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Review - A Veil of Gods and Kings by Nicole Bailey
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It’s Apollo’s fate to become the sun god, but he keeps putting off ascending. He doesn’t want to become a god, like his father Zeus, who demands offerings of sacrifice and food from humans who are starving, then wipes out entire villages on a whim. Zeus is becoming increasingly impatient with his half-human son. He gives Apollo an ultimatum: either he ascends now, or spends a year with the human Prince Hyacinth learning how a “good” son behaves.
Review - Edmund, Accountant of the Night by Angel Martinez
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Edmund has been on the run from Hunters for a long time. The Hunters are single-minded in their pursuit of magical beings, whom they tear apart when they catch them. It’s not like Edmund is a danger to anyone. He may be a vampire, but he’s a vampire fruit bat. The only thing he sucks the life out of is ripe fruit. In desperation, Edmund flees to Mereston, although he’s not sure he will be welcomed even there.
Review - That Little Book Shop in Rome where it's Easy to Murder Someone by Lee Quail
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Adrian’s aunt Clarissa died and left him her bookshop in Rome. He isn’t sure why. On arriving, he meets the eccentric group of people who work in the shop and learns that Clarissa was, in fact, murdered because she and the others were on the trail of a ruthless human trafficking network with ties to the Vatican. Adrian can’t help looking into the problem, which puts him in the sights of people who will kill to keep their lucrative operation running.
Tags: Thriller
Review - D.B. and Me by Rob Rosen
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Vietnam veteran Adam is on the run after killing a man in Seattle. He’s been hiding out at an isolated cabin in southern Washington that belonged to one of his comrades who didn’t make it home. It’s almost Thanksgiving, so Adam is out hunting for wild turkey. Near the Columbia River, he spots a log raft covered by a parachute. Beneath the improvised tent, Adam finds a man asleep. Adam wakes the man up and he introduces himself as ‘Tim’.
Tags: 1970s
Review - Dream Tentacled by Alexa Piper
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Fian is a demon. A kraken-shaped demon, to be exact. But he’s nowhere near as scary as that makes him sound. Fian is really just a gentle person. He lives in the Morepheusrealm and makes his living carving driftwood. When his brother announces his impending marriage to a human, he also informs Fian that he will be the best man and must bring a date. Fian decides to find a human to bring and so visits dry land in his human form.
Review - Geoffrey the Very Strange by Angel Martinez
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Aspic recently moved to Merseton where he works in the local herb shop. He’s suddenly alone at the counter one day when Geoffrey the Very Strange walks in the door. That’s not his real full name, but it’s what everyone in the village calls him. Geoffrey may be odd, with his attempt to practice necromancy without blood magic, but there’s something Aspic finds endearing about the young man. Geoffrey also finds the pink-haired half demon alarmingly attractive, but necromancers don’t have friends, let alone boyfriends.
Review - My Little Human by M.A. Innes
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Dane is a “little” in search of a dominant daddy to take care of him. He hasn’t been having much luck. At a munch for others with a similar kink, it’s all straight people. But then Dane is approached by Wright, one of the tentacled aliens that have come to earth. Wright is interested in the Daddy/little dynamic and has studied everything he can find about the human kink. The two make an excellent match, and yet the reality is a bit harder to make work.
Tags: Science Fiction D/s Erotica Tentacles
Review - The Librarian's Ghost by Sean Michael
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Will and his team of supernatural investigators are having a hard time finding a case of a true haunting after their harrowing experiences at an abandoned hospital. So far, all they’ve found are duds. Places that may be creepy, but don’t have any ghosts. When Payne approaches the team to help with the spirits haunting the old family mansion he inherited, it looks like the Supers have found what they’re looking for.
Tags: Paranormal
Review - The Merchant's Love by Antonia Aquilante
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Faelen has returned to Tournai along with his mother and siblings to attend the wedding of Tristan and Etan. He hopes to stay in the city this time, as Faelen has grown weary of the constant travel that comes with being the son of a diplomat. At the wedding, he meets Maxen, Tristan’s brother, and is instantly attracted to him. The feeling is mutual. Faelen is the most attractive man Maxen has ever met.
Tags: Fantasy
Review - Sunrise in a Storm by Crystal D. Budy
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Spoiler alert: This review of the second Polaris Mysteries book may contain spoilers for the first story. Nick and Carter are trying to figure out what they want to be to each other. They’re definitely attracted to each other, but their lives are experiencing a lot of turmoil right now, so it doesn’t seem like the best time to start something, especially with Max’s soon-to-be ex-husband in the background. When one of the young men the pair encountered previously comes asking for help to find his boyfriend, the pair reluctantly agrees to help, which puts them back on the trail of Carter’s brother, who disappeared months ago.
Tags: Mystery