
Led astray by a friend on a warm New York evening in 1996, Douglas King steps into a gallery and meets the woman who will change his life. Falling for her blue eyes and away from the safety of old habits and familiar places, their deepening romance feels unshakable - until the day he meets Logan.
A new, unavoidable attraction throws Doug's world into turmoil. Even with some unexpected help, can Doug confront his fears and uncover the man he had always been before it's too late?
Discovering Douglas is a unique and contemporary story about bisexuality, identity, and the courage to live authentically.
A new, unavoidable attraction throws Doug's world into turmoil. Even with some unexpected help, can Doug confront his fears and uncover the man he had always been before it's too late?
Discovering Douglas is a unique and contemporary story about bisexuality, identity, and the courage to live authentically.
348 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 5, 2025
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July 2, 2025
Discovering Douglas feels less like a bisexual romance novel and more like a diary of what it’s like to carry other people’s expectations around while trying to figure out who you are. Talison keeps the spotlight on Douglas’s inner tug‑of‑war so the actual sex stays mostly referential and the real conflict is identity versus conformity, not who‑kisses‑whom.
The bi lens adds an extra “but maybe I’m not?” loop of second‑guessing that anyone outside the cis‑het mainstream will recognise, and it’s refreshing.
Only about 4 % of the global population openly identifying as bi, yet there are over 20 % of Gen Z saying they do. I don’t believe the numbers have changed, but how comfortable people are has.
The book feels like overdue representation for the sixteen‑in‑a‑hundred who still don’t feel safe saying it out loud. In other words, even if you’ve never wrestled with sexuality, if you’ve ever wanted to swap your parents’ dream for your own—doctor for baker, lawyer for artist—you’ll see yourself in Douglas’s messy, hopeful journey toward saying “I get to decide who I am.”
I would have preferred the writing style be more in first person to really invite me in to the empathy and emotional weight, but semantics… it’s a welcomed and extremely under represented perspective.
The bi lens adds an extra “but maybe I’m not?” loop of second‑guessing that anyone outside the cis‑het mainstream will recognise, and it’s refreshing.
Only about 4 % of the global population openly identifying as bi, yet there are over 20 % of Gen Z saying they do. I don’t believe the numbers have changed, but how comfortable people are has.
The book feels like overdue representation for the sixteen‑in‑a‑hundred who still don’t feel safe saying it out loud. In other words, even if you’ve never wrestled with sexuality, if you’ve ever wanted to swap your parents’ dream for your own—doctor for baker, lawyer for artist—you’ll see yourself in Douglas’s messy, hopeful journey toward saying “I get to decide who I am.”
I would have preferred the writing style be more in first person to really invite me in to the empathy and emotional weight, but semantics… it’s a welcomed and extremely under represented perspective.
July 15, 2025
The type of story you don’t see very often. Well worth a read!
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