Archive for May, 2011
May 31st, 2011 by Kassa / 430 views
Title: I’m Saying Yes 
Author: E.N. Holland
Publisher: Bristlecone Pine Press
Length: Novel (110k/389 pgs)
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Blurb:
Jim Crane and Allen Prescott became lovers when they met as teenagers; in the years since they have carried on a furtive and secret affair, getting together only when time and their circumstances allowed. Jim has long wished to create a life with Allen but Allen has always refused. His ingrained belief that “people kill queers” has prevented him from recognizing and accepting his love for Jim. I’m Saying Yes opens when Jim, depressed and suicidal, gives Allen an ultimatum: choose me or else. After an agonizing night, Allen makes the decision to accept Jim’s offer, finally realizing that a life without his lover is a life not worth living.
I’m Saying Yes chronicles their first four months together as they begin their life as an openly gay couple, in a time-1976-and place-rural west Texas-where this was not the norm. They face challenges that range from simple: figuring out details of housekeeping, to sad: dealing with the death of Hal Lawrence, an older man who becomes a special friend and trusted confidante. It is a transformational time for both men but particularly Allen, who, over the course of the novel comes to accept his sexuality and ultimately, himself.
Jim and Allen have a few rocky moments but the story ends on a happy note because, as Allen says, when you believe in yourself and are guided by a strong and powerful love, anything is possible. Their deeply shared love and commitment to each is other is proof that that is true.
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May 30th, 2011 by DarienMoya / 432 views
Title: Sahara Blue 
Author: Jan Irving
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Length:230/pgs
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Blurb:
Seth Hollis lives his passions online under the pseudonym “Lotus” and attracts ex-Navy SEAL Sahara Blue, who avidly follows the erotic tales of passionate submission Seth posts. While they forge a powerful connection, it’s increasingly frustrating, because both men yearn for something real. Seth’s writings have also attracted an unwanted and dangerous admirer, and when the glass window of Seth’s shop is shattered one night, fate sends Sahara Blue to his rescue.
Unaware he has actually met Lotus, Sahara takes Seth under his wing, and that same mysterious and deep attraction flares to life. But Seth’s deranged stalker won’t let up, and Seth and Sahara will have to give up their secrets and learn to trust if they’re going to keep each other safe.
A spin-off of Mastering Toby.
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Posted in 3.5 stars, BDSM, Erotica, Gay, Mystery, Reviews, Romance | 2 Comments »
May 30th, 2011 by Oddmonster / 487 views
Title: Cemetery Murders
Author: Jean Marcy
Publisher: New Victoria Publishers
Length: Novel / 192 pages
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Blurb:
Meg Darcy, a dyke P.I., is hired to search for a serial killer who has dumped the bodies of homeless women in St. Louis cemeteries. At the grisly crime scene Meg runs into Sarah Lindstrom, an attractive but aloof City Police detective (known as The Ice Queen). Meg’s gay comrade-in-arms, Patrick, says Lindstrom is a classic closet case, and definitely not one for Meg to crack, but Meg is determined to find romance.
Torn between cooperation and competition, both Meg and Sarah let their personal passions interfere with their pursuit of the case as they strive to be the first to stop a killer.
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Posted in 4 stars, Erotica, Lesbian, Mystery, Reviews | 1 Comment »
May 25th, 2011 by Emily / 896 views
Title: Trauma Alert
Author: Radclyffe
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Length: Novel / 264 pgs
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Blurb:
When you spend your life battling death, who has time for love?
Dr. Ali Torveau knows just how fragile life can be—she sees death and tragedy every day in the trauma unit. Battling the dark forces of fate is her life’s work and she doesn’t want or need anything else, certainly nothing as transient as love. Plenty of women try to change her mind, but she never has any trouble saying no. Not until the day firefighter Beau Cross shows up in her ER and sets Ali’s carefully ordered world aflame.
A First Responders Novel
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Posted in 4 stars, Erotica, Lesbian, Reviews, Romance | 1 Comment »
May 24th, 2011 by Kassa / 517 views
Title: Blame it on the Raging Hormones 
Author: Nathan Goh
Publisher: Lethe Press
Length: Novel / 200 pgs
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Blurb:
This coming-of-age memoir of an ordinary gay boy from Singapore, in the form of an online journal, is brutally honest, endearing, poignant and raw. Nicky, an insecure youth in Singapore, goes on a journey of love and self-discovery and soon crashes into an underworld of sex, drugs, hustling and betrayal. After a series of failed romance, he heads for a breakdown, especially when his three friends, Dexter, Daniel and Dave, the Triple Ds, who support and guide him, have problems of their own and cannot help him. Can Nicky survive the cruel gay world of superficialities? Will he ever find true love? And is that even the solution to all his problems?
