Author: sharisakurai
Shari Sakurai is a British author of paranormal, horror, science fiction and fantasy novels that almost always feature a LGBT protagonist and/or antagonist. She has always loved to write and it is her escape from the sometimes stressful modern life!
Aside from writing, Shari enjoys reading, watching movies, listening to (loud!) music, going to rock concerts and learning more about other societies and cultures. Japanese culture is of particular interest to her and she often incorporates Japanese themes and influences into her work.
Shari loves a challenge and has taken part and won the National Novel Writing Month challenge ten times!
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.
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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.
Series Tour: Boys’ Love Series by Rebecca James
SERIES TOUR
Boys’ Love Series by Rebecca James
SERIES DESCRIPTION
Falling for his costar wasn’t in the script.
This series is based on the boys’ love genre popular in Asian countries such as Thailand, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, the Phillipines, and Vietnam. My books are set in Thailand, where “fanservice” is very popular, and center around the premise of two male costars falling for each other while filming a boys’ love series.
Books one and two go together. Books three and four can each be read on their own.
Genres: Contemporary MM Romance, New Adult
Overall Heat Rating for the series: 3 out of 5 flames
Cover Artist: Feddefar
The ebooks are available only through the author’s website.
Paperbacks available soon.
BOOK DETAILS
BOOK 1
Considering Rama’s ex-girlfriends nicknamed him “iceman,” fanservice with his male partner in a bl series might be a challenge.
Book Title: Boys’ Love
Length: 185 pages
Release Date: January 1, 2022
Tense/POV: first person present tense/alternating POV with occasional other character pov
Tropes: Forbidden love, actors romance, slow burn
Themes: Coming out, bisexual awakening, past abuse from family member, love
Book 2 is the sequel to book 1. This book does not end on a cliffhanger.
Blurb
Rama’s dream is to be an actor, so when he’s offered an audition for an upcoming Boys’ Love drama, he jumps at the chance. Due to the popularity of bl dramas, a lead part in one is considered the quickest route to fame for young male actors. Rama isn’t worried about playing opposite a man; he’s more concerned about the outward affection that fanservice in the bl industry demands from its actors–his past girlfriends didn’t dub him “iceman” for nothing.
Recently outed in an industry that prefers their actors to be straight, Pravat feels lucky when he wins a lead role in a new series. The phenomenal chemistry between him and his co-star launches them to top fan popularity. By the time Pravat realizes he’s falling for Rama, it’s too late to turn back.
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New Release: Finding Harber by Duncan Gaye
NEW RELEASE
Book Title: Finding Harbor
Author: Duncan Gaye
Release Date: November 10, 2025
Tense/POV: Third person/ past tense
Genres: MM Historical Romance, LGBTQ Fiction
Tropes: Friends to lovers, strangers to lovers, small town romance, forced proximity, shared bed
Themes: Love against the odds, found family
Heat Rating: 2 flames
Length: 291 pages
It is a standalone story and does not end on a cliffhanger.
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Blurb
Part of The Long Shadow Series by Duncan Gaye
Patrick Callahan comes to Cape Breton expecting easy money from a quick and lucrative timber deal. Instead, he only finds humiliation. Swindled out of his inheritance and stranded in a windswept fishing village, he is left with nothing but a single suitcase and a future that has collapsed overnight. At seven and a half feet tall, Angus MacAskill is a gentle giant with his own past. In St. Ann’s, he is known for his silent kindness as much as he is for his stoic nature. He offers Patrick a bookkeeping job in his mercantile, and a place by the fire. What begins as a simple arrangement blossoms into a profound connection neither man could have ever imagined.
Set within the wild beauty of nineteenth-century Nova Scotia, Finding Harbor is a queer historical romance about survival, finding home, and a love that takes root slowly but with unshakable strength. Perfect for fans of Annie Proulx (Brokeback Mountain), Cat Sebastian (A Gentleman Never Keeps Score) and KJ Charles (An Unseen Attraction).
