Posts rated 4.5 stars
Review - High Interest Dette by Lilo Quie
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Bastien helps Leo and Gabriel take care of their large broods of dragon pups. He's very good with children but isn't sure he wants pups of his own. Bastien's heats are so painful that he thinks he may just want to be sterilized. Anyway, to have pups, he would need a drake, and what drake would be interested in a half-breed dette? Stefan and Gaelin have been lovers of a sort for many years.
Tags: Fantasy M-preg Shifters Menage
Review - The Uncanny Adventures of Adam Honey by Lex Baker
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Adam Honey is orphaned on his sixth birthday. He is sent to an orphanage where another boy, DJ, claims to have known him “forever.” The two become friends and grow up largely insulated from the problems of the outside world, where environmental disasters signal a dying planet. On coming of age, Adam and DJ leave the orphanage to make their way in the world. The pair become lovers. Adam becomes a policeman, and DJ a professor.
Tags: Science Fiction M-preg Paranormal
Review - Farkas by Kim Fielding
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Lee Harker works hard for his law firm in 1950s Los Angeles. He doesn't have much of a life outside of work, but it's what you do if you're a young lawyer who wants to make junior partner one day. One night, as he's working late as usual, one of the senior partners walks into his office and gives Lee a new assignment. Lee is to pack a bag and leave the next day to advise a very special client at his home.
Tags: Fantasy Vampires Novella
Review - A Winter Fox by J.C. Owens
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Beware that this review contains some minor spoilers about the plot. The book is very hard to review without revealing a few things. Albion has been such a cunning general that his people, and even his enemies, have nicknamed him the “Winter Fox.” The thing is, Albion didn't want war. He tried to prevent it, but even killing his uncle, the king, proved to be too little, too late. Now, after four long years of fighting, his forces have dwindled and spend more time on the run than in battle.
Tags: Fantasy
Review - Murder on Monte Vista by David S. Pederson
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Mason Adler is a successful private detective in Phoenix. He often outsmarts the police to get to the bottom of suspicious deaths in the city. On a Saturday night during an unseasonably hot spring, Mason attends a birthday party thrown for him by his old schoolmate Walter. Walter's rather unusual birthday “gift” is for Mason to end the night with a wannabe actor who makes ends meet by turning tricks.
Tags: Private Eyes Mystery
Review - Return by Marie Sexton
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With the help of Donato's butler Jenko, Misha and Ayo have escaped the mayhem engulfing Davlova on Donato's boat. The question is, where to go? Jenko has family in Deliphine, so with no better idea, the trio head across the sea to the big city on the coast of the mainland. Before they even dock, Ayo begins acting strangely. He seems drawn to a specific spot in the city, and the more Misha tries to delay him, the stronger the urge gets.
Tags: Science Fiction Dystopian
Review - Scintilla by Elizabeth Noble
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Brandon is a scintilla, a human with the power to wield electricity. His particular skill, kept a closely guarded secret, is the ability to manipulate computers. He is the ultimate “hacker.” No firewall or complex password can stop him. Brandon's adoptive family has grown rich using his skills, even though the young man is just an employee of the company that wouldn't exist without him. Brandon is also gay and a little bit kinky.
Tags: Fantasy Shifters Slightly Kinky
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 - 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 - 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