Posts labeled Book Reviews
Review - Status Update by Annabeth Albert
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Game developer Adrian and geoarchaeology professor Noah meet quite by chance in a Utah RV campground when Adrian’s would-be boyfriend abandons him with just the clothes he’s wearing and his tiny dog Pixel. The heavily closeted teacher and outgoiong young programmer seem like an unlikely pair, but there’s still an attraction, even with the odds stacked against them. “Status Update” is a tale of a very unlikely romance. The two men’s meeting may be an amazing coincidence, but their struggle to find a way to have a relationship seems very real.
Review - Kestrel's Talon by Bey Deckard
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As a soldier for Nemarri, “Kestrel” is taken prisoner by the Pren, where he is raped by a fellow prisoner. When the war is over, the Nemarri view him as ‘unclean’ and refuse to take him back so the Pren sell him off as a sex slave. Kestrel (the name the pleasure house that owns him gave him) is on display in the market one day when he catches the eye of Count Strade, or rather, the count’s rather quirky and very beautiful slave, Talon.
Tags: Fantasy
Review - The New Boy by Sean Michael
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Lance is a talented young photographer with a potentially lucrative commission to produce a series of kinky cards for a private collector, but he can only collect that big paycheck if he can find the right models to pose for the pictures. He begins to despair of finding the right men when Tide shows up for an interview, along with his friends Tyrone and his submissive Bran. Right away he knows that maintaining a professional demeanor behind the camera with three hot men getting kinky in front of him is going to be difficult.
Review - Hector and Anatolius by Vanessa Mulberry
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In Homer’s epic recounting of the Trojan war, the Iliad, prince Hector was Troy’s greatest warrior but, he tends to excite little interest from modern day authors looking for inspiration. “Hector and Anatolius” tells the story of Hector before the Greeks, or even Helen, arrive. Hector is the dutiful son and heir to king Priam in most respects, except in his resistance to find a woman to marry. His inclinations lie in another direction entirely.
Tags: Ancient Greece
Review - Chaos Station by Jenn Burke and Kelly Jensen
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Childhood friends Felix (‘Flick’) and Zander (‘Zed’) grew up together, entered military service together, and for a few short days after graduating from the military academy, they became lovers. War with the alien race called the Stin pulled them apart to different duties within the earth forces. Felix is captured by the enemy and declared dead. Zed is pulled into a covert operation to create super-soldiers before the war comes to an abrupt end, and he is unceremoniously cut loose.
Review - Scars and Secrets by Avril Ashton
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One day, single bi dad Levi meets Donovan seemingly by accident in a supermarket checkout line. Ten years later, Levi is still picking up the pieces of the relationship he had with the man who turned out to be a government agent, who dragged him into a dark world of covert operations and constant fear for his life, and his son’s. Donovan didn’t mean to fall for the man he was supposed to seduce, gather information from, and leave within three months, but he did.
Review - Imperfect Harmony by Jay Northcote
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John and Rhys have both lost their partners, and in their own different ways, they’ve been hiding out from the rest of the world. When they meet, John is instantly attracted to the much younger Rhys, and is surprised when the feelings seem to be returned. But John has been out of the dating game for a long time, and he’s afraid of being hurt again. Can he really have a relationship with the twenty-something Rhys?
Review - Beautiful Boy by Grace R. Duncan
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Kyle is a young man who seems to have everything going for him. He comes from a well off family, who have provided a good education, a loft in town for him to live in, and his own car. But his family didn’t give him much love or attention, and if they knew he was gay, he would lose everything. It’s perhaps not too surprising that Kyle doesn’t have a very high opinion of his value, and you might wonder if this is what draws him so strongly to being a submissive when a friend introduces him to the BDSM world.
Review - Stealing His Dangling Jewels by James Cox
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This review originally appeared on the BDSM Book Reviews site. Phoenix is in dire need of money. A lot of money. It’s not for himself, he wants to get his mother into rehab, although it probably won’t do her any good. Phoenix reads about Lucas, a very rich man, thanks to a lottery winning, with his own private island and a genital piercing sporting sapphires and diamonds that has to be worth several thousand dollars.
Tags: Novelette
Review - Astounding! by Kim Fielding
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Carter Evans is the founder and editor of the science fiction magazine Astounding! but the publication, like most print media these days, is on its last legs. Carter can’t afford to keep it going for much longer. Adding to his headaches are the submissions of one J. Harper, a very persistent, and very bad, author who keeps sending in new versions of his work despite numerous rejections. Carter’s drunken attempt to rebuff the writer backfires and he ends up meeting J.
Tags: Novella Science Fiction
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