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Review: Raphael’s Return – C.J. Dragon

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Raphael's Return - C.J. Dragon - Archangel

Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book It was a year of change and healing, heartbreak, and renewal. On his way to reunite with his First Consort, Lord Teo receives unwelcome news from Chi’NoSa Prime. He is ordered to return to perform a duty he hoped to be spared. There is no recourse except obedience. Raphael, changed from his time spent with the Chi’NoSa, discovers that his gifts set him apart from his peers, causing them to shun him. As his family and a few friends are the only colonists to support him, Raphael spends much of his time alone, removing himself … Read more

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Review: Cold Cases and Sweet Redemption, by J.M. Dabney

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Cold Cases and Sweet Redemption - J.M. Dabney

Genre: Police Procedural, Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bi (cisgender) Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book When two broken men find redemption together, will one survive to accept it? Chance Everyone assumed I was a magnet for trouble, or maybe I searched it out on my own. By the age of forty, I almost destroyed my life. The tragic event that changed my entire perception of myself is haunting me. When a friend is in danger, I volunteer to keep them safe and momentarily distract myself from my problems. Yet my demons keep hunting me down. Bart For twenty years since my divorce, I’d completely cut myself off … Read more

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Review: Resistance – M.D. Grimm

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Resistance - M.D. Grimm - Saga of the Bold People

Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Pan, Bi – MMF Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Can a retired assassin be the savior his people need? How does a former assassin save his fellow humans from extinction? By allying them with mrrogs of course! But that’s easier said than done as humans are understandably distrustful and suspicious of sescurei, the official species of the InterGalactic community. Leopold must convince them that Mastrodai’s offer of alliance isn’t a trick, which means diplomacy, patience, and tenacity. Times like this make him grateful that he has two strong mates to lean on. And when it comes to understanding his own people, … Read more

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Review: Legacy – M.D. Grimm

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Legacy - M.D. Grimm - Saga of the Bold People

Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Pan, Bi, MMF Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book What does a former assassin do when he’s not out there… well… assassinating? Saving his species from extinction, of course. At least, that’s what Leopold wants to do with every molecule in his body. But the task won’t be fast or easy, and he can’t do it alone. Enter Mastrodai—a mrrog prince who has absolutely no desire to rule, much to his father’s exasperation. He craves the ability to prove his worth as a mate and to somehow atone for his actions that led to Leopold’s torture at the hands of an enemy. … Read more

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Review: Leopold – M.D. Grimm

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Leopold - M.D. Grimm - Saga of the Bold People

Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Pan, Bi – MMF Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book How does a human survive in an alien dominated InterGalactic Community? By becoming an assassin, of course. At least, that’s what Leopold thought when he became an assassin for the elite. Pretending to be an alien known as Voidstriker, Leopold feeds his appetite for vengeance, killing aliens as well as taking their money. It’s a win-win to his mind. That is, until a bounty is placed upon his head. With his true identity now revealed to the IG Community, Leopold knows it’s only a matter of time before the powerful family members … Read more

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Review: Daunting Dilemmas – Edale Lane

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Daunting Dilemmas - Edale Lane

Genre: Mystery, Historical, Steampunk Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Sometimes one must lie to live her truth. Stetson has been fooling London for ten years while her fictitious alter-ego solves crimes. But could a criminal mastermind put her carefree days of sleuthing in jeopardy? Evelyn longs to be recognized for her talent; will her music prove to be the key in helping Stetson solve a mystery? While Jack the Ripper terrorizes London, Stetson closes in on the art thief she has been after for months; however, will catching him place her in an impossible position which threatens to expose her? The Review … Read more

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Review: Androids & Aliens – J. Scott Coatsworth

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New Release / Giveaway: Androids & Aliens - J. Scott Coatsworth

Genre: Sci-Fi, Cli-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Lesbian Reviewer: Maryann Universal Buy Link About The Book Androids & Aliens is Scott’s third short story collection – eight sci fi and sci-fantasy shorts that run the gamut from cyborgs to (comedic) alien invasions: Rise: The rise in sea levels caused by climate change swallowed Venice beneath the lagoon half a century ago. But what if we could bring it back? Ping: I was a real estate agent by day, and a museum curator in the evening at a sci-fi museum. What I saw one night changed everything. What the Rain Brings: Miriam struggles to make a living in post-climate-change Vancouver. But her … Read more

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Review: Ghosts Galore – Fiona Glass

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Fhosts Galore - Fiona Glass

Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Let me get this straight. You’re making a programme about haunted houses and you don’t believe in ghosts? Cash-strapped artist Adam Price is the owner of Greystones Hall, an ancient manor house he shares with a plethora of ghosts. He adores the place, but life is a constant battle to pay the bills and he’s lonely, too, following the death of his beloved grandfather two years earlier. Lonely, that is, until the Ghosts Galore crew offer to film an episode at Greystones Hall. Adam’s a bit dubious about letting them loose in his home, but … Read more

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Review: The Price of Surrender – C.J. Dragon

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The Price of Surrender - CJ Dragon l- Daranii Justice

Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Linda, PRG Get It On Amazon About The Book The war with the Daranii, instigated by Earth, was short and brutal. Outgunned by superior weapons, the obliteration of the military outpost on Jupiter’s moon, Io, ended with Earth’s unconditional surrender. Captain Jonathan Thomsin of the warship Excalibur was the only Captain of Earth’s combined forces to successfully destroy Daranii ships, not by confronting them, but with guerilla warfare. Outraged by Thomsin’s dishonorable tactics, the Daranii demand the captain as part of Earth’s reparations to Daran. Captain Thomsin was given to Daran to protect Earth from Daranii vengeance. A Sacrifice. He expected to be … Read more

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Review: Second Wind – A.L. Lester

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Second Wind - SA.L. Lester

Genre: Maryann LGBTQ+ Category: MM Bi, Trans FTM Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book What do a shy French-horn-playing accountant and a single dad trans trumpet player have in common other than both being members of the community orchestra at Theatr Fach in the little town of Llanbaruc? Gethin’s been more or less hiding from life since his marriage broke up a couple of years ago. He joined the orchestra because his sister told him he needed a hobby rather than sitting at home brooding about his divorce. Martin is careful who he dates because of his gender and his teenage daughter. He came to Llanbaruc as … Read more