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Review: Ash Believes the Impossible – Kim Fielding

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Ash Believes the Impossible - Kim Fielding

Genre: Fantasy, Holiday, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book Asher Kaufman could use a miracle. But first he’ll have to believe they exist. Ash is single, strapped for cash, and burned out from his work at a nonprofit. Everyone else’s holiday spirit leaves him feeling like he’s in the wrong movie. Then strange, thoughtful gifts begin appearing outside his door: a rustic basket filled with pinecones and acorns, and a beautiful handmade scarf in Hannukah colors. But the most wonderful gift of all comes when he meets Clay, his secret admirer, a beautiful young man who happens to be a fairy who lives … Read more

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Review: Screw Your Courage – Alexandra Caluen

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Screw Your Courage - Alexandra Caluen

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book A midlife M/M romance novella about equality. Casimir has a good life: a nice little house, a hard-to-get job, and an online store for his Shakespeare-inspired paintings. The only thing he’s missing is someone to come home to. Then ballet teacher Misha rings his doorbell. Misha risked everything on America twenty years ago, and so far the risk has paid off. The only thing he’s missing is someone to share his future. Then he drops in at the online store’s showroom and meets the painter. Casimir let his job cost him one important relationship already. Within … Read more

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Review: Chambered – Kim Fielding

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Chambered - Kim Fielding

Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book Agent Dash Cooke likes simple assignments: annihilate the dangerous monsters and move on. He likes a simple life too: a furnished apartment that he switches out for a new one every few years and no messy personal connections. Then his boss gives him an assignment that’s not simple at all. Reports claim that a beautiful old house in Sacramento is haunted by a poltergeist, but Dash soon discovers a very different type of spirit. Henry will be destroyed if Dash evicts him. And suddenly Dash’s life has become very complicated indeed. The Review Chambered is … Read more

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Review: A Trick of the Light – Ellie Thomas

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A Trick of the Light - Ellie Thomas

Genre: Historical LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book Kenneth Taylor has bright plans for a future as an engineer. In the summer of 1957, as soon as he returns home to Bristol from two years of National Service in the Royal Signals, a furious row with his dad means he’s thrown out of the house, and his prospects are in jeopardy. He finds lodgings in the hilltop, bomb-damaged suburb of Kingsdown, determined to be independent and juggling night school with his humdrum day job. He soon meets Gino, the good-looking son of a local café owner and is thrilled when the attraction proves to … Read more

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Review: Catering to Love – Joshua Ian

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Catering to Love - Joshua Ian - Departments of Love

Genre: Historical LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book Step into the sumptuous world of Hartridge & Casas, the Edwardian shopping palace, in this exciting new series. Every department serves its customers luxury, and, behind the scenes, serves its employees romance and intrigue. After training under the famed Escoffier, Henri is now Head Chef at the Royal Tea Room – the jewel in the crown of the newly opened Hartridge & Casas department store. With his sights set on one day opening his own restaurant, Henri has no time for distractions, especially not love. But his moorings are shaken loose when Nico, a charming and … Read more

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Review: Kai’s Healing Smiles – Vivi Anne Hunt

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Kai's Healing Smiles - Vivi Anne Hunt

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book Can a smile heal a broken heart? Silas is mourning the loss of his wife. Every day, he is going through the motions and barely managing to keep the excruciating pain from overtaking his life. There is precisely one ray of sunshine in his days — Kai — the smiley, awkward barista at Starbucks. For some reason, Silas finds comfort in being around Kai and soaks up as much light as this sweet boy could give him. For the short time Kai has worked at Starbucks, he has secretly watched one man from afar, hoping that … Read more

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Review: Ghosts Galore – Fiona Glass

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Fhosts Galore - Fiona Glass

Genre: Paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book Let me get this straight. You’re making a programme about haunted houses and you don’t believe in ghosts? Cash-strapped artist Adam Price is the owner of Greystones Hall, an ancient manor house he shares with a plethora of ghosts. He adores the place, but life is a constant battle to pay the bills and he’s lonely, too, following the death of his beloved grandfather two years earlier. Lonely, that is, until the Ghosts Galore crew offer to film an episode at Greystones Hall. Adam’s a bit dubious about letting them loose in his home, but allows … Read more

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Review: Atone – J. C. Owens

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Atone - J. C. Owens

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book Tal finally had it all…until the man he loved abandoned him. Once, Tal Oryan was an elite warrior, fighting for the kingdom at the side of the powerful general who loved him. Then Tal loses everything in a haze of pain and betrayal after his hand is severed in battle. Now labeled a “cripple” and cast out from the warrior life he’s known for so long, he has no choice but to return to his past, a place of horror and guilt. He can no longer stay in the capital after High General Ramidine Swal, … Read more

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REVIEW: Salad on the Side – Karenna Colcroft

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Salad on the Side - Karenna Colcroft

Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book Since moving to Boston, Kyle Slidell has met only a few of his neighbors, including Tobias Rogan. Kyle is very interested in Tobias, and is ecstatic to learn that Tobias wants him, too. But his neighbors have a secret: They’re a werewolf pack, and Tobias is their Alpha. When one of the wolves attacks Kyle, he learns the truth in a hurry–and in the most painful way. Now he’s a werewolf too, and as a vegan is at war with his wolf aspect, who craves meat. With Tobias’s help and love, Kyle must adjust to … Read more

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REVIEW: Brushed With Love – Fearne Hill

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Brushed With Love - Fearne Hill

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Xanthe, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Clement Constantine Church is a hot mess. With deadlines to meet. Whereas the striking Viking redecorating his seaside cottage is simply hot.  As a precocious teen, Clem wrote a best seller. Now he writes for other people. Too busy contemplating his bleak career and panicking about pretty much everything, he doesn’t notice that the gorgeous surfer slapping paint across his bedroom walls has a top-notch flirting game. Nor that the body hidden underneath his white overalls should come with its own government health warning. Anyhow, apparently the Viking is straight. After one too many … Read more