Posts labeled Book Reviews
Review - The Story of Us by Logan Meredith
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At 40, Kyle considers himself a pretty ordinary guy leading a pretty settled life. About the most exciting thing he’s doing is going back to school to get his college degree. It’s at the school where Kyle more or less literally runs into Lucas, a much younger man who is perhaps the most beautiful guy Kyle has ever laid eyes on. Lucas is definitely out of Kyle’s league, yet the attraction seems mutual.
Tags: Contemporary
Review - Tallowwood by N.R. Walker
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August Shaw works cold cases in a state police office just outside of Sydney. He works alone and that’s the way he wants it. August likes the idea of bringing closure to families that have lost someone. Only, there’s one case he hasn’t been able to crack: a string of murders of gay men going back nearly a decade. The deaths have mostly been ruled suicides, but they have too much in common for that to be the case, but August’s superiors refuse to see it and think he’s too emotionally involved.
Tags: Mystery
Review - Spellbound: An Erotic Odyssey by Angello Adrien
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After a bad breakup with his closeted boyfriend, college student David falls into a deep depression that gets so bad, his best friend suggests he needs to get away on some adventure, so he packs a bag and heads off to a Greek island, the ancient home of Dionysus, and more recently the scene for the movie version of “Mama Mia” for a two week vacation. What David finds there, and who finds him, will change him forever.
Review -Service to the State: a literary seduction by Starlight Barque
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Near the end of the 22nd century, Galen is the chief surgeon in an Alaskan hospital, one of the few livable places in a world ravaged by climate change. His best friend is Navojan. The two have been very close since Galen discovered Navojan was really an alien. He was sent to Earth essentially as a spy to learn about humans, but his people have long since forgotten about him and his mission.
Tags: Science Fiction
Review - The Mystery of Nevermore by C.S. Poe
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Sebastian Snow is a mildly successful antiques dealer in New York City. His main frustration in life is dealing with his extreme light sensitivity and his closeted boyfriend, who is a police officer. All that changes one morning when Sebastian opens his shop to discover a bad smell, which he finally figures out is coming from what appears to be a rotting heart under the floorboards. It’s the start of a mystery that turns Sebastian’s life upside down, and introduces him to Detective Duncan Winter.
Tags: Mystery
Review - Switching Places by Morticia Knight
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As the head bartender at the Kiss of Leather club, Elliot sees most of what goes on. He’s very happy that his friend Tobey and Master Hunter have finally got together, and he tries to be happy that his long-time crush Tai seems to be hitting it off with Master Lucas, but he still wishes he could find a Dom to give himself to completely. Tai and Lucas are finding that they’re more attracted to each other than either of them expected, but there’s no getting past the fact that Tai doesn’t want to be a full time sub, and he even likes to top sometimes.
Review - Drums in the Rain by J.C. Owens
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The rebellious incursion into one of Anrodnes’ neighbors instigated by Raine’s brothers has been quashed, and the brothers have paid with their lives. Now Prince Zaran can return return to the capital, and bring the banished concubine, and trained assassin, Hredeen with him. Nobody knows how the emperor will react to being reunited with his former favorite, not even the Chosen, Raine, who stands to lose the most. There’s more at stake than just feelings, the War Guild seems bent on bringing down the Anrodnes empire.
Tags: Fantasy
Review - Thiago by Romeo Preminger
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Nate is a high flier in an international financial services company. He’s busy socking enough money away to retire at 35, and doesn’t have time for a social life. Work, the gym and doing his own laundry occupy his time, and Grindr fulfills the occasional sexual urge. Nate is working alone late one night when the hot new night-time security guard Thiago stops by to check on him. Brazilian Thiago pushes all of Nate’s buttons and before he can think about it, the two are having sex on his desk.
Tags: Contemporary Erotica
Review - In the Name of the Father by Morticia Knight
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An advance copy of this book was provided free of charge for this review. Seth has escaped his extremely homophobic father, whose religious beliefs led him to try and beat the gay out of his own son, and sending him to brutal conversion camps. He finally screws up the courage to visit a gay bar, where he’s aggressively approached by a pair of jerks. Malcolm is just trying to have a quiet drink, but he’s not the type of guy who can stand seeing another person picked on, and once he gets a better look at Seth, he knows the young man needs a guiding hand.
Tags: D/s
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