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History & Alternate History

Review: The Icon Thief – Liv Rancourt

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The Icon Thief - Liv Rancourt

Genre: Fantasy, Action-Adventure, Historical LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book An ancient Egyptian priest created a love spell, one that would keep his lover close for all eternity. The sands of time have spread that spell far and wide, bringing love to some unexpected places…. Hugh’s cousin is in trouble, and he’s asked Hugh for a favor: retrieve a stolen icon and return it to Alexandria. Except the icon is in the possession of a priest who might not be wholly human, and that priest is on a steamship headed to England. And the icon … Read more

New Release: The God’s Guardian – Irene Preston

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The God's Guardian - Irene Preston

QSFer Irene Preston has a new MM historical fantasy/paranormal romance out in the shared The Pharaoh’s Promise series: The God’s Guardian. In ancient Alexandria, a brilliant scholar and a fierce warrior are drawn together by a mystical artifact stolen from the tomb of a god-king. Bhaskar, a radical young astronomer, arrives in Alexandria with stars in his eyes. He dreams of studying with the most renowned minds of the ancient world and making his name at the Great Library. When he stumbles upon a stolen artifact—a sundial tied to the Gods of Egypt—he is ripped away from the safe haven … Read more

Review: The Eternal Spell – Rebecca Cohen

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The Eternal Spell - Rebecca Cohen

Genre: Fantasy, Historical, Romance, Reincarnation LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Callum Gething meets the alluring Dominic Fairweather at a card game during a night on the Ton, and agrees to take a strange pottery object to stand-in for his winnings. But a spell from thousands of years ago is going to change everything Dominic and Callum thought about themselves, and who they were in Ancient Egypt when their souls were first bound together. The Eternal Spell is the first in a shared world of The Pharaoh’s Promise. An ancient spell designed to keep … Read more

New Release / Giveaway: The Monster Within – Marguerite Labbe

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The Monster Within - Marguerite Labbe

QSFer Marguerite Labbe has a new MM historical paranormal romance out: The Monster Within. For centuries, the Chevaliers de Rouen pledged to fight the monsters that inhabit France until their last breath. In the mid 1800s, Michel-Leon Parisee is the last of his line. The whispering memories of the chevaliers who passed before him offer help but have also driven other chevaliers mad with their constant advice, so Michel-Leon is forced to maintain a careful balance. When an ancient hunger threatens Paris, Michel-Leon must gather every tool he has to fight a terrifying threat that has eluded destruction before. Constantin … Read more

New Release: Troth – E. H. Lupton

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Troth - E. H. Lupton

QSFer E. H. Lupton has a new MM historical urban fantasy out, Wisconsin Gothic book 3: Troth. Sam and Ulysses have finally moved in together. Unfortunately, the new apartment is not quite the safe haven they’d hoped for–their neighbors have a ghost problem, and the building has a spider infestation. To make matters more complicated, Ulysses’s brother Laz is back from Vietnam, and he’s not happy about Sam’s presence in Ulysses’s life. Laz’s anger isn’t their only challenge. When their magical bond starts acting up, Ulysses’s increasing discomfort and attempts to fix it drive a wedge between him and Sam … Read more

New Release: The Eternal Spell – Rebecca Cohen

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The Eternal Spell - Rebecca Cohen

QSFer Rebecca Cohen has a new MM historical fantasy romance out in the Pharaoh’s Promise shared word series: The Eternal Spell. Callum Gething meets the alluring Dominic Fairweather at a card game during a night on the Ton, and agrees to take a strange pottery object to stand-in for his winnings. But a spell from thousands of years ago is going to change everything Dominic and Callum thought about themselves, and who they were in Ancient Egypt when their souls were first bound together. The Eternal Spell is the first in a shared world of The Pharaoh’s Promise. An ancient … Read more

Review: Geist Fleisch – Christian Baines

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Geist Fleisch - Christian Baines

Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Historical, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Drawn by promises of excitement and freedom, how could Callum resist Berlin? It’s the end of 1932 and the Weimar capital is the heartbeat of the gay world, where a man like him can find companionship and love, even in the shadow of looming political disaster. Still, Callum feels unseen, until he discovers a place where the dead mix with the living, an organization devoted to studying the supernatural, and a man in each world that could capture his heart… … Read more

Review: The Flesh Inherent – Perry Meester

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The Flesh Inherent - Perry Meester

Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Western, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Trans FTM Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book On a hot summer night, something enormous screams down from the sky and pierces into the desert not far from the small town of Farchapel. The stories that trickle back from the crater are strange indeed-those who find it and return claim to be forever changed, transformed into the better, ideal versions of themselves they’ve always wished to achieve. Jamie, recent mysterious visitor in town, is a man on the run, all too eager to escape his current form no matter … Read more

New Release: Heavy Metal Blood: The Complete Origins Series – Amir Lane

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Heavy Metal Blood: The Complete Origins Series - Amir Lane

QSFer Amir Lane has a new queer paranormal historical box set out (demi, gender-fluid, trans FTM): Heavy Metal Blood collection. An Algerian corsair, betrayed by the man who hired his family to fight the Spanish during the Anglo-Spanish war. A Romantic-era violinist and ballet dancer, abandoned in a foreign country and struggling to survive, awaking in ashes and consumed with bloodlust. A samurai seeking to destroy a man with a more violent agenda than his own. An unwilling sniper embracing being a monster when his partner is killed. Four stories of blood, love, and vengeance tell the origin stories of … Read more

Review: Point of Knives – Melissa Scott

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Point of Knives - Melissa Scott

Genre: Historical, Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Nicolas Rathe and Philip Eslingen are back, drawn together from opposite sides of the law to investigate a series of murders whose impact stretches deep into Astreiant’s underworld.  Eslingen is now a professional knife working for a prominent crimelord while Rathe is an Adjunct Point, sworn to uphold the city’s laws. By rights, they should be wary foes, but instead they find themselves sharing an investigation as well as a bed as their search takes them into the heart of Point of Knives and at … Read more