Addicted to the soaring skies, brash high-flier Arthur Edward “Jack” Ratigan returns to Britain to fly bombers when his birth country goes to war against Germany in World War II. It also means a return to his ancestral home of Pren Redyn House in Wales—and risking his career and freedom if it comes to light [...]
Filed under: 1940's, 3½ Stars, Fiction, Jesse Blackwood, Reviews, World War II | 2 Comments »
The desire of an emperor… Bored with his usual palace musicians, the emperor Liu Che is tempted by a new song from lowly qin-player Li Yan Nian. Yan Nian is also beautiful, and Liu Che is in the mood to take a new lover. His lovers usually come to him, but Yan Nian’s shy reticence [...]
Filed under: 4½ Stars, Ancient World, BDSM, China, ebook, Kate Cotoner, novella, Reviews | 2 Comments »
Greetings, ye sons and daughters of the bilge. Today, for those less enlightened souls, is the world-famous Talk Like a Pirate Day and so we are celebrating here – on The Macaronis AND on the Speak Its Name Chat Group with a myriad of piratey based fun. That doesn’t necessarily mean we will be keel-hauling [...]
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Teleny is the haunted musical genius that everyone desires but no one has truly touched… until the fateful night that he senses Camille’s presence in the audience. The wealthy young man is instantly seduced by Teleny’s dark beauty and smoldering melancholy. This groundbreaking and powerful early gay novel, written in secret by Oscar Wilde and [...]
Filed under: 4½ Stars, graphic novel, Victorian | 3 Comments »
Twenty year old Richard Giles is living on the streets of London in the year 1660, scrounging for food and shelter the best he is able after the closure of his place of employment and death of his mother. After being given shelter for the night by a kindly old man Richard is back on [...]
Filed under: 1 star, 17th Century, ebook, England, Europe, John Simpson, novella, Restoration, Reviews | 3 Comments »
In 1955, Sam Coles is Hollywood’s newest rising star, and his latest role in Gordon Palmer’s movie, The Devil Inside, promises to send his popularity into the stratosphere. But Sam is less interested in the potential boost to his career, and more interested in his gorgeous co-star, Hollywood’s latest bad boy, Elijah McKinley. Their careers [...]
Filed under: 1950's, 2 stars, America, ebook, Fiction, Jamie Craig, novella, Reviews | Leave a Comment »
At eighteen Dylan Rutledge has one obsession: music. He believes his destiny is to be the greatest composer of the rapidly approaching twentieth century. Only Laurence Northcliff, a young history master at The Venerable Bede School for Young Gentlemen, believes in Dylan’s talent and encourages his dream, not realizing Dylan is in love with him. [...]
Filed under: 19th Century, England, Fiction, five stars, Reviews, Ruth Sims | 1 Comment »
It’s the Roaring Twenties. Skirts are short, crime is rampant, and booze is in short supply. Prohibition has hit Little Egypt where newspaper man David Flynn has come to do a follow-up story on the Herren Massacre. But the massacre isn’t the only news in town. Spiritualist Medium Julian Devereux claims to speak to the [...]
Filed under: 1920's, 4½ Stars, America, ebook, Fiction, Josh Lanyon, Murder Mystery, novella, Reviews | 3 Comments »
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