This request is from HeatherS:
It’s been a while since I’ve seen this topic covered and a lot of books have been published in the meanwhile, so:
I’d like a rec league post for romances with at least one bisexual MC, preferably not in a college/university setting (because I’m over 40 and college students are mostly babies at this point).
Required: if a bi awakening romance, the MC’s bi awakening does NOT involve cheating (especially on the partner they start the book with, if they start with one).
Some bi romances from my Keeper Shelf include Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston, Faith & Fidelity by Tere Michaels, and Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid.
My TBR currently has Futbolista by Jonny Garza Villa.And remember, folks, Heated Rivalry is not a “gay hockey book/show”, it is a queer hockey book/show”, because we do not erase bi consent king Ilya Rozanov in this house.
Amanda: I’d recommend You, Again by Kate Goldbeck. ( A | BN | K ) The hero and heroine meet because they’re dating the same woman. The characters are either in their 20s or 30s, but are out of college.
Elyse: If you’re into fantasy, The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi qualifies.
The heroine is 40ish and bi, although romance is not the main focus of the story.
Tara: I recently read a beautiful one called The Second Draft by Carrie Byrd. ( A | BN | K | AB ) Two best friends, one of them is 56, the other is turning 60. One of them is bi, the other goes through a late-in-life realization that she’s a lesbian.
Shana: The Stand-up Groomsman by Jackie Lau. It’s a m/f romance that I described on Goodreads as “extremely bisexual.” It’s one of my favorites.
Sarah: I’m going to guess that HeatherS (hi!) knows about The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian. I think they’re both bisexual, though that’s historical. With Love, from Cold World by Alicia Thompson ( A | BN | K ) would work!
Oh – Hold Me by Courtney Milan!
In Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur I think one FMC is pan, and the other FMC is bi.
What romances would you suggest? Let us know in the comments!
I can recommend Lane Hayes
I remember really enjoying Eden Finley’s Fake Out back in the day, before her books became pretty formulaic and much less believable. And before every second romance had to be about fake dating. This one has a slow burn bi-awakening and a lot of humour.
[spoilers] Role Playing by Cathy Yardley. The MMC is biromantic and demisexual. He’s fifty and the FMC is 48. [/spoilers]
I second With love from cold world by Alicia Thompson also has a bi MMC.
Both these examples do include biphobia as a plot point, but not from the FMC.
Make me a Mixtape by Jennifer Whitehead has a bi FMC.
If you loved Red, White and Royal Blue, you’ve probably checked out Casey McQuiston’s other works to see if they’re for you, but in The Pairing both leads are bi or pan.
In Cat Sebastian’s regency imposters series at least one of the leads is bi in every book (mmc in book one, FMC in book two and MMC in book three). Also in her first contemporary star shipped one of the mmcs is bi