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Cover Reveal & Giveaway: Our Radiant Embers by Zarah Detand

Cover Reveal & Giveaway: Our Radiant Embers By Zarah Detand Coming June 7th Their rivalry? Explosive. Their chemistry? Magical. When a regrettable drunken hookup becomes your partner in a high-stakes magical project, sparks are bound to fly—just not the kind Liam Morgan was hoping for. Teaming up with Adam Harrington, the golden boy of a legendary magical lineage, was not on his to-do…

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Review: Be My Endgame by Zarah Detand

Rating: 4.25🌈 “It was on. Number one against number three, battling it out in a tight race for the top spot in the Premier League.” — Be My Endgame: An MM Rivals-to-Lovers Sports Romance by Zarah Detand It thanks almost totally to Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney’s ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ series about buying Wrexham, a Welsh football (soccer to us in the US) team, I do know a bit about the…

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Queer Books Coming Out January 2024

🌈 Good morning, my bookish bats! Struggling to keep up with all the amazing queer books coming out this month? Here are a FEW of the stunning, diverse queer books you can add to your TBR before the year is over. Remember to #readqueerallyear! Happy reading!

❤️ Tentacle Wonderland by Reese Morrison 🧡 Cupid’s Revenge by Wibke Brueggemann 💛 Okay, Cupid by Mason Deaver 💚 Soren by Miranda Page & Lina Ganef 💙 Just Happy to Be Here by Naomi Kanakia 💜 Stars and Soil by Dax Murray ❤️ Deep Sounding Chaos by Adrian J. Smith & Neen Cohen 🧡 Minor Disturbances at Grand Life Apartments by Hema Sukumar 💛 Evergreen by Devin Greenlee 💙 Matsdotter and Adrastus (Adventures in Levena #2) by Aelina Isaacs 💜 Thousand Autumns: Qian Qiu Vol. 3 by Meng Xi Shi and Me Mimo 🌈 Destined by Jen Carter

❤️ Her Spell That Binds Me by Luna Oblonsky 🧡 Her Mechanic Bear Mate (Crescent Lake Bears #3) by Arizona Tape 💛 That Bitter Sting by Melissa Polk 💚 Bioluminescence by Toni Duarte 💙 Lucky Bounce by Cait Nary 💜 Don’t Want You Like A Best Friend by Emma R. Alban ❤️ Bachelorette Number Twelve by Jae 🧡 How to Share a Cat and Other Life Lessons by Evelyn Fenn 💛 A Sheep in Wolf’s Clothing by Amy Allen 💙 Bound by Kate Hawthorne 💜 Moonbreak by Lise MacTague 🌈 Falling All In by Laina Villeneuve

❤️ Murder on Castaway Island by Alicia Gael 🧡 The Butler's Vessel by S. Rodman 💛 Tadek and the Princess by Alexandra Rowland 💚 Escaping Mr. Rochester by L.L. McKinney 💙 Amid Our Lines by Zarah Detand 💜 Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa ❤️ A Doctor’s Touch by A.A. Fairview 🧡 So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole 💛 Never Be a Saint by Mark Runte 💙 Maude Horton's Glorious Revenge by Lizzie Pook 💜 Eli Harpo's Adventure to the Afterlife by Eric Schlich 🌈 City of Laughter by Temim Fruchter

❤️ Enthralled by Her by Chelsea M. Cameron 🧡 Knight of Staria by Iris Foxglove 💛 The Storm Gathers by Maelan Holladay 💚 Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang Vol. 2 by Priest 💙 Fence: Redemption SC by C.S. Pacat and Johanna the Mad 💜 Dreamer by Kris Bryant ❤️ Not Just Friends by Jordan Meadows 🧡 Winter's Spell by Ursula Klein 💛 Two is a Pattern by Emily Waters 💙 All Things Beautiful by Alaina Erdell 💜 Curse of Souls by Niranjan 🌈 Voyage of the Damned by Frances White

❤️ The Principle of Moments by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson 🧡 Curse of the Dragon Shadow by Selina A. Fenech 💛 No Shelter But The Stars by Virginia Black 💚 Shards of Trust by Fox Beckman 💙 My Fair Brady by Brian D Kennedy 💜 The Summer Queen (The Buried and the Bound #2) by Rochelle Hassan ❤️ A Luminous Heart by Cailee Francis 🧡 To Cage a God (These Monstrous Gods #1) by Elizabeth May 💛 Out of Our League by Dahlia Adler and Jennifer Iacopelli 💙 Earth and Water by J.L. Gribble 💜 Rend Me, The Wayward Knight by Mary Vanalstine 🌈 Prince of Endless Tides by Ben Alderson

