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Review - Sword Dance by A.J. Demas

My rating: * * * *

Damiskos is a retired army officer working for the quartermaster corps, since his parents spent the family fortune and the army doesn’t pay much in the way of retirement. He’s been sent to a seaside villa to negotiate the purchase of fish sauce from the owner, who happens to be an old friend from the capital city. It’s supposed to be a bit of a vacation, but on arrival he finds the house filled with philosophy students, and a businessman from a neighboring island-state who also has a captivating eunuch slave, Varazda.

Tags: Fantasy Ancient Greece


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Review - The Demon of Hagermarsh by Beryll Brackhaus and Osiris BrackHaus

My rating: * * * *

In a distant future when humanity is spread throughout many planets of the galaxy, Yaden is a young Lotus Knight on his first big mission. The knights are the elite representatives of the Emperor sent on missions to resolve conflicts or assist with natural disasters. All of them were born with special powers. Yaden’s is the ability to control earthly forces. He’s been sent to the village of Hagermarsh, on the forbidding planet of Leichman to investigate what seems to be demonic forces at work.

Tags: Fantasy Virasana Empire


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Review - First Mate's Pet by Drake LaMarque

My rating: * * * *

Warning: If you haven’t read the first book of this series, there may be some spoilers in this review of the second. Gideon seems quite happy with his four lovers, each of whom excites him in different ways. He’s learning to submit to Ezra while discovering the joys of leather, while also finding out that Zeb is still a very bossy cat even in human form. The main cloud on the horizon is the navy’s search for the Grey Kelpie, and Gideon, whom they believe was kidnapped by Captain Tate and his crew.

Tags: Fantasy Pirates BDSM


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Review - Law of Beauty by Meraki P. Lyhne

My rating: * * * *

As Daniel ponders the lessons to be learned from Elakdon’s rising a thousand years ago, as recounted in the last book, History of Beauty, he must face what to do about relations with the modern-day humans that attacked what are now his people. As always, his lovers Seldon and Caledon are there to help him, along with the old king Elakdon. Seven books into this series, the story line is still engaging, with fresh ideas and even a few new characters we might be seeing more of in the next books.

Tags: Fantasy


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Review - Cabin Boy by Drake LaMarque

My rating: * * * * *

As the son of the governor of Jamaica, Gideon leads a rather privileged life. However, trouble looms as Gideon’s father insists he choose a girl to marry within the week, but the young man knows he isn’t attracted to women. He decides the best course of action is to run away, so he sneaks out the house early one morning and manages to find a ship to take him on. The captain is a tall muscular imposing figure who displays a curious interest in Gideon, who is also attracted to the first mate as well.

Tags: Fantasy Pirates


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The Hunt for Red Fluffy by Angel Martinez

My rating: * * * *

When a stray hellcat - a creature only a demon can posses - appears on the station where the Brimstone has stopped, it’s obvious to just about everyone except Shax that it’s a trap, but he takes possession of the beast anyway. Thus begins a quite literal cat and mouse game as the demon prince and his crew try to outrun and outmaneuver the criminal gang out to capture them.

Tags: Science Fiction Fantasy


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Review - Spellbound: An Erotic Odyssey by Angello Adrien

My rating: * * * *

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.

Tags: Fantasy Myth


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Review - Drums in the Rain by J.C. Owens

My rating: * * * * *

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


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Review - Entwined by M.M. Wilde

My rating: * * * *

Fae Bram awakens one morning to realize he’s reached maturity; a time for him to seek out his fated alpha mate and start producing offspring. Unfortunately, for the first time in anyone’s memory, his alpha turns out to be a human, on the other side of the veil separating our world from the fae. Can Bram get his fated mate to accept him? It turns out to be a life or death question for the young fairy.

Tags: Fantasy Novella


book cover for History of Beauty

Review - History of Beauty by Meraki P. Lyhne

My rating: * * * * *

More than a thousand years before Daniel was born, another royal emerged in the Norse regions of Europe. Like Daniel, Elakdon was almost immediately faced with dealing with new problems coming to the ancient Cubi peoples. Chief among these is a new religion sweeping north: Christianity. It’s a faith whose beliefs demonize and directly threaten the Cubi, who have traditionally lived openly alongside humans. “History of Beauty” is a story within the larger story of the Cubi series.

Tags: Fantasy


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