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Small town secrets and shallow gene pools

Sex at a Funeral by K. Stirling

September 18, 2026 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

CBR18 Bingo: Right – When family secrets are revealed, no one gets to claim that there is one right way to be: what love should look like, what makes a family unit the “right” kind, etc.. Sky is home for his father’s funeral. Throughout Sky’s life, his father treated him with contempt and disgust. Sky grieves the loss of his parent and that they can never reconcile. When he came out to his parents in his twenties, his mother barely reacted, which was on brand […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: autistic rep, Beards, bullying, cbr18bingo, family secrets, funerals, gay panic, gay romance, K. Stirling, lavender marriage, LGBTQIA+ characters, queer romance, scandal, terrible parents

carmelpie's CBR18 Review No:41 · Genres: Romance · Tags: autistic rep, Beards, bullying, cbr18bingo, family secrets, funerals, gay panic, gay romance, K. Stirling, lavender marriage, LGBTQIA+ characters, queer romance, scandal, terrible parents ·
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