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REVIEW:  Russian Prey by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

REVIEW: Russian Prey by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

Book eight in assassin/shifter series Special Agent Keegan Ripley has watched, listened to and fantasized about the notorious Vicious Vince Markov for more than a decade. Now he has been assigned the task of going undercover in Rio to convince Markov to meet with FBI bosses about joining forces. After meeting Vince in a gay(…)

Dear Author Book Club – January 2013 – One Small Thing by Piper Vaughn , M.J. O’Shea

Dear Author Book Club – January 2013 – One Small Thing by Piper Vaughn , M.J. O’Shea

This is the first book in our 2013 Book Club. I selected the book because I thought it was an m/m romance that even non m/m readers might find enjoyable. It had interesting discussion points about unexpected parenthood, social anxieties, and opposites attract. Moreover, I thought it was a good book. I asked the authors(…)

REVIEW:  Lightning Rod by Vaughn R. Demont

REVIEW: Lightning Rod by Vaughn R. Demont

If I could offer one piece of advice now, as I fall past the eighty-fourth floor of Victory Tower, with the sky above me the swirling eye of a crimson hurricane, the blade of a goddess stuck in my thigh, and a man I used to love preparing to end the world, it would be(…)

JOINT REVIEW:  Spice and Smoke by Suleikha Snyder

JOINT REVIEW: Spice and Smoke by Suleikha Snyder

Janine: About the time we had the discussion of diversity in Harlequin’s romances here at DA, Suleikha Snyder made a couple of thoughtful comments on Twitter, and that got me interested in her volume of two connected stories, a novella called Spice and Smoke. Spice and Smoke is set in the world of Bollywood cinema(…)

REVIEW:  His Heart’s Obsession by Alex Beecroft

REVIEW: His Heart’s Obsession by Alex Beecroft

“Kingston, Jamaica, 1752 Robert Hughes, a lieutenant–and rogue–in the British Royal Navy, is in love with his gorgeous fellow officer, Hal Morgan. Hal only has eyes for their captain–a man who’ll never share their inclinations. Night after night aboard the Swiftsure, it kills Robert to listen to Hal’s erotic dreams of a man he can’t(…)

Friday Film Review: The Wedding Banquet

Friday Film Review: The Wedding Banquet

The Wedding Banquet (1993) Genre: Romantic/GLBT/Comedy Grade: B This is one of Ang Lee’s earlier movies and he uses it to show a cross cultural match up of Taiwanese and American, GLBT and straight. It’s got humor, love of many kinds, a bit of pathos and a lot of understanding – even if not everybody(…)

REVIEW:  The Marrying Kind by Ken O’Neill

REVIEW: The Marrying Kind by Ken O’Neill

Dear Mr. O’Neill, Recently I read a post on AOL about how The Abbey, twice voted the World’s Best Gay Bar, has decided not to host bachelorette parties anymore until marriage is legal for everyone. Gay owner David Cooley is quoted as saying he feels it’s a slap in the face to his regular patrons(…)

REVIEW:  Dark Soul: Volumes 3, 4, and 5 by Aleksandr Voinov

REVIEW: Dark Soul: Volumes 3, 4, and 5 by Aleksandr Voinov

Dear Mr. Voinov, Your Dark Soul series has been a roller-coaster ride for me. It is not a genre romance, even though it has some very romantic moments. It features themes I rarely seek out, including menage, BDSM, and protagonists in organized crime. Purchasing all five volumes is not inexpensive. It is quite brutal in(…)

REVIEW: Dark Soul Vol. 1 by Aleksandr Voinov

REVIEW: Dark Soul Vol. 1 by Aleksandr Voinov

Dear Mr. Voinov, With the exception of The Lion of Kent, which I enjoyed reading last year but which didn’t stick in my mind, I haven’t read your work (even though I’ve heard many good things about it). Your choice of settings and characters aren’t the type I usually seek out, but when I saw(…)