Book Review
The Night Language
Oscar Wilde called gay love “the love which dare not speak its name” when homosexual relationships were illegal, stigmatized, and taboo. "The Night Language", by David Rocklin, revisits such a time, finding gay men closeted not only...
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The Goblins of Bellwater
"The Goblins of Bellwater" is a delightfully creepy paranormal romance set in the rich landscape of the Pacific Northwest. The forest that surrounds Bellwater, Washington, is dreamy, dark, and deep. It’s a place where anything could...
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Echo After Echo
“Being an actor is all about finding keys from the real world that open imaginary locks,” and as young actress Zara Evans discovers, the doors opened by her acting lead to unexpected places. "Echo After Echo" is a tightly written,...
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Lies Jane Austen Told Me
Who knows romance better than Jane Austen? Emma Pierce is pretty sure her favorite author is the expert on love, relationships, and finding a worthy partner. But in "Lies Jane Austen Told Me", she is shown to find that there’s more to...
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Roxie & Fred
Sharp and sensual, Roxie and Fred is a provocative love story that explores a May-December relationship. Is it ever too late to fall in love again? On her way into her eighties, Roxie is in a contemplative phase. She has had her share of...
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Love Remains
Sarah M. Eden’s "Love Remains" is a charming historical romance in the Hope Springs series. It brings together a blind teacher and an Irish berry farmer in Wyoming Territory, in 1871. Tavish O’Connor and Cecily Attwater aren’t...
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Accidental Activists
Collins shows that change, even of the smallest kind, comes at the cost of great dedication and even greater love. It took four decades of lawyers, litigation, LGBTQ activists, and patient, persistent engagement to legalize gay marriage....
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Detached
Both self-aware and sweetly transgressive, Lutheran’s novel brings new life to the road-trip romance. Zachary Byrd is a man with a van. All he needs is a plan. Tanner Lutheran’s Detached: I Hope All of Your Flowers Turn Into...