Review - Lost Along the Way by Marie Sexton
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Daniel’s parents are killed in a car crash. He had been estranged from them for 15 years over their refusal to accept his homosexuality, but they had started to reconnect in the months leading up to their deaths. When Daniel finally faces the task of cleaning out the family home so it can be sold, he finds that his parents had become collectors, bordering on hoarders. Fortunately, their neighbor Landon is there to help.
Tags: Contemporary Fantasy
Review - The Sorcerer's Guardian by Antonia Aquilante
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Savarin is Tournai’s most powerful sorcerer, and he knows it. He has always been fascinated by the spells protecting the kingdom, but on a recent trip to the border, he’s discovered weak spots in the magical barrier. Savarin reports his concerns to the Prince and proposes a visit to another section of the border to check for additional weak spots as well as try to understand how the spells were constructed in the first place so he can fix them.
Tags: Fantasy
Review - Dette Forgiveness by Lilo Quie
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Rolf has been treated poorly by his father as well as the other drakes in his clan, who hold on to the belief that dettes are little more than chattel. Due to concerns about his welfare, Rolf has been put under Leo's care. That hasn’t stopped his father from sending drakes around to court him. Rolf can barely stand to talk to any of them. The only man he is truly attracted to is Weston.
Tags: Fantasy M-preg Shifters Dragons
Review - Southern Fried by Rob Rosen
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Trip returns home to his family’s South Carolina mansion for his grandmother’s funeral. The woman raised him after his parents were killed in a car accident, but she sent him away to university up north and never allowed him to return home. It’s a bittersweet return, of course. Many of the staff he knew as a child are still there, as well as a very friendly new stable boy, but there’s still the loss to mourn.
Tags: Contemporary
Review - The Thomas Flair by E.J. Russell
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Sol and Tony have been best friends since they met in gymnastics training as young teenagers. The Rio olympics should have been the culmination of their lives, even though Sol was only an alternate. After Tony wins a medal on the final day of competition, Sol plans to confess his love for the man he’s had a crush on for years. A sudden revelation makes Tony abandon the Olympic village and his friend, and embark on a career as a thrill-seeking internet sensation.
Tags: Contemporary
Review - Sweet Things For A Crocodile by Lisa Oliver
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Storm is a crocodile shifter and a member of the team of assassins that take on rogue paranormals who threaten innocents. The team is run by Cyrus, who sends Storm on a mission to rescue a young man kidnapped by a bear shifter, who has done it before. Storm arrives just in the nick of time to save Pax. Pax is a pixie, and Storm instantly recognizes him as his fated mate.
Review - Human Omega: Trapped in the Alien Jungle by Eileen Glass
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Carter is on the run with his two alien cage-mates through the jungles of the aliens’ planet after escaping from the insectoids that enslaved them. The two big feline-like aliens are more than friends to Carter, even though his attempts at communication continually fail to get anywhere. Their former masters pursue the trio relentlessly, leaving them little time to rest and eat. It takes a toll on them all, but especially Carter, whose human body is not designed for the climate.
Tags: Science Fiction Menage Kidnapped by Aliens
Review - My Name Is Jimmy by Garrick Jones
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Australian Jimmy and his best friend, Sandy, grew up together and are closer than brothers. At the start of World War II, the two enlisted. Jimmy got sent to Ceylon and then on to India and Southeast Asia. Sandy is posted to Darwin but then killed in the first big Japanese bombing in February 1942. After the war, Jimmy goes to Darwin to find out what happened to his friend.
Review - Forget & Forgive by L.A. Witt
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Owen wakes up one morning alone in bed. That’s not unusual, since his boyfriend usually rises early for work. Only, Owen notices that there’s no sign of Matteo around the condo. It’s like he was never there. Things really get confusing when Owen realizes than an entire year is missing from his memory. Seeking answers, Owen sets about finding Matteo, who is apparently now his ex-boyfriend. Why did they break up, and is there any chance they can re-connect?
Tags: Fantasy
Review - A Dandelion for Tulip by R. Cooper
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David is used to attracting the attention of faeries. They keep saying things about his “shine.” Faeries are known to be fickle beings, so their attention soon moves on to other things. David knows the stereotype isn’t entirely true, but he’s been disappointed enough to guard his feelings. Besides, the one fairy David truly desires doesn’t date humans. Tulip loved a human once, but things ended badly between them. Tulip is extremely attracted to David, but his fear makes him keep his distance and hope David can find someone else.
Tags: Fantasy