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New Release / Giveaway: Sundowners – R.L. Merrill

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Sundowners - R.L. Merrill

R.L. Merrill has a new MM paranormal romance out: Sundowners. And there’s a giveaway. Vampire Creed Lowell drifts from town to town working with the elderly as a night nurse and looking to avenge his harrowing past. His youth and vitality make him a favorite of his patients and his gifts bring them peace. At long last he’s arrived in the place where he hopes to find the truth about those who betrayed him…but first he finds an unexpected love with a man who might understand him—or end him. Grad student Roman San Angelo is struggling to handle his courses, teaching schedule, and research for his dissertation on an obscure … Read more

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New Release / Giveaway: First Born Sons – Vincent Traughber Meis

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First Born Sons - Vincent Traughber Meis

Vincent Traughber Meis has a new LGBTQ+ contemporary literary book out (gay, trans FTM, bi, gender fluid): First Born Sons. A group of coastal California residents battle wildfires, racism, and their own demons in five distinct narratives set in late 2019 and 2020. The book is populated by a cast of diverse LGBTQ+ individuals 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: First Born Sons – Vincent Traughber Meis

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First Born Sons - Vincent Traughber Meis

Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Gaylit LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann 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, a woman struggling … Read more

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Review: Dipped in Sunshine – Fearne Hill

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Dipped in Sunshine - Fearne Hill

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book “You think you can do the jiggy with my baby brother, without wooing him for approximately three years first? Hah! I hope you weren’t too attached to your toenails.” Fifty is a simple man. He doesn’t know much, but he knows this: to stay well clear of Otto Eggebraaten. The nineteen-year-old is cute, blond, and trouble. His overprotective big brother, Eggy, hounds Otto’s every move. Outwardly, Fifty’s life is good. He surfs, teaches other folks to surf, drinks beer, and hangs with his friends. But with his thirtieth birthday on the horizon, he’s … Read more

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Review: Van Alone – Patrick Doyle

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Van Alone - Patrick Doyle

Genre: Gaylit, Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Giovanni Russo has forged a very particular life. Working in the world of rare books, he’s independent, self-sufficient, and alone. Withdrawn but combative, he engages in personal relations only to do business and, on occasion, have sex. His aloofness draws people in. Good for business, he says to himself. Good for sex. Of course, someone so enigmatic is asking for trouble. Following his father’s sudden death, he inherits the family home, a modest place with no redeeming features other than the roomfuls of memorabilia left by his grandfather. Seeing the house as a chance to … Read more

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Review: Fantastic – K.L. Noone

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Fantastic - K.L. Noone

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Everything’s fantastic. At least, Jason thinks so. He and Colby are working together on a new movie and falling into bed together at night, a life full of stories and happy endings. But it’s been a long night shoot. They’re both tired. And now Colby’s injured. It isn’t serious, but Jason can’t help worrying … especially when he discovers one more story from Colby’s childhood. He couldn’t protect Colby then, but he can now. He’ll spend the rest of the night making sure Colby feels safe and happy, and thoroughly loved. After all, … Read more

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Review: Skimming around Murder – Edale Lan

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Skimming Around Murder - Edale Lane

Genre: Mystery, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Killers can leave scars no one else sees. Top detective Jenna Ferrari winds up with too much on her plate as Christmas approaches when she becomes entangled in three cases. Allowing her emotions to run amuck, she concludes there’s no use trying to pursue a new relationship with Randi. Randi senses something is very wrong with Jenna and refuses to give up on them, but she consents to engaging in an experiment to date someone else. Crimes overlap while Jenna struggles with feelings of guilt, remorse, and inadequacy. Can she accept the fact that even … Read more

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Review: Save Me – Beck Grey

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Save Me - Beck Grey - Love in the Pacific Northwest

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: D. Wilson, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Danger brought them together. Safety tore them apart. Can one act of recklessness reunite them forever? Jamie: Against protocol and my best intentions, I fell in love with the key witness I was assigned to protect. I know. Rookie move. I tried not to let it happen, but Ash is so smart, and sexy, and though his snark is biting, I know it’s only meant to protect himself. But in the end, none of that mattered because I still had to let him go. I’m just glad he never knew how I … Read more

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Review: If You Want Me Close – Skye Kilaen

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If You Want Me Close - Skye Kilaen

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Falling in love with your best friend is wonderful… until tragedy means fighting for the romance and the friendship. Bisexual event coordinator Simon Novotny thrives on connection. He cherishes his large, queer-friendly family and his friends—especially his cute, brilliant work bestie, gay IT geek Ziah Holdaway. It’s taken forever for Simon to to coax Ziah out of his shell. Time and again people have let him down, especially those who should have loved him unconditionally. But Simon would do anything for Ziah: text him jokes when he’s down, bring him homemade lunches, change his … Read more

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Review: Reversing A Rivalry – Kit Kennedy

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Reversing a Rivalry - Kit Kennedy

Genre: Omegaverse, Contemporary, Erotica LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book As a child, Caleb Vega was given to his family’s enemies. It was either that or death when they lost the long-standing war with the Corvin pack. Rather than annihilation, a deal was made: Caleb, the future Vega Alpha, would be raised alongside the future Corvin Alpha, Eli, so they would be as close as brothers and mend the rifts between their families. It was a plan for peace. For years, it even seemed to be working. There’s been just one hitch: Caleb didn’t present as an Alpha. He’s an Omega. … Read more