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Review: The Bleeding City – Chris Bannor

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The Bleeding City - Chris Bannor

Genre: Sci-Fi, Cyberpunk, Mystery, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Tony Get It At Amazon About The Book A cyberpunk story about lost love and longing in the city that bleeds. Chan Yi has been hiding in Dock City for seven years, always within sight of his makers at Mariner Tech. Always mourning the lover they took from him. Wu DaQi is a man struggling to move on after a botched augmentation took his memories. But the story he’s told doesn’t add up. There’s an emptiness, a longing in his life that doesn’t feel right. DaQi begins to question everything. But when reality turns out to be a lie, who … Read more

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Review: Half Double Murder – Marshall Thornton

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Half Double Murder - Marshall Thornton

Genre: Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book It’s about making a sweater. A warm, cozy, crocheted sweater When a troubled teen named Brown and a senior citizen named Chester meet at an LGBTQ fiber arts group, they both want to crochet sweaters. But yarn, hooks and needles are set aside when the director of The Center is accused of murdering the owner of a neighboring hair salon who posted transphobic attacks on social media. Brown, Chester and the rest of the fiber arts group set out to prove their friend’s innocence. He is innocent — right? This new mystery by three-time Lambda award-winner … Read more

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Review: The Gambler’s Community Service – A. Williams

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The Gambler's Community Sevice - A. Williams

Genre: Historical, Western, Steampunk, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book Dundee I woke up in a jail cell after a saloon fight which the handsome sherrif said was my fault. My punishment is something called Community Service. It doesn’t mean what I thought it did. Russell Dundee is a cheat and a liar. And a thief, he’s stolen my heart. How can I compete for his affection against the flirty inventor with a steam powered vehicle who has just arrived in town? The Review The Gambler’s Community Service is an amusing and entertaining short read. It’s a sort of low key gay-friendly steampunk … Read more

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Review: Virtually Guarded – Karenna Colcroft

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Virtually Guarded - Karenna Colcroft

Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Demi, Gay, Trans FTM Reviewer: Jay Get It On Amazon About The Book Newly-changed werewolf Ren Torres flees from pack members who assaulted him when his first shift from wolf form to human revealed him as a transgender man. Injured and terrified, Ren runs to the home of the Anax, ruler of all werewolves in the United States. There, Ren finds sanctuary—and his destined mate. On the eve of the annual gathering of the U.S. werewolf leaders, the Anax’s guard, Xavier Pelly, has traveled with the Anax to the secondary home where the gathering will occur. When Ren arrives, Xavier immediately recognizes the new, petite … Read more

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Review: In Love and War – Beryll and Osiris Brackhaus

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In Love and War - The First Lotus Knights, by Beryll & Osiris Brackhaus

Genre: Sci-Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bi , Poly Reviewer: Ulysses Universal Buy Link About The Book It is the year 1985 ET. House Virasana has fallen, the Lotus Throne stands empty, and a bitter succession war has every noble House at arms. To make things worse, House Tô-Genji and House Medina are locked in a vicious feud over a flood of cheap illicit drugs tearing their worlds apart. Prince Li Lan Tô-Genji is as far from the fighting as one can be. Third son of the Duke of Qufu, Li Lan is the family scholar – kept behind palace walls to preserve tradition, etiquette, and history. Brilliant, restless, and … Read more

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Review: To Save A Scoundrel’s Soul – Fearne Hill

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To Save A Scoundrel's Soul - Fearne Hill

Genre: Historical, Regency LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book London 1825. When a young American heiress arrives at a Society ball draped in long-lost sapphires and diamonds belonging to the late Duchess of Ashington, jaws drop and tempers rise. Thirty years earlier, those jewels vanished after a deadly shooting party. Now, they’ve resurfaced around the neck of the odious Marquess of Talybridge’s beautiful betrothed. The current Duke of Ashington wants them back where they belong, and his close friends are only too happy to plot a daring heist on his behalf. But he’s not the only man with his eyes on the prize. A … Read more

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Review: Field Notes From Earth – Ben Athem

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Field Notes From Earth - Ben Athem

Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Jay Get It On Amazon About The Book Leth has spent centuries studying civilizations without ever becoming part of them. His latest assignment should be simple: observe humanity, document its behaviour, and maintain the distance required of every good researcher. Emotional attachment is forbidden. Interference is unacceptable. The people of Earth are subjects, not companions. Then he meets Finn, a marine biologist whose easy kindness draws Leth out from behind his careful observations. What begins as professional curiosity becomes coffee, shared routines, late-night messages, and moments Leth cannot reduce to data. For the first time, he is no longer merely witnessing a life. … Read more

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Review: Aiden and the Alien Invasion – Damian Serbu

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Aidan and the Alien Invasion - Damian Serbu - Arrival

Genre: Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It At Amazon | Publisher | Universal Buy Link About The Book Aliens seize control of Earth, descending without warning, cutting off communication systems and crushing military resistance. Aidan and his friends flee home from Chicago to rural Michigan, but learn the aliens control the entire planet. Their leaders have dark intentions that Aidan and his friends uncover when they fall in with a revolutionary faction of aliens who desperately seek to save humanity. Human aid to the revolutionaries’ cause is essential but dangerous. As secrets and surprising histories are revealed, Aidan adds to his own chaos when he drifts into an unlikely romance. As … Read more

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Review: Scallywag! – K. L. Mitchell

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Scallywag - K. L. Mitchell

Genre: Historical, Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: KA Get It At Amazon | Publisher | B&N | Kobo | Apple | Smashwords | Universal Buy Link About The Book A tale of mystery, treasure, magical creatures, secrets, sea monsters, and high adventure. And it’s all true. You have this pirate’s word for it. Molly McCormick never set out to be a pirate. But when her family tried to marry her off to a wealthy old man to settle their debts, she resolved to strike out on her own. Taking a job aboard a handy ship disguised as a boy, she soon found herself on the other side of the world: the Caribbean. Desperate to keep her identity secret, she fell in … Read more

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Review – Tectonic – Will Haddad

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Tectonic - Will Haddad

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Poly Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book They laughed at the first tremor. They had no idea the world was about to break. Two years ago, both the relationship and the earth were in ruins. When a violent earthquake tears through northern Arizona, it triggers a catastrophic eruption at Sunset Crater. Within hours, the wilderness around Flagstaff transforms into a collapsing, apocalyptic landscape of ash, fire, flash floods, and shattered roads. Stranded on a failing mountain with a group of injured hikers, Carter has only one treacherous path to survival. He just didn’t expect to walk it with Christian Reyes—the ex-fiancé he … Read more