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Review: Mann Hunt – Peter E. Fenton

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Mann Hunt - Peter E. Fenton

Genre: Mystery, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book How far would you be willing to go to finish the job? Declan Hunt is having a bad week. His kidnapping case is showing little progress, his office assistant has left him on short notice, and his latest investigation has left him literally battered and bruised. But things change when he hires twenty-four year old Charlie Watts to help out at the office. They form an unlikely partnership trying to solve two seemingly unrelated cases whose threads begin to weave together when the missing person case turns to murder. The investigation takes them from the … Read more

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Review: Bite Club – Eule Grey

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Bite Club - Eule Grey

Genre: Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewers: Gordon & Xanthe, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Lenni lives on the civilised side of the wall, a hard worker who follows the rules. Super-fit and healthy, with everything he could wish for — an office, app-friends, and enough medications to suppress the extraneous. Like everyone in his country, Lenni’s safe. So why does the big, handsome guy cry each night? What of his aching heart and empty arms? When supervisor Lion offers a place in Bite Club, why would Lenni jump at the chance to cross the forbidden wall? Fighting? It doesn’t make sense. Maybe that’s the whole … Read more

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Review: Driving in Circles – Frances Fox

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Driving in Circles - Frances Fox - Reluctant Rockstar

Genre: Contemporary, Rock ‘n Roll LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book An oblivious roadie and a lighting designer with self-confidence issues…will they ever manage to communicate what they want? All Dave wants is a low-stress job driving gig equipment around, loading and unloading, rinse and repeat. Then he can go home and spend what time he can with his kids, listen to music and gardening podcasts and dream about the life he’s never had. He’s known Richie for years and he’s never thought of him as more than a mate. With two ex-wives behind him, he’s never thought of himself as anything other than … Read more

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Review: Reading It Wrong – A.L. Lester

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Reading It Wrong - A.L. Lester

Genre: Mystery, Romance, Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Paul Cranford regrets asking Louise and Darcy Middleton to let the kids from his class have a look at the fifteenth century letter they’re selling at auction. If it hadn’t been for him, it would never have been in the theatre overnight to even get stolen in the first place. Darcy isn’t keen on Paul Cranford. He’s never quite got over the way Paul knocked him back when Darcy tried to ask him out. But when the letter is stolen from the theatre and Darcy is hurt in the process, Paul steps up to … Read more

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Double Review: The Midnight Detective – Edward Kendrick

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The Midnight Detective - Edward Kendrick

Genre: Paranormal, Romance, Vampires LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann; Gordon, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book What is Wyn to do when he can’t find his five-year-old daughter Celyn because she and her mother Marianne have disappeared with Marianne’s new boyfriend? He hires a detective. The detective is Christoph Andreu, owner of Andreu Detection Agency. What few people know is that Christoph is a vampire, thus his definitely strange working hours. Wyn knows, however, but his need to find Celyn overrides the few concerns he might have that Christoph is more than human. Christoph was willing to take Wyn’s case. More than willing when two men … Read more

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Review: BAQWA Presents: Queer Cheer Anthology

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BAQWA Presents: Queer Cheer Anthology

Genre: Contemporary, Holiday, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book This is the third annual anthology from the Bay Area Queer Writers Association. The theme is Queer Cheer, Holiday Stories with a Queer Twist. Contents include: The Review Queer Cheer is a well-done anthology that takes the reader to different areas of California for various holiday celebrations, including all types of people from different walks of life. There’s a variety of short stories and poetry here – and both drama and fun. There’s something for everyone. Here are a few of my favorites: “Miles to Millicent” by Pat … Read more

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Review: Backstage Pass – Avery Arden

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Backstage Pass - Avery Arden

Genre: Contemporary, Rock ‘n Roll LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: S.C. Get It On Amazon About The Book Damian Lake is a rockstar with everything he could ever want at the tips of his fingers in 1975 Los Angeles–and that’s the problem. In the wake of a whirlwind world tour, he’s struggling to write new music and slowly becoming a hermit in his Beverly Hills hideaway. In a last-ditch effort to shake himself out of his rut, he decides to visit a professional Dominant. The mysterious Lukas comes highly recommended. He’s experienced and discreet, with a long list of famous clients. He’s just what Damian needs. But will Damian start to … Read more

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Review: Lochlan – Edward Kendrick

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Lochlan - Edward Kendrick

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Mage Roland sends Lochlan, his adopted son and apprentice, to a distant city to steal a valuable item — a relatively simple task for a thief with Lochlan’s skills. On his journey, Lochlan meets two commoners will soon play an important part in his life — Garratt and his sister, Maurenn, who Garratt is escorting to meet her betrothed. At first, the young men dislike each other but they are thrown together again when Garratt discovers why Lochlan is in the city and convinces him that he can help if Lochlan will teach him the … Read more

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Review: Wrong Side of Heaven by Elizabeth Monvey –

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Wrong Side of Heaven - Elizabeth Monvey

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Kemper Ribar was searching for an oasis where he could recharge his batteries when he stumbled upon the Wrong Side of Heaven, an intriguing bar in the middle of nowhere. He hoped this pit stop would prove to be the respite he was looking for from the politics of his motorcycle club. As a forty-year-old man, Kemper never anticipated that he would find himself making an instant connection with Chester, a free spirit operating what he came to realize was the town’s only gay bar. Flustered, he flees. But something keeps drawing him back, and soon, … Read more

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Review: The House of Ash – Hayden Thorne

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The House of Ash - Hayden Thorne

Genre: Historical Fantasy, Gothic Horror, Romance, Vampire Fiction LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It At Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book A dark and deadly curse haunts a dying family, manifesting itself with neither rhyme nor reason in its frequency except for its victim: a male child who will then be born without a soul. Living in a great house designed specifically for entrapment, monsters and the women who become reluctant champions for their children carry on a tragic cycle shaped by an inexplicable mystery. And every final confrontation between the tainted and the protector is recorded in an old journal—a bloodstained volume handed down from champion to champion … Read more