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Round Up of the Best of the Year

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Erastes

Before you all start to dissolve in left-over mince pies and get cracking on those racy New Year parties, we thought we would follow the good old End of Year Tradition and do a round up of 2009 and our best reads. We are also announcing our favourite author of the year, our best book [...]

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Review: An Improper Holiday by K A Mitchell

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Erastes

As second son to an earl, Ian Stanton has always done the proper thing. Obeyed his elders, studied diligently, and dutifully accepted the commission his father purchased for him in the Fifty-Second Infantry Division. The one glaring, shameful, marvelous exception: Nicholas Chatham, heir to the Marquess of Carleigh. Before Ian took his position in His [...]

Filed under: 19th Century, ebook, England, five stars, K A Mitchell, novella, Regency, Reviews | Tagged: five stars, gay historical romance, K A Mitchell | 5 Comments »

Review: Hidden Conflict (various)

Posted on December 29, 2009 by speakitsname

Hidden Conflict presents four novellas that tell the experiences of gay military men, their families and friends, during times of conflict and war. Each story presents a unique voice at a distinct time in history. Review by Vashtan I’ve been in a reviewing funk over the question how to review and to what end. While [...]

Filed under: 18th Century, 1910's, 19th Century, 4½ Stars, Age of Sail, Alex Beecroft, E N Holland, Fiction, Jordan Taylor, Mark R Probst, Reviews, World War I, World War II | 2 Comments »

Review: Common Sons: Common threads in the life by Ronald L. Donaghe

Posted on December 28, 2009 by speakitsname

Set in a small town in the middle of nowhere in the mid-1960s, Common Sons not only anticipates the coming gay revolution, but delineates its fields of battle in churches, schools and society, pitting fathers against sons, straight teens against gay teens, and self-hatred against self-respect. From the opening scene (where a reckless bout of [...]

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Review: Checkmate by Nicki Bennett and Ariel Tachna

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Erastes

When sword for hire Teodoro Ciéza de Vivar accepts a commission to “rescue” Lord Christian Blackwood from unsuitable influences, he has no idea he’s landed himself in the middle of a plot to assassinate King Philip IV of Spain and blame the English ambassador for the deed. Nor does he expect the spoiled child he’s [...]

Filed under: 17th Century, Ariel Tachna, Europe, Nikki Bennett, Reviews, three stars | 2 Comments »

Review: Sins of the Father by Anna O’Neill

Posted on December 26, 2009 by Erastes

The weight of the past could tear them apart… In his first mission as a shinobi, Sora Sanada has more than its success riding on his shoulders. Every move he makes is a reflection on his clan’s honor. So when an unexpected scuffle leaves him injured and the mission in jeopardy, he’d rather be left [...]

Filed under: 4 stars, Anna O'Neill, ebook, Japan, Reviews, short stories | 1 Comment »

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Posted on December 25, 2009 by Erastes

Thank you all so much for visiting daily and reading the posts by the authors. This site would not have the profile and the impetus to go forward without you–the readers. Thank you–the writers–for taking your time and energy and inspiration to make some of the most varied posts. I think every day was so [...]

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