❤️ Sweet Wicked Thing by Jessie Walker 🧡 Ocean’s Blood by Thelma Mantey 💛 Breeze Spells and Bridegrooms by Sarah Wallace and S.O. Callahan 💚 A Reckless Oath by Kaylie Smith 💙 Fallen Thorns by Harvey Oliver Baxter 💜 Faded Moon by T.L. Morgan ❤️ Game On by Amy Aislin 🧡 The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers 💛 The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland 💙 Spark of Wrath by E.M. Lindsey 💜 Honeybloods by I.S. Belle 🌈 Love Me At My Worst by Adrian J. Smith

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Book Review: Change My Ticket (A Famous-Meets-Regular Slow-Burn MM Romance) by Zarah Detand

Reviewed by Sadonna   TITLE:  Change My Ticket AUTHOR:  Zarah Detand PUBLISHER:  Self-published LENGTH:  243 pages RELEASE DATE:  January 30, 2023 BLURB: Hollywood heartthrob meets med school dropout in this contemporary British MM romance. When your key credential is looking good in spandex, your first serious role matters. Too bad that Gabe Duke can’t seem to get a proper handle on the…

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So for most of these the romance isn't the point, but it's still very prevalent:

Heart Haunt Havoc - Freydis Moon The Venetian and the Rum Runner - L.A. Witt If the Seas Catch Fire - L.A. Witt Summer Sons - Lee Mandelo The Faerie Hounds of York - Arden Powell The Bayou - Arden Powell (the loosest definition of "romance") Winging It - Morgan James, Ashlyn Kane Him - Elle Kennedy, Sarina Bowen Pull Me Under - Zarah Detand

All are mlm or nblm

Summer Sons is one of my all time favorites. It absolutely kills me in the best way every time! I actually haven't read most of these so thank you!! I'll check them out 🥰

The only other one I've read on this list is Him and I'll admit it's on my list of least favorite books of all time 😅😅

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Sur la touche

Titre : Sur la touche

Autrice : Zarah Detand

Roman contemporain

Maison d’édition : MxM Bookmark

Disponible en version numérique

Âge conseillé : ado et +

Résumé

Après avoir été photographié dans un club gay, le footballeur, Benedict Jimmer, est forcé de faire son coming out. Alors qu’il est au sommet de sa carrière, et pour préserver sa réputation, son manager décide qu’il a besoin d’un faux petit ami.

Ben n’a jamais eu de relation sérieuse avec un autre homme. Heureusement, son agent Aaron lui présente Henry Brown. Henry est un étudiant célibataire, musicien à ses heures perdues et fan de football. Sa présence à ses côtés permet à Ben de gérer son coming out sans difficulté… ou presque.

Un livre joyeusement cliché sur la romance, les tatouages, le football et l’amitié, qu’elle soit avec ou sans bénéfices. Mais aussi sur le thé. Et sans oublier des sentiments bêtement compliqués bien sûr.

Identités représentées :

Gay personnages principaux

Thématiques présentes :

Coming out dans le milieu du foot professionnel, homophobie, outing, romance, sport

Avis de Alice

Histoire d’amour dans le milieu du foot. J’ai beaucoup aimé.

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Hello there..i was wondering do we know as a fandom what some of the og fic writers back in the days like zarah5 or dolce_piccanto are up to right now? Writing wise i mean? Do they have anything published? Or like do any type of writing outside of this fandom?

Hi sweetheart. Ugh I’m so annoyed because I literally answered this question not long ago, with links to their work. Of course I can’t find it now. But I’ll try to do it again!

Zarah5 is Zarah Detand. She turned a couple of her popular fics into books and has written others as well.

dolce_piccante published Escapade as Dolce. She’s also still active on twitter and has a website dolcewrites

BriaMaria has published quite a few books under the name Brianna Labuskes

bethaboo has published many under the name Beth Bolden (including turning her most popular fics into original fiction)

alivingfire published their wonderful fic Say Hallelujah, Say Goodnight

I believe Gloria_Andrews and 100percentsassy published LIARB, but I can’t find it at the moment

Off the top of my head, that’s all I know! But I hope it helps.

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Book ask 2, 4, 6

Thank you for the ask!!!

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2. Did you reread anything? What?

I don’t know if this counts but I reread the original published fiction version of the Larry fic Pull Me Under by Zarah Detand! I loved the little tweaks she made and also just seeing Niall’s personality put into an OC. 

