Maryann’s Reviews

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DOUBLE REVIEW: Pity the Living, Not the Dead – T.L. Travis

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Pity the Living Not the Dead - TL Travis

Genre: Paranormal, Dark, Romance, Vampires LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewers: Tony, Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Pity the living, not the dead they say. Trust is earned, not given. Clichés meant to make one feel better in a time of sorrow. How do these apply when the one you trust most isn’t among the living? Beware of things that go bump in the night when what you really need to fear is life itself. The one thing you will never get out of alive… Elijah Walker has done his best to blend in amongst humans for centuries, drinking his fill and doing his best not to kill. Humans. … Read more

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REVIEW: Idolatry – Rebecca Cohen

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Idolatry - Rebecca Cohen

Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Lornyc is good at keeping secrets, because secrets can get you killed. Lornyc thought it was bad enough that the Cerulean Cult had made him a living god, but now they’ve set loose an entity that is tearing through the dimensions with the potential to cause chaos. He wouldn’t have thought it his problem but the guardians of the multiverse, the Valen, have decided otherwise. Along with Methian and his own Valen Caveer Guards, Lornyc faces a race through multiple alternative realities if he doesn’t want to be extinguished. Previously published, this second edition … Read more

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REVIEW: Fractured Mind – Matthew Dante

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Fractured Mind - Matthew Dante

Genre: Paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book People have been disappearing all across the State with no apparent connection to one another. Police are baffled and struggling to determine if the disappearances are connected or are simply isolated incidents. There are no bodies or evidence- only abandoned vehicles and missing persons reports. Meanwhile, Alex Sanders is battling his own demons… Almost a year after surviving a horrific weekend held captive by his former best friend, Marc, Alex is now a freshman at the University of Tennessee. Desperately trying to start over, he is consumed with depression, anxiety, and guilt for the murder that … Read more

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DOUBLE REVIEW: A Death in Bloomsbury – David C. Dawson

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A Death in Bloomsbury co-op - David C. Dawson

Genre: Romance, Thriller/Suspense, British Crime LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Lesbian Reviewer: Maryann / Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book Everyone has secrets… but some are fatal.  1932, London. Late one December night Simon Sampson stumbles across the body of a woman in an alleyway. Her death is linked to a plot by right-wing extremists to assassinate the King on Christmas Day. Simon resolves to do his patriotic duty and unmask the traitors.But Simon Sampson lives a double life. Not only is he a highly respected BBC radio announcer, but he’s also a man who loves men, and as such must live a secret life. His investigation risks revealing his … Read more

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REVIEW: Servitude – Rebecca Cohen

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Genre: Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Lornyc is good at keeping secrets, because secrets can get you killed. Lornyc’s forbidden relationship with Methian, heir to Xenetra, has caused him enough grief. Ripped from his life as a student to fulfil a magical contract as punishment for his family’s past, he now has to play valet to Methian for ten years. It’ll be hell on their already strained relationship. And with his city of Katraman under attack, Lornyc needs to connect to the powers he’s been hiding. If he can’t master his powers and find the leader of the plot, he could … Read more

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REVIEW: Cold Cases & Second Chances – J.M. Dabney

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Cold Cases and Second Chances - J.M. Dabney

Genre: Romance, Interracial/Multicultural, Mystery/Suspense LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book Life and Death sometimes made you believe in second chances Robert One thing I was sure of in my life was I’d never start over after my marriage of thirty years ended. Yet when our kids formed lives of their own, we’d grown apart. I’d signed the papers and tried to move on. My work as a Homicide Detective became my life. It left me with no time to think, but I couldn’t exist for my job alone. All that changed when they assigned Remy Bosley as my new … Read more

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REVIEW: Blood of the Land – Adrik Kemp

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Blood of the Land - Adrik Kemp

Editor’s Note: We try to publish series reviews in order, but mistakenly published Blood of the City – book two – first. Apologies to the author! Genre: Horror, Romance, Erotica LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book When an ancient Italian vampire travels to the pioneering Australian outback, what he finds there triggers a decades-long love triangle from which there is no escape. Mack, a young Australian cattle farmer, makes his living on his father’s cattle station. The work is hard and the days are long but he is content with the life he has been born into. Unfortunately for his family, he is awakened … Read more

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REVIEW: Blood of the City – Adrik Kemp

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Blood Of The City - Adrik Kemp

Genre: Horror, MM Romance, Erotica LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book After a century apart, Mack and Jason rediscover their love and lust, but will trying to fit into a modern world keep them together or tear them apart? When vampire lovers Mack and Jason are reunited after decades apart, they think of nothing but each other’s company. But over time, Mack’s old-world views conflict with Jason’s liberated life, and it throws them into a spiral of confused despair. When Mack seeks solace in the arms of another and Jason’s ex-lover Greg is murdered, their relationship breaks down and Mack flees. While in solitude, … Read more

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REVIEW: Writ in Blood – Julie Bozza

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Writ in Blood - Julie Bozza

Genre: Weird Western, Historical, Paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Pan, Bi-Romantic Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Courage. Honor. Loyalty. All fine things, but they’ve led John Ringo to kill a man. He was raised right and he knows he’s not a murderer, but otherwise he’s a mystery even to himself. Doc Holliday claims to have some insights, but Doc is too devoted to Wyatt Earp to spare much attention for the man who’s already lost his soul. Which leaves Johnny Ringo prey to the distractions of a demon. Imaginary or not, if this creature abandons him, too, then surely his sanity is forfeit – and what will … Read more

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REVIEW: Death’s Prelude – David S. Pederson

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Death's Prelude - David S. Pederson

Genre: Mystery, Romance, Historical LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book It’s 1937, and Heath Barrington is a naïve twenty-two-year-old about to set sail across the Atlantic on the Queen Mary. While on board, he meets the handsome Lord Simon Quimby, who invites Heath to his estate. Heath falls for Simon hard, but Simon soon becomes withdrawn and distant. Is Simon all he appears to be, or is there more to him than meets the eye? And what of the old gypsy curse Simon claims his family is under? Did it really cause his mother’s death, his sister’s suicide, and his father’s murder, or did Simon … Read more