
Genre:
Historical Romance
Themes:
Angsty
Butch / Femme
Coming Out
Divorce
Fake Relationship / Marriage of Convenience
Found Family
Historical
Humor / Comedy
Interracial / Multicultural Relationship
Pregnancy
Heat Level:
Fade to Black (sex scenes are mostly implied and use euphemistic language)
Archetypes:
Dancer
Law Enforcement
Military
Restaurant / Bar / Club Owner
Teacher / Professor
Geographic Location:
United States: Mid-Atlantic
Setting:
Academic / School / University
Casino / Club / Bar
Police Station / Precinct
Suburban
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Lesbian
Femme
Butch / Stud
Trigger/Content Warning:
Homophobic slurs are used on a few occasions are descriptions of anti-LGBTQIA+ activities of the 1990s and 2000s
Beards
By Serena J. Bishop
Four people. Two fake marriages. One epic love story.
Roni loves Gina.
Gina loves Roni.
Problem: Gina’s married to Early.
Solution: Roni marries Early’s secret boyfriend, Steven.
It’s the 1990s and Roni, Gina, Early, and Steven decide the most logical way their chosen family can live happily ever after is through a dual marriage arrangement. They buy a large home, live in harmony, and become the supportive family none of them ever had. It’s everything they could have dreamed…until life happened.
Relatives. Children. Careers. And, through the next two decades, a society that gradually starts to become more accepting of homosexuality.
How does a family based in secrecy stay together when the freedom to be who they really are is at their fingertips? Can they even stay together?
Beards is a high-angst dramedy about chosen family.