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[Rosa]

I discovered Josh through Lynn Flewelling. I was reading Mrs. Flewelling's Nightrunner series which I love, and which I recommend if you haven't read it and you like fantasy, and she rated In a Dark Wood with five stars. I felt curious about it, it was a short story so I decided to give it a try, and I loved Josh's writting, it was so vivid! So I decided to read Adrien English Mysteries (because I love mysteries), and since then I was sold to that "thing" I didn't know called m/m... I've read other authors who I've also enjoyed, Jordan Castillo Price's PsyCop series or Kaje Harper's Life Lesson series, but I still haven't find another author in the genre that give me as much as Josh with their books. I've tried another authors but I even haven't finished their books... They haven't worked for me... So I'm really grateful for this thread in the group because I think I will find really good stories thanks to your recommendations :)

[KC]

Rosa wrote: "I discovered Josh through Lynn Flewelling. I was reading Mrs. Flewelling's Nightrunner series which I love, and which I recommend if you haven't read it and you like fantasy, and she rated In a Dar..."

Lynn Flewelling's Luck in the Shadows, and the rest of the Nightrunner series, is wonderful! I read it before discovering m/m, i was reading mainly fantasy back then, but i remember being so happy to find such an awesome relationship in a mainstream book. Plus high fantasy. Plus complex characters and stories. Most awesomest :-)

[Jordan]

Just found this on the shelf at work: Pets on the Couch: Neurotic Dogs, Compulsive Cats, Anxious Birds, and the New Science of Animal Psychiatry. There's a whole section on dogs that fear too much. Sounds like Adrien, so I'll definitely be giving this a read.

[WMD]

KC wrote: "Rosa wrote: "I discovered Josh through Lynn Flewelling. I was reading Mrs. Flewelling's Nightrunner series which I love, and which I recommend if you haven't read it and you like fantasy, and she r..."

Oh my goodness, I totally forgot about Luck in the Shadows. I did enjoy that series. I see that Flewelling has written four more books to the series since I looked them up! What did you think of the later ones?

[Rosa]

WMD wrote: "KC wrote: "Rosa wrote: "I discovered Josh through Lynn Flewelling. I was reading Mrs. Flewelling's Nightrunner series which I love, and which I recommend if you haven't read it and you like fantasy..."

I absolutely loved those ones too because I love the boys! The 4th book had me glued to its pages and in anguish the whole time. The mood in that book is darker, and there's one development there that made some people unconfortable. I can't say more withouth making a spolier, but it's hinted in the prophecy Alec is given in the third book... In the 5th that plot is completed and 6th and 7th are more like the first and second.
I think she wrote a satisfying series, at least for me. I have re-read it twice, and I probably will do it again. Her world building and characters feel real, and behave in a real way :) I also enjoyed Tamir trilogy a lot.
I'm really happy to have found here people who love Nightrunner series also! :D

[Haldis]

KC wrote: "Rosa wrote: "I discovered Josh through Lynn Flewelling. I was reading Mrs. Flewelling's Nightrunner series which I love, and which I recommend if you haven't read it and you like fantasy, and she r..."

I just picked up Luck in the Shadows last week, but haven't started reading it yet. Need to remedy that.
Before I discovered mm, I mostly read fantasy. Like The Dragonriders of Pern and the Temeraire series. Both of these actually have mm characters.

[Anne]

WMD wrote: "KC wrote: "Rosa wrote: "I discovered Josh through Lynn Flewelling. I was reading Mrs. Flewelling's Nightrunner series which I love, and which I recommend if you haven't read it and you like fantasy..."

I liked the later ones, but maybe not quite as much as the first. But they were love at first sight, and it is hard to compete with the first love :)

[Anne]

Karen wrote: "My road to Josh…

I daydreamed slash for many years before I knew it was "a thing," seeing homoerotic subtext everywhere whether or not it was there. : )

I came to m/m via ebooks from Fictionwise ..."

Oh wow, I did the same for years without knowing it was a "thing". :)

[Rosa]

Haldis wrote: "KC wrote: "Rosa wrote: "I discovered Josh through Lynn Flewelling. I was reading Mrs. Flewelling's Nightrunner series which I love, and which I recommend if you haven't read it and you like fantasy..."

