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Review: Accelerated Growth Environment – Lauren C. Teffeau

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Accelerated Growth Environment - Lauren C. Teffeau

Genre: Sci-Fi, Romantic Sub-Arc LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Dr. Jorna Benton is proud to be the Principal Scientist for the Climasphere, a massive, sea-going ecological nursery capable of supporting nearly every biome on Earth. On its inaugural mission to restore and re-wild collapsing ecosystems along the Atlantic coast, Jorna manages the Climasphere’s habitat and harvest, while her colleague—and inconveniently attractive commander—Ava Kaysar directs the rest of the vessel’s critical operations. When an explosion rocks the Climasphere, Jorna’s carefully-managed world is thrown into chaos, threatening both her personal and her professional future. And … Read more

Review: Forrest House – E.M. Hamill

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Forrest House - E.M. Hamill

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Scott Universal Buy Link | Amazon About The Book Blood is Stronger Than Magic Ander Forrest renounced blood magic to become a nurse-healer in his rural hometown, far from the drama of wizardry and espionage his sister Kate craved. When Kate goes missing in action, Ander finds himself the legal guardian of her gifted twins and receives a cryptic warning from Kate’s husband to protect them before he, too, disappears. Six months later, his former lover crash lands in the kids’ bedroom via a spell only Ander’s sister could have cast. Druid Cai Piper doesn’t … Read more

Review: The Day We Said Goodbye to the Birds – Allan Dyen-Shapiro

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The Day We Said Goodbye to the Birds - Allen Dyen Shapiro

Genre: Sci-Fi LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian, Gay (side characters) Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book “Genocide Joe” is a marked man. Once a highly respected corporate microbiologist, now the scapegoat for a GMO-caused ecological disaster that’s turned San Francisco Bay toxic and poisoned thousands, Joe has lost everything: his wife, his home, his career, his reputation, and most of his friends. All he has left is his 18-month-old daughter, Daphne, the clothes on his back, and a chance to start over again in a new town, where no one knows his face. To take this chance, all he … Read more

Review: Tech Prince Troubles – Blaine D. Arden

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Tech Prince Troubles - Blaine D. Arden

Genre: Sci-Fi, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Trans Reviewer: Scott Get It At Amazon About The Book He came to this human hotel to disappear. Instead, he found a barista who makes espresso taste like home—and glitches no one else can solve. Adri Linari, overlooked tech mage and younger sibling of Niralen’s charismatic Crown Prince, is more comfortable with schematics than small talk. Overwhelmed by royal obligations, a sensory-frying engagement party, and the ache of always being the odd one out, he runs—straight to the Renversé Hotel in Princedelphia, Oregon. All he wants is quiet, a place to draw, and maybe … Read more

Review: Valley of Secrets – H.L. Moore

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Valley of Secrets - H.L. Moore

Genre: Fantasy, Romantic Arc LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bi, Non-Binary, Poly  Reviewer: Scott Universal Buy Link About The Book This city of fools will be brought to order! Deposed, her father presumed dead, her friends slaughtered and the cavern in chaos, Grace Harrington is on the run and entirely alone. The only ally she has left is the man she hates most in the world: Nathaniel Morgenstern, the assassin who murdered her mother and seduced her father. Grace’s only hope of reclaiming the throne and saving her people is to seek the aid of Éamon Tadhg, the High Druid of Arajon. … Read more

Review: Throne of Lies – H.L. Moore

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Throne of Lies - H. L. Moore

Genre: Fantasy, Romantic Arc LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bisexual, Non-Binary Reviewer: Scott Get It At Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book There are vipers in Arajon, from the Valley to the Bronze. Grace Harrington, the Dowager Archon of Arajon, is approaching her first anniversary on the throne she claimed following the death of her husband, slain at her own hands. But her position is so precarious that even the unwelcome presence of the former assassin Nathaniel Morgenstern, watching over her at her father’s behest, cannot protect her from her enemies. The city’s press has turned against her, the Bronze is rallying … Read more

Review: Soul of Ash – H.L. Moore

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Soul of Ash - H.L. Moore

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bisexual Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon About The Book Half a year after the events of Heart of Dust, Doran Ó Seanáin now finds himself trapped between two worlds while belonging to neither: held in contempt by the Bronze for the turmoil he caused during Archon Bryson’s reign, and resented by the miners for selling out. Leonora Darkwater’s pursuit to own the mines may be the answer to all of his problems, but the offer is far more complicated than it appears, and the only person Doran trusts is the same man who threw … Read more

Review: Heart of Dust – H.L. Moore

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Heart of Dust - H.L. Moore

Genre: Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay, Bi Reviewer: Scott Get It On Amazon | Free at QSF (Ends 12/31) About The Book Iole City is in turmoil. Doran Ó Seanáin, leader of the Black Lung Gang, is determined to challenge the Archon, Arajon’s tyrannical ruler, for his brutal treatment of the miners. But Doran has more to deal with than getting stabbed and a city-wide lockdown that’s seeing his gang of ex-miners slowly starved out of their base. His daughter Grace has turned against him, and the death of his wife haunts them both. Although he finds reprieve in Nathaniel Morgenstern, the … Read more

Review: The Isle of Skiy – K.L. Noone

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The Isle of Skiy - K.L. Noone

Genre: Fantasy, Cozy Fantasy, Romance LGBTQ+ Category: Gay Reviewer: Rari Get It On Amazon | Publisher About The Book The Isle of Skiy, surrounded by ocean, is a beautiful, prosperous land where no one ever arrives and no one ever leaves. According to myth, mysterious ocean-dwellers protect the isle, but no one’s ever seen them, and seeking to disturb the peace is forbidden. But Kevane, the newest and youngest Lord of Skiy, can’t help asking questions. And he isn’t the only one. His outwardly tidy household minister Rill possesses radical tendencies and a family secret. Kev’s mother refuses to share what she … Read more

Review: Whiskey and Warfare – EM Hamill

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Whiskey and Warfare - E.M. Hamill

Genre: Sci-Fi, Space Opera LGBTQ+ Category: Lesbian, Ace/Aro, Pan Reviewer: Beáta Get It On Amazon | Universal Buy Link About The Book Running on caffeine and spite with nothing left to prove. GOLDEN GIRLS meets FIREFLY in this rollicking space opera adventure. Maryn Alessi retired from mercenary service after her last assignment went horribly sideways and settled down on a quiet planet with the love of her life. Unexpectedly widowed, Maryn must fulfill a promise to return her mate’s ashes to zer home planet for funeral rites, but a brutal civil war has destabilized space travel. Former Artemis Corps sisters-in-arms … Read more