War is hell. And finding love amidst the chaos of war is nearly impossible, but that’s precisely what Anne Barwell’s characters do in Shadowboxing, the suspenseful and action packed story of romance and danger set against the backdrop of Nazi run Germany during World War II. Kristopher Lehrer is the brilliant scientist from a socially…
Shadowboxing by Anne Barwell
War is hell. And finding love amidst the chaos of war is nearly impossible, but that’s precisely what Anne Barwell’s characters do in Shadowboxing, the suspenseful and action packed story of romance and danger set against the backdrop of Nazi run Germany during World War II. Kristopher Lehrer is the brilliant scientist from a socially…
Desmond & Garrick: Books One and Two by Hayden Thorne
Desmond & Garrick: Books One and Two seem very much the books Jane Austen might have written had Ms. Austen written GLBT Young Adult Paranormal Fiction, as told through the omniscient narrator who leads the reader through this coming-of-age series set during the Regency Era, one of my favorite historical settings. Hayden Thorne has deftly…
Desmond & Garrick: Books One and Two by Hayden Thorne
Desmond & Garrick: Books One and Two seem very much the books Jane Austen might have written had Ms. Austen written GLBT Young Adult Paranormal Fiction, as told through the omniscient narrator who leads the reader through this coming-of-age series set during the Regency Era, one of my favorite historical settings. Hayden Thorne has deftly…
Cinder by Marie Sexton
Fans of re-imagined fairy tales will find plenty of new spins and twists to love on the old story of the peasant who meets the prince, falls in love, and lives happily ever after, with the help of a little bit of magic and a whole lot of faith. Cinder is the young man who…
Cinder by Marie Sexton
Fans of re-imagined fairy tales will find plenty of new spins and twists to love on the old story of the peasant who meets the prince, falls in love, and lives happily ever after, with the help of a little bit of magic and a whole lot of faith. Cinder is the young man who…
The Infernal Republic by Marshall Moore
The Infernal Republic is a mirror into which one doesn’t want to look too closely for fear of seeing something that might resemble oneself. There are shards of reality that cut to the quick of the darkest side of the human condition, and more than a little fantasy that reflects upon the concept that we…
The Infernal Republic by Marshall Moore
The Infernal Republic is a mirror into which one doesn’t want to look too closely for fear of seeing something that might resemble oneself. There are shards of reality that cut to the quick of the darkest side of the human condition, and more than a little fantasy that reflects upon the concept that we…
Office Hours by Sean Michael
Office Hours is a quick and sexy (lots of sexy!) take on the “hot for teacher” theme, in which English professor Thad Wells, a surly and standoffish man who doesn’t do romantic entanglements, is knocked for a loop–both literally and figuratively–by Jay Banner, a grad student and practicing Dom who’s working on his PhD in…
Office Hours by Sean Michael
Office Hours is a quick and sexy (lots of sexy!) take on the “hot for teacher” theme, in which English professor Thad Wells, a surly and standoffish man who doesn’t do romantic entanglements, is knocked for a loop–both literally and figuratively–by Jay Banner, a grad student and practicing Dom who’s working on his PhD in…
Kidnapped: Infinitum Government (Book One) by Megan Derr
For lack of a better trite and tired old cliche, Kidnapped simply was not my cup of tea, which is not to say that I don’t enjoy good sci-fi–I do–and the sci-fi elements in this novel were presented quite well. The author did a great job of leading me into the world she’d created, offering…
Kidnapped: Infinitum Government (Book One) by Megan Derr
For lack of a better trite and tired old cliche, Kidnapped simply was not my cup of tea, which is not to say that I don’t enjoy good sci-fi–I do–and the sci-fi elements in this novel were presented quite well. The author did a great job of leading me into the world she’d created, offering…
Small Gem – Out of the Depths by Hayden Thorne
Out of the depths of grief, out of the depths of madness, out of the depths of desperation springs longing and inspiration in Out of the Depths, a gothic tale of love and obsession. Humans are disposable, their lives nothing more than a means to an end for Konstancji, the cost of his soul worth…
The Decisions We Make by RJ Scott
If The Decisions We Make has done anything, it’s proven to me that RJ Scott has definitely found her place in the YA LGBT genre. All the angst, agony, and emotion that make their way into her adult M/M romances translate beautifully with her teenage characters as they struggle to find a place to belong…
Small Gem – 9:05 by K.C. Burn
9:05 by K.C. Burn Socially introverted accountant Scott Taylor’s world is stuck in a state of suspended animation–his coworkers, the falling snow, the clocks–all frozen, at 9:05, to be precise. As Scott continues to move through the motions of what should be the advancement of the days and weeks, eating, sleeping, and eventually daring to…
Small Gem – When the Sea and the Sky Turn to Blood by Amy Lane
“Some say the world will end in fire, some say in ice.” Amy Lane says that Fire and Ice will help to bring about the evolution of man by becoming human, joining together to nurture Rain and loving with the heart and soul of gods, only to be destroyed, in the end, by the hatred…
Inheritance (Dominion #1) and Reclamation (Dominion #2) by Lissa Kasey
Seiran Rou’s life was marked for misery the moment he was born into the female dominated society of witches, made all the more difficult by the fact that his mother is the leader of the Dominion–the governing body of witches–as well as the fact that she saw his being born a boy as reason enough…
My Lost Weekend With Michael and Wild Bill
I spent two days zigzagging throughout the Midwest, including spending some time in the stinkiest city in the US–Terra Haute, IN–ended up in Vegas, and never even left the comfort of my own home. I spent those two days buried deeply in the ten short stories/novelettes that comprise Jordan Castillo Price’s Channeling Morpheus/Sweet Oblivion series….
The Archer's Heart by Astrid Amara
The Archer’s Heart by Astrid Amara My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Archer’s Heart is posed as an epic tale of avarice, hypocrisy, betrayal, and dishonor, and juxtaposes the injustice of the caste system in a mythical India against the belief that it is God’s intent for those of lower birth to subjugate to…