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MaryAnn’s Reviews

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

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

Review: Blade of Shadows, Wings of Light – Chad Grayson

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Review: Blade of Shadows, Wings of Light - Chad Grayson

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Who—or what—is Jack Bainbridge? Jack Bainbridge thinks he’s just an ordinary college student, studying to be a teacher. But if that’s true, why have the Reaper of Strife and his warriors come to capture him? Rescued by a Holy Knight, Jack flees for his life, and takes refuge in Greywall, a city of outcasts devoted to the study of forbidden magics. In Greywall, the Guardians attempt to discover the secret of Jack’s strange powers, which were triggered by the Reaper’s attack. And what about Griffin, … Read more

Review: Passageway – Steven A. Coulter

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Passageway - Steven A. Coulter

Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Chosen by mystical warriors to protect a parallel Earth from a catastrophic future, a young man must push his mental and physical abilities to the limits if he is to help save mankind. As seventeen-year-old Darwin McQuaid flees high-school bullies, he is saved by an enigmatic stranger; an indigenous teenage warrior who was born 500 years in the past. Strong and powerful, Daruk possesses an intelligence that exceeds his rugged youthful appearance, and Darwin is drawn to learn more about him. Surprisingly, the high-school junior … Read more

Review: Pining for the Prince – Rebecca Cohen

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Pining for the Prince - Rebecca Cohen

Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book 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 harder, … 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

Review: Point of Hopes – Melissa Scott & Lisa A. Barnett

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Point of Hopes - Melissa Scott & Lisa A. Barnett

Genre: Mystery, Historical, Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book 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 prove that is to find the missing children and the real culprits. Together they must … Read more

Review: Three Wishes and a Miracle – Mere Rain

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Three Wishes and a Miracle - Mere Rain

Genre: Historical, Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bi Reviewer: Maryann Get It At Amazon | Publisher About The Book Aelred hasn’t been outside the monastery since his parents donated him as a child. He knows he shouldn’t want more than this life of prayer, but he dreams of the far-off lands spoken of in the Bible. When a wealthy patron leaves a chest of treasures to be catalogued, Aelred is fascinated by their beauty. Most beautiful of all is the strange man who appears from nowhere and claims to be a djinn … with wishes for Aelred! Aelred is sure the djinn … Read more

Review: The Sorrow Passage – Jeremiah Cain

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The Sorrow Passage - Jeremiah Cain

Genre: Epic Fantasy Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book In this gripping dark fantasy novelette for adults, the peaceful life of a young elf, Valqyer, is shattered when brutal invaders storm his town. As he fights to protect what little he has left, including his sanity, he soon discovers that he is their ultimate target. Captured and driven to madness in a dungeon, Valqyer must endure helplessly as his mother suffers in a neighboring cell. But when the invaders’ true motives are revealed, he must make a heartbreaking decision: assist them in igniting a war or lose … Read more

Review: Witch in the Wind – Damian Serbu

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Witch in the Wind - Damian Serbu

Genre: Historical, Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It At Amazon | Publisher |  Universal Buy Link About The Book A winter storm blows through Salem, Massachusetts, setting young witch Alexander MacBeth on a perilous path to adulthood as his dying mother gifts him an heirloom and pleads for him to use it to survive. To do so, he will need to perfect his inherited witchcraft to protect himself from those who want him dead. In his journey to adulthood, he falls in love with dashing nobleman Crispin Nottingham. Abandoned by Crispin and pursued by the Puritans, he finds he must harness … Read more