What's on the Reading Radar? #TBR #WishList #amreading

This week has been a little short. Friday was here before I realized it. (Actually, Friday was half way over before I noted it was Friday. LOL) 

Title: Burn Bright
Series: Alpha and Omega, 5
Author: Patricia Briggs
Length: 316 pages
Publisher: Ace (March 6, 2018)

Genre: Romantic Elements / Paranormal / 

Notes: Finished this one and sad there aren't more out yet. :D

Blurb: They are the wild and the broken. The werewolves too damaged to live safely among their own kind. For their own good, they have been exiled to the outskirts of Aspen Creek, Montana. Close enough to the Marrok's pack to have its support; far enough away to not cause any harm.

With their Alpha out of the country, Charles and Anna are on call when an SOS comes in from the fae mate of one such wildling. Heading into the mountainous wilderness, they interrupt the abduction of the wolf--but can't stop blood from being shed. Now Charles and Anna must use their skills--his as enforcer, hers as peacemaker--to track down the attackers, reopening a painful chapter in the past that springs from the darkest magic of the witchborn...

Title: Diplomatic Complications
Series: Augment
Author: Isobelle Winter
Length: 14k
Publisher: LT3 Press

Genre: Romance / Sci-Fi / Gay

Notes: This book will be released on Wednesday 27 February, 2019

Blurb: After defeating an alien invasion, Earth has taken its place in the interstellar community. But not all alien species are thrilled to welcome humanity, and it's Benjamin's job to work with those species to prevent wars. The Aradon pose the biggest challenge of his career. Not only is there little information about their history or culture, it seems they don't actually sign treaties, but instead seal alliances through marriages...

Title: Silverhands
Series: 
Author: Megan Derr
Length: 40 pages
Publisher: LT3 Press

Genre: Romance / Fantasy / Fairy Tales / Asexual / Biromantic

Notes:

Blurb: Annia was happy being a humble miller alongside her stepbrother—but her stepbrother prefers that Annia agree to be his wife. When she refuses, he brutally cuts off her hands, and Annia flees when he falls asleep. With no one to turn to, and nowhere to go, she leaves the only home she's ever known in hopes a new one might be out there somewhere.

Title: The Potion Maker
Series: 
Author: Sasha L. Miller
Length: 61 pages
Publisher: LT3 Press

Genre: Romance / Fantasy / Bisexual / Gay

Notes:

Blurb: Sarin ran away from the city for a simpler life making potions in the woods. He has good reasons for avoiding people, but when a poisoned Royal Herald falls through his door and literally knocks him over, life gets more complicated than he ever thought he wanted.

Title: Prince of Air and Darkness
Series: (The Darkest Court Book 1)
Author: M.A. Grant
Length: 310pages
Publisher: Carina Press

Genre: Romance / Fantasy / Gay

Notes: This title will be auto-delivered to your Kindle on February 25, 2019.

Blurb: Phineas Smith has been cursed with a power no one could control.

Roark Lyne is his worst enemy and his only hope.

The only human student at Mather’s School of Magick, Phineas Smith has a target on his back. Born with the rare ability to tap into unlimited magick, he finds both Faerie Courts want his allegiance—and will do anything to get it.

They don’t realize he can’t levitate a feather, much less defend the Faerie Realm as it slips into civil war.

Unseelie Prince Roark Lyne, Phineas’s roommate—and self-proclaimed arch nemesis—is beautiful and brave and a pain in the ass. Phineas can’t begin to sort through their six years of sexual tension masquerading as mutual dislike. But Roark is also the only one able to help Finn tame his magick.

Trusting Roark’s mysterious motives may be foolish; not accepting his temporary protection would be deadly.

Caught in the middle of the impending war, Phineas and Roark forge a dangerous alliance. And as the walls between them crumble, Phineas realizes that Roark isn’t the monster he’d imagined. But their growing intimacy threatens to expose a secret that could either turn the tide of the war…or destroy them both.

Title: Within the Mind
Series: 
Author: Alice Winters
Length: 272 pages
Publisher:

Genre: Romance / Contemporary / Mystery / Gay / 

Notes:

Blurb: Seneca is the complete package. He’s smart, sexy, and confident, much to Chevy’s annoyance. They’ve worked with each other for two years, and even though Chevy might secretly find his partner charming and attractive, playful harassment is all they have. 

Chevy was born with a unique gift that allows him to go into the memories of others. As detective, he uses this ability to find peace for victims who have been hurt or attacked. He delves into their memories and can pick out minute details that will help them put the criminal behind bars.

