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Review: His Grey Lord – Stephanie Lake

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His Grey Lord - Stephanie Lake - The Regency Lords

Genre: Historical, Georgian, Regency LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book An Award-Winning Gay Regency Romance: Where Love Defies Boundaries and Status. In Wiltshire, England, amidst aristocratic grandeur, a spark ignites between Grey, a young nobleman, and Sam, a charismatic laborer. As their worlds collide, Grey grapples with societal chains and echoes of his father’s stern lessons. Yet, he finds himself irresistibly drawn to Sam’s rugged allure. Can their love rise above these trials? Embark on a journey of passion and defiance in this gripping historical romance novella. The Review Lord Greyson Montague’s father, Lord Flakenham, warned him to never get involved with those below … Read more

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Review: His Second Chance – Stephanie Lake

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His Second Chance - Stephanie Lake

Genre: Historical, Regency, Georgian LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Lord Blair wants a second chance at love with his long-lost lieutenant. Only one problem: Blair’s engaged to the man’s sister. Disgusted with unfaithful lovers, Viscount Reid Blair decides once and for all, to forget the dark, anonymous officer who slipped in and out of his life five years ago. He will marry Lady Prudence. With her unquestioned beauty and surprising wit, she is guaranteed to make an entertaining wife. Prudence’s brother, Lieutenant David Cavendish, has always been beyond discreet. Except for one torrid fortnight, years ago, when his passion for a certain viscount … Read more

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Double Review: Fritz – Jackie Keswick

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Fritz - Jacke Keswick

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann; Gloria, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Fritz Bronnley lives to keep his men safe and happy. But since his friends have all found their “one”, he’s feeling a bit surplus to requirements. A driving holiday through the Scottish Highlands sounds like a good remedy for feeling maudlin. Answering an unexpected call for help sounds like an even better one. But when Fritz ends up rescuing a tough, opinionated cutie who doesn’t know why he’s been kidnapped, and who’s too stubborn to give up, his heart might be in as much danger as Hollis Crewe’s life. The Reviews Maryann … Read more

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Review: Christmas Below Stairs – Ellie Thomas

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Christmas Below Stairs - Ellie Thomas

Genre: Holiday, Historical LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon | Publisher | Kobo About The Book At the age of twenty-three, Joseph Paul has come a long way from an abandoned foundling to the dizzy heights of a position as a second footman in London’s Bedford Square. But Joseph doesn’t want to remain in service forever and harbours ambitions to be his own master. Eli Turner might have become a valet by his thirties, but he is weary of his profession and lacks direction. He can’t even summon the energy to seek out a new position in a more prestigious household. Under ordinary circumstances, working as servants … Read more

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Review: The Gunpowder Plot – Fyn Alexander

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The Gunpowder Plot - Fyn Alexander

Genre: Historical LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book In 1605, King James I sat on the thrones of England and Scotland. A group of men, led by Robert Catesby, planned to blow up the Houses of Parliament in London to kill King James, Queen Anne, their children, and all the lords of England. The plotters were Catholics in a time when, at best, Catholics were fined into poverty, and at worst, they were burned at the stake. William Cranmore is one of those men. Lark Alleyne, who started his working life at court, has been recruited as a spy and is put under the … Read more

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Review: The Old Razzle Dazzle – Will Forrest

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The Old Razzle Dazzle - Will Forrest

Genre: Victorian/Edwardian-era Historical Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Non-Binary Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Love is a tightrope walk ~ sometimes you can’t help but fall… Some men are born for the stage. Some are born for nothing at all. How Izzy rose from the gutter to the heights of fame is a story he tells to few. A story as strange as any he’s staged in his four decades on London’s West End. A story of love and loss, heartache and forgiveness, of wanting what you cannot have, of daring to do the impossible. When an idealistic young singer joins his theatre company, Izzy finds himself … Read more

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Review: Just Love Enough – Will Forrest

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Just Love Enough - Will Forrest

Genre: Romance, Historical, Victorian LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book He wasn’t looking for love. He only wanted a job… The sixth son of a family who’d have been better off with none, Izzy wants more than the miserable life he’s been granted. Living by his wits in the slums of Whitechapel, he’ll take any escape, committing to a life of sin and luxury at anotoriousLondon pleasure house where the rich and powerful come to be humbled by the very lowest.  Yet there’s one man from his grim past he can’t leave behind. His oldest friend Noel is moral, modest, and law-abiding—everything that Izzy … Read more

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Double Review: Cloud Nine – Fearne Hill

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Cloud Nine - Fearne Hill

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewers: Ulysses, Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Bedroom eyes, that’s the name my mom gave them.Before I travelled to the UK, she issued me plenty of warnings: don’t look the wrong way when crossing the road, the first floor was the second floor, and no one would know what I meant if I asked for ranch dressing at a restaurant. But the perils of shy, beautiful men like Tristan Carter? Men with walking canes and hearing aids and those damned bedroom eyes, hidden behind a curtain of silky blond hair? She forgot to tell me anything about those. And I messed … Read more

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Review: Death by Silver – Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold

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Death by Silver - Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold

Genre: Gaslamp Fantasy/Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon | Publisher About The Book Mystery, Murder and Magic… When his nemesis from schoolboy days hires metaphysician Ned Mathey to investigate his father’s murder, Ned turns to his friend and sometime lover, detective Julian Lynes, for help. Together, they must navigate a maze of deceit, danger, their painful past and, perhaps, a chance at a future together, in an Edwardian London as full of peril as it is with magic. Can they solve the mystery at the heart of the murder to forge a new kind of partnership or will the past and society’s disapproval send them off … Read more

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Review: Starting With Secrets – Jackson Marsh

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Starting With Secrets - Jackson Marsjh - The Larkspur Mysteries

Genre: Historical LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book “The greatest reward often lies at the end of the stoniest path.” Lady Dorothy Marshall, March 1891 When Lord Clearwater inherits a set of enigmatic clues and a compass, it becomes clear he has the means to uncover a momentous secret. He calls upon the men of the Larkspur Academy to help with the hunt, including the latest recruit, the bewildered ex-sailor, Bertie Tucker. The academy men investigate follies, national monuments and ancient churches, using their diverse skills to unlock a series of random messages. The men must work together to find Clearwater’s secret and ‘treasure’, … Read more