#BL Maxwell

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Rezension: "Vom Geist heimgesucht" (Valley Ghosts 2) von BL Maxwell.

Klappentext: Wade Rivers und Jason Thomas haben es endlich offiziell gemacht: Sie sind ein Paar. Ihr erstes Date, hoffentlich das erste von vielen, beginnt mit einem einfachen Abendessen, aber Wade hat eine Überraschung für Jason auf Lager und nimmt ihn zu Halloween zu einer Spukhausattraktion mit. Es wird schnell klar, dass Jason gerne paranormale Phänomene untersucht, aber er ist nicht so begeistert von den verschiedenen Attraktionen. Als sie sich mit Jimbo, einem anderen Erforscher von paranormalen Phänomenen, treffen, wird ihre lustige Nacht mit jedem Raum der Spukhausattraktion gruseliger. Vom Anfang bis zum Ende durchleben sie jeden erdenklichen Albtraum, und sie erfahren einige Wahrheiten übereinander, von denen sie nie gedacht hätten, dass sie ans Licht kommen würden. Eine paranormale friends-to-lovers Novella.

Rezension: Wohliges Gruseln im Kurzformat: Diese Novelle habe ich innerhalb eines Tages gelesen. Sie ist etwas episodenhaft aufgebaut, durch die verschiedenen Räume in der Spukhaus-Attraktion, die Wade und Jason mit ihrem Bekannten Jimbo besuchen. Und die haben es in sich, dank wirklich gruseliger Gestalten und unheimlicher Dinge. Die Geschichte wird diesmal komplett aus Jasons Sicht erzählt. Was die Romantik betrifft, diese ist hier eher im Hintergrund vertreten, während die gruseligen Elemente im Vordergrund stehen. Wer Angst hat vor Spinnen, gruseligen Clowns, Zombies oder (gruseligen) Puppen, sollte entweder zu anderem Lesestoff greifen, oder die Novelle mit Vorsicht genießen. Es ist aus meiner Sicht empfehlenswert, erst Band 1 der Reihe zu lesen, da in dieser Fortsetzung mehrfach auf Ereignisse aus Band 1 eingegangen wird. Die Novelle ist erschienen im Dead Soft Verlag.

[eloreenmoon]

'Love is All' (Volume 6) by BL Maxwell, Chantal Mer& Susan Scott Shelley, Connor Peterson, Gabbi Grey, Nic Starr, Sean Michael, Lee Blair, Xio Axelrod, RJ Scott & V.L. Locey and Piper Malone #LGBT #Spotlight #ReleaseDay #Anthology

Rainbow Gold Reviews is happy to be a host for this charity anthology: ‘Love is All’. Should you wish, there are separate links to the charities supporting LGBTQ centers below. Wendy will be reviewing one of the stories in this anthology, ‘Blue Sky Boyfriend’ by Gabbi Grey.  The sixth edition of LOVE IS ALL features ten brand new stories from bestselling and award-winning authors, including BL…

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Release Blitz, Excerpt & Giveaway: Muted Chords: The Road to Rocktoberfest 2022 by Samuel York

Release Blitz, Excerpt & Giveaway: Muted Chords: The Road to Rocktoberfest 2022 by Samuel York

RELEASE BLITZ Book Title: Muted Chords (The Road to Rocktoberfest 2022) Author and Publisher: Samuel York Cover Artist: Natasha Snow Release Date: November 4, 2022 Genre: Contemporary M/M Romance Tropes: Soul mates, work colleagues, insta-love Themes: Belief in self Heat Rating: 4 flames Length: 50 000 words/246 pages It is a standalone story and does not end on a cliffhanger. Goodreads Buy…

[sapphire-drawings]

Another lazy Scribbly comic to ship Maxwil in their (Un)Triumphant skins which are an AU by themselves and I'm up for it!

[jollybone]

M A X

[profiterole-reads]

2023 Favourites

In no particular order. This is content I've read and watched in 2023, not necessarily content released in 2023.

Books

1. Notorious Sorcerer by Davinia Evans: fantasy with some m/m. The protagonist travels to other planes for alchemical ingredients and ends up having to learn greater workings. I love the Byzantine vibe of the worldbuilding.

2. The Daughters of Izdihar by Hadeer Elsbai: fantasy with some f/f. Two women, a waterweaver and an earthweaver, join a women's rights movement. I love the Egyptian-inspired worldbuilding.

