Maryann’s Reviews

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REVIEW: Sticks and Stones – Steve Burford

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Sticks and Stones - Steve Burford

Genre: Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book “He’s a thug… a really nasty piece of work.” When young Clayton Kerry, member of a notorious Worcester family, is found dead on an abandoned factory site, it looks like an accident. Some even say it was what he deserved. But headteacher Alun Blake’s refusal to sugarcoat the truth about the pupil he excluded causes outrage in the local community and sparks a vendetta against him that rapidly spirals out of control threatening both his life and that of his daughter. When Detective Inspector Summerskill and Detective Sergeant Lyon investigate, they find Clayton’s death was … Read more

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REVIEW: Bitter Bloodlines – Jackson Marsh

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Bitter Bloodlines - Jackson Marsh

Genre: Mystery, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Following an accident, a schoolboy and a tattooed Romanian find themselves unexpected guests at Clearwater’s country house, Larkspur Hall. But what if their presence is no accident? What if Mr Smith is Protectori, a member of an ancient order of assassins bent on destroying anyone who sullies the name of the Szekely people of Transylvania? And what do a runaway boy and an assassin have to do with Clearwater’s famed Easter dinner party and its guest of honour, the actor, Henry Irving? Ancestral feuds, a pocket watch and a rare Romanian wine are seemingly … Read more

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REVIEW: Saving Dark Night – Lou Sylvre

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Saving Dark Night - Lou Sylvre

Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Fate and a dragon unite two men in a battle for love, magic, the march of time, and holiday joy. In a time of tall-masted ships and hand-made lives, a Guardian and a sailor find true love and their fates in each other. But romance, and a future together must wait, for duty calls. In a battle against dragons, can they seize victory in time to rescue the magic of Darknight and deliver holiday joy to a world that can no longer find its own way? All Reo Faramund plans for … Read more

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REVIEW: Prodigal – J.V. Speyer

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Prodigal - J.V. Speyer

Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Summer is back in Boston, bringing with it the anniversary of a protest that turned into a massacre. It’s a somber occasion, but one that blends into the sea of police brutality incidents across the country for Agent Luis Gomes – until his partner, State Police Detective Donovan Carey, is accused of a terrible crime.  Donovan knows he was nowhere near the crime, but eyewitness testimony is conflicting and unreliable. His own agency is desperate to be seen doing the right thing after a string of scandals, and is more concerned about regaining public … Read more

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REVIEW: Bodies Beautiful – Steve Burford

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Bodies Beautiful - Steve Burford

Genre: Mystery, Suspense LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book “Y’know, time was when the serial killers went after helpless young women. Now they’re taking out bodybuilders.” When promising young bodybuilder Paul Best is found gruesomely murdered, DI Claire Summerskill and DS Dave Lyon find themselves deep in the unfamiliar territory of hard core gyms and weights, supplements and steroids. But when the one thing linking the growing list of murder victims is that they are the last men you’d expect to be victims, Summerskill and Lyon are faced with their toughest case yet. “Bodies Beautiful” is the second in the Summerskill and Lyon series … Read more

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REVIEW: Wasted Letters – Skot Harris

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Wasted Letters - Skot Harris

Genre: Mystery / Romance / Vietnam LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book In 1970, before deploying to Vietnam, quiet Conrad Burke meets freewheeling Travis Reid in a Detroit record store. Their deep but complicated friendship spans the next three decades. Through music . . . letters . . . war . . . marriage . . . and murder.  (A unique prequel/sequel companion to The Neon Darkness Trilogy, Book 4) The Review DETROIT 1970 Travis Reid has worked at the “Jorge’s Vortex” music store since he was sixteen. He loves music and can just about name all the musicians and songs ever made. His dream … Read more

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REVIEW: Faith – J.V. Speyer

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Faith - J.V. Speyer

Genre: Suspense, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM, Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Rebuilding a relationship isn’t as easy as either Luis or Donovan thought. Re-establishing trust while trying to take down a human trafficking ring in a hotel overflowing with ghosts? That might be impossible, even for these two.  How do two people rebuild trust when they’ve been betrayed by the people they trusted most? Luis and Donovan want to stay together and make their love work, but the situation is tenuous. Boundaries must be drawn, and both are afraid to step too close to the line. Life has other plans.  A human trafficking ring crops … Read more

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REVIEW: It’s a Sin – Steve Burford

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It's a Sin - Steve Burford

Genre: Mystery, Police Procedural, Detective LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book “He is a talented and very promising young policeman. Make no mistakes, he deserves the promotion.” But when gay Detective Sergeant Dave Lyon is assigned to Detective Inspector Claire Summerskill’s team as part of the Service’s ‘positive discrimination policy’, no-one at Foregate Street Station is happy. And that includes Summerskill and Lyon. Mutual suspicion and mistrust must be shelved however, when a young man’s beaten body is found on a canal tow path, and a dead-end case of ‘happy slapping’ unexpectedly turns into a murder investigation. Why would someone want to kill middle … Read more

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REVIEW: Midnight Heist – Katherine McIntyre

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Midnight Heist - Katherine McIntyre

Genre: Contemporary, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Heist rule number one? Never fall for your mark. Grif’s always followed the one rule in the high stakes business of heists: never fall for your mark. At least, until he meets Danilo Torres… Grif Blackmore’s team of thieves, the Outlaws, take down wicked corporations and nab fantastic paydays. However, when their latest heist fails, they end up in debt to the mafia, which puts the pressure on for their next job targeting Torres Industries to go off without a hitch. There’s one problem. The CEO of Torres Industries, Danilo Torres, happens to not … Read more

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REVIEW: The Neon Darkness Omnibus – Skot Harris

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The Neon Darkness Omnibus - Skot Harris

Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Romance, War, Fiction LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book The Definitive Neon Darkness Saga. Contains the complete Neon Darkness Trilogy and its companion, Wasted Letters. Newly edited and condensed with bonus material, including screenplay excerpts, author Q&A, book club questions, and more. SNAPSHOTS AT THE FONTAINE MOTEL [Book One]May 1996. Six inseparable friends seek revenge after one of them is brutally attacked. But their vigilante justice spins violently out of control and accidentally leaves the attacker dead. Desperate to escape as the FBI inches dangerously close, they flee, speeding across state lines, down dusty backroads to the Fontaine Motel, an isolated hideout in middle-of-nowhere … Read more