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February 21, 2020

REVIEW: Lord Heliodor’s Retirement by Amy Rae Durreson

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAgent/Spies/Undercover / LGBTQIAP+ / older couple / Paranormal lite / paranormal m/m romance / PTSD / reunited-lovers / short-story3 Comments

Lord Adem Heliodor might have survived the Screaming, a magical attack which slaughtered his friends and colleagues in front of him, but his struggle to recover his nerves sees him forced into early retirement. Returning to his childhood home in the countryside, he isn’t expecting to find missing information about ... more >

February 21, 2020

REVIEW: The Clockwork Nightingale’s Song by Amy Rae Durreson

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsclass differences / Commoner Aristocracy pairing / Historical / inventors / LGBTQIAP+ / London / m/m romance / short-story / steampunk8 Comments

In the automated Vauxhall Floating Gardens, high above the smoggy streets of London, Nightingale No. 48 is refusing to sing. Stern mechanic Shem Holloway brings in the Gardens’ brilliant but arrogant inventor, Lord Marchmont, to fix the broken automaton. But the clockwork nightingale has a secret, and soon both men ... more >

January 23, 2020

Review: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Amy Rae Durreson

SiriusB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviewschild abuse / ghosts / m/m romance / Paranormal6 Comments

As an orphaned child, Leon owed his survival to his school. Now an adult and a teacher at that same school, he’s determined to repay the debt. When an old boy leaves them a ruined orphanage in the Scottish Borders, he heads north to assess the mysterious old building, Vainguard. ... more >

June 8, 2017

REVIEW: Recovery (Reawakening: Book three) by Amy Rae Durreson

SiriusB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ Reviewsdragons / Fantasy / fantasy m/m romance / political intrigue6 Comments

Reawakening: Book Three Resistance, exile, plague. Raif has survived them all, but now he finds himself in search of a new purpose. Traveling north to wake the dragon Arden, he hopes he has finally found a leader worthy of his loyalty, but Arden turns out to be more of a ... more >

February 12, 2016

REVIEW: Resistance (Reawakening: book 2) by Amy Rae Durreson

SiriusB Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsdragons / fantasy m/m romance6 Comments

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Resistance (Reawakening: Book Two) Overthrowing the Shadow that ruled Tiallat was only the first step. For rebel leader Iskandir, rebuilding his shattered country is an even greater challenge. A poor harvest, religious conflict, and years of tyrannical governance combine with the challenge of getting the soldiers of the Shadow’s army ... more >

September 6, 2015

REVIEW: In Heaven and Earth by Amy Rae Durreson

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Recommended Readscyborg / free / novella / queer / Science Fiction / SFF14 Comments

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Dear Amy Rae Durreson, The MM Romance Group on Goodreads has an event every year (I think it’s every year), where readers post a photo and some information and an author in the group uses those things to create a short story which is then edited, formatted and posted online ... more >

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