REGENCY ROMANCE REVIEW: IN THE COMMODORE'S HANDS BY MARY NICHOLS

In the Commodore's Hands 
Mary Nichols
Publisher: Mills & Boon
ISBN:-10: 0263898490
Price: £4.99
Reviewed by: Sandra Scholes


Blurb:

Stowaway…or wife!

Commodore John Drymore's mission is clear. Sail to France, rescue Comte Giradet from prison and bring him and his daughter back to England safely. But Lisette Giradet defies the Commodore at every turn and soon gets under his skin more deeply than the bullet in his arm.

PARANORMAL ROMANCE REVIEW: RELEASING THE HUNTER BY VIVI ANNA

 
Releasing the Hunter
Vivi Anna
Publisher: Mills & Boon
ISBN:10:0373297688
Price: £4.99
Reviewed by: Sandra Scholes

Blurb: All that's left of infamous demon hunter Ivy Strom's family is the brother who vanished three years ago. Now that she's finally close to finding him, the last distraction she needs is sexy half human, half demon Ronan Ames. The tainted blood in his veins makes him a foe.

YAOI REVIEW: HONEY SENIOR, DARLING JUNIOR VOLUME:1

 
Honey Senior, Darling Junior Vol: 1
Chifumi Ochi
Publisher: Net Comics
ISBN: 10:1600091385
Release Date: Out now!
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Tsuyoshi asks his friend out to go on a trip away from school and tennis for the weekend and take in the sights and sounds of a remote place where they can enjoy themselves away from all the problems they have had. They would be celebrating their success in the graduation tournaments, and though they have little in the way of money, they both have enough to be able to check into a hotel.
The problem is, when they finally get there, they discover several hotels, Swan, Diamond and Love Hunter, but all of them require the two of them to be lovers when they book a room.

GAY REVIEW: THE BACK PASSAGE BY JAMES LEAR

The Back Passage
James Lear
Publisher: Cleis Press
ISBN: 10: 1-57344-243-7
Price: £8.99
Reviewed by: Sandra Scholes

In a seaside village, Edward Mitchell lives in an English country house and always comes across a sexual liaison with other willing men. A 22-year-old originally from Boston in the US he grew up with his two passions, cock and crime solving. Edward likes to think of himself as a fun-loving man, adaptable and likeable, but is one who since childhood has developed a hidden streak, that is to say he likes the thrill of investigating since reading novels on the subject in-between his studies by Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He never refuses a sexual encounter with a male and while he is busy investigating the goings on in the house, he takes time out to make love with many like-minded young men and some older men.

YAOI REVIEW: LOVE PISTOLS BY TARAKO KOTOBUKI

Love Pistols
Tarako kotobuki
Publisher: Viz Media/SuBLime
ASIN: B00LSXWNLM
Release Date: Out now!
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

After an accident on his new bike on his sixteenth Birthday, Norio Tsubusaya arrives at Hospital, and when he begins to recover from a broken right foot, he starts to see people in a whole new way – as animals. While Norio gets back his strength he wonders why it is that when he is spotted by a male or female they are instantly attracted to him.

YAOI REVIEW: LOVE! BY ARIKO KANAZAWA

Love!
Ariko Kanazawa
Publisher: DMP
ASIN: B004QOAGPU
Release Date: Out now!
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

The cool and assured Rei, president of the student council is such a nice guy he gives everyone a reason to like him as he does so well with his grades and can be relied upon to do such a great job even for his friends, and has one of the best attendance record in school.

YAOI REVIEW: MAMIYA DOLL HOUSE BY KAZUHIKO MISHIMA

 
Mamiya Doll House
Kazuhiko Mishima
Publisher: DMP
ISBN:10: 1569701652
Release Date: Out now!
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

The Mamiya Doll House is a place where men and women go to make their dreams come true – in every way, and the owner, Mamiya doesn't mean just playing with toys, oh no. His aim is to be able to make the most realistic doll imaginable, which is as functional in every way as good as a humans. Many who visit him think he might be a fake, but once they are around him they witness a totally different reality, and once they have their doll, they never look back.

REGENCY ROMANCE REVIEW: ZACHARY BLACK: DUKE OF DEBAUCHERY BY CAROLE MORTIMER

Zachary Black: Duke of Debauchery
Carole Mortimer
Publisher: Mills & Boon
ISBN:10: 0373298048
Price: £4.99
Reviewed by: Sandra Scholes

Blurb: No one knows how to sin quite like Zachary Black, Duke of Hawksmere. So when he finds a mysterious veiled woman hiding in his carriage, there's only one thing to do…carry her to his bedchamber and find out what she wants!

