Month: December 2025
New Release Blitz: Moon’s Shadow by Shannon Blair
Title: Moon’s Shadow
Series: Duskblade, Book Two
Author: Shannon Blair
Publisher: NineStar Press
Release Date: 12/23/2025
Heat Level: 3 – Some Sex
Pairing: Male/Male
Length: 354
Genre: Fantasy, fantasy, elves, family, spies, sexual discovery, royalty, established relationship, revenge, betrayal, intrigue, coming out
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Description
Moranthus and Gerrick return to Dawn’s Gate in hopes of a happy homecoming, but Moranthus’s past as a duskblade stands in the way of his future. When a delegation from his native Moonridge pays a surprise visit to Dawn’s Gate’s court, Moranthus is enlisted as a guard for Prince Orthenn: a man he once tried to kidnap. With Gerrick still employed as Orthenn’s double, Moranthus welcomes the opportunity to shield his lover from harm alongside the prince he protects. Then, a familiar face reappears and calls his loyalties into question once again.
Gerrick, struggling to balance his duty with his love for Moranthus and the young daughter he’s only just returned to, hesitates to work alongside his lover. With his heart divided, he must find a way to reconcile his authentic self with his work as a false prince—all while trying to expose a suspected traitor in Dawn’s Gate’s court.
Meanwhile, in Moonridge, Matriarch Ilendra faces the consequences of her failed plot against Prince Orthenn. As she scrambles to save her reputation, both a new suitor and an old flame compete for her already divided attentions while her estranged half-brother makes an unexpected reappearance in her social sphere. With her personal affairs now as treacherous as her court, Ilendra must choose her allies carefully—or risk losing both her reign and her life.
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Book Review: Boys’ Love by Rebecca James
Boys’ Love is the first novel in the Boys’ Love series. It focuses on the professional and personal relationship between new BL actor Rama and his on-screen partner Pravat.
Rama is new to acting and is finding himself under pressure to take an internship at his father’s company. He is standoffish and stoic but immediately has chemistry (both on screen and off) with Pravat.
Pravat faced a lot of backlash for being gay in an industry that prefers their male leads straight, so he finds himself conflicted when he begins developing feelings for Rama.
This is a short, slow-burn novel, which takes its time to get the readers acquainted with both the characters and the BL industry. I really liked the pacing and how you experienced the story from different characters POVs. I am looking forward to reading book 2 in the series.
Book Review: A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal
This book was incredibly hard to put down once I had started reading it. The world is dark and gritty, filled with fragile alliances, betrayals around every corner, and vampires! Each character has been wonderfully crafted to suit the setting and the circumstances in which they find themselves. Everyone had an agenda, and who to trust is a constant question.
A Tempest of Tea has everything you want from a great fantasy novel. It ends on a cliff-hanger and I cannot wait to read the concluding novel!
Recent Release: Boolgarrin by Jude Rule
RECENT RELEASE
Book Title: Boolgarrin
Author: Jude Rule
Publisher: Warru Press
Cover Artist: Leo Fortin
Release Date: November 8, 2025
Tense/POV: third person, past tense, alternating POV
Genres: Contemporary MM Romance
Tropes: Small town romance, fake marriage, marriage-of-convenience romance, second chance
Heat Rating: 3.5 flames
Length: 38 913 words/ 150 pages
It is a standalone story and does not end on a cliffhanger.
Buy Links – Available in Kindle Unlimited
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He thought he was saving the farm. He never expected to lose his heart.
Blurb
Sometimes you have to fake it before you make it—especially when it comes to marriage.
When a father’s hatred becomes a weapon from beyond the grave, two men must fake a marriage to save a family farm.
Finn has hurt him once. Can Ben survive being married to the man he desires most in the world without his heart being crushed in the process?
Located in the fictional town of Murrilup, Western Australia, Boolgarrin is a tender marriage-of-convenience romance. Amidst small-town prejudice and a vengeful neighbour, two men hope for a second chance at love.
Shari Sakurai 