I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuistonLGBTQ+ Romance for TeensMay 3, 2022, Wednesday Books ARC Review by Jen This book was such a delight! I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuiston brought tears to my eyes in the very best way. I’ve had Red, White, and Royal Blue on Kindle, and while everyone loves it, and I want to read it, I just haven’t yet. Now, I will. Same author as this gem. Set in a small conservative town in AL, the story follows senior queer girl, Chloe Green Continue Reading
Review: Never Been Kissed by Timothy Janovsky
Never Been Kissed by Timothy JanovskyLGBTQIA Contemporary RomanceMay 3, 2022 by Sourcebooks Casablanca Review by Kate H. Wren Roland is about to graduate college. A passionate film buff, with two great best friends, Wren came out in the year before the book Never Been Kissed begins. His friends seem eager to help him socially, but Wren isn’t sure why his romantic and sexual experiences seem to be on a different timeline than everyone else. He’s 22 and he’s Continue Reading
Review: Out of the Ashes by Jenn Burke
Out of the Ashes by Jenn BurkeAshes & Dust #3LGBT Paranormal RomanceMay 10, 2022, by Carina PressARC Review by Angela Out of the Ashes is the third and final book in the Ashes & Dust series featuring private investigator Evan Fournier and his former bond mate, phoenix Colin. You could say that Evan and Colin have seen some stuff in the last two books. Their relationship might have started out as an accidental bond formed in a moment of danger, but it has grown into love and Continue Reading
Review: Book Boyfriend by Kris Ripper
Book Boyfriend by Kris RipperLGBTQIA Contemporary RomanceCarina Adores PressApril 26, 2022 by Kate H. I had to adjust my expectations a lot as I read Book Boyfriend, and I expect most readers may not have the patience. Written as an inner monologue with all the verbal habits, like “like” and “you know” intact, it tells the story of PK or Preston Kinglsey Harrington III. Like many “the thirds” he has the benefit of generational wealth, and he lives in a New York apartment with a Continue Reading
Blog Tour and Excerpt: Love, Hate & Clickbait by Liz Bowery
LOVE, HATE & CLICKBAIT by Liz BoweryOn sale: April 26, 2022, by MIRALGBTQ Romance ABOUT THE BOOK: Shake some hands. Kiss some coworkers.Cutthroat political consultant Thom Morgan is thriving, working on the governor of California's presidential campaign. If only he didn't have to deal with Clay Parker, the infuriatingly smug data analyst who gets under Thom's skin like it's his job. In the midst of one of their heated and very public arguments, a journalist snaps a photo, but the image Continue Reading
Blog Tour Excerpt: A Valentine to Die For by Aver Rigsly
A Valentine to Die For by Aver Rigsly Book 1 in the Noir Nights series General Release Date: 8th February 2022 Word Count: 41,450 Book Length: SHORT NOVEL Pages: 171 Genres: CRIME CRIME AND MYSTERY EROTIC ROMANCE GAY GLBTQI HISTORICAL VALENTINES Add to Goodreads Book Description Having a secret admirer can be deadly. Ricky Morris, private investigator on New York’s elite Upper East Side, has forged a shady yet profitable life as a gumshoe for wealthy Manhattanites after burning the Continue Reading
Review: Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria Bellefleur
Count Your Lucky Stars by Alexandria BellefleurWritten in the Stars #3LGBTQ Contemporary RomancePublished February 1, 2022, by Avon Reviewed by Kate Count Your Lucky Stars is an excellent follow-up to Bellefleur’s previous books, Written in the Stars and Hang the Moon. Count Your Lucky Stars follows Margot, best friend/business partner of Elle and Brendon, main characters of the first and second books, respectively. Margot isn’t really sold on love and is content to be single Continue Reading
Review: Season’s Change by Cait Nary
Season's Change by Cait NaryContemporary Romance, LGBTQ+February 1, 2022 by Carina PressARC Review by Kate H. I am not a hockey fan, but I am a fan of hockey romances. I can’t explain it. I’ve never even seen a game. Maybe it’s the way the sheer physicality of hockey juxtaposes with the more intimate aspects of the romance that makes it such a great setting for romance. Season’s Change, by Cait Nary, is my new favorite in this Continue Reading
Review: His Fresh Start Cowboy by A.M. Arthur
His Fresh Start Cowboy by A.M. ArthurWoods Ranch #1LGBTQ Contemporary RomanceJanuary 25, 2022, by Carina PressARC Review by Angela It's been a while since I've read a good cowboy romance and this cover called to me as soon as I saw it while putting together the new release list. I noticed that it was labeled as being first in a series so I decided to jump right in. Come to find out this is actually the first book in a spin-off series, with quite a few of the secondary characters making an Continue Reading
Review: Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall
Something Fabulous by Alexis HallPublished on January 25, 2022 by MontlakeHistorical Romance Review by Kate Something Fabulous is a sheer delight of a romance novel. It’s a dramatic, gay, fluffy, joyous book that I enjoyed so much I have already re-read the first quarter before even starting this review. At the beginning of Something Fabulous, Valentine proposes to Belle, who adamantly does not want to marry him. She runs off in the middle of the night (as one does in a Regency Continue Reading