HIGHLAND ROMANCE REVIEW: SEDUCED BY HER HIGHLAND WARRIOR BY MICHELLE WILLINGHAM

 
Seduced by Her Highland Warrior
Michelle Willingham
Publisher: Mills & Boon
ISBN:10: 0263229068
Price: £4.99
Reviewed by: Sandra Scholes

Blurb:
Alex MacKinloch is chief of his clan and, in these dark times of unrest, he has united his people.

GAY ARTICLE: PL NUNN: MALE BEAUTY: REIMAGINED

PL Nunn: Male Beauty: Reimagined

Readers will no doubt have seen her work on websites and in popular male/male interest novels. With her dark outlined characters, full-lipped men in various poses and various states of undress, each are reminiscent of Pre-Raphaelite male beauty popularised by the artists of the Brotherhood such as; Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais and William Holman Hunt.

YAOI REVIEW: MOONLIT PROMISES BY SOUYA HIMAWARI

 
Moonlit Promises
Souya Himawari
Publisher: DMP
ISBN:10: 1569706026
Release Date: Out now!
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Life for Roh wasn’t always fun, when he had to survive on the streets under his own rules. Finding food and keeping out of trouble, he managed even if he practically starved doing it, but what he didn’t anticipate was an old man taking him off those mean streets, and bringing him into his home. |There he made him his grandson rather than a poor orphan who had no opportunity for a decent life. Disaster comes to Roh though once the kind man who took him in dies unexpectedly, and he has to help out another person he has become tied to during his stay there.

YAOI REVIEW: MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH VOL.1 BY WENDY PINI

 
Masque of the Red Death Vol: 1
Wendy Pini
Publisher: Go Comi
ISBN:10: 1605100293
Release Date: Out now!
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

"But the Prince was happy and dauntless and sagacious…a bold and robust man. He had a fine eye for colours and effects. He disregarded the decorum of mere fashion." – Edgar Allan Poe.

Step closer into the future with this bold retelling of a classic horror story with decadent Prince Anton Prosper.  Born into wealth through his father who observed the shining new automated city of Sivarsi One, now with the conception of Sivarsi Nine, the previous city pales in comparison to what it once was. He tells Anton he will soon inherit the house and business, even the city, but he does not really know what he will be taking on in his father's absence.

YAOI REVIEW: MENKUI! VOL: 1 BY SUZUKI TANAKA

Menkui! Vol: 1
Suzuki Tanaka
Publisher: Blu Manga
ISBN:10: 1598163582
Release Date: Out Now!
Reviewed By: Sandra Scholes

Ordinary high school student Kotori is amazed at handsome Kaname Akaiwa standing outside his house when he actually meets with him, he assumes he is there too see his brother as he is much more handsome than he. But is he?
Ai Kotori remembers when Kaname came into his classroom at school, handing him his wallet, ordering him not to forget it again. He wonders why he did that gesture.

ROMANCE REVIEW: SECRETS OF A GENTLEMAN ESCORT BY BRONWYN SCOTT

 
Secrets of a Gentleman Escort
Bronwyn Scott
Publisher: Mills & Boon
ISBN:10:0373297688
Price: £4.99
Reviewed by: Sandra Scholes

Blurb: Lady Alicia Burroughs enjoys a night of passion with serious rake Nicholas D'Arcy. He's the talk of the ton, being a handsome young man, and being nearly caught romping passionately with her makes him wary of ever coming back. This doesn't stop his dallying with countless other named women and when he gets caught by a jealous husband, he has to go to the countryside to accept his punishment.

GAY REVIEW: THIS BOOK IS GAY BY JAMES DAWSON

 
This Book is Gay
James Dawson
Publisher: Hot Key Books
ISBN: 978-1-4714-0395-8
Price: £ 7.99
Reviewed by: Sandra Scholes

Blurb: Former PSHCE teacher and acclaimed YA author James Dawson gives an uncensored look at what it's like to grow up as LGBT*. Including testimonials from people 'across the spectrum', this inclusive book explores everything anyone who ever dared to wonder wants to know - from sex to politics, how to pull, stereotypes, how to come-out and more. Spike Gerrell's hilarious illustrations combined with funny and factual text make this a must-read.