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REVIEW: Below Stairs at Crofton Hall – Rebecca Cohen

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Below Stairs at Crofton Hall - Rebecca Cohen

Genre: Contemporary, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Karl Vinter joins the staff at Crofton Hall as the new under butler. He’s too busy to bother with relationships, but he’s more than happy to explore a friends with benefits arrangement with gardener, Val Blake. He couldn’t imagine a more perfect way to settle into is his new life at Crofton Hall. Pity pesky things like feelings start to get in the way. Meanwhile, Ben Redbourn, 16th Earl of Crofton, is trying to find the perfect way to propose to Ashley, his boyfriend. He’s going to need all the help he can get, especially … Read more

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Review: A Little Turn – Alexandra Caluen

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Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book An M/M romance novel about discovering who you really are. Bob Anderson knew it was not quite normal to be relieved that the woman he’d proposed to turned him down. He thought he was ready; he was thirty-six, it was time to choose a partner and take the next step. He wanted her as much as he’d ever wanted a woman. It was not quite normal to be sitting in a bar asking himself whether he’d ever wanted a woman at all. Jade Derecha wasn’t out to pick anyone up. He wasn’t out … Read more

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Review: Out of Bounds – F. A. Ray

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Out of Bounds - F. A. Ray

Genre: Sports, Romance, Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Xanthe, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Keith Russo is just a marketing guy looking to make the nights a little less lonely when he calls up the sex hotline. He shouldn’t be so pathetically desperate for human interaction, especially not when he’s about to go to Tokyo to work for the U.S. men’s soccer team in the 2024 Olympics. But the voice spilling filthy promises into his ear and calling him “daddy” is addicting. And strangely familiar… Juro Ando is just trying to pay the bills. He’s not struggling as an artist anymore, but the pathetic men … Read more

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REVIEW: Into You – A.Y. Caluen

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Into You - A.Y. Caluen

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book A slow-burn, age-gap M/M romance novel about reaching for a dream … and finding the person who’ll give you a boost. When an adult-film director dropped her card in Manny’s guitar case, he was mildly flattered. But he was busy with all his other jobs, and a card wasn’t money, so he forgot about it. When her partner showed up to say they were interested in putting Manny in front of the camera, he started thinking about it again. Irv thought the spinning trainer was interested. But after a couple weeks without contact, … Read more

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REVIEW: Brushed With Love – Fearne Hill

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Brushed With Love - Fearne Hill

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Xanthe, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Clement Constantine Church is a hot mess. With deadlines to meet. Whereas the striking Viking redecorating his seaside cottage is simply hot.  As a precocious teen, Clem wrote a best seller. Now he writes for other people. Too busy contemplating his bleak career and panicking about pretty much everything, he doesn’t notice that the gorgeous surfer slapping paint across his bedroom walls has a top-notch flirting game. Nor that the body hidden underneath his white overalls should come with its own government health warning. Anyhow, apparently the Viking is straight. After one too many … Read more

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NEW RELEASE / GIVEAWAY: Restrained Desires – Katherine McIntyre

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Restrained Desires - Katherine McIntyre

Katherine McIntyre has a new FF contemporary romance out: Restrained Desires. One rule: don’t fall for your best friend’s straight sister. Especially not when she’s pretending to be your fake girlfriend. Chelsea Moore is officially divorced from her asshole husband, and after wasting her early twenties putting up with his shit, she’s burning to get out there and play the field—especially a certain kinkier side he made her feel like garbage about. Kyle Walker’s terrified to put herself out there. According to her mother, she doesn’t have the looks to hook anyone, but what makes it worse is that her dating history falls in line. However, when her family tries … Read more

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REVIEW: Be Mine – Alexandra Caluen

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Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book A hurt/comfort M/M romance novel about truth and consequences. Valentine Gale knew he was difficult. Too many years of not only hiding his emotions, but refusing to admit he had them. He thought his future would look a lot like his present. Then he met the new science teacher Christopher Parsons. Kit had been trying to find a moment to talk to the language-arts teacher for months. When the guy started that conversation at the academy’s year-end party, Kit was delighted. It turned out they had a lot in common. Including the way they liked to … Read more

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REVIEW: Cold Cases and Bitter Enemies – J.M. Dabney

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Cold Cases and Bitter Enemies - J.M. Dabney

Genre: Mystery, Police Procedural, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Pan, Ace Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book An unknown enemy wanted to take everything from us. Graves I’d spent all my forty-plus years paying for mistakes when I’d simply been human. Living in the shadow of my friend’s happiness grew harder every day. I didn’t mind being the odd one out. I didn’t mind being considered the unlovable strait-laced-ish one to their mayhem. Acceptance after a lifetime of not measuring up was nice. I’d found my rhythm and my place among the weirdness of my unit. That was until Marcel Douglas, the new ego-maniac in Homicide, decided he … Read more

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REVIEW: Out of Focus – A.L. Lester

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Out of Focus - A.L. Lester

Genre: Contemporary, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Alex has never quite believed he’s good enough. Not as a person and not as a lighting technician. He hates that however hard he tries he can’t get his boss, Luke, to like him. In the two years he’s been in the job it’s become a Thing with him and he’s got a huge crush on the man. He needs to move on for his own sanity and his career and he’s just about to accept a job at a bigger theatre when one of the volunteers he’s bedded and dumped pushes him off a … Read more

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REVIEW: Suspiciously Sweet – Samantha SoRelle

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Suspiciously Sweet - Samantha SoRelle

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Gordon, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Trevor Hill has a secret. By day he’s a mild-mannered journalist, but by night he’s the hottest—and most hated—food critic in town. When he walks into Nana O’Neill’s Bakery looking for his next scathing review, the last thing he expects is someone like Owen behind the counter. The scowling man looks more like a bouncer than a baker, but after one bite, Trevor is in love—with Owen’s baking at least. Owen O’Neill has secrets of his own. Scarred, tattooed Owen would rather be in the kitchen whipping up pastries than dealing with actual … Read more