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Review - An Article of Lies by Lisa Oliver
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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
Review - A Suitable Stray (For an Outguard and an Assistant) by R. Cooper
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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.
Review - Mann Hunt by Peter E. Fenton
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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
Review - Cursed: Ride or Die by Eden Winters
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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.
Review - Stuff by Josephine Myles
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Mas just got laid off from his sales job at a department store. He’s already behind on his rent and ends up doing something stupid. While avoiding a man with a personal grudge against Mas, he ducks into a shop near his flat. It’s like stepping back in time. The store is crammed full of old clothing, so full it’s hard to see anything, especially with the windows screened off.
Tags: UK Setting
Review - The Envoy by C.J. Dragon
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The new settlement for human refugees on Drakonis is ready, so River and Prince Eris travel to Earth to collect them. The refugees include River’s best friend Ben in addition to hundreds of others that have fallen out of favor with the Guardians. Getting the 700 humans settled in their new home is just one of the challenges for River. The Guardian he is now beholden to, Sebastian, sends River on dangerous missions to hostile planets.
Tags: Science Fiction
Review - Moonlight on the Water by Crystal D. Budy
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Carter and Max have agreed to drop their personal investigation of the Appalachian Order and let law enforcement do their jobs. But when Carter’s brother and acting police chief Scott is charged with possession of a large quantity of heroin, the pair of lovers are drawn back into the case. It’s a dangerous game. The leader of the Order may be Max’s father, but even Max isn’t sure the man wouldn’t kill him and Carter to get them out of the way.
Tags: Mystery
Review - Forget Me Not by R. Cooper
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Police detective Ray wakes up in an alley feeling drained, which, for a werewolf, is very strange. His keen sense of smell senses magic, which explains how someone overpowered him. He’s just getting his bearings when some people appear at the mouth of the alley. One of them is human and also smells of magic, but the other is a fairy, or perhaps a half-fairy. He is very pretty, as fairies are, and claims to be Ray’s mate.
Review - Fools Rush In by G.A. Hauser
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Michael has never come to terms with his sexuality. He’s conscious of his attraction to men, but being gay would be difficult in the current political climate. When he literally bumps into actress Kim on the street and she invites him out, Michael thinks everything will be okay. He doesn’t know that Kim is just using him to achieve her own goals. At work, Michael and Gary have been lunch buddies for a while, but they’ve never socialized outside of work.
Tags: Contemporary
Review - Nothing Left to Lose by N.R. Walker
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Brody and Miller have been best friends since high school. They remained so even after Miller came out. The two are often so close that people mistake them for boyfriends even though Brody is straight. The problem is that Miller has been in love with Brody almost since they met, and it has become torture to be around him. Sensing the distance Miller has started to put between them, Brody enters them in a contest for newlyweds, partly as a joke.
Tags: Contemporary Novelette
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