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History & Alternate History

New Release: Lazarus, Home from the War – E. H. Lupton

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Lazarus, Home From the War - E.H. Lupton

QSFer E. H. Lupton has a new MM historical urban fantasy out: Lazarus, Home from the War. It’s Good? to be Home Lazarus Lenkov has been a civilian for almost two months, and it’s going great. Sure, he’s working at an art gallery instead of flying planes. Sure, his brother is preoccupied with his new husband, his sister is busy with her new baby, and he’s plagued by nightmares and his malfunctioning foresight. But there are good things, too. He’s got a new car. And just today, he got hit over the head with a bottle and then stitched up … Read more

Review: Lazarus, Home From the War – E.H. Lupton

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Lazarus, Home From the War - E.H. Lupton

Genre: Historical, Urban Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon | B&N | Kobo About The Book It’s Good? to be Home Captain Lazarus Lenkov has been a civilian for almost two months, and it’s going great. Sure, he’s working at an art gallery instead of flying planes. Sure, his brother is preoccupied with his new husband, his sister is busy with her new baby, and he’s plagued by nightmares and his malfunctioning foresight. But there are good things, too. He’s got a new car. And just today, he got hit over the head with a bottle and then … Read more

Double Review: The Pirate’s Vampire – Liv Rancourt

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The Pirate's Vampire - Liv Rancourt

Genre: Paranormal, Historical, Romance, Regency LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Lesbian Reviewers: Tony & Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book Can a pirate whose life is the sea and a vampire who cannot cross water ever find a way to be together? Clifton lives for his ship, his crew, and the ocean, and there’s not much that frightens him. Except possibly a certain vampire. After their too-brief rendezvous, he leaves New Orleans for a short trip that he manages to extend for some six months. Life on Le Rêve is easier than facing what he feels for … Read more

New Release / GIVEAWAY: Gatos – Lia Connor

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Gatos - Lia Connor

Lia Connor has a new queer paranormal/dark fantasy collection out (bi, non-binary, transgender, poly): Gatos. Catkind — they’re rough, they’re tough and they don’t take no for an answer. But who’d want to say no? Not Gabriella, a barmaid in a tiny roadhouse named Gatos near the Mexican border. Nor her sister Marnie. With his sisters carried off by the Catkind, Tony’s left to run Gatos, but he won’t be alone — a couple of misfit “alley cats” have joined forces with Tony. Lucia’s a party girl with two hot, hunky Catkind on her trail. Orion, a white Tiger, and … Read more

Review: Second Glance – A.E. Bennett

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Second Glance - A.E. Bennett

Genre: Historical, Regency Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Linda, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon | Hoopla | Kobo About The Book A proper gentleman. A stoic soldier. Their passion ignites a defiant love… Lord Patrick Upshur seemingly hasn’t a care in the world. He’s a younger son of a wealthy lord in the Realm and his only responsibilities include behaving in a manner his father sees fit and possibly getting married someday. No one, not even Patrick’s closest sibling, knows that he’s hiding a painful secret – one that could disgrace him and the Upshur family forever. Commandant Iseul of the White … Read more

New Release: The Wolf and his Alien – A. Williams

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The Wolf and his Alien - A. Williams

QSFer A. Williams has a new MM paranormal historical sci-fi romance out: The Wolf and his Alien. Wolf shifter Lodon goes on a quest to find his fated mate. He sees a star fall from the sky and his wolf gets excited. Arlo leaves his damaged spaceship in an escape pod which lands in a lake. He is rescued by Lodon. Get It At Amazon Excerpt I walked along the well-traveled trail from the river to the mountains. A path led around the lake. The cry of a bird drew my attention to the sky and something flashed bright against … Read more

Review: The House of the Red Balconies – A.J. Demas: 

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The House of the Red Balconies - A.J. Demas

Genre: Historical, Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Rari Get It On Amazon About The Book Hylas has come to Tykanos to build an aqueduct. He has not come to enjoy the island’s main attraction: the six houses where the companions of Tykanos, courtesans both female and male, offer tea and elegant conversation. Yet he cannot ignore them as he finds himself renting a room in one of the tea houses and meeting his neighbour, the beautiful, chronically ill companion Zo. Over breakfasts in Zo’s garden, the two men begin a friendship that transforms the isolation of their lives. But … Read more

Review: Blood Remains – Cathy Pegau

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Blood Remains - Cathy Pegau

Genre: Historical, Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Lesbian, Sapphic Reviewer: Linda Get It At Amazon | Publisher | B&N About The Book Butcher and Blood Mage, Callie Payne, once left a city behind for a different life. But when she is forced to return to the streets of Seattle, the woman and the things she thought she left behind come to reclaim her. Callie Payne once ran with the Jackson Street Roses, but she left Seattle—left the Roses—to marry a rancher. After his death, she returns to take over the family butcher shop; a fitting career for an out-of-practice blood mage. When the leader … Read more

Review: Prince of Shadows – R.J. Vickers

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Prince of Shadows - R.J. Vickers

Genre: Action-Adventure, Fantasy, Historical LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Lesbian Reviewer: Vin, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book War is coming. The last free city of magic stands on the brink of ruin. Pushed onto a throne he never wanted, Prince Daymin faces a bleak inheritance: a kingdom overrun by enemy troops and a capital nearing starvation. The capital only remains free because it is guarded by a ring of trees that can move at the will of the people who live among them. But the alliance wears thin. Soon the trees will abandon the capital, and Daymin’s … Read more

Review: This Is Not A Vampire Story – Simon Doyle

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This is Not a Vampire Story - Simon Doyle

Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Paranormal LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Seventeen-year-old Victor Callahan holds a secret as ancient as the shadows. Employed as a night porter in a quiet Irish nursing home, the teenager watches over a group of men he once knew a long time ago. Victor has orchestrated their reunion for a final farewell, a goodbye to those whose lives have shaped him through the years. But can he keep his secret from Lakeshore Manor’s oldest resident, James O’Carroll? As he cares for these remnants of his past, memories of a bygone … Read more