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REVIEW: Surfacing Again – A.L. Lester

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Surfacing Again - A.L. Lester

Genre: Holiday, Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Melinda is staying on Lindisfarne for a Christmas break with her old friend when an unexpected argument leaves her alone for the holiday. It’s the first Christmas since her mother died and the island’s peace and wild tranquillity bring balm to her wounded heart. Two chance meetings, first with a pair of wary otters and then with cafe-owner Rowan, bring her genuine joy. Will her tentative relationship with Rowan survive the end of her holiday and the turning of the year? A short sapphic Christmas story. With otters. A 10,000 words short story, part of … Read more

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REVIEW: A House, A Dog, and an Old Truck – Morgan David

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A House, A Dog and an Old Truck - Morgan David

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book In ‘A House, a Dog, and an Old Truck’ the reader will get acquainted with Jeffrey, a mature art expert longing for a new creative start in his life after decades battling with painful memories. Jeffrey meets Stephen, an officer in the local police force, twenty years his junior. As their relationship progresses, Stephen helps Jeffrey emerge from his self-imposed isolation. In return, Jeffrey provides Stephen with safety, and helps him grow more self-confident. While they both realize that the age difference is not an issue in itself, they still remain secretive when it comes to … Read more

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REVIEW: Drive – Courtney McGuire

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Drive - Courtney McGuire

Genre: Erotica, BDSM, Interracial, Contemporary, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book In the conservative East Texas town of Black Creek, you’re either old money or you work for them. Redmond Cole is the latter. The long hours he spends fixing fancy cars in the local garage are barely enough to support himself, let alone his sixteen-year-old half-sister, Katie. All he wants is a better life for the both of them, one that’s easy and real, but he has a secret. One that could blow up the meager existence he’s worked so hard to maintain. Red is gay.He doesn’t want to … Read more

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REVIEW: An Echo Of Love – Nathan Grant

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An Echo of Love - Nathan Grant

Genre: Contemporary, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Spencer Duran’s birth mother, an underage girl sadly gave him up for adoption. Jillian and Bill Duran soon adopted him, cared for him, and gave him a good solid start in life. Spencer has always longed to find his birth mother, and to ask her why she abandoned him. Before starting college at NAU, he and Jillian stopped at an interesting café in beautiful Sedona. When they finished eating, Spencer first notices a man slightly older than himself. Locking eyes, both men unexpectedly shared an instant unspoken, and unforgettable bond. Seconds Spencer … Read more

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REVIEW: Pierre & Bill – Patrick Doyle

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Pierre & Bill - Patrick Doyle

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Pierre and Bill have been together for nearly thirty years, ever since Bill was five. Thrown together by tragedy, they stayed together despite the many attempts to tear them apart. Some thought it wrong that a stranger should raise a child, especially when that stranger was gay. Especially, too, when the child also turns out to be gay. But Pierre and Bill would win that fight and go on to develop a unique and special bond. Now many years later, they’re facing a different kind of crisis. The specter of illness and financial insecurity threaten their … Read more

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NEW RELEASE: Opposed Desires – Katherine McIntyre

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Opposed Desires - Kathleen McIntyre

Katherine McIntyre has a new FF contemporary romance out: Opposed Desires. And there’s a giveaway! Closet Romantic falling for the Hookup Queen? Never gonna happen… until one memorable vacation changes it all. When it comes to women, Aubrey Moore believes in no-strings-attached hookups and keeping things simple. On her beach trip, her plan is clear—hit the bars and find single hotties. What she doesn’t bargain on is the phone call from her sister. Distraught, Aubrey would like to have a breakdown in private, but the one woman who’s never fallen for her slick lines takes her by surprise and blurs her simple rules. The last thing owner of the Renegades … Read more

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REVIEW: To Take a Quiet Breath – Fearne Hill

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To Take a Quiet Breath - Fearne Hill - Rossingley

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book This isn’t a romance about chiseled, lantern-jawed college kids boasting V-cut abs. There are no marathon steamy sex sessions, not without having at least one nebulizer on standby anyway. Marcel Giresse, the thirty-six-year-old Director of Finance at the French Ministry of Justice, is happy to leave all that nonsense to his oldest friend Lucien, the sixteenth Earl of Rossingley. In fact, Marcel is too short of breath and too set in his nerdy ways to ever think about sex at all. Which is a shame because the prisoner serving a sentence for murderer that he’s just … Read more

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REVIEW: Cold Cases & Second Chances – J.M. Dabney

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Cold Cases and Second Chances - J.M. Dabney

Genre: Romance, Interracial/Multicultural, Mystery/Suspense LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book Life and Death sometimes made you believe in second chances Robert One thing I was sure of in my life was I’d never start over after my marriage of thirty years ended. Yet when our kids formed lives of their own, we’d grown apart. I’d signed the papers and tried to move on. My work as a Homicide Detective became my life. It left me with no time to think, but I couldn’t exist for my job alone. All that changed when they assigned Remy Bosley as my new … Read more

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REVIEW: To Hold A Hidden Pearl – Fearne Hill

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To Hold A Hidden Pearl - Fearne Hill - Rossingley

Genre: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Xanthe, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Dr Jay Sorrentino is getting married in ten days’ time to the girl of his dreams, so what the hell is he doing in a gay London club with a stupidly handsome stranger? As if calling off the wedding and alienating his friends and family isn’t enough, Jay also has to contend with starting a new job at a new hospital. So the last thing he needs is for the bloke from the club to be his prickly supervisor. Dr Lucien Avery is a difficult colleague. He’s also the unexpected and reluctant heir … Read more

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REVIEW: Never Fade Away – E.L. Esch

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Never Fade Away - E.L. Esch

Genre: Contemporary, Rock ‘n Roll LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Until death does us part, but it’s knocking on our door… I’d had enough. That’s how I found myself in a dingy alleyway with my revolver in my hand. I was sick and dying anyway, and there was nothing I could do about it. Nothing except maybe taking back some shred of control by going out on my own terms. One deep breath. Two… Three… Four… Surrounded by the darkness of my own mind, this was the only solution I could see, but before I could do something I’d regret, rock star Anno … Read more