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Review: Run Wild, Run Free – Fiona Glass

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Cover - Run Wild, Run Free by Fiona Glass - Foreground, bottom left: a golden birdcage with its door ajar; in background, a handsome young white man with longish dark hair and blue eyes, laying on his back and staring off into the distance on a dark, pavement-like surface, wearing a black leather jacket with a leather strap and silver medallion on is bare, slightly hairy chest

Genre: Historical, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Neurodiverse Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Growing up in a 1950s mining village in the English midlands is hard for someone like Joey, who’s known he was different since he was a kid. All he wants to do is run wild on the hills, watching nature and indulging his love of art. All his parents want is for him to settle down: marriage, a home of his own, a steady job down the mine, and not so much as a whiff of art college. But none of that appeals to him. Everything changes the summer he turns eighteen, when the … Read more

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Review: Not Again – C.J. Baty

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Not Again - C.J. Baty - Lizzy Ferguson Mystery

Genre: Historical, Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Bisexual Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Lizzie Ferguson is not a typical 1912 woman. Owner of the E.M. Ferguson Detective Agency, she prefers to live life outside of society’s norm – both in and out of the bedroom – which leads to complications when she finds herself attracted to her beautiful assistant, Julia Straton, and an arrogant, yet devastatingly handsome journalist named Walton Crew. But who has time for romance when there are murders to solve? Her newest case is eerily similar to one from the past. Male brothel workers are being butchered, so she calls on old friends and Pinkerton detectives, Michael … Read more

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Review: Call Me Methuselah – R.G. Hendrickson

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Call Me Methuselah - R.G. Hendrickson

Genre: Romance, Paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Xanthe, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Since humanity’s first steps in the Stone Age, Methuselah has harbored an ancient secret. Cursed by the shaman to witness the end of days, he searches in vain for a home, place to place, clan to clan, yearning to belong. First in prehistoric Africa and lately disillusioned with love for a hundred years in the New World, he learns all too well to guard his heart and hide his story. That changes when a car crash lands him in the hospital with a fractured skull. Doctors discover strange stem cells in his … Read more

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Review: Never Leave – Lov Ing

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Never Leave - Lov Ing

Genre: Contemporary, Erotic LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book “Never Leave, please?”Jonathan and Seth aren’t orphans, but growing up together they often felt like they could only rely on each other. When circumstances force them to go from best friends to roommates, they easily progress from sharing a bed to sharing their first kiss. One evening Seth comes home early from his job as a mechanic with the intention of getting in some private me-time before Jonathan finishes self-studying at the town library. He must plan anew though, when he finds a naked Jonathan already on their bed, and the two … Read more

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Review: Charles, Earl of Crofton – Rebecca Cohen

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Charles, Earl of Crofton - Rebecca Cohen

Genre: Historical, Regency, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Anyone who had thought Lord Byron mad, bad and dangerous to know, obviously hadn’t met Charles Redbourn, 8th Earl of Crofton. Charles Redbourn cares little for anyone’s opinion, life is there to be lived and the London Ton provides a host of pleasures. He is used to getting his own way and, after another clash with the impertinent Captain Timothy Thorne, Charles is determined to put the uniformed upstart in his place. Both are stubborn and passionate men, and someone is going to win this battle of wits—to the winner the spoils. But when … Read more

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Review: The Enemy of Heaven – Reni Stankova

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The Enemy of Heaven - Reni Stankova

Genre: Fantasy, High Fantasy, Political Intrigue LGBTQ+ Category: Bisexual, Gay Reviewer: D.B., Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Raphael is a despondent angel prince who spends his time on drugs and entertainment, trying to forget the unfair inequality of his kingdom he can do nothing about. But this changes one night when he witnesses the inhuman abilities of a young demon from the capital’s ghetto. In an instant, he knows how to change his kingdom. Dante never trusted angels, much less royals, but after Prince Raphael saves him from an execution for a crime he didn’t commit, he follows him. And while the royal court is … Read more

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Review: The Mermaid Hypothesis – Siri Caldwell

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The Mermaid Hypothesis - Siri Caldwell

Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Monique Get It On Amazon About The Book Mermaid Survival Rule Number 1: Stay away from intelligent women.  Who are so my type.  Fish are not great conversationalists. That’s not why Niua sneaks aboard a research ship, or why she’s stumbling around on legs, pretending she’s not a mermaid, but years of living among uncommunicative sea life may explain why she’s unwisely flirting with a marine scientist who’s far too perceptive–and far too female–for Niua’s safety. She needs to focus, but Ms. “Why Aren’t You on the Passenger List?” keeps distracting her. In the best possible way. She’s in over her head, and she doesn’t … Read more

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Review: Free Me – Beck Grey

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Free Me - Beck Grey

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gender Fluid, Gay, Trans Reviewer: Lucy Get It On Amazon About The Book Blake No romantic relationship could ever compete with my dream job. Sure, it gets lonely, but that’s what occasional hookups are for. Work-life balance? Who cares? I certainly don’t. Until chest pains bring me to my knees and land me in the emergency room. It’s a wake-up call I can’t afford to ignore. When my well-meaning family encourages me to make some major life changes, like hiring a meditation and physiotherapist, whatever that is, I’m worried enough to agree. Imagine my surprise when my practitioner turns out to be the hookup I haven’t … Read more

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Review: The Blood-Born Dragon – J.C. Rycroft

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The Blood-Born Dragon - J.C. Rycroft

Genre: Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Sapphic Fantasy, Romantic Subplot LGBTQ+ Category: Bisexual, Lesbian Reviewer: Lucy Get It On Amazon About The Book A bond she didn’t choose.A love she can’t escape.A creature so powerful it bends the limits of time… Smart, sassy, and sanguine, Des Mildue is a traveling sellsword in Rescalin, a dry and dusty kingdom full of rogues, opportunists, and thieves. She keeps her nose clean, brazens it out with a blade when she can’t, and keeps others at arm’s length where they can’t mess up her plans. That is, until a sword fight gone wrong leaves her tied by blood to the first dragon hatched in … Read more

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Review: Calamity – Toshi Drake

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Calamity - Toshi Drake - Starstation

Genre: Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Xanthe, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It At Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book With the planet on the brink of erupting and his memories gone, can Commander Damon Wild find his way back home?  Commander Damon Wild is not having a good day. Being shot down on a remote planet by the Siwu pirates and then losing his memories is enough to make a good man desperate. When his situation becomes worse—a planetary eruption—Damon knows he must do something. A small scientific outpost at the centre of a caldera offers something he had only dreamt about, hope. Captain Zaveid L’eau offers Damon a place … Read more