Category: Contemporary
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REVIEW: Shake Out the Ghosts by Al Hess
Left with PTSD and facial scars after an attack 9 months ago, eccentric portrait artist Micah finds the sanctuary of his home disrupted by signs of a haunting. Between 80’s synth pop and motivational messages scrawled on his bathroom mirror, Micah is more charmed than frightened by Cosmo, the deceased previous resident of his apartment.…
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REVIEW: World Running Down by Al Hess
Valentine Weis is a salvager in the future wastelands of Utah. Wrestling with body dysphoria, he dreams of earning enough money to afford citizenship in Salt Lake City—a utopia where the testosterone and surgery he needs to transition is free, the food is plentiful, and folk are much less likely to be shot full of…
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REVIEW: Crave (Pretty Poison #1) by C.F. White
“He was everything I didn’t want. Danger dressed in leather. Salvation wrapped in smoke. And once I tasted him, I couldn’t stop. He was in my blood. My sweetest poison.” Razor I control the drugs in East London for a man with a soul darker than the devil’s. Violence kept me breathing. Loyalty kept…
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REVIEW: Blood, Sweat & Queers: Vampiric Love Stories
CRACK OPEN THE COFFIN AND UNLEASH THE VAMPIRE. An ancient beast stirs in the shale beneath an oil rig. Lovers languish in a lakeside cottage. A man swipes right, hunting flesh with a predator’s patience. A woman reels from government-sanctioned body horrors. All queer. All ravenous. All relentless. Vampires have always been vessels of…
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REVIEW: Don’t Shoot Me Santa (To Love a Psycho #4) by C.F. White
Only he decides who’s a good boy. Two years after escaping the legacy of his infamous serial killer parents, Aaron Jones has finally built something close to peace. A quiet cottage on the windswept Isle of Wight, a rescue dog named Chaos, a job using his behavioural skills, and, of course, a lover, Dr…
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REVIEW: Gifts Between Us by C.C. Adams
Elderly Londoner Augustus has lived a long, miserable life. Having driven his few remaining loved ones away years ago, he now whiles away his time drinking rum and hoping for the end. One night his death wish is nearly granted by a mugger, but a local youth called Michael intervenes. Much to the old man’s…
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REVIEW: How (Not) To Conjure a Boyfriend by Jordon Greene
Standing at the foot of my comatose crush’s hospital bed is not how I envisioned becoming Hayden’s partner. First I needed to find out if he’s even into the theys, then hopefully some flirting, a cute date up in the valley or at Taco Bell, a kiss. The normal cutesy stuff, but this? No!…
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REVIEW: Worth The Fight (Worth It #2) by C.F. White
It was never going to be just one night. Not when it burned this hot. Firefighter Reece Morgan is the station flirt. Tattooed, reckless, and always up for a laugh or a hook-up. He’s made a name for himself across Worthbridge, and he’s fine with that. No strings. No drama. No need for more.…
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REVIEW: The Entanglement of Rival Wizards by Sara Raasch
Ali Hazelwood meets Dungeons & Dragons in this enemies-to-lovers fantasy academia romcom where rival grad student wizards are forced to work together without killing―or falling for―each other. Will they conjure love, or evoke chaos? Two rival wizards are about to find out. Sebastian Walsh: twenty-four. Grad student at Lesiara University in the Mageus of…
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REVIEW: The Question of Us by Jay Hogan
The nightmare is over. Or so I keep telling myself. Bruised and battered, we’d narrowly escaped with our lives. I should be grateful. Grateful that my captors are in custody. Grateful that the chilling, roller-coaster of events, actually brought Nick and I closer. Grateful that we’ve finally taken a step toward something more than…
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REVIEW: Thirteen Winters by Jay Heron
Some winters never end. But this one might lead them back to love… Thirteen winters ago, Remi Hendricks and Isaac Williams burned too hot, too fast—and their whirlwind romance in Sweden ended in heartbreak. With an entire ocean between them, it seemed the perfect way to keep the past in the past. But now,…
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REVIEW: Dying Light by Jay Heron
To say Joe and Trevor are sworn enemies would be the understatement of the year. Their feud began with Daniel—Joe’s brother, Trevor’s partner. When Daniel relapsed, Joe walked away. Trevor stayed. And when Daniel overdosed, the fracture between them only deepened. Years later, they’re forced back together by the last person either of them…
