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book cover for Fire & Ice

Review - Fire & Ice by J.C. Owens

My rating: * * * *

After two years living with the Silvermanes in their isolated kingdom to be with his lover Tarsus, the king agrees to allow a visit by Varan’s brother Ariel, along with his personal guards. Things don’t go quite as planned, but when Ariel finally meets King Arhanyin, he is instantly attracted to the much older centaur. Never shy nor one to be deterred from a sexual conquest, Ariel sets about wooing the old king.

Tags: Fantasy Myth


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Review - Hudson River Homicides by C.S. Poe

My rating: * * * * *

Cold Case Detective Everett Larkin is called to the scene of a fresh homicide in the early hours of the morning. Even though Larkin is a cold case investigator, a note links the death to a string of cases he has been working on with his lover and sometimes partner, Ira Doyle. Most of the cases involve serial killers who were never brought to justice, or even recognized when the murders occurred.

Tags: Mystery


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Review - Bad Comes First by Kris Ripper

My rating: * * * *

Everyone knows Charles Campion as “Bad”. Some don’t even know his real name. Bad is a true sadist who gets gratification from inflicting pain on other men, as long as they’re willing. He works in campus security at a university and has developed an obsession with a student he sees on one of his cameras working at the postal kiosk. Red is gay but hasn’t really clicked with anyone. The other college guys he meets can’t give Red the kind of domination he craves.

Tags: Erotica BDSM


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Review - An Article of Lies by Lisa Oliver

My rating: * * * * *

As the younger son, Prince Remy is used to being mostly ignored. His family loves and supports him, but all the other nobles dismiss him as unimportant and odd. Odd, because his best friend is a large lizard who terrorizes the stable boys. So, Remy is perplexed when Crown Prince Xavier offers a marriage contract for Remy to his father. Remy developed a crush on Xavier when he was just fifteen years old, but his clumsy attempt to seduce the Crown Prince was brutally rebuffed.

Tags: Fantasy


book cover for A Suitable Stray (For an Outguard and an Assistant)"

Review - A Suitable Stray (For an Outguard and an Assistant) by R. Cooper

My rating: * * * * *

Tiiran is technically just an assistant, but with no Keepers around, he does his best to keep the Great Library running under the latest king, who doesn’t seem to know the library exists. The other assistants look up to him, even though Tiiran has a short temper and a tendency to snarl at the nobles who come to the library. Tiiran’s sharp tongue and half-fae parentage keep even most of the brave outguards away, except for Orin.

Tags: Fantasy Menage


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Review - Farmed Out by Alex Pendragon

My rating: * * * * *

Mason’s mother grew up in a small farming town but moved away to the “big city”. Each year she drags Mason back to stay with her best friend and her large extended family for a visit to their farm. Soon, Mason is both bored and horny, with no privacy to take care of a young man’s needs. To make matters worse, Mason’s mother asks him to help her friend’s son Alfie with chores around the farm.

Tags: Erotica


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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


book cover for Cursed: Ride or Die

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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