But neither Chevy nor Seneca are prepared when they are asked to go into the mind of a serial killer in hopes of finding survivors. They are even more unprepared for the monsters they find inside the man’s mind. Drawn into a memory where it’s hard to figure out where the truth exists, they realize that there may be more to the serial killer than they originally thought. The dark world draws the two men together in a way they never dreamed.

It will take everything Chevy and Seneca can give to stop the darkness that could consume their minds. As the two are forced to face what is keeping them apart, together they realize that there’s more to the mind and heart than either of them know.

Within the Mind is a 90k word romantic suspense with lots of snark, an ominous gramophone, and finger cuddling, because we all know spooning isn’t as great as it sounds.

Title: Blood Price
Series: 
Author: Kira Stone
Length: 104 pages
Publisher:  Changeling Press LLC (December 10, 2018)

Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Vampires / Gay

Notes:

Blurb: Steven is out for blood. It’s a matter of life and death -- his own. He’s prepared to do anything he must to get it -- even try to pass himself off as a vampire on their own turf -- or die trying.

Rainer, the local Vampire Lord, is in town to keep the peace between humans and vampires, a formidable task on All Souls Night. He spots Steven as a fake right away but is reluctant to evict the imposter until his curiosity about the delectable human has been thoroughly satisfied. Once together, unparalleled lust keeps them joined at the hip until a Halloween prank endangers both their lives. For either to survive, Steven and Rainer must decide if they’re willing to pay the ultimate Blood Price.

Title: Empire of Light
Series: Voyage, 1
Author: Alex Harrow
Length: 350 pages
Publisher: Ninestar Press

Genre: Romance / Sci-Fi / Gay

Notes: This title will be auto-delivered to your Kindle on February 25, 2019.

Blurb: Damian Nettoyer is the Empire’s go-to gun. He kills whoever they want him to kill. In exchange, he and his rag-tag gang of crooks get to live, and Damian’s psychokinetic partner and lover, Aris, isn’t issued a one-way ticket to an Empire-sanctioned lobotomy.

Then Damian’s latest mark, a suave revolutionary named Raeyn, kicks his ass and demands his help. The first item on the new agenda: take out Damian’s old boss—or Raeyn will take out Damian’s crew.

To protect his friends and save his own skin, Damian teams up with Raeyn to make his revolution work. As Aris slips away from Damian and his control over his powers crumbles, the Watch catches on. Damian gets way too close to Raeyn, torn between the need to shoot him one minute and kiss him the next.

With the Empire, Damian had two policies: shoot first and don’t ask questions. But to save the guy he loves, he’ll set the world on fire.

Title: Real Vampires Don't Sparkle
Series: 
Author: Amy Fecteau
Length: 386 pages
Publisher: Curiosity Quills Press; 1 edition (June 9, 2013)

Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Vampires / Gay 

Notes:

Blurb: Matheus Taylor didn’t ask to be murdered.

To be fair, the percentage of people actually asking to be murdered is probably small enough to be safely ignored, but he felt it was worth stating regardless. His life might have been ordinary, but it was his life and he wasn’t done with it yet.

Quin didn’t care.

A seventeen-hundred old Roman, Quintus Livius Saturnius had a different view of morality than most people. Killing Matheus and hijacking his undead existence seemed perfectly acceptable to him.

Now, Matheus spends his nights running for his life, questioning his sexual orientation, and defying a mysterious new threat to the vampires within his city.

Not that he set out to do any defying; he just wanted to be left alone.

Unfortunately, that was never going to happen.

Title: Devitt 
Series: (Fae Shifters Book Book 1)
Author: M.D. Stewart
Length: 180 pages
Publisher:

Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Vampires / Shifters / Fae / Poly / Bisexual / 

Notes: Currently reading this one. Pretty good so far.

Blurb: Best friends must find a way to release hidden passions, save a true mate, and expose the evil that threatens true love and an entire Fae realm…When Devitt St. Clair discovers a human female moving into a house that guards the entrance to his Realm, he's surprised by his attraction to the woman.

Sienna Hurston loses everything except the house a grandfather she's never known leaves her.

The instant attraction between Dev and Sienna hides an evil that can only be discovered through Vibrational Healing. The catch is, Dev's best friend Rhys must participate. Can two alpha males put aside their natures to save Sienna and stop evil?

This story contains lots of growls, wolves, bears and a surprise attraction between friends when they come together in intense healing. Be prepared for some m/m/f loving, lots of biting sexiness, and the magic of love.

This book is intended for readers age 18+ and those with an open mind.

