Ulysses’ Reviews

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Review: All You Need is Love – Meg Macy

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All You Need is Love - Meg Macy

Genre: Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Gay, Lesbian, Non-Binary, Poly, Trans FTM, Trans MTF Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon | Apple Books | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords About The Book Longtime friends Jack Riley and Juliette (aka Jules) Baxter are now partners in a new breakfast café, but they are surprised to be confronted by a wave of homophobia in a town known for its inclusive and diverse LGBTQA+ community. Their romantic lives are just as uncertain. Jack, a gay former actor and fashion model, has failed at committed relationships due to his unsavory past – until he meets Reese Baxter, his partner’s handsome, closeted cousin. Jules juggles several … Read more

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Review: The Wolves of Gaul – Rena Butler

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The Wolves of Gaul - Rena Butler

Genre: Paranormal, Shifter, Romance, Historical LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book 58 BCE. Titus Laelius Thrasea is a legionary in the Roman army, at war to defend Rome’s allies. Commanded to lead a reconnaissance mission with a group of “barbarian” Gauls, he is warned that they have a special magic—but he is not prepared for what this expedition will uncover. Suddenly thrust into the wild forest with an unlikely team, Titus has to rely on Coro, their leader, who reveals the secret behind the pack—that they have the gift of shapeshifting into wolves. Unlikely allies, Coro the Gaul and Titus the … Read more

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Review: Romance in Autumn Anthology

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Romance in Autumn anthology

Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Magical Realism LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords | Thalia | Vivlio | Universal Buy Link About The Book A queer Anthology that explores the romantic life and happy ever afters of gay men navigating the LGBT landscape. All stories are written by Own Voice gay authors! Includes: Releasing on September 19th, this is a follow-up to this spring’s Romance is a Drag. The Review This collection of short stories (the first of which is nearly a novella), offers a wide range of romantic settings and a diversity of characters (not all white, not all young). The autumn and … Read more

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Review: Maybe – Fearne Hill

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Maybe - Fearne Hill

Genre: Contemporary, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewers: Maryann; Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Learn to fly. Fly away. Isaac: After one quarrel too many with our wealthy father, my eighteen-year-old brother, Ezra Fitz-Henry, does exactly that. He flies away, leaving me behind to play the part of the perfect and dutiful son. When our cold, heartless father dies a decade later, Ezra strolls back into my life—as difficult and secretive as he is beautiful. I’m not prepared. You’re not supposed to want the one you can’t have. Ezra: I only go back for the money. I have a three-point plan: take what’s mine, use … Read more

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Review: The Vessel’s Blood – Joseph Gorne

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The Vessel's Blood - Joseph Gorne - Belarythm's Branches

Genre: Fantasy, Dark Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It At Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Apple | Smashwords | Universal Buy Link About The Book The Vessel. The great hope of the Vahndriin people. His is the body through which their Lord, Vahndestrus, might return to the world and bring with him promised salvation. A sacrifice. And the one to fulfill that role at long last, Vulfrey, a freckle-faced youth with the reddest of hair. But to Vulfrey, unyieldingly pious, there could be no greater an honor. He had prepared his entire life to see it done. He was ready. However. On the eve of his twentieth birthday—the day that should have been his … Read more

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Review: Portraits – K.L. Noone

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Portraits - K.L. Noone

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book Gareth and Lorre have settled into their magical work: healing, traveling, caring for the kingdoms. Despite all the ballads about the Hero Prince and the former Grand Sorcerer, they’re happy going unnoticed, not drawing attention. They might even drop into a new library or a museum, being ordinary visitors for an afternoon. After all, Gareth likes stories and history, and Lorre’s always curious about the world. But this museum holds painful artifacts of Lorre’s past … and the ancient life he’s tried to forget. The Review A winsome, atmospheric short story, this draws on characters … Read more

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Review: The Sea Prince – Elizabeth Schechter

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The Sea Prince - Elizabeth Schechter

Genre: Historical, Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Poly, MFM Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Once, Tarjiaan was the sixth prince of war-tossed Meradon. His dreams were captaining his own ship with the man he loved beside him, until a devastating attack leaves him the only surviving prince and heir to the throne. Fifteen years later, to finally end the war with the Empire, all Tarjiaan has to do is marry the Emperor’s granddaughter. Once, Daanir knew that his place in Tarjiaan’s heart was assured, until the battle where his prince nearly died. To save Tarjiaan, Daanir unleashes his unsuspected magic. The power saved his … Read more

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Review: Office of the Lost – J. Scott Coatsworth & Kim Fielding

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Office of the Lost - J. Scott Coatsworth & Kim Fielding - Chaos and Order

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book When Perfection Collides With Chaos, Sparks Fly Crispin Eladrin, desk fae at the Office of the Lost, could find a needle in ten haystacks. His desk is so neat it would make an accountant blush, and he’s never failed to complete a recovery mission. He has no idea how adorable he is, especially when he’s at his most annoyingly officious. Enter utterly chaotic Leopold Lane. His life is a masterclass in disastrous events–and it’s about to get worse. He’s the latest thing that Crispin has been sent to … Read more

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Review: A Quest to Find a Sorcerer – Edward Kendrick

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A Quest to Find a Sorcerer - Edward Kendrick

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It At Amazon About The Book When an old man at the tavern suggests someone who could rid the province of Dorraine of its eternal winter would be a hero, it gives Niall, an apprentice carpenter, an idea. All he needs to do is find such a man, a sorcerer of great power, he thinks. It means traveling over the high mountains in search of such a person, if one exists. Something he knows he can’t do alone. So he persuades three of his apprentice friends to join him. They need to find a mercenary to escort and … Read more

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Review: Totally Thrown – Alexandra Caluen

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Totally Thrown - Alexandra Caluen

Genre: Contemporary, Sports LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon | Publisher About The Book What happens when a figure-skating pairs partnership runs its course? For Jason Huang, it’s a chance to consider the possibility of an open, honest life. For Laurent Fortin, it’s a series of crushing losses. When friends suggest he leave the scandal and speculation behind in favor of graduate school, he seizes the opportunity. Jason calls his former rival to offer sympathy, but when he hears that Laurent is coming to his own city, he offers a house-share. It’s only natural that they begin training together; they both still love to skate. A half-serious … Read more