Author Extra: The Second Mango by Shira Glassman

The Second Mango by Shira Glassman

Queen Shulamit never expected to inherit the throne of the tropical land of
Perach so young. At twenty, grief-stricken and fatherless, she's also coping
with being the only lesbian she knows after her sweetheart ran off for an
unknown reason. Not to mention, she's the victim of severe digestive
problems that everybody think she's faking. When she meets Rivka, an
athletic and assertive warrior from the north who wears a mask and pretends
to be a man, she finds the source of strength she needs so desperately.

Unfortunately for her, Rivka is straight, but that's okay -- Shulamit needs
a surrogate big sister just as much as she needs a girlfriend. Especially if
the warrior's willing to take her around the kingdom on the back of her
dragon in search of other women who might be open to same-sex romance. The
real world outside the palace is full of adventure, however, and the search
for a royal girlfriend quickly turns into a rescue mission when they
discover a temple full of women turned to stone by an evil sorcerer.

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Author Extra:

Gluten-free Tropical Summer Sides, such as Her Majesty might enjoy
(Tomatoes on the vine are often abbreviated TOV, which, irrelevantly, means
'good' in Hebrew!)

Wheat-free Tabouleh Salad
Ingredients:
½ cup quinoa
1 bunch curly parsley
2 small tomatoes-on-the-vine
¼ cup red onion, diced
1 baby hothouse cucumber (or ½ cup conventional cucumber, cored)
2 lemons
Olive oil, salt, and black pepper

Rinse quinoa to remove naturally-occurring bitter component. Add 1 cup of
water and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer until quinoa has soaked up all
the water. Refrigerate so that warm quinoa doesn't cook the rest of the raw
vegetables.

Discarding stems, chop parsley, tomatoes, and cucumber. Add red onion and,
once it has cooled, the quinoa. Mix in the juice of both lemons, carefully
retrieving all seeds. Add olive oil, black pepper, and salt to taste. Let
sit in refrigeration in sealed container so the flavors can mingle.


Bright Colors, Bright Flavors
1 Haas avocado, firm but will give way slightly when squeezed—if you can
sink your fingers into it and it feels like guacamole wearing a leather
shoe, it's too far gone
2 small tomatoes-on-the-vine
1 mango, cv. Tommy Atkins, or 2 mangoes, the smaller yellow variety
1 lime

Peel avocado and remove pit. Peel mango using carrot scraper and cut as much
of the flesh away from the pit as possible. Remove stems from tomatoes.

Cut all fruit into bite-sized chunks and liberally coat with lime juice.

New Fantasy Release from Shira Glassman

The Second Mango
By: Shira Glassman
165 pages / 46600 words
ISBN: 978-1-61040-519-5
$5.99
Buy Link: http://www.prizmbooks.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=6&products_id=72
Blurb:
Queen Shulamit never expected to inherit the throne of the tropical land of Perach so young. At twenty, grief-stricken and fatherless, she's also coping with being the only lesbian she knows after her sweetheart ran off for an unknown reason. Not to mention, she's the victim of severe digestive problems that everybody think she's faking. When she meets Rivka, an athletic and assertive warrior from the north who wears a mask and pretends to be a man, she finds the source of strength she needs so desperately.
Unfortunately for her, Rivka is straight, but that's okay -- Shulamit needs a surrogate big sister just as much as she needs a girlfriend. Especially if the warrior's willing to take her around the kingdom on the back of her dragon in search of other women who might be open to same-sex romance. The real world outside the palace is full of adventure, however, and the search for a royal girlfriend quickly turns into a rescue mission when they discover a temple full of women turned to stone by an evil sorcerer.

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Tyler Buckspan
By: Jere M. Fishback
182 pages / 46700 words
ISBN: 978-1-61040-515-7
$5.99
Edgy Young Adult
Buy Link: http://www.prizmbooks.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=71
Blurb:
Fifteen-year-old Tyler Buckspan lives with his mom and grandmother in 1960s Cassadaga, a Florida community where spiritual “mediums” ply their trade. The mediums--Tyler’s grandmother among them--read palms and tarot cards, conduct seances and speak with the dead. Tyler’s a loner, a bookish boy with few interests, until his half-brother Devin, nineteen and a convicted arsonist, comes to live in Tyler’s home.
For years, Tyler has ignored his attraction to other boys. But with Devin in the house, Tyler can't deny his urges any longer. He falls hopelessly in love with his miscreant half-brother, and with the sport of basketball, once Devin teaches Tyler the finer points of the game. In a time when love between men was forbidden, even criminalized, can Tyler find the love he needs from another boy? And is Devin a person to be trusted? Is he truly clairvoyant, or simply a con artist playing Tyler and others for fools? What does Devin really know about a local murder? And can Tyler trust his own psychic twinges?
Coming Next Week...

