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Elizabeth Briars
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Author of The Steer Queer Series
The Lady and The List:
https://books2read.com/u/3kdAP6
The Gossip and The Guest:
https://books2read.com/u/4DGrEd
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Thanks! Last month I released The Gossip and The Guest, book 2 of The Steer Queer Series. It's two separate romances of characters from book 1 with shared characters tying them together. Isabella is foisted on strangers and Edmund is enamoured with a man next door 👀
books2read.com/u/4DGrEd
The cover features a couple silhouetted in silver, standing in front of a stained glass arch. The title, in scrolling silver handwriting reads: The Gossip and The Guest. At the bottom, a black banner says: book two of The Steer Queer Series
December 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Looking for a #historicalromance read for #disabilitydecember ? Allow me to give you my good man's card. Edmund is a min character in books 1+2 of The Steer Queer Series

Check out both here:
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books2read.com/u/4DGrEd

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FB6PX71...

📚💙 #queerbooks #mmromance
A cream colored business card with pine boughs and holly borders. The bold faced name reads: Edmund Grubbins- man-of-all work, shy guy, avid learner, profoundly Deaf. From The Lady and The List, Starring in The Gossip and The Guest
December 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Time to pick your surreptitious Thanksgiving read! With The Gossip and The Guest you get a questioning bisexual and a wholesome MM relationship, as well as two different couple's first time scenes to give you all the warm (🌶️) and fuzzies

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📚💙 #queerbooks
Art by Jackcryptid
A two page spread on a manilla colored background with brown and dusty orange leaves of various shapes interspersed. The left page reads: Even after almost a month, Edmund still couldn't quite put his finger in what it was that he found so interesting about Theo. Every encounter had left Edmund more confused and embarrassed, yet he still found himself hoping for another opportunity to observe him. It was madness. But so was avoiding the wood at Thorncroft and the chance to see more wildlife just to avoid explaining that Edmund hadn't heard a word Theo said. The right page says: will Edmund ever tell Theo he's Deaf? Find out in The Gossip and The Guest Available Now And beneath it is an illustration of a red haired young man and a man with blond curls holding a hedgehog between their hands. Both men are wearing regency clothes fit for working class men.
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
elizabethbriars.bsky.social
Is this an unflattering write up of Isabella? Yes
Is it inaccurate? Nope
Pick up a copy today for a fun read while you ignore your family at Thanksgiving:

books2read.com/u/4DGrEd
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Art by @cuatrojosz.bsky.social

#queerbooks #historicalromance #biromance #mmromance 📚💙
On a background with a yellow gradient, a light yellow box is outlined in illustrated marigolds. Inside it is a header: An English Rose in a Bed of Strange Flowers Below it is a portrait of a young blonde woman in regency dress. Underneath that is a series of bullet points: Miss Isabella Marshton Friendly Accomplished in the ladylike arts But if a gossip Desperately lonely The Problem Her parents saw for to drop her in the care of strangers. Now, she faces a summer getting to know a high-strung miss and a reclusive garden-obessessed man Find Out if She Wilts in The Sun in: The Gossip and The Guest Available Now
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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The thrift gods have smiled upon me! These jars were $5 together and made in 1975 by the lawson family, apparently. The basket was only $4 and it's huge!!
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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As it is release day for The Gossip and The Guest, I can finally share this here. If you'd like to read about Edmund and Theo and why exactly they were crawling under hedges, pick up a copy today!

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#queerromance #mlm #queerbooks #historicalromance 📚💙
Art by Jackcryptid
Two men, one ginger, one blond, stand with cupped hands at sunset. In their hands is a somewhat disgruntled hedgehog. They are making intense eye contact and are dressed in regency workman's clothes.
November 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Only one more day until The Gossip and The Guest is released to the world! The Hardwick's are near and dear to my heart, a brother and sister navigating 1814 England. But the arrival of Isabella throws everything out of whack.

