Maryann’s Reviews

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REVIEW: Death Among the Olives – Olivier Bosman

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Death Among the Olives - Olivier Bosman

Genre: Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Three middle-aged, gay men, each with their reasons for starting over, share a house in a small, rural town in Andalucia.  Learning to adjust and adapt to new housemates is a hard trick for these old dogs to learn, and things do not go smoothly. But a sensational murder in their adopted town soon brings the men together.  The death of a migrant worker in the olive fields has the whole town on tenterhooks, and our three heroes become consumed with the desire to solve the mystery. “Death Among the Olives,” is a comic and colourful … Read more

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REVIEW: Restitution – Rebecca Cohen

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Restitution - Rebecca Cohen - Reagalos

Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Lornyc is good at keeping secrets, because secrets can get you killed. Will someone rid him of this troublesome Mage? Seemingly not, and Lornyc’s going to have do it himself. There’s a good reason no one had invoked the Reckoning to become the Supreme Mage of Beher for over a quarter of a century, but Lornyc couldn’t keep his big mouth shut. Five tasks, five chances to fail, and that’s just the warm up for the magical head-to-head. Pity his Reagalos powers don’t work like Mage magic, so he’ll need to think fast, and … Read more

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REVIEW: Crossed Lines – Steve Burford

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Crossed Lines - Greg Burford

Genre: Mystery, Crime Fiction LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book “Victor really was a very good man.” Why then did someone brutally murder Victor Whyte, an elderly man chiefly known for his dedication to helping the gay community? Inspector Claire Summerskill and Sergeant Dave Lyon investigate and are drawn into the world of the Hereford and Worcester Lesbian and Gay Switchboard, a telephone helpline for LGBQT+ people. Operatives and callers help piece together a picture of the murdered man, and gradually a surprising picture of Victor emerges with the possibility of a murderer in the very last place Summerskill and Lyon would have thought … Read more

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REVIEW: The Dead Don’t Mourn – Anne Russo

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The Dead Don't Mourn - Anne Russo

Genre: Thriller LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Sequel to The Dead Don’t Lie Three months have passed, and Ian and Adam are both struggling with the memory of that fateful night. Consumed with guilt, Ian carries on with his day-to-day existence with little success, while Adam adjusts to his new life as a cold-blooded killer. But both men face a new challenge when Adam’s latest target, a crime boss’s beautiful daughter, enters the picture. It’s a dangerous assignment that forces hidden jealousies and not so buried desires to the surface. Yet as Adam and Ian’s desperate situation escalates, they find their chaotic world dealt … Read more

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REVIEW: The Quid Pro Quo – A.L. Lester

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The Quid Pro Quo - A.L. Lester - Bradfield Trilogy / Border Magic Universe

Genre: Historical, Paranormal, Transgender, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Trans FTM Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Sequel to The Fog of War Village nurse Walter Kennett is content with his makeshift found-family in tiny Bradfield. However, one midsummer morning a body is found floating in the village duck pond, dead by magical means. Detective Simon Frost arrives in Bradfield to investigate an inexplicable murder. The evidence seems to point to Lucille Hall-Bridges, who lives with Doctor Sylvia Marks and Walter Kennett at Courtfield House. Simon isn’t happy — he doesn’t believe Lucy is a murderer, but he’s sure the three of them are hiding something. In … Read more

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DOUBLE REVIEW: Pity the Living, Not the Dead – T.L. Travis

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Pity the Living Not the Dead - TL Travis

Genre: Paranormal, Dark, Romance, Vampires LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewers: Tony, Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Pity the living, not the dead they say. Trust is earned, not given. Clichés meant to make one feel better in a time of sorrow. How do these apply when the one you trust most isn’t among the living? Beware of things that go bump in the night when what you really need to fear is life itself. The one thing you will never get out of alive… Elijah Walker has done his best to blend in amongst humans for centuries, drinking his fill and doing his best not to kill. Humans. … Read more

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REVIEW: Idolatry – Rebecca Cohen

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Idolatry - Rebecca Cohen

Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Lornyc is good at keeping secrets, because secrets can get you killed. Lornyc thought it was bad enough that the Cerulean Cult had made him a living god, but now they’ve set loose an entity that is tearing through the dimensions with the potential to cause chaos. He wouldn’t have thought it his problem but the guardians of the multiverse, the Valen, have decided otherwise. Along with Methian and his own Valen Caveer Guards, Lornyc faces a race through multiple alternative realities if he doesn’t want to be extinguished. Previously published, this second edition … Read more

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REVIEW: Fractured Mind – Matthew Dante

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Fractured Mind - Matthew Dante

Genre: Paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book People have been disappearing all across the State with no apparent connection to one another. Police are baffled and struggling to determine if the disappearances are connected or are simply isolated incidents. There are no bodies or evidence- only abandoned vehicles and missing persons reports. Meanwhile, Alex Sanders is battling his own demons… Almost a year after surviving a horrific weekend held captive by his former best friend, Marc, Alex is now a freshman at the University of Tennessee. Desperately trying to start over, he is consumed with depression, anxiety, and guilt for the murder that … Read more

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DOUBLE REVIEW: A Death in Bloomsbury – David C. Dawson

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A Death in Bloomsbury co-op - David C. Dawson

Genre: Romance, Thriller/Suspense, British Crime LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Lesbian Reviewer: Maryann / Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book Everyone has secrets… but some are fatal.  1932, London. Late one December night Simon Sampson stumbles across the body of a woman in an alleyway. Her death is linked to a plot by right-wing extremists to assassinate the King on Christmas Day. Simon resolves to do his patriotic duty and unmask the traitors.But Simon Sampson lives a double life. Not only is he a highly respected BBC radio announcer, but he’s also a man who loves men, and as such must live a secret life. His investigation risks revealing his … Read more

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REVIEW: Servitude – Rebecca Cohen

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Servitude - Rebecca Cohen - Reagalos

Genre: Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Lornyc is good at keeping secrets, because secrets can get you killed. Lornyc’s forbidden relationship with Methian, heir to Xenetra, has caused him enough grief. Ripped from his life as a student to fulfil a magical contract as punishment for his family’s past, he now has to play valet to Methian for ten years. It’ll be hell on their already strained relationship. And with his city of Katraman under attack, Lornyc needs to connect to the powers he’s been hiding. If he can’t master his powers and find the leader of the plot, he could … Read more