Maryann’s Reviews

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REVIEW: The Students of Barrenmoor Ridge, by Jackson Marsh

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Title: The Students of Barrenmoor Ridge Series: The Barrenmoor Series Book Two Author: Jackson Marsh Genre: Contemporary, YA, Coming Out LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Publisher: Self Pages: 239 Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Book two in ‘The Barrenmoor Series’ of MM romance stories with a mountain rescue theme.  Liam has set himself a goal. To come out to his best friend, Casper, before his 18th birthday while hiking at Fellborough in the Yorkshire Dales. Things don’t go according to plan, and when a violent storm hits, the camping trip takes a potentially fatal turn. Local mountaineers, John Hamilton and his husband Gary are called to help, … Read more

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REVIEW: Smoky Mist, by C.J. Baty

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Smoky Mist - C.J. Baty - Legend of the Ghost Train

Title: Smoky Mist Series: The Legend of the Ghost Train Book One Author: C.J. Baty Genre: Historical, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Publisher: Self Pages: 142 Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book The Legend of the Ghost Train Today, people say that on a quiet night in the mountains of Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, you can hear the far off shriek of a locomotive whistle and the rumble of the train’s cars as they clamor across the tracks. The legend claims the train moves through the valleys and mountains searching for lost souls that need a lift to the other side.  In the early Twentieth Century, railroads … Read more

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REVIEW: Sunset at Pencarrow, by Lou Sylvre & Anne Barwell

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Title: Sunset at Pencarrow Author: Lou Sylvre and Anne Barwell Genre: Contemporary Romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Publisher: JMS Books Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Kiwi Nathaniel Dunn is in a fighting mood, but how does a man fight Wellington’s famous fog? In the last year, Nate’s lost his longtime lover to boredom and his ten-year job to the economy. Now he’s found a golden opportunity for employment where he can even use his artistic talent, but to get the job, he has to get to Christchurch today. Heavy fog means no flight, and the ticket agent is ignoring him to fawn over a beautiful but … Read more

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REVIEW: Lord Of Thundertown, by O.F. Cieri

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Title: Lord of Thundertown Author: O F Cieri Genre: Urban Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Gender Fluid, Lesbian Publisher: NineStar Press Pages: 263 Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book In the movies, Thundertown was depicted like a real town, with boundaries, Folk-run businesses, and a government. In real life, Thundertown was a block here or there, three businesses on the same side of the street, an unconnected sewer main, or a single abandoned building. When an epidemic of missing person cases is on the rise, the police refuse to act. Instead, Alex Delatorre goes to Thundertown for answers and finds clues leading to a new Lord trying … Read more

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REVIEW: Powder and Pavlova, by Jay Hogan

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Powder and Pavlova, by Jay Hogan

Title: Powder & Pavlova Series: Southern Lights Book One Author: Jay Hogan Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Publisher: Self Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book ETHAN SHARPE is living every young Kiwi’s dream—seeing the world for a couple of years while deciding what to do with his life. Then he gets a call. Two days later he’s back in New Zealand. Six months later his mother is dead, his fifteen-year-old brother is going off the rails and the café he’s inherited is failing. His life is a hot mess and the last thing he needs is another complication—like the man who just walked into his café, … Read more

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REVIEW: Unnatural Allies, by Edward Kendrick

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Title: Unnatural Allies Author: Edward Kendrick Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, MM Publisher: Self Pages: 102 Pages Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Vampires and werewolves are natural enemies. Therefore, Andre has no regrets about killing Raúl, the Alpha of the Wintermane pack, who plans to attack the Crimson Cathedral nightclub, revealing the presence of vampires to the human world. When Sand learns of his brother’s murder, he debates seeking revenge because he hates Raúl, who backed their father when he forced Sand out of the pack for being gay. Then, he discovers that Estebe, the new Alpha, plans to continue Raúl’s mission. Things come to … Read more

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REVIEW: Heroes in Love, by David C. Dawson

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Title: Heroes in Love Author: David C. Dawson Genre: Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: M/M, + older M/M pairing Publisher: Boroughs Press Pages: 266 Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book NOT EVERY HERO WEARS A UNIFORM Can love last a lifetime? Billy Walsh and Daniel Richards never intended to be matchmakers. After all, they’re only at the start of their own love story. When Billy uncovers a failed love affair, he learns it lasted more than fifty years until it fell apart. He and Daniel see their own fledgling relationship through the lens of the now estranged couple, and they vow to reunite the elderly lovers. But as they … Read more

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REVIEW: Crossing the Touchline, by Jay Hogan

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Crossing the Touchline, by Jay Hogan

Title: Crossing the Touchline Series: Auckland Med Book Two Author: Jay Hogan Genre: Contemporary, Sports LGBTQ+ Category: MM, Gay Publisher: Self Pages: 372 Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book What if you’ve worked your whole life for a dream, to play rugby for the most successful sports team on the planet, the New Zealand All Blacks? What if that dream is so close you can smell it? What if you meet someone? What if you fall in love? What if your dream will cost the man who’s stolen your heart? And what if the dream changes? Reuben Taylor has a choice to make. Cameron Wano is that … Read more

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REVIEW: Love – Limited Edition, by Elle Keaton

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Love - Limited Edition, by Elle Keaton

Title: Love – Limited Edition Author: Elle Keaton Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Publisher: Dirty Dog Press Pages: 71 Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Rory Hoyle is visiting his hometown of Hollyridge, always a stressful experience. Rory’s parents don’t understand him and, frankly, he doesn’t understand them. One final ‘what are you doing with your life’, pushes him to the breaking point and Rory storms out of their house into the cold winter evening with no idea where he’s heading. After the death of his partner, Brett Tanner never thought he’d love again, it was too much to ask, or want. That is until Rory … Read more

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Slow Dreaming, By Anne Barwell

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Slow Dreaming - Anne Barwell

Title: Slow Dreaming Series: Tempus Institute Book One Author: Anne Barwell Genre: Sci Fi, Romance, Time Travel LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Publisher: Self Pages: 72 Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Should he change the past for love?   As an agent for the Tempus Institute, Jason Adams’ task is to observe the past, not change it. But when he’s sent to 21st-century Wellington, New Zealand, during the last week of aspiring songwriter Sean Henderson’s life, Jason finds he can’t just watch from a distance. He and Sean quickly become friends and then lovers, and when the song that’s haunted Jason for years connects them in a way he … Read more