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Review: Keepers of the Past – Jackson Marsh

Keepers of the Past - Jackson Marsh - The Larkspur Mysteries

Genre: Historical, Mystery, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book “Forgive when there is nothing to forgive, and forget when there is.”Barbary Fleet, September 1890 Deaf since birth, Joe Tanner was destined for a life of misery in the workhouse until Lord Clearwater offered him a place at the curious Larkspur Academy in Cornwall. There, while adjusting to his new life, His Lordship challenges Joe to unlock the mystery of the Colvannick stone row. As Joe sets about his task, he suspects a connection between the standing stones and a series of unsolved murders. The problem is convincing others, and his obsession soon threatens … Read more

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Review: Cat Snacks and Comebacks – Mere Rain

Cat Snacks and Comebacks - Mere Rain

Genre: Cat Snacks and Comebacks LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book Bowie is back in Philadelphia and making a life for himself. New job, comfortable apartment, his family nearby. He’s fine without Smith. Just fine. At least, he was fine until he came home from work to find the man who broke his heart waiting in his apartment. Asking for a favor. No apologies for months of silence. Bowie doesn’t owe Smith anything. He should protect his own heart. He ought to keep far away from Smith. Never touch him again. Definitely not share a bed and pretend they’re in love. Smith isn’t fine. … Read more

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Review: Mosswood Apothecary – J.P. Rindfleisch IX

Mosswood Apothecary - J.P. Rindfleisch IX

Genre: Cozy Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book A struggling alchemist. A small town with ancient secrets. And… a mysterious shadow ferret? Botanical alchemist Rowan Mosswood didn’t expect much when he finally graduated, so a remote research assignment in Frostfern Valley seemed fitting. With his reputation in tatters after a public alchemical mishap, and his discipline of magic considered antiquated, Rowan agrees to the university’s terms: fix up an old greenhouse, study the mysterious loss of magic, and send regular reports. If he can manage all that, his student debts will disappear. The assignment sounded Mundane enough, a wrist slap to be … Read more

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Review: Negative Exposure – Jackson Marsh

Negative Exposure - Jackson Marsh

Genre: Historical, Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book December 1889. Silas Hawkins, once a trickster from the slums, is now the public face of the Clearwater Foundation. As London society gathers to celebrate its success, and Prince Albert Victor considers becoming its new patron, life for Archer, Silas and the crew could not be better. But everyone has a past, especially Silas, a man ripe for blackmail. Photographs, demands, a dead photographer and a mystery amid the influenza pandemic of 1889, it falls to James, Silas and Fecker to find the blackmailer before Silas’ sordid past leads to public downfall. But then Silas … Read more

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Review: Sowing Spells – Cay Fletcher

Sowing Spells - Cay Fletcher

Genre: Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Lesbian, Trans MTF Reviewer: Sherry Get It On Amazon | Publisher | B&N | Kobo About The Book Sil was perfectly content as the manager of the village plant shop. That is, until a certain wizard, Wixen Anders Kessel, requested a fire curry plant to add to what Sil assumed was his growing graveyard of helpless greenery. Thoroughly convinced of Anders’ proclivity to kill every plant he purchases, Sil is determined to thwart the disastrous wixen’s intentions, both for his garden and recruiting a magically disinclined apprentice. Sil and Anders return from the beloved short story, “The Wizard’s Garden”, to grow in friendship, companionship, and … Read more

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Review: The Clearwater Inheritance – Jackson Marsh

The Clearwater Inheritance - Jackson Marsh

Genre: Mystery, Historical LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book ‘No one can take away your name.’ Clearwater will lose his entire fortune unless he cracks a musical code. If Archer’s insane brother dies, their distant cousin, the evil Count Movileşti, will inherit everything, and with the influenza pandemic threatening the brother’s asylum, the outlook is grave. The only thing that can ensure Archer’s future is a legal document left behind by his grandfather, but the clue to its location is hidden within two pieces of music. Archer has one; the other is in Movileşti’s collection at Castle Rasnov. Archer dispatches two of his team … Read more

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Review: The Pink – Marshall Thornton

The Pink - Marshall Thornton

Genre: GENRE LGBTQ+ Category: IDENTITY Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book Lambda-Award winning author of the Boystown Mysteries,Marshall Thornton transports readers to early 20th-century Chicago, an era of developing queer subculture, a growing temperance movement and a legendary detective agency. It’s 1913. Lewis Wait lives with his mother and hides behind scholarly texts, until his conservative middle-class life is thrust aside due to financial woes. Without his consent, Lewis’ widowed mother arranges an interview for him with his father’s last employer: the famous and unscrupulous Pinkerton Detective Agency. But his mother doesn’t stop there, she’s determined to find her son a wife among her fellow temperance ladies. Intending … Read more

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Review: One of a Pair – Jackson Marsh

One of a Pair - Jackson Marsh

Genre: Historical, Mysyery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book ‘Love is more than just a chemical reaction.’ James Wright, the lead detective of the new Clearwater Detective Agency, faces a pair of unsolvable problems. Life is going well for Jasper and Billy. Young, talented, and falling in love, the two can look forward to a rosy future. But Billy’s master, Colonel Ware, is slowly being poisoned, and if he dies, Billy’s family will be forced to emigrate. It falls to James to investigate the poisoning, but there are no suspects and no motives. Worse, if he fails, a good man will die, and Jasper … Read more

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New Release: Ameliorate – R. Sinclair

Ameliorate - R. Sinclair

R. Sinclair has a new queer dystopian sci-fantasy book out (aroace and agender, bisexual, gay), Shattered Numbers book 2: Ameliorate. It all went horrifically wrong. V reunited with his AI siblings at a terrible cost—a cost he isn’t willing to pay. He vowed to do whatever it takes to save Meredith—or whatever is left of her—from Smith and Varro Technologies. No matter how long it takes. No matter what he has to do. No matter who he has to kill. Now V, Cass and Orwell are tearing through the galaxy playing a deadly cat-and-mouse game with Mr Smith. Their paradise-like cult of Cass’s own design protects them from Janus, Varro Technologies’ … Read more

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Review: To Know a Dragon Spy – Antonia Aquilante

To Know a Dragon Spy - Antonia Aquilante

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon About The Book Once upon a time, before the hunts, dragons were plentiful in the world. Now they exist only in legend…except in the land of Ivria. Felix is a prince, cousin of the current king, ward of the old one. Knowing he would never sit on the throne, he set himself to become something else—the king’s best spy. Aside from a trusted few, people know him as a frivolous, flirtatious prince. They don’t see the keen mind behind the charming smile or the love of family and quiet behind the silks and jewels. They certainly don’t know … Read more