Let me know if you like it :) The first two, Luck in the Shadows and Stalking Darkness are my favourite I think, how the characters develop and world building is just amazing in those ones.
I'm going to check those two series you talked about :D My fantasy pile is overgrown but I can't help it ;)

[Alison]

My road to Josh's books came via Ginn Hale. My library had Lord of the White Hell, Book 1, which was one of the first m/m books I read and which remains a firm favourite. My library also had a J.L. Langley's My Fair Captain, which I think has the distinction of being the very first m/m book I read, and then on to Ginn Hale and then on to Josh's Strange Fortune, also from the library, and then onto Adrien English, also from the library. I totally have my awesome local library system to thank for getting me here all those years ago. Yay. :)

[Alison]

I love the Nightrunner books. I actually read those not long after I started reading Josh's books and I loved them. I definitely liked the first three better than the later ones, which came along something like ten years later, but Alec and Seregil are awesome.

[Josh]

Mymymble wrote: "Johanna wrote: "Lou wrote: "When I listen to an audiobook I skip the violence. In the movies I close my eyes and sink down in my seat. I'm a wuss."

Yep. I do this too. Especially in movies."

I di..."

LOL

[Josh]

Karen wrote: "My road to Josh…

I daydreamed slash for many years before I knew it was "a thing," seeing homoerotic subtext everywhere whether or not it was there. : )

..."

Same here. When I was very young and reading Georgette Heyer and Andre Norton (a weird combo, but probably the top favorite writers of my early teens), I saw homoerotic subtext everywhere. I wanted *those* books, but of course had no idea they existed.

Which is especially interesting because that would have been around the time slash fiction (beginning with Kirk/Spock romance) was just coming into being.

[Josh]

I managed to do some reading on my vacation.

Two Gentlemen of Altona -- I listened to this in audio and really enjoyed it quite a bit.

Then a book that's been discussed here a few times, but was a DNF for me. Dyeing for Love.

Then Pancakes and Corpses -- another DNF.

I started (but had to set aside as I'm back to work now) one of the new Hercule Poirots. I was pretty skeptical about this -- in fact, I'm actively hostile to the idea of resurrecting an author's characters after the author (Christie) made it clear she didn't want that to happen -- that said, so far Sophie Hannah does a really good job of capturing Christie's voice, the characters, and the tone of traditional mystery. I'm looking forward to eventually finishing reading it (though still feeling guilty about Christie being overruled).

[Susinok]

Josh wrote: "I started (but had to set aside as I'm back to work now) one of the new Hercule Poirots. I was pretty skeptical about this -- in fact, I'm actively hostile to the idea of resurrecting an author's characters after the author (Christie) made it clear she didn't want that to happen -- that said, so far Sophie Hannah does a really good job of capturing Christie's voice, the characters, and the tone of traditional mystery. I'm looking forward to eventually finishing reading it (though still feeling guilty about Christie being overruled). ..."

The purist in me is screaming "NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

But let me know how it goes...

[Antonella]

Interesting post by KJ Charles about her new trilogy starting on 21 February with

[Alison]

Antonella wrote: "Interesting post by KJ Charles about her new trilogy starting on 21 February with
"

Interesting and also amusing. I am so freaking excited for this series. :)

[Antonella]

I've just ordered . To do penance for this I decided to avoid the little book market organised today by the Italian community ;-). In fact I had already my doubts about the wisdom of going to a place full of cheap books...

The book looks really gripping, and basically no one had cared for it before it got the Pulitzer. See following reviews:

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen review – a bold, artful debut

Pulitzer winner Viet Thanh Nguyen: 'My book has something to offend everyone'

[WMD]

Just read a nice short by AE Ryecart, Ben's Dilemma. Sweet with a little heat. Gave it 4 stars, and it wasn't five just because it was a short story that left me wanting more.

Note, I got that story from the MM romance short story Valentine freebie giveaways Feb 10-15
Http://isobelstarling.wixsite.com/boo...

So far, I can also recommend Irene Preston's Tall Order from that offer (a second chance romance, chef and a quirky TALL artist in Austin)

[WMD]

Now can wholeheartedly recommend another story from the same giveaway: Zeke's Wood by Barbara Elsborg. Funny guys meet during an environmental battle of housing development vs. English woods.

[Antonella]

WMD wrote: "Now can wholeheartedly recommend another story from the same giveaway: Zeke's Wood by Barbara Elsborg. Funny guys meet during an environmental battle of housing development vs. English woods."

This sounds good! Thank you.

[Elena]

I just finished reading K.J. Charles’ series, A Society of Gentlemen, and I loved it. I already knew from Think of England that I like Charles’ writing and I still wasn’t expecting this series to be so good.
I used to think I don’t like historicals, but, between her and Jordan L. Hawk, I’ve come to the conclusion that I was probably reading the wrong kind of historicals.

Has anyone read her A Charm of Magpies series? Did you liked it? I'm not in the mood to start another series from the same author so soon, but I was thinking about buying it before Samhain closes at the end of the month. Maybe I should wait until she republishes it, buying an entire series without even reading the first book it's probably not a great idea.