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Guest Post: Ithani by J. Scott Coatsworth #giveaway #scifi #fantasy #OberonCycle #wingfic #gayromance #mmromance #Newrelease

I'm excited to host J. Scott Coatsworth on the release day for the final book in his MM sci fi series, "Oberon Cycle". 

I'm also super excited to tell you that for the 19th only the first book in this  trilogy, Skythane, is on sale for just 50¢! Check out Dreamspinner Press Here for more details.



Time is running out.


After saving the world twice, Xander, Jameson and friends plunge headlong into a new crisis. The ithani--the aliens who broke the world--have reawakened from their hundred millennia-long slumber. When Xander and Jameson disappear in a flash, an already fractured world is thrown into chaos.


The ithani plans, laid a hundred thousand years before, are finally coming to pass, and they threaten all life on Erro. Venin and Alix go on a desperate search for their missing and find more than they bargained for. And Quince, Robin and Jessa discover a secret as old as the skythane themselves.


Will alien technology, unexpected help from the distant past, destiny and some good old-fashioned firepower be enough to defeat an enemy with the power to split a world? The final battle of the epic science fiction adventure that began in Skythane will decide the fate of lander and skythane alike. And in the north, the ithani rise…

Series Blurb:

Oberon is one of the natural wonders of the Universe - a half planet that shouldn’t exist, at least according to the laws of nature.

Oberon is also a nest of secrets. The Skythane - the first human colonists of Oberon - keep some of them, and so do the “landers” who work for OberCorp, the company that is exploiting the planet for its natural resources.

Now Oberon is in danger. A solar flare threatens to end most life on the planet, but an ancient prophecy leads Quince, Xander, Jameson and a small group of landers and skythane on an epic quest to save the planet - and unravel its secrets along the way.

Other challenges await on the horizon, for the world, and its inhabitants. Will they find the answers they need, and their way to each other, in time?

Ithani Buy Links

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Book 1: Skythane:

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Book Two: Lander:

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Giveaway


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Excerpt


Venin stood under the dome of the chapel, the waters of the Orn rushing past the small island to crash over the edge of the crater rim, where they fell a thousand meters to the broken city of Errian below.


The Erriani chapel was different from what he was used to back home. The Gaelani chapel in Gaelan had sat at the top of a tall pillar of stone, open to the night sky, a wide space of grass and trees that intertwined in a natural dome through which moonlight filtered down to make dappled shadows on the ground.


This chapel, instead, was a wonder of streaming sunlight, the columns a polished eggshell marble with glimmering seams of gold. Red creeper vines climbed up the columns, festooned with clusters of yellow flowers that gave off a sweet scent.


Both were bright and airy, but the Erriani chapel lay under a dome supported by fluted marble columns, a painted arch of daytime sky and the rose-colored sun blazing overhead.


The last time he’d gone to chapel had been with Tazim, before his untimely death.


Long before the troubles that roiled the world now.


Something drew him back. A need to reconnect with his past. To bridge the gap between then and now, between who he was and who he had become. Taz would have liked this place.


The chapel here had survived the attack, while much of Errian had not. The city below was a jumble of broken corrinder, the multistory plants that were the main building stock for the city. They would grow again, but the sight of the city’s beautiful white towers laid low struck him to the core.


So had Gaelan looked, after the flood.


Venin turned back to the chapel and unlaced his boots, baring his muscular calves before he approached the fountain that splashed at its center. The cool flagstone beneath his feet sent a shiver up his spine, and green moss filled the gaps between the stones.


Some builder whose name was lost to time had tapped into the river itself to make the fountain run, and the water leapt into the air with a manic energy around the golden statue of Erro, before falling back down to the pool.


Venin knelt at the fountain’s edge on one of the well-worn pads, laid his hands in the shallow water, and let his wings rest over himself, making a private place to pray.


Erro and Gael, spare us from danger and lift us up into the sky with your powerful wings. He gave Erro deference, being that this was his chapel, but he hoped Gael would hear him too. The god of his own people had been known to intervene in mortal affairs before, and if what Quince had told them about these ithaniwas true, they would need all the help they could get.


Venin’s wings warmed.


He looked up in astonishment to see the statue of Erro giving off an intense golden glow. His mouth dropped open, and he stood and stared at its beautiful male curves and muscles. Maybe the gods were answering him.


Venin reached up and touched the statue’s outstretched hand. The shock knocked him backward onto his ass, and he hit the ground hard, slamming into one of the marble columns.


Venin groaned, stunned, and reached back to feel his wings and spine. He seemed to be in one piece.


Taz would have laughed his ass off at the whole thing.


