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Welcome to The Advent Calendar 2011!
Posted on December 1, 2011 by speakitsname
The posts will go up around 14:00 hrs GMT daily – so no peeking in advance! And we will know if you try! Come back daily to check for new posts, and every day there will be a prize up for grabs for at least one person. There will also be a BIG FESTIVE MYSTERY [...]
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Review: Home Fires Burning by Charlie Cochrane
Posted on November 11, 2011 by Erastes
Two stories, two couples, two eras, timeless emotions. “This Ground Which Was Secured At Great Expense” 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 [...]
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Gay Historical Panel at GLBT UK MEET
Posted on August 3, 2011 by Erastes
On 23rd July, the 2nd annual GLBT UK MEETUP was held and it was a resounding success. In a year we went from 12 attendees to over 40 and we are planning even better next year. Here’s the panel hosted by Alex Beecroft, Charlie Cochrane and Erastes. Hope you find it useful. Alex Beecroft: Characters [...]
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Charlie Cochrane’s Book Swap
Posted on June 15, 2011 by speakitsname
I have a print Downtime (autographed!) by Tamara Allen, which is dead heavy so I’d only post to UK. Also have Victor Banis, The Man from CAMP (three short novs) In return I’d only want print books, but would be happy not to have anything in return. ————————- What to if you want any of [...]
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Review: All Lessons Learned by Charlie Cochrane
Posted on March 15, 2011 by Erastes
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 [...]
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Ring in the New
Posted on December 20, 2010 by speakitsname
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Christmas Crackers
Posted on December 2, 2010 by speakitsname
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Review: Lessons In Trust by Charlie Cochrane
Posted on June 19, 2010 by Erastes
He thought he knew who he was. Now he’s a stranger to himself. Cambridge Fellows Mysteries, Book 7 When Jonty Stewart and Orlando Coppersmith witness the suspicious death of a young man at the White City exhibition in London, they’re keen to investigate—especially after the cause of death proves to be murder. But police Inspector [...]
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Review: Lessons in Seduction by Charlie Cochrane
Posted on March 13, 2010 by Leslie
This time, one touch could destroy everything… The suspected murder of the king’s ex-mistress is Cambridge dons Orlando Coppersmith and Jonty Stewart’s most prestigious case yet. And the most challenging, since clues are as hard to come by as the killer’s possible motive. At the hotel where the body was found, Orlando goes undercover as [...]
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Review: Lessons in Temptation by Charlie Cochrane
Posted on January 4, 2010 by Erastes
He thinks he has everything. Until someone tries to steal it. Cambridge Fellows Mysteries, Book 5 For friends and lovers Orlando Coppersmith and Jonty Stewart, a visit to Bath starts out full of promise. While Orlando assesses the value of some old manuscripts, Jonty plans to finish his book of sonnets. Nothing exciting…until they are [...]
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A Christmas miscellany for jaded palates
Posted on December 17, 2009 by speakitsname
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Review: Lessons In Power by Charlie Cochrane
Posted on October 22, 2009 by gehayi
The ghosts of the past will shape your future. Unless you fight them. Cambridge Fellows Mysteries, Book 4 Cambridge, 1907 After settling in their new home, Cambridge dons Orlando Coppersmith and Jonty Stewart are looking forward to nothing more exciting than teaching their students and playing rugby. Their plans change when a friend asks their [...]
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Review: Lessons in Discovery by Charlie Cochrane
Posted on September 18, 2009 by Leslie
Orlando’s broken memory may break his lover’s heart. Cambridge Fellows Mysteries, Book 3 Cambridge, 1906. On the very day Jonty Stewart proposes that he and Orlando Coppersmith move in together, Fate trips them up. Rather, it trips Orlando, sending him down a flight of stairs and leaving him with an injury that erases his memory. [...]
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Review: Lessons In Desire by Charlie Cochrane
Posted on May 31, 2009 by Erastes
Cambridge Fellows Mysteries, Book 2 With the recent series of college murders behind him, Cambridge Fellow Jonty Stewart is in desperate need of a break. A holiday on the beautiful Channel Island of Jersey seems ideal, if only he can persuade Orlando Coppersmith to leave the security of the college and come with him. Orlando [...]
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Review: Regeneration by Pat Barker
Posted on May 15, 2009 by Erastes
Craiglockhart War Hospital, Scotland, 1917, where army psychiatrist William Rivers is treating shell-shocked soldiers. Under his care are the poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen, as well as mute Billy Prior, who is only able to communicate by means of pencil and paper. Rivers’ job is to make the men in his charge healthy enough [...]
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Review: Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault
Posted on April 14, 2009 by Erastes
At 20, when his reign began, Alexander the Great was already a seasoned soldier and a complex, passionate man. This novel tells the story of the boy Alexander, and the years that shaped him. Review by Charlie Cochrane It seems illogical to read a set of books starting with the last and working back to [...]
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Review: The Persian Boy by Mary Renault
Posted on March 11, 2009 by Erastes
The story of the climactic last seven years of Alexander the Great’s life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas. Abducted and gelded as a boy, Bagoas was sold as a courtesan to King Darius of Persia, but found freedom with Alexander after the Macedon army conquered his homeland. Taken as an attendant into Alexander’s [...]
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Review: Funeral Games by Mary Renault
Posted on February 27, 2009 by Erastes
After Alexander’s death in 323 B.C .his only direct heirs were two unborn sons and a simpleton half-brother. Every long-simmering faction exploded into the vacuum of power. Wives, distant relatives, and generals all vied for the loyalty of the increasingly undisciplined Macedonian army. Most failed and were killed in the attempt. For no one possessed [...]
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Review: Lessons in Love by Charlie Cochrane
Posted on December 20, 2008 by Erastes
Cambridge Fellows Mysteries, Book 1 St. Bride’s College, Cambridge, England, 1905. When Jonty Stewart takes up a teaching post at the college where he studied, the handsome and outgoing young man acts as a catalyst for change within the archaic institution. He also has a catalytic effect on Orlando Coppersmith.Orlando is a brilliant, introverted mathematician [...]
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Review: Speak Its Name by Charlie Cochrane, Lee Rowan and Erastes
Posted on June 2, 2008 by Alex Beecroft
A Three novella anthology from Cheyenne Publishing Featuring: Aftermath by Charlie Cochrane Gentleman’s Gentleman by Lee Rowan Hard and Fast by Erastes Expectations riding on young Englishmen are immense; for those who’ve something to hide, those expectations could prove overwhelming. Aftermath When shy Edward Easterby first sees the popular Hugo Lamont, he’s both envious of [...]
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