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Valhalla – Read Early or Preorder!

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Valhalla’s release date creeps ever closer! My first release will be out for everyone on December 31st, but if you want to read this baby now, you can order from my publisher’s site and download immediately!

For the kindle/nook/etc loyalists out there, don’t worry; I have links

LGBT+ Holiday Release! Paradise Lodge by Riina Y. T.

[image error] I think it’s important that authors support each other.

That’s why I’ve decided to post some promo for other indie LGBT+ authors! For my first post we have Paradise Lodge by Riina Y. T.!

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Azariah Bell is a nervous wreck. He isn’t prepared to spend the final week of the year with his best friend, Ky O’Sullivan, lead vocalist for their pop rock band, Moving Insignia—especially after the fight he caused before they parted ways two weeks ago.

Afraid of not being taken seriously by Ky, Azariah w...

Let’s go to VALHALLA

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My novella VALHALLA has a cover, a release date, and a way to preorder!

This baby is my first ever contracted piece, and has been in the works for quite some time. I’m a mess in the best way, and I’m so glad to finally share it with you guys.

Valhalla releases on December 31st, but you can get it three days early if you preorder from my publisher! 

If you’re an Amazon, iBooks, Nook, etc loyalist, those links will be coming soon, and I will update you when they arrive. For now, click here for...

Darkling – Review

[image error]Genre: Paranormal Romance

Pairings: M/M

Queer Rep: Gay, Trans

Warnings: Bloodletting, Narration of death and resurrection

 [Note: I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.]

Synopsis

 “Ryder is a witch with two secrets—one about his blood and the other about his heart. Keeping the secrets hasn’t been a problem, until a tarot reading with his best friend, Liam Montgomery, who happens to be one of his secrets, starts a chain of events that can’t be undone.”

General

“Darkl...

Bitten by Her – Review

[image error]Genre: Paranormal Romance

Pairings: F/F

Queer Rep: Lesbian

Warnings: Blood, violence, rampant misogyny

[Note: I received an ARC of this work in exchange for an honest review]

Synopsis

Rachel and Sara cross paths on the full moon. A deep and immediate attraction overcomes them, but they part ways before initiating a full bond to receive approval from their Alpha Wolf fathers. Rachel’s father is accepting, but Sara has no such luck. Pain of an uncompleted bond seizes them, but Sara’s father is...

Carry On – Review

[image error]Genre: Fantasy

Pairings: M/M

Queer Rep: Gay and… bi/pan?? Maybe. Not positive.

Warnings: … fantasy violence?

Synopsis

Simon Snow is The Chosen One, and he’s absolute crap at it.

He can’t control his magic, his vampire roommate, Baz, is constantly attempting to kill him, and there’s an evil magic-eater destroying the world and wearing his face while he does it.

Cool.

To top it off, his roommate-turned-nemesis hasn’t even bothered to turn up for their final year at Watford School of Magicks. Si...

Interview: E. M. Hamill

Today I’m excited to host E. M. Hamill for a little one on one chat! Hamill is author of  award winning Sci-Fi adventure Dalí (which I loved) and the newly released fantasy, Nectar and Ambrosia (which I also loved). Reading through the author notes on Nectar and Ambrosia, it seems this book had a long and winding road to publication. Can you tell us a little about this story’s journey?

This book started as a really bad short story I wrote after Florian introduced himself in a dream. In the dr...

Escaping Exile – Review

[image error]Genre: Historical Vampire Fantasy

Pairings: M/M

Queer Rep: Gay

Warnings: Explicit sexual content, graphic violence, and some gore

[Note: I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.]

Synopsis

Andrew is a vampire and an exile. Sent to a tropical island in the 1800s as a punishment, he lives a mostly solitary and unsatisfying existence. A shipwreck changes this, bringing a beautiful new companion and a difficult moral quandary to his shore. But he’s not the only one interes...

Nectar and Ambrosia – Review

[image error]Genre: Urban Fantasy

Pairings: M/F

Queer Rep: Bi/Pansexuality, Demisexuality, Gay, Trans

Warnings: Accounts of epileptic attacks and seizures

Synopsis

Chased by a creature that shouldn’t exist, Callie flees her home and hopes it buys her parents’ safety. But her future is uncertain, and she is wracked by mind-bending visions she can’t control. Her out of control mind somehow leads her to Nectar and Ambrosia, a bar seen by few and inhabited by the immortal—or, as we know them, the mythological...

Omen Operation – Review

[image error]Genre: Action/Light Sci-Fi

Pairings: F/F, M/F, M/M, MMFF (polyamorous setup for future installments)

Queer Rep: Bi/Pansexuality, Polyamory

Warnings: Graphic depictions of violence.

[Note: I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.]

Synopsis

This novel was described to me as “Resident Evil” meets “Maze Runner” by the author, and honestly that was all it took to hook me. Going in with as little knowledge as possible wound up being an excellent experience, and I would reco...