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Review: Iguana – Vincent Traughber Meis

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Iguana - Vincent Traughber Meis

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bi Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book Reeling from the end of a long-term relationship and the death of his parents during the COVID years, Dawson Wozniak attempts to reinvent himself in Mexico. He is able to continue his job, working remotely as an editor for a West Coast publisher. He dives into this new world, making friends with ex-pats and Mexicans, including a best-selling author who has abandoned writing, the author’s wife who guides him along the path of his new life in a fun-loving seaside town, and a quirky repatriated Mexican with new-age ideals. One night during a raging thunderstorm, … Read more

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Review: Hummus on Rye – Karenna Colcroft

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Review: Hummus on Rye - Karenna Colcroft

Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Serena Get It On Amazon About The Book On the night of the full moon, a six-year-old human boy goes missing, and werewolf Alpha Tobias Rogan is blamed. But Kyle Slidell, Tobias’s vegan mate, knows who is truly responsible. Saul Hughes, a former Alpha turned fugitive, has followed his victim Brianna, Tobias and Kyle’s newest packmate, to Boston. Saul will do anything to destroy Tobias, including turning members of Tobias’s own pack against him–and trying to turn Tobias against Kyle. Immune to Saul’s mind-control power, Kyle locates the child. To rescue the boy and clear Tobias’s name, Kyle disobeys the regional werewolf leader, … Read more

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Review: Rediscovering Todd – Brent Archer

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Rediscovering Todd - Brent Archer

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book Danny Jarvis returns to his roots after the death of his abusive stepfather, expecting to sell his mother’s house and get back to his home in Los Angeles as fast as he can. A surprise stepbrother and the childhood coward who’d thrown him to the wolves to protect his own secret disrupt his plans. Todd Larson hadn’t ever expected Danny to return to town, but when his schoolboy crush reappears, he makes every effort to atone for his actions and convince Danny to give him a chance. With Danny’s stepfather’s will not quite making sense, Danny … Read more

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Review: Feral Rising – Michael Solis

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Feral Rising - Michael Solis

Genre: Sci-Fi, Superhero, YA LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Alé Aragón wasn’t supposed to come back. Once written off as powerless, he survived a horrific encounter that should have killed him—and returned changed. Now reclassified and thrust into the spotlight, Alé has become the face of a growing movement for Deficient rights in a world split between those who celebrate his survival and those who wish he had stayed dead. When a brutal attack rocks Alé’s school, the prefecture responds by tightening its grip to restore order. Alé is recruited into a top-secret security program that he hopes will keep the people he … Read more

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Review: Grayson’s Magical Mishaps – Kevin Klehr

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Grayson's Magical Mishaps - Kevin Klehr - Haunted Hearts

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book Grayson sneezed. This in itself is not unusual but it’s what happened next which freaked him out. A small pink elephant appeared. Enter Penelope, a glamorous cottage witch with a drinking problem. She’s been sent to help Grayson master his new wizard powers. And she’s here to fix his sneezy magical mishaps. Grayson has also fallen in love. His new boyfriend, Milo, is the best friend of bitchy social influencer, Summer. She doesn’t approve of their relationship and has video proof of one of Grayson’s mystical screw ups. With the threat of being exposed, Grayson … Read more

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Review: Veggie Burgers to Go – Karenna Colcroft

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Review: Veggie Burgers to Go - Karenna Colcroft

Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Serena Get It On Amazon About The Book After three months, vegan Kyle Slidell is getting the hang of being a werewolf, and of being the predestined mate of the pack Alpha, Tobias Rogan. Now Tobias is bringing Kyle to a gathering of alphas at the home of the regional leader, where their pack will receive full recognition and Tobias will formally declare Kyle his mate, cementing their bond permanently. But their happiness is dampened by conflict with Alpha Saul Hughes, who has the power to control all other werewolves–and a grudge against Tobias. Working with the wolf who changed Kyle, Saul sets … Read more

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Review: The Mentor of Barrenmoor Ridge – Jackson Marsh

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The Students of Barrenmoor Ridge - Jackson Marsh

Genre: Historical, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book It takes a brave man to climb a mountain, but it takes a braver lad to show him the way. Following the death of his lover, mountaineer John Hamilton lives an isolated existence high on wild Fellborough, a fell in the Yorkshire Dales. When he rescues 19-year-old Gary Taylor from the mountain, John can’t accept that the boy may be the answer to his heartache. Gary is seventeen years his junior, confused, and being pursued by criminals. As Gary helps John through his grief, the older man mentors the lad through his coming out. Both … Read more

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Review: Salad on the Side – Karenna Colcroft

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Salad on the Side - Karenna Colcroft

Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Serena Get It On Amazon About The Book Heavily crushing on his attractive neighbor Tobias, Boston newcomer and vegan Kyle Slidell is thrilled when Tobias agrees to a dinner date. But while picking strawberries in the community garden for their dessert, Kyle comes face to face with something he couldn’t anticipate: A wolf. In East Boston. Who attacks him. Kyle awakens in Tobias’s living room in a world he barely understands, but he learns three things: He is now a werewolf, Tobias is the Alpha of the pack Kyle’s attacker belongs to…and Kyle is still damned if he’ll eat meat. And soon he … Read more

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Review: The Great Maple Mistake – Beck Grey

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The Great Maple Mistake - Beck Grey

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book A small-town photographer who’s given up on love meets a smoking hot firefighter with a smile to melt hearts. Try as they might, some flames are impossible to resist. Alex: Maplewood is as wonderful and cliché as you’d imagine. Sure, the town gossips share everyone’s business, but neighbors look out for each other. Nowhere else would be as accepting of me as this queer-friendly small town I grew up in. The only problem? A lack of eligible bachelors. So when a gorgeous new guy moves to town, the Maplewood grapevine is in full swing, and this … Read more

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Review: Dragon’s Ending – Joy Lynn Fielding

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Dragon's Ending - Joy Lynn Fielding

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Jay Get It On Amazon About The Book Dragon history was easy. This particular dragon? Anything but. I was sent to Dragon’s Ending to uncover lost dragon history. What I found was Dominic Bedwyr. The heir to one of Britain’s oldest dragon-shifter families, Dominic has a reputation for turning heads and causing trouble in equal measure. He flirts. He provokes. He has an infuriating habit of appearing when least expected and interrupting my research. And each time I think I’ve worked Dominic out, he proves me wrong. Because behind the studied indifference, I catch glimpses of someone else entirely. He’s a man born … Read more