Reddit reviews The Burnt Toast B&B (Bluewater Bay Book 5)

I don't know if romance novels are your jam. If not, maybe you could give these a chance anyway?

Coffee Boy is short and sweet, about an out trans guy interning on political campaign. The author, Austin Chant (who is a trans man), also has a trans retelling of Peter Pan called Peter Darling which I haven't read yet but plan to since I liked Coffee Boy so much.

If you can get past the super cheesy cover, The Burnt Toast B&B is a lot of fun. It's about this trans guy who is a stuntman but gets hurt so he has to take time off to recuperate. He needs a place to stay and is on a budget, so he goes to stay at a crappy bed and breakfast that is on the verge of closing down. Talks a lot about toxic masculinity. (It's part of a series, but no knowledge of the other books is necessary.)

Another one I haven't read yet, but am planning to because I like the author: Finding Your Feet. Trans guy is a dancer who just came out a bad relationship and ends up partnering with a newbie for a dance competition he doesn't want to do.

Absolutely! It's part of a series but to be honest I read it without reading the rest of the series and it's pretty easy to just jump into.

It's called The Burnt Toast B&B and it is exactly as cheesy as it sounds, but as a trans guy it definitely hit home on a few things. The author got instant respect from me for making the cis guy gay and not bisexual. Not that bisexual men can't have legitimate attraction to trans men as men, but I've noticed a sort of creepy insistence from some authors that seem to imply you have to be bisexual to be attracted to a non-op trans person of either gender, which is something the trans community has obviously been trying to refute.

Edit: I do want to give a short trigger warning for anybody thinking to pick it up. The gay guy does fuck up at one point by using the trans guy's trans status against him in a fight, but to be honest I think it's handled extremely realistically even if the romance itself is set in a cheesy over-the-top setting (a Supernatural like show is being shot in a little town, and the trans guy works as a stunt double for one of the main actors). The gay guy knows he fucked up too, and he's not instantly forgiven for the mistake by the trans man at all. The trans guy's self worth is honestly really refreshing after dealing with your usual self-loathing trans narratives.