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Series Tour: Darklight Series by Sean Ian O’Meidhir & Connal Braginsky
SERIES TOUR with Book 4 NEW RELEASE
Darklight Series by Sean Ian O’Meidhir & Connal Braginsky
Series Blurb
The Darklight series follows the tumultuous and increasingly complex journey of Nathen Hale, a newly awakened vampire on the autism spectrum, and Cameron Corazon, a powerful telepathic psychologist. What begins as a recruitment into a corporate scheme by Impetus—a shadowy mega-corporation involved in vampiric experimentation—soon spirals into a global conspiracy involving mages, shapeshifters, fae, and supernatural politics. As Nathen and Cameron navigate a deepening relationship, they find themselves entangled in ancient fae wars, corporate espionage, and the philosophical implications of artificial intelligence when they “adopt” SpArk—a sentient AI program with ever-growing consciousness. Alongside their fiercely loyal hacker friend Syn and other allies both old and new, they uncover horrifying truths about humanity, blood magic, and the creatures that lurk in both shadow and boardroom. At its core, Darklight is a queer, emotionally rich exploration of identity, neurodivergence, love, and survival in a world where power is hidden behind glass towers and ancient names, and where even memory can be rewritten. The story crescendos into a looming fae war that could change the very nature of reality itself.
Genres: Contemporary MM Paranormal/Urban Fantasy
Publisher: NineStar Press
The stories are best read in order.
Overall Heat Rating for the series: 3 flames
BOOK DETAILS
BOOK 1
Surviving a new existence.
Book Title: Awakening
Length: 95 120 words
Release Date: May 14, 2020
Blurb
Nathen, a newly created vampire who was recently also diagnosed with High Functioning Autism has been “recruited” by his maker, a multinational corporation that has its finger on the pulse of the technology industry, to stop a terrorist plot. In the process he meets Cameron, a telepath and psychologist, who has a troubled past he keeps locked up in the shadows of his psyche. One who is blind to social cues and the other who can barely block out the thoughts of others, Nathen and Cameron find common ground as they learn more about each other and in so doing, themselves. Together, and with the help of their friend Syn, they work out the secrets of the terrorist group and learn that the duplicity of the corporation is far greater than they could have imagined.
Tropes
Autistic Genius Hacker, The Vampire Made Without Consent, Telepath Falls for the One He Can’t Read, Gay Best Friends to Lovers, Hacker Collective/Underground Resistance, Shadowy Corporation with Supernatural Ties, First Bite = First Orgasm, Soft Boy Vampire x Sarcastic Empath
Themes
Neurodivergence & Identity: Nathen’s autism shapes how he processes his vampiric awakening and the world around him, Consent & Bodily Autonomy: Nathen is turned into a vampire without consent by Impetus, paralleling real-world power imbalances, Found Family: Cameron, Syn, and Nathen become an unlikely but fierce trio, Isolation vs Connection: Explores the struggles of connecting across neurotypes and supernatural barriers., Corporate Exploitation & Ethics: Impetus as a faceless corporate villain manipulating human lives, Queer Romance: A tender yet intense gay romance between Nathen and Cameron grows from confusion to intimacy.
The book ends on a mild cliffhanger, but HFN
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Series Tour: Alvin Alonso’s Secret Files by Alex Woolfson
SERIES TOUR
Book Details
Series Title: Alvin Alonso’s Secret Files
Book 1: The Reluctant Incubus
Book 2: Incubus Vampire Slayer
Author: Alex Woolfson
Publisher: Cinnamon Roll Press
Cover Artist: https://trifbookdesign.com
Release Date: November 10, 2025
Pairing: MM
Tense/POV: first person, present tense, single POV
Genres: New Adult MM Urban Fantasy
Tropes: Reluctant Monster in Hiding, Touch-Starved Hero, High Action, Slow Burn, Medium Spice
Themes: Coming of Age, Self-Acceptance, Choosing Good over Evil, Finding One’s Power
Length: Book 1: 80,000 words, 263 pages/Book 2: 80,000 words, 267 pages
It is a two-part duet. Book 1 ends on a cliffhanger. Book 2 resolves the story.
