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MaryAnn’s Reviews

Review: Sting in the Tail – TA Moore

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Sting in the Tail - TA Moore

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book The Carnival of Mysteries just arrived in Sutton County. They say if you cross the fortune teller’s palm with silver she can read your future like a map. Right now all Ledger Conroy wants to know is if he has a future. Back in Sutton after over a decade, Ledger’s plan had been to bury his father–recently deceased convicted serial killer and less-well known warlock, Bell Conroy–clear the property, and then finally wash his hands of being a Conroy. Instead there’s a cured human heart … Read more

Review: Into the Glittering Dark – Kelley York

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Into the Glittering Dark - Kelley York

Genre: Dark Fantasy LGBTQ+ Category: Bi, Gay, Lesbian Reviewer: Maryann Get It At Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book How do you control something that cannot be tamed? As magi apprentices, Everis and Wren have led a relatively peaceful life. But when the king dies under suspicious circumstances and Everis foils an assassination attempt on the princess’ life, the pair are sent by their master to investigate the only lead they have. In a city far away ruled by the dead king’s brother, they need to find answers—fast. As an unlikely group of allies forms around them in the chaos, … Read more

Review: Feathered Friend – Fiona Glass

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Feathered Friend - Fiona Glass

Genre: Paranormal, Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon | Publisher | B&N | About The Book Not your average peck on the cheek … Mild mannered Derek is a perfectly ordinary bloke living a perfectly ordinary life. He works at the library, supports Stoke City football team, and cares for the twelve beautiful racing pigeons he inherited from his father in his spare time. He isn’t into kink. He definitely isn’t into feathers, in spite of the birds. So when a mysterious young man appears in his home claiming to be a pigeon, it’s all … Read more

Review: His Tomb Raider – Stephanie Lake

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His Tomb Raider - Stephanie Lake

Genre: Paranormal, Historical, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Indiana Jones meets The Magpie Lord in this suspenseful MM Victorian era romance from award-winning author Stephanie Lake. Tormented by nightmares, and fighting to maintain his sanity, Kit Asplin struggles to keep his business afloat. He might sell the occasional ancient artifact to make ends meet, but he never mixes business with pleasure. And he certainly does not have time for an inexperienced, prickly Englishman with a flirty sidekick. Everything Dylan Mansfield holds dear is in jeopardy. If he doesn’t find a specific sacred … Read more

Double Review: The Gauntlet Runner – J. Scott Coatsworth

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The Gauntlet Runner - J. Scott Coatsworth

Genre: Sci-Fantasy, , YA-Adult Crossover, Romance Subplot LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bi Reviewers: Maryann, Ulysses Get It On Amazon | Publisher/Signed Copies | Apple | B&N | Google | Kobo | Smashwords | Universal Buy Link About The Book A guard and a thief. What could go wrong? Aik has fallen hopelessly in love with his best friend. But Raven’s a thief, which makes things … complicated. Oh, and Raven has just been kidnapped by a dragon. Now Aik is off on a quest of his own, to hunt down the foul beast and make them give back his … friend? … Read more

Review: OverLondon – George Penney & Tony Johnson

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OverLondon - George Penney & Tony Johnson

Genre: Comic Fantasy, Crime, Mystery, Satire, Steampunk LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Bi, Gay, Gender Fluid, Lesbian, Non-Binary Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book A Rollicking Comic-Fantasy Whodunnit with a Tudor Twist! Priests from OverLondon’s Church of Vengeful Acquisition are exploding. Is the cause divine retribution, ballistic undergarments or something more sinister? If only the city had a professional private investigator… Luckily, notorious pirate—turned privateer—Captain Alex Reign, has just narrowly escaped the hang man’s noose to establish the Reign Agency in Drury Lane. She needs cash fast and will take any job, even if failure means facing an inconveniently … Read more

Review: Ministry of Alien Relations – Rebecca Cohen

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Ministry of Alien Relations - Rebecca Cohen

Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It At Amazon | Publisher | Universal Buy Link About The Book Devlin Taylor is Head of Settlement and Relocation for the British Government’s Ministry of Alien Relations. He’s more used to helping recently arrived aliens find new homes and pay their utility bills than babysitting extraterrestrial socialites, but he’s been assigned to look after Zal Catenmir, son of the Chroalian ambassador, during their diplomatic visit to Earth. Devlin is the perfect host and tour guide, and Zal loves the fuzziness of human males, while Devlin can’t seem to get enough of Zal’s scales and … Read more

Review: Deficient – Michael Solis

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Deficient - Michael Solis

Genre: Sci-Fi, YA LGBTQ+ Category: Ace, Gay, Lesbian, Non-Binary Reviewer: Maryann Get It At Amazon | Publisher | B&N | Kobo | Waterstones About The Book The near future is progressively free from discrimination based on race, class, and sexual orientation. But in a world populated by the gifted, fifteen-year-old Alejandro Aragon (Alé) is part of the only remaining minority—he’s a Deficient. Powerless. The one that accelerated genetics left behind. Alé knows that he’ll need a miracle to graduate and pursue his dream of a legal career in the capital. His only ally is his best friend Yalamba, an outspoken and exceptionally gifted artist renowned for her unique … Read more

Review: Findley Black and the Reaper of Shivelly Park – Amy Spector

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Findley Black and the Reaper of Shivelly Park - Amy Spector

Genre: Paranormal, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann Get It On Amazon About The Book Sequel to Findley Black and the Ghosts of Printer’s Devil Findley Black knows a little something about serial killers. What he doesn’t know is why anyone would want to reenact a series of murders that took place more than ninety years ago, which he’s read a great deal about as part of his annual Halloween ghosts tours. Unless, of course, it’s not a copycat at all and the Reaper of Shivelly Park is back for vengeance. Owen Key never considered himself much for domesticity, but the … Read more

Double Review: The Midnight Detective – Edward Kendrick

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The Midnight Detective - Edward Kendrick

Genre: Paranormal, Romance, Vampires LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Maryann; Gordon, Paranormal Romance Guild Get It On Amazon About The Book What is Wyn to do when he can’t find his five-year-old daughter Celyn because she and her mother Marianne have disappeared with Marianne’s new boyfriend? He hires a detective. The detective is Christoph Andreu, owner of Andreu Detection Agency. What few people know is that Christoph is a vampire, thus his definitely strange working hours. Wyn knows, however, but his need to find Celyn overrides the few concerns he might have that Christoph is more than human. Christoph was willing … Read more