Review - The Ownership Clause by KI Brightly and M.D. Gregory
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Wade’s manager, with whom the young man is also having an affair, hatches a plan to push the owner of the company out. The plan backfires, forcing the man to quit. He also dumps Wade, leaving the young man with nowhere to go. Wade can’t afford to quit, so he accepts an amended contact that puts him under the thumb of the vindictive Albion. Albion is a dominant with a strong sadistic streak.
Review - The Spoil of Beasts by Gregory Ashe
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The sherif and two inmates of the county jail are dead, and one of the deputies is missing, along with an inmate. Police Chief John-Henry hires private investigators North and Shaw to help track down clues. The trail leads the pair to a mega church in the same town as the Cottonmouth Club. The clues and bodies continue to mount up as North, Shaw and their friends try to track down the killers and figure out how it all connects to the club.
Tags: Mystery
Review - The Prince's Dearest Guards by Beau Van Dalen
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Prince Hal is celebrating his 21st birthday, although he doesn’t feel much like enjoying the party. The Prince is desperate to lose his virginity. That will probably have to wait, since tradition requires Hal to go on a hunt with his two newly appointed personal guards. When Hal meets his two guards, his outlook about the future changes drastically. He only needs to screw up the courage to tell the two handsome men what he wants.
Review - Broadway Butchery by C.S. Poe
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Detective Everett Larkin is called to a souvenir shop in Times Square where workmen have uncovered the mummified remains of a young woman. It doesn’t take long for the clues to point to another serial killer connected to the mysterious figure that’s been taunting Larkin. Once again, Larkin’s boyfriend and police forensic artist Ira Doyle, is there to lend a hand and provide emotional support. “Broadway Butchery” is the third murder mystery in the Memento Mori series.
Tags: Mystery
Review - He's The One by Barbara Elsborg
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Stonemason Col sees a block fall off the scaffolding and fall towards an unsuspecting employee of Asquith Hall. He dives for the young man and manages to get him out of the way. The guy isn’t Col’s type, but he still feels a spark of attraction to the man, Theo. What Col doesn’t know is that Theo is actually the heir to the estate. The two men are from vastly different worlds, and each has their own heavy baggage.
Tags: Contemporary UK Setting
Review - The Precipice of Understanding by C.J. Dragon
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An old enemy of the Daranii is once again probing the borders of their space. Talin and Jon are sent with a fleet of ships to take on the invaders. The expedition and its aftermath forces the Daranii to face some very uncomfortable ideas. It falls on Jon to help his life mate and the rest of Daran understand how to deal with failure and learn from their loss.
Tags: Science Fiction
Review - Troth by E. H. Lupton
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Sam and Ulysses have taken their relationship to the next step by renting an apartment and moving in together. Things are far from settled, though, as Sam continues to attract unwanted attention from both government agents and the remnants of his grandfather’s team of scientists who were trying to create demigods. To complicate things, Ulysses’ brother Lazarus is back from service in Vietnam, and clearly has his own issues to deal with.
Tags: Paranormal Mystery
Review - Can't Help Falling in Love with an Alien by Chloe Archer
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Sci-fi nerd River is settling into his relationship with his tentacled alien boyfriend Kai. They’re both also working together for the Alliance, trying to track down an elusive drug dealer working to expose the presence of aliens on Earth. The reappearance of Kai’s old boyfriend trying to get close to him again doesn’t make things any easier. This second book of the Tentacular Tales series continues the hilarious adventures of River Sullivan, a young man very into contemporary science fiction and author of an erotic serial of his own, which turns out to be read throughout the galaxy.
Tags: Science Fiction Humor Tentacles
Review - No Limits by Nora Phoenix
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Josh is happy Noah and Indy have found each other, even if Noah still needs Josh’s “help” to calm down sometimes. He just wishes that he could find someone to give him what he needs, but would anyone out there be crazy enough to want Josh with his PTSD, his codependent relationship with Noah, and his need to be dominated? Police officer Conner was attracted to Josh the moment he saw him when Conner responded to the robbery of the store where Josh and Indy first met.
Tags: D/s
Review - The Scholar's Heart by Antonia Aquilante
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Warning: This review contains spoilers regarding events in the first two books of the series. If you haven’t read them yet, you may want to skip this article. Amory’s childhood friend Tristan and Phillip’s cousin Etan once seemed on their way to having a relationship. Then Tristan acquiesced to his dying father’s wish to marry and start a family. That hurt Etan more than he would admit to anyone, leaving him no choice but to cut himself off from the friend he once thought could be more.
Tags: Fantasy