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2016 Rainbow Awards: Femme by Marshall Thornton (236-07-31-2016)

Femme by Marshall Thornton
Gay Romantic Comedy
Paperback: 228 pages
Publisher: Kenmore Books (July 28, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1534906967
ISBN-13: 978-1534906969
Amazon: Femme
Amazon Kindle: Femme

Queeny cocktail waiter, Lionel, wakes up to find himself in bed with Dog, a straight-acting softball player and the two embark on a rocky road to romance. A journey that requires coming out of the closet, going into the closet, a pair of red high heels, many pairs of red high heels, a failed intervention, a couple of aborted dates, and homemade pom-poms. Mostly, Lionel and Dog learn what it means to be a man.

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2016 Rainbow Awards: Boystown 8: The Lies That Bind by Marshall Thornton (235-07-31-2016)

Boystown 8: The Lies That Bind by Marshall Thornton
Gay Mystery / Thriller
Series: Boystown Mysteries
Paperback: 274 pages
Publisher: Kenmore Books (February 21, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1523885106
ISBN-13: 978-1523885107
Amazon: Boystown 8: The Lies That Bind
Amazon Kindle: Boystown 8: The Lies That Bind

The eighth book of the best-selling Boystown Mysteries series begins with a phone call in the middle of the night. Private investigator Nick Nowak is pulled into the troubled world of freelance journalist, and all around pain-in-the-ass, Christian Baylor. When Christian can’t stop lying about the corpse in his bathroom things slip slowly out of control. Meanwhile, Nick’s relationship with former priest Joseph Biernecki takes an unexpected turn and the Federal case against Jimmy English proceeds toward trial.

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2016 Rainbow Awards: The Arrangement by Felice Stevens (234-07-31-2016)

The Arrangement by Felice Stevens
Gay Erotic Romance
Paperback: 298 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (July 13, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1535217979
ISBN-13: 978-1535217972
Amazon: The Arrangement
Amazon Kindle: The Arrangement

Carter Haywood lives for the weekends—specifically the one weekend every month when he escapes real life, with all the pressures of work and caring for his special needs brother, to do whatever he wants, with whomever he wants. Sex is only a release; he's not looking for love, a relationship or even a second night with the same man, until he walks into a bar and finds someone who makes leaving it all behind impossible. After one incredibly passionate encounter, he breaks his rule and goes back. He needs to see this man again. And again. Damaged goods. That's all Reed Kincaide sees and hears when he looks in the mirror. Anxiety and ADHD define his life and he’s learned to keep people at a distance, never letting them get close enough to know who he really is. When Carter proposes a monthly weekend of sex without strings, it's the ideal arrangement for him. Or so he thinks. Every month, leaving Carter proves to be more and more difficult. It’s not only the intensely hot sex they have in their hotel suite; Reed wonders about the secret life Carter refuses to share. As months pass and they grow closer Reed finds himself falling for Carter, but he needs more than hurried hugs and farewell kisses. He wants it all. Letting Reed into his carefully constructed family life could upset Carter’s whole world, but it might be the risk he’s finally willing to take, if it means keeping Reed. Once bodies are engaged, the heart is sure to follow, and Carter and Reed discover that holding on to each other is the first step in letting go of the past.

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2016 Rainbow Awards: Code Name Jack Rabbit by Elizabeth Noble (233-07-31-2016)

Code Name Jack Rabbit (The Vampire Guard #1) by Elizabeth Noble
Gay Mystery / Thriller
Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: DSP Publications (July 12, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1634768930
ISBN-13: 978-1634768931
Amazon: Code Name Jack Rabbit (The Vampire Guard #1)
Amazon Kindle: Code Name Jack Rabbit (The Vampire Guard #1)

"The Vampire Guard: Book One"

Meet the newest members of the Vampire Guard, where legend and myth meet science and technology.

Jonas Forge, vampire. Once a spy and soldier, now a cop, Forge enjoys the life he s built with his friends in Flint, Ohio.

Blair Turner, PhD. Blair, a vampire and computer hacker with exceptional skills, shares a powerful empathic bond with Forge, his soul mate.

Declan, vampire, ex-pirate, ex-fur trapper, thief, and con man. Declan is Forge s former lover and soul mate to Lucas Coate.

Lucas Coate, MD, Flint s medical examiner. A werewolf living among vampires, Lucas is also one of Forge s best friends.

Their lives become complicated when an impending presidential visit throws them headlong into a world of high-tech vampire spies and espionage. Recruited into the Vampire Guard by the secret society of the Akhkharu Nasaru, they uncover a werewolf terrorist organization known as the Qiguan.

Together they must thwart a murder attempt on the open waters of Lake Superior while tracking a previously unknown biological weapon controlled by the Qiguan a weapon that may very well mean death for one of them."

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2016 Rainbow Awards: Insurrection (Interscission Project #3) by Arshad Ahsanuddin (232-07-31-2016)

Insurrection (Interscission Project #3) by Arshad Ahsanuddin
Gay Sci-fi / Futuristic
Series: The Interscission Project
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (July 2, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1532991282
ISBN-13: 978-1532991288
Amazon: Insurrection (Interscission Project #3)
Amazon Kindle: Insurrection (Interscission Project #3)

One man will destroy the past to save the present.
The price is too high.
But it may already be too late to stop him.

Life settles into a routine for the inhabitants of Chiron Colony, humanity's first interstellar settlement, after the threat of the time traveler Gifford has apparently been eliminated. But the Hourglass and its leader, Admiral O'Dare, are not content to rest on their laurels, convinced that time travel remains a palpable threat to human civilization. When Annette Sutton uncover a possible secret plot to eliminate the principal members of the Interscission Project decades in the past, when they had only just met, the colonists' idyllic peace is shattered.

