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REVIEW: Warlock in Training, by TJ Nichols

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Title: Warlock in TrainingSeries: Studies in Demonology Book 1Author: TJ NicholsGenre: FantasyLGBTQ+ Category: gayPublisher: DSP PublicationsPages/Word Count: 226 pagesBuy Link: $1.99 on AmazonReviewer: Dan About the Book Angus Donohue doesn’t want to be a warlock. He believes draining demons for magic is evil, but it’s a dangerous opinion to have—his father is a powerful and well-connected warlock, and Angus is expected to follow the family tradition. His only way out is to fail the demon summoning class. Failure means expulsion from the Warlock College. Despite Angus’s best efforts to fumble the summoning, it works. Although not the way anyone expects. Angus’s … Read more

REVIEW: Illumined Shadows, by G.R. Lyon

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Title: Illumined ShadowsSeries: Treble and the Lost Boys #3Author: G.R. LyonsGenre: ParanormalLGBTQ+ Category: GayPublisher: Amazon Digital ServicesPages/Word Count: 331Reviewer: MaryAnn About the Book When Victor Lucius was sixteen years old, a few cruel words out of his mouth led to a brutal tragedy, one that Vic has been trying to make up for ever since. Now, working as a missing persons expert, Vic tracks down and rescues people from abandonment or abuse, trying to alleviate the guilt constantly weighing him down. His latest case—a boy who was kidnapped at the age of two and then held captive for nineteen years—is by … Read more

REVIEW: “Ithani” and “The Oberon Cycle,” by J. Scott Coatsworth

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Oberon Cycle Trilogy

Title: IthaniSeries: The Oberon CycleAuthor: J. Scott CoatsworthGenre: sci fi, wing fic, mm romanceLGBTQ+ Category: gay, lesbianPublisher: DreamspinnerPages: Skythane – 244; Lander – 294; Ithani – 286B Series Link:https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com/the-oberon-cycle-trilogy/ Book One, Skythane:https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com/book/skythane/ Book Two, Lander:https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com/book/lander/ Book Three, Ithani:https://www.jscottcoatsworth.com/book/ithani/ About the Books Book 1: Skythane Jameson Havercamp, a psych from a conservative religious colony, has come to Oberon—unique among the Common Worlds—in search of a rare substance called pith. He’s guided through the wilds on his quest by Xander Kinnson, a handsome, cocky skythane with a troubled past. Neither knows that Oberon is facing imminent destruction. Even as the world starts … Read more

REVIEW: Seeing is a Curse

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Seeing is a Curse - Terry Poole

Title: Seeing is a CurseSeries: Seeing is Believing, Book TwoAuthor: Terry PooleGenre: ParanormalLGBTQ+ Category: Gay/MMPublisher: Loose-IDPages/Word Count: 164 PagesBuy Link:https://www.amazon.com/Seeing-Curse-Believing-Book-ebook/dp/B076HCMF1G/Reviewer: Maryann About the Book: Back from the dead, Eric is reunited with his love, Kevin, only to be torn apart by blackmail and treachery. Coming back from the dead changes a man as Detective Erik James discovers when he is reunited with Doctor Kevin Stuart, the love of his life. The last thing he expected was to become a ghost whisperer, able to guide lost souls. They barely get a chance to explore Erik’s new abilities when they are abruptly … Read more

REVIEW: Seeing Is Believing

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Seeing is Believing - Terry Poole

Title: Seeing Is BelievingSeries: SERIESNAMEAuthor: Terry PooleGenre: ParanormalLGBTQ+ Category: Gay/MMPublisher: Loose-IDPages/Word Count: 276 PagesBuy Link: https://www.amazon.com/Seeing-Believing-book-Terry-Poole/dp/1717731023Reviewer: Maryann About the Book: Max Cooke, a sweet lonely man who writes romance stories, is the only witness to the murder of a police detective. Struggling with the aftermath of the killing, Max never dreamed that the dead detective’s ghost would appear at the foot of his bed two days later.Nick Horvath must learn what being a ghost means, sometimes with hilarious results. The two men discover that they are somehow bound together as they explore the feelings developing between them. When the murderer … Read more

REVIEW: Yule Planet, by Angel Martinez

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Title: Yule Planet Series: Escape From The Holidays collection Author: Angel Martinez Genre: FF romance, sci fi LGBTQ+ Category: lesbian, non-binary Publisher: Mischief Corner Books Pages/Word Count: 152 Pages Get It On Amazon We had two reviewers for this one – Scott and Georgiana: Scott’s Review It’s December, so it must be time for another Angel Martinez winter holiday tale. And what a tale she delivers in “”Yule Planet.” Sofia Cancino wants to get away from her boring life in middle management, and her crazy family entanglements. When she runs across a brochure for a cheery holiday resort on a … Read more

REVIEW: Slow Thaw, by J. Scott Coatsworth

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Slow Thaw

Title: Slow Thaw Series: Escape From the Holidays Collection Author: J. Scott Coatsworth Genre: Romance, Near Future LGBTQ+ Category: MM, gay, trans Publisher: Mischief Corner Books Pages/Word Count: 88 pages Get It On Amazon Blurb: Javier Fernandez is a climate scientist living in a research station near the South Pole. Since his husband was killed in a car crash, he’s preferred to be alone, and is less than thrilled to have a junior scientist thrust upon him by his rich patron. Col Steele is a trans man fleeing a bad break-up. He is ready for the next step in his career, … Read more

REVIEW: Something to Celebrate, by Evelyn Benvie

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Something to Celebrate

Title: Something to Celebrate Series: Escape from the Holidays Collection Author: Evelyn Benvie Genre: Paranormal, Holiday LGBTQ+ Category: M/NB, demisexual Publisher: Mischief Corner Books Pages: 84 Blurb: Niko doesn’t hate the holidays; that would require too much commitment. He just doesn’t care about them anymore. He’s a demi, disillusioned mess and he doesn’t care about much at all. That is, until an enticing stranger blows into his life this Christmas and catches his attention—and his heart. Amazon Review: “Human belief was a fickle and fluid thing.” I found “Something to Celebrate” to be poetic and beautiful. Niko doesn’t celebrate holidays. … Read more

REVIEW: Hunter, by J.V. Speyer

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Hunter

Title: Hunter Author: J.V. Speyer Genre: Paranormal, Mystery LGBTQ+ Category: MM/Gay Publisher: Self Pages/Word Count: 282 Pages Buy Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JQS8ZV8 Luis has spent his career chasing the darker side of life. First a vice cop, then an FBI profiler, now he lands in the Boston field office, and not by choice. He expects his case load to have a much lighter tone than he’s used to. He wasn’t counting on New England’s dark history, or their pride in it. He didn’t understand how close-knit the old towns could be, or how protective they were of their own. He soon finds he’s going … Read more