Posts labeled Book Reviews
Review - The Cricketer's Arms by Garrick Jones
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WWII Army veteran Clyde Smith quit the Sydney police force three months ago so he wouldn't have to put with the corruption that meant he didn't know who he could trust. He's making a modest living as a freelance journalist and private investigator. One day his ex-partner, and former lover, Sam, shows up with news of a strange murder that someone seems to want Clyde's help solving. As Clyde digs into the investigation, he uncovers a complex web entangling gay men, the Italian mob, drugs, and match-fixing.
Tags: Private Eyes Australia Crime
Review - Mind Controlling the Brute by Adara Wolf & R. Phoenix
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Bruce engages in a lot of manly outdoor sports, so he's a big strapping fellow. Big everywhere, apparently. His mother is trying to marry him off to a well-off lady, which is the thing to do. However, it doesn't help his prospects that his family is on the verge of bankruptcy, and everyone seems to know it. At one of those parties where he's supposed to woo one of those women, Bruce spots Saville.
Tags: Non Consensual Fantasy Short
Review - From the Noblest Motives by Angel Martinez
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Damien and Blaze are back on the trail of the remaining children who went missing from a Variant school after a new lead comes in. Unfortunately, the trail Damien picks up suddenly disappears. Just as the two are deciding whether or not to quit the search, news comes that their friend and Variant rights activist Shudder has been arrested. His capture and show trial sets off a chain of events that reunites the three men but also places them firmly in the eye of a storm brewing around their rights.
Tags: Science Fiction
Review - The Uses of Illicit Art by Wendy Palmer
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Kit is an Artisan, a person with magical powers. His rather unusual gift is locks. He can open almost any door, safe, or vault. After he registered with the Artisan's Guild, which is supposed to protect him, his information was leaked, and the young man became the target of unsavory characters that coerced Kit into helping them with their illegal activities. Of course, that got him into trouble with the very guild that was supposed to keep him safe, so now he's in hiding.
Review - The Consort by J. Warren
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James Van Ryan is one of the hottest porn stars on Earth as well as its far-flung colonies across the galaxy. He's had a long and lucrative career, but his manager warns him that changes in technology as well as industry fickleness means that his amuse-by date is rapidly approaching. So when the love-struck ruler of a planet on the outer rim makes a proposal to James to be his consort, it seems like the best option.
Tags: Science Fiction
Review - Cold Snap by Sam Clover
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Although only 20 years old, Iddy has already lived on the streets for several years. He ran away from home when his parents decided he was not the kind of child they expected and tried to have him institutionalized. Iddy has learned to survive, but it's not safe on the streets right now. The weather has turned extremely cold, and someone, or something, is murdering homeless people. Not just killing them but tearing them apart.
Tags: Paranormal Shifters
Review - The Alien Medic by Eryn Ivers
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The Resistance's second in command, Garret, has always had a bit of a crush on the group's doctor, Maxwell. He spends what little spare time he has with the medic, and even if Maxwell doesn't return his feelings, he still likes doing things for the overworked physician. Maxwell is finding it increasingly difficult to resist Garret's advances. He's gone years without the comfort of another person's touch, but he knows Garret would reject him if Maxwell revealed his secret.
Tags: Science Fiction
Review - The Lightkeeper's Son by Daniel Elijah Sanderfer
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Leland lives with his parents on a North Carolina resort island. It's an idyllic life, but it gets a bit lonely for a gay teenager when all the tourists leave once the summer season is over. Doug has just been kicked out of his home when his wealthy ultra-conservative father finds him with another boy. With nowhere else to go, he heads to the family's seldom-used beach house on Leland's island to try and figure things out.
Tags: Contemporary Novelette Young Adult
Review - Release by Marie Sexton
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Misha was orphaned at a young age and grew up in the “trenches” of lower Davlova, where the poorest citizens scratch out a living without technology while the high-born “purebloods” live in luxury behind the thick protective walls of the inner city on the top of the hill. In some ways, Misha was lucky. He was taken in by one of the clans, criminal gangs that ran all sorts of operations in the city.
Tags: Science Fiction Dystopian
Review - Night's Melody by Drake LaMarque
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Matthieu has known Christophe since they were eight years old. The young man is more than a brother to Matthieu, who has grown to love the beautiful and talented Christophe. Lately, though, Christophe has disappeared for hours from time to time and has developed talents for more than dancing in the chorus. He finally confesses that an “angel” has been giving him lessons, although Matthieu fears that the angel is really the ghost rumored to haunt the opera.
Tags: Menage Nineteenth Century BDSM
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