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It's Friday! We're back! Ellie's back! More Regency goodness! We're back with the young men of the Twelve Letters series in Gentlemen's Agreement, and I ramble on about marriages of the period :D  Gentlemen's Agreement (sequel to Coming of Age) by Ellie Thomas Amazon Books2Read JMS Publishing The group of Regency men who meet each Thursday at The Golden Lion in London’s St James’ find their lives become increasingly intertwined during the early autumn of 1815. Now the long wars with France are finally over, Jo Everett and Captain Ben Harding are heavily involved with their charity to assist injured ex-servicemen, as well as encountering personal complications. Ben’s romantic interest Edward Stephens remains a hundred miles away in Wiltshire, and although Jo and his true love Daniel Walters are in the same city, they are no closer to fulfilling their dream of sharing a home. Reformed brat Percy Havilland has a deluge of relatives and increasingly convoluted family problems to deal with in his new Chelsea abode, distracting him from his older partner Nathan Brooks. As the gentlemen juggle their feelings and duties, Ben’s former commanding officer involves them in capturing a spy ring that has inveigled the most exclusive ranks of high society. Their remit is to help foil Napoleon's restoration as Emperor of France before he reaches the remote island of St. Helena and permanent exile. Can this motley group of Regency men attain their happy ever after with their chosen partners? And as the nefarious treachery plays out in the select ballrooms of Mayfair, might Percy save the day by flirting for England? About Ellie:
Ellie Thomas lives by the sea. She comes from a teaching background and goes for long seaside walks where she daydreams about history. She is a voracious reader especially about anything historical. She mainly writes historical gay romance. Ellie also writes historical erotic romance as L. E. Thomas. Website: https://elliethomasromance.wordpress.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elliethomasauthor/ Twitter: @e_thomas_author Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19835510.Ellie_Thomas
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Friday has arrived! This week, I'm reading to you from Ashton K. Rose's new paranormal, Australian gothic, The Southern Magicks. Poly, all the queer, librarian MC! :D Come have a listen:
The Southern Magicks
The Southern Magicks #1 by Ashton K. Rose Buy Links How do you prove your innocence when you don’t even remember whether you did it or not? After a demon attack reveals Dexter’s secret – that his Gran taught him magic – the twenty-three-year-old librarian is forced to work for the local magical law enforcement agency in order to prove his loyalty, and hopefully save his grandmother from execution. However, when someone tries to frame him for crimes he doesn’t remember committing, Dexter realizes he’ll have to start an investigation of his own. Joined by his beloved husband Eli, their best friend June, and his journalist cousin Kat, he desperately tries to prove his innocence…which is kind of difficult when gaps in his memory make him doubt everything he thinks he knows about himself. The race against time begins. Can Dexter and his team uncover the criminals weaving the web of guilt around him before it’s too late, or is he going to lose everything and everyone he cares about?
About Ashton:
Ashton K. Rose (They/Them) is a Queer author who writes Australian paranormal, urban fantasy and mystery fiction filled with LGBTQIA+ characters. Ashton currently lives in sunny Queensland able to enjoy the best of the Australian bush and beach. Ashton spent their first fourteen years being raised on a remote farm shaped around the remains of an old mining town. Surrounded by the skeletons of past lives and their matching ghost stories, Ashton developed a love for fantasy, horror, and dark fairy tales from a young age. Carrying a love of ghost stories into adulthood Ashton started writing novels about magic, vampires and ghosts. Ashton decided to set The Southern Magicks in a world heavily inspired by the backdrop of the Australia bush/beach and the speculative fiction Ashton has consumed over a lifetime. Author Website: https://www.geekaflame.com/ Author Facebook (Author Page): https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086363208232 Author Twitter: https://twitter.com/Geek_Aflame Author Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/geek_aflame/ Author Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21982765.Ashton_K_Rose Author Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/author/ashtonkrose Hello and Happy Holidays! This week, Ellie Thomas joins us with a timely excerpt for the season - A Christmas Engagement. A lovely m/m Regency to snuggle up with by the fire or space heater or electric blanket! Come have a listen :)  A Christmas Engagement by Ellie Thomas JMS Books Amazon Books2Read In 1805, Charles Denham’s comfortable life in Regency London with his long-term partner Avery Mallory is disrupted by the sudden death of his father. As the heir to a modest country estate in Gloucestershire, Charles returns home to care for his bereaved family and take up his new responsibilities. Overwhelmed with grief, rather than leaning on Avery, Charles rejects his love and becomes fixed on the idea of taking a wife for reasons of family duty alone. With this plan in mind, during early winter, he travels the short distance to Bath only to find that Avery and his family have already arrived at the resort. Will Charles follow through with his ill-conceived plan for a hasty betrothal by Christmas? Or will he come to his senses and resume his relationship with the nicest man in England? About Ellie:
