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Review: Van Alone – Patrick Doyle

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Van Alone - Patrick Doyle

Genre: Gaylit, Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Giovanni Russo has forged a very particular life. Working in the world of rare books, he’s independent, self-sufficient, and alone. Withdrawn but combative, he engages in personal relations only to do business and, on occasion, have sex. His aloofness draws people in. Good for business, he says to himself. Good for sex. Of course, someone so enigmatic is asking for trouble. Following his father’s sudden death, he inherits the family home, a modest place with no redeeming features other than the roomfuls of memorabilia left by his grandfather. Seeing the house as a chance to … Read more

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Review: Fantastic – K.L. Noone

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Fantastic - K.L. Noone

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Everything’s fantastic. At least, Jason thinks so. He and Colby are working together on a new movie and falling into bed together at night, a life full of stories and happy endings. But it’s been a long night shoot. They’re both tired. And now Colby’s injured. It isn’t serious, but Jason can’t help worrying … especially when he discovers one more story from Colby’s childhood. He couldn’t protect Colby then, but he can now. He’ll spend the rest of the night making sure Colby feels safe and happy, and thoroughly loved. After all, … Read more

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Review: Save Me – Beck Grey

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Save Me - Beck Grey - Love in the Pacific Northwest

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: D. Wilson, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Danger brought them together. Safety tore them apart. Can one act of recklessness reunite them forever? Jamie: Against protocol and my best intentions, I fell in love with the key witness I was assigned to protect. I know. Rookie move. I tried not to let it happen, but Ash is so smart, and sexy, and though his snark is biting, I know it’s only meant to protect himself. But in the end, none of that mattered because I still had to let him go. I’m just glad he never knew how I … Read more

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Review: If You Want Me Close – Skye Kilaen

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If You Want Me Close - Skye Kilaen

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Falling in love with your best friend is wonderful… until tragedy means fighting for the romance and the friendship. Bisexual event coordinator Simon Novotny thrives on connection. He cherishes his large, queer-friendly family and his friends—especially his cute, brilliant work bestie, gay IT geek Ziah Holdaway. It’s taken forever for Simon to to coax Ziah out of his shell. Time and again people have let him down, especially those who should have loved him unconditionally. But Simon would do anything for Ziah: text him jokes when he’s down, bring him homemade lunches, change his … Read more

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New Release / Giveaway: Higher: A Butch-for-Butch Romance – Roz Alexander

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Higher: A Butch-for-Butch Romance - Roz Alexander

Roz Alexander has a new FF holiday romance out: Higher. And there’s a Giveaway. Where do dreams go to wait? Tali Blue is definitely going back to finish her last semester of rabbinical school…eventually. When she moved back to her hometown seven years ago to help her grandparents raise her younger sisters, she planned on it being temporary. Now though, she has a stable job and a stable life surrounded by the people she’s known forever. It’s all just fine – and then there’s the incredibly annoying surprise of Maple. Maple never meant to be successful. She just wanted to make weird art and practice her Ladino. And just like … Read more

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Review: Abundantly Attractive – Tonwand North

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Review: Abundantly Attractive - Tonwand North

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Xanthe Get It On Amazon About The Book A rescued by a handsome stranger, gay comedy, full of mishaps with dogs, cats, rats and reindeer. How much is love truly worth? Liam Perry dreams of finding a rich wife so he can lounge at the poolside, sipping cocktails and doing what he’s good at—looking seductive. And after a chance collision with a handsome vet leaves Liam not totally against the idea of the future Mrs Perry being a rich Mr Perry, a complication arises in his new barman job when his seductive charms hook the eye of the vet’s boyfriend—the owner. A dark-haired Casanova … Read more

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Review: Acquainted With Vice – Siobhan Smile

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Acquainted With Vice - Siobhan Smile

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bi Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Lee Starting over after fifteen years hadn’t crossed my mind, but the reality hit me when the final divorce papers arrived. To process the end of my marriage, I’d escaped to the lake where I owned a home. I was determined to have everything figured out by the time I returned to the city. What happened instead was an ambush by my son, Taylor, and his friends. Dallas, the beautiful ginger man, who came with him, ruined my plans. He’d made me question everything I’d thought I knew about myself. Dallas There were a lot … Read more

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Review: Names for the Dawn – C.L. Beaumont

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Names for the Dawn - C.L. Beaumont

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Trans FTM Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Seasoned Park Ranger Will Avery has found his home in the Denali wilderness, cherishing his solitary routines for the decade leading up to 1991. The trade-off that no one knows of his identity as a transgender man feels worth it for the comforting assurance he finds in the towering glaciers. Until Will discovers an unexpected passenger in his truck—the visiting wolf biologist everyone in the Park is ecstatic to meet—Nikhil Rajawat. Nikhil doesn’t return his new colleagues’ fervor. He’s dreamt of Denali for one reason: the pinnacle of his research, and it isn’t anyone’s … Read more

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REVIEW: Stronger Than Passion – Katherine McIntyre

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Stronger Than Passion - Katherine McIntyre

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Hudson West is the enemy. Nico Shah is trouble. However, when they’re forced to collaborate on a town project, they can’t stop the passion from burning. Hudson West is the enemy. The calm, arrogant, stupidly hot owner of the rival restaurant in town never fails to push Nico Shah’s buttons. So when he and Hudson are invited to collaborate to cater the Chesapeake Days festival, he wants to say hell no. But with his mother’s upcoming transplant, he needs that money. Nico Shah is trouble. Hudson’s noticed the gorgeous, witty flirt and has veered far away. … Read more

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REVIEW: Below Stairs at Crofton Hall – Rebecca Cohen

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Below Stairs at Crofton Hall - Rebecca Cohen

Genre: Contemporary, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Karl Vinter joins the staff at Crofton Hall as the new under butler. He’s too busy to bother with relationships, but he’s more than happy to explore a friends with benefits arrangement with gardener, Val Blake. He couldn’t imagine a more perfect way to settle into is his new life at Crofton Hall. Pity pesky things like feelings start to get in the way. Meanwhile, Ben Redbourn, 16th Earl of Crofton, is trying to find the perfect way to propose to Ashley, his boyfriend. He’s going to need all the help he can get, especially … Read more