Historical

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Review: The Old Razzle Dazzle – Will Forrest

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The Old Razzle Dazzle - Will Forrest

Genre: Victorian/Edwardian-era Historical Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Non-Binary Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Love is a tightrope walk ~ sometimes you can’t help but fall… Some men are born for the stage. Some are born for nothing at all. How Izzy rose from the gutter to the heights of fame is a story he tells to few. A story as strange as any he’s staged in his four decades on London’s West End. A story of love and loss, heartache and forgiveness, of wanting what you cannot have, of daring to do the impossible. When an idealistic young singer joins his theatre company, Izzy finds himself … Read more

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Review: Just Love Enough – Will Forrest

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Just Love Enough - Will Forrest

Genre: Romance, Historical, Victorian LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book He wasn’t looking for love. He only wanted a job… The sixth son of a family who’d have been better off with none, Izzy wants more than the miserable life he’s been granted. Living by his wits in the slums of Whitechapel, he’ll take any escape, committing to a life of sin and luxury at anotoriousLondon pleasure house where the rich and powerful come to be humbled by the very lowest.  Yet there’s one man from his grim past he can’t leave behind. His oldest friend Noel is moral, modest, and law-abiding—everything that Izzy … Read more

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Review: Glass Castles – Kelley York

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Glass Castles - Kelley York

Genre: Historical LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bisexual Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Lucas Walker has been down on his luck for years. Then he has a run-in with a surgeon named Henry Glass, who presents him with an unusual job opportunity: procuring corpses for Henry’s medical research. Out of work and out of options, and maybe just a little enamored with the shy and gentlemanly Henry, Lucas agrees. But between the perils of bodysnatching and the fear of being outed for his proclivities, Lucas has his hands full. Falling in love with his employer is the last thing he needs. Glass Castles is a novella and the first … Read more

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Review: Run Wild, Run Free – Fiona Glass

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Cover - Run Wild, Run Free by Fiona Glass - Foreground, bottom left: a golden birdcage with its door ajar; in background, a handsome young white man with longish dark hair and blue eyes, laying on his back and staring off into the distance on a dark, pavement-like surface, wearing a black leather jacket with a leather strap and silver medallion on is bare, slightly hairy chest

Genre: Historical, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Neurodiverse Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Growing up in a 1950s mining village in the English midlands is hard for someone like Joey, who’s known he was different since he was a kid. All he wants to do is run wild on the hills, watching nature and indulging his love of art. All his parents want is for him to settle down: marriage, a home of his own, a steady job down the mine, and not so much as a whiff of art college. But none of that appeals to him. Everything changes the summer he turns eighteen, when the … Read more

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Review: Not Again – C.J. Baty

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Not Again - C.J. Baty - Lizzy Ferguson Mystery

Genre: Historical, Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Bisexual Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Lizzie Ferguson is not a typical 1912 woman. Owner of the E.M. Ferguson Detective Agency, she prefers to live life outside of society’s norm – both in and out of the bedroom – which leads to complications when she finds herself attracted to her beautiful assistant, Julia Straton, and an arrogant, yet devastatingly handsome journalist named Walton Crew. But who has time for romance when there are murders to solve? Her newest case is eerily similar to one from the past. Male brothel workers are being butchered, so she calls on old friends and Pinkerton detectives, Michael … Read more

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Review: Charles, Earl of Crofton – Rebecca Cohen

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Charles, Earl of Crofton - Rebecca Cohen

Genre: Historical, Regency, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Anyone who had thought Lord Byron mad, bad and dangerous to know, obviously hadn’t met Charles Redbourn, 8th Earl of Crofton. Charles Redbourn cares little for anyone’s opinion, life is there to be lived and the London Ton provides a host of pleasures. He is used to getting his own way and, after another clash with the impertinent Captain Timothy Thorne, Charles is determined to put the uniformed upstart in his place. Both are stubborn and passionate men, and someone is going to win this battle of wits—to the winner the spoils. But when … Read more

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Review: The Empath and the Soldier – AK Holubek

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The Empath and the Soldier - A.K. Holubek - The Unconventionals

Genre: Fantasy, Historical (Regency) LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Lesbian Reviewer: Lucy Get It On Amazon About The Book The situation seemed hopeless. But Tyrran couldn’t pretend to be ignorant of the danger and just wait for his home to disintegrate around him. As a Favored male, Tyrran belongs to a select group of men born with one of the Four Gifts, a blessing usually reserved for women. Quiet, introverted, and filled with self-doubt, Tyrran has always struggled with living up to the responsibilities that come with being Gifted. Still, he had managed to achieve the near impossible — admission to the prestigious Lyceum Institute in Corvit, the Coarian Sovereignty’s bustling … Read more

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New Release / Giveaway: The Empath and The Soldier – A.K. Holubek

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The Empath and the Soldier - A.K. Holubek - The Unconventionals

A.K. Holubek has a new MM Regency period fantasy book out, The Unconventionals book 1: The Empath and the Soldier. And there’s a giveaway. The situation seemed hopeless. But Tyrran couldn’t pretend to be ignorant of the danger and just wait for his home to disintegrate around him. As a Favored male, Tyrran belongs to a select group of men born with one of the Four Gifts, a blessing usually reserved for women. Quiet, introverted, and filled with self-doubt, Tyrran has always struggled with living up to the responsibilities that come with being Gifted. Still, he had managed to achieve the near impossible — admission to the prestigious Lyceum Institute in … Read more

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Review: Hawthorne Manor – Bryan T. Clark

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Hawthorne Manor - Bryan T. Clark

Genre: Contemporary, Historical LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Mikael Ferreira seems to have it all—a great career, looks, intelligence, and charm to boot. But his work as a full-time caregiver at Hawthorne Manor barely leaves him time to breathe, let alone date. Then a new employee arrives at the manor and makes Mikael question whether he’s been living at all or merely existing… Elliot Olsson is Mikael’s polar opposite. Elliot’s autism has always made him feel isolated. Until now. Mikael truly sees Elliot in a way no one ever has. Elliot wants to open his heart to Mikael and connect with him on a deeper level. But wanting won’t make it any … Read more

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Review: His Captain – Stephanie Lake

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His Captain - Stephanie Lake

Genre: Historical LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Award-winning novel, A wounded hero… A mysterious healer… A secret enemy hell-bent on their destruction… Army captain Reginald St. Clair is injured and riddled with pain. Physicians claim he’ll never walk again. He retreats to Scotland to escape pity from society and his family. In the remote castle where he spent his youth, he hopes to gain strength from the happy memories ghosting through the old stone walls. John Sloan has a shady past. Despite having no credentials, he’s a first-rate healer and is determined to heal Reggie’s spirit as well as his body. Their budding relationship … Read more