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Alvin Alonso’s Secret Files series
The Reluctant Incubus | Incubus Vampire Slayer
BOOK 1 – The Reluctant Incubus
I’ve always been afraid of the monster inside me. Now I might have to finally unleash it.
Blurb
A hilarious, high-action M/M Buffy the Vampire Slayer—but all grown up, made spicier, and with a scrappy and lovable monster as the hero.
Perfect for fans of TJ Klune, David R. Slayton, and K.D. Edwards.
I was born an incubus, a literal soul-sucking sex demon. But I’ve deliberately never fed, so I don’t have any powers.
Still, that doesn’t stop an arrogant fae prince from blackmailing me into stealing a magical watch from a creepy San Francisco mansion.
Turns out, the artifact contains Collin, an all-knowing spirit with serious golden retriever vibes who looks like a cute twentysomething guy my age. If I can keep him from the fae, he swears we can be together—even physically—without anyone getting hurt.
The wrinkle? He’s also being hunted by bloodthirsty vampires who need the watch to end the world.
And my only ally? A smoking-hot monster slayer who’s all “touch him and die” whenever I’m in danger but who would most certainly kill me if he ever discovered what I was.
I’ve spent my whole life trying to be good—and okay, maybe dreaming of someone who could make me feel less alone. But to save Collin and stop the apocalypse, I’ll have to feed.
And once I taste a soul, there might be no coming back.
The Reluctant Incubus kicks off the New Adult M/M urban fantasy duet Alvin Alonso’s Secret Files. There is a cliffhanger in Book 1—but don’t worry: Book 2, Incubus Vampire Slayer, will be released on the same day. You will be able to binge the whole story, all the way to Alvin’s deeply satisfying HFN.
Content warnings can be found here: https://alexwoolfson.com/reluctant-incubus-content-warnings/
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New Release: The Missing Sentinel by Jessmyn Kingley
NEW RELEASE
Book Title: The Missing Sentinel (D’Vaire, Book 45)
Author and Publisher: Jessamyn Kingley
Cover Artist: LJ Anderson of Mayhem Cover Creations
Release Date: November 6, 2025
Genre: MM Fantasy/Paranormal Romance
Trope: Fated mates
Themes: Love
Heat Rating: 3 flames
Length: 86 500 words
It is a standalone story. It does not end on a cliffhanger.
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Ducarius is determined to find the missing sentinel.
When he succeeds, both men are stunned to discover they are mates.
Blurb
Skeleton Lord Ducarius Daray lives in a beautiful home with his loving family. Formerly a sentinel who had been stripped of his humanity, Ducarius does not dwell on his past. He finds fulfillment in his job, training with his daggers, and spending time with the Darays. But a mystery plagues his people, and Ducarius often searches for the lone missing sentinel.
In a realm far removed from the Council, Drexley dwells in a peaceful castle alongside the necromancer who was once tied to his soul. His days are spent ensconced in a library, refining his mind with a myriad of books. But his life is no longer idyllic, and Drexley fears the future. The land is crumbling. And his only family member is dying.
On yet another hunt for Drexley, Ducarius notices a magical anomaly and promptly falls into a decaying realm where he discovers his prey—who happens to be his mate. The attraction is strong, but they have little in common. Drexley is unlike other sentinels, and proud of his differences. However, his memory is poor, and there are things he cannot explain. Like why neither man can leave.
Together, they traverse a perilous path—one with secrets waiting to be revealed. Love is a noble goal, but it will take more than determination for these men to embrace Fate’s promise of a happy mate-bond.
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