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		<title>Review: Quatrefoil by James Barr</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Phillip Froelich and Tim Danelaw are irresistibly drawn to each other. Both are in every obvious respect what is generally considered masculine, and live and work in a completely normal man&#8217;s social and professional world. Other men respect and admire their courage and ability and even their physical prowess. Women are very much attracted to both of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&amp;blog=1542532&amp;post=4553&amp;subd=speakitsname&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: The Psychic and the Sleuth by Bonnie Dee and Summer Devon</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2012/01/09/review-the-psychic-and-the-sleuth-by-bonnie-dee-and-summer-devon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trusting a psychic flash might solve a mystery…and lead to love. Inspector Robert Court should have felt a sense of justice when a rag-and-bones man went to the gallows for murdering his cousin. Yet something has never felt right about the investigation. Robert’s relentless quest for the truth has annoyed his superintendent, landing him lowly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&amp;blog=1542532&amp;post=4290&amp;subd=speakitsname&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Speak Its Name Awards 2011</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2011/12/23/speak-its-name-awards-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 12:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry to cut into the Advent Calendar which I hope you are all enjoying. We will be reviving the Speak Its Name Awards this year and introducing a new category, the Readers&#8217; Choice. The Awards will be: Best Novel Best Cover Best Author and Readers&#8217; Choice. The first 3 are chosen by Speak Its Name, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&amp;blog=1542532&amp;post=4435&amp;subd=speakitsname&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Home Fires Burning by Charlie Cochrane</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2011/11/11/review-home-fires-burning-by-charlie-cochrane/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two stories, two couples, two eras, timeless emotions.  &#8220;This Ground Which Was Secured At Great Expense&#8221; It is 1914 and The Great War is underway. When the call to arms comes, Nicholas Southwell won’t be found hanging back. It’s a pity he can’t be so decisive when it comes to letting his estate manager Paul [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&amp;blog=1542532&amp;post=4021&amp;subd=speakitsname&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Summer&#8217;s Lease by Scot D Ryersson (short story)</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2011/09/30/review-summers-lease-by-scot-d-ryersson-short-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Calcutta, West Bengal, May 1891—Mair Calloway, Major Willoughby’s grandson, is arriving at Barrackpore for one night, en route to England for his first year at university. Captain Charles Blackthorne has been ordered to meet Mair at the train and take him under his wing for twenty-four hours. “No girls!” the Major orders. “Take care of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&amp;blog=1542532&amp;post=3858&amp;subd=speakitsname&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Pioneers by Lynn Lorenz</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2011/08/22/review-pioneers-by-lynn-lorenz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Matt films a documentary of gay men living in New Orleans over the last fifty years, his first subject is none other than Sebastian LaGrange, his very own landlord. The elderly gentleman has lived through good times and bad, has seen and done it all, and Matt thinks he’s perfect for the project. Although [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&amp;blog=1542532&amp;post=3762&amp;subd=speakitsname&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Giovanni&#8217;s Room by James Baldwin</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2011/08/02/review-giovannis-room-by-james-baldwin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Baldwin&#8217;s haunting and controversial second novel is his most sustained treatment of sexuality, and a classic of gay literature. In a 1950s Paris swarming with expatriates and characterized by dangerous liaisons and hidden violence, an American finds himself unable to repress his impulses, despite his determination to live the conventional life he envisions for himself [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&amp;blog=1542532&amp;post=3676&amp;subd=speakitsname&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: A Faint Wash of Lavender by Lucius Parhelion</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2011/06/27/review-a-faint-wash-of-lavender-by-lucius-parhelion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 10:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post World War Two finds Laguna Beach in its heyday as an artists&#8217; colony. Tony runs his uncles&#8217; Grocery store in the town where a man of his bent can hide among the eccentrics who call the place home, including his Aunt Cora, who&#8217;s in charge of this year&#8217;s Pageant, where denizens of Laguna Beach [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&amp;blog=1542532&amp;post=3623&amp;subd=speakitsname&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Silver-Silver Lining by Lucius Parhelion</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2011/06/07/review-silver-silver-lining-by-lucius-parhelion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1958 meteorologist Dr. Rob Lanard is in Las Vegas to observe the effects of the first nuclear test explosions on the weather. His boss on this job is Dr. Phillip Argent. The two men share more than just their boredom on the job; they are both pitching for the same team, so to speak. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&amp;blog=1542532&amp;post=3473&amp;subd=speakitsname&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: The Soldier of Raetia: Valerian’s Legion by Heather Domin</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2011/05/26/review-the-soldier-of-raetia-valerian%e2%80%99s-legion-by-heather-domin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 12:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rome, 10BC. New soldier Manilus Dardanus is sent to apprentice under General Cassius Valerian in the hope of securing a military sponsorship. Dardanus is idealistic and naive, Valerian brusque and restrained – but each soon discovers the other is not what he expected. In the legion Dardanus finds purpose and strength; in Dardanus, Valerian finds [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&amp;blog=1542532&amp;post=3430&amp;subd=speakitsname&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: The Only Gold by Tamara Allen</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2011/05/16/review-the-only-gold-by-tamara-allen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 13:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York 1888 Jonah Woolner’s life is as prudently regulated as the bank where he works. It’s a satisfying life until he’s passed over for promotion in favor of newcomer Reid Hylliard. Brash and enterprising, Reid beguiles everyone except Jonah, who’s convinced Reid’s progressive ideas will be the bank’s ruin. When Jonah begins to discover [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&amp;blog=1542532&amp;post=3385&amp;subd=speakitsname&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: House of Mirrors by Bonnie Dee and Summer Devon</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2011/05/14/review-house-of-mirrors-by-bonnie-dee-and-summer-devon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Driven from his family when his sexuality is exposed, Jonah discovers drama, passion, and intrigue in a traveling carnival&#8211;and in the enigmatic owner, Rafe Grimstone. The preacher’s son and the lord who’s rejected his former life in England feel the heat of attraction from the moment they meet. Open-hearted Jonah is willing to risk hellfire [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&amp;blog=1542532&amp;post=3366&amp;subd=speakitsname&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Icy Pavements by Lee Wyndham</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2011/04/08/review-icy-pavements-by-lee-wyndham/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Scudamore, a former captain in the Royalist Army, has unwittingly become a tool in a game much larger than it seems. When Peter assists the English Queen in her escape to Paris, he finds himself caught up in the machinations of the infamous Corvay, a man determined to be the final word in espionage [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&amp;blog=1542532&amp;post=3235&amp;subd=speakitsname&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Film Review: Infamous</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2011/03/29/film-review-infamous/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 16, 1959, Truman Capote reads about the murder of a Kansas family. There are no suspects. With Harper Lee, he visits the town: he wants to write about their response. First he must get locals to talk, then, after arrests, he must gain access to the prisoners. One talks constantly; the other, Perry [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&amp;blog=1542532&amp;post=3211&amp;subd=speakitsname&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: According to Hoyle by Abigail Roux</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2011/03/24/review-according-to-hoyle-by-abigail-roux/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By the close of 1882, the inhabitants of the American West had earned their reputation as untamed and dangerous. The line between heroes and villains is narrow and indistinct. The concept that a man may only kill if backed into a corner is antiquated. Lives are worth less than horses. Treasures are worth killing for. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&amp;blog=1542532&amp;post=3208&amp;subd=speakitsname&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: All Lessons Learned by Charlie Cochrane</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2011/03/15/review-all-lessons-learned-by-charlie-cochrane/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erastes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[He’s at the end of his rope…until fate casts a lifeline. Cambridge Fellows Mysteries, Book 8 The Great War is over. Freed from a prisoner of war camp and back at St. Bride’s College, Orlando Coppersmith is discovering what those years have cost. All he holds dear—including his beloved Jonty Stewart, lost in combat. A [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&amp;blog=1542532&amp;post=3187&amp;subd=speakitsname&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: The Evening Crowd at Kirmser&#8217;s by Ricardo J. Brown</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2011/02/26/review-the-evening-crowd-at-kirmsers-by-ricardo-j-brown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 09:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Publishers Weekly &#8220;Kirmser&#8217;s was the underground queer bar in St. Paul, a hidden sanctuary for homosexual men and women in the 1940s. It was the haven I found in 1945 after being drummed out of the navy for being a homosexual.&#8221; This extraordinary memoir of postwar, pre-Stonewall Midwestern gay life is as historically crucial [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&amp;blog=1542532&amp;post=3122&amp;subd=speakitsname&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: His Client by Ava March</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2011/02/04/review-his-client-by-ava-march/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 09:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>speakitsname</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr. Nathaniel Travers has been visiting Madame Delacroix’s brothel for five years. On every visit, he requests the same man. Stunningly handsome and highly skilled, Jasper not only shares Nate’s fondness for wickedly erotic games and black leather corsets, but he’s become a friend. Someone he can talk to. Someone he can share a supper [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&amp;blog=1542532&amp;post=3009&amp;subd=speakitsname&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Home Station on the Prairie Series-1 and 2 by Kara Larson</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2011/02/02/review-home-station-on-the-prairie-series-1-and-2-by-kara-larson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 09:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home Station on the Prairie The Nebraska territory is a lonely place for young Jamie, who longs to be a Pony Express rider, but only manages to take care of their horses. Still, he has the ponies, and his father, and before he knows it he has Thad, a boyhood friend from back in Iowa. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&amp;blog=1542532&amp;post=3003&amp;subd=speakitsname&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: The Praise Singer by Mary Renault</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2011/01/07/review-the-praise-singer-by-mary-renault/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 09:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>speakitsname</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Born into a stern farming family on the island of Keos, Simonides escapes his harsh childhood through a lucky apprenticeship with a renowned Ionian singer. Travelling through fifth century BC Greece, Simonides learn not only how to play the kithara and compose poetry, but also how to navigate the political intrigue surrounding his rich patrons. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&amp;blog=1542532&amp;post=2906&amp;subd=speakitsname&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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