4. Did you discover any new authors that you love this year?

I actually rediscovered Emma Donoghue! She wrote a WLW fairy tale anthology that I was obsessed with in high school (Kissing the Witch). She writes books in so many different genres (Room and my beloved Slammerkin) but she puts so much research in everything (and adds some gay)? I love it. 

Already answered 6.

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2015

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 

Reboot by Amy Tintera (Reboot #1)

Rebel by Amy Tintera (Reboot #2)

The Crucible by Arthur Miller 

The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Buned by Ellen Hopkins 

A Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon (Outlander #2)

No Place Left to Run by Zarah Detand 

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 

David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell 

Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld 

Stolen by Lucy Christopher 

Falling into Place by Amy Zhang 

The Killing Woods by Lucy Christopher 

Insurgent by Veronic Roth (Divergent #2)

Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist 

A Storm of Swords by George RR Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire #3)

She by Saul Williams 

My True Love Gave to Me - Rainbow Rowell 

Room - Emma Donoghue 

The Opposite of Loneliness by Marina Keegan 

A Separate Peace by John Knowles 

Carry On by Rainbow Rowell 

Life and Death by Stephenie Meyer 

Powerless by Tera Lynn Childs & Tracy Deebs 

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart 

The Road by Cormac McCarthy 

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell 

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness 

A Fest for Crows by George RR Martin (A Song of Ice and Fire #4)

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Because there’s so much M/M books on Goodreads and it’s hard to select which one are good, I decided to make a post about it, for anyone who wants to start reading original content ! It’s gonna be updated as I read some new books :)

Feel free to send me some rec for books you think I’m gonna like !

First, the HOLY TRINITY : (read them before anything else)

- Captive Prince trilogy, by C.S Pacat : Slavery, politic strategies and amazing love story.

- In The Company of Shadows, by Santino Hassell and Ais  : read this post I made about it and GOOD LUCK TRYING TO ESCAPE THIS SERIES .

- All For The Game trilogy , by Nora Sakavic : sport team (this sport is a very violent sort of Lacrosse, but with barely any rules),a lot of fucked up but amazing characters , some bloody family story, and of course great love story.

Then : (with no order)(last update on September 1st 2017)

- Cut & Run Series, by Abigail Roux and Madeleine Urban : a FBI new team, a amazing to follow these 2 characters  relationship  along 9 (NINE!) books.

- Cyberlove Series, by Megan Erickson and Santino Hassell : 4 books for now, following different stories and couples, all based on the Gaming/YouTube universe and online relationship.

- Takeover Series, by Anna Zabo : holy shit, welcome in the BDSM scene (4 books, aka 4 differents stories) ;)

- Five Boroughs Series, by Santino Hassell : 4 books, starting with an amazing BFF to lovers story.

- No Place Left to Run, by Zarah Detand : an original story by our beloved fic writer zarah5 ;)

- #gamers Series, by Annabeth Albert : another trilogy about gaming universe, awesome !

- Him Series, by Sarina Bowen : amazing love story in the professional Hockey universe. (2 books)

- Heels Over Head, by Elyse Springer : welcome in the world of professional divers running for an Olympic win ;)

- Out Of Uniform Series , by Annabeth Albert : 3 books for now, all in the Army universe.

- Wound Tight, by Tessa Bailey : a CEO/security guard story

- Coda Books Series , by Marie Sexton : love story in Colorado. 7 books !

- The Assignment Series, by Evangeline Anderson : Police detectives and BFF to lovers relationship.

- Perfect Harmony series, by Annabeth Albert : a capella universe.

- Broken Pieces series, by Riley Hart : Can three broken pieces make a whole? (2 books, Threesome)

- Portland Heat series, by Annabeth Albert : In Portland, Oregon, the only thing hotter than the coffee shops, restaurants, and bakeries are the hard-working men who serve it up—hot, fresh, and ready to go—with no reservations…  (6 books so far)

- Skin Deep Inc. series , by L.A Witt : when Navy meets Tattoos Artist … (2 books so far)

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Pull Me Under by Zarah Detand

“Now, you’re about to miss your flight, but first? Take a picture with me. One I can set as my phone background, show you off to everyone who doesn’t tell me to shut up.”

Henry’s smile starts from his eyes, spreading until his entire face is lit up, deep shadows pooling in his dimples. Ben needs a second to regain his balance, and in a way, it feels like they’re standing still while the world is moving around them. Like a lighthouse in the middle of the stormy sea, and wow. Endorphins, definitely.

