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REVIEW: The Adventure of the Dux Bellorum, By Cynthia Ward

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The Adventure of the Dux Bellorum - Cynthia Ward

Title: The Adventure of the Dux Bellorum Series: Conversation Pieces Author: Cynthia Ward Genre: Action Adventure, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery, Paranormal (supernatural, etc.), Science Fiction (space opera, science fantasy, steampunk, etc), Romance, steampunk dieselpunk vampires wolfmen mashup LGBTQ+ Category: Asexual Spectrum (demi, gray, aromantic, etc), Bisexual+, Lesbian, Pansexual, Poly, Sapiosexual Publisher: Aqueduct Press Pages: 109 Reviewer: Melissa Brus, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Intelligence agent Lucy Harker receives the most dangerous job in the world — keeping Winston Churchill safe in the Great War. Despite her unique abilities as Dracula’s daughter, she loses Churchill to Kaiser Wilhelm’s inhuman allies. If she’s to recover Britain’s greatest leader, Agent … Read more

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REVIEW: Seige Weapons, By Harry F. Rey

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Seige Engines - Hary F. Rey - The Galactic Captains

Title: Seige Weapons Series: The Galactic Captains Book 1 Author: Harry F. Rey Genre: Sci fi LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Publisher: Self Pages: 143 Reviewer: Melissa, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Captain Ales is a lonely smuggler at the galaxy’s Outer Verge, and the last of his people. He’s been trying to move on from a life of drugs and meaningless sex, but finding love in this forgotten corner of the galaxy is difficult. When he’s sent on a mysterious smuggling mission to a world under siege, he’s enticed by promises of the domination he craves. But soon Ales finds himself entwined in a galactic power … Read more

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REVIEW: Devil’s Bargain, by Kathryn Sparrow

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Devil's Bargain - Kathryn Sparrow

Title: Devil’s Bargain Series: King of Hearts Series Book 1 Author: Kathryn Sparrow Genre: Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay/MM Publisher: MLR press Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Seth Griffin is forced to live out his wildest dreams at the expense of his best friend, the man he loves. Seth Griffin’s life was basically on track. Attend Cornell, double major in Mechanical Engineering and Astronomy, play basketball, and room with his best friend, Kevin. So what if he had a hopeless crush on his gorgeous, straight friend. When Maynard Frederick Winthrop IV buys all of Seth’s family’s debt and threatens to foreclose, everything Seth has … Read more

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REVIEW: Hexxed, by Shannon West

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Hexxed - Shannon West

Title: Hexxed Series: Witches of the Big Easy Author: Shannon West Genre: Paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Publisher: Self Pages: 207 Reviewer: Kayleigh Sky Get It On Amazon About The Book Self-exiled to New York for the past two years, Nic Gaudet never planned to return to New Orleans. But with the mysterious death of an old man named Abel Delessard, a member of a family of Cajun witches who were his own family’s greatest enemies, it seems he has fallen under suspicion of murder. He’s been accused by none other than the man’s grandson—and Nic’s former lover—Thibeau Delessard. Nic is furious and travels to confront Thibeau and his family … Read more

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REVIEW: Isherwood, by Missy Welsh

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Isherwood - Missy Welsh

Title: Isherwood Series: Isherwood Pack #1 Author: Missy Welsh Genre: Paranormal Romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM gay Publisher: Self Pages: 152 Reviewer: Xanthe, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Cas Maine seeks refuge in the small town of Isherwood after walking all night. He’s tired, hungry, and desperate for the acceptance and safety he had in his birth pack…before they discovered he was gay. But crossing into town forces him to shift into his wolf form and he’s unable to shift back. Which is when he finds his true mate, a human named Finn Webb. Finn thinks he’s just adopted a stray dog and feels like his … Read more

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REVIEW: Stasis, by Kim Fielding

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Title: Stasis Series: Ennek Series Author: Kim Fielding Genre: Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Publisher: DSP Publications Pages: 204 Reviewer: J. Scott Coatsworth Get It On Amazon About The Book Ennek Trilogy: Book One Praesidium is the most prosperous city-state in the world, due not only to its location at the mouth of a great bay but also to its strict laws, stringently enforced. Ordinary criminals become bond-slaves, but the worst punishment—to be suspended in a dreamless frozen state known as Stasis—is doled out by the wizard and reserved for only the most serious of traitors.  Ennek is the youngest son of Praesidium’s strict Chief. Though now a successful portmaster, Ennek … Read more

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REVIEW: Jon’s Downright Ridiculous Shooting Case, by A.J. Sherwood

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Jon's Downright Ridiculous Shooting Case

Title: Jon’s Downright Ridiculous Shooting Case Series: Jon’s Mysteries Case 1 Author: A.J. Sherwood Genre: Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay/Bi Publisher: Self Pages: 309 Reviewer: Pat Get It On Amazon About The Book A psychic without an anchor. A student in trouble. A shooter on the loose. I’m Jonathan Bane, a licensed psychic who consults for the police. I routinely help the police put the bad guys away and, for that reason, the criminal world doesn’t like me much. People like to take a swing at me, or go stabbity, or try for a gun. It makes for interesting times. My psychic ability prevents me from handling anything electronic—and I do … Read more

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REVIEW: Call the Bluff, by O.E. Tearmann

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Call the Bluff - O.E. Tearmann

Title: Call the Bluff Series: Aces High, Jokers Wild Book 2 Author: O. E. Tearmann Genre: Dystopian Sci Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Queer Publisher: Self Pages: 288 Reviewer: Melissa Brus, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book It costs a lot to win. And even more to lose.  Seven Corporations rule the former United States with seven codes of conduct based on their ideas of morality. Comply with the code of the Corporation that holds your Citizen Contract, or suffer the economic consequences.  Or fight back.  For sixty years the Democratic State Force has been fighting to return representative democracy to the country. Living in the no man’s … Read more

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REVIEW: Single White Incubus, by E.J. Russell

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Single White Incubus - E.J. Russell

Title: Single White Incubus Series: Supernatural Selection Author: E.J. Russell Genre: Paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: MM/Gay Publisher: Riptide Pages: 288 Reviewer: Pat Get It On Amazon About The Book Does a bear shift in the woods? Well, partially. That was what got grizzly shifter Ted Farnsworth into trouble. He wasn’t trying to break the Secrecy Pact. He just wants people to see the real him. So he signs up with the mate-matching service Supernatural Selection—which guarantees marriage to a perfect partner. Not only will Ted never be lonely again, but once his new beaver shifter husband arrives, they’ll build Ted’s dream wilderness retreat together. Win-win. Quentin Bertrand-Harrington, scion of an incubus dynasty, has abstained … Read more

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REVIEW: The Aurora Conspiracy, by Lexi Ander

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Title: The Aurora Conspiracy Author: Lexi Ander Genre: Sci Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Pansexual Publisher: Less Than 3 Press Pages: 75 Reviewer: Sherry Perkins, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Regin just wants to heal. After a terrible accident that maimed him, and nearly took his life and that of someone he loved, he’s spent the last several years licking his wounds on a mining station. With only six months left on his contract, he hopes to start a new life. Then he’s accused of a crime he didn’t commit, and a ghost from the past arrives, reopening old wounds and leaving him convinced that no … Read more