Ellie Thomas lives by the sea. She comes from a teaching background and goes for long seaside walks where she daydreams about history. She is a voracious reader especially about anything historical. She mainly writes historical gay romance. Ellie also writes historical erotic romance as L. E. Thomas. Website: https://elliethomasromance.wordpress.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elliethomasauthor/ Twitter: @e_thomas_author Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19835510.Ellie_Thomas Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/ellie-thomas Hello, Friday! This week, I'm reading to you from Stephen J. Wolf's new fantasy, Kershin the Fire Mage. Uncontrolled magic anyone? Come have a listen :D  Kershin the Fire Mage by Stephen J. Wolf Amazon Books2Read How do you control a power you hate? Kershin's attempts at a normal life have always been fruitless, but now he's sure he'll be cursed forever. After shunning his fire magic for years, he's now forced to either tame it himself or be tamed by a persistent mage hunter. The harder he tries, the worse the situation gets, and as he's hunted across the land, he leaves destruction in his wake. Hessia has been scarred by a fire mage before, but she's determined to never be helpless again. On her mission to tame the destructive fire mage, she faces trials that shake her to her core. Trials that test her mettle, threaten her beliefs, and decimate the villages she's trying to protect. Will she fall prey to her own hunt? The fire takes. The fire consumes. The fire kills. These two know that very well. As they clash, they discover that the threats they face may be greater than either of them imagined. About Stephen:
Stephen J. Wolf is a science teacher with a PhD in science education and a penchant for fantasy books, movies, and video games. Growing up, he loved learning how things worked. When he saw Mr. Wizard's World for the first time, he knew then that science was his place to be. From learning about how fireworks light up with different colors to understanding the mechanics of an acid-base reaction, chemistry and physics became his passion. Stephen started writing in eighth grade when his English teacher challenged the class to craft three different scenes. One scene focused on a person. A second highlighted a location. And the third detailed an object. In the moment of the quick-fire writing prompts, Wolf linked all three tasks together and created his first short story. The following year he created his first novel, then expanded it to a trilogy, growing as a writer along the way. Stephen lives in New York with his husband, Kevin, and their cats, Merlin and Monty. Author Website: https://red-jade.com/ Author Facebook (Personal): https://www.facebook.com/firemages Author Facebook (Author Page): https://www.facebook.com/StephenJWolfAuthor Author Twitter: https://twitter.com/firemagekershin Author Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/260634.Stephen_J_Wolf Author Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Stephen-Wolf/e/B017AVKJHU Happy Friday, all! This week, I have an excerpt to read to you from JS Harker's new paranormal, Wrong Hunt. Vampires? Check. Monster hunters? Check. Confident, experienced hero? Maybe not so much... Come have a listen!  Wrong Hunt Fang and Dagger #1 JS Harker Amazon KU Years after becoming the black sheep, Zack Wright struggles to prove he's worthy of his family's monster hunter legacy. While the family is busy, intel on a new hunt crosses Zack's desk. He imagines slaying evil, defending the innocent, and joining his family on their dangerous travels. All he has to do is kill a vampire. For three hundred years, Roger has survived his sire's cruelty. He conspires with friends to put an end to their torment. But one night in 1989, he falls into a magical coma. He wakes over thirty years later as a hunter attempts to shove a stake in his heart. Confused and weakened, he needs every advantage he can grasp. The hunter has the potential to make Roger's goal a reality---provided he can convince Wright not to kill him. Taking down a legendary vampire would catapult Zack's reputation. But to get close to his prey, he'll have to blend into vampire society. That means pretending to belong to Roger. And that means spending enormous amounts of time with the seductive gorgeous vampire and facing hard truths about his family. None of which will be easy in a supernatural safe haven with a killer hunting him... About JS:
JS Harker loves stories. She was one of those kids who constantly had a book in her hands and spent countless hours adventuring with her siblings. These days she wanders into her imaginary worlds and conjures up tales of magic, passion, and happily-ever-afters. She currently lives in the part of the Midwest that makes Tatooine look interesting by comparison (not that she’s ever obsessively thought about becoming a Jedi or anything). Hello and Happy Friday After Thanksgiving! This week, our friend Mere Rain pays a visit so I can read to you from her latest - coming out tomorrow - Until We Sort This Out! Fake relationship here we come!  Until We Sort This Out by Mere Rain JMS Books Cato and Roy have lived in the same dorm all through college. They know each other, but they’re not quite friends. Roy is hard-working and responsible. Cato likes parties, pranks, and skipping class. Now in their junior year Roy is the dorm RA and is supposed to keep everyone else out of trouble. Half his job seems to be telling Cato to be quiet. When Cato is faced with a family emergency, Roy is the first to offer to help. And when a social worker is reluctant to assign Cato custody of his minor sister, Roy finds himself claiming to be Cato's fiancé. It's a harmless lie, but as the bureaucratic process unfolds, Roy and Cato realize they'll have to keep up the pretense of being a couple for a while. Roy thinks they can be convincing. Cato isn’t sure he’s still pretending. About Mere:
