Maryann’s Reviews

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Review: Hurricane Reese – R.L. Merrill

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Hurricane Reese - R.L. Merrill - Forces of Nature

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bi Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Tony award-winning musician Reese Matheson’s life resembles a natural disaster, and caregiver Jude De La Torre is caught in the eye of the storm. Can the love these two opposites find together survive caring for an ornery octogenarian with wayward balls and a meddling family insistent upon tradition? A public break-up is not what Reese expects upon returning from the successful run of his musical in London. All he wants to do is spend time with his beloved grandfather and musical mentor, who suffers from Alzheimer’s. Reese knows he doesn’t have much time left before … Read more

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Review: Curio – C.S. Poe

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Curio - C.S. Poe

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon | Google Play | Smashwords | Universal Buy Link | BookBub About The Book Llewellyn Cooper and his aunt Julia run Curio Cabinet in New York City’s West Village, where the clientele is as strange as the junk being amassed in their secondhand shop. Llewellyn and Julia have been as thick as thieves his entire life, and Llewellyn can’t imagine being anywhere else six days a week—even if Julia’s bizarre habits and inappropriate conversations drive him crazy. That’s family, though, right? When Llewellyn drums up the nerve to chat with a routine customer—in part due to curiosity, as Henry … Read more

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Double Review: Rylan – Jackie Keswick

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Rylan - Jackie Keswick

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewers: Maryann; Gloria, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Rylan Jeffers has silent and dangerous down to an art form, even though it’s just a ruse to keep him away from people and protect his big, soft heart. Then nightclub owner Kris Hillyard turns up in hospital, badly beaten, and Rylan can’t stay away, even as Kris and his entourage turn his life upside down. Rylan can handle the danger that comes with protecting Kris. He can even handle Kris’s particular brand of stubborn. But can he drop his shield and find the courage to ask Kris to stay? The Review … Read more

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Review: Dionysus in Wisconsin – E. H. Lupton

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Dionysis in Wisconsin - E.H. Lupton

Genre: Historical, Romance, Urban Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Amazon | B&N | Bookshop.org | Kobo | Apple | Smashwords | Universal Buy Link About The Book A graduate student and an archivist fight a god. Fall, 1969. Ulysses Lenkov should be working on his dissertation. Instead, he’s developing an unlucrative sideline in helping ghosts and hapless magic users. But when his clients start leaving town suddenly—or turning up dead—he starts to worry there’s something afoot that’s worse than an unavenged death or incipient insanity. His investigation begins with the last word on everyone’s lips before they vanish: the mysterious Dionysus. Sam Sterling is an archivist who recently moved back to Madison to be closer to the family he’s not too … Read more

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Review: Port in a Storm – Rhys Ford

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Port in a Storm - Rhys Ford

Genre: Contemporary, Police LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon | Publisher About The Book San Francisco SWAT Lieutenant Connor Morgan and Crossroads Gin drummer Forest Ackerman make an odd couple. Connor, an Irish-born cop from a tight-knit family, never imagined he’d find his happily-ever-after with a raised-on-the-streets musician, but Forest had the gentlest soul he’d ever met. After a long, hard road of heartbreak, murder, and trouble, they fell hard in love and married. Then Fate intervenes and throws their lives into a chaos neither one of them is prepared for. During a brutal SWAT raid, Connor stumbles on Tate, an abused, vulnerable little boy caught in … Read more

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Review: Here Comes the Sun – Rick Reed

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Here Comes the Sun - Rick Reed

Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book In the hushed solitude of a desert mountaintop, Asa Beck, a centuries-old vampire, perches on the precipice of his existence. With the horizon aglow, heralding the impending sunrise to the east, he grapples with a lifetime burdened by immortality and the shadows of a tormented past. As the first rays of dawn paint the sky in amber and gold, Asa’s thoughts drift back to the origin of his immortal curse—the twisted path that led him to embrace the darkness within and the relentless thirst that etched deep scars upon his soul. Yet amid this bleakness, … Read more

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Review: Old Time Religion – E.H. Lupton

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Old Time Religion - E.H. Lupton

Genres: Historical, Urban Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Identities: Gay, Bi Reviewer: Maryann Amazon | Universal Buy Link About the Book: What’s one more deadline? Ulysses Lenkov is on the verge of finishing his PhD when his ex-girlfriend shows up with a problem. It’s been six month since the murder of her husband, Hugh, and Livia is plagued by strange noises in the night, poor sleep, and a magic book that may or may not be cursed. The more Ulysses delves into the events that led her back to Madison, the more concerned he becomes. Sam Sterling, jealous and unhappy about Livia’s return, suspects that she may not be telling them the whole truth. … Read more

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Review: Unfinished Business at Crofton Hall – Rebecca Cohen

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Unfinished Business at Crofton Hall - Rebecca Cohen

Genres: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Identities: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About the Book: Money cannot buy happiness, something Robin Flint may have to learn the hard way. Long distance relationships are hard, even more so when one of the couple is a future viscount, billionaire, and potential prize for every gold digger on the East Coast. When Robin takes a temporary assignment in New York, leaving Simon, his boyfriend of nearly a year, back in the UK, they have to work to keep their relationship on track. Life gets even more complicated when Robin’s ex, movie star Dorian Marsten, comes out as gay and Simon is targeted by one … Read more

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Review: The Red Dragon of Oxford – Joy Lynn Fielding

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The Red Dragon of Oxford - Joy Lynn Fielding

Genres: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Identities: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About the Book: Dragons aren’t real. Or so I used to think.Oxford isn’t exactly what I’d imagined. Sure, the colleges are romantic, and everyone is brilliant enough to trigger my impostor syndrome. I expected that. The dragon, however, was a big surprise. I saw him on my first day. The beautiful beast spoke to me, then disappeared. I’ve been looking for him ever since. When I’m not on a wild dragon chase, I spend my time in the library. I’d like to think I’m only there to study, but who am I kidding? I’m there for him. Rufus Mortimer is the world’s hottest librarian. … Read more

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Review: Tempeh for Two – Karenna Colcroft

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Tempeh for Two - Karenna Colcroft

Genres: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Identities: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About the Book: Tobias Rogan never wanted to be a leader. But in the past several months, he’s gone from a quiet life as Alpha of the smallest pack in the United States to ruling the entire Northeast Region. With his mate, Kyle Slidell, by his side, Tobias is adjusting to his new normal. But now, with the future of the entire werewolf world at stake, Tobias must step further out of his comfort zone. The Anax, ruler of all werewolves in the United States, is no longer competent to rule. Only Tobias is dominant enough to defeat … Read more