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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: To Melt a Frozen Heart – Fearne Hill

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To Melt a Frozen Heart - Fearne Hill

Genre: Contemporary, Holiday LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Aethena, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Freddie Duchamps-Avery has only one desire this Christmas: to ask his beloved Reuben to marry him. However, with his needy father moping around, finding the perfect, romantic moment to propose is proving tricky. The Rt Hon. Charles Duchamps-Avery is a successful politician, a hopeless father, and a miserable divorcé. Facing the prospect of Christmas alone in London, he accepts his son Freddie’s generous invitation to join the gang at Rossingley. Yet, being surrounded by happy couples only serves to remind of his past mistakes and a looming, lonely old age. If only … Read more

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REVIEW: Surfacing Again – A.L. Lester

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Surfacing Again - A.L. Lester

Genre: Holiday, Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Melinda is staying on Lindisfarne for a Christmas break with her old friend when an unexpected argument leaves her alone for the holiday. It’s the first Christmas since her mother died and the island’s peace and wild tranquillity bring balm to her wounded heart. Two chance meetings, first with a pair of wary otters and then with cafe-owner Rowan, bring her genuine joy. Will her tentative relationship with Rowan survive the end of her holiday and the turning of the year? A short sapphic Christmas story. With otters. A 10,000 words short story, part of … Read more

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REVIEW: A Very Genre Christmas – Kim Fielding

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A Very Genre Christmas - Kim Fielding

Genre: Holiday, Romance, Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Very little is merry in a private dick’s world. Private detective Nick Bozic works the mean streets of 1950s Portland, Oregon, shadowing unfaithful spouses and nabbing thieving employees. He may be lonely, but at least he’s not crooked. Despite the festive season, Christmas simply means less dough in his pocket. With the holiday only a few days away, a regular client drops a new case on him: yet another being has come through the Rift and needs help finding his way home. Maybe Evindal the elf will help Nick find something … Read more

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REVIEW: Hands-On Hanukkah – Penelope Peters

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Hands-On Hanukkah - Penelope Peters

Genre: Holiday Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: HL Get It On Amazon About The Book David Nachem doesn’t actually hate Hanukkah. David Nachem is living his best life. He loves his work, he loves his cat, he loves his family. Who cares if he doesn’t put up holiday decorations? He’s not actually a Grinch – it just feels that way, especially when his boyfriend up and dumped him four months ago with no explanation. But when Tim reappears in David’s life asking for David’s help as a massage therapist, David can’t say no. Not when David still misses Tim – and Tim’s joyful exuberance about everything holiday-related. Not when David … Read more

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REVIEW: Cherry Wine Kisses – Wit Talcott

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Cherry Wine Kisses - Wit Talcott

Genre: Holiday, Romance, Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book In this fun gay holiday romance, Ian and Patrick welcome their son, Sam, back to their vineyard home in the Blue Ridge Mountains for a fresh start. Sam’s career as an author of racy gay romance novels may be over, but stories still flash through his mind, especially when the handsome Grant appears on horseback one snowy evening. Grant, who lives in a cabin up the hill, is out of practice wooing men, until he turns to one of Sam’s novels for inspiration. With heart, humor, and a few bottles of … Read more

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REVIEW: The Mistletoe Problem – Geneva Vand

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The Mistletoe Problem - Geneva Vand

Genre: Romance, Holiday LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Reviewer: H.L. Get It On Amazon About The Book Noah’s winter holiday seasons tend to be busy but uneventful. Most of his time is spent running his mildly magical gift shop and trying not to obsess over Robin, his much too appealing seasonal employee. When Robin bursts into the back room of the shop to tell him that something is wrong with the mistletoe, Noah realizes this year is going to be a bit more interesting. But it’s fine. All he has to do is retrieve all the spelled mistletoe before it causes kiss-filled chaos all over town while keeping his hands—and lips—off … Read more

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REVIEW: Playing Chicken – A.L. Lester

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Playing Chicken - A.L. Lester

Genre: Romance, Holiday LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Marc returns home from London to his isolated Welsh cottage for good, having found his ex boyfriend shagging someone else in their bed. Who’s the thin, freezing cold man with the bruised face he finds in his barn? Will the tenuous connection between them grow, or fade away? A 9,000 word short story to mark the Welsh St Valentine’s Day, St Dwynwen’s Day, the 25th of January. With chickens. A meet-cute contemporary gay romance. The Review Marc leaves the big city life of London behind and returns to his Aunt Pen’s cottage at the … Read more

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REVIEW: Catch a Falling Snowflake – Ava Kelly

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Catch a Falling Snowflake - Ava Kelly

Genre: Holiday, Family, Established, Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Lesbian Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book The previous winter, Leon followed his twin sister Sara to a new town where she could be with her partner, Amber. There, Leon’s boyfriend Nick, friends Jeff and Daniel, and their nine-year-old daughter Abby, swiftly swept him up into their lives, a newfound family. After a year of growing their relationship, Leon is ready to take it to the next level. Nick, however, has been stalling. When Ben, Abby’s best friend, is suddenly abandoned, Leon is excited to finally care for the children he’s always wanted. Haunted by the … Read more

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REVIEW: Heart of the Holidays – Pat Henshaw

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Heart of the Holidays - Pay Henshaw

Genre: Contemporary, Holiday, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Everyone hopes his road to happily ever after will be carefree and smooth, but too often hair-pin turns and detours seem to get in the way. Having thought he was on the road to forever before, former Silicon Valley programmer Dan Lassiter is leery about pedaling down it again. His elderly companion Charlie urges him to get to know Rick Reardon whose bakery is across the street from Dan’s bicycle shop. Under the watchful eye of Charlie, Dan and Rick take tentative steps toward each other, all the while trying … Read more