After a moment he sat up cautiously. He wrapped his arms around his legs and stared up at the statue, his chin on his knees.


The glow was gone.


Did I imagine it? He stood and felt the back of his head. A lump was already forming there. That’s gonna leave a mark.


Something had changed. Venin didn’t know what yet, but he was sure of that much.


He pulled his boots back on and laced them up. With one last suspicious glare at the statue, he turned and stepped out of the chapel, taking a deep breath of the moisture-laden air.


Then he leapt into the sky to soar down to the broken city.

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Author Bio


Scott lives with his husband of twenty five years in a Sacramento suburb, in a cute little yellow house with a brick fireplace and two pink flamingoes out front.


He inhabits in the space between the here and now and the what could be. Indoctrinated into science fiction and fantasy by his mom at the tender age of nine, he quickly finished her entire library. But he soon began to wonder where all the queer people were.


After coming out at twenty three, he started writing the kinds of stories he couldn't find at Crown Books. If there weren't many queer characters in his favorite genres, he would will them into existence, subverting them to his own ends. And if he was lucky enough, someone else would want to read them.


His friends say Scott's mind works a little differently than most - he makes connections between ideas that others don't, and somehow does more in a day than most people manage in a week. Although born an introvert, he forced himself to reach outside himself, and learned to connect with others like him.


Scott's stories subvert expectations that transform traditional science fiction, fantasy, and contemporary worlds into something different and unexpected. He runs both Queer Sci Fi and QueeRomance Ink with his husband Mark.


His romance and genre fiction writing brings a queer energy to his stories, filling them with love, beauty and power. He imagines how the world could be - in the process, he hopes to change the world, just a little.


Scott was recognized as one of the top new gay authors in the 2017 Rainbow Awards, and his debut novel "Skythane" received two awards and an honorable mention.


You can find him at Dreamspinner here, Goodreads here, on Amazon here, on QueeRomance Ink here, and on Facebook here.




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What's On the Reading Radar? #TBR #WishList

What am I doing? Writing and reading,,. and that is pretty much it.  This week's reading radar list is short because I read one book over the course of several days because I started a new crochet project that is pretty detailed. There has bee a lot of stopping and starting so I could read the pattern or consult the crochet-a-long video. 

Title: The Trouble With Love
Series: Nothing But Trouble, 2
Author: Macy Blake
Length:
Publisher: 

Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Gay /

Notes: This is offered for free at the moment. I don't know how long that will last.

Blurb: 

Vaughn Jerrick's life has changed completely. He's the adoptive alpha and father to six shifter cubs, and he's the mate to a human he loves more than life itself. There's only one problem. He's been so focused on the kids, he's forgotten to truly romance Sam. With Valentine's day approaching, Vaughn decides to give his mate a romantic evening. If only it were that simple. Chaos comes in all shapes and sizes, but Vaughn quickly realizes that the trouble with love is that it isn't any trouble at all.

Title: All He Needs
Series: (My Truth Book 1)
Author: Ann Grech
Length: 205 pages
Publisher: 

Genre: Romance / Contmeporary / Poly / Gay

Notes: 

Blurb: When a former pro-snowboarder finds himself caught between two men who have stolen his heart, it takes heartbreak and a hit of reality for him to start believing love is truly all he needs.

I didn't think it'd turn out this way: my life story in a nutshell. Life, Karma, whatever—it was testing me. Pushing me to the limit of what I could endure and beyond.

But in the steaming pile my life had become, I felt it. The spark. Like my soul met its counterparts, or whatever the corny saying was. I didn't think it was possible. For a closeted guy, falling for not one but two men was never going to be easy, but I couldn't deny its truth. Mace and Rick were….

Then I had to leave. My sister needed me. Having a baby alone was out of the question and I couldn't wait to be an uncle. But going to stay with her in Florida meant leaving them. New Zealand and the USA couldn't be further apart.

I'm not a saint. I've screwed up more times than I can count. But I was trying to redeem myself. Gracie, my niece, needed me to be a better man. If only there was a way I could have both—men to love and a family close by.

This is my truth, and this is all I need.

Title: Scorpion
Series: Memory of Scorpions, 1
Author: Aleksandr Voinov
Length: 240 pages
Publisher: 44 Raccoons (December 23, 2018)

Genre: Romance / Historical / Dark Fantasy / Gay

Notes: 

Blurb: Never stop fighting. 

Kendras is a casualty of war: injured, penniless, and quite possibly the last surviving member of the only family he’s ever had—the elite fighting force known as the Scorpions. When a steel-eyed mercenary offers him medicine and shelter in exchange for submission and a secret task, Kendras has no choice but to accept. He is a Scorpion; he’ll do whatever it takes to survive.

