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REVIEW: Bodies Beautiful – Steve Burford

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Bodies Beautiful - Steve Burford

Genre: Mystery, Suspense LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book “Y’know, time was when the serial killers went after helpless young women. Now they’re taking out bodybuilders.” When promising young bodybuilder Paul Best is found gruesomely murdered, DI Claire Summerskill and DS Dave Lyon find themselves deep in the unfamiliar territory of hard core gyms and weights, supplements and steroids. But when the one thing linking the growing list of murder victims is that they are the last men you’d expect to be victims, Summerskill and Lyon are faced with their toughest case yet. “Bodies Beautiful” is the second in the Summerskill and Lyon series … Read more

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REVIEW: Dawn’s Light – Shannon Blair

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Dawn's Light - Shannon Blair

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Dan Get It On Amazon About The Book Moranthus is an elf who has lost everything. With his lover dead and his career stagnating, he jumps at a chance to redeem himself by rescuing a human prince from the goblins hunting him—even if failure means death or eternal exile from his homeland. Gerrick, a human soldier who bears an uncanny resemblance to his prince, has always chosen duty over desire. As the sole parent of his young daughter, he needs the extra coin that working as the prince’s body double provides—even if it may one day cost him his life. When a case … Read more

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REVIEW: Wasted Letters – Skot Harris

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Wasted Letters - Skot Harris

Genre: Mystery / Romance / Vietnam LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book In 1970, before deploying to Vietnam, quiet Conrad Burke meets freewheeling Travis Reid in a Detroit record store. Their deep but complicated friendship spans the next three decades. Through music . . . letters . . . war . . . marriage . . . and murder.  (A unique prequel/sequel companion to The Neon Darkness Trilogy, Book 4) The Review DETROIT 1970 Travis Reid has worked at the “Jorge’s Vortex” music store since he was sixteen. He loves music and can just about name all the musicians and songs ever made. His dream … Read more

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REVIEW: A More Perfect Union Anthology

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A More Perfect Union - Adrienne Bell

Genre: Romance, Contemporary LGBTQ+ Category: Gay (some stories) Reviewer: Melissa, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Love wins in this collection of nine all new, voting-themed romances. A set of bite-sized romance short stories with 100% of the proceeds benefiting Fair Fight, an organization dedicated to combatting voter suppression. From the campaign headquarters to the polls, A More Perfect Union features brand new stories from: Adrienne BellKilby BladesAliza MannClaire MartiR.L. MerrillM.D. NeuDawn MontgomerySera TainoKearney Wentworth This anthology will only be available for a limited time, so be sure to grab your copy today The Review This is a very timely anthology, with all proceeds going to … Read more

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REVIEW: Faith – J.V. Speyer

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Faith - J.V. Speyer

Genre: Suspense, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM, Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Rebuilding a relationship isn’t as easy as either Luis or Donovan thought. Re-establishing trust while trying to take down a human trafficking ring in a hotel overflowing with ghosts? That might be impossible, even for these two.  How do two people rebuild trust when they’ve been betrayed by the people they trusted most? Luis and Donovan want to stay together and make their love work, but the situation is tenuous. Boundaries must be drawn, and both are afraid to step too close to the line. Life has other plans.  A human trafficking ring crops … Read more

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REVIEW: It’s a Sin – Steve Burford

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It's a Sin - Steve Burford

Genre: Mystery, Police Procedural, Detective LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book “He is a talented and very promising young policeman. Make no mistakes, he deserves the promotion.” But when gay Detective Sergeant Dave Lyon is assigned to Detective Inspector Claire Summerskill’s team as part of the Service’s ‘positive discrimination policy’, no-one at Foregate Street Station is happy. And that includes Summerskill and Lyon. Mutual suspicion and mistrust must be shelved however, when a young man’s beaten body is found on a canal tow path, and a dead-end case of ‘happy slapping’ unexpectedly turns into a murder investigation. Why would someone want to kill middle … Read more

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REVIEW: The Neon Darkness Omnibus – Skot Harris

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The Neon Darkness Omnibus - Skot Harris

Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Romance, War, Fiction LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book The Definitive Neon Darkness Saga. Contains the complete Neon Darkness Trilogy and its companion, Wasted Letters. Newly edited and condensed with bonus material, including screenplay excerpts, author Q&A, book club questions, and more. SNAPSHOTS AT THE FONTAINE MOTEL [Book One]May 1996. Six inseparable friends seek revenge after one of them is brutally attacked. But their vigilante justice spins violently out of control and accidentally leaves the attacker dead. Desperate to escape as the FBI inches dangerously close, they flee, speeding across state lines, down dusty backroads to the Fontaine Motel, an isolated hideout in middle-of-nowhere … Read more

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REVIEW: Winter Duet – Anne Barwell

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Winter Duel - Anne Barwell

Genre: Historical, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Who do you trust when no one is who they seem?  Germany 1944 Fleeing German physicist Dr Kristopher Lehrer and his lover, Resistance fighter Michel, are caught up in an Allied bombing campaign. Separated from Michel after discovering an injured RAF pilot in the Black Forest, and pursued by the SS for the information he carries, Kristopher is frantic to reunite, unaware that Michel has been recruited by the Allies for a rescue mission.  Time is running out. The Gestapo is closing in. How can they decide who to trust, when the dagger pointed … Read more

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REVIEW: Simply Connected – Alex Washoe

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Simply Connected - Alex Washoe

Genre: Contemporary Romance, Sports LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian/Nonbinary Reviewer: Monique Get It On Amazon About The Book Once a celebrated child prodigy, Blaise Noether is now a struggling widowed mom trying to keep her head above water while she pursues her Ph.D. Only two things make her really angry: her kid’s math textbooks and jocks. In her mind, all athletes are like the bullies who terrorized her in high school. So when she crosses paths with rising basketball star Christie Dillard, Blaise’s interest is a null set. Christie is everything Blaise fears, fiercely competitive, brashly confident, and totally devoted to her game. That she is also endearingly awkward and irresistibly gorgeous … Read more

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REVIEW: The Bloodied Broom – Berryl & Osiris Brackhaus

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The Bloodied Broom - Berryl & Osiris Brackhaus

Genre: Space Opera / Adventure LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Pan Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Lotus Knights don’t get honeymoons, but at least spending some family time on their newly unearthed and fully refurbished spaceship Pebble sounded like a good idea. Until a last-minute mission goes sideways and suddenly Yaden, Colin and their patchwork family come face-to-face with an all but invincible ancient evil. The harrowing encounter leaves Colin permanently changed, and trying to chart his future path becomes a challenge he had never anticipated. ‘The Bloodied Broom’ is a science fiction space opera adventure, a found family celebration and book #4 of the … Read more