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2016 Rainbow Awards: Digging up the Dead (A Viv Fraser Mystery) by V. Clifford (315-08-25-2016)

Digging up the Dead (A Viv Fraser Mystery) by V. Clifford
Bisexual Mystery / Thriller
Series: A Viv Fraser Mystery
Paperback: 266 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (November 30, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1518761321
ISBN-13: 978-1518761324
Amazon: Digging up the Dead (A Viv Fraser Mystery)
Amazon Kindle: Digging up the Dead (A Viv Fraser Mystery)

In Digging Up The Dead hairdresser, super-sleuth and resident of Scotland’s capital city Viv Fraser retreats to a cottage in the country for some well earned R&R. However, she soon discovers that walking the dog and staring out at so much green is bad for her health. When DI Marcus Marconi (Mac) arrives to tempt her with a case of unexpected bones on an archaeological site, she’s delighted to be given an excuse to use her intelligence and wit. Whilst on the case strange incidents occur; a stone tumbles from the chancel of Inchmaholm priory, their hotel room window is smashed, tyres are slashed and Viv is attacked. Were all of these events linked? And who was the intended victim? One case leads to another and Viv discovers that an unlikely link to her past has reared its head. Back home Viv has become an Auntie. Her glamorous sister Amanda’s life has flipped upside down, and she turns to Viv for help.

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2016 Rainbow Awards: The Orchard of Flesh by Christian Baines (314-08-25-2016)

The Orchard of Flesh by Christian Baines
Gay Paranormal Romance
Paperback: 264 pages
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books (August 16, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1626396493
ISBN-13: 978-1626396494
Amazon: The Orchard of Flesh
Amazon Kindle: The Orchard of Flesh

Reylan's last assignment for The Arcadia Trust brought a rebellious human servant under his roof, and a volatile werewolf lover named Jorgas into his bed, leaving the self-reliant Blood Shade--known to the outside world as vampires--in no hurry to risk his immortality for them again. But when a new terror starts disappearing humans from a bad part of town, Reylan must do everything in his power to keep Sydney's supernatural factions from the brink of war. Having an ambitious, meddlesome human in the mix is only going to make things worse...especially when that human is Jorgas's father. Reylan will need all his determination and cunning to keep the peace under his roof, between the night's power brokers, and in his lover's troubled heart.

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2016 Rainbow Awards: Puppet Boy by Christian Baines (313-08-25-2016)

Puppet Boy by Christian Baines
Bisexual Contemporary General Fiction
Paperback: 314 pages
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books (November 16, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1626395101
ISBN-13: 978-1626395107
Amazon: Puppet Boy
Amazon Kindle: Puppet Boy

A school in turmoil over its senior play, a sly career as a teenage gigolo, an unpredictable girlfriend with damage of her own, and a dangerous housebreaker tied up downstairs. Any of these would make a great plot for budding filmmaker Eric's first movie. Unfortunately, they're his real life. When Julien, a handsome wannabe actor, transfers to Eric's class, he's a distraction, a rival, and one complication too many. Yet Eric can't stop thinking about him. Helped by Eric's girlfriend, Mary, they embark on a project that dangerously crosses the line between filmmaking and reality. As the boys become close, Eric soon wants to cross other lines entirely. Does Julien feel the same way, or is Eric being used on the gleefully twisted path to fame?

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2016 Rainbow Awards: A Touch of Temptation by Julie Blair (312-08-25-2016)

A Touch of Temptation by Julie Blair
Lesbian Erotic Romance
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books (May 17, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1626394881
ISBN-13: 978-1626394889
Amazon: A Touch of Temptation
Amazon Kindle: A Touch of Temptation

Stanford law graduate Kate Dawson is focused on the future laid out for her—partnership in her family’s law firm and marriage. When she moves to a cabin in the Santa Cruz Mountains to study for the bar exam, crossing paths with her intriguing neighbor leads to a journey of sexual awakening and self-discovery that wasn’t part of the plan.

Landscaper and handsome butch top Chris Brent has a well-deserved reputation as a
considerate lover. Avoiding relationships with all their emotional messiness, she indulges in her favorite pastime at sex parties and with casual lovers. She enthusiastically agrees to initiate her cute neighbor to ways of sexual pleasure.

Sex was the deal. Falling in love ruins everything. Or does it?

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2016 Rainbow Awards: What It Looks Like by Matthew J. Metzger (311-08-24-2016)

What It Looks Like by Matthew J. Metzger
Transgender Contemporary Romance
Paperback: 266 pages
Publisher: JMS Books LLC (August 20, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1535376066
ISBN-13: 978-1535376068
Amazon: What It Looks Like
Amazon Kindle: What It Looks Like

Eli Bell is the only son of a police chief inspector and a forensic scientist. He's grown up wonky in a world that only deals with the straight and narrow -- and his new boyfriend isn't helping.

Rob Hawkes is six feet of muscle, tattoos, and arrest warrants. A career criminal and a former guest of Her Majesty's Prison Service, he'd rather hit Eli's parents than sit down to dinner with them. One wrong move, and Rob could destroy Eli -- and his family -- without a second thought.

But this isn't what it looks like.

Rob's not in control here -- and Eli's the one to blame.