But his true goal is to rebuild the Scorpions. Neither Steel’s possessive nature nor Kendras’s shattered foot can keep him from finding the last of his brothers, or the mysterious leader of the Scorpions, the man who held Kendras’s heart long before Steel tried to take it for himself.

The goal is simple, the situation anything but. To rescue his leader and escape from Steel for good, Kendras must fight through a morass of politics and intrigue where enemies may be allies and even allies have hidden agendas. But Kendras isn’t only fighting for his lost lover and tribe—he soon realizes that nothing less than the birth of an Empire is at stake.


This 70,000-word novel has been previously published.

Title: A Blaze in the Dark
Series: BoT World Stories, 1
Author: Miranda Turner
Length: 120 pages
Publisher: 

Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Urban Fantasy / Gay

Notes: 

Blurb: Bain never thought he’d escape the prison he’d lived in for the last five years. He spent his days chained up like an animal, and his nights…they were better not spoken about. Until one day Antonio came stumbling into his darkness, lighting a fire in his soul and giving him a chance at a new life.

Antonio loved his position as a Bellator, and he loved his brother Luc; it was Luc’s friends he could do without. When he came upon an emaciated and beaten boy at his brother’s best friend David’s house, he knew he had to get him out of there. Risking his place on his team, his relationship with his brother, and even death was something he’d never regret. After all, Bain was Antonio’s sodalis vitae, and soulmates were forever.

The small problem of Bain being a member of the Tenebrix, the Bellators’ mortal enemies, was nothing compared to what could happen if David found out where he was. But Antonio won’t let anything—race, being hunted by his own kind, or Bain’s fears—keep him from finally claiming his mate on Valentine’s Day.


This novella is a standalone in The Bearer of Truth world and takes place three years before Shadowing the Light. Antonio and Bain do appear in The BoT series as side characters, but you do not need to have read those books to read this one or vice versa.

This book is LGBT Romance and Urban Fantasy. Not recommended for readers under 18. Use the Look Inside feature or download a sample to see additional content advisories on the Copyright page.

Title: Dead Heat
Series: Alpha and Omega, 4
Author: Patricia Briggs
Length: 338 pages
Publisher: Ace (March 3, 2015)

Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Fantasy / Action & Adventure / Mystery /

Notes: This is the book that I have been listening to all week. Finished it last night. I like Anna and Charles. They compliment each other so well.

Blurb: Praised for having “the perfect blend of action, romance, suspense, and paranormal”*, #1 New York Times bestselling author Patrica Briggs's Alpha and Omega series now takes readers into the middle of some bad supernatural business…

For once, mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Lantham are not traveling because of Charles’s role as his father’s enforcer. This time, their trip to Arizona is purely personal. Or at least their visit starts out that way...

Charles and Anna soon discover that a dangerous fae being is on the loose, replacing human children with simulacrums. The fae have started a cold war with humanity that's about to heat up—and Charles and Anna are in the crossfire.

Title: Unlit
Series: (A Kingdoms of Earth & Air Novel Book 1)
Author: Keri Athur
Length: 404 pages
Publisher: KA Publishing PTY LTD (May 15, 2018)

Genre: Science Fiction / Action  Adventure / Romantic Elements? /

Notes: I used to read a paranormal series by her and around the time I found MM I put the series aside. I tried to go back and reread it so that I could finish it but it didn't catch. So I thought I'd perhaps try something newer.

Blurb: Winterborne has long been a city divided between those who have magic, and those who do not. Between those who are free, and those who are not…

Though classified as having no magic, Neve March can hear the whispers of the wind and sometimes even control her. But it’s a secret she must hold close if she wishes to continue as Nightwatch—the soldiers who guard Winterborne against those who roam the wastelands and feast on human flesh.

When Neve investigates a faint SOS signal, she not only unearths a woman close to death, but a plot involving an ancient enemy long thought dead.

In an effort to expose those behind the plot, Neve goes undercover amongst Winterborne’s elite—a dangerous step that could expose her secret and rip away all that she holds dear.

The trail of treachery leads her from Winterborne’s golden halls to the heart of the enemy’s hive, and it will shake her belief of not only who she is, but what she is

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Coming Soon! The Aurora Conspiracy #scifi #LGBTIAQ

I'm excited to announce that The Aurora Conspiracy is up for pre-order!! Whoot! 

The Aurora Conspiracy was originally written for the anthology Keep the Stars Running which tied for a 2015 Rainbow Award. It's a story about surviving, second chances, and friendship. These characters are some of my favorites.

