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		<title>Review: An Angel in Hollywood (Hurrah for Hollywood 1) by Parhelion</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erastes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When confronted by a rampaging comic genius, what&#8217;s a studio publicity fella to do? Review by Erastes I believe this book was out once with Torquere, but lucky you lot, if you didn&#8217;t manage to get hold of an ecopy back then (it was published in 2005 I think) there&#8217;s a free version on Parhelion&#8217;s website, together [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&#038;blog=1542532&#038;post=4782&#038;subd=speakitsname&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Sail Away by Lee Rowan</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2012/04/15/review-sail-away-by-lee-rowan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 13:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Corrupt governments, divided loyalties,lovingly exchanged gifts, astral travel and sensual love; not to mention a sailors unwanted little lodgers are all combined in this charming and entertaining collection of short stories by Lee Rowan, plus an extra treat from Charlie Cochrane. THE CAPTAINS COURTSHIP Set in 18th century New England amid revolutionary rumblings, The Captains [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&#038;blog=1542532&#038;post=4788&#038;subd=speakitsname&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Bonds of Earth by G.N. Chevalier</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2012/04/04/review-bonds-of-earth-by-g-n-chevalier/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erastes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1918, Michael McCready returned from the war with one goal: to lose himself in the pursuit of pleasure. Once a promising young medical student, Michael buried his dreams alongside the broken bodies of the men he could not save. After fleeing New York to preserve the one relationship he still values, he takes a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&#038;blog=1542532&#038;post=4760&#038;subd=speakitsname&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: The Master of Seacliff by Max Pierce</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2012/03/31/review-the-master-of-seacliff-by-max-pierce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 14:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erastes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is 1899, and young Andrew Wyndham has accepted a position tutoring the unruly son of wealthy industrialist Duncan Stewart in the hopes that the work will be brief yet provide an avenue to pay for his passage to France to study art. But Seacliff is a dark and eerie mansion enshrouded in near-eternal fog, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&#038;blog=1542532&#038;post=4748&#038;subd=speakitsname&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Rag and Bone by J.S. Cook (Inspector Raft Mysteries #2)</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2012/02/16/review-rag-and-bone-by-j-s-cook-inspector-raft-mysteries-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erastes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rag &#38; Bone is #2 in the Inspector Raft Mystery Series. Scotland Yard Inspector Philemon Raft arrives on the scene of a deadly fire in Whitechapel, only to find a much more sinister force at work, destroying lives with swift abandon &#8211; and a lunatic may help Raft capture the master criminal known only as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&#038;blog=1542532&#038;post=4656&#038;subd=speakitsname&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Gaius and Achilles by Clodia Metelli</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2012/02/10/review-gaius-and-achilles-by-clodia-metelli/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gaius and Achilles is a gay historical romance, set in Late Republican Rome, concerning the choices facing Achilles, a young aristocrat from Paphos whose life is thrown into confusion when he is captured by pirates and separated from his lover Hippothous. He finds himself the slave of decadent Roman poet Gaius Manlius Torquatus, a sensitive [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=speakitsname.com&#038;blog=1542532&#038;post=4639&#038;subd=speakitsname&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Quatrefoil by James Barr</title>
		<link>http://speakitsname.com/2012/01/25/review-quatrefoil-by-james-barr/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erastes</dc:creator>
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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&#038;blog=1542532&#038;post=4553&#038;subd=speakitsname&#038;ref=&#038;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>
		<dc:creator>Erastes</dc:creator>
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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&#038;blog=1542532&#038;post=4290&#038;subd=speakitsname&#038;ref=&#038;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>
		<dc:creator>Erastes</dc:creator>
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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&#038;blog=1542532&#038;post=4435&#038;subd=speakitsname&#038;ref=&#038;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&#038;blog=1542532&#038;post=4021&#038;subd=speakitsname&#038;ref=&#038;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&#038;blog=1542532&#038;post=3858&#038;subd=speakitsname&#038;ref=&#038;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&#038;blog=1542532&#038;post=3762&#038;subd=speakitsname&#038;ref=&#038;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&#038;blog=1542532&#038;post=3676&#038;subd=speakitsname&#038;ref=&#038;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&#038;blog=1542532&#038;post=3623&#038;subd=speakitsname&#038;ref=&#038;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&#038;blog=1542532&#038;post=3473&#038;subd=speakitsname&#038;ref=&#038;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&#038;blog=1542532&#038;post=3430&#038;subd=speakitsname&#038;ref=&#038;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&#038;blog=1542532&#038;post=3385&#038;subd=speakitsname&#038;ref=&#038;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&#038;blog=1542532&#038;post=3366&#038;subd=speakitsname&#038;ref=&#038;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&#038;blog=1542532&#038;post=3235&#038;subd=speakitsname&#038;ref=&#038;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&#038;blog=1542532&#038;post=3211&#038;subd=speakitsname&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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