Can Martin and his people head off disaster as the Admiral moves to destroy the potential for time travel, once and for all? Or is there a deeper agenda in play? As loyalty and duty become pawns in the race to prevent the erasure of all that they have accomplished, Martin will have to decide once and for all how far he will go to save everything and everyone he loves.

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2016 Rainbow Awards: The Man on Top of the World by Vanessa Clark (231-07-29-2016)

The Man on Top of the World by Vanessa Clark
Bisexual Historical Romance
Paperback: 266 pages
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books (August 16, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 162639699X
ISBN-13: 978-1626396999
Amazon: The Man on Top of the World
Amazon Kindle: The Man on Top of the World

Jonathan Maxwell's life can't get any better as the drummer of the world's hottest glam rock superstar, Izzy Rich. Despite the money, the nonstop excitement of touring, and the groupies, Jonathan wants something more. He wants Izzy to be his lover. Unbeknownst to his team, his fans, and the world, for fun, Izzy transforms in drag for Jonathan, becoming a songwriter/songstress called Holly. Though meant to happen for only one day, Jonathan and Holly's relationship lasts for weeks. Until one day, Izzy rids himself of Holly forever. Transitioning from boyfriend and girlfriend to boyfriends, Jonathan and Izzy are on cloud nine. Their love is still a secret, but they couldn't be happier. Until the tour jumps across the pond to America, where a bold, teenaged fan-girl, Roxanne Shengyi, will impact their relationship-and their lives-in ways that none of them can imagine.

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2016 Rainbow Awards: A Frost of Cares by Amy Rae Durreson (230-07-28-2016)

A Frost of Cares by Amy Rae Durreson
Gay Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press; 1 edition (January 27, 2016)
Amazon Kindle: A Frost of Cares

Military historian Luke Alcott leaps at the chance to live in the seventeenth-century country mansion of Eelmoor Hall, home of the Royal Military School of Medicine, after being offered a job cataloging the school’s archives. Luke believes he chose the perfect place to start a new life and put his broken past behind him. But soon after settling into the old house, he hears strange noises—like footsteps—and he begins to suffer from terrible nightmares.

The only person Luke can turn to for help is the taciturn caretaker, Jay, a veteran of the Afghanistan war who carries an old battle wound. Together they try to understand Eelmoor Hall’s history and decipher what could be causing the haunting. As the weather grows colder and snow dusts the countryside, a child goes missing. Luke needs to deal with his own demons and learn to trust in love again if he hopes to face down the angry spirit and find the missing girl.

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2016 Rainbow Awards: Scenes from Adelaide Road by Helena Stone (229-07-28-2016)

Scenes from Adelaide Road by Helena Stone
Gay Contemporary Romance
Paperback: 228 pages
Publisher: Pride Publishing (December 1, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1784309052
ISBN-13: 978-1784309053
Amazon: Scenes from Adelaide Road
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Can a young man find the courage he never knew he had when faced with losing everything he holds dear?

A few months before his final exams in secondary school, nineteen-year-old Lennart Kelly discovers he’s inherited a house on Adelaide Road in Dublin from a grandfather he never knew. Having been ignored, bullied and abused for as long as he can remember, Lennart can’t wait to leave behind his father and the small town he grew up in. Moving away as soon as he finishes his exams doesn’t cure his deep-rooted insecurities though.

Meeting twenty-three-year-old Aidan Cassidy in a gay club on his second night in Dublin, scares Lennart. Used to being ignored and ridiculed, he doesn’t trust the attention he receives and can’t believe a man like Aidan could possibly be interested in him. It takes infinite patience and understanding from Aidan to slowly coax Lennart out of his shell.

But the past refuses to stay where it belongs and Lennart’s father is determined to take the house in Dublin off his son by whatever means necessary. Just when Lennart is learning to trust and embrace life, a violent attack threatens everything he holds dear. Suddenly Lennart is in danger of losing his house, the man he’s grown to love and maybe even his life. If Lennart wants to protect Aidan and safeguard his future, he’ll have to find the courage he never knew he had.

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2016 Rainbow Awards: The Triad Trial by Lauren E. Mitchell (228-07-26-2016)

The Triad Trial by Lauren E. Mitchell
Bisexual Contemporary Romance
Paperback: 166 pages
Publisher: Less Than Three Press (September 29, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1620046466
ISBN-13: 978-1620046463
Amazon: The Triad Trial
Amazon Kindle: The Triad Trial

Jamie and Mez are in love—with each other, and also maybe a little bit with their housemate, Beth. When one housemate dies and the last leaves with no warning, the tentative relationship between the three begins to shift. But life and love are easier behind the safety of four walls than beyond them, and hostile coworkers and an interfering, but well-meaning succubus may be more than the triad can handle. It's a good thing they never actually expected this to be easy.

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2016 Rainbow Awards: The Persephone Star by Jamie Sullivan (227-07-26-2016)

The Persephone Star by Jamie Sullivan
Lesbian Fantasy Romance
Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: Less Than Three Press (January 11, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1620046970
ISBN-13: 978-1620046975
Amazon: The Persephone Star
Amazon Kindle: The Persephone Star

As Post Mistress of Fortuna, Penelope Moser knows just about everything about everyone. It's a job she takes seriously, no matter who comes to pry for gossip, or how unsettling the messages are—but even she is more than a little frightened by rumors that The Persephone Star has been spotted nearby. That means Mirage Currier is out of prison and coming to settle up with the man who put her in jail: Cullen Wiley, Sheriff of Fortuna and Penelope's fiancé. The worst comes to pass when Penelope is kidnapped—or so she thinks. But the simple truth she thought she knew starts to unravel, leaving her to choose between the man she promised to marry or the woman destined for the gallows.

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