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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: Intersecting Eternity – Margaret Babcock

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Intersecting Eternity - Margaret Babcock

QSFer Margaret Babcock has a new queer space opera book out (bisexual): Intersecting Eternity. In 2073, humanity made Goldilocks its new home, forming a unique bond with the planet. But disaster struck, and now, 130 years later, survival hangs in the balance. Enter Alice, a courageous young woman determined to uncover the truth about their forgotten alliance. With her partner, Dinah, and unexpected allies by her side, they race against time to restore the connection between people and planet, securing a future for humanity on this alien world. Get It At Amazon | Publisher Excerpt In the morning, Alice rose, … 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

Review: Godspeed, Lovers – TQ Sims

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Godspeed, Lovers - TQ Sims

Genre: Sci-Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Universal Buy Link | Amazon | Goodreads About The Book Lovable loner Casey Isaac thinks love isn’t for him. Not since extraordinary events left him with supernormal powers and a great deal of trauma. But when Oscar Kenzari looks at him, he can’t help but change his mind. As Divinators, Casey and Oscar have used their psychic powers to defend humanity from sentient, extradimensional storms for one hundred years. But a storm more powerful than any before is brewing. MaalenKun, prince of the maelstrom, conqueror of countless realities, plans to turn the tables … Read more

Review: An Embrace of Citrus & Snow – Rowan Amaris & Theo Behr

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An Embrace of Citrus & Snow - Rowan Amaris & Theo Behr

Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bi Reviewer: Jay Get It At Amazon About The Book Fae aren’t real. Soulbonds are woo-woo nonsense. And the man swooning in Bo’s arms definitely isn’t a kelpie. BoBo’s made a career out of debunking the supernatural. His eager fans regularly tune in to discover what he’ll disprove next. And Bo really should know better than to let them pick where he goes. It’s supposed to be a routine visit to a so-called haunted house. But instead of dust and rats, Bo finds Everil: A strange, beautiful man who faints into his arms. Which, … Read more

Review: Ex – Alicia Thompson

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Ex - Alicia Thompson

Genre: Paranormal, Fantasy, Crime, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Lesbian (Sapphic) Reviewer: Jay Get It On Amazon About The Book In 2011, Toby Soames dies from a freak accident on Hampstead Heath; Charlie Falk simply disappears. Two years later, Australian Adele Soames returns to London to be nearer her son and the places he loved. She is joined in her pilgrimages to the heath by Charlie. Charlie tells her things; unnerving things about his last day alive. Enter DS Xandra Bentley, a member of Adele’s grief support group at St Bart’s. Xandra has worked on a number of cold cases … Read more

Review: Dragon’s Folly – Joy Lynn Fielding

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Dragon's Folly - Joy Lynn Fielding

Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Falling for him would be pure folly. I know that. Now all I have to do is convince my heart… Allowing a strange dragon into my home was not my idea. The Assembly assured me it was necessary, though. And that’s how I ended up with him. Ollie Shaw is clumsy. Unfairly hot. He stumbles through my life leaving a trail of chaos and sunny charm in his wake. And I hoard every moment with him like he’s my greatest treasure. But with an entire dragon territory … Read more

Review: The Switch – April McCloud

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The Switch - April McCloud

Genre: Cyberpunk LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Trans FTM, Trans MTF Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book A hundred years in the future, in a world where technologically enhanced bodies are valued above organic ones, Complete Life Management (CLM) is selling perfection in the form of the latest and greatest bionic model, the Apogee. As an elite runner and inadvertent spokesperson for the humanism movement, NYPD Detective Naomi Gate has eschewed vanity upgrades. However, if she hopes to survive in New York City’s fierce criminal Underground and find her brother, she can’t show up in her … Read more

Review: Whiskey and Warfare – EM Hamill

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Whiskey and Warfare - E.M. Hamill

Genre: Sci-Fi, Space Opera LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian, Ace/Aro, Pan Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book Running on caffeine and spite with nothing left to prove. GOLDEN GIRLS meets FIREFLY in this rollicking space opera adventure. Maryn Alessi retired from mercenary service after her last assignment went horribly sideways and settled down on a quiet planet with the love of her life. Unexpectedly widowed, Maryn must fulfill a promise to return her mate’s ashes to zer home planet for funeral rites, but a brutal civil war has destabilized space travel. Former Artemis Corps sisters-in-arms … Read more

Review: Parallel Lines – Mark McElroy 

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Parallel Lines - Mark McElroy

Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance, Comedy, Time Travel LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Ulysses, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book When Thomas’s constant indiscretions wreck his decade-long marriage to handsome Carter Lamm, he wonders how different choices might have made him happier. In a misguided attempt to help, Ed Williams, Thomas’s Big Gay Role Model, shares a technology that plunges users into alternative worlds: versions of the present day, shaped by different choices. Would Thomas be happier stepping on Legos while juggling a wife and kid … partnered to America’s favorite secretly gay action star … or married … Read more