3. Reforged by Seth Haddon: m/m fantasy. This King/Paladin novel has a surprising plot. The magic system is very original as well, I especially like the music part of it.

4. The Buried and the Bound by Rochelle Hassan: urban fantasy with some m/m (YA). The hedgewitch protecting the town teams up with a boy cursed to forget his true love and another one trapped as a bondservant.

5. [Spanish] Lazos de Sangre by LR Jeffers: m/m urban fantasy (erotica). This is a series about werewolves and big cat shifters, usually angsty and hot.

6. [French] Meute by Karine Rennberg: urban fantasy with some m/m + another protagonist is aroace and uses sign language. This is a novel about building your own werewolf pack. I think this is my first time encountering 2nd-person narration in French and it works surprisingly well.

7. Cascade by Rachel A. Rosen: science fantasy with mlm and wlw protagonists + no romance. An ecological disaster has freed magic. In Canada, the Party works with a wizard in order to try and save humanity. I love the intricacies of the plot, which skilfully mixes politics, science and magic.

8. Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell: m/m science fiction. Telepathy, my favourite trope, done by one of my fave authors! It was even better than I expected.

9. The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei: science fiction/murder mystery with several non-binary major characters. 80 people from all around the world embark on a one-way interstellar voyage. As they're all required to get pregnant, they're obviously afab, but several are non-binary, with mentions of a trans man.

10. Forget Me Not by Alyson Derrick: f/f romance (YA). This is a very romantic novel about two girls dating in secret until one gets amnesia. I enjoy this trope a lot.

TV shows

1. Good Omens: fantasy with queer protagonists + some f/f. I love the book and I love the adaptation. Season 2 is original content, but it's faithful to the spirit of the novel.

2. Shadow and Bone: fantasy with some m/m (YA). This successfully mixes the Shadow and Bone trilogy (that I haven't read) and the Six of Crows duology (that I have read and enjoyed).

3. Warrior Nun: fantasy with some f/f. Nuns literally fight against demons.

4. The Power: superpower fiction with some f/f + a trans woman and an intersex man. Teenage girls start developing an electrical superpower, which makes them safer from men.

5. Nü Er Hong: GL wuxia. This c-drama is a quick watch, with 27 episodes of 2 minutes. I love that these short webdramas always have more or less the same actresses.

6. The Devil Judge: dystopia/thriller with BL vibes. This k-drama has a tight plot and fascinating characters. There's a girl in a wheelchair and the rep is well done.

7. Naughty Babe: BL romance/murder (attempt) mystery. This Thai drama is the sequel to Cutie Pie, except that they switched up the main pairing and the secondary pairing. I think it's possible to watch it on its own.

8. Wedding Plan: BL + GL romcom. This Thai drama has mlm-wlw solidarity, which I hope to see more of in the future. There are also cameos from the BL couples from Love in the Air.

9. Oh! My Assistant: BL romcom. This hilarious k-drama is about a het porn webtoon creator and his assistant. Despite this topic, the drama is not explicit.

10. Welcome to the Lesbian Bar: GL contemporary fiction. This k-drama is a quick watch, with 5 episodes of 6 minutes. In each episode, 2 customers come have a drink and chat with the owner.

Movies

1. Barbie: fantasy that is so gender! This was such a big surprise coming from Hollywood.

2. Nimona: fantasy with a protagonist who is a trans/enby allegory + some m/m (YA). I haven't read the graphic novel, so this was more depressing than I expected (it deals a lot with discrimination), but still an excellent movie.

3. Wingwomen (Voleuses in the original French): action movie with a sapphic protagonist + f/f vibes between the other two. I love heist movies all about women.

4. Kill Bok-soon: action movie with some f/f. This Korean movie has interesting cinematography. Note that it's very violent, though.

5. Red, White & Royal Blue: m/m romcom. I love the book and I love the adaptation.

6. Anything's Possible: m/f romance with a trans female protagonist (YA). This is a very positive movie, about love, art and nature.

7. Fanfic: m/m romance with a trans male protagonist (YA). This Polish movie is sometimes dark, sometimes fun.

[le-trash-prince]

Okay here is the final list of all the books I’ve finished this year! (since it doesn’t look like I’m going to get anything finished or even started this week.)

