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Review: The House of the Red Balconies – A.J. Demas:

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The House of the Red Balconies - A.J. Demas

Genre: Historical, Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Rari Get It On Amazon About The Book Hylas has come to Tykanos to build an aqueduct. He has not come to enjoy the island’s main attraction: the six houses where the companions of Tykanos, courtesans both female and male, offer tea and elegant conversation. Yet he cannot ignore them as he finds himself renting a room in one of the tea houses and meeting his neighbour, the beautiful, chronically ill companion Zo. Over breakfasts in Zo’s garden, the two men begin a friendship that transforms the isolation of their lives. But Hylas’s aqueduct project is threatened by bureaucratic delays, and Zo … Read more

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Review: The Secrets of Heaven – Reni Stankova

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Review: The Secrets of Heaven - Reni Stankova

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Rari Get It On Amazon About The Book Five years of stolen peace in the mountains ends when Archangel Remiel, Heaven’s most elite investigator, finds Raphael and Dante’s sanctuary. Tasked with sending the fugitives to their lawful executions, she forces the couple into a life on the run. Meanwhile, Raphael stumbles upon a clue to his mother’s lost legacy—the archeological artifact that caused her murder all those years ago might be within reach, and it might throw all of Heaven into chaos. So, the chase is on. Raphael and Dante travel through three continents, on their way to a secluded island in … Read more

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Review: The Rosewood Penny – J.S. Fields

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The Rosewood Penny - J.S. Fields

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Intersex, Lesbian, Sapphic Reviewer: Rari Get It At Amazon | Publisher About The Book The dragons of Yuro have been hunted to extinction. On a small, isolated island, in a reclusive forest, lives bandit leader Marani and her brother Jacks. With their outlaw band they rob from the rich to feed themselves, raiding carriages and dodging the occasional vindictive pegasus. Thanks to Marani’s mysterious invulnerability, this mostly works out well…until Marani and her quirky band of outlaws plunder the carriage of the very bossy princess Nuria. The princess’s carriage contains not just gold, but a dragonscale comb that belonged to Marani’s murdered mother. Worse yet, Princess Nuria … Read more

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Review: Rowan & Aldred – Lucie Fleury

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Rowan & Aldred - Lucie Fleury

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Rari Get It On Amazon About The Book Rowan is a bully. Always has been, always will be. After all, what better way to prevent people from hurting you, than hurting them first? But this time, he’s gone too far. The God of Justice has heard about his crimes, and now he must suffer the consequences… Aldred, God of Justice and Retribution, is all too willing to take Rowan into his dungeon to deliver the sentence he rightly deserves. After all, punishing humans is his favorite pastime—he’ll take great pleasure in the careless, sadistic fun that Rowan’s incarceration offers him. What he doesn’t … Read more

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Review: Rhapsody – Molly J. Bragg

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Review Rhapsody - Molly J. Bragg

Genre: Sci-Fi, Superhero, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian, Trans Reviewer: Rari Get It On Amazon About The Book Megan Harwood never wanted to be a hero. She just wanted to indulge the two great loves of her life, woodworking and music, and for the last few years, she’s done just that running a small guitar making business in Sun City Florida with her dad’s help. But when Megan refuses to sell her shop, she ends up on the hit list of the Unitarium, an organized crime syndicate made of up supervillains and their minions. After being grabbed off the street and used as a test subject in one of their experiments, … Read more

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Review: A Soldiers & Mercenaries Duology – Kasia Bacon

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A Soldiers & Mercenaries Duology - Kasia Bacon

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Rari Get It On Amazon About The Book There’s no stopping Love once it teams up with Magic! A Soldiers & Mercenaries Duology with Extra Content (Vol. 1-2) combines two standalone titles: Don’t Fight the Spark and When I First Saw Red. This 100k-word collection includes over 20k words of fun, bonus content. The boxset contains MM fantasy romance with kick-arse characters, steam and snark—all set in the alluring but perilous universe of the Order. Don’t Fight the Spark (Soldiers & Mercenaries #1): A nerd and jock romance with magic, adventure and a hidden relationship. When I First Saw Red (Soldiers & … Read more

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Review: The Coming End – Ms. Angel Food

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The Coming End - Ms. Angel Food

Genre: Superhero, Sci-Fi, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Rari Get It On Amazon About The Book Spotlight, who sleeps with a new guy every night, is recognized more for appearing in infomercials than being a superhero. After a sudden blackout, he and the rest of the world are unable to get physically aroused. No stimulation, no release. Desperate to get back to normal, Spotlight meets Gavin, a prudish scientist, hoping to find a cure. After the Crusaders, the world’s top heroes, are put out of commission, Spotlight and Gavin are left as the planet’s last hope. They have to put aside their dislike for each other to save the world. … Read more

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Review: In the Dark Heart of Winter – Mere Rain

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In the Dark Heart of Winter - Mere Rain

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Rari Get It At Amazon | Publisher | Smashwords About The Book Isabeau is having history’s worst honeymoon. Heart-broken when her lover and best friend Margaret married and moved away, she accepted the proposal of a distant cousin, but she regrets this decision even before he insists on taking her to his cold and ruinous ancestral home. Horace does not seem to care about her, either, and soon she begins to wonder about his motives. Her fears are compounded when strangers arrive seeking refuge from the snow, and her husband’s behavior becomes strangely hostile. Vairya and Ranat seem friendly, but why are they in this isolated region … Read more

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Review: Lust & Other Demons – Tal Frost

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Lust & Other Demons - Tal Frost

Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal, Contemporary, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Lesbian, Poly, Pansexual, Somewhat Gender Fluid (but not identifying explicitly as such) Reviewer: Rari Get It On Amazon About The Book Belonging can sometimes be Hell. Jin is 17, pansexual, blue-haired, half-Korean and a lifelong outsider. His modus operandi, after years of neglect and chaos is never belong, never attach, because both just bring pain. What he doesn’t know, and mustn’t, is if he does ever belong, his lust demon father will take him to Hell forever the day he turns 18. But when he moves to the remote Scottish town of Hammer Falls, where he shouldn’t fit in at all, … Read more

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Review: Skythane – J. Scott Coatsworth

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Skythane - J. Scott Coatsworth

Genre: Sci-Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Lesbian Reviewer: Rari Get It On Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book Jameson Havercamp, a psych from a conservative religious colony, has come to Oberon—unique among the Common Worlds—in search of a rare substance called pith. He’s guided through the wilds on his quest by Xander Kinnison, a handsome, cocky wing man with a troubled past. Neither knows that Oberon is facing imminent destruction. Even as the world starts to fall apart around them, they have no idea what’s coming—or the bond that will develop between them as they race to avert a cataclysm. Together, they will journey to uncover the secrets of this strange … Read more