Anyway, now I’ve to decide what to read next, which is never easy after finishing a really good series.

[Josh]

Susinok wrote: "Josh wrote: "I started (but had to set aside as I'm back to work now) one of the new Hercule Poirots. I was pretty skeptical about this -- in fact, I'm actively hostile to the idea of resurrecting ..."

I know! Right?

[Josh]

Antonella wrote: "Interesting post by KJ Charles about her new trilogy starting on 21 February with
"

Did she ever write a sequel to the one we read here in our monthly book discussion?

[Josh]

Antonella wrote: "I've just ordered . To do penance for this I decided to avoid the little book market organised today by the Italian community ;-). In fact I had already my doubt..."

Very interesting!

[Josh]

WMD wrote: "Now can wholeheartedly recommend another story from the same giveaway: Zeke's Wood by Barbara Elsborg. Funny guys meet during an environmental battle of housing development vs. English woods."

Barbara Elsborg. That name is so familiar to me...

[Antonella]

Elena wrote: "Has anyone read her A Charm of Magpies series? Did you liked it?"

Totally worth it!

[Antonella]

Josh wrote: "Did she ever write a sequel to the one we read here in our monthly book discussion?"

You mean . No, she didn't.

But you can download Song for a Viking, that is Think of England #1.5.

This story was written as part of a donation drive for Nepal after the devastating earthquake earlier this year. If you’re reading it and you haven’t already, please consider putting in a few pounds/dollars/currency of choice for people in desperate and ongoing need.

‘Song for a Viking’ takes place during/just after the events of the last chapter of Think of England and will be of no use at all to anyone who hasn’t read that book. It is not a standalone. You will definitely get the most out of it if you remind yourself of Think of England’s last chapter before reading.

[Alison]

Josh wrote: "Antonella wrote: "Interesting post by KJ Charles about her new trilogy starting on 21 February with
"

Did she ever write a sequel to the one we read here in our monthly book discussion? ..."

Is she working on a sequel for Think of England? This may be a complete fabrication on my part, but I have it in my head that she is. Am I making this up through wishful thinking or does someone else remember better than me? :)

[Josh]

Antonella wrote: "Josh wrote: "Did she ever write a sequel to the one we read here in our monthly book discussion?"

You mean . No, she didn't.

But you can download Song for a V..."

I'll have to look for that.

[Alison]

Elena wrote: "I just finished reading K.J. Charles’ series, A Society of Gentlemen, and I loved it. I already knew from Think of England that I like Charles’ writing and I still ..."

Charm of Magpies is amazing! I just re-read it a few weeks ago because it's one of my most favourites. Historical fantasy romance is arguably my most favourite genre of all, so I think this series is pretty perfect. It's exciting and fun and a little creepy and full of magic and danger and creative swearing and the love story is fantastic, all of which amounts to it being brilliant. I highly recommend it. :)

[Jordan]

I whole heartedly second what Alison and Antonella said about Charm of Magpies. It's definitely worth it, and so very good. If you like her other stuff, you'll like this. Go buy everything!

[Loretta]

Alison wrote: "Josh wrote: "Antonella wrote: "Interesting post by KJ Charles about her new trilogy starting on 21 February with
"

Did she ever write a sequel to the one ..."

I believe she said she was considering it. With her Sins in the Cities coming out this year, it would probably be next year before she can get to it.

[Elena]

Thank you, Antonella, Alison and Jordan!
Your enthusiasm convinced me, I’ll buy it now and keep it in store for later.

About the Think of England’s sequel, last April she said that, with the Samhain titles in limbo, she didn’t know when it would be coming out.
Maybe, now that they’re really closing, she’ll get back to it. It’ll probably be a while, though.

[Loretta]

I finished reading Being(s) in Love by R. Cooper. It's a collection of stories. I really enjoyed it. Fairies, werewolves, imps, you name it, it's got it.

[WMD]

Have you read Treasure for Treasure? Its R. Cooper's recent full length set in the same "Beings in Love" world. Dragons and their "treasures"...I enjoyed it and the small West coast town it is set in.

[WMD]

I am happy to hear Think of England sequel rumors continue...that book's end was set up for a sequel. Daniel and Archie....you know its historical when an MC is named Archie. The only other sexy Archie that comes to mind is Nero Wolfe's Archie Goodwin.

[Josh]

Jordan wrote: "I whole heartedly second what Alison and Antonella said about Charm of Magpies. It's definitely worth it, and so very good. If you like her other stuff, you'll like this. Go buy everything!"

I looked for it yesterday in audio. Sadly, it does not exist yet.

