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REVIEW: Wrapped in Screams – Amy Tasukada

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Wrapped in Screams - Amy Tasukada

Genre: Crime Thriller, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book A gunshot. A bloody note. And a relationship that might not survive… Now that the war with the Korean syndicate is behind him, all Nao Murata wants is a vacation and a chance to nurture his new relationship with Aki Hisona. They can punish those who abandoned the family later. After six weeks trapped in a hospital bed, a quiet vacation is the last thing Aki wants. Ready to prove himself to Nao and the rest of the family, Aki’s desperate for some action. And not just the Yakuza kind… When Aki hears a … Read more

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REVIEW: Sins of Yesterday – Romeo Preminger

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Sins of Yesterday - Romeo Preminger - Arizona Series

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book The first book in Preminger’s Southern Gothic, family secrets epic: the Arizona series. It’s 1984, and fifteen-year-old Arizona is doing his best to take care of his younger brothers and sister while their daddy drives a truck cross-country and spends his paycheck on booze and gambling. In small town southeastern Louisiana, his family is known as the lowest of the low, and they say it’s on account of a family curse that’s so ugly, no one would dare speak of it. Then Arizona’s daddy loses his job, and things go from bad to worse. He baits … Read more

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REVIEW: Lexington Black – Lady Jaguar

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Lexington Black - Lady Jaguar

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book With a life marred with tragedy and disappointment, Rob Martin has found it hard take risks or trust anyone. Yet after being asked on a date by a suave stranger, he discovers his daring side. Lexington Black is the wealthy New Yorker who rocks Rob’s world. A ruthless businessman, Lex is accustomed to getting what he wants, and he wastes no time in luring Rob to his Manhattan penthouse for a month, on the pretext of rebooting his writing career.  As Rob is introduced to gay Manhattan by Lex’s colourful friends, he is unaware that years … 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 House, A Dog, and an Old Truck – Morgan David

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A House, A Dog and an Old Truck - Morgan David

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book In ‘A House, a Dog, and an Old Truck’ the reader will get acquainted with Jeffrey, a mature art expert longing for a new creative start in his life after decades battling with painful memories. Jeffrey meets Stephen, an officer in the local police force, twenty years his junior. As their relationship progresses, Stephen helps Jeffrey emerge from his self-imposed isolation. In return, Jeffrey provides Stephen with safety, and helps him grow more self-confident. While they both realize that the age difference is not an issue in itself, they still remain secretive when it comes to … Read more

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REVIEW: An Echo Of Love – Nathan Grant

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An Echo of Love - Nathan Grant

Genre: Contemporary, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Spencer Duran’s birth mother, an underage girl sadly gave him up for adoption. Jillian and Bill Duran soon adopted him, cared for him, and gave him a good solid start in life. Spencer has always longed to find his birth mother, and to ask her why she abandoned him. Before starting college at NAU, he and Jillian stopped at an interesting café in beautiful Sedona. When they finished eating, Spencer first notices a man slightly older than himself. Locking eyes, both men unexpectedly shared an instant unspoken, and unforgettable bond. Seconds Spencer … Read more

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REVIEW: Pierre & Bill – Patrick Doyle

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Pierre & Bill - Patrick Doyle

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Pierre and Bill have been together for nearly thirty years, ever since Bill was five. Thrown together by tragedy, they stayed together despite the many attempts to tear them apart. Some thought it wrong that a stranger should raise a child, especially when that stranger was gay. Especially, too, when the child also turns out to be gay. But Pierre and Bill would win that fight and go on to develop a unique and special bond. Now many years later, they’re facing a different kind of crisis. The specter of illness and financial insecurity threaten their … Read more

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NEW RELEASE: Opposed Desires – Katherine McIntyre

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Opposed Desires - Kathleen McIntyre

Katherine McIntyre has a new FF contemporary romance out: Opposed Desires. And there’s a giveaway! Closet Romantic falling for the Hookup Queen? Never gonna happen… until one memorable vacation changes it all. When it comes to women, Aubrey Moore believes in no-strings-attached hookups and keeping things simple. On her beach trip, her plan is clear—hit the bars and find single hotties. What she doesn’t bargain on is the phone call from her sister. Distraught, Aubrey would like to have a breakdown in private, but the one woman who’s never fallen for her slick lines takes her by surprise and blurs her simple rules. The last thing owner of the Renegades … 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: Estora 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: To Take a Quiet Breath – Fearne Hill

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To Take a Quiet Breath - Fearne Hill - Rossingley

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book This isn’t a romance about chiseled, lantern-jawed college kids boasting V-cut abs. There are no marathon steamy sex sessions, not without having at least one nebulizer on standby anyway. Marcel Giresse, the thirty-six-year-old Director of Finance at the French Ministry of Justice, is happy to leave all that nonsense to his oldest friend Lucien, the sixteenth Earl of Rossingley. In fact, Marcel is too short of breath and too set in his nerdy ways to ever think about sex at all. Which is a shame because the prisoner serving a sentence for murderer that he’s just … Read more