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REVIEW: Guardians of the Poor – Jackson Marsh

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Genre: Historical, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book “The greatest gift one man may give another is his trust.” –Barbary Fleet, 1890. Standing stones, messages written in symbols, and the language of the deaf. It falls to Lord Clearwater to unlock the mystery of Dalston Blaze and his deaf friend, Joe Tanner, two young men arrested for committing ‘unnatural offences’ at the Hackney workhouse. Dalston hopes for a prison sentence. It’s the only way to save his life. Instead, he is bailed to the Larkspur Academy on Lord Clearwater’s Cornish estate, where there is only one rule: honesty above all else. For Dalston, … Read more

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REVIEW: The Clearwater Inheritance – Jackson Marsh

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Genre: Mystery, Historical LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book ‘No one can take away your name.’ Clearwater will lose his entire fortune unless he cracks a musical code. If Archer’s insane brother dies, their distant cousin, the evil Count Movileşti, will inherit everything, and with the influenza pandemic threatening the brother’s asylum, the outlook is grave. The only thing that can ensure Archer’s future is a legal document left behind by his grandfather, but the clue to its location is hidden within two pieces of music. Archer has one; the other is in Movileşti’s collection at Castle Rasnov. Archer dispatches two of his team … Read more

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REVIEW: Home From Nowhere – Jackson Marsh

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Genre: Mystery, Historical, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book After their wild and dangerous adventures, Archer and his crew are happy to take on a cosy mystery. Two new staff join Clearwater House. One of them, Jasper Blackwood, comes with an enigmatic, limited edition songbook that suggests he is no ordinary lad from the workhouse. When Archer investigates Jasper’s past, he soon realises that his origins, if known, will cause a scandal for one of his closest friends. The question is, how to reunite father and son without disrupting their lives? In the space of one week, Jasper’s life changes in ways … Read more

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REVIEW: The Students of Barrenmoor Ridge, by Jackson Marsh

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Title: The Students of Barrenmoor Ridge Series: The Barrenmoor Series Book Two Author: Jackson Marsh Genre: Contemporary, YA, Coming Out LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Publisher: Self Pages: 239 Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Book two in ‘The Barrenmoor Series’ of MM romance stories with a mountain rescue theme.  Liam has set himself a goal. To come out to his best friend, Casper, before his 18th birthday while hiking at Fellborough in the Yorkshire Dales. Things don’t go according to plan, and when a violent storm hits, the camping trip takes a potentially fatal turn. Local mountaineers, John Hamilton and his husband Gary are called to help, … Read more

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REVIEW: Unspeakable Acts, by Jackson Marsh

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Title: Unspeakable Acts Series: The Clearwater Mysteries Book Three Author: Jackson Marsh Genre: Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Publisher: Self Pages: 263 Reviewer: Maryann, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book “Death will come da capo, suddenly silent, and you will not hear your final applause. Fail us, and you die.”  Blackmail, a death threat and an opera. The Clearwater Foundation is to be launched with a charity gala at the City Opera House where Archer’s old friend, Cadwell Roxton, is to star. But Roxton has a dark secret. He will be murdered during his performance unless he exposes Lord Clearwater’s homosexuality.  Archer’s lover, Silas enlists the help … Read more

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REVIEW: Twisted Tracks, by Jackson Marsh

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Title: Twisted TracksSeries: The Clearwater Mysteries Book twoAuthor: Jackson MarshGenre: MysteryLGBTQ+ Category: GayPublisher: SelfPages: 257 PagesReviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Part two of The Clearwater Mysteries, this story continues directly from ‘Deviant Desire.’  An intercepted telegram, a coded invitation and the threat of exposure. Viscount Clearwater must once again put his life on the line to defend his reputation. The mystery is complicated by the arrival of a new servant experiencing the confusion of first gay love, and Archer’s feelings towards his recently fired footman.   Deviant forces are at work as Archer’s enemies plot to expose his homosexuality and bring him down. Only the bonds of … Read more

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ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Deviant Desire, by Jackson Marsh

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Jackson Marsh has a new gay historical mystery out, book one in the Clearwater Mysteries: Deviant Desire. The Victorian East End lives in fear of the Ripper and his mission to kill rent boys. Silas Hawkins, nineteen and forging a life on the streets could well be the next victim, but when he meets Archer, his life changes forever. Young, attractive and rich, Archer is Viscount Clearwater, a philanthropist, adventurer and homosexual. When Archer suspects the Ripper is killing to lure him to a confrontation, he risks his reputation and his life to stop the madman’s murders. Every man must play his part, including Silas. A mashup of mystery, romance … Read more

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ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: The Stoker Connection, by Jackson Marsh

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Jackson Marsh has a new gay YA mystery-thriller book out: What if you could prove that the greatest Gothic horror novel of all time was a true story? Dexter and Morgan meet on their eighteenth birthday. The attraction is instant but confusing. As they deal with coming out, they are bound together by more than first love. Both keep diaries, and each has the same goal – to prove that Stoker didn’t write ‘Dracula’. They are convinced that Harker, Van Helsing and the others existed and wrote the novel’s journals themselves. If Dex and Morgan can prove it, they will blow the lid off the vampire myth: Dracula existed. As … Read more