I tend to not finish things if I’m not enjoying them (two exceptions on this list because sometimes I am spiteful), so I liked all of these—but the ones in bold are those I particularly loved (I only bolded one per series or it would just be a wall of The Murderbot Diaries lol).

LGBT+ books read: 48

wlw books read: 22

trans/nb books: 17

I’m very happy with my year in reading. I hit my new year’s goal of 52 books finished. And I read a lot of things that I really fucking loved. Lots of robots. LOTS of scifi/fantasy sapphics which I am SO happy about. Some good horror, some good fucky “romances”. A lot of things written in response to the Trump era or written during 2020 lockdown.

I also enjoyed partaking in online book fandom for the first time in possibly ever! Especially Murderbot fandom, which is very active and creative and lovely.

(If you followed me for my bookblogging, thank you for enduring my Thai BL vroom vroom omegaverse brainrot. It will not be stopping anytime soon.)

For 2024, I am going to keep my goal at 52 books and save any extra time I have for rereading old things.

Anyways the list, for posterity:

After Midnight: A History of Independent India by Meghaa Gupta

The Old Place by Bobby Finger

Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell

The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monae

Women and Girls With Autism Spectrum Disorder by Sarah Hendrickx

A Restless Truth by Freya Marske

Unmasking Autism by Devon Price

Divergent Mind by Jenara Nerenberg

Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk

Strictly No Heroics by B. L. Radley

Love after the End edited by Joshua Whitehead

Juniper Harvey and the Vanishing Kingdom by Nina Varela

All Systems Red by Martha Wells

The Witch and the Vampire by Francesca Flores

Artificial Condition by Martha Wells

Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells

Exit Strategy by Martha Wells

Network Effect by Martha Wells

The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water by Zen Cho

The Lies of the Ajungo by Moses Ose Utomi

Flux by Jinwoo Chong

Burning Roses by S. L. Huang

In the Lives of Puppets by T. J. Klune

Fugitive Telemetry by Martha Wells

No One Will Come Back For Us by Premee Mohamed

The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang

The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

The Witch King by Martha Wells

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

We Could Be So Good by Cat Sebastian

Last Dance on the Starlight Pier by Sarah Bird

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

Galveston’s Maceo Family Empire by T. Nicole Boatman et al

Blood Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max Fury Road by Kyle Buchanan

A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Galveston’s Red Light District: A History of the Line by Kimber Fountain

Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake

In the Vanisher’s Palace by Aliette de Bodard

The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard

Harrow the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

Linghun by Ai Jiang

Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir

A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger

The Salvation Gambit by Emily Skrutskie

Spear by Nicola Griffith

The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starking

Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri

The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport by Samit Basu

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders

A Power Unbound by Freya Marske

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

Sing for the Coming of the Longest Night by Iona Datt Sharma & Katherine Fabian

System Collapse by Martha Wells

Silver Nitrate Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Whalefall by Daniel Kraus

We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia

Out There Screaming edited by Jordan Peele

[harleybeaumont]

The Other Nevrakis - Christmas Party

Book - The Other Nevakis - TRR AU

Pairings - Drake x Lilith (OC), Liam x Riley

Word Count - 1,330

Warnings - language, drinking

I was inspired to write this fic from the @choicesholidays​ prompt: I’ve never been stabbed by an icicle before, and the edit that goes along with it is from the prompt: I’m so glad we found each other.

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It’s the night of Liam and Riley’s annual Christmas party. Not the formal one attended by every noble and dignitary in Cordonia, but a cozy gathering of their closest friends and family members.

Jingle Bell Rock plays quietly over the speakers, and Lilith and Riley are seated at the bar, both about 5 shots of tequila in.

“We need to take a picture!” Riley hiccups and giggles as she leans against her friend. “Max brought all these props and no one’s using them.. besides him, I mean.”

Lilith chuckles as her eyes land on Maxwell who is wearing an elf hat with a bell on the end, attempting to put a Santa hat on a protesting Bertrand.

“No thanks!” Lilith smirks. “I put on a pair of those stupid elf ears and I’ve just provided you with blackmail material.”

Riley places her hand over her heart and gasps. “Me?! You think I would blackmail my BFF?! “ Lilith raises an eyebrow skeptically and Riley laughs. “Ok maybe that one time when I wanted to borrow your Jimmy Choo’s and you wouldn’t let me, but never anything serious!”

“You were going to tell everyone that I can burp the alphabet! I don’t want anyone to know that! It’s humiliating!”

