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REVIEW: Complete With Shipwreck – E. M. Epps

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Complete With Shipwreck - E.M. Epps

Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Four friends: A warrior. A warlord. A teacher. And a villain. How far will heroes go to protect their hard-won peace? As the leader of a small, forested valley territory, magician-warrior Nuho Kadza has three goals: First, protect his people from bandits and starvation.Second, avoid his little sister – who’s the new warlord in charge.Third, figure out how to have friends. The dust has scarcely settled from the last battle, which left tens of thousands dead. But there’s a new, subtle enemy on the rise. To keep his people safe, … Read more

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REVIEW: Daring Duplicity – Edale Lane

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Daring Duplicity

Genre: Mystery, Historical, Steampunk LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Solving mysteries is her business. Finding love is her dream. Will combining the two get her killed? Victorian Era England. Stetson revels in being unconventional. So when society shies away from her independent nature, the bold woman creates an imaginary boss and opens her own detective agency. And her keen observational skills, convincing disguises, and Holmesian methods quickly bring in a string of tough-to-crack cases. Struggling to squeeze a personal life in around a series of hazardous investigations, Stetson worries she’ll never find a woman of like-passions. But with her heart set on true … Read more

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REVIEW: Pickled Petunia – Dahlia Donovan

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Pickled Petunia - Dahlia Donovan - Motts Cold Case Mystery

Genre: Cozy Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Ace (Autistic) Reviewer: Xanthe, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Mystery beckons when a young woman seeks out budding amateur detective Pineapple “Motts” Mottley to find her missing mother in the third novel of the Motts Cold Case Mystery series. Murder comes to Motts’s doorstep when a stranger asks her to investigate a suspicious disappearance. Past experience tells her to say no yet her curiosity wins out. What’s the harm in asking a few questions? The missing person case quickly evolves into murder when a body is found in the strangest circumstances. Motts sifts through various suspects and lies, only to … Read more

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REVIEW: The Mutt – Kasia Bacon

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The Mutt - Kasia Bacon - The Order

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Xanthe, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon | The Order Box Set About The Book I, Ervyn Morryés of the Black Mountain clan, know all about control. As the only fair-haired Dark Elf in the Highlands, I had to learn to control my fists and my temper in the face of derision.   To become the best archer amongst my peers, I had to learn to control my breathing and my movements. But the day the half-breed called Lochan Féyes arrived at the training camp, my discipline faltered. Because—sweet gods—when I am around that aloof, blue-eyed assassin, my need is uncontrollable.   Tags: … Read more

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REVIEW: Brushed With Love: Fearne Hill

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Brushed With Love - Fearne Hill

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Xanthe, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Clement Constantine Church is a hot mess. With deadlines to meet. Whereas the striking Viking redecorating his seaside cottage is simply hot.  As a precocious teen, Clem wrote a best seller. Now he writes for other people. Too busy contemplating his bleak career and panicking about pretty much everything, he doesn’t notice that the gorgeous surfer slapping paint across his bedroom walls has a top-notch flirting game. Nor that the body hidden underneath his white overalls should come with its own government health warning. Anyhow, apparently the Viking is straight. After one too … Read more

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REVIEW: Roommates and Space Trees – Geneva Vand

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Roommates and Space Trees - Geneva Vand

Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: gay, bi Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book Several years ago, Will’s best friend ran away with an alien to live happily ever after. They’ve kept in touch, but Will misses the man that might as well be his brother. So, he decides he’s going to go visit. Who cares if visiting requires a trip to outer space? No big deal, right? Ticheck met Will for the first time while trying to find a friend who had gotten lost. Since then, they’ve seen him a couple times a year at most. Ticheck wasn’t expecting him to be coming for a surprise visit, … Read more

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REVIEW: Ryld’s Shadows – Angel Martinez & Bellora Quinn

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Ayld's Shadows - Bellora Quinn and Angel Martinez - Aura Investigations

Genre: Urban Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Damian Get It On Amazon About The Book Ryld must learn to control his dangerous shadows before they kill someone he cares about or someone unscrupulous learns how to control him. AURA’s offices have been quiet since the mage tower incident—as quiet as they can be for an agency dedicated to policing holes in reality—and the department heads have been free to turn their attention back to mundane matters. The return to quiet bureaucracy gives AURA’s Director of Research, Kai Hiltas, the time to turn his energy to a new issue—a young drow with unusual and dangerous powers named Ryld. Though his … Read more

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REVIEW: The Hound of the Burgervilles – E.J. Russell

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The Hound of the Burgervilles - E.J. Russell - Quest Investigations

Genre: Paranormal, Mystery, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book This case is really going to the dogs… After I try a little off-the-books interrogation to locate my selkie almost-boyfriend’s nearly-ex-husband (don’t ask, it’s complicated), I’m in the doghouse again with my bosses, who bust me back to surveillance. Ugh. So when another human inexplicably storms into Quest Investigations—something our security spells ought to prevent since I’m supposed to be the only human admitted to our offices—I’m reduced to staking out local fast food restaurants to check out the guy’s alleged sighting of a giant, glowing-eyed, dumpster-diving spectral hound. Ridiculous, right? Humiliating, too, not to … Read more

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REVIEW: Pierced Peony – Dahlia Donovan

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Pierced Peony - Dahlia Donovan

Genre: Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Ace (Autism) Reviewer: Xanthe, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book On a casual walk along the Cornish Coast, Pineapple “Motts” Mottley stumbles upon a body and a perilous new murder case in the second novel in the Motts Cold Case Mystery series. As spring rolls into summer, Motts settles into her cottage. She’s enjoying a daily stroll when a body in the sea destroys her peace and quiet. It brings yet another mystery for her to solve. How does a woman who vanished from Polperro three years prior wind up battered by waves? Motts is drawn into the investigation despite her best … Read more

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REVIEW: Trust With Glittering Eyes – K.S. Murphy

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Trust With Glittering Eyes - K.S. Murphy

Genre: Paranormal, Holiday, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: D.B., Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Life has been going well for Travis Grayweaver recently. The Grand Council of High Magick hasn’t summoned him for anything. For a witch without a Guild, he’s still getting plenty of work. And best of all, he’s spent the last six months falling more and more in love with his best friend Niko, a rambunctious and playful cat familiar, who happens to love him back. Tonight, they’ll be celebrating the Yule with lots of candlelight and a feast for two and a festival in town as they honor the start of … Read more