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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: Hearts and Minds – M.D. Grimm

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Hearts and Minds - M.D. Grimm

Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book With the construction for their shifter rehabilitation clinic in Haven underway, Xavier and Josh couldn’t be happier, professionally. But their busy lives leave them little alone time. It’s putting a strain on their relationship, and they still haven’t had anything close to a honeymoon. Josh realizes Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and sees an opportunity he can’t let get away. But never having observed the holiday before, he has no idea what Xavier might want. All Xavier knows is that Josh wants to celebrate, but he has no clue how. Before either of … 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 Knights of Huacovia – Chad Strongwood

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The Knights of Huacovia - Chad Strongwood

Genre: Sci-Fi, Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Chitto is a humble farmer living in a small island village on a distant planet, but the fruit of his trees has a terrible secret… He meets Tenoch, the man of his dreams when the circus comes to town, but his romance is cut short when the town is raided by conquistadors from another world. Chitto sets out on a rescue mission where he enlists the help of his neighbor and a secret order of knights who worship a dragon god. His lover and his friends are sold as slaves to the … Read more

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REVIEW: Master’s Blood – M.D. Grimm

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Master's Blood - M.D. Grimm

Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book (Beginnings Book Six) Just days after the Agency raided the headquarters of the Knights, an organization that killed, tortured, and experimented on shifters, Chief Anu sends Agent Poe on assignment: find Nordik, the powerful master bear shifter who guards Sanctuary, and offer alliance. Agent Poe already has his hands full with shifters who need help and a kidnapped agent who needs rescue. Poe has never failed a mission, but he finds members of the Knights inside Sanctuary, raising suspicions about Chief Anu.  If that wasn’t enough, Poe’s goals change again when he discovers his attraction … Read more

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REVIEW: Hands-On Hanukkah – Penelope Peters

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Hands-On Hanukkah - Penelope Peters

Genre: Holiday Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Estora Get It On Amazon About The Book David Nachem doesn’t actually hate Hanukkah. David Nachem is living his best life. He loves his work, he loves his cat, he loves his family. Who cares if he doesn’t put up holiday decorations? He’s not actually a Grinch – it just feels that way, especially when his boyfriend up and dumped him four months ago with no explanation. But when Tim reappears in David’s life asking for David’s help as a massage therapist, David can’t say no. Not when David still misses Tim – and Tim’s joyful exuberance about everything holiday-related. Not when David … 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