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Review - A Suitable Brat by R. Cooper

My rating: * * * *

Westin is an outguard but is getting too old for the life on the road, sometimes sleeping rough, especially in the cold. He has resolved to retire and return to his family’s estate. There’s just one problem: another outguard called Sun. Unlike most outguards like Westin, Sun’s brief is wide-ranging, so their paths often crossed. The much younger man has a sharp tongue and a way of getting Westin, or almost anyone, to do exactly what he wants, which includes sharing a bed.

Tags: Fantasy Novella


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Review - Red Ruby Booty Shorts and a Louisville Slugger by Lexi Ander

My rating: * * * *

Diego has “known” things since he was a young boy, and his grandmother encouraged it along with telling him stories of vampires, witches, and werewolves. But when Diego was 12, his older brother got involved in a dangerous gang and disappeared. Diego turned his back on his fantasies and took up parkour with his best friend, Denise. He goes to college, meets Beck, who becomes his best friend, and leaves the Los Angeles neighborhood where gangs dominate.

Tags: Fantasy Contemporary


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Review - Dauntless by Lisa Henry and J.A. Rock

My rating: * * * *

The residents of Dauntless Island are proud of their history as mutineers who lynched their tyrannical captain after being shipwrecked on the island 200 years ago. Joe is a direct descendant of the leader of the revolt and is well aware of the power that gives him on the island, although he is careful about how he exercises that control. Eddie is a history graduate student descended from the captain the mutineers lynched.

Tags: Mystery Australia


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Review - Loving, Books 1 - 3 by M.A. Innes

My rating: * * * * *

When he was fourteen, Kevin was almost kidnapped, but his older brother, Jeremy came to the rescue. The incident throws the brothers closer than they’ve ever been. Kevin has nightmares, and his savior Jeremy is the only one who can keep them at bay. For his part, Jeremy can’t forget what might have happened and doesn’t like letting his little brother out of his sight. Four years later, the two are still sharing a bed, although they keep that fact a secret from their parents.

Tags: Taboo Slightly Kinky


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Review - Gilded Cage of the Tentacle Elite by Kit Luxe

My rating: * * * *

The Galactic Alliance arrived on Earth with promises to make everything better, and they did, for some. Theo lives on the streets, outside the system. He eats food he finds discarded in dumpsters and sleeps in alleys well out of sight from the main streets. That’s to avoid the “sweepers” that round up homeless people. There are all sorts of stories about what happens to the humans collected by the alliance sweepers.

Tags: Science Fiction Novelette Tentacles Non-Consensual


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Review - Diplomatic Liability by Rebecca Cohen

My rating: * * * * *

Devlin is settling in on board the Chroalian ship Endeavor as Earth’s first ambassador. His boyfriend, Zal is in the cabin next door, but the two have to be discreet. If people knew of their prior relationship, it might undermine Devlin’s position. Their plan is to make it appear that the relationship started after Devlin came on board. Unfortunately, that means Devlin has to run a gauntlet of younger Chroalian crewmembers competing to bed the new human.

Tags: Science Fiction


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Review - Trader Argyle (Definitely Human) by Angel Martinez

My rating: * * * *

Argyle is a trader. He travels from town to town, buying wares he thinks he can sell or that someone has asked for, as well as selling the things he has brought with him. It’s usually a leisurely occupation, but now Argyle is in a hurry to reach Mereston. The trader met some soldiers in another town who were looking for the village, bent on killing all the “monsters” living there.

Tags: Fantasy Magic


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Review - Uncle 2 by Jay L. North

My rating: * * * *

Ben is now living with his uncle Devon, with whom he’s having a sexual relationship. It’s a two-bedroom apartment, so nobody suspects the true nature of their relationship. Devon dominates his nephew, giving him pleasure in ways that Ben never thought possible. He just can’t seem to get enough of his uncle, and the feelings are entirely mutual. The desire to pull Ben out of his shell as well as explore the young man’s kinky fantasies push Devon to engineer some public encounters with his nephew.

Tags: Taboo Novella D/s


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Review - Searching for Love on the Moon by Lee Quail

My rating: * * * * *

Christopher returns home from work early one day to find his boyfriend in bed with not one, but two, other men. Incensed by the betrayal, Chris sells the house and his business and moves to an isolated community high in the mountains, where he buys an old church in need of repair. To get some tools, Chris visits the town’s hardware store, where he meets Jarrod and his daughter Mary.

Tags: Paranormal


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Review - Farewell, My Boy by Garrick Jones

My rating: * * * * *

Tommy’s latest mission takes him to North Africa to kidnap a German officer working in Rommel’s command. It’s just the first step in an elaborate plan to rescue the man’s sister, a math savant working on the German rocket program. Things go a little sideways once they get to Germany, and by the time Tommy gets everyone back to England, he has his hands full. This third book of the Seventh of December series is another spy thriller combining the worlds of classical music and World War II espionage.

Tags: Thriller WWII


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