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REVIEW: Shadowing the Light, by Miranda Turner

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Shadowing the Light

Title: Shadowing the Light Series: The Bearer of Truth Book One Author: Miranda Turner Genre: Urban Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Trans FTM Publisher: Self Pages: 301 Reviewer: Xanthe, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book “Everybody has their own agenda. Everybody.” Hunted for the unique blood that runs through his veins, half-angel, half-demon Gabriel Sinclair lives without expectations. On the run from forces on both sides of an ancient conflict, he searches for strength and peace in a world which only seeks to use him.  When Gabriel is forced to stop running, assigned a team—and a mate—he … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Art of Death, by Bob Appavu

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Art of Death

Bob Appavu has a new gay urban fantasy out: “Art of Death.” Starving artist Riley Burke refuses to be dependent on his rich older boyfriend—hence his second job as a nude model at the local art school. When the famous artist Coliaro requests him for a private modeling session, he jumps at the chance to earn some real cash. But then Westwood, a mysterious stranger, warns him to steer clear—it’s said Coliaro is undead. That his worshippers perform rituals to fill him with life energy. That every time he paints a male nude, the painting transforms to depict a gruesome … Read more

REVIEW: Afflicted to the Core, by Nat Kennedy

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Afflicted to the Core

Title: Afflicted to the Core Series: Wielder World Book Three Author: Nat Kennedy Genre: Urban Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Publisher: Lagomorph Press Pages: 275 Reviewer: Melissa Brus, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Reggie Wolfe religiously visits Kyle Landon—his student in Nerve detangling—at the Harpford Disentanglement Center, where the younger man has been incarcerated on trumped up charges. During one of Reggie’s visits, Kyle’s able to warn his teacher of an imminent unauthorized transfer by an unknown shadow agency. Reggie demands help from his sister at the Bureau of Wielder Services but is pressed to take the … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Here Comes the Son, by Dahlia Donovan

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Here Comes the Son

Dahlia Donovan has a new MM urban fantasy romance book out: “Here Comes the Son.” When evil stirs in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, heroes come in both ordinary and extraordinary packages. Ignatius Faber knows a few things for absolute certain. He’s half-demon, his father is the unequivocal prince of darkness, and demons want to destroy his city. And if he doesn’t make the first move on his crush, they’re never going to be anything more than a teenage fantasy that’s lasted into his thirties. Lalo Pavia grew up hard and fast, orphaned at a young age. As an … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Gift of Shadows, by Amir Lane

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Gift of Shadows

QSFer Amir Lane has a new FF/queer urban fantasy suspense tale out, book one in the Barrier Witch series: Gift of Shadows. And get two books free! Why would anyone try to murder a phoenix?  A corpse with no eyes bursts into flames before Toronto’s Special Crimes Detective Fairuz Arshad can investigate. Her superiors are ordering her to close the case before it’s even been opened, and it isn’t the only one. She tracks down a siren and a faerie, both missing organs and brushed off by the police. Fairuz and her dryad partner, Rowan, suspect there’s more to this mystery than it appears. The … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Nobody Gets Out Alive, by Michael G. Williams

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Nobody Gets Out Alive

QSFer Michael G. Williams has a new queer horror/urban fantasy book out in his “Withrow Chronicles” series: Nobody Gets Out Alive. THE ACTION-PACKED CONCLUSION TO THE WITHROW CHRONICLES Withrow, Roderick, the Technopagans, the Book People, and all the rest of Withrow’s friends, allies, and accomplices are back again to bring the fight to their enemies – and to finish it once and for all! The elder vampires have issued their challenge and Withrow has taken them up on it. Now he and the rest of the gang have teamed up to go to where they’ve always known they shouldn’t go: … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GIVEAWAY: Surviving the Shadows, by Miranda Turner

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Surviving The Shadows

QSFer Miranda Turner has a new queer fantasy book out in her “The Bearer of Truth” series: Surviving the Shadows. Gabriel has been gone longer than predicted, and Evander is growing increasingly worried each day that passes without his return. Confounded by their leaders’ lack of answers, Evander and the team begin to fear the worst. In the midst of fruitlessly searching Miami for clues to the Daemon Abaddon’s whereabouts, Evander begins to have disturbingly vivid dreams. With a little help from a newly returned and empty-handed Michael and Barabbas, Evander discovers Gabriel has been calling out for help across … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: Black Dog Blues, by Rhys Ford

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QSFer Rhys Ford is re-releasing her queer urban fantasy Kai Gracen series, starting with “Black Dog Blues.” Ever since being part of the pot in a high-stakes poker game, elfin outcast Kai Gracen figures he used up his good karma when Dempsey, a human Stalker, won the hand and took him in. Following the violent merge of Earth and Underhill, the human and elfin races are left with a messy, monster-ridden world, and Stalkers are the only cavalry willing to ride to someone’s rescue when something shadowy appears. It’s a hard life but one Kai likes—filled with bounty, a few … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT: A Blaze in the Dark, by Miranda Turner

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A Blaze in the Dark

QSFer Miranda Turner has a new MM urban fantasy out: A Blaze in the Dark. Bain never thought he’d escape the prison he’d lived in for the last five years. He spent his days chained up like an animal, and his nights…they were better not spoken about. Until one day Antonio came stumbling into his darkness, lighting a fire in his soul and giving him a chance at a new life. Antonio loved his position as a Bellator, and he loved his brother Luc; it was Luc’s friends he could do without. When he came upon an emaciated and beaten … Read more

ANNOUNCEMENT/GUEST POST/GIVEAWAY: Sins of the Son, by Christian Baines

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Sins of the Son

QSFer Christian Baines has a new mm paranormal/urban fantasy book out, #3 in his Arcadia Trust series: Sins of the Son. And there’s a giveaway on the blog post! Abandoned by his werewolf lover, the only thing Reylan wants is to return to his vampire life of blood and beautiful boys. It’s a solid plan, until his first meal as a single man tries to kill him. Hoping to free his young would-be assassin from the religious zealots that sent him, Reylan enlists the help of Iain Grieg, a charismatic priest with unsettling knowledge of the night’s secrets. Surrounded by conflicting … Read more