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REVIEW: The Shackles That Hold Us – Michele Notaro

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The Shackles That Hold Us - Michele Notaro

Genre: Urban Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book As if crushin’ on a shifter wasn’t bad enough, I had to go and date one. A mage and a shifter walk into a bar… No, that’s the whole joke. Magi and shifters don’t mix, and yet I find myself in a relationship with Cosmo, a lion shifter. And on top of that, Cosmo, and all his pride members, consider my brothers and me to be a part of their pride. Three magi in a shifter pride. Who would’ve ever thought? Navigating our connection while trying to figure out what’s going on in the … Read more

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REVIEW: Seeing Through Shadows – Jackson Marsh

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Seeing Through Shadows - Jackson Marsh - Larkspur Mysteries

Genre: Historical, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book “Risk is the spark that ignites adventure.” Barbary Fleet, 1891 The Larkspur Academy — Where men explore the mysteries of love and learning Chester Cadman has been duped by unscrupulous men, ridiculed in the newspapers, and disowned by his family. Only twenty-two, he is on the verge of starvation when a Clearwater detective makes him an offer he can’t refuse: Join the Larkspur Academy and investigate a haunting that has plagued Lord Clearwater’s family for nearly four hundred years. Mystified, but determined, Chester enlists the help of fellow academy man, Frank Andino, and is soon … Read more

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REVIEW: The Doctor – C.S. Poe

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The Doctor - C.S. Poe

Genre: Sci-Fi, Steampunk, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book 1882—Gillian Hamilton, magic caster and Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Magic and Steam, has been stripped of his title, badge, and freedom. Gillian’s true name and powers have been exposed, so now he’s kept under lock and key. To make a tragedy worse, Gunner the Deadly has returned to his life out in the Wild West and has not been heard from since. Rumors of a doctor, known only as Sawbones, with access to illegal magic have persisted into the new year. Gillian believes that violence, chaos, and certain death will befall … Read more

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REVIEW: Dark Souls – J.S. Cook

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Dark Souls - J.S. Cook

Genre: Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book There’s trouble brewing in the cold waters of Kildevil Cove, and this time Danny Quirke may be hard put to stop it. Due to his suspected association with his former boss’s human trafficking organization, Danny has been demoted and is no longer in charge. To make matters worse, he’s broken up with his partner, Tadhg… who may be in serious hot water himself. But then a faceless killer begins targeting Kildevil Cove’s most vulnerable, and Danny can’t refuse when his new boss asks him to take the case. When Danny pulls a hypothermic young woman out … Read more

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REVIEW: The Beast of the Loch – Pelaam

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The Beast of the Loch - Pelaam

Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Duncan Muir is a renowned zoologist, but as well as being a professor at a university, he works for a society investigating sightings and attacks by cryptids. His latest mission is to Scotland where a marine cryptid is reputedly attacking the local sheep. He takes his faithful friend and right-hand man, Potts, to assist. However, he finds another mystery when he meets the local laird, Lachlan MacIver. The man’s taciturn reputation in the village is at odds with the man Duncan comes to know. As their relationship develops, the mystery deepens. The cryptids are real. … Read more

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REVIEW: Endosymbiont – Elizabeth Noble

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Endosymbiont - Elizabeth Noble

Genre: Paranormal, Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book A werewolf and seven vampires are all that stand between the world and complete annihilation. When Kai Richter and Ori Bier met, sparks flew. Then a train blew up. Tracking an organism deadly to not only humans, but vampires and werewolves alike, brings Kai and Ori into The Vampire Guard. Decades later, they, along with Operative Team Jack Rabbit, come face to face with the horrors that same virus produces. Dead bodies are coming back to life, and rational people are becoming violent and brutal killers. A massacre is taking place nearly a … Read more

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REVIEW: Warning! Deep Water – A.L. Lester

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Warning! Deep Water - A.L. Lester

Genre: Historical, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book It’s 1947. George is going through the motions, sowing seeds and tending plants and harvesting crops. The nursery went on without him perfectly well during the war and he spends a lot of time during the working day hiding from people and working on his own. In the evening he prowls round the place looking for odd jobs to do. It’s been a long, cold winter and Peter doesn’t think he’ll ever get properly warm or clean again. Finding a place with heated greenhouses and plenty of nooks and crannies to kip in while he’s … Read more

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REVIEW: Cailleadhama – J. Scott Coatsworth

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Cailleadhama: Through the Veil - J. Scott Coatsworth

Genre: Urban Fantasy, Cli-Fi, Sci-Fi, Sci-Fantasy, Gay Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Trans FTM Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Colton is a trans man living in a climate-changed world. He plies the canals that used to be city streets, earning a living taking tourists on illicit journeys through San Francisco’s flooded edges beneath the imposing bulk of the Wall. Tris is an elf who comes through the veil to the City by the Bay – the Caille – on a coming of age pilgrimage called the Cailleadhama. He is searching for his brother Laris, who went missing after crossing through the Caille years before. The two men … Read more

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REVIEW: Undercover in Paradise – John Patrick

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Undercover in Paradise - John Patrick

Genre: Post Apocalyptic, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Trans FTM Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book DEA Agent Hector Ramirez is on his first undercover mission. He’s been sent to a Buddhist monastery deep in the woods of Maine, where he’s investigating a confusing web of connections between a Peruvian drug gang, a prominent Mormon family and the monastery’s leaders. Dallin Rigby, the young son of a prominent Mormon family, has been sent on a year-long retreat while the scandal associated with his mission to Peru dies down. The men, the sex, the blackmail tape—there’s a lot to get past. He’s not looking forward to a year … Read more

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REVIEW: A Kiss to Revive Me – Michele Notaro

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A Kiss to Revive Me - Michele Notaro

Genre: Fantasy, Gay Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book A prickly mage has me under his spell, and I think I kinda like it. The first time I met him, I knew I was in trouble, but I hadn’t known just how much. I hadn’t been looking for a relationship, hadn’t wanted one, but it seems that a stubborn little mage did it for me because he’s impossible to resist. When the NHSO goes on a manhunt for an unregistered mage, I can tell it’s upsetting for Mads and Jude. It’s upsetting for me, too, but even more so when I find out … Read more