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Posted in 3.5 stars, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Reviews, Young Adult | No Comments »
May 23rd, 2011 by Indigene / 583 views
Title: Entertaining The Delaneys 
Author: Anne Brooke
Publisher: Amber Quill Press (Amber Allure)
Length: Short Story (8K words)
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BLURB
Since his initial encounter with the Delaney twins, Liam’s thoughts have turned back to them time and time again, and he can’t help hoping for another meeting. His chance happens one night when Mark Delaney rings and tells him to get into the car waiting outside. Liam does so at once, eager to see the twins again.
Once at the Delaney estate, Liam is at first overawed by the grandeur and style of his surroundings, the lush gardens replete with nude statues and the opulence of the residence itself, but seeing Mark, together with Johnny, focuses his mind on the entertainment to come. And it looks as if entertainment is certainly what’s in store. A business associate of the Delaneys, Mr. Buchanan, has agreed a deal with the twins, and part of that deal is Liam himself!
How will the evening end, and will Liam be able to handle the salacious challenges thrown at him this time?
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Posted in 3.5 stars, BDSM, Erotica, Gay, Reviews | 4 Comments »
May 19th, 2011 by Kassa / 432 views
Title: Bob the Book 
Author: David Pratt
Publisher: Chelsea Station Editions
Length: Novel / 200 pgs
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Blurb:
Just what is a ‘gay book’? -A book attracted to books of the same gender! Meet ‘Bob the Book,’ a gay book for sale in a Greenwich Village bookstore, where he falls in love with another book, Moishe. But a freak accident separates the young lovers. As Bob wends his way through used book bins, paper bags, knapsacks, and lecture halls, hoping to be reunited with Moishe, he meets a variety of characters, both book and human, including Angela, a widowed copy of Jane Austen’s ‘Mansfield Park’ and two other separated lovers, Neil and Jerry, near victims of a book burning. Among their owners and readers are Alfred and Duane, whose on-again, off-again relationship unites and separates our book friends. Will Bob find Moishe? Will Jerry and Neil be reunited? Will Alfred and Duane make it work? Read ‘Bob the Book’ to find all the answers.
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May 18th, 2011 by Emily / 379 views
Title: Love Revisited: Madison and Kate, from Summer Heat
Author: K.B. Cutter
Publisher: Noble Romance
Length: Short Story / 22 pgs
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Blurb:
Summer heat cools as the blue sky fades to gray under the glare of winter chill. For Madison, attending her father’s funeral in the cold, unforgiving landscape of rural upstate New York is the last place she thought she would encounter an ex-flame, or reignite a once-dormant passion.
Madison soon learns the brutal truth behind the old adage, “You can never go home.” She yearns for the strength and touch of her lover, Kate, who is snowbound miles away.
Can she suppress the growing desire for her ex-lover? Will Kate fully commit to their relationship?
Is it possible to have a Love, Revisited?
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May 17th, 2011 by Kassa / 275 views
Title: The Tourist 
Author: Clare London
Publisher: Carina Press
Length: Novella (34k/118 pgs)
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Blurb:
Visiting isn’t a science, at least not for me. It’s just what I do. Not that I mind, though. It’s not a bad thing, you understand, to find yourself in someone else’s body, stepping into a hot shower stark-naked and sporting a decent-sized morning wood.
Ace is a tourist. A spirit who spends his time visiting the lives of others for entertainment and sexual satisfaction. He can’t make anyone do anything they aren’t willing to do—but he is able to push them to their personal limits.
He’s currently visiting Dan and his lover, Ricky—a couple struggling with jealousy and words left unsaid. Emboldened by Ace, Dan becomes more sexually aggressive, a pleasant surprise for Ricky. But when an abusive ex threatens their newfound happiness, how far will Ace want to get involved? Will his fascination with the couple’s sexual games tempt him to protect them from a very real physical danger?
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Posted in 3 stars, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Reviews, Romance | 1 Comment »
May 16th, 2011 by Book Utopia Mom / 503 views
Title: Unavailable: One Lesbian’s Struggle with the Bisexuality of Other Women 
Author: Angela Kelly
Publisher: JMS Books
Length: Novella (34k/118 pgs)
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Blurb:
Welcome to the world of “the unsures,” Angela Kelly’s affectionate term for women falling at various points on the in-between scale of gay and straight.
Meet Liza, the single mother from an under privileged background, used to finding partners who will give her a sense of security. Then there’s Jennifer, the stripper who really does have a heart of gold. Sandy is the direly sexy friend Angela chased for years before winning over. Annie presents herself as a teacher and mentor but proves to be a manipulative narcissist. These and the other characters present a rich tapestry of love, lust, obsession and, finally, redemption.
Threaded between these stories of failed romance you will find self-discovery and a coming of age and awareness. Join Angela Kelly as she learns about her own issues, dysfunction, addictions, and interpersonal dynamics that contribute to her attraction to unavailable women … and their attraction to her.
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Posted in 4 stars, Lesbian, Memoirs, Reviews | 1 Comment »
