Scars & Honey: A Queer Romance Drama

by Jo Morgan Sloan

Sometimes healing feels worse than death.

Ky's traumas made him who he is. He lost his family as a child. Injuries disabled him. When a brutal assault nearly ended him, Ky found a soulmate in his rescuer. He doesn’t challenge his limitations. They are accepted, immovable facts.

When a DNA test leads Ky to the twin he thought was long dead, the reunion shatters his beliefs of what’s truly permanent. Hope picks at the scars on his psyche and skin.

But some wounds are deeper than he cares to show.

400 pages, Kindle Edition

Expected publication June 3, 2026

About the author

Jo Morgan Sloan is an audiologist, an artist, and a novelist in Northern California. Their debut novel was a second-chance transgender romance released by Midnight Meadows Publishing in December 2024. They published a second unrelated novel, Stableshoes, with SloanScript in August 2025. Their literary fiction drama, Scars & Honey, is many years in the making and will be released June 3rd 2026. Jo’s essay work can also be found in online periodicals Drunk Monkeys, HerStry, and the Four Palaces Publishing anthology, "When Home Hurts".

Reviews

[Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

Scars & honey by Jo Morgan Sloan is a moving and emotional story of 2 Mmc’s who have found each other, both have scars from the past and together with love and stead fast desire to overcome their traumas .
Her writing style elicits emotions and understanding of their past traumatic events. I couldn’t put it down . There are unexpected twists and turns that keep the reader vested to find out what will happen next. It connects the reader to the reader . We all have scars, although different than the main characters .
This is one book I would read again.

[C · Rating 5 out of 5]

Okay its been a long time since a book has made me cry and joyful and so satisfied

I am so grateful for the opportunity
@jomorgansloanauthor
gave me in sending the PR box for Scars & Honey to share my thoughts of this beautifully written book.

I found myself feeling so many emotions as I literally binged this entire book tonight... I truly recommend this book so much. The emotions and story...just...no words can justify it

Thank you Jo! For the amazing opportunity and lovely story.
May you always be planted. Not just planted...but may you always bloom, beautiful.

[Myranda Herald · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book so much the emotions put into and the beginning being not knowing where the sibling is to all the characters having beep meaningful emotions make sure you check your triggers for sure and if you need to take a break do it but in all this book made me cry a few times and it’s one of those that makes you wanna reread it for sure

[Courtney Artmeier · Rating 5 out of 5]

Please check the Tw before diving in
The was so good and jammed packed with emotions for each and every character.
Several parts of this book made me wanna cry that for sure, im proud of each character fighting for them self and to be better no matter what has happened to them

[Mackenzee Leonard · Rating 4 out of 5]

scars and honey is a beautiful story that gives heartbreak and joy all in the same time it’s a phenomenal story and gripped me from the very beginning