#queerbooks #historicalromance 📚💙

Portrait by @cuatrojosz.bsky.social
A navy background with succulents under a gilt-framed portrait of a young woman and man. The text from top to bottom reads: presenting to interested parties Mr. Kabil Hardwick and Miss Louisa Hardwick Inhabitants of Stenson Abbey, famed for its lush gardens, these siblings live in relative peace. But what will happen when a beautiful stranger is dropped on their doorstep? Find out in The Gossip and The Guest Available 11/20/25
November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Oh no, a gossip columnist wrote about my mc, Isabella! Oops, is that telling?
The details in full will be published 11/20/25 when The Gossip and The Guest is released, but curious parties can preorder now:

books2read.com/u/4DGrEd
a.co/d/aXuRilj

📚💙 #queerbooks #historicalromance
A newspaper clipping with a large quill in front of a dark circle reads: The secret lives of society darlings Edition 41 It has been brought to our attention through means a touch nefarious, though noble in intent, that the sterling daughter of a certain Lord is to be shuffled off to places remote this summer. The young Lady in question is a vivacious young woman, thought by many to be charming and widely acknowledged as quite handsome. Why then, it must be asked, is she not to summer at the estate of her own family? The young Lady was often in the company of another person of interest to this publication, one whom I’m certain you’re all familiar with. That so termed ‘thorny problem’ was embroiled in a good deal of mystique and mortification ov’r the course of the season past. And so, while it pains us to even suggest such a thing, the question must be asked: is it possible that the young Lady to whom we refer is also caught up in some such chicanery? Far be it from our job to point out the oddity of an unmarried young Lady being left to the care of those whom we are informed are veritable strangers of no relation. But we feel it our solemn duty to keep those who wisht o uphold what it just and good of English society of such movements. Of the family into which she is to be received we know little. The man of the house will be away, but is of good English stock, though it would seem his plantings have missed our lofty shores, instead sprouting up in countries foreign, though fruitful. And we would be remiss not to acknowledge the presence, though purportedly only physical, of the esteemed grand mere, sure to supersede the only natural desires of youth with age old good sense, when it can be found. As for the young Lady, we wish her only well. The grounds on which she is to step in a sennight, according to our source, are some of the most impressive in all the kingdom, boasting views of grand old England and the lands she has claimed. What scenes the young Lady s…
November 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Only 4 days left until The Gossip and The Guest is released! If you preorder, I'll love you forever, but you'd have to read the book to find out if that happens for Edmund and Theo 😏

#queerbooks #historicalromance 📚💙

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A filigreed invitation reading: Mr. Edmund Grubbins and Mr. Theo Fisher cordially invite you to the release of The Gossip and The Guest, book two in The Steer Queer Series November 20th, 2025 An awkward city boy meets a down to earth gardener on a neighboring estate. When circumstance brings them together, will their spark burn down the woods they share, or fizzle out? Available for preorder at retailers now
November 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Hit a huge goal today: I was included on a hide your wallet from @smartbitches.bsky.social Did I put myself on this list? Maybe, but that doesn't make it any less cool!!
A screenshot of a hide your wallet post from the smart bitches, trashy books newsletter: With fewer and fewer historical romances being traditionally published, I’m finding it harder to find arcs of books that scratch that itch for me and I’ve pretty much exhausted my small town library’s supply of historical romance. Where I was going wrong was letting myself be intimidated by the self-pubbed and indie-pubbed world. It seemed vast to me and I had no idea where to start. Who could I trust to deliver the kinds of stories I need in my life? The bitchery, of course! I submitted a Rec League request and I was overwhelmed by the responses! The books available are thoughtful, plentiful and, for the most part, cheap! Heaven! Thank you so much for sharing your recommendations with me! I started with three books which I’ve briefly discussed below. But I’ve enjoyed myself so much that there will definitely be additional installments of this series as my reading in this world expands. Disclaimer: I haven’t done a deep dive on these authors. I know some have some traditionally published books or their books were traditionally published then they got the rights back and decided to self publish. The books listed below either have no publisher listed on Amazon or the author has a self titled company that published them. I’ll be continuing my quest and would love any suggestions you have. Here is the full list of recommended historical romance authors who are self-pubbed or indie-pubbed according to the Bitchery: AJ Demas Alice Coldbreath Alissa Johnson Anna Campbell Annick Trent Aster Glenn Gray Aydra Richards Bliss Bennet Celia Lake Christi Caldwell Constance Hussey Courtney Milan E.E. Ottoman EH Lupton Elisa Braden Elizabeth Briars Elizabeth Cole Emily Larkin Emily Windsor Erica Ridley Gail Carriger Grace Burrowes Grace Callaway
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Finally got to hold my copy of The Gossip and The Guest in my hands! If two queer love stories, told concurrently with shared characters in regency England sound like your thing, preorder now to hold your own copy on Nov. 20th!
books2read.com/u/4DGrEd

