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History & Alternate History

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

New Release: Point of Knives – Melissa Scott

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Point of Knives - Melissa Scott

QSFer Melissa Scott has a new MM fantasy/mystery out, an Astreiant novella – Point of Knives. 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 … Read more

New Release: Pining For The Prince – Rebecca Cohen

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Pining for the Prince - Rebecca Cohen

QSFer Rebecca Cohen has a new MM historical paranormal romance out (bi, gay): Pining for the Prince. Sometimes being a vampire sucks, and not in a good way. Gwil might have accepted his vampire afterlife didn’t come with rubbing shoulders with the elite and endless wealth, despite what his sire might alluded to, but working as a private detective isn’t all bad. Being dragged into Vampire Council business is annoying at times but there are worst things—the worst being years of pining after his best friend, business partner, and fae prince, Hyax. Spending so much time with Hyax is getting … Read more

Review: Atlantis, Land of Dreams – Edale Lane

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Atlantis, Land of Dreams - Edale Lane

Genre: Historical, Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book A handful of heroes; an impending cataclysm. Can Ariel and her friends save the world as they know it? Communicating with plants and animals has become a rare gift, one Ariel cherishes. She loves her farm and her family, especially her three-hundred-year-old oma. As she grapples to preserve her connection with the spirit world, she realizes something is dreadfully wrong. Lysandra, a gifted healer, lives in the most splendid city in the world, overflowing with culture and prosperity. Despite her meaningful career, she misses … Read more

New Release: Point of Hopes – Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett

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Point of Hopes - Melissa Scott & Lisa A. Barnett

QSFer Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett have a new queer historical fantasy mystery book out, Astreiant book one: Point of Hopes. The fate of the city hangs in the balance… The city of Astreiant is full of magic, danger and bureaucracy, and never moreso than when something or someone is making guild apprentices disappear without a trace. Philip Eslingen has just been discharged from his mercenary company and as a Leaguer and a stranger, makes an ideal suspect. Fortunately for him, Pointsman Nicolas Rathe from the Point of Hopes station doesn’t agree, but he knows the only way to … Read more

New Release: The House of the Red Balconies – A.J. Demas

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House of the Red Balconies - A.J. Demas

QSFer A.J. Demas has a new MM alt-historical romance out: The House of the Red Balconies. Hylas has come to Tykanos to build an aqueduct. He has not come to enjoy the island’s main attraction: the six houses where the companions of Tykanos, courtesans both female and male, offer tea and elegant conversation. Yet he cannot ignore them as he finds himself renting a room in one of the tea houses and meeting his neighbour, the beautiful, chronically ill companion Zo. Over breakfasts in Zo’s garden, the two men begin a friendship that transforms the isolation of their lives. But … Read more

Review: House of the Red Balconies – A.J. Demas

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House of the Red Balconies - A.J. Demas

Genre: Historical, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Whiskey November Get It On Amazon | Publisher About The Book Hylas has come to Tykanos to build an aqueduct. He has not come to enjoy the island’s main attraction: the six houses where the companions of Tykanos, courtesans both female and male, offer tea and elegant conversation. Yet he cannot ignore them as he finds himself renting a room in one of the tea houses and meeting his neighbour, the beautiful, chronically ill companion Zo. Over breakfasts in Zo’s garden, the two men begin a friendship that transforms the isolation of their lives. But … Read more