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REVIEW: Dirty Work – TA Moore

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Dirty Work - TA Moore

Genre: Contemporary, Romance, Suspense LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Crime Scene Cleaner [kraɪm siːnˈkliːnə]: Cleans up crime scenes…before the cops know there is one. People always say ‘you can’t go home again’. It turns out that doesn’t count as a guarantee…especially not during a global pandemic. After the jobs in LA started to dry up, crime scene cleaner Grade Pulaski was forced to pack up and move home. He loves his family, but the last thing he ever wanted was to face the ghosts he’d left back in Sweeny, Kentucky. Also, the place just sucks. He certainly isn’t going to stay any longer … Read more

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REVIEW: To Melt a Frozen Heart – Fearne Hill

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To Melt a Frozen Heart - Fearne Hill

Genre: Contemporary, Holiday LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Aethena, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Freddie Duchamps-Avery has only one desire this Christmas: to ask his beloved Reuben to marry him. However, with his needy father moping around, finding the perfect, romantic moment to propose is proving tricky. The Rt Hon. Charles Duchamps-Avery is a successful politician, a hopeless father, and a miserable divorcé. Facing the prospect of Christmas alone in London, he accepts his son Freddie’s generous invitation to join the gang at Rossingley. Yet, being surrounded by happy couples only serves to remind of his past mistakes and a looming, lonely old age. If only … 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 … Read more

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REVIEW: Making History at Crofton Hall – Rebecca Cohen

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Making History at Crofton Hall - Rebecca Cohen

Genre: Contemporary, Dash of Historical LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Crofton Hall is buzzing with anticipation for the filming of the Secret Histories TV special about a scandalous affair that has been hidden for over four hundred years. The hall’s new historian, Dara Callaghan, is drawn not just by the hall’s rich history but to TV producer, Nathan Lorimer. Nathan is finally ready to start dating again, several years after the death of his husband. There’s something about Dara, a quietly spoken Irishman, and the romance that surrounds Crofton Hall, that makes him want to take a chance. Meanwhile, Ben Redbourn, 16th Earl of … Read more

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REVIEW: Unholy Desire – Lynn Burke

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Unholy Desire - Lynn Burke

Genre: Contemporary (Age Gap) LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Madison, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book As an overseas missionary who leads lost souls toward salvation, it’s imperative I live a godly existence, even in the midst of life-shattering grief. Returning to the States brings about a trial worse than the loss of love, and I’m faced with desire for someone forbidden to me by my church and the word of God. Aaron Weston. My best friend’s son who is no longer a gangly teen. He makes me want things no newly widowed man should. His presence fills the emptiness in my life, but my sinful nature … Read more

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NEW RELEASE / GIVEAWAY: The Scars That Bind Us – Michelle Notaro

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The Scars That Bind Us - Michelle Notaro

Michelle Notaro has a new MM urban fantasy out: The Scars that Bind Us. And there’s a giveaway! Sometimes the worst scars are the ones you can’t see. Growing up in the magi compound was far from easy. I didn’t think I’d ever get out of that horrid place, but eighteen years ago, my world changed. I was allowed freedoms I’d never had before, although, even today, I was still at the Non-Human Specialties Operations’ beck and call. Which is how I find myself on a team with my best friend, five shifters, and a human. Now, I have to figure out a way to work with others—with shifters. I’ve never … Read more

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REVIEW: Prelude to Love – Anne Barwell

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Prelude to Love - Anne Barwell

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Music speaks directly to the heart. Joel is a music teacher who knows it’s time to forget his ex and move on, while Marcus runs a lawn-mowing business and has come to Wellington to escape the reminders of a recent breakup. Although they’re opposites, when Joel and Marcus connect, their romance has the potential to hit all the right notes. Too bad neither of them feels ready for new love. With family and friends in common, dating is risky and things could get messy if it doesn’t work out. When the sweet song of possibility draws … Read more

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REVIEW: Saving Crofton Hall – Rebecca Cohen

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Saving Crofton Hall - Rebecca Cohen

Genre: Contemporary, A Little Historical LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book How he’d kept his cool, Ben will never know, but learning he owes the bank £5million thanks to his mother’s gambling debts means he must act fast if he doesn’t want to lose his beloved family home. To save Crofton Hall, Ben Redbourn, the 16th Earl of Crofton, is going to need all his charm, lots of hard work, and not a small amount of luck. But he can’t do it alone, Ben needs help—and he needs it now. Enter Ashley Niven, events manager extraordinaire, and best friend of Ben’s little sister. … Read more

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REVIEW: Cold Cases and Dark Secrets – J.M. Dabney

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Cold Cases and Dark Secrets - J.M. Dabney

Genre: Mystery, Suspense, Procedural, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Time Didn’t Heal All Wounds, and the Scars were About to be Ripped Open StevensonWhen I’d moved from Homicide to the Cold Case Unit my friends headed, I’d thought it would be a new start. The minute my marriage fell apart, I’d lost my purpose. Years passed, and I hadn’t found myself until I’d helped my friends catch a serial killer, but I’d also found friends and family. As I’d searched for a case among dusty boxes, a decades’ old murder and missing person case caught my attention. The autopsy report sent me … Read more

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REVIEW: Old Bones – Reis Asher

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Old Bones - Reis Asher

Genre: Myrder Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Transgender Reviewer: Mary Ann Get It On Amazon About The Book Haunted by his last case and still struggling financially, private investigator Nick Fabian is floundering when a birthday surprise from his best friend Connor Long and boyfriend Roy Constas—a home of their own—offers a ray of hope for a future life beyond living in a cramped trailer and staring into the depths of human depravity. Nick’s optimism soon fades when he finds human remains crammed into a suitcase dumped in the attic. The bones belong to a local child who was reported missing three years ago. The news only gets worse when Roy … Read more