#queerbooks #historicalromance 📚💙
A maroon book stands on a wooden table, a sprawling pothos surrounding it. The cover features a couple silhouetted in silver, standing in front of a stained glass arch. The title, in scrolling silver handwriting reads: The Gossip and The Guest. At the bottom, a black banner says: book two of The Steer Queer Series.
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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There's something deeply right about listening to Chappell Roan while dressed as a clown from the 30's

#halloween2025
October 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Always love a community thread! I wrote a queer Regency Romance series (well, only one's out for now). A scandalous list, a secret identity, a flood of alarming bets: can Gregory and Henrietta navigate the London season and find each other again?
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A book cover with a dark purple background. In the center there is the masc and fem presentations of a person in regency clothes. The title reads The Lady and The List. A gold banner at the bottom says: Book one of The Steer Queer Series
October 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Listen, I know you have someone on your Christmas list that you can't get another dnd book this year. But you COULD gift them an incredible portrait of their OC showing you're thoughtful and have great taste!
Lyanna did a fantastic job on my line art for my novel, see? I would cried if it were a 🎁!
Henry Crofton, a character from The Lady and The List, stands in the center of this illustration. She is wearing a regency style gown constructed to mimic Greco roman columns with epaulettes of layered chiffon to look like bunches of grapes. She has a wide gold belt and match parure (diadem and necklace).
October 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Not sure what I did, but I'm currently having the best month of sales I have yet for my little #queerromance

So if you also want to be cool like those Very Nice People™️, grab a copy of The Lady and The List today!

#historicalromance #readqueerbooks 📚💙

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A book cover with a dark purple background. Surrounded gold filagree is the masc and fem presentations of a person in regency clothes. The title, The Lady and The List, is above and below the heads. At the bottom a banner reads: Book one of The Steer Queer Series
October 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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I also got this stunning sibling portrait of Kabil and Louisa Hardwick, the other mcs in Isabella's story.
Art by the talented @cuatrojosz.bsky.social !

Book one in The Steer Queer Series: books2read.com/u/3kdAP6

Book 2 coming soon 👀 (like, November?)

#queerbooks #historicalromance 📚💙
A portrait of two people, a woman seated on the left in a red regency style gown with upswept dark hair, and a man on the right. He's heavier, wearing a regency style suit with long dark curly hair. Both people have dark eyes and brown skin (they are half white, half indigenous to what is now Mexico).
October 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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To stop myself from commissioning more art (portfolio day is killing me!) allow me to show you some I have. This is Isabella Marshton, one of the mcs in book 2 of The Steer Queer Series, The Gossip and The Guest (coming soon!)
Art by @cuatrojosz.bsky.social (spots open👀)
📚💙 #queerbooks #characterart
A young woman with honey blond hair sits facing the audience in a portrait. She is wearing a white regency dress with small flowers and pink piping. Her features are cute and she is... Bustier than average.
October 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Made a graphic, hate it

But I do LOVE this art of Henry I commissioned from the endlessly talented @lyannatropes.bsky.social ! She was so easy to work with and brought my antisocial MC to life!

The Lady and The List is a queer historical romance available: books2read.com/u/3kdAP6

#queerbooks 📚💙
A black background with an illustration of a Caucasian person in a cream regency style gown. This person has dark hair and the shoulders of the gown are purple and maroon layers. The bottom right corner houses an ornate gold frame with the dark purple book cover of The Lady and The List inside. The texts reads: About me I'm Miss Henrietta Crofton, but my friends call me Henry I can be a little standoffish and I've never been to London before Oh, and the other thing you should know about me? Some days, I'm a man Henry, sent to London for a season she doesn't want, navigates the return of an old friend and the prying eyes of the 'Ton as she tries to express who she really is
October 8, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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There's no time like the present to snag the ADHD Awareness Month bundle featuring 22 great works either by authors with ADHD or featuring characters with it!

