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A Solid Core of Alpha by Amy Lane

September 28th, 2011 by Kassa / 301 views

Title: A Solid Core of Alpha
Author: Amy Lane
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Length: Novel / 300 pgs
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Blurb:

In an act of heroism and self-sacrifice, Anderson Rawn’s sister saved him from the destruction of their tiny mining colony, but her actions condemned the thirteen-year-old to ten years of crushing loneliness on the hyperspace journey to a new home. Using electronics and desperation, Anderson creates a family to keep him company, but family isn’t always a blessing.

When Anderson finally arrives, C.J. Poulson greets him with curiosity and awe, because anyone who can survive a holocaust and reinvent holo-science is going to be a legend and right up C.J.’s alley. But the more C.J. investigates how Anderson endured the last ten years, the deeper he is drawn into a truly dangerous fantasy, one that offers the key to Anderson’s salvation—and his destruction.

In spite of his best intentions, C.J. can’t resist the terribly seductive Anderson. Their attraction threatens to destroy them, because the heart of a man who can survive the destruction of his people and retain his sense of self holds a solid core of alpha male that will not be denied.

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Posted in 4 stars, Action Adventure, Fantasy, Futuristic, Gay, Reviews, Science Fiction | 3 Comments »

Muffled Drum by Erastes

August 30th, 2011 by Kassa / 310 views

Title: Muffled Drum
Author: Erastes
Publisher: Carina Press
Length: Novel (43k)
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Blurb:

Bohemia, 1866

They met in a port-side tavern, their lust-filled moments stolen from days of marching and madness. After eighteen months, Captain Rudolph von Ratzlaff and First Lieutenant Mathias Hofmann have decided to run away from everything they hold dear. Resigning their commissions is social suicide, but there’s no other choice. Someone will eventually see Rudolph’s partiality toward Mathias.

Now their plans have gone horribly awry… When Mathias goes to Rudolph’s tent after their last battle, his lover looks at him without a hint of recognition. Mathias can hardly believe the man he knew is gone. He wants to fill in so many of Rudolph’s missing memories, but the doctor says a shock could result in permanent damage. The pain of seeing Rudolph on a daily basis, when Rudolph doesn’t remember their love, is excruciating. Now Mathias must decide whether he wants to fight for the man he loves or forget him completely…

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Bear Like Me by Jonathan Cohen

August 2nd, 2011 by Kassa / 297 views

Title: Bear Like Me
Author: Jonathan Cohen
Publisher: Lethe Press
Length: Novel / 250 pgs
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Blurb:

Fired from his job at the slick gay lifestyle magazine, Phag, Peter Mallory has to find a way to make a living. When his best friend suggests writing a book about the bear community, Peter is skeptical. But as soon as he realizes that with a new “bear” look he can go undercover at his old job and get his revenge, Peter is letting his body hair grow and practicing the fine art of flannel couture. When his sabotage campaign starts to work almost too well, Peter starts to run the risk of discovery. And when an intriguing bear steals his heart, he realizes that his double existence could end very badly. Peter Mallory is definitely in for the ride of his life!

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Posted in 3 stars, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Reviews | 2 Comments »

British Flash (Anthology)

July 26th, 2011 by Kassa / 295 views

Title: British Flash
Author: Multiple
Publisher: UK Mat
Length: Anthology / 80 pages
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A revealing collection of short LGBT fiction, available free of charge from Smashwords

Enjoy this entertaining collection of flash fiction stories, and their short and sweet expression of what it means to be queer in Britain, past and present. All these stories reflect the iconic sights and national character of the British Isles: a taste of our idiosyncrasies and eccentricities, but also an unashamed representation of the love, loyalty and laughter of our people.

Follow the British way of life from historic villages to modern cities, from the countryside to the sea, through history and with a fantasy twist, in gardens, shops, campus and the familiar, much-loved local pub.

