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ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Merchants of Milan, by Edale Lane

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Merchants of Milan

Edale Lane has a new FF historical romance out, book one of the Night Flyer Trilogy: “Merchants of Milan.” Three powerful merchants, two independent women in love, one masked vigilante. Florentina, set on revenge for her father’s murder, creates an alter-ego known as the Night Flyer. Madelena, whose husband was also murdered, hires Florentina as a tutor for her children and love blossoms between them. However, Florentina’s vendetta is fraught with danger, and surprising developments threaten both women’s lives. Merchants of Milan is the first book in Edale Lane’s Night Flyer Trilogy, a tale of power, passion, and payback in … Read more

REVIEW: Smoky Mist, by C.J. Baty

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Title: Smoky Mist Series: The Legend of the Ghost Train Book One Author: C.J. Baty Genre: Historical, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Publisher: Self Pages: 142 Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book The Legend of the Ghost Train Today, people say that on a quiet night in the mountains of Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky, you can hear the far off shriek of a locomotive whistle and the rumble of the train’s cars as they clamor across the tracks. The legend claims the train moves through the valleys and mountains searching for lost souls that need a lift … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Floodtide, by Heather Rose Jones

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Floodtide

QSFer Heather Rose Jones has a new FF historical fantasy book out in the Alpennia series: “Floodtide.” The streets are a perilous place for a young laundry maid dismissed without a character for indecent acts. Roz knew the end of the path for a country girl alone in the city of Rotenek. A desperate escape in the night brings her to the doorstep of Dominique the dressmaker and the hope of a second chance beyond what she could have imagined. Roz’s apprenticeship with the needle, under the patronage of the royal thaumaturgist, wasn’t supposed to include learning magic, but Celeste, … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Lagoon of Dreams, by Tinnean

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Lagoon of Dreams

QSFer Tinnean has a new MM historical mpreg fantasy book out: “Lagoon of Dreams.” David Knight has been plagued by dreams his entire life, only to have all memory of them vanish when he awakens. Now the dreams are coming with more frequency, and they seem to be drawing him to the Amazon. A scientist with a PhD in ichthyology and a dedication to learning all he can about lungfish, whose existence dates back to the Devonian era, David is determined to see what the Amazon holds. His hopes seem about to be answered when Dr. Carlos Avila contacts him. … Read more

REVIEW: Mimics & Mayhem, by Maz Maddox

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Title: Mimics & Mayhem Series: Stallion Ridge Author: Maz Maddox Genre: Paranormal, Western, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM Gay Publisher: Self Pages: 135 Reviewer: Melissa, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book My name is Scarlet, and I’m a Mimic. While I can shape shift into whatever man you want, that’s not what makes me unique.  My mismatched eyes, beautiful red hair, love for women’s fashion and my big endowment are simply some of my shining qualities.  I’m also fabulous, love sex, and I look fantastic in a corset.  Did I get your attention? Good. Then let me tell … Read more

’50 Shades’ of Medieval Erotica – Lost Romance Recovered

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Researchers have discovered a long-lost version of a medieval romance “novel” containing a sex scene too steamy for even modern publishers. The French poem, “Le Roman de la Rose” (The Romance of the Rose), tells the story of a courtier wooing a woman — the poems titular “rose.” It was the “Twilight” of its day, a crowd-pleasing romance that was reproduced again and again. “‘Le Roman de la Rose’ really was the blockbuster of its day,” Marianne Ailes, a medievalist at the University of Bristol in the U.K. who identified the new fragments of the manuscript, said in a statement. … Read more

REVIEW: Rocks and Railways, by Maz Maddox

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Rocks & Railways

Title: Rocks & Railways Series: Stallion Ridge  Book Four Author: Maz Maddox Genre: Western, Paranormal, Historical LGBTQ+ Category: Gay MM Publisher: NV Productions Pages: 192 Reviewer: Melissa, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Mack Kelly is a man of many talents: deputy, former solider, expert coffee drinker and a real suave player with the men. What he’s absolutely not is a person who should be in charge of anything. Especially an entire town. When Stallion Ridge is down one sheriff, the absolute last thing Mack wants is to have to fill in Centaur size horseshoes. Wearing the … Read more

REVIEW: Where Oblivion Lives , by T. Frohock

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Where Oblivion Lives

Title: Where Oblivion Lives Series: Los Nefilim Book One Author: T. Frohock Genre: fantasy, historical LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Publisher: Harper Voyager Pages: 368 Reviewer: Melissa Brus, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book A lyrical historical fantasy adventure, set in 1932 Spain and Germany, that brings to life the world of the novellas collected in Los Nefilim: Spanish Nephilim battling daimons in a supernatural war to save humankind. Born of daimon and angel, Diago Alvarez is a being unlike all others. The embodiment of dark and light, he has witnessed the good and the horror of this world … Read more

REVIEW: Aces Up, by C.J. Baty

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Aces Up

Title: Aces Up Series: Pinkerton Man Book Three Author: C.J. Baty Genre: Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: MM/Gay Publisher: Self Pages: 312 Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Stiles Long emphatically did not want his lover, Michael O’Leary to go on the assignment he had been given. He didn’t care that Michael was an amazing poker player or that his commander thought Michael was the perfect man for the job. He almost lost Michael once. He couldn’t go through that again.  Michael needed this. He needed to prove that he was able to take care of himself. He didn’t … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Deviant Desire, by Jackson Marsh

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Deviant Desire

Jackson Marsh has a new gay historical mystery out, book one in the Clearwater Mysteries: Deviant Desire. The Victorian East End lives in fear of the Ripper and his mission to kill rent boys. Silas Hawkins, nineteen and forging a life on the streets could well be the next victim, but when he meets Archer, his life changes forever. Young, attractive and rich, Archer is Viscount Clearwater, a philanthropist, adventurer and homosexual. When Archer suspects the Ripper is killing to lure him to a confrontation, he risks his reputation and his life to stop the madman’s murders. Every man must … Read more