The Second Mango
by Shira Glassman
It's hard to find a girlfriend when you don't know any other lesbians, so the young, nerdy Queen Shulamit hires the legendary warrior Rivka to take her around the kingdom on the back of her dragon in search of other girls like her. But the simple quest quickly turns into a rescue mission when they discover a temple full of women turned to stone by an evil sorcerer.
Genre: Edgy Young Adult, Fantasy, LGBT, Adventure, Romance

New Release Day

New This Week from Prizm Books...

Just for Kicks
By: Racheal Renwick
225 pages / 64000 words
ISBN: 978-1-61040-501-0
$6.99
Buy Link: http://www.prizmbooks.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=70
Blurb:
Non GLBT
Meriwether Brookes is doomed to be an orphan forever. Fate has other plans for her, however, when she’s swept away in the middle of the night by a girl who can fly. Pulled along on an impossible adventure, Meri soars into the world of superheroes, discovering her own Super genes along the way.
After a magic ritual transforms her into a Super, Meri learns that her parents’ murderer is planning to bring Doomsday about, and the Supers need her to help stop him. Spurred forward by an all-consuming need for vengeance, Meri ditches her selfish ways to become the one thing she loathes most: a hero.
With the help of her Super friends, Meri tries to figure out how her ability to see spirits can help defeat the soul-sucking villain. But when she comes face to face with him, a grave secret is revealed, and she must decide which is more important: revenge for her parents’ death, or saving the human race.

New Release from Foxglove Lee & Coming Soon

New This Week from Prizm Books...

I Know What Gay Is
By: Foxglove Lee
15 pages / 4000 words
$1.99
Buy Link: http://www.prizmbooks.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=68
Blurb:
When the couple next door asks Jay to babysit, he can't help wondering… why him? Did they hire Jay as some kind of queer role model because they suspect little Sarah is gay?
At the park, when Sarah and Jay run across the guy he's been pseudo-stalking, Sarah insists she’s a boy. Darien’s sheer sexiness makes Jay pretty brain-dead, and he can't think what to talk about except how Sarah wants everyone to call her Frank.  The funny kid reminds Darien of his transgender cousin.  Could Sarah be trans, too? Should Jay talk to her parents?  What if they say it's none of his business? What if they fire him?
Well, then he'll just have to spend his summer watching Darien work in the park, sweaty and shirtless...
Coming Next Week...

Just for Kicks
by Rachael Kenwick
Pulled along on an impossible adventure, Meriwether Brookes discovers her true identity and soars into the world of superheroes. But when she comes face to face with a soul-sucking supervillain, a grave secret is revealed and she must decide which is more important: revenge for her parents’ death, or saving the human race.
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Superhero/Comic Adventure

Refrigeration Blues by Richard Natale

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Refrigeration Blues

$2.49

When you have the perfect lover and he’s suddenly taken from you, what’s the point of going on?  I mean, really. Might as well go out in a blaze of glory, or in this case, a chill of glory.  Of course, something could go wrong, and in Matthew Robins’ case, it almost always does.

by Richard Natale
Pages: 19 / Words: 5500
Genre: Prizm Pinch, Contemporary, Drama, Romance
Age Rating: New Adult

Need a quick romantic short story?

Review Round-Up May 11 - July 2013

Enjoy our latest Review Round-Up. As always if you have additional reviews we have not listed please send them to kristi@torquerepress.com or add them in the comment section.


Reviews by Jessewave

My Life as a Myth by Huston Piner 


Rarely Dusty Books

Monster Town by Dakota Chase 


Long and Short Reviews

Bittersweet by Dallas Coleman 
Shel's Moor by Jessica Ennis 



Goodreads Review by Jeff Erno

My Life as a Myth by Huston Piner 


Fallen Angel Reviews

Don't Ask by Laura Hughes 
Dreamcatcher by Iyana Jenna