Title: The Aurora Conspiracy
Length: 30k
Publisher: LT3 Press

Releases: April 10, 219

Genre: Sci-Fi / Pansexual / Gay / 

Blurb: 

Regin just wants to heal. After a terrible accident that maimed him, and nearly took his life and that of someone he loved, he's spent the last several years licking his wounds on a mining station. With only six months left on his contract, he hopes to start a new life.

Then he's accused of a crime he didn't commit, and a ghost from the past arrives, reopening old wounds and leaving him convinced that no second chances could ever really come his way. But sorting out himself and his personal life won't matter much if he can't prevent a second catastrophe and save a whole lot more than two lives.

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What's on the Reading Radar? #TBR #WishList #amreading

What am I doing? Writing on Constant the whole week. Nothing special to talk about. LOL

Title: Not Dead Yet
Series: 
Author: Jenn Burke
Length: 
Publisher: Carina Press (February 4, 2019)

Genre: Romance / Mystery / Sleuthing / Paranormal / Gay / 

Notes: 

Blurb: Dying isn’t what it used to be.

Wes Cooper was dead. Then he wasn’t—though he’s not exactly alive, either. As an immortal not-ghost, he can transition between this world and the otherplane, which makes him the perfect thief for hire. For seventy years he’s made a “living” returning items to their rightful owners, seeing his fair share of the bizarre in the process. But he’s never witnessed murder. Until now.

His latest mission brings him more than he bargained for: a very-dead actor who is definitely going to stay that way. It’s just Wes’s luck that his ex-boyfriend, Detective Hudson Rojas, is assigned to the case. Hudson broke Wes’s heart years ago—and could again, given he’s rocking a hot silver-fox look that shouldn’t be legal.

As they work together to track down the murderer before anyone else gets hurt, it becomes clear Wes and Hudson have unfinished business. And when a secret Hudson’s been keeping threatens more than just their happiness, it might mean the end of their not-life together—permanently.

This book is approximately 91,000 words

Title: The Seer of Ice and Sky
Series: Book 2 ( the Seer of Grace and Fire Trilogy)
Author: Natsuya Uesugi
Length: 280 pages
Publisher: 

Genre: Fantasy / Action & Adventure

Notes: When I grabbed this cover, I didn't realize it was the 2nd book in the series. The first book is The Seer of Grace and Fire


Blurb: Surviving the devastation of DarkFall, Timorn is now rightful King of Faerie. With evil lurking at the fringes between the kingdoms of the humans and the elves, the dark mage Dalannin travels to Dragonreise to forge an alliance with the Dragon King. Timorn’s travelling party sets off on request from an elven emissary but dissent grows as the party passes through the human city of Ekhrine. As they stop at the Ecclesiastical University where the cleric Kabal translated The Legend of Arden prophesy, a demonic aura haunts their path. Can Timorn forge an alliance with the dragons to ensure peace or will darkness drive a wedge between him and his magical twin Ethesian as they journey through the elven lands.

Title: Winter Rising
Series: (Coldharbour Chronicles Book 1)
Author: Richard Amos
Length: 286 pages
Publisher: 

Genre: Romance / Urban Fantasy / Dark Fantasy / Slow Burn / Gay /

Notes: I feel like I have posted this or perhaps I keep coming back and looking at this series and that is why it feels familiar.


Blurb: It started with a curse. Or was it the murder? No definitely the curse.  

In mourning after the murder of his husband, and looking for revenge, Jake Winter finds himself in a city that shouldn’t exist. Evil stalks the streets and goblins weave sweet lies, and there’s a curse that, it turns out, only Jake can break. Suddenly, revenge isn’t his only purpose; suddenly Jake is the people’s last hope. Add some new friends sworn to guard him, including a sexy half-fae bloke who has an unwelcome effect on Jake’s pulse, and the stage is set for a new life of danger and death on the British coast.

Because Jake has a destiny. Question is, will he live long enough to fulfill it?

A dark urban fantasy tale with kick-ass action and slow-burn m/m romance.

Title: Silk and Steel
Series: Silk and Steel, 1
Author: Arina Nash
Length: 380 pages
Publisher: Crazy Ace Publishing (January 18, 2019)

Genre: Romance / Dark Fantasy / Bisexual / 

Notes: 


Blurb: A tormented dragon prince.
A captured elven assassin.
Duty demands they fight for their people but love has other plans.

Eroan, one of the last elven assassins, lives for one purpose: kill the queen.

