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April 16, 2019
New Release – Scent of Lilies by Sarah Ash
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Author: Sarah Ash
Publisher: Manifold Press.
Genre: M/M historicalset in Byzantine Constantinople
Rating: Sweet.
Gabriel wants to be an artist. His father wants grandsons. His teacher wants refuge. And the ghost of a young woman who drowned for love of one of his ancestors wants revenge. When events spiral out of control Gabriel heads to Constantinople, but his past is not far behind.
Damien isn’t sure what he wants. He doesn’t want his father’s business, whatever his...
April 15, 2019
New Release – Under the Radar by Lillian Francis
I’ve been looking forward so much to this book’s release. I betaed two of the drafts and have been blown away by the way the story has been developed. Such an exciting and satisfying tale.
Highly recommended to anyone who enjoys tales featuring WW2, spies, gay culture and a love story.
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Under the Radar
Tagline
Navigating the deep waters of war and love.
The Book
It’s 1942 and after a sexual indiscretion, US Navy pilot Zachary MacKenzie is sent to serve in the Royal Navy’s submarine servi...
March 31, 2019
A notable day
By clicking on the picture above you will be taken to the website of the Human Rights Campaign and a page of information, resources and interviews for and by and about transgender people worldwide. Some of it is very interesting and uplifting, some of it is heartbreaking, all of it is worth watching/reading. And it’s a really good reminder that, while today is THE day to look across at our transgender friends and say “I see you and you’re admirable”, we should be putting the suggestions for...
March 16, 2019
Saturday Book Recs
It’s been a tense week for all kinds of reasons, some personal and tense for the wrong kinds of reasons and some book related because Midnight Flit flew the nest. Naturally I have been reading to calm myself down. This week it has been crime drama and I have 2 recommendations, because I enjoyed them equally for very different reasons.
The first was Murder of a Straw Man, book 1 of the Dancing Detective series by Robyn Beecroft. Not a romance, though there is potential, it very much falls with...
March 9, 2019
Saturday Book Recs
I’ve been a bit on the blink the past couple of weeks so I haven’t read much at all, but what I have read has been really good. It’s hard to choose when it’s all good but a choice has to be made so here’s my pick.
Kip’s Monster by Harper Fox has her usual blend of social interest with a hint of paranormal in this story of 2 young men, both with problems, taking a second chance at their relationship while facing down various monsters, some of which are of their own making. I loved it to bits....
February 23, 2019
Saturday Book Recs
Ooh boy, this one is book 1 of a fantasy trilogy. It’s creepy, scary and not a book to get too fond of secondary characters because the author is ruthless! Oh yes. Great characters and a fascinating series of skin crawling worlds for them to inhabit. Enjoy!
Blurb:
Kell is one of the last Antari—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black.
Kell was raised in Arnes—Red London—and officially serves the Maresh Empire...
February 22, 2019
Author interview with Mel Logue
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My latest guest in the series of interviews celebrating the release of the latest anthology from Manifold Press, is Mel Logue, author of Firebrand. Rainbow Bouquet is available now from the usual vendors [links below]
Welcome, Mel.
For how long have you been writing?
Hm. About forty years, this year! I started writing “stories” – possibly because my own childhood was rather dull and grim, being the daughter of two alcoholics – back in the days when primary school children were expected to pr...
February 20, 2019
Author Interview with Sean R Robinson
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My visitor today is Sean R Robinson, author of More than Starlight, More than Rain in the Rainbow Bouquet anthology.
Welcome Sean and thank you for answering my questions.
For how long have you been writing?
I think I wrote my first book in elementary school, about four pages long and colored with crayons. Professionally, my first publication was in 2015.
What attracted you to the brief for Rainbow Bouquet?
When I was in graduate school at the University of Southern Maine, I read Farah’s R...
February 18, 2019
Author Interview with Garrick Jones
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I’m delighted to welcome Garrick Jones – author of O, Canada in Manifold Press’s latest anthology Rainbow Bouquet – to my blog today.
Thank you, Garrick, for so kindly answering my questions.
For how long have you been writing?
I retired from an active performing career in 1999, taking up the position as Lecturer in Music at CQUniversity in tropical northern Queensland. Always having been a keen letter writer (remember those days?) and having done three university degrees while performing...
February 17, 2019
Saturday Recs – only it’s Sunday this week :)
I forgot to post this yesterday but hey it’s never too late to share something good, is it?
My recommendation today is for something I saw recommended on Twitter and it’s just delightful – historical, but with everything tweaked a bit, a little mystery and not one but two love stories. I enjoyed every second of it.
Blurb: On a night when the whole city is looking for love, two foreigners find it in the last place they expected.
The famous Psobion festival is about to begin in the city of Bo...