“A real picture?” Henry asks softly.

Ben nods, smiling back. “Yeah. I don’t have enough of those. I might never have enough of those.”

“I’ll get on that,” Henry says. “As soon as you’re back, I’ll take so many pictures of us, it’ll be obscene.”

Ben raises both brows and grins. “Obscene?”

“Not like that.” Then Henry seems to reconsider. “Well, maybe. Just for us, though. Just us.”

“Just us,” Ben repeats. He takes a deep, even breath that fills the sudden space in his chest because really, that’s the thing: This is for them. It’s not for show, nothing about this is for show. Not anymore.

(...)

They’ll make it through.

Ben is done caring about the public.

(...)

They are in this together.

Together

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what other lgtb books do you know apart from captive prince?

I’ve read No Place Left to Run by Zarah Detand, and I think she has a few more LGBT stories published as well, but I haven’t read those yet. She is a great writer and her style is very fanfiction-esque (I just made that word up), you should definitely check her out.

Winging It by Ashlyn Kane and Morgan James is another LGBT book that I read a few months ago, although it was nothing special. The characters are very well-developed but there is no angst (not that I remember, anyway) and while I enjoyed it, I was not blown away by the plot. Maybe it’s because it focused so much on hockey that it ended up boring me... but if you like the sport you should probably read it.

Then I’ve read The Foxhole Court trilogy by Nora Sakavic and The Raven Cycle saga by Maggie Stiefvater, which have some amazing LGBT characters but their homo/bisexuality is not the main issue the books deal with nor part of the main plot. 

And I have to include The Song of Achilles, one of my favourite books in the whole world. I don’t know if you’re into Greek mythology and literature, but even if you’re not you /have/ to read TSOA (although maybe you should do a bit of basic research about Homer’s Iliad before reading it). Madeline Miller is such a fantastic writer, and her characters are so beautiful and deep. The story is incredibly complex and intense, and there is definitely /a lot/ of angst (I cry every single time) but it’s so worth it. 100% would recommend. 

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Zarah Detand

No Place Left to Run 

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Notice: Pull Me Under, Zarah Detand

Pull Me Under, Zarah Detand

One of several works under this pen-name adapted from works originating in the fandom of A Popular Beat Combo, M’Lud.

Has the work, in other form, a fandom presence? Yes … if one knows where to look.

Milieu: Premier League football; PR and management.

Setting & fidelity: Largely keen-eared evocation of its British setting, with vanishingly few errors. I believe the author is from the Continent, which helps, rather.

TV Tropes page: None at time of posting.

Likely appeal to: Fen of A Popular Beat Combo, M’Lud; aficionados of M/M romance; AU fen; followers and supporters of Premier League football (although not, alas, Spurs); fans of John King, Brian Glanville, and David Peace … if those fans should be very open-minded. (Do not mention Nick Sodding Hornby.)

Amazon UK

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Barnes & Noble

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Support Zarah's new book by BUYING it NOT pirating it! No one deserves to lose thousands of dollars from people who claim to love them!

Available now as: 

eBook ISBN 978-1-63216-540-4 Dreamspinner, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.com.au, Amazon.ca, all other Amazon shops and many other shops like Barnes & Noble,…

paperback ISBN-13 978-1-63216-539-8 Dreamspinner, others soon — paperbacks are always lagging behind by a few days, apparently

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Update: the paperback is now available on Amazon. Dreamspinner is out of stock, and they are apparently not in the habit of restocking. 

Out now: No Place Left to Run by Zarah Detand

After a lengthy world tour, pop star Samuel Gibbs is looking forward to a nice, quiet break—sleep in, write a bit of music, do his own cooking for a change. He doesn't want his time spoiled by the constant presence of bodyguards, and he is certainly not willing to have someone tail him each time he so much as goes to the shops. No way, no how. It's a good thing, then, that his head of security relents on the matter—or so he leads Samuel to believe. The break is starting to look even better when Samuel runs into his new neighbor. Ryan Halston is smart and hot and, quite possibly, everything Samuel wants. However, he doesn't know that Ryan is part of the rejected security detail, tasked with protecting him from the dangerous attentions of an unknown stalker.

Pages: 210

Available now as: 

eBook ISBN 978-1-63216-540-4 Dreamspinner, Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.com.au, Amazon.ca, all other Amazon shops and many other shops like Barnes & Noble,...

paperback ISBN-13 978-1-63216-539-8 Dreamspinner, others soon -- paperbacks are always lagging behind by a few days, apparently