He would have succeeded if not for her last line of defense: Prince Lysander. Now, captured and forced into the queen’s harem, Eroan sees another opportunity. Why kill just the queen when he can kill them all? It would be simple, if not for the troubled and alluring dragon prince. A warrior, a killer, and something else… something Eroan finds himself inexplicably drawn to.

Trapped in a life he despises, Lysander knows his time is running out.

If the queen doesn’t kill him for his failures, her enemies will. There’s nothing left to live for, until an elf assassin almost kills him. A stubborn, prideful, fool of an elf who doesn’t know when to quit. An elf who sparks a violent, forbidden desire in Lysander. If Lysander can’t save himself, maybe he can save the elf and maybe, just maybe… one stubborn elf will be enough to bring down the queen before her reign brings death to them all.

Silk & Steel is a 85,000 word full-length novel.

This series is a dark fantasy intended for mature readers.
Silk & Steel features a gay dragon shifter, a bisexual elf, and adult themes.

Title: More than Blood
Series: Blood Series, 1
Author: Brea Alepou
Length: 254 pages
Publisher: 

Genre: Romance / Dark Paranormal / Fantasy / Vampires / Werewolves / Poly / Gay / 

Notes: Sadly, this book was not for me. I love poly romance, and I don't mind dark romances, plus I have been looking for vampire romances for a while, but I could not finish this one. It is not the sadomasochism bend that the story has, it was the main character Karter. The blurb does point out that he's a screw-up but he presents no motivation for what he does. There was nothing to keep me interested in him or the the vampires he feeds.  


Blurb: A prince, a miscreant, a warrior, a workaholic & one wild werewolf.

Karter's been nothing but trouble since the day he learned to walk. A werewolf with a knack for f@#$*ng s#%t up, he’s caused so much trouble that even his pack is tired of dealing with it. With his pack done bailing him out, Karter is left alone and with no one to care. If he doesn’t get his life in order, he’ll end up dead.

When he’s dragged in by the people who will happily put a silver bullet in his head, they give him an opportunity instead of death… to feed vampires — aka a walking blood bank. To feed the enemy is unheard of, but with nowhere else to turn he reluctantly goes.

Four vampires and one werewolf. What should be a disaster may turn into something so much more.

Why can’t he stop craving things that no werewolf should crave from bloodsuckers?

(Warning graphic language for 18+, gay Paranormal haram, graphic scenes, vampire take on blood play��)

Title: Nevermore
Series: Crossbreed, 6
Author: Dannika Dark
Length: 338 pages
Publisher: Dannika Dark (January 13, 2019)

Genre: Romantic Elements / Urban Fantasy 

Notes: More than anything this a reminder for me to catch up on the series. The audiobooks are available through my library but sometimes the wait list is months long. I need to go back and check. The next book for me is #4. On a side note, this is the only series that I like by this author. I've had a hard time getting into the other series and stopped trying. This one is good even if I don't understand how she's a half breed. LOL



Blurb: Raven returns to her childhood home to rebuild her severed relationship with her father. After a long year of capturing violent criminals and thwarting assassination plots, she could use a vacation.

But trouble is brewing on the home front. When Raven discovers her father is in financial peril, she's determined to set things right even if it means sacrificing her heart in the process. Meanwhile, her relationship with Christian is on shaky ground when a skeleton falls out of his closet. Will they be able to leave the past behind, or is the trust between them dead and buried?

Title: Cronin's Key: Kennard's Story
Series: Cronin's Key, 4 
Author: NR Walker
Length: 
Publisher: 

Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Vampires / Gay / 

Notes: 



Blurb: Kennard and Stas have been enjoying being newly bonded mates, hidden away for the last six months in Stas’ cabin, deep in the forests of Northern Russia. When they get a visit from Alec, Cronin, Eiji, and Jodis, Kennard and Stas decide to return to London where they get news of a supernatural disturbance in India.

Excited for a new adventure, the band of friends embark on a journey like they’ve never seen before. Following a trail of snakes and serpents, they slip through gates into timeless dimensions all over the world, leaving them without their vampire powers. Even Alec is powerless as they follow a trail of gates and doorways to their final destination.

But the bad guy isn’t who they think it is, and Kennard will need to draw on his past to save their future. Because history is never what it seems…

Title: Jacked Cat Jive
Series: The Kai Gracen Series, 3
Author: Rhys Ford
Length: 242 pages
Publisher: 

Genre: Fantasy / Dystopia / 

Notes: 



Blurb: Stalker Kai Gracen knew his human upbringing would eventually clash with his elfin heritage, but not so soon. Between Ryder, a pain-in-his-neck sidhe lord coaxing him to join San Diego’s Southern Rise Court, and picking up bounties for SoCalGov, he has more than enough to deal with. With his loyalties divided between the humans who raised him and the sidhe lord he’s befriended and sworn to protect, Kai finds himself standing at a crossroads.