Riley cackles, leaning against the bar to steady herself. “It’s impressive! And it’s not like I was really gonna tell anyone!”

“Ya, ya..” Lilith rolls her eyes with a smile. 

“I have an idea.” Riley nods across the room to where Liam and Drake are standing together, talking. “I bet I can convince Liam to dress up as Santa quicker than you can get Drake to. Winner gets to pick what we dress up as from Max’s prop box. ”

“Well duh, you’re gonna win!” Lilith shakes her head. “Liam literally does whatever you want, whenever you want!”

Riley bites her lip, watching her husband with a smirk. “He does, doesn’t he?”

“So you see, this isn’t a fair bet.”

“Then what would be fair?”

Lilith glances out the window, watching a light snowfall drift across the night sky. “Snowball fight.”

“Ha!” Riley laughs. “Against the woman who grew up in Lythikos surrounded by snow 24/7? How is that fair? You’ll annihilate me!”

“Sounds like you’re scared, Ri.”

Riley bites her cheek while she thinks. “Fine. Take two more shots of tequila, and then it’ll be fair.”

“Two more!? But we’ve both had the same amount!” 

“Exactly. Everyone knows you have a higher tolerance than me.” Riley holds her hand out expectantly. “Soooo? Deal?”

Lilith knocks back two more shots and shakes Riley’s hand with a smirk. “Deal.”

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The girls stagger slightly as they make their way outside into the snowy courtyard, grabbing their coats on the way. Lilith blinks her eyes slowly, her mind hazy from the tequila. 

“So, howwe gonna do this?” Lilith slurs, shaking her head in an attempt to clear her thoughts.

Riley pulls out her phone and sets a timer for five minutes. “Whoever has been hit the most when time runs out, loses.” Riley smirks but wobbles, catching herself on a statue. “Whoa. Ok, ready…go!”

Lilith dashes across the courtyard, slides behind a tree, and begins balling up snow as quickly as possible to create a nice stash of ammo. She peers out from behind the brush, listening for any sound of Riley. With no sign of her, Lilith picks up a few snowballs and creeps through the snow, making her way from tree to tree for cover. She sees no footprints, noting that Riley must have gone along the concrete path. “Where is this bitch?” Lilith whispers and is immediately pelted in the back of the head with a freezing projectile. “Hey!”

Riley laughs maniacally and rushes away. “First blood! First blood!”

“You’re gonna pay for that!” Lilith bolts after Riley, hurling a snowball that quickly whiffs past Riley’s head, barely missing her, and exploding against the tree beside her.

“Oh my god, are you trying to take my head off?!” Riley squeals as she weaves between the trees with Lilith hot on her tail. After a minute, Riley pauses to lean against the tree, completely winded. When she turns around, Lilith is nowhere in sight.

Riley’s eyes dart around the courtyard, but thanks to the excess amount of tequila, everything feels as if it’s moving in slow motion. She pulls out her phone and checks the time with a grin. “You only have 15 seconds left! I win!!”

“That’s what you think.” Lilith appears from behind a tree holding a snowball in each hand. “Nowhere left to hide.”

Riley holds her hands up in surrender, a look of terror flashing across her face. “Why do you look like you want to murder me?!”

Lilith utters a sinister chuckle. “I win.”

Placing two snowballs in one hand, Lilith brings her arm back ready to deliver the winning blow, when a flash of something dives from her peripheral vision. 

“Noooooo!” The snowballs smack square against the chest of the interloper as he screams.

“Liam!” Riley yells as he lands in the snow with a grunt. She kneels down over him and giggles. “You saved my life!”

Liam sits up and rubs his sore chest. “Oww, maybe literally! That snowball had an icicle in it!”

“Jesus Lil!” Drake appears next to her with a smirk. “Trying to assassinate the King and Queen with an icicle?”

“I didn’t know, I swear!” Lilith throws her hands over her mouth in shock. 

Liam stands and dusts the snow off of himself with a chuckle. “I’ve never been stabbed by an icicle before. You’ve got quite an arm, Lilith!”

“I’m so sorry!” Lilith shakes her head. “I don’t know how that happened, for real!”

“Well.” Riley grins cockily. “I believe I win the snowball fight!”

Lilith scoffs. “You wouldn’t have if Liam hadn’t jumped in front of you like a damn superhero! How did you guys even know we were out here?”

