Maryann’s Reviews

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Review: View From The Bridge – A.Y. Caluen

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View from the Bridge - A.Y. Caluen

Genre: Contemporary, Holiday LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book A later-in-life M/M holiday romance short story. As he waits in the bar of a San Francisco restaurant for the rest of his work group to arrive, ex-Navy JAG counsel Ren Itano sees someone arrive. At the end of the evening, Ren gives ex-Navy Legalman Jimmy Rubio a ride home. Jimmy invites Ren in for a cup of tea. After a night together, they begin a conversation about meeting again. By Christmas day, both men suspect they’re on the brink of being boyfriends. Can a chance meeting lead to the gift … Read more

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Review: Utah: A Spirit Dream – Erin O’Quinn

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Utah - Erin O'Quinn

Genre: Fantasy, Holiday, Erotic LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book How does a hippie and his thumbnail trailer figure in another man’s first gay Christmas? Utah is a solitary Native American man who lives on the verge of nowhere, a huddle of tiny trailers in the foothills of Nevada’s highest peak. He is a medicine singer, a Paiute truth-seeker.  One day, injured, he is rescued by a stranger who soon begins to teach him the nature of healing and of physical joy. Utah awakens on Christmas Eve to find his mysterious new friend missing. What will happen when Utah sets out to find him … Read more

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Review: Christmas Knights – Jackie Keswick

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Christmas Knights - Jackie Keswick - White Night Security

Genre: Contemporary, Holiday, Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Organising a charity auction is no easy matter. Add a stolen masterpiece and events are set to go off the rails. Damien Walsh knows what he wants: gain his degrees in art and criminology and join White Knight Security. He also wants Drake Norton, the handsome insurance investigator he’d met when Gloss burned, but that goal is a pipe dream – and Damien has better things to do than pine for a man who never looked twice at him. Until a stolen painting and meddling friends force Damien and Drake into a partnership, Drake … Read more

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Review: Once Upon a Goth Dog Solstice – R.L. Merrill

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Once Upon A Goth Dog Solstice - R.L. Merrill

Genre: Contemporary, Holiday, Military LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book From the author of the award-winning novel You Can Do Magic: Carnival of Mysteries and Publishers Weekly’s BookLife quarterfinalist Earthquake Ethan comes a heartwarming holiday tale of found family and sacrifice. Two wildly opposite veterans connect over a shared love of art, rescue dogs, and a very special foster child. Doug Cross spent the first half of his life attempting to appease his career-military father. After a stint in the Air Force and a successful career in cybersecurity, he’s traveled the world in search of fulfillment. He believes he’s found … Read more

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Review: When Stars Align – Denver Shaw

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When Stars Align - Denver Shaw

Genre: Contemporary, Rock ‘n’ Roll LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book They come from different worlds, but their hearts beat in perfect harmony. Savion Once upon a time, my life was a fairytale. Engaged to a beautiful woman, we were planning our perfect future. Then, the sick act of an obsessed man ruined everything. Alone, disfigured, and betrayed, I fled to LA to focus on my work as a paleontologist. It was there I met Declan. The gorgeous Viking of a man awakens feelings within me I never knew existed. But no one could ever see beyond my scars, so how can I … Read more

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Review: Feuds Feuds and Interludes – R.L. Merrill

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Feuds and Interludes - R.L. Merrill

Genre: Contemporary, Rock ‘n’ Roll LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book From the award-winning author of Hurricane Reese, Summer of Hush, and You Can Do Magic comes a new rock star romance series inspired by legendary rock ‘n’ roll love affairs. Feuds and Interludes is a rivals-to-lovers, hurt/comfort love story complete with adorable septuagenarian lovebirds and beloved characters from Merrill’s previous rock-inspired series.Boone Collins and Shane Butler are two of rock music’s brightest stars today. Their grandfathers founded a powerhouse rock supergroup that ruled the airwaves in the late 1970s, and the grandsons grew up in their shadows to become frontmen of their own successful bands. The epic rivalry between Boone … Read more

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Review: Point of Dreams – Melissa Scott & Lisa A. Barnett

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Point of Dreams - Melissa Scott & Lisa A. Barnett

Genre: Fantasy, Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It At Amazon | Publisher | B&N | Kobo | Apple | Smashwords | Universal Buy Link About The Book The play’s the thing to catch the attention of Astreiant…especially when it includes murder, mystery and magic. It’s ghost-tide in the city and the dead walk the streets, haunting those who meant something to them in life. The theaters of Point of Dreams have a hit season on their hands and Adjunct Point Nicolas Rathe and former mercenary Philip Eslingen have a murder on theirs. Not to mention a heady mix of intrigue, politics and magic, where even the flowers are more than they seem. Added to all of that, the crimelord that … Read more

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Review: Beyond the Sticks – CJ Barlowe

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Beyond the Stix - CJ Barlowe - Road to Rocktoberfest 2024

Genre: Contemporary, Rock ‘n’ Roll LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Shocking news comes to Connor Wild, the drummer for Warrior Black, while they are in the middle of recording their next album. But the loss of his father brings forth terrible memories Connor had along ago buried and leads him straight to the nightmare he wants to forget. Only saving grace is the bodyguard, who can make his body thrum, and helps him to forget the past. Bodyguard, John Brand has been with Warrior Black since their rise to fame, after their appearance at last year’s Rocktoberfest in Black Rock, Nevada. His choice … Read more

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Review: A Beat of Honour – Amir Lane

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A Beat of Honour - Amir Lane

Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal, Historical LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon | Heavy Metal Blood Box Set About The Book Go into battle expecting to die… Born and raised as a samurai, Tetsuro Saito expected to die in battle. He didn’t expect to rise again. Waking up in the middle of a bloodbath, Tetsuro is horrified to discover he’s been turned into a vampire by a man with a violent agenda. Unless Tetsuro can find a way to stop him, Maxwell Osborne will continue to create an army of immortals. Fighting the bloodthirsty urges now burning through his veins, Tetsuro vows to kill Osborne and spare the world fate he … Read more

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Review: The Chameleon – Matthew Dante

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The Chameleon - Matthew Dante

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bi Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Lies. We use them to misdirect, gain power over others, and even protect those whom we love. Sometimes, we even use them to convince ourselves of cold, hard truths. We can’t help it. Lying is a part of who we are. Matteo43, Owner of La Maison de M… rich, powerful, keeper of secrets. Oh, and surrogate father to a mansion full of exotic dancing man-children. I’ll be the first to admit that I’m no saint. I deal in the pleasures of the flesh. Wealthy men come to La Maison, searching for a good time—a place … Read more