Maryann’s Reviews

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Review: The Mentor of Barrenmoor Ridge – Jackson Marsh

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The Mentor of Barrenmoor Ridge - Jackson Marsh

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book It takes a brave man to climb a mountain, but it takes a braver lad to show him the way. Following the death of his lover, mountaineer John Hamilton lives an isolated existence high on wild Fellborough, a fell in the Yorkshire Dales. When he rescues 19-year-old Gary Taylor from the mountain, John can’t accept that the boy may be the answer to his heartache. Gary is seventeen years his junior, confused, and being pursued by criminals. As Gary helps John through his grief, the older man mentors the lad through his coming out. Both paths … Read more

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Review: Treasures – K.L. Noone

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Treasures - K.L. Noone

Genre: Contemporary Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It At Amazon | Publisher About The Book Blake Maxwell needs a perfect gift for his niece. Unfortunately, he’s running late. And Treasures, the best magical toy shop in town, has just closed for the night. But he’s hoping the beautiful magician owner might take pity on him. Ivy Treasure has been working late, inventing new enchanted toys. They’ve closed up the shop, about to finally go home for the night. But the very attractive man outside clearly loves his niece, and could use Ivy’s help … and Ivy just can’t resist opening the door. The Review Blake Maxwell works too hard for … Read more

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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: Max, The Sequel – Bey Deckard

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Max the Sequel - Bey Deckard

Genre: Dark Romance, Psychological Thriller LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Robert Montagnet and Dan Cooper are a nice gay couple who live in a nice waterfront condo in a nice, touristy part of Playa del Carmen, Mexico. At least, that’s who they’re pretending to be. After five months on the lam, Dr. Crane is strained to the point of breaking—he just wants it to be over. But, with his mental and physical health in decline, living where he doesn’t speak the language and relying on his partner for everything, he feels trapped. Just the way Max likes it, of course. When Crane is presented with … 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: Max – Bey Deckard

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Max - Bey Deckard

Genre: Romance, Dark, Thriller LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Fresh out of school, Dr. Crane takes on a new patient who both intrigues and unnerves him. Charming, manipulative, and amoral, Max has exactly the sort of mind Crane finds himself drawn to with fictional characters. As Max weaves himself into Crane’s life, Crane realizes that while fiction might be safe, Max certainly is not. When the professional line between them thins, who gets to define where one man ends and the other begins? Warnings: abuse, mind games, drugs, alcohol, lying, cheating, crime, dubcon, violence The Review Dr. Dennis Crane has been married to … 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: The Soul Cages – Chad Grayson

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The Soul Cages - Chad Grayson

Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book When Adam, a middle school teacher, meets Jeremy, a musician, sparks fly, and the feeling is definitely mutual. What Adam soon learns, however, is that Jeremy is part of a package deal. He is bound psychically to his twin brother, Jono, who died when they were sixteen. As Adam and Jeremy get closer, where does that leave Jono? And when Jono makes a request to Adam—“Please convince Jeremy to let me go”—will Adam have the courage to do it, even knowing how much it would hurt Jeremy to say goodbye? When tragedy strikes, will Adam … Read more

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Reviw: Everything’s Better With You – R.L. Merrill

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Everything's Better With You - R.L. Merrill

Genre: Contemporary, Sports LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Everything’s Better With You is a TED LASSO-inspired sports-themed funny romance featuring two guys who’ve pined for each other for 15 years while their careers soared and their bodies fell apart. Retired quarterback and “nicest guy in the NFL” Leslie Payton met former college cheerleader-turned-reality-show darling Joe Judd fifteen years ago. They spent one magical night…talking. They’ve been pining for each other via text and phone calls ever since while their careers kept them geographically apart. When their alma mater recruits them to reinvigorate a flagging athletic program, Leslie is thrilled to finally have Joe … 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