Mere Rain is an international nonentity of mystery whose library resides in California. Mere likes reading, travel, food, art, and you. Read more of Mere's romantic fiction from JMS Books, Mischief Corner, Other Worlds Ink, and CossMass Infinities, or say hello on twitter or facebook. In December, check JMS Books for daily free books thru Dec 24th. https://www.jmsbooksllc.com/advent-calendar/ Hello, hello! It's Friday and time for me to read to you! This week, I have an excerpt for you from Warren Rochelle's latest release, In Light's Shadow. It's a dystopian future where things look familiar...until they don't. :o Come have a listen:  In Light's Shadow by Warren Rochelle JMS Books Amazon Barnes & Noble Kobo Gavin Booker, a school librarian, leads an orderly, normal life. Work, jogging, friends from work, his son every other weekend. Gavin is also a secret. He is a hybrid, or part-fairy. And in the Columbian Empire, hybrids are under an automatic death sentence. In this alternate version of the USA, magic is illegal. So is loving another man. Fairies are locked away in ghettoes, and magical beasts, such as gryphons, unicorns, and pegasi, are kept in zoos. The others, tree and water spirits, talking beasts, fauns, and the rest, are in hiding. This is the world in which Gavin grew up. He survived, thanks to his mother. He can never forget he is different: ministers preach against people like him constantly. Hating the other is a part of every school’s curriculum. But things are changing fast, and seemingly for the worst. Earthquakes, volcanoes, killer storms are frequent occurrences. The medicine Gavin takes to suppress his body’s glow isn’t working. The spells cast by his doctor, a witch, are losing their power. If anyone finds out what Gavin is, he is dead. The Empire always goes after its marginalized people. Can Gavin survive the coming catastrophe? Will he ever recover from losing the boys he loved earlier in life? Can he find the fairy man who has haunted his dreams before it is too late? About Warren:
Warren Rochelle lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, with his husband and their little dog, Gypsy. He has just retired from teaching English at the University of Mary Washington. His short fiction and poetry have been published in such journals and anthologies as Icarus, North Carolina Literary Review, Forbidden Lines, Aboriginal Science Fiction, Collective Fallout, Queer Fish 2, Empty Oaks, Quantum Fairy Tales, Migration, The Silver Gryphon, Jaelle Her Book, Colonnades, and Graffiti, as well as the Asheville Poetry Review, GW Magazine, Crucible, The Charlotte Poetry Review, and Romance and Beyond. His short story “The Golden Boy” was a finalist for the 2004 Spectrum Award for Short Fiction. His short story “Mirrors” was just published in Under a Green Rose, a queering romance anthology from Cuil Press. “The Latest Thing,” a flash fiction story, is forthcoming in the Queer Sci Fi anthology, Innovation. Rochelle is also the author of four novels: The Wild Boy (2001), Harvest of Changelings (2007), and The Called (2010), all published by Golden Gryphon Press, and The Werewolf and His Boy, published by Samhain Publishing in September 2016 and re-released from JMS Books in August 2020. For more information, please visit facebook.com/warren.rochelle. Happy Friday, everyone! This week I have an excerpt from the exciting new Dalí Tamareia Missions novel, Third Front by E.M. Hamill. Intrigue and action/suspense all wrapped up in space opera goodness with a genderqueer character :D Come have a listen!  Third Front The Dalí Tamareia Missions #3 by E.M. Hamill Amazon Dalí Tamareia has the terrorist Skadi in their sights – but bringing her in may cost them everything. Dalí’s role as an undercover operative is compromised, putting a target on their back and threatening the close-knit team aboard Thunder Child. A new lead on Miriam Skadi’s activities forces them back to Luna, where they must confront everything they tried to run from…including their changed relationship with Rion Sumner, who insists on backing up Dalí for this investigation. But Dalí is not the only one searching for Skadi. An alien presence hunts the terrorist as well, taking over Sumner's body to ensure Dalí’s cooperation. With their team on the other side of the solar system Dalí must depend on this questionable ally to complete the mission, which takes a deadly turn when an old nemesis resurfaces. If there is any chance for a future with Sumner and their chosen family, Dalí must exorcise the demons haunting them, or they will burn in the heart of a star. About the Author:
E.M. (Elisabeth) Hamill writes adult science fiction and fantasy somewhere in the wilds of eastern suburban Kansas. A nurse by day, wordsmith by night, she is happy to give her geeky imagination free reign and has sworn never to grow up and get boring. Frequently under the influence of caffeinated beverages, she also writes as Elisabeth Hamill for young adult readers in fantasy with the award-winning Songmaker series. She lives in eastern Kansas with her family, where they fend off flying monkey attacks and prep for the zombie apocalypse. www.elisabethhamill.com https://emhamill.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/EMHamill https://twitter.com/SongMagick https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/16592440.E_M_Hamill
Happy Friday! While I'm in Virginia, have a lesbian historical reading from Edale Lane's latest release :D Early Norse, enemies to lovers, with a murder to solve!