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2016 Rainbow Awards: One Step Forward by Tia Fielding (310-08-24-2016)

One Step Forward by Tia Fielding
Gay Contemporary Romance
Paperback: 236 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (August 8, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1634776003
ISBN-13: 978-1634776004
Amazon: One Step Forward
Amazon Kindle: One Step Forward

Sam Becker, a horse whisperer, agrees to take one last job before retiring to his Texas ranch. It's clear as soon as he meets the Taylor family in Kentucky that he's in for a challenge. What he doesn't expect is the way his own wounds reopen. He's never really dealt with the suicide of his mentally ill wife, and he won't be able to ignore that hurt forever.

Joshua Taylor and his horse, Calla, were a force to be reckoned with on the eventing circuit until an accident ended their careers. Most of the pain is on the inside, however, and Sam knows those injuries are the slowest to mend. Sam's unique methods help Calla and, surprisingly, Josh, but he's still lost without riding. Their feelings for each other come hard and fast, and Josh starts his first steps of recovery, but Sam needs to return to Texas eventually. Even if Josh is able to move past the accident, they'll still have a long and difficult journey to make before they can be together.

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2016 Rainbow Awards: Slow Burn in Tuscany by Giselle Fox (309-08-24-2016)

Slow Burn in Tuscany by Giselle Fox
Lesbian Contemporary Romance
Publication Date: July 14, 2016
Amazon Kindle: Slow Burn in Tuscany

What do you do when your worst enemy turns out to be the one woman you can't resist?

Single mom Brianna Valente has hated Madison Blake since the night they graduated high school. So when the rich, beautiful Madison signs up for the same tour of Italy that Bree is taking with her BFF, it’s almost enough to ruin the trip before they start.

As if that’s not bad enough, a nosy, loud-mouthed journalist starts poking into the tourists’ private lives -- and turns Bree’s upside down. Suddenly, everything she thought she knew is wrong … and the woman she was sure she hated is hotter than the Tuscan sun and firing all Bree’s fantasies.

The tour becomes a journey of unexpected discoveries, full of sweet seduction and vivid emotion … until Bree realizes that she stands in the way of Madison’s deepest desire. Will Bree sacrifice her first-ever chance at real romance for the sake of Madison’s dream? And if she does, can love find a way to bring them together again?

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2016 Rainbow Awards: 6 Days To Get Lucky by L.E. Franks (308-08-23-2016)

6 Days To Get Lucky by L.E. Franks
Gay Romantic Comedy
Publisher: Wilde City Press (March 7, 2016)
Amazon Kindle: 6 Days To Get Lucky

Mixologist Nick Valentine never thought love was in the cards, but after a scorching Valentine’s Day kiss from bouncer Davis “FatBoy” Newman, he’s beginning to think it’s possible. After four weeks of dry spell, Nick’s losing patience—it’s time FatBoy stop acting the gentleman and just throw him over the bar or Nick may just change his mind.

All FatBoy wants is a shot at winning Nick’s heart. As long as meddling bosses, an Irish hurling team and a bar riot don’t ruin his chances forever, he might just get lucky and take the man of his dreams, home.

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2016 Rainbow Awards: Ex-Wives of Dracula by Georgette Kaplan (307-08-22-2016)

Ex-Wives of Dracula by Georgette Kaplan
Lesbian Paranormal Romance
Paperback: 358 pages
Publisher: Ylva Verlag e.Kfr. (March 2, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3955334104
ISBN-13: 978-3955334109
Amazon: Ex-Wives of Dracula
Amazon Kindle: Ex-Wives of Dracula

What’s worse than falling in love with a straight girl? Falling in love with a straight girl who drinks blood. And not even in a goth way. High school senior Mindy Murphy, has been questioning her small town life forever and, more recently, her sexuality. Maybe it has something to do with her new friend, Lucia West. When they were kids they used to be besties, until Lucia grew a head taller and a cup size bigger. Now she’s captain of the cheer team, winner of the Boyfriend Olympics, and voted least likely to remember Mindy at their high school reunion. In short, possibly the worst person alive for Mindy to crush on. Especially after Lucia’s bitten by a vampire. Now the only way to keep her alive is to get her blood, and the only way to cure her is to slay the vampire that turned her. Who knows, maybe after they get this vampire business settled, Lucia can explain to Mindy why she kissed her.

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2016 Rainbow Awards: Requiem for Immortals by Lee Winter (306-08-22-2016)

Requiem for Immortals (The Law Game #1) by Lee Winter
Lesbian Mystery / Thriller
Series: The Law Game
Paperback: 284 pages
Publisher: Ylva Verlag e.Kfr.; 1 edition (August 13, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3955337103
ISBN-13: 978-3955337100
Amazon: Requiem for Immortals (The Law Game #1) by Lee Winter
Amazon Kindle: Requiem for Immortals (The Law Game #1) by Lee Winter

Professional cellist Natalya Tsvetnenko moves seamlessly among the elite where she fills the souls of symphony patrons with beauty even as she takes the lives of the corrupt of Australia’s ruthless underworld. The cold, exacting assassin is hired to kill a woman who seems so innocent that Natalya can’t understand why anyone would want her dead. As she gets to know her target, she can’t work out why she even cares.

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