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Holiday

New Release: Cupids’ Arrows – Mell Eight

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Cupids' Arrows - Mell Eight

Mell Eight has a new MM holiday fantasy book out: Cupid’s Arrows. Sable and Wynn have kept their relationship quiet. Love cupids and loss cupids are too different, after all. But cupid society wasn’t always separated. When Elder Meir hatches a plot to use Sable and Wynn to prove cupids work better together, Sable and Wynn are all in. However, the plot requires they travel to the human world to tackle a very complicated case of love and loss where failure isn’t an option. They can only hope their bond will be enough to overcome the odds. Get It At … Read more

New Release: Gemini Christmas – Laura Navarre

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Gemini Christmas - Laura Navarre

QSFer Laura Navarre has a new paranormal poly holiday romance out: Gemini Christmas. Snowed in with eight warlocks at a private Secret Santa party? Sign me up. I’m finally queen of the witching world, but I’m still the celebrity bad girl the paparazzi love to stalk. My first Christmas with my warlock found family was supposed to be cozy—a secret getaway from the stalkerazzi in the Bavarian village of Wonderland, Colorado. Until a blizzard traps us all in an enchanted cottage on Christmas Eve. Then my bad boy punk-rock warlock Vasili is possessed by the spirit of Krampus. That’s when … Read more

New Release / Giveaway: Valentine’s Vow/Independence Day – Willa Okati

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Valentine’s Vow/Independence Day - Willa Okati

QSFer Willa Okati has a new MM paranormal holiday comedy box set out: Valentine’s Vow/Independence Day. True love comes where you’re least looking for it… and where it’s been, all along. Valentine’s Vow: Best friends and frequent bed-buddies Thom and Ryan don’t go for any of that “love” stuff. They’re so set on their path they swear off Valentine’s Day as a holiday for the hopelessly mushy. What they don’t know is St. Valentine himself has taken an interest in their case. Flaunt his Holy Day, will they? He’ll teach them a lesson they won’t soon forget… and show them … Read more

Jeff Baker; Boogieman in Lavender. Brown Grass.

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Brown Grass By Jeff Baker A lot of things make me nostalgic this time of year, especially since I outlived my immediate family. I have some distant cousins I rarely see and some found family that I talked about in last December’s column. https://www.queerscifi.com/jeff-baker-boogieman-in-lavender-found-family/ All of them have been hugely supportive. But that’s not what I want to talk about. I live in Kansas. Driving from one town to the other involves covering a lot of ground, usually on the highway. Lots of farmland and a lot of grass by the roadside. In spring and summer that grass ought to … Read more

Review: A Snowmonster for Midwinter – Blaine D. Arden

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A Snowmonster for Midwinter - Blaine D. Arden

Genre: Fantasy, Holiday, Romance, Monster Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon | Payhip About The Book Snow turns to sleet where monsters tread. As the resident sorcerers, Toren and his family protect their village from monsters—like the one they trapped in the mountains decades ago. But on the eve of the annual midwinter festival, it’s not a monster but a sudden eruption at the springs that threatens their lives. With rescue spells failing and the danger of a second, more deadly eruption looming, Toren discovers that a monster responsible for his brother’s death holds the key to saving … Read more

New Release: Shelf-Made Man – Kim Fielding

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Shelf-Made Man - Kim Fielding

QSFer Kim Fielding has a new MM fantasy holiday romance out: Shelf-Made Man. Tobias Lykke is big, awkward, and accustomed to spending his holidays alone. This year, however, his godmother—who may or may not be an Italian countess—gives him an elf doll originally entrusted to her by her second husband, who might or might not have been a wizard. An evening of THC snickerdoodles and an offhand wish later, Tobias finds himself faced with a living, breathing elf—and a royal elf at that—with an exceptionally traumatic past. Bloodthirsty trolls are on a mission to recapture Prince Alfie, and the search … Read more

Review: Shelf-Made Man – Kim Fielding

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Shelf-Made Man - Kim Fielding

Genre: Fantasy, Holiday, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Scott Amazon | Audible | B&N About The Book Tobias Lykke is big, awkward, and accustomed to spending his holidays alone. This year, however, his godmother—who may or may not be an Italian countess—gives him an elf doll originally entrusted to her by her second husband, who might or might not have been a wizard. An evening of THC snickerdoodles and an offhand wish later, Tobias finds himself faced with a living, breathing elf—and a royal elf at that—with an exceptionally traumatic past. Bloodthirsty trolls are on a mission to recapture Prince Alfie, and the search … Read more

Review: Cthulhu for Christmas – Meghan Maslow

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Cthulhu for Christmas - Meghan Maslow

Genres: Paranormal, Romance, Holiday LGBTQ+ Identities: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Linda Get It At Amazon About the Book: QSFer Meghan Maslow has a new MM paranormal Christmas romance out in the multi-author Tinsel and Tentacles series (bi, gay): Cthulhu for Christmas. Six accidental tentacles, five naked neighbors, four evil mages, three ugly sweaters, two dead bodies, and one crush on my straight best friend . . . Some things are simple fact: Santa Claus isn’t real and magic doesn’t exist. As a former foster kid turned cop, I know this for a fact. My life is anything but magical and Santa sure as hell never … Read more

Review: A Very Genre Christmas – Kim Fielding

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A Very Genre Christmas - Kim Fielding

Genre: Holiday, Urban Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Very little is merry in a private dick’s world. Private detective Nick Bozic works the mean streets of 1950s Portland, Oregon, shadowing unfaithful spouses and nabbing thieving employees. He may be lonely, but at least he’s not crooked. Despite the festive season, Christmas simply means less dough in his pocket. With the holiday only a few days away, a regular client drops a new case on him: yet another being has come through the Rift and needs help finding his way home. Maybe … Read more

Review: Yule: Tales for the Winter Solstice

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Yule: Tales for the Winter Solstice

Genre: Folklore, Fairy Tale, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian, Poly (some stories) Reviewer: Jay Get It At Amazon | Publisher About The Book During the cold winter months, we mirror the Earth as she lies quiet, waiting for the return of warm days. We gather around yule fires and perform rituals to lure back the sun. Drinking wassail, singing songs and exchanging gifts, some of us tell stories of the longest night. Stories of new love and old magick. Stories of the Holly King and his fight for the season. Of death and lives well lived. Of succumbing to the most feral parts … Read more