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Review: Cold Cases and Sweet Redemption, by J.M. Dabney

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Cold Cases and Sweet Redemption - J.M. Dabney

Genre: Police Procedural, Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bi (cisgender) Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book When two broken men find redemption together, will one survive to accept it? Chance Everyone assumed I was a magnet for trouble, or maybe I searched it out on my own. By the age of forty, I almost destroyed my life. The tragic event that changed my entire perception of myself is haunting me. When a friend is in danger, I volunteer to keep them safe and momentarily distract myself from my problems. Yet my demons keep hunting me down. Bart For twenty years since my divorce, I’d completely cut myself off … Read more

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Review: Screw Your Courage – Alexandra Caluen

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Screw Your Courage - Alexandra Caluen

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book A midlife M/M romance novella about equality. Casimir has a good life: a nice little house, a hard-to-get job, and an online store for his Shakespeare-inspired paintings. The only thing he’s missing is someone to come home to. Then ballet teacher Misha rings his doorbell. Misha risked everything on America twenty years ago, and so far the risk has paid off. The only thing he’s missing is someone to share his future. Then he drops in at the online store’s showroom and meets the painter. Casimir let his job cost him one important relationship already. Within … Read more

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New Release / Giveaway: His Fake Boyfriend – Hurri Cosmo

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His Fake Boyfriend - Hurri Cosmo

Hurri Cosmo has a new contemporary MM romance out: His Fake Boyfriend. And there’s a giveaway. Noah is Griffin Colewater’s best friend and absolutely no one knows him better. Certainly not any of the parade of girlfriends he’s had over the years. Even his most recent, Lauren, whom he has been with the longest. And just broke up with. Does it make Noah a terrible friend if he’s just a little bit thrilled about that? It doesn’t really matter, though. Griffin is the oldest son of the owners of Colewater Properties, a multi-gazillion dollar hotel conglomerate. He is also next in line to take over when his father retires which … Read more

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Review: The Heart of St. Nick – A.D. Ellis

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The Heart of St. Nick - A.D. Ellis

Genre: Contemporary, Holiday LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Hayden Green is the epitome of a cheery, generous, small-town guy. He keeps himself busy in a tiny railroad town tucked in the hills of the Midwest by helping others. If he also finds himself wishing for a tall, dark, and handsome man to waltz into town and sweep him off his feet, who can blame him? Gannon Snow closed himself off to emotions and connections a long time ago. He’ll head back to his late grandfather’s beloved holiday town, but only to sell the old man’s house and store. He has … Read more

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Review: Second Wind – A.L. Lester

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Second Wind - SA.L. Lester

Genre: Maryann LGBTQ+ Category: MM Bi, Trans FTM Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book What do a shy French-horn-playing accountant and a single dad trans trumpet player have in common other than both being members of the community orchestra at Theatr Fach in the little town of Llanbaruc? Gethin’s been more or less hiding from life since his marriage broke up a couple of years ago. He joined the orchestra because his sister told him he needed a hobby rather than sitting at home brooding about his divorce. Martin is careful who he dates because of his gender and his teenage daughter. He came to Llanbaruc as … Read more

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Review: Love in Lockdown – R. Frank Davis

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Love in Lockdown - R. Frank Davis

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Conner MacKay is the last of the TV cowboys, but he’s withdrawn from society—even before a global pandemic forces the world into quarantine. When he meets activist Dante Burke, though, Conner takes a chance. He can’t leave a young Black man on the street in the face of a public health crisis. What kind of cowboy would he be then? On the surface, Conner and Dante live in opposing realities: midlife versus youth, flush versus flat broke. But their politics, attraction, and close quarters bring them together until the heat between them grows into a burn … Read more

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Review: Measuring Up – Dani Hermit and Curtis Star

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Measuring Up - Dani Hermit and Curtis Star

Genre: Contemporary, Holiday LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Aethena, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Monarch Springs is full of hot guys… So why is Aiden determined to be in love with the only one that he can’t stand? Up-and-coming interior designer Aiden Hart came to Monarch Springs for an intriguing job and an escape from his old life. Redecorating the tourist trap that is the Monarch Mansion in a small town in Pennsylvania sounded like the exact opposite of his trainwreck of a life in Miami. Not to mention a way to jumpstart his DIY celebrity career. Aiden didn’t want to think that his new start … Read more

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Review: The Unmasked – A.Y. Caluen

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Unmasked - Alexandra Caluen

Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Slice of Life LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book A slice-of-life M/M Hollywood romance novel about growing into yourself. Victor Garcia and Andy Martin had known each other for eight years. Been in love for seven and a half. Been together – really together – for six, and married for two. So many milestones, so much change. Victor looked at his life sometimes and thought, this can’t be for real. Going into 2020, they had a full year of work scheduled. Then life got weird, and for a minute it seemed a lot of things wouldn’t happen. It … Read more

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Review: The Dead Don’t Dream – Anne Russo

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The Dead Don't Dream - Anne Russo

Genre: Contemporary, Thriller LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book After Katherine foils Ian and Adam’s plans, Ian self-destructs, drowning himself in alcohol and murder while Adam fights to stay sane under Katherine’s watchful eye, biding his time as he plots his revenge. Determined to keep them apart for good, Katherine takes her evil schemes one step further, leaving Ian and Adam unable to separate reality from fiction, friend from foe. Still seeking answers to who betrayed them, Ian’s quest for vengeance puts him on a brutal path of destruction, setting off a devastating chain of events that changes everything for the group and leaving … Read more

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Review: Death on the Dyfi – Austin Thomas Burton & Ripley Hayes

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Death on the Dyfi - Austin Thomas Burton & Ripley Hayes

Genre: Mystery, Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book How far would you go to help a friend? When his BFF Brenda is arrested for murder at a lesbian writing retreat, California writer Thomas Gunn jumps on a flight he can’t afford, and heads for rural Wales. Brenda was at daggers drawn on social media with the victim, but insists she is innocent, despite being covered in the girl’s blood. With suspects ranging from an 83-year old writing student, a group of very earnest academics, and mysterious author The Vampyr, Brenda and Thomas set out to solve the crime. Thomas has to cope with … Read more