The stories cover universal themes of romance, desire, remembrance and reconciliation. The authors range from multi-published to up-and-coming, and they all share a passion for their characters, whether through great drama, erotic excitement, humour – or a combination of all three!

Contributors include:
Alex Beecroft, Victoria Blisse, Stevie Carroll, Charlie Cochrane, Sophia Deri-Bowen, Erastes, Lucy Felthouse, Elin Gregory, Mara Ismine, Sandra Lindsey, Clare London, JL Merrow, Josephine Myles, Zahra Owens, Jay Rookwood, Caroline Stephens, Stevie Woods, Lisa Worrall and Serena Yates.

This anthology is a souvenir of the 2011 UK Meet, an occasion for GLBTQ supporters to get together in a relaxed setting to celebrate and chat about the fiction community they love.

Edited by: Josephine Myles, Alex Beecroft, Charlie Cochrane, Clare London and JL Merrow

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Posted in 4 stars, Anthology, Bisexual, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Lesbian, Queer, Reviews, Romance, Transgender | No Comments »

Shameful Desires 1: Enslaved by P.J. Proud

July 12th, 2011 by Kassa / 298 views

Title: Shameful Desires 1: Enslaved
Author: P.J. Proud
Publisher: Fanny Press
Length: Novel / 300 pgs
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Blurb:

Jeremy Piper has idolized Andre Jackson for years, and now Andre is acting in Jeremy’s movie. But the fledgling screenwriter is quickly disillusioned with the flesh-and-blood actor, who strikes him as rude and narcissistic. When the talk turns to bondage scenes, Andre throws down the gauntlet, swearing he can break Jeremy’s will with erotic spanking. Jeremy refuses to submit and the chase is on, with a determined Andre bent on bringing Jeremy to heel. With his life spiraling out of control, Jeremy can no longer resist Andre’s challenge. The scene that follows changes them both, revealing Jeremy’s deep-seated desire to submit and Andre’s equally strong need to dominate. Submersed in subspace, Jeremy begs Andre to make love to him, to own him, and Andre can’t refuse his willing, handsome slave. Thus begins their romance. Events and their own proud natures will conspire to tear them apart. Andre has a fiancée, Jeremy a wife. Will they ever come to terms with their shameful desires?

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GOOD & HOT: Gay Erotic Romance by Rob Rosen

June 28th, 2011 by Kassa / 304 views

Title: GOOD & HOT: Gay Erotic Romance
Author: Rob Rosen
Publisher: Fierce Publishing
Length: Anthology (150 pgs)
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Blurb:

Rob Rosen, the award-winning author of the smash-hit novels, Sparkle: The Queerest Book You’ll Ever Love, Divas Las Vegas, and Hot Lava, serves you twenty of his piping hot tales of romance and humor, all from the pages of MEN, Freshmen, and [2] Magazines. Rangers, aliens, clowns, hippies, truckers, surfers, co-workers, servicemen… this book has them all!
Caution: you might want to blow on it for a few seconds because these stories are Good & Hot!

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The Legend of the Mountain Ash by Ruth Sims

June 21st, 2011 by Kassa / 269 views

Title: The Legend of the Mountain Ash
Author: Ruth Sims
Publisher: Untreed Reads
Length: Short Story (14 pgs)
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Blurb:

Ethan is a Doughboy wounded in the battle for Belleau Wood. Davy is a reviled British conscientious objector serving in a military hospital. Two young men drawn to each other in the midst of the horrors of the Great War. Neither has a family, for the soldier’s has all died and the CO’s has cast him off in disgust for refusing to take up arms.

The bond of love that grows between Ethan and Davy takes them to Ethan’s beautiful Appalachian hills, where they build a home and make a life. It is there they find that their love is strong enough to conquer everything, even time and death.

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I’m Saying Yes by E.N. Holland

May 31st, 2011 by Kassa / 418 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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Blame it on the Raging Hormones by Nathan Goh

May 24th, 2011 by Kassa / 489 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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Bob the Book by David Pratt

May 19th, 2011 by Kassa / 421 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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