Drake steps closer to Lilith, wrapping his arms around her to help her get warm. “A couple of Riley’s guards told us that there was a drunken snowball fight going on outside, and we might want to check on you.”

“What was going on out here was my glorious victory!” Riley boasts with a cheeky grin. “I beat a Nevrakis in a snowball fight! This is the best day ever!”

Lilith rolls her eyes. “I’m pretty sure Liam intercepting the snowball is technically cheating.”

“Look, I’m too cold to argue. We’ll forgive you for the icicle and just call it even,” Riley says through her chattering teeth as she pulls Liam close. “Now let's get inside because I’m fricking freezing!”

Liam and Drake help their shivering, inebriated partners back inside the palace and help them get cleaned up, returning to the party just in time for karaoke.

As Leo saunters on stage and begins singing Santa Baby, Riley takes Lilith’s hand and leads her to the prop box. “Now, what am I gonna pick for you to wear in the photo?”

“Uh, no way! Outside, you said we would call it even.” Lilith crosses her arms.

“Did I?” Riley taps her cheek with a smirk. “Ok, fine. We’ll just go up and do some karaoke. Actually Lilith, why don’t you get up there and share your amazing talent of singing the ABC’s by burpi-.”

Lilith throws her hand over Riley’s mouth, narrowing her eyes. “You are the worst!”

Riley grins widely, passing Lilith a pair of reindeer antlers, which she snatches  and puts on begrudgingly. “I hate you.”

“No you don’t! You love me.” Riley pokes Lilith in the side wiggling her finger, and Lilith swats her hand away with a chuckle. 

“Fine. But if I take this pic you have to promise not to hold that over my head ever again! Because you know damn well I have plenty of dirt on you.”

“Deal.” Riley bumps Lilith’s shoulder with a smile. “Now, put those paws up little reindeer, and say cheese!”

[magpiefngrl]

May + June Books

Photo Credit (original): Ed Robertson

May + June 2023

I read 17 books in the past two months and filled 8 categories of my Reading Challenge. I managed 6 books from my piles of unread physical books and I completed a few series I'd started ages ago. Overall, I'm plodding along OK as regards my 2023 reading goals.

3 books that stood out were:

Ocean's Echo by Everina Maxwell (sci-fi with romantic subplot)

I didn't love Maxwell's debut novel but this one!! I couldn't put it down! Loved the characters, how different to each other but also complementary they were; their telepathic powers and the worldbuilding; the excellent pacing; the complicated space politics. Keep in mind that it's not heavy on the romance; things between the pairing develop very, very gradually.

Scum Villain's Self-Saving System by MXTX (danmei/ BL)

Are these books perfect? No. Do I care? Also no. 5 stars and 10000 satisfaction points.

The Ladies of Grace Adieu by Susanna Clarke (short stories, historical fantasy)

Really charming and engaging stories set in the world of Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell novel.

What's next?

I'm finally on summer hols and officially unemployed so more time to read. I'll focus on romance novels as I'd like to write one myself. I expect a lot of rereads of my fave KJ Charles and, hopefully, a book or two from my piles of physical unread novels.

What about you? What is everyone reading?

you can follow me on GoodReads

[darlingpoppet]

✨ Get to know me ✨

I was tagged by @alibonbonn a while back (thank you so much!) sorry for the late response but I suppose this is a good way to reintroduce myself to my tumblr followers (hey y’all!)

Current Wallpaper: I don’t wanna take a screenshot of it since it’s someone else’s fanart but it’s this Hades Patrochilles piece by Zeyan. (are they on tumblr? Idk lemme know and I’ll reblog it!) my home screen is a much older eruri fanart whose artist I can’t even remember anymore :’) hopefully they’re out there thriving!

Three Ships: Patrochilles, Eruri, ummmm FrodoSam (idk I’ve been emotional about them again recently) also I feel like this shouldn’t be allowed to count since I haven’t played the game but I’ve been mega eyes emoji over FFXVI ever since I heard about Dion & Terence because I’m SO WEAK for any and all king & lionheart ships (these are all king & lionheart ships!!!!)

First ship: OH GOD it was probably 1x2, Heero Yuy x Duo Maxwell from Gundam Wing aka the millennial baby’s first bl amirite folks? Wolfstar was also an early formative ship, from a book series whose name I can’t seem to remember now… hmm weird!

