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Review: West on Grainger – KC Burn

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West on Grainger - KC Burn

Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bi Reviewer: Maryann Universal Buy Link | Amazon About The Book Is Sandy Bottom Bay truly full of ghosts? Wendell Weston is in a slump. Paranormal stories are his life. His income. His sole focus for as long as he can remember, not that he actually believes any of it is real. His obsession has complicated his love life, but for the most part, he hasn’t minded. But now his muse has gone quiet. In search of inspiration, he flies across the country to the purportedly haunted bed and breakfast, just before Haunt Fest. Soured on … Read more

Review: A Kind of Death – Josh Aterovis

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A Kind of Death - Josh Aterovis

Genre: Mystery, Paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Lesbian, Non-Binary Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Cav Crawford has a lot going on. He’s a college student. He has a side gig as a PI. Oh yeah—and he sees ghosts. When four teenage boys disappear while ghost hunting but only one reappears days later (covered in blood and with no memory of what happened), the police point the finger at the boy. The boy’s parents hire Cav to prove his innocence, and it doesn’t take him long to realize he’s in over his head. To complicate matters, Cav … Read more

Review: Seeing Sean – Patrick Doyle

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Seeing Sean - Patrick Doyle

Genre: Sci-Fi, Dystopian, Mystery, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book A story of love at first sight. Then everything, including reality, gets in the way. When Wyatt meets Sean sparks fly. Literally. Their Zoom encounters, although work-related, generate the most unusual electronic reactions. But when they meet in the flesh he forgets all about contacting technical support because Sean is even more electrifying in person — an unusual experience for a Grindr-jaded Wyatt. But the interference continues and every time they meet Sean gets cold feet. Wyatt’s no fool. He knows the attraction … Read more

Review: Pinned – Liz Faraim

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Pinned - Liz Faraim

Genre: Horror LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon | Universal Buy Link | Goodreads About The Book “Rowdy” Randy Cox, a woman staring down the barrel of retirement, is a curmudgeonly blue-collar butch lesbian, who has been single for twenty years and is trying to date again. At the end of a long, exhausting shift, Randy finds her supervisor, Bryant, pinned and near death at the warehouse where they work. Upon the news of his death, she battles to find a balance between the joys of an exciting new relationship and the struggles of processing her supervisor’s … Read more

New Release: Death by Silver – Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold

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Death by Silver - Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold

Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold have a new gay historical gaslamp fantasy out, Lynes & Mathey book 1: Death by Silver. Mystery, Murder and Magic… When his nemesis from schoolboy days hires metaphysician Ned Mathey to investigate his father’s murder, Ned turns to his friend and sometime lover, detective Julian Lynes, for help. Together, they must navigate a maze of deceit, danger, their painful past and, perhaps, a chance at a future together, in an Edwardian London as full of peril as it is with magic. Can they solve the mystery at the heart of the murder to forge a … Read more

Review: Death by Silver – Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold

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Death by Silver - Melissa Scott and Amy Griswold

Genre: Gaslamp Fantasy/Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon | Publisher About The Book Mystery, Murder and Magic… When his nemesis from schoolboy days hires metaphysician Ned Mathey to investigate his father’s murder, Ned turns to his friend and sometime lover, detective Julian Lynes, for help. Together, they must navigate a maze of deceit, danger, their painful past and, perhaps, a chance at a future together, in an Edwardian London as full of peril as it is with magic. Can they solve the mystery at the heart of the murder to forge a new kind of partnership … Read more

New Release: A Kind of Death – Josh Aterovis

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A Kind of Death - Josh Aterovis

QSFer Josh Aterovis has a new queer paranormal mystery out, a Cav Crawford Mystery: A Kind of Death. Cav Crawford has a lot going on. He’s a college student. He has a side gig as a PI. Oh yeah—and he sees ghosts. When four teenage boys disappear while ghost hunting but only one reappears days later (covered in blood and with no memory of what happened), the police point the finger at the boy. The boy’s parents hire Cav to prove his innocence, and it doesn’t take him long to realize he’s in over his head. To complicate matters, Cav … Read more

Review: Murder Without Magic – Ripley Hayes

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Murder Without Magic - Ripley Hayes

Genre: Mystery, Paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Peter and Lorne have taken the plunge: moved in together in a little house by the sea. Peter has his dream job, and Lorne has his dream kitchen, and so what if things go bump in the night next door? they can ignore it. The ghost with a violent streak isn’t so easy to ignore. Nor is the dead body in next door’s garden. Much against their better judgement, and the advice of their friends, Peter and Lorne are dragged kicking and screaming into another … Read more

Review: Ship of Fools – H.L. Moore

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Ship of Fools - H.L. Moore

Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery LGBTQ+ Identities: Trans, Gay Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book On the 3rd Orbital Anniversary, a mining ship vanished, never to be heard from again. Twelve years later, Special Agent Evelyn Carlisle finds herself on the cusp of discovering what happened to it – if she can get the crew of the Galilean Moons Forensic Cleaning Company to talk. A tale from the Jovian Empire. The Review Moore delivers another tightly written story in the Jovian Empire, building suspense with an interrogation of a forensic cleaning crew run by a clueless man named Urhines … Read more

Review: Apidae – Xenia Melzer

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Apidae - Xenia Melzer

Genre: Paranormal, Mystery, Thriller LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book No good deed—or good record of solving crimes—goes unpunished. Detectives Andi Hayes and George Donovan of the Charleston PD are on vacation. Or at least they are until they are called back for an emergency: find Chief Norris’s missing son. Fortunately, Andi’s insect spies lead him right to little Tyler Norris, who is safe and sound. Unfortunately, along with the chief’s son, they find twenty-five corpses, victims of a serial killer who’s gone unnoticed for over a decade.  Chief Norris promptly cancels Andi and … Read more