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New Release / Giveaway: His Fake Boyfriend – Hurri Cosmo

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His Fake Boyfriend - Hurri Cosmo

Hurri Cosmo has a new contemporary MM romance out: His Fake Boyfriend. And there’s a giveaway. Noah is Griffin Colewater’s best friend and absolutely no one knows him better. Certainly not any of the parade of girlfriends he’s had over the years. Even his most recent, Lauren, whom he has been with the longest. And just broke up with. Does it make Noah a terrible friend if he’s just a little bit thrilled about that? It doesn’t really matter, though. Griffin is the oldest son of the owners of Colewater Properties, a multi-gazillion dollar hotel conglomerate. He is also next in line to take over when his father retires which … Read more

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Review: The Heart of St. Nick – A.D. Ellis

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The Heart of St. Nick - A.D. Ellis

Genre: Contemporary, Holiday LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Hayden Green is the epitome of a cheery, generous, small-town guy. He keeps himself busy in a tiny railroad town tucked in the hills of the Midwest by helping others. If he also finds himself wishing for a tall, dark, and handsome man to waltz into town and sweep him off his feet, who can blame him? Gannon Snow closed himself off to emotions and connections a long time ago. He’ll head back to his late grandfather’s beloved holiday town, but only to sell the old man’s house and store. He has … Read more

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Review: Second Wind – A.L. Lester

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Second Wind - SA.L. Lester

Genre: Maryann LGBTQ+ Category: MM Bi, Trans FTM Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book What do a shy French-horn-playing accountant and a single dad trans trumpet player have in common other than both being members of the community orchestra at Theatr Fach in the little town of Llanbaruc? Gethin’s been more or less hiding from life since his marriage broke up a couple of years ago. He joined the orchestra because his sister told him he needed a hobby rather than sitting at home brooding about his divorce. Martin is careful who he dates because of his gender and his teenage daughter. He came to Llanbaruc as … Read more

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Review: Love in Lockdown – R. Frank Davis

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Love in Lockdown - R. Frank Davis

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Conner MacKay is the last of the TV cowboys, but he’s withdrawn from society—even before a global pandemic forces the world into quarantine. When he meets activist Dante Burke, though, Conner takes a chance. He can’t leave a young Black man on the street in the face of a public health crisis. What kind of cowboy would he be then? On the surface, Conner and Dante live in opposing realities: midlife versus youth, flush versus flat broke. But their politics, attraction, and close quarters bring them together until the heat between them grows into a burn … Read more

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Review: Measuring Up – Dani Hermit and Curtis Star

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Measuring Up - Dani Hermit and Curtis Star

Genre: Contemporary, Holiday LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Aethena, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Monarch Springs is full of hot guys… So why is Aiden determined to be in love with the only one that he can’t stand? Up-and-coming interior designer Aiden Hart came to Monarch Springs for an intriguing job and an escape from his old life. Redecorating the tourist trap that is the Monarch Mansion in a small town in Pennsylvania sounded like the exact opposite of his trainwreck of a life in Miami. Not to mention a way to jumpstart his DIY celebrity career. Aiden didn’t want to think that his new start … Read more

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Review: Two Tribes – Fearne Hill

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Two Tribes - Fearne Hill

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book It’s 1995, and troubled seventeen-year-old Matt Leeson harbours three passions: indie music, wartime history, and the posh boy he sits next to in maths class. Not in that order. One of those passions is closely guarded, along with a few other secrets Matt tucks away. Such as his abusive father, the cramped run-down flat he calls home, and the futility of his dreams to escape both. Twenty-five years later, and plodding Dr Alex Valentine, recently divorced, is looking back on a life less lived. On his failed marriage and the dull bore he’s … Read more

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Review: Tricks With Cats and Dogs – Mere Rain

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Tricks With Cats and Dogs - Mere Rain

Genre: Dark Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon | Publisher About The Book Halloween is supposed to be a night for safe scares and harmless tricks, not terror … or romance. College student Colin agrees to take his little cousin trick-or-treating, anticipating nothing worse than having to shepherd a bunch of sugar-crazed third-graders and a poorly-trained puppy. When the kids run ahead to peek into the local supposedly-haunted house, it seems like a harmless bit of mischief until the puppy crawls through a basement window and is lost. Colin promises to get her back. The place may be dark and creepy, but it can’t … Read more

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Review: The Unmasked – A.Y. Caluen

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Unmasked - Alexandra Caluen

Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Slice of Life LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book A slice-of-life M/M Hollywood romance novel about growing into yourself. Victor Garcia and Andy Martin had known each other for eight years. Been in love for seven and a half. Been together – really together – for six, and married for two. So many milestones, so much change. Victor looked at his life sometimes and thought, this can’t be for real. Going into 2020, they had a full year of work scheduled. Then life got weird, and for a minute it seemed a lot of things wouldn’t happen. It … Read more

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Review: First Born Sons – Vincent Traughber Meis

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First Born Sons - Vincent Traughber Meis

Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Gaylit LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book A group of coastal Californians battle wildfires, racism, and their own demons in five distinct narratives set in late 2019 and 2020. First Born Sons is populated by a cast of LGBTQ+ individuals and their allies who struggle to find love, comfort, and fulfillment. As the novel progresses, characters interact across the separate narratives and are brought together for a birthday and a disastrous Black Lives Matter demonstration. A man returning to the horrors that made him leave Mississippi, a blind gay man flirting with love, an FTM transgender starting hormone therapy, … Read more

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Review: Into the Unknown – Jess Thomas

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Into the Unknown - Jess Thomas

Genre: Contemporary, Mystery, Paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Throughout the land, rumbles of tales of old are murmured throughout the tribes. Sky has come into this world to fight for the side of light. Do you hear the beat of the drum and the sounds of the Ghost Dance in the wind? It tells of the trials ahead for the Indigenous people. Native Americans hold their breath, for they will be the first group targeted, and they refuse to go down without a fight. The modern world needs their magic and guidance. They will fight as they always have for what is theirs. The … Read more