BOOK REVIEW: YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU BY MARCUS HAWKE

“‘It will be alright,’ he croaked out. Even his voice had become foreign to him. ‘It will be over soon.’” ― Marcus Hawke, You Can’t Take It With You ON Christmas Eve, 1984, Montgomery Nolan faces the twilight of his life. To the casual observer, he embodies the essence of success—a self-made multimillionaire who has […]

BOOK REVIEW: THE DANTE CLUB BY MATTHEW PEARL

“I prefer the society of one faithful person to an association of rapid talkers, who more than anything else seek admiration from one another.” ― Matthew Pearl, The Dante Club The Dante Club marks Matthew Pearl’s debut novel, and it’s impressive. The craftsmanship displayed here is akin to that of a seasoned author. Each page […]

BOOK REVIEW: ECHOES OF THE FORGOTTEN BY MICHAEL NUNN

“Will knew, although he couldn’t always see it, the man wore a menacing smile that raised higher on one side. Will referred to him as The Crooked Man.” – Michael Nunn, Echoes of the Forgotten IT WAS meant to be a fun night etched in their memories, a celebration of new beginnings as they embarked […]

BOOK REVIEW: BEING SHELLEY: THE POET’S SEARCH FOR HIMSELF BY ANN WROE

“It is an adventure story of Shelley’s search to discover, in his words, ‘whence I came, and where I am, and why.’” – Ann Wroe, Being Shelley: The Poet’s Search for Himself  BEING SHELLEY: The Poet’s Search for Himself (Pantheon Books, Jan 2008) by Ann Wroe provides an insightful and profound examination of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s […]

Memorable Reads of 2024

“If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.” – Oscar Wilde A SIGNIFICANT milestone for me in 2024 was releasing my first Gay Paranormal Romance novel, The Night Belongs To Lovers, part of the ghost story-themed “Own-Voices” project: Haunted Hearts. This series features […]

BOOK REVIEW: CORDELIA MANOR BY ADAM J. RIDLEY

“It wasn’t like I didn’t know Cordelia Manor was haunted, or that the main spirit was a hateful son of a bitch…” – Adam J. Ridley, Cordelia Manor LIKE with most stories, whether generated through fiction or film, when someone inherits a grand manor house, it’s almost guaranteed that this place has some generational or […]

BOOK REVIEW: MEDIUM RARE BY J.P. JACKSON

“Funny how pleasure seemed to outrank fear, after the fact. Some horrible things had happened yesterday… and yet, all I seemed to be able to concentrate on was Jay.” – J.P. Jackson, Medium Rare MEDIUM Rare by J.P. Jackson is a captivating installment in the “Haunted Hearts” series, a unique collection of paranormal gay romances […]

BOOK REVIEW: SHADOWING MY DREAMS BY SHANE K. MORTON

“You feel so alone and scared, but you cover it up with a bravado that nothing has changed. But everything has changed, hasn’t it? You’re changing, and it scares you.” – Shane K. Morton, Shadowing My Dreams LIFE changed for Jack Thompson when a car hit him, and he died for a few minutes. Three […]

BOOK REVIEW: THE NEVERLOVING DEAD BY TAL FROST

“Hope was the most dangerous feeling of all. He knew that. Severing himself from it, he turned and drifted through the wall.” – Tal Frost, The Neverloving Dead THE Neverloving Dead by Tal Frost is a prurient exploration of unsettling horror intertwined with morally ambiguous queer/gay eroticism. Within its pages, readers will encounter the haunting […]

BOOK REVIEW: THE CHAMELEON: BOOK OF SIN 3 BY MATTHEW DANTE

“The hurt and sense of betrayal that Matteo had felt burrowed into his heart and refused to loosen its grip. As time passed, he grew to resent Ares more and more.” – Matthew Dante, The Chameleon   I’VE been eagerly anticipating the full story of Matteo, proprietor of La Maison de Man, and Ares, the […]