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Review - Mann Hunt by Peter E. Fenton

My rating: * * * * *

Declan owns his own detective agency, which he started after leaving the Calgary police force over his sexuality. It’s just him and an aging office manager. When she announces an unexpected vacation, Declan hires Charlie as a temporary office manager. Charlie recently graduated with a computer science degree but hasn’t had any luck finding a full-time job and has had to move into his parent’s basement. When two of Declan’s cases turn out to be connected, Charlie gets more involved than he expected.

Tags: Mystery Private Eyes

 
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Review - A Crown of Hopes and Sorrows by Nicole Bailey

My rating: * * * *

With war on the horizon, Apollo and Hyacinth set out to look for allies among other kingdoms and minor gods. Meanwhile, after the revelation that she is really a goddess herself, Apollo’s sister Temi wants answers. She is told she might find them from Sappho on the island of Lesbos. Hyacinth’s sister, Princess Epiphany, wants to accompany Temi. The king agrees only if Valerian accompanies them. Apollo and Temi’s fates are more intertwined than they ever imagined, and it puts the mortals they allow close to them in great danger.

Tags: Myth Fantasy Queer

 
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Review - The Obedience Pill by Ryan DeVry

My rating: * * * *

Imagine if you will there’s a pill that will make the person who takes it do whatever you say. You (a straight dude) obtain one of these pills with the idea of slipping it to a woman you pick up in a bar, to ensure you get laid. Because yes, apparently that’s what straight dudes do. Now, what do you do when your roommate, also straight, takes the pill by mistake because you hid it in the medicine chest in a box labeled paracetamol?

Tags: Novelette Erotica Non-consensual

 
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Review - Cursed: Ride or Die by Eden Winters

My rating: * * * * *

Slade prefers being on his own. When he feels the need for some companionship, he’ll pick up a guy at a bar for a one-night stand. It’s a perfectly good system as long as the other man understands the arrangement. When a young man from a previous night turns up at Slade’s garage wanting more, the biker has to set him straight, and he does it as brutally as possible.

Tags: Fantasy Shifters

 
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Review - Stuff by Josephine Myles

My rating: * * * *

Mas just got laid off from his sales job at a department store. He’s already behind on his rent and ends up doing something stupid. While avoiding a man with a personal grudge against Mas, he ducks into a shop near his flat. It’s like stepping back in time. The store is crammed full of old clothing, so full it’s hard to see anything, especially with the windows screened off.

Tags: UK Setting

 
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Review - Own Me by BL Sparrow

My rating: * * * *

Ben is back at the frat house, but he’s missing his brother Nate even more than he thought he would. It doesn’t help seeing Aidan get used by the fraternity brothers, and enjoying every second of it. While Foster agrees to let Aidan be used by any of the men, it’s clear Aidan does it for Foster, and the two are deeply in love with each other. It makes Ben a little jealous, since he can never let people know how he and Nate really feel about each other.

Tags: Novelette Erotica Taboo

 
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Review - Between Friends by Sean Michael

My rating: * * * *

Sammy and Peter are moving into a suburban house not far from Jason and Harry’s place. Everything seems to be going well for both couples until a ghost from the past comes back to haunt Harry. Jason and his friends try to help, but it’s hard to know what to do. The couple has weathered many difficult times, but will their love be enough to get them through one more?

Tags: Contemporary D/s

 
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Review - X for Extortion by Garrick Jones

My rating: * * * * *

Tommy returns to England after successfully concluding the secret mission to retrieve embarrassing letters and jewelry for the royal family. He also found a cache of photographs that were probably being used as blackmail material against other British aristocrats. Tommy and his team begin the delicate task of trying to identify the people in the pictures and who is behind the blackmail. The trail leads to an international crime ring with ties to Nazi Germany.

Tags: Thriller WWII

 
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Review - Use Me by BL Sparrow

My rating: * * * *

Ben has been unsettled since the start of term, when the new pledge Aidan joined his fraternity. It’s not that the chapter president Foster has made Aidan his personal sex toy, using the young man at every opportunity. It’s that Aidan seems to actually enjoy being used. The greater the humiliation, the more Aidan seems to get off on it, and he shows no shame afterward. Ben can’t help wondering what that must be like.

Tags: Novelette Erotica Taboo

 
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Review - Redneck Revenant by David R. Slayton

My rating: * * * * *

Adam is settling into his role as the Page of Swords. For now, it’s a quiet life, for a change. He’s still living in his brother Bobby’s basement. His boyfriend Vic stays the night sometimes, since he has moved back in with his mother while learning the chef trade. The two need to get their own place, but they don’t earn much, and Adam isn’t sure he’s ready for that.

Tags: Fantasy Paranormal

 

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