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Review: In Love and War – Beryll and Ositis Brackhaus

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In Love and War - The First Lotus Knights, by Beryll & Osiris Brackhaus

Genre: Sci-Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bi , Poly Reviewer: Ulysses Universal Buy Link About The Book It is the year 1985 ET. House Virasana has fallen, the Lotus Throne stands empty, and a bitter succession war has every noble House at arms. To make things worse, House Tô-Genji and House Medina are locked in a vicious feud over a flood of cheap illicit drugs tearing their worlds apart. Prince Li Lan Tô-Genji is as far from the fighting as one can be. Third son of the Duke of Qufu, Li Lan is the family scholar – kept behind palace … Read more

Review: Field Notes From Earth – Ben Athem

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Field Notes From Earth - Ben Athem

Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Jay Get It On Amazon About The Book Leth has spent centuries studying civilizations without ever becoming part of them. His latest assignment should be simple: observe humanity, document its behaviour, and maintain the distance required of every good researcher. Emotional attachment is forbidden. Interference is unacceptable. The people of Earth are subjects, not companions. Then he meets Finn, a marine biologist whose easy kindness draws Leth out from behind his careful observations. What begins as professional curiosity becomes coffee, shared routines, late-night messages, and moments Leth cannot reduce to data. For the … Read more

Review: Aiden and the Alien Invasion – Damian Serbu

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Aidan and the Alien Invasion: Arrival - Damian Serbu

Genre: Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It At Amazon | Publisher | Universal Buy Link About The Book Aliens seize control of Earth, descending without warning, cutting off communication systems and crushing military resistance. Aidan and his friends flee home from Chicago to rural Michigan, but learn the aliens control the entire planet. Their leaders have dark intentions that Aidan and his friends uncover when they fall in with a revolutionary faction of aliens who desperately seek to save humanity. Human aid to the revolutionaries’ cause is essential but dangerous. As secrets and surprising histories are revealed, Aidan adds to his … Read more

Review: Scallywag! – K. L. Mitchell

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New Release: Scallywag! - K. L. Mitchell

Genre: Historical, Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: KA Get It At Amazon | Publisher | B&N | Kobo | Apple | Smashwords | Universal Buy Link About The Book A tale of mystery, treasure, magical creatures, secrets, sea monsters, and high adventure. And it’s all true. You have this pirate’s word for it. Molly McCormick never set out to be a pirate. But when her family tried to marry her off to a wealthy old man to settle their debts, she resolved to strike out on her own. Taking a job aboard a handy ship disguised as a boy, she soon found herself on the other side of the world: the … Read more

Review: Come Away Again – Mere Rain

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Come Away Again - Mere Rain

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: MM Romance (Bi, Gay) Reviewer: Jay Get It On Amazon | Publisher About The Book To save my brother, I made a promise to the strange and powerful lord of the woods. I didn’t keep that promise, and now he’s taken my little nephew. I swear I’ll get him back, no matter how dangerous the forest between the worlds may be, or how angry its lord. I succeeded when I was only sixteen, after all, surely I can prevail again. But as I stumble from one peril to another, I begin to think he was taking it … Read more

Review: Grave Sight – Sheena Jolie

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Review: Grave Sight - Sheena Jolie

Genre: Urban Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book Ezra Redmayne left behind a life of wealth and luxury for adventure and danger. Refusing to bow to familial expectation, Ezra has been on his own for years, traveling the world, honing his skills as a curse-breaker. A new contract brings him to the Canadian wilderness to tackle a dangerous cursed artifact with a mysterious history, and the potential to destroy entire regions of the countryside. In pursuit of answers, Ezra meets charismatic history professor Raum Norsson, a man with a lineage even more … Read more

Review: Virtually Guarded – Karenna Colcroft

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Virtually Guarded - Karenna Colcroft

Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Demi, Gay, Trans FTM Reviewer: Jay Get It On Amazon About The Book Newly-changed werewolf Ren Torres flees from pack members who assaulted him when his first shift from wolf form to human revealed him as a transgender man. Injured and terrified, Ren runs to the home of the Anax, ruler of all werewolves in the United States. There, Ren finds sanctuary—and his destined mate. On the eve of the annual gathering of the U.S. werewolf leaders, the Anax’s guard, Xavier Pelly, has traveled with the Anax to the secondary home where the gathering will … Read more

Review: Symbiosis: Salvation – Mark Z. Harrondale

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Symbiosis: Salvation - Mark Z. Harrondale

Genre: Sci-Fi, Dystopian, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book What am I? That’s the question Riel has been running from his entire life. T.A.D.—the corporation that became a totalitarian regime—dissolved Europe’s nations, erased its borders, and engineered a replacement. New Europa. One language. One order. Every mind connected to SOLACE, an artificial superintelligence that believes, with quiet certainty, it is keeping humanity safe. In Echelon, obedience has never felt so much like choice. T.A.D. calls itself progress. But progress has always had owners. Nineteen years old. Never Integrated. In a world where that … Read more

Review: The Shivering Ground – Sara Barkat

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The Shivering Ground - Sara Barkat

Genre: SF, Dystopian, Slipstream, Eco-Fiction, Gothic Horror LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Gay, Non-Binary. No one in this collection identifies themselves to the reader as any specific identity. Two characters exclusively use they/them (one is a human character, one is a character from another species that transitions to human; that romantic relationship could be read as m/m or m/enby) & the ace character is not announced but there’s an ace/queerplatonic relationship that could be read as friendship or romance. Reviewer: Tony Get It On Amazon | Publisher | B&N | Kobo | Author Site About The Book The Shivering Ground blends future and … Read more

Review: Wrecked – Liv Rancourt

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Wrecked - Liv Rancourt

Genre: Action/Adventure, Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Ulysses Get It On Amazon About The Book What if Robin Hood was still around, humbling the rich and evening the score? The immortal Lord of the Greenwood calls upon his merry men when it’s time to bring the wealthy to heel, particularly billionaire Leander de Lisle…. Vampire Alec Alendale (aka Alan-a-dale) is a troubadour before he’s the lead singer in a famous band, so when Robin calls, Alec responds. It’s an issue of loyalty—and a chance to go another round in his centuries-long love/hate relationship with Sonny. Much the Miller’s Son … Read more