- Michael Joseph
Posted in Book Reviews on Nov 07, 2017
Captain Draco commands an airship in Her Majesty Queen Victoria's flying service. At a ball thrown by the Aztec emperor to celebrate Draco's victory over pirates that had plagued trade between the two nations, Draco learns of a new assignment: he is to captain the first ship to travel in space, a joint venture between the British and Aztec empires. To “assist” Draco on his mission, the Aztec emperor binds Draco the Yolotli, a beautiful young man Draco assumes is a palace pleasure slave. But Yolotli is more than he seems. He has his own reasons for being by Draco's side, as well as the emperor's command to find out who is trying to sabotage the space ship project. More...
Posted in Book Reviews on Oct 31, 2017
Volume 5 of Offbeat Crimes
Time once again to check in on the offers of the 77th precinct in this fifth installent of the Offbeat Crimes. The focus this time around remains on Officer Alex Wolf and his new boyfriend, Animal Control Officer Jason Chen. The squad is still dealing with the fallout from their last encounter with the strange feral dust bunny creatures and the increasing suspicion that someone is targeting the officers with black magic. To compound the team's woes, the activity has come to the attention of the state paranormal agency, a group that considers the officers of the 77th as sub-normal rejects. More...
Posted in Book Reviews on Oct 17, 2017
Volume 2 of Captive Prince Trilogy
Damen and Laurent lead a rather rag-tag group of soldiers towards the border, where they know Laurent's uncle the Regent has something in store to get rid of the troublesome prince. As their fate draws nearer, the two men gain a new respect for each other, and their feelings for each seem to be harder and harder to contain. More...
Posted in Book Reviews on Sep 12, 2017
Miles lives a relatively quiet life on the east coast of England. Most of his excitement comes from dealing with his two younger siblings. That all changes when Miles receives a message from his grandfather, who he hasn't seen since he was 15. The request contained in the message, and the revelations that follow, plunge Miles into a world he didn't know existed. Although reunited with his first love, will Miles risk his life to stay with his boyhood friend? More...
Posted in Book Reviews on Aug 29, 2017
Volume 1 of Captive Prince Trilogy
While his father the king lays on his deathbed, Crown Prince Damen is seized by troops loyal to his half brother Kastor, who seizes the throne. Rather than simply kill Damen, Kastor packs him off to be a pleasure slave at the court of Vere, traditional enemies of Damen's people, with whom Kastor has made peace, for now. If anyone in Vere realizes who he is, Damen will be dead. Until then, he has the humiliation of being a slave to deal with. More...
Posted in Book Reviews on Aug 15, 2017
In an alternate San Francisco, the human and magical worlds have collided in a big, messy way. Fairies, dragons and other magical creatures mix with humans, and it's the job of the San Francisco Police Department's Arcane Crimes unit to make sure nobody misuses magic for nefarious purposes. The Chinatown headquarters, known by its officers as the “Dim Sum Asylum”, is where most of the action is, and where Detective Roku calls home. More...
Posted in Book Reviews on Jul 25, 2017
Volume 4 of Offbeat Crimes
This fourth book of the Offbeat Crimes series puts the focus on Wolf, the 77th precinct's not-werewolf. Although raised by humans, Wolf still has a hard time understanding the subtilties of the world he was thrust into, especially relationships. He is effectively pansexual. Like most canids, Wolf follows his nose, and animal control officer Jason Chen smells good enough to make Wolf forget how to human. The two are thrown together frequently on Wolf's current case, which involves the discovery of several desiccated small animals around town. Their only clue to the mystery is the lone survivor: a small kitten that seems to have imprinted on Wolf. More...
Posted in Book Reviews on Jun 20, 2017
Volume 3 of The Cubi
As this third installment of the Cubi series opens, Daniel is still trying to wrap his head around the latest revelation to turn his life upside down. Not only is he becoming an incubus, he is destined to become the king of the North American cubi. He takes the role seriously, and displays an aptitude that surprises the Grand Lords and Ladies that rule the houses. However, he is still a young man not yet 20 years old, raised in the human world, and his life experience hasn't prepared him for a loving relationship, particularly a cubi one. But it's the outside, human, world that gives Daniel and all the other cubi their biggest challenge, one that threatens to destroy their culture. More...
Posted in Book Reviews on May 23, 2017
Volume 3 of Offbeat Crimes
The latest installment of the Offbeat Crimes series switches the focus from Kyle and Kash to the squad's dysfunctional vampire Carrington. ‘Carr’ has a history of rather unfortunate choices in boyfriends, which in large part is how he got to be a vampire that can't stomach whole human blood. In his latest case, Carr learns that words can hurt you, at least when they take physical form and are hurled at you with great force by possessed books. More...
Posted in Book Reviews on Apr 25, 2017
Volume 1 of The Oberon Cycle
Oberon is a strange half-world, a planet seemingly cut in two, with not sign of what happened to the missing half. The world is the only known source of pith, a drug with many legitimate as well as illicit uses. Only, the supply of pith seems to have dried up, so the Psych Corps sends Jameson to Oberon to investigate. His guide is Xander, a Skythane, the descendants of the original human settlers who we genetically modified to have wings. The two take an instant dislike of one another, but neither man is prepared for what they're about to find out about themselves, and the fate of two worlds hangs on their ability to embrace their destiny. More...
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