[Anne]

Elena wrote: "I just finished reading K.J. Charles’ series, A Society of Gentlemen, and I loved it. I already knew from Think of England that I like Charles’ writing and I still ..."

One of the things I really like about her books in addition to them being well written, is how she manage to add historical facts and realism into them. I love Georgette Heyer and her stories, but always start to wonder about how life really was at that time for all those who were not rich, or noble or living on great estates.

[Elena]

Josh wrote: "I looked for it yesterday in audio. Sadly, it does not exist yet."

No, the publisher has the rights for the audiobooks and didn’t release them. She hinted she might do something about that now that she's going to have the rights back soon, since a lot of readers asked for them.

[Elena]

Anne wrote: "Elena wrote: "I just finished reading K.J. Charles’ series, A Society of Gentlemen, and I loved it. I already knew from Think of England that I like Charles’ writin..."

Yes, she doesn't write stories in a bubble. I think that's what makes her books much more interesting than the "typical" historical.

[Antonella]

WMD wrote: "Have you read Treasure for Treasure? Its R. Cooper's recent full length set in the same "Beings in Love" world. Dragons and their "treasures"...I enjoyed it and the small West coast town it is set in."

Thank you, I had missed Treasure for Treasure.

I loved many books of the series, some were a bit weaker though.

[WMD]

Antonella wrote: "WMD wrote: "Have you read Treasure for Treasure? Its R. Cooper's recent full length set in the same "Beings in Love" world. Dragons and their "treasures"...I enjoyed it and the small West coast tow..."

I'll be interested in hearing your opinion on Treasure to Treasure which has the same sweet style as Beings in Love. I really liked it.
Actually, my favorites by R Cooper are two short stories (contemp romance) "A Wealth of Unsaid Words" and "Hottie Scottie and Mr. Porter." Two in my top mm shorts list, great stuff.
(Although her contemp romance full length novels are regular rereads for me, too.)

[Loretta]

WMD wrote: "Have you read Treasure for Treasure? Its R. Cooper's recent full length set in the same "Beings in Love" world. Dragons and their "treasures"...I enjoyed it and the small West coast town it is set in."

I haven't. Thanks for mentioning it.

[Karen]

Alison wrote: "Elena wrote: "I just finished reading K.J. Charles’ series, A Society of Gentlemen, and I loved it. I already knew from Think of England that I like Charles’ writin..."

I'm chiming in with Antonella and Alison. I love the The Magpie Lord series.

[Josh]

Elena wrote: "Josh wrote: "I looked for it yesterday in audio. Sadly, it does not exist yet."

No, the publisher has the rights for the audiobooks and didn’t release them. She hinted she might do something about..."

Yes. She could go ahead and figure out narrators and so forth now. Better not to list the books until she's got the new ISBNs and so forth. The different editions become a PIA otherwise.

Speaking *cough* from experience. :-D

[Josh]

Lou wrote: "Iirc, KJ had plans for a Think of England sequel but didn't write it right away because of a non-compete issue having to do other books published with a different publisher. Then the Samhain thing ..."

Ah yes, the good old non-compete, which is essentially now irrelevant in modern publishing. I'm not sure it's made sense in the last decade, but it surely is pointless now. In fact, now when everyone is struggling to hang onto reader attention for more than five minutes, it probably works against authors.

[Alison]

WMD wrote: "Actually, my favorites by R Cooper are two short stories (contemp romance) "A Wealth of Unsaid Words" and "Hottie Scottie and Mr. Porter." Two in my top mm shorts list, great stuff."

I especially enjoy R. Cooper's shorter works. I love A Wealth of Unsaid Words and My Man Godric, but I think my favourite of all her work is Let There Be Light.

[Alison]

I have read two especially lovely books recently:

--Coffee Boy by Austin Chant. A cute office romance novella featuring a feisty intern (who's trans) and a somewhat ill-tempered political campaign strategist. Short and light and cute.

--The Lawrence Browne Affair by Cat Sebastian. I mentioned this elsewhere, but I thought I'd also mention it in the proper topic. It's a lovely historical. Reclusive, brilliant, somewhat ill-tempered scientist nobleman and slick London con artist (on the run and posing as a secretary because someone wants to kill him) bicker a lot but actually fancy each other heaps. I loved it.

[KC]

Josh wrote: "Jordan wrote: "I whole heartedly second what Alison and Antonella said about Charm of Magpies. It's definitely worth it, and so very good. If you like her other stuff, you'll like this. Go buy ever..."

I think she mentioned she's planning to have them in audio soon. I really liked the first one, and then the fourth, which was a spinoff, is probably my favorite.