Maryann’s Reviews

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Review: Murder Without Magic – Ripley Hayes

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Murder Without Magic - Ripley Hayes

Genre: Mystery, Paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Peter and Lorne have taken the plunge: moved in together in a little house by the sea. Peter has his dream job, and Lorne has his dream kitchen, and so what if things go bump in the night next door? they can ignore it. The ghost with a violent streak isn’t so easy to ignore. Nor is the dead body in next door’s garden. Much against their better judgement, and the advice of their friends, Peter and Lorne are dragged kicking and screaming into another investigation. Only two questions remain: do the bad guys have … Read more

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Review: Apidae – Xenia Melzer

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Apidae - Xenia Melzer

Genre: Paranormal, Mystery, Thriller LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book No good deed—or good record of solving crimes—goes unpunished. Detectives Andi Hayes and George Donovan of the Charleston PD are on vacation. Or at least they are until they are called back for an emergency: find Chief Norris’s missing son. Fortunately, Andi’s insect spies lead him right to little Tyler Norris, who is safe and sound. Unfortunately, along with the chief’s son, they find twenty-five corpses, victims of a serial killer who’s gone unnoticed for over a decade.  Chief Norris promptly cancels Andi and George’s vacation and assigns them as lead detectives on the … Read more

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Review: Avenging Des – Matthew Dante

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Avenging Des - Matthew Dante

Genre: Thriller, Dark Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Des (The Destroyer) 29, strong-willed, on the run from a gangster who wants me dead. Oh yeah, and I’m secretly in love with my best friend. Love. What a pain. Why is it that some people are blessed with all the good looks and charisma, while the rest of us mere mortals must work hard to even be noticed? Take my best friend Cillian, for example. The guy is a walking wet dream and has a personality that can charm the pants off a cobra. Is it any wonder I’ve secretly had feelings for … Read more

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Review: Little Rock – Alex Beltran

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Little Rock - Alex Beltran

Genre: Fantasy, YA LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bisexual Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book England, fall 1993. Sent against his will, Owen Appletoff arrives at Little Rock boarding school from his hometown of San Diego. Within its high walls awaits Taylor, his handsome golden-haired roommate, with whom a strong friendship quickly blossoms. Meanwhile Daniel, the sexy school bully, lends a watchful eye to the school’s newest arrival. As the days go by, any harmony Owen sought is torn apart by the strange visions haunting his dreams. The kelpie, a spirit of ancient Celtic legend, has marked him out as a target. In a school where things are not … Read more

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Review: Secret of Whitcomb Manor – C.J. Baty

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The Secrets of Whitcomb Manor - C.J. Baty - Pinkerton Man

Genre: Historical, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Michael O’Leary is devasted by the loss of his beloved Stiles Long. The thought of returning to their home in St. Louis is more than he can bear. Having received the news that, he has inherited a Manor in England, he decides to go there. Hoping that he can find a way to begin his life anew. What he finds are secrets. So many secrets, he can’t determine who is friend and who is foe. He is now Lord Whit. The owner of a vast amount of land, a village named Whitcomb, employees on the … Read more

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Double Review: The Dragon Eater – J. Scott Coatsworth

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The Dragon Eater - J. Scott Coatsworth

Genre: Sci-Fantasy, YA Crossover LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bisexual Reviewers: Ulysses, Maryann Get It On Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book Raven’s a thief who just swallowed a dragon. A small one, sure, but now his arms are growing scales, the local wildlife is acting up, and his snarky AI familiar is no help whatsoever. Raven’s best friend Aik is a guardsman carrying a torch for the thief. A pickpocket and a guard? Never going to happen. And Aik’s ex-fiancé Silya, an initiate priestess in the midst of a magical crisis, hates Raven with the heat of a thousand suns. This unlikely team must work together to face strange … Read more

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Double Review: Secret Agent Analyst – Penelope Peters

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Secret Agent Analyst - Penelope Peters

Genre: Romantic Comedy, Spy Thriller LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewers: Maryann; Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Anthony Dare, Secret Agent Extraordinaire, is going to save the world. Again. Anthony Dare is suave and sophisticated, cool under pressure and hotter than most supervillains can handle. He never fails to walk away from a mission – even when his field partners fail to come home. However, Anthony’s next mission against the evil supervillain Cicero includes an unwelcome addition – one not even Anthony is sure he can handle. The last thing Anthony needs is a brand-new, untested, rather attractive field partner. Too bad his boss has … Read more

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Review: Thorns of Chaos – Jeremiah Cain

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Thorns of Chaos - Jeremiah Cain

Genre: Grimdark Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Queer Grimdark: Finn is no hero, chosen born, or noble. Despite escalating tensions from the Dayigan soldier’s occupation of Feah lands, the happy-go-lucky twenty-five-year-old is content to spend his days fishing and flirting with the other men in his Celtic-like village. But everything changes at their midyear’s eve festival when an angry Dayigan commander catches Finn in the arms of another man. Suddenly framed for murder, he must flee his village or face death. However, Finn isn’t the Dayigans’ only target. They believe all Feahs are wicked and intend to destroy them by any means … Read more

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Review: Dark Vows – J.S. Cook

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Dark Vows - J.S. Cook

Genre: Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book They say you shouldn’t meet trouble halfway, but Inspector Danny Quirke never has to worry about that. Trouble always finds him. When a house fire rocks his small town of Kildevil Cove, Danny’s inquiries into the house’s mysterious inhabitants prompt the dispatch of Inspecteur Blaise Pascal from Quebec. Pascal arrives in perpetual ill humor, but he’s an expert on this particular family. If anyone can determine whether this is a missing persons case or something more sinister, it’s Pascal. Pity he doesn’t want to share. Danny’s cop instincts say Pascal’s secrets are the key to solving … Read more

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Review: The Dark Hound – Morgan R. David

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The Dark Hound - Morgan R. David

Genre: Historical, Gaylit, Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book ‘The Dark Hound’ is a suspense-thriller and a man-to-man romance. A cop falls in love with a mysterious detective, tortured by his past, leaving him a changed man for life. It begins with historic events at the end of WWII, when deposed Nazis raided an infamous Air Defense tower in Berlin in May of 1945 to commit one of the most lucrative and secretive art heists in history… As the story moves to 1950s Los Angeles, the bodies pile up, and it becomes a race against the clock that ends with a chase in empty, … Read more