When a friend begs Kai to rescue a small group of elfin refugees fleeing the Dusk Court, he’s pulled into a dangerous mission with Ryder through San Diego’s understreets and the wilderness beyond. Things go from bad to downright treacherous when Kerrick, Ryder’s cousin, insists on joining them, staking a claim on Southern Rise and Kai.

Burdened by his painful past, Kai must stand with Ryder against Kerrick while facing down the very court he fears and loathes. Dying while on a run is expected for a Stalker, but Kai wonders if embracing his elfin blood also means losing his heart, soul, and humanity along the way.

Title: Power of Lies
Series: (The Dark Orchid Book 1)
Author: Auryn Hadley
Length: 204 pages
Publisher: Spotted Horse Productions (January 18, 2019)

Genre: Romance / Fantasy / Sword & Sorcery / Poly / Bisexual / 

Notes: I love this cover. 



Blurb: Everyone lies. When working for a sex mage, it's the only way to stay safe.

That's the first thing Jaeda learns when she's named as the Chosen. The mage needs a sacrifice, and she's willing to give it. Maybe too willing. After all, this man is lust incarnate; a woman would have to be insane not to want him, even if he is dangerous.

But desiring someone's body is very different from falling in love. In her line of work, the two must never be confused. She doesn't even know his name! He's simply The Jackal, a terrifyingly powerful sex mage, and she's his altar. Her lust fuels him. He needs it.

And that puts her in control.

Now, she gets to spend her days with a mage who wields sex like a weapon and his assistant who's as irresistible as some long-lost god brought to life. The things they do to her body are amazing, and the rest? These men want to spoil her with the kind of riches she's always dreamed of. It's the best job she can imagine.

Unfortunately, it's never that easy. This is supposed to be about making magic - that's it. Feelings have no place in a mage's temple. Affection is a curse. But when the enemy decides she'll make the perfect weapon to steal the Jackal's power, what's she supposed to do? After all, she's just a stupid girl caught in the middle. Her job is to just lie back and take it.

Except, someone's been lying.

It might even be her.



POWER OF LIES is a complete novel with a reverse harem, polyamorous storyline. It is intended for a mature audience due to the presence of consensual sex, group sex, M/M scenes, and plenty of vulgar language - as well as some potentially triggering violence since the bad guys don't always play nice. While this is a love story, it may not be right for all readers.

Title: Waiting on the Rain
Series: 
Author: Freddy MacKay
Length: 
Publisher: Mischief Corner Books, LLC; 1 edition (February 5, 2019)
Genre: Romance / Paranormal / Poly / Bisexual / Transgender / 

Notes: I feel like I have been waiting for this one forever! I'm in the middle of it and I love how Freddy introduces me to different cultures and makes me fall in love with her characters. <3 <3 



Blurb: One young man desperate to make things right for the monks who raised him. Another looking to escape the limelight. The two best friends stuck in time because of promises.

A couple looking to make a bigger unconventional family—one young woman who wants to help the world become a more beautiful place, one transwoman looking to put down roots for the both of them.

Love isn’t always easy, but the good kind is worth fighting for, even when others don’t understand it. The story of what becomes of their love is what will be passed down into legend. Because stories like this, people remember.

When Jira, Boon, Areeya and Fon come together to celebrate Yee Peng and Loi Krathong, sparks fly and dreams coalesce. But that’s only the beginning…

Title: Fire Touched
Series: Mercy Thompson, 9
Author: Patricia Briggs
Length: 350 pages
Publisher: Ace (March 8, 2016)

Genre: Romance / Urban Fantasy / Action & Adventure / Audiobook /

Notes: I've been cleaning up some older series on my TBR. This one I sort of binged on. Last week I read books 5 thru 8. I finished this and went on to the next one so that I'll be soon caught up. It's a good series.



Blurb: Tensions between the fae and humans are coming to a head. And when coyote shapeshifter Mercy and her Alpha werewolf mate, Adam, are called upon to stop a rampaging troll, they find themselves with something that could be used to make the fae back down and forestall out-and-out war: a human child stolen long ago by the fae. 

Defying the most powerful werewolf in the country, the humans, and the fae, Mercy, Adam, and their pack choose to protect the boy no matter what the cost. But who will protect them from a boy who is fire touched?

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