Maryann’s Reviews

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REVIEW: Powder and Pavlova, by Jay Hogan

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Powder and Pavlova, by Jay Hogan

Title: Powder & Pavlova Series: Southern Lights Book One Author: Jay Hogan Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Publisher: Self Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book ETHAN SHARPE is living every young Kiwi’s dream—seeing the world for a couple of years while deciding what to do with his life. Then he gets a call. Two days later he’s back in New Zealand. Six months later his mother is dead, his fifteen-year-old brother is going off the rails and the café he’s inherited is failing. His life is a hot mess and the last thing he needs is another complication—like the man who just walked into his café, … Read more

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REVIEW: Unnatural Allies, by Edward Kendrick

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Unnatural Allies - Edward Kendrick

Title: Unnatural Allies Author: Edward Kendrick Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, MM Publisher: Self Pages: 102 Pages Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Vampires and werewolves are natural enemies. Therefore, Andre has no regrets about killing Raúl, the Alpha of the Wintermane pack, who plans to attack the Crimson Cathedral nightclub, revealing the presence of vampires to the human world. When Sand learns of his brother’s murder, he debates seeking revenge because he hates Raúl, who backed their father when he forced Sand out of the pack for being gay. Then, he discovers that Estebe, the new Alpha, plans to continue Raúl’s mission. Things come to … Read more

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REVIEW: Heroes in Love, by David C. Dawson

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Heroes in Love - David C. Dawson

Title: Heroes in Love Author: David C. Dawson Genre: Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: M/M, + older M/M pairing Publisher: Boroughs Press Pages: 266 Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book NOT EVERY HERO WEARS A UNIFORM Can love last a lifetime? Billy Walsh and Daniel Richards never intended to be matchmakers. After all, they’re only at the start of their own love story. When Billy uncovers a failed love affair, he learns it lasted more than fifty years until it fell apart. He and Daniel see their own fledgling relationship through the lens of the now estranged couple, and they vow to reunite the elderly lovers. But as they … Read more

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REVIEW: Crossing the Touchline, by Jay Hogan

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Crossing the Touchline, by Jay Hogan

Title: Crossing the Touchline Series: Auckland Med Book Two Author: Jay Hogan Genre: Contemporary, Sports LGBTQ+ Category: MM, Gay Publisher: Self Pages: 372 Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book What if you’ve worked your whole life for a dream, to play rugby for the most successful sports team on the planet, the New Zealand All Blacks? What if that dream is so close you can smell it? What if you meet someone? What if you fall in love? What if your dream will cost the man who’s stolen your heart? And what if the dream changes? Reuben Taylor has a choice to make. Cameron Wano is that … Read more

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REVIEW: Love – Limited Edition, by Elle Keaton

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Love - Limited Edition, by Elle Keaton

Title: Love – Limited Edition Author: Elle Keaton Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Publisher: Dirty Dog Press Pages: 71 Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Rory Hoyle is visiting his hometown of Hollyridge, always a stressful experience. Rory’s parents don’t understand him and, frankly, he doesn’t understand them. One final ‘what are you doing with your life’, pushes him to the breaking point and Rory storms out of their house into the cold winter evening with no idea where he’s heading. After the death of his partner, Brett Tanner never thought he’d love again, it was too much to ask, or want. That is until Rory … Read more

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Slow Dreaming, By Anne Barwell

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Slow Dreaming - Anne Barwell

Title: Slow Dreaming Series: Tempus Institute Book One Author: Anne Barwell Genre: Sci Fi, Romance, Time Travel LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Publisher: Self Pages: 72 Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Should he change the past for love?   As an agent for the Tempus Institute, Jason Adams’ task is to observe the past, not change it. But when he’s sent to 21st-century Wellington, New Zealand, during the last week of aspiring songwriter Sean Henderson’s life, Jason finds he can’t just watch from a distance. He and Sean quickly become friends and then lovers, and when the song that’s haunted Jason for years connects them in a way he … Read more

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REVIEW: Ride The Whirlwind, By Jackie North

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Ride the Whirlwind - Jackie North

Title: Ride the Whirlwind Series: A Love Across Time Book Three Author: Jackie North Genre: Sci Fi, Time Travel, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay MM Publisher: Blue Rain Press Pages: 350 Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Soulmates across time. Two hearts, stronger together. In present day, Maxton is good at finding trouble and bad at everything else.  In 1892, Trent Harrington, sheriff of Trinidad, Colorado, lives a respectable but lonely life, devoid of any closeness. Trying to escape a past that keeps chasing him, Maxton drives south to avoid getting arrested. When his car spins off the road, he is swept up in a desert whirlwind and … Read more

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REVIEW: Surviving Death, by G.R. Lyons

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Surviving Death - G.R. Lyons - Treble and the Lost Boys

Title: Surving Death Series: Treble and the Lost Boys Author: G.R. Lyons Genre: Paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: MM / Gay Publisher: Self Pages: 186 Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book How can you find purpose when you’re already dead? Cam Lucius has always felt useless and helpless, but never so much as the day his father pulled the plug, ending Cam’s life. As a ghost, there are only a handful of people who can see Cam, leaving him lonelier than ever. Until he meets Taylor. Taylor Ainsley can’t touch anything without suffering, leaving him isolated from family and abandoned by friends. As for ever having a boyfriend? Not … Read more

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REVIEW: First Impressions, by Jay Hogan

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First Impressions - Jay Hogan

Title: First Impressions Series: Auckland Med Book One Author: Jay Hogan Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Publisher: Dreamspinner Pages: 257 Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon | Publisher About The Book Michael: Two years ago I made a mistake—a big one. Then I added a couple more just for good measure. I screwed up my life, but I survived. Now I have the opportunity for a fresh start. Two years in NZ. Away from the LA gossip, a chance to breathe, to rebuild my life. But I’m taking my new set of rules with me.  I don’t do relationships.  I don’t do commitment.  I don’t do white picket fences. … Read more

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REVIEW: Conspiracy Theory, By Elle Keaton

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Title: Conspiracy Theory Series: Hamarrason & Dempsey Book One Author: Elle Keaton Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Publisher: Self Pages: 247 Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Years of grueling police work have left Niall Hamarsson jaded and disillusioned with life…although it’s likely he’s been that way all along. The last straw lands when the DA refuses to try a case Niall worked for years to bring to justice. Within hours he finds himself heading to the only place he’s ever been able to call home—a place he knows he doesn’t belong. Mat Dempsey returned to Piedras Island after his father’s death. These days he’s Island … Read more