Maryann’s Reviews

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Double Review: Secret Agent Analyst – Penelope Peters

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Secret Agent Analyst - Penelope Peters

Genre: Romantic Comedy, Spy Thriller LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewers: Maryann; Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Anthony Dare, Secret Agent Extraordinaire, is going to save the world. Again. Anthony Dare is suave and sophisticated, cool under pressure and hotter than most supervillains can handle. He never fails to walk away from a mission – even when his field partners fail to come home. However, Anthony’s next mission against the evil supervillain Cicero includes an unwelcome addition – one not even Anthony is sure he can handle. The last thing Anthony needs is a brand-new, untested, rather attractive field partner. Too bad his boss has … Read more

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Review: Thorns of Chaos – Jeremiah Cain

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Thorns of Chaos - Jeremiah Cain

Genre: Grimdark Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Queer Grimdark: Finn is no hero, chosen born, or noble. Despite escalating tensions from the Dayigan soldier’s occupation of Feah lands, the happy-go-lucky twenty-five-year-old is content to spend his days fishing and flirting with the other men in his Celtic-like village. But everything changes at their midyear’s eve festival when an angry Dayigan commander catches Finn in the arms of another man. Suddenly framed for murder, he must flee his village or face death. However, Finn isn’t the Dayigans’ only target. They believe all Feahs are wicked and intend to destroy them by any means … Read more

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Review: Dark Vows – J.S. Cook

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Dark Vows - J.S. Cook

Genre: Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book They say you shouldn’t meet trouble halfway, but Inspector Danny Quirke never has to worry about that. Trouble always finds him. When a house fire rocks his small town of Kildevil Cove, Danny’s inquiries into the house’s mysterious inhabitants prompt the dispatch of Inspecteur Blaise Pascal from Quebec. Pascal arrives in perpetual ill humor, but he’s an expert on this particular family. If anyone can determine whether this is a missing persons case or something more sinister, it’s Pascal. Pity he doesn’t want to share. Danny’s cop instincts say Pascal’s secrets are the key to solving … Read more

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Review: The Dark Hound – Morgan R. David

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The Dark Hound - Morgan R. David

Genre: Historical, Gaylit, Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book ‘The Dark Hound’ is a suspense-thriller and a man-to-man romance. A cop falls in love with a mysterious detective, tortured by his past, leaving him a changed man for life. It begins with historic events at the end of WWII, when deposed Nazis raided an infamous Air Defense tower in Berlin in May of 1945 to commit one of the most lucrative and secretive art heists in history… As the story moves to 1950s Los Angeles, the bodies pile up, and it becomes a race against the clock that ends with a chase in empty, … Read more

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Review: Postscript – Anne Barwell

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Postscript - Anne Barwell

Genre: Paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book A magical bookshop holds the keys.When Mason Chynoweth inherits an old house in small-town New Zealand, he hopes to discover what happened to his great-great uncle Lewis after he returned from the war in 1945. Mason’s first encounter with the property is thankfully reassuring—his sensitive psychic powers aren’t triggered and he has a calm sense of coming home. Elijah Whitaker arrives in Kedgetown for an extended visit with his aunts. He’s quickly drawn to Mason and offers to help him try to find some answers in the dusty old house. It soon becomes clear that Mason … Read more

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Review: Heart of Murder – Edale Lane

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Heart of Murder co-op - Edale Lane

Genre: Mystery, Crime Solving, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Love and murder are in the air. The rape and murder of a young woman in the park launches Lt. Ferrari and her team into high gear. Was a deadly predator stalking the city, or was it a crime of passion? Then, Jenna’s long-lost first love Tori shows up unexpectedly, jarring Jenna’s emotions when she needs to focus on the case, and prompting her to determine who she truly loves. Randi lays down the law when she witnesses a Facebook video of Jenna being shot at during a street chase after being told, … Read more

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Review: Primavera – Hayden Thorne

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Primavera - Hayden Thorne

Genre: Gothic, Paranormal, Dark Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Coming out to his parents may have burdened him with unfortunate difficulties, but nineteen-year-old Adam Sheridan didn’t expect a sudden flood of nightmares and fragmented dreams to ruin his nights and threaten his mental health. But there’s a reason for these dreams, these baffling images of people and moments from a time and place that have never once crossed Adam’s mind. As these grow more and more insistent, triggered by harmless little things in his day-to-day movements such as a co-worker’s whistling, a framed print of an old painting, and even a … Read more

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Review: Starting Again at Crofton Hall – Rebecca Cohen

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Starting Again At Crofton Hall - Rebecca Cohen

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book After making a decision that will change his life forever, Robin Flint arrives at Crofton Hall, looking for a place to recover and start again. Love is not enough to continue living a lie. An unexpected meeting where sparks fly was meant to be a one off, but Simon MacLove is just too wonderful to cast aside. But since Robin hadn’t intended to continue things, Robin didn’t tell Simon, a local police officer, that he was a millionaire trust fund baby and the future Viscount Whetford. Robin has a lot of baggage, but so does Simon, … Read more

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Review: The Full Moon Chronicles: 1847 – K.D. Murphy

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1847 - K.S. Murphy - Full Moon Chronicles

Genre: Historical, Fantasy, Erotic LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bisexual Reviewer: Maryann Get It At Amazon | Publisher | B&N | Smashwords About The Book Laurent Boudreaux, London’s Darling and most eligible bachelor in Town, should be down in the ballroom entertaining all the guests that have come to Greyside Manor to gain his favor and, perhaps, his affection. Instead, he’s hidden himself in the library to sulk the night away. Very impetuous behavior for a proper gentleman. Even worse for a vampire charged with the simple task of attracting dinner for his coven. Due to his immense fortune, obvious good looks, and charming personality, Laurent’s gained quite a coterie of admirers, and with his popularity growing … Read more

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Review: Sometimes You Just Know – Bill VanPatten

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Sometimes You Just Know - Bill VanPatten

Genre: Gaylit, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Can a thirty-year-old man overcome his fears and find love? Arnie Violet is the son of an alcoholic mother and a father who abandoned him at the age of ten. Believing himself unlovable, he lacks self-confidence in everything from work to romance. Then, Arnie meets eighteen-year-old Peter Jordan. Peter is the opposite of Arnie: self-assured, frank, and assertive. There is an instant attraction between them, but warning bells sound in Arnie’s head. His relationships never last long, there is a major age difference between the two men, and most importantly, Peter is his boss’s nephew. … Read more