Sooo... Capclave 2025 was nearly 2 months ago, and I am clearly very late with this con report. Long story short: I was really busy the week after the event, and then the government shut down. The stress tried to eat me. It wasn't pretty. I did have amazing convention, with panels and a reading … Continue reading Con Report: Capclave 2025
Con Report: Rainbow Readers Cruise 2025
I set sail again last week on the second annual Rainbow Readers Cruise! After having so much fun the year before, I knew this was an event I didn't want to miss, despite my packed summer travel schedule. With my favorite emotional support human/road-trip adventure friend, Rory Maxwell, we flew down to Florida last Sunday … Continue reading Con Report: Rainbow Readers Cruise 2025
Con Report: RomantiConn 2025
After attending RomantiConn last year as Rory Maxwell's assistant, I was thrilled to be invited as an author in 2025! This event focuses on romance, but the organizers have done an amazing job of mixing various subgenres and gender pairings. Though we were only signing on Saturday, Rory and I made