Sigrid and Elyn
Tales from Norvegr 1 by Edale Lane Amazon Attracted by passion, repelled by war. Can two shieldmaidens navigate battlegrounds of the sword and the heart? Pre-Viking Scandinavia. Sigrid the Valiant is legendary throughout the kingdoms of Norvegr, along with her twin brother, for their many heroic deeds, but her heart has not found a home. Now, racing on the heels of their father’s murder, a neighboring kingdom’s raids threaten to cause an all-out war. Elyn is a young shieldmaiden with a score to settle, fighting her own insecurities along with enemies who threaten her homeland, but she remains unconvinced all is as it seems. When the two clash on opposite sides of their shield walls, sparks fly from both their swords and passions. But when they talk, the two fierce women discover an antagonist’s plot has pitted their kingdoms against each other. Will Sigrid and Elyn move past their suspicions and differences to forge a relationship and foil the villain’s scheme, or will the enemy’s assassins end their search for the truth?
About Edale:
Edale Lane is an award-winning author (Rainbow Awards, Imaginarium Awards, Lesfic Bard Awards) who is realizing her dream of being a full-time writer. She is the alter-ego of author Melodie Romeo, (Tribute in Blood, Terror in Time, and others) who founded Past and Prologue Press. Both identities are qualified to write historical fiction by virtue of an MA in History and 24 years spent as a teacher, along with skill and dedication regarding research. A native of Vicksburg, MS, Edale (or Melodie) is also a musician who loves animals, gardening, and nature. After driving an 18-wheeler cross-country for eight years, she now lives with her partner in beautiful Chilliwack, B.C. Canada. Author Website: https://pastandprologuepress.lpages.co/ Author Facebook (Personal): https://www.facebook.com/melodie.romeo/ Author Facebook (Author Page): https://www.facebook.com/groups/887028485401701 Author Twitter: https://twitter.com/EdaleLane Author Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/edale_lane/ Author Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15264354.Edale_Lane Author Liminal Fiction (LimFic.com): https://www.limfic.com/mbm-book-author/edale-land/ Author QueeRomance Ink: https://www.queeromanceink.com/mbm-book-author/edale-land/ Author Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Edale-Lane/e/B07GRFPDRZ/ We're so close to a release date, I can taste it (mmmm, delicious release date...) To celebrate, I'm reading to you from this second novel in the Variant Configurations series. I'll explain all the things in the audio clip :)  From the Noblest Motives
Variant Configurations 2 by Angel Martinez Several months have passed since Blaze and the infamous Variant activist Shudder McKenzie helped Damien rescue the captives of the sinister Fredamine Project. Professionally, everything's great. He's back to working with Damien again and they have a new lead on the three kids who are still missing. Personally, not so much. Blaze has made his peace with Shudder, though nothing between them has even been easy, but his relationship with Damien has taken several steps back. Blaze no longer has any idea where he stands. Adding to the tense atmosphere are the anti-Variant members of legislature who have been slowly gaining popular approval, and the cryptic messages Damien receives from an unknown source. Shudder's back to his old haunts and his old tricks, trying to raise public awareness of imperiled Variant rights—such as the draconic Horace Act that strips due process during Variant trials—and to rescue Variant kids in trouble. His almost mythical luck runs out though when he's arrested for murder only three days after the passage of the Horace Act and a whirlwind trial and sentencing lands him in the most notorious maximum security facility for Variants—San Judas Tadeo. With too many conspirators on both sides of the aisle, Damien, Blaze and Shudder no longer know whom to trust. Peeling through the layers of deceit and half-truths puts them on shakier ground with every discovery and in greater danger than ever before. Variant Configurations takes place in a future Earth where humanity is reclaiming its spot in a gradually healing world. This book contains mentions of past abuse, action-adventure style mayhem, and the sparks of a slow burn, series-spanning relationship. |
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Angel writes (mostly) Science Fiction and Fantasy centered around queer heroes. Currently living part time in the hectic sprawl of northern Delaware and full time inside her head, she has one husband, one son, two cats, a love of all things beautiful and a terrible addiction to the consumption of both knowledge and chocolate. |
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