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Naked by Megan Hart
September 12, 2022

CONVERSATION: What Makes a Sex Scene Work for You?

JanineConversationsheat level / kink / pet peeves / sex scenes / vocabulary41 Comments

A few weeks ago, we discussed the emotional dynamics of sex scenes and their role in the story. Now for a broader conversation about our other likes and dislikes, what we want more of and our pet peeves. Here are the questions I asked DA’s other contributors: In general, do ... more >

August 17, 2020

Review: Mean Machine by Aleksandr Voinov

SiriusB Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsboxing / m/m romance4 Comments

Recommended Read

For a boxer ravaged by guilt and in deep denial of his desires, a fight beyond the ring might yield his greatest prize. In a dystopian UK devastated by austerity and ruled by corporate interests, Brooklyn Marshall was a happily married London police officer—until an accident resulted in the death ... more >

March 6, 2017

REVIEW: Eagle’s Shadow (Witches of London) by Aleksandr Voinov,Jordan Taylor

SiriusB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / D ReviewsFantasy / m/m romance / modern pagans / reincarnation / Witches3 Comments

WARNING. THE BOOK HAS SEVERAL VERY VIOLENT SCENES. THERE ARE ALSO POSSIBLE SPOILERS, BUT HOPEFULLY NOT MANY, What if the new love of your life also holds the keys to your past? When Chicago journalist Tom Welsh meets British banker Sanders Templeton at a conference, Sanders insists they have a ... more >

January 2, 2017

Best of 2016 Reading List by Sirius

SiriusBook Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 2016 / best of list9 Comments

Recommended Read

“Magic Binds (Kate Daniels #9)” by Ilona Andrews. My fellow DA reviewer Kaetrin reviewed the book here at DA. I liked it even more than she did. I thought it was one of the best in the series. I liked the previous book a lot, but it was a transitional ... more >

November 22, 2016

REVIEW: Lars (Witches of London #1) by Aleksandr Voinov

SiriusB+ Reviews / Recommended Readscontemporary mm romance / Fantasy / Pagans4 Comments

Recommended Read

Some problems you can’t solve with magick—and some you can. After a homophobic pagan group rejected him, Lars Kendall is a solitary heathen on the Northern Path, loyal to the gods of the Norse pantheon. But being on his own sucks. So when he finally meets a mixed group of ... more >

May 26, 2016

REVIEW: Risk Return by Aleksandr Voinov

SiriusB Reviews / B Reviews Categorycontemporary mm romance / finance4 Comments

Six years ago, young and bright investment professional Martin David got exactly what he wanted—a relationship with Francis de Bracy, his boss at investment fund Skeiron Capital Partners. Having now started their own business in Germany’s banking capital Frankfurt, Martin and Francis’s life is sweet and easy. Until the Jesuit ... more >

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