Fave color: mint green! I love wearing it and I love home aesthetics using it as an accent color

Last song: Mr. Kitty - After Dark

Last movie in theatres: ATSV babyyy!! I have half of that soundtrack stuck in my head 24/7 so any of those songs would also easily apply to the previous question

Last show: tv? I don’t know her (I’m pretty sure the last series I actually finished was OFMD but that was over a year ago and I still haven’t finished IWTV orz)

Currently reading: The Priory Of The Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon (the real answer is “the Iliad for the 84847384th time”. I also just finished reading Plato’s Symposium)

Current obsession: Everyone who knows me knows this by now but I’ve been deep in a Greek mythology rabbit role for about a year & a half now with no hope of escape. Particularly anything Iliad/Trojan War/Achilles/Patrochilles related. I’m sorry for the person I’m about to become when Dr. Emily Wilson’s Iliad translation is released this September 😔

Unrelated obsession: I love watching ASMR videos, especially ones with massages, hair brushing, or 1st person POV where they do your makeup or give you a spa treatment or whatever lol. Also wood soup asmr! I also recently got into keyboard asmr and bought myself some wireless keyboards for my birthday which make nice thocky/clacky noises 🤤

Currently working on: a lot of fic writing for zines, djs, and ao3, but my main WIP is Where The Dead Forget, a memory loss AU Patrochilles fic set in the Hades game universe, which also has a lot of my own retellings of the Achilles & Patroclus myths woven in. The updates have been slow in the last few months but I’m finally close to publishing a new chapter. We’re still in the early game so come join me! ✨

Tagging: @cosmicvoidance @cottonomz-again @johaerys-writes @lostcauses-noregrets @zorthania @erwinsalive, and anyone else who wants to do it! (sorry if you’ve already been tagged or did this I haven’t been around lol)

[oldfangirl81]

Suddenly I am very glad I went a little overboard on that "queer your bookshelf" sale at the start of the month. It looks like the train I am taking to Portland doesn't have WiFi if the online data is still accurate.

I haven't read any beyond a couple pages yet but still thought it might interest some. Caution most fall on the adult side. A couple are on the darker side(I tried to note them but again haven't read them yet and might have missed some). And tend to be sci-fi/fantasy.

Tidal Wave by E.M. Lindsey (Motorcycle Club/Gang)

For Real: An M/Mx Romance by R.A. Frick (BDSM)

Double Crossed: A Why Choose Military Romance by Adora Crooks

Stumptown Spirits by E.J. Russell

T.A.G. You're Seen by D.G. Carothers (BDSM/Kink)

Rough Sketchers by MJ Green (Mafia)

Soulmates by Liv Rancourt

Wormwood Summer by Kai Butler

Silent Truth by Samuel York

Acoustics by London Price

Changing His Tune by Blake Allwood

Love is Blind by Scarlet Blackwell

The Viking and the Drag Queen by V.L. Locey

One Wild Heat by Kelex (Omegaverse)

Twenty-One Arrow Salute by Kasia Bacon

Love Is A Stranger by John Wiltshire

As You Wish by Isobel Starling

Wrong Hunt by JS Harker

Adverse Conditions by Elle Keaton

First Moon by Richard Amos

Surrender Love by Kayelle Allen

Forbidden Devotion by Lee Colgin

The Things We Find by BL Maxwell

Trial By Fire by BA Tortuga

Dark Warrior by Lily Harlem

The Witch's Familiar by TJ Nichols

Teeth and Tarot by A.A. Fairview

His Death Bringer by Courtney W. Dixon (Rape)

Shards of Hope by BL Jones (many of the reviews say it starts off very dark)

Black Ice Heart by Abrianna Denae (suicidal ideation, torture)

Double Trouble by Babara Elsborg

Stone Wings by Jenn Burke

Kitchen Sink Dom by Tanya Chris (BDSM)

Mr Mustachio Is Falsely Accused by Dawn MacKinnon

Embers and Flames by Sadie Jay

Sebastian by Linden Bell

The Date Mistake by Joelle Lynne

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Release Blitz, Excerpt & Giveaway: Three of a Kind: The Road to Rocktoberfest 2022 by Nic Starr

Release Blitz, Excerpt & Giveaway: Three of a Kind: The Road to Rocktoberfest 2022 by Nic Starr

RELEASE BLITZ Book Title: Three of a Kind (The Road to Rocktoberfest 2022) Author and Publisher: Nic Starr Cover Artist: Natasha Snow Release Date: October 21, 2022 Genre: Contemporary M/M Romance Tropes: Rock star, Menage, Friends to Lovers, Second Chance Themes: Coming out, Insecurity Heat Rating: 4 flames Length: approx 45 000 words It’s part of a multi-author series but can be read…

[thistle-nightshade]

What to Read for the Trans Rights Readathon 2024

NonFiction:

I Hope We Choose Love by Kai Cheng Thom

Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby

Safe and Sound by Mercury Stardust

Spectrums: Autistic Transgender People in Their Own Words (Various)

Fantasy:

The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Lark and Kasim Start a Revolution by Kacen Callendar

Our Bloody Pearl by DN Bryn

Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

Venom & Vow by Elliot McLemore and Anna-Marie McLemore

Sci-Fi:

Mazarin Blues by Al Hess

Winters Orbit by Everina Maxwell

Strictly No Heroics by BL Radley

Horror:

Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White

Your Body is Not Your Body (Various)

General Fiction:

The Free People's Village by Sim Kern

Future Feeling by Joss Lake

Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead

The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar

Romance:

A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland

The Stars and the Stage by DN Bryn

[kayelleallen]

Read Love Is All Volume 6 by Gabbi Grey et al. @gabbigrey #WriteLGBTQ #MMRomance

[scoobybuddie]

March 2023 Book Ratings

Love's Legacy by Adam J. Ridley (Kindle Version) - 3 out of 5 star rating

Lucien by Silvia Violet (Kindle Version) - 4 out of 5 star rating

23 by Brittany Cournoyer (Kindle Version) - 4 out of 5 star rating

Hot Head by Mika Nix (Kindle Unlimited Version) - 3 out of 5 star rating

Origin by AJ Sherwood & Jocelynn Drake (Kindle Version) - 3 out of 5 star rating

Eager For You by H.L. Day (Kindle Version) - 3 out of 5 star rating

Gaycation in Paradise by Ariella Zoelle (Kindle Version) - 3 out of 5 star rating

Under A Full Moon by Sammi Cee & Michelle Frost (Kindle Version) - 3 out of 5 star rating

Bet on Love by Ariella Zoelle (Kindle Version) - 3 out of 5 star rating

Claiming Marcus by Jocelynn Drake (Kindle Version) - 3 out of 5 star rating

Morning My Angel by Sue Brown (Kindle Version) - 3 out of 5 star rating

Hot Mess by Misha Horne (Kindle Version) - 4 out of 5 star rating

Little Slice of Hell by Clio Evans (Kindle Version) - 4 out of 5 star rating

Remember When by BL Maxwell (Kindle Version) - 3 out of 5 star rating

Surreal Estate by Jesi Lea Ryan (Kindle Version) - 4 out of 5 star rating

Sinister: Unhallowed by John P. Logsdon & Christopher P. Young (Kindle Version) - 3 out of 5 star rating

Borrowing Blue by Lucy Lennox (Kindle Version) - 4 out of 5 star rating

Soul Bottles by Lawrence M. Schoen & Brian Thorne (Kindle Version) - 2 out of 5 star rating

Angelo by Silvia Violet (Kindle Unlimited Version) - 3 out of 5 star rating

Felix and the Prince by Lucy Lennox (Kindle Version) - 3 out of 5 star rating

The Shape of Terror by A.J. Burnes (Kindle Unlimited Version) - 5 out of 5 star rating

Devil by Silvia Violet (Kindle Unlimited Version) - 3 out of 5 star rating

A Devilish Christmas by Silvia Violet (Kindle Unlimited Version) - 3 out of 5 star rating

Mob Boss by Silvia Violet (Prolific Works Version) - 3 out of 5 star rating

Glasswing by Kimbra Swain (Kindle Version) - 3 out of 5 star rating

Space Army Recruits: Day One by Kinley Grey (Kindle Version) - 3 out of 5 star rating

Shades of Lust by E.M. Lindsey (Kindle Version) - 5 out of 5 star rating

Old Magic by Chris Lowry (Kindle Version) - 3 out of 5 star rating

Legends by Kit Bladegrave (Kindle Version) - 3 out of 5 star rating

Chaos by Kit Bladegrave (Kindle Version) - 3 out of 5 star rating