Author: J.L. Gribble
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Earth and Water is LIVE!
Earth and Water is now available in ebook, in paperback, and via Kindle Unlimited. Earth and Water features… 🌿 a stubborn gay earth mage🌊 a broody pansexual water mage🛳 forced proximity⚡️ meddling best friends✨ magic as an accidental aphrodisiac 💚💙 and a happily ever after! 💚💙 I’m thrilled to announce…
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Book Review: Tisak (Kingdoms of Pelas #2) by Michelle Frost & Michele Notaro
Read my review of the first book in the Kingdoms of Pelas series, Zyon. This book picks up immediately after the events of the first, in which our heroes are fleeing their life of slavery and searching for the “Resistance.” While not everything is perfection, the opening third of this…
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Book Review: Knight of Staria (Starian Tale) by Iris Foxglove
Read my reviews of other books set in the world of Staria. I’ve been addicted to every book set in this expansive and unique fantasy world since reading the first installment, The Traitor’s Mercy. I was incredibly impressed that two additional books featured redemption arcs for villains in the first…
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Rainbow Readers Cruise Blog Tour: Interview with Author J.S. Harker
In August 2024, I’m excited to combine two of the loves of my life: cruising and LGBTQ+ fiction and romance. I hope you’ll consider joining me on the first Rainbow Readers Cruise! Until then, I’d love to introduce you to one of the attending authors, J.S. Harker. About J.S. Harker…
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Book Review: Bound (Trophy Doms Social Club #4) by Kate Hawthorne
Read my reviews of the previous books in the Trophy Doms Social Club series: Humbled (#1) | Edged (#2) | Praised (#3) Now that the happily paired-off members of the Trophy Doms Social Club outnumber the single guys, the level of well-intentioned meddling between these friends gets turned up to 11. Little do…
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Book Review: Something Wicked (Black & Blue #3) by Lily Morton
Read my reviews of the previous books in the Black and Blue series: The Mysterious and Amazing Blue Billings (#1) | The Quiet House (#2) First of all, this book is not a stand-alone. You’ll get the most enjoyment if you are already relatively familiar with Blue, Levi, and their friends and…
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Rainbow Readers Cruise Blog Tour: Interview with Author Rory Maxwell
In August 2024, I’m excited to combine two of the loves of my life: cruising and LGBTQ+ fiction and romance. I hope you’ll consider joining me on the first Rainbow Readers Cruise! Until then, I’d love to introduce you to one of the attending authors, Rory Maxwell. About Rory Maxwell…
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A Year in Reading: 2023
Once again, I set my Goodreads annual reading challenge goal at 50 books. And once again, I blew past that number sometime in March. Here’s the final total: A slight decline from last year, and definitely not the insanity that was 2021, but that’s because I’m back to hitting a…
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December Wrap-Up & January Goals
Happy New Year, friends! I had an amazing holiday cruising in the Bahamas with my family, then visiting friends in Atlanta for my birthday. As with most of my vacations, I spent most of my time reading (and only snuck in a little bit of work, but I couldn’t complain…
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Book Review: The Crush (Lost Boys #2) by Kelly Fox
Read my reviews of previous books in the Lost Boys series: The Thief (#0.5) | The Skeptic (#1) Sometimes you don’t know how much you need to hear (read) something until it comes along at exactly the right time in your life. Fox has been one of my favorite authors since I…
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Holiday Letter 2023
Casa SiameseEllicott City, MarylandDecember 2023 Dear Family & Friends, Hanna, Erik, and the cats had a wonderful and successful 2023, closing out the year both happy and healthy. As has become tradition, we’ll once again be spending this Christmas on the high seas with a Caribbean cruise, followed immediately by…
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Book Review: The Player’s Lounge by Dan Calley
One of the things I love most about the queer romance subgenre is how it is so accepting of speculative fiction concepts that are unique and unexpected. Calley’s debut novel opens with a moment of high action that swiftly transitions to a quieter, but no less intense, fascinating quandary regarding…
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Book Review: Most of You (Beginning of Always #2) by E.M. Lindsey
Ready my review of the previous book in the Beginning of Always series, Halo. This book works completely as a stand-alone story, but putting this book together with Halo makes for a lovely duet. Emil wasn’t necessarily a villain in the other book who needed a redemption arc. The events…
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Rainbow Readers Cruise Blog Tour: Interview with Author Evie McGlynn
In August 2024, I’m excited to combine two of the loves of my life: cruising and LGBTQ+ fiction and romance. I hope you’ll consider joining me on the first Rainbow Readers Cruise! Until then, I’d love to introduce you to one of the attending authors, Evie McGlynn. About Evie McGlynn…
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Book Review: Daddy Christmas by Cara Dee
I can’t keep my title as a Cara Dee superfan if I don’t read all the things, but I’ll admit that I approached this story with mild trepidation. First because of one of the major tropes, since “forbidden” romance (in this case between people of very different statuses within an…
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Book Review: Should the Sky Fall (Who We Are #1) by Amithia Raine
I can probably count on one hand the number of romances with the amnesia trope I’ve finished. The concept can feel incredibly contrived if not handled well. Obviously, writing a review means I did finish this book. Raine puts an intriguing paranormal twist on the amnesia trope, then proceeds to…
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Book Review: Unnatural Fate by J.R. Gray
Gray is excellent at writing angst, and I could tell from the very first page that I was in for tears with this book. This fated mates story doesn’t even start at the moment these star-crossed lovers meet (though we do get that in a flashback). We’re dropped into the…
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Book Review: The First and Last Adventure of Kit Sawyer by S.E. Harmon
Kit Sawyer is a character who has carved his niche out of the weight of his family’s legacy. Harmon crafts each aspect of Kat deliberately, from his medical issues to his personality, to set him apart from both cliché genre archetypes and the expectations that accompany his last name within…
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Rainbow Readers Cruise Blog Tour: Interview with Author Chloe Archer
In August 2024, I’m excited to combine two of the loves of my life: cruising and LGBTQ+ fiction and romance. I hope you’ll consider joining me on the first Rainbow Readers Cruise! Until then, I’d love to introduce you to one of the attending authors, Chloe Archer. About Chloe Archer…
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November Wrap-Up & December Goals
Apparently, today is December 1. The year is almost gone. Sounds fake, but okay. My highlights from last month included running away to the beach for a writing weekend with friends I haven’t seen in way too long, finishing revisions to Earth and Water, and having a few writers friends…
