Check out these new and old favorites for your holiday gift giving. Right Side of the Wrong Bed(Paperback)by Frederick Smith.

At thirty-three, Kenny Kane seems to have it all: good looks, a great career as a university administrator, a silver BMW, a sprawling home in the tony hills of Monterey Park, and a hot firefighter for a boyfriend, that is until he cheats on Kenny with a woman! After devoting the past seven years of his life to his ex, the last thing Kenny needs is to get involved with someone new. So when he meets Jeremy Lopez at a West Hollywood bar, Kenny is content to just buy him a drink and leave it at that.But Jeremy won’t take “no” for an answer. Jeremy is “straight-up East L.A.” He’s also a mere twenty-one-years-old and Latino. Except for the one white boy back in college, Kenny’s always dated other African-American men.But he can’t deny the chemistry between them. And before he knows it, Kenny’s having the time of his life is hanging with Jeremy and his boys clubbing and hitting the frat parties, feeling like a kid again. But how long can a thirty-something like Kenny keep it up? And is he really gonna find what he’s been looking for with a kid like Jeremy or will Kenny wake up feeling like he’s on the right side of the wrong bed?Product DetailsPublisher : Kensington Publishing CorporationPublished : 12/01/2007Format : Paperback , pages 256ISBN-10 : 0758219261ISBN-13 : 9780758219268I Say a Little Prayer(Hardcover)by Harris, E. Lynn

Bestselling author E. Lynn Harris is back with another sexy, shocking, and immensely satisfying novel that explores some of today’s toughest and most timely issues.Chauncey Greer is the owner of Cute Boy Card Company, a thriving company in Atlanta. As a teenager, he was a member of a popular boy band, but left in disgrace when word got out that he and his bandmate D were more than good friends. Chauncey is a free spirit, on the brink of forty with a body admired by both men and women. Not into being categorized, Chauncey’s been known to hook up with men and women, but now in the age of the ” down low, ” he’s found that women ask too many questions, so he’s just focusing on the fellas.After one too many bad dates, Chauncey finds himself in church, where the minister’s message inspires him to follow his dream of a singing career once again. Although he’s lost touch with D, as he starts writing songs his thoughts inevitably turn to his former lover. Chauncey’s powerful performance at the church earns him a standing ovation and an invitation to participate in an upcoming revival. But Chauncey soon discovers that an ambitious fundamentalist preacher plans to use the revival to speak out against gays and gay marriage. Feeling angry and betrayed, Chauncey and other gay members of the church decide to take a stand against the church’s homophobia by staging a ” Day of Absence” when all of the gay members and their friends and family stay home. Everything is going as planned… until D appears on the scene and Chauncey has to confront his past and make some hard decisions about his future.”I Say ALittle Prayer” is filled with the delicious plot twists, humor, compassion, and up-to-the-minute controversy fans expect from their beloved ” E. Lynn.” Harris has returned with another gem of a novel that will rocket to the top of bestseller lists nationwide.——————————————————————————–Product DetailsPublisher : Doubleday BooksPublished : 05/01/2006Format : Hardcover , pages 295ISBN-10 : 0385512724ISBN-13 : 9780385512725Giovanni’s Room(Paperback)by Baldwin, James A.Set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality. With a sharp, probing imagination, James Baldwin’s now-classic narrative delves into the mystery of loving and creates a moving, highly controversial story of death and passion that reveals the unspoken complexities of the human heart.——————————————————————————–Product DetailsPublisher : DeltaPublished : 06/01/2000Format : Paperback , pages 176ISBN-10 : 0385334583ISBN-13 : 9780385334587Love the One You’re with: A B-Boy Blues Novel(Paperback)by Hardy, James EarlDo men and monogamy mix? It’s not a question Mitchell “Little Bit” Crawford gave much thought to until his beaufriend of almost two years, Raheim “Pooquie” Rivers, an All-American jeans model, heads to Hollywood to make his first feature film. As Mitchell soon discovers, the temptation to cheat is very real . . . and it seems to be everywhere. An ex even pops up hoping to pick up where they left — and got — off. While intrigued, Mitchell chalks all the attention up to “the married man” syndrome: one is much more desirable when he’s attached to someone else.But as he continues to run into bisexual musician Montgomery “Montee” Simms, the look-but-don’t-touch rule is put to the test. As he and Montee get closer, Mitchell’s idealistic beliefs about commitment are challenged. Will he love the one he’s with because he can’t be with the one he loves?——————————————————————————–Product DetailsPublisher : Amistad PressPublished : 06/01/2003Format : Paperback , pages 272ISBN-10 : 0060512393ISBN-13 : 9780060512392Available at Giovanni’s Room, 12th & Pine St..Philadelphia