Category: grief
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REVIEW: Come Closer by Sara Gran
Demonic possession or psychic break? One of Esquire’s Top 50 horror novels of all time delves deep into the terrifying consequences of losing control. “A perfect horror novel.”—Paul Tremblay, author of ‘The Cabin at the End of the World’ A recurrent, unidentifiable noise in her apartment. A memo to her boss that’s replaced by…
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In Too Deep by C.F. White || Great Mystery with added Spice
Digging deeper might mean falling too far. DI Harrison Black knows getting involved with Jake Whitton is complicated. Jake is an ex-con who doesn’t trust the police. Harrison is the detective reopening the case of his missing sister. They should have kept their distance. They didn’t. Now the attraction they fought so hard has…
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REVIEW: The Darkness Bites Back by Laura R. Samotin and Ben Alderson
Centuries ago, Tobias Osian had his mortality stolen from him when he was unwillingly turned into a vampire. Ever since, he’s been consumed by the need for revenge against the monster who took his humanity – Vladimir Damianos, the head of Britain’s most powerful vampire clan. Now, Tobias is finally ready to enact his…
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The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan
A devastating love story. A bewitching twist on history. A blood-drenched hunt for purpose, power, and redemption. In 1785, Professor Sebastian Grave receives the news he fears most: the terrible Beast of Gévaudan has returned, and the French countryside runs red in its wake. Sebastian knows the Beast. A monster-slayer with centuries of experience,…
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Never After by Alexis Hall
From fan-favorite author Alexis Hall comes a story of faith, redemption, and love—a melancholic tale of queer romance set in nineteenth-century England. On the grim streets of London, a young man succumbs to his demons. Discarded by his lover and left penniless and alone, Michael “Micha” Dashwood uses sex to pay the bills and…
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Obsession and Desire: The Pretty Poison Series by C.F. White
When privilege claim poison, desire turns fatal. Razor Slade was never meant to survive this long. Now he’s inside, where power shifts fast, loyalty means nothing, and weakness could get him killed. His reputation might keep men at bay, but it won’t save him from the enemies closing in. Especially not the ones…
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Review of Corrupt (Book 2) in the Pretty Poison Trilogy… dark obsession 🖤
Razor Power didn’t make me softer. It made me dangerous. More territory. More money. More eyes waiting for me to fail. I learnt fast that survival meant control—emotional distance, locked doors, no attachments. Then Tristan Hale-Fitzroy came back. Rich. Beautiful. Irresistible. Still looking at me as if I was something he wanted, not…
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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: The Demon and His Viper (The Witch Trials #2) by Ben Alderson
THE DEMON AND HIS VIPER is the final book in a MM paranormal romance series of heart-pounding romance, witchcraft, and bloodthirsty enemies, perfect for fans of The Serpent and the Wings of Night and Her Soul to Take. Hector Briar may have walked away from the Witch Trials alive, but not whole. His failure handed…
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REVIEW: The Boy With the Heart of Sea Glass by Laura Livingstone
When the end of a relationship brings eighteen-year-old Sam back to the Cornish Island where he was born, he’s forced to face dark family secrets lurking just below the surface. Meeting Tryste, a fisherman with eyes like thunderstorms, provides Sam with a distraction from the truth about his father, but Sam’s wounds run deep, and…
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REVIEW: Isaac by Curtis Garner
Set in London across a single, life-altering summer, Isaac interrogates masculinity and queerness in the digital age and offers a fresh take on desire and intimacy, adolescent obsession and dangerous first love. After inexperienced seventeen-year-old Isaac loses his virginity through a dating app – a disappointing yet addictive experience – he spends his final months…