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📚💙 #adhdawareness #indiebooks #booksale
Adhd Awareness Month Fiction. By mostly ADHD authors, most with 1+ significant ADHD character(s) 22 Book. Oct 1st-15th Covers: The Lady and the List, Elizabeth Briars Side Tracked, S.K. Kelly The Harmony of Falling Snow, Andora Brokaw Bestiary Beas The Players Act 1, Amy Sparks The Weight of Her Gaze, RJ Martin He of the Trees, Rob Macwolf Song of the Wolf, T.C. Smith Tales of Yamato, Odessa Silver The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle, Steve Hugh Westenra Manipulator's War, Elise Carlson A Demon to Save Me, H.S. Kallinger Heart of Stone, Johannes T. Evans Lantern, Burgundy Athena Pendragon Wizard's Debt, Niranjan Blood, D.C. Hart Ancient as the Stars, Maya Darjani A Dark Hole Darly, Drew Melbourne Translucent, Wayward Spark War of the Space Dargons, L'Poni Baldwin Ants Waking, R.J. Huneke Rage in a Cage, Joachim Heijndermans
October 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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It's been a minute since I posted anything from The Gossip and The Guest. But this scene was actually born of my realization that it had yet to rain. In England 😂
#queerromance #writesky #writingcommunity
Isabella made a split-second decision- she was almost certain she was closer to the greenhouse than the abbey- and plunged forward, uselessly trying to ward the rain from her head with her arms while she ran. It was difficult to see through the curtains of pounding raindrops and she made at least one wrong turn and had to backtrack. As she crossed the same section she had just trod, her slippered foot, already unsteady in such conditions, slid in the mud she had churned up. Without purchase, she grabbed at the only thing near in an attempt to steady herself but the branches of the shrubbery proved a poor defense, scratching her arms and snapping as she felt backward with a cry. As her head connected with the mossy cobblestones, eyes closing against her will, she felt a jolt and wondered briefly if she had been struck by lightning. The crack certainly sounded like thunder in her skull.
September 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
elizabethbriars.bsky.social
About to write a scene in which my MMC is just this

#writesky #queerbooks #regencyromance #hefallsfirst #hefallsHARD
A blond anime man (Tamaki from Ouran Highschool Host Club) hides his mouth behind his hand while blushing profusely and sweating (a little)
September 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
elizabethbriars.bsky.social
Got a new kitten who was too scared to come close to me. Yesterday I coaxed him out finally by just talking to myself about future pairings for my Regency series 😅

Anyway this is Phantom

#writesky #writingcommunity #authorproblems #kitten
September 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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My middle sister(22) has been my cover artist for years {see examples}. I recently commissioned my youngest sister (13) to draw the puppy in The Gossip and The Guest. So far she's asked 2x the questions I ever got for a cover render 😅

#artcommissions #selfpub #sisters
The cover art for The Lady and The List A dark purple, textured background with the gold silhouettes of the masc and fem presentations of a person in regency clothes. A gold banner at the bottom says: Book one of The Steer Queer Series The cover for The Commander A white silhouette of a fox lays on a slab, surrounded by trees in shades of teal. The cover is drawn in a layered paper art style The cover for The Catalyst A white silhouette of a red haired woman, surrounded by trees in shades of red and orange. The cover is drawn in a layered paper art style
September 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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*Writes a 22 point to-do list*
*Buys game *
Guess those aren't getting done
The title screen for Story if Seasons Grand Bazaar There is a large red windmill in a pastoral scene in the background
August 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Want historical romance with queer protagonists? A real historical list of prostitutes wreaking havoc on an otherwise good boy? A bi awakening through a daring rescue?
Check out The Lady and The List (on sale if not the zon, until 8-31!)

books2read.com/u/3kdAP6

#queerbooks #romance #booksky #sale
A dark purple book cover. In gilded gold, surrounded by leaf flourishes: The Lady and The List [the silhouettes of the masc and fem presentations of a person in regency clothes] At the bottom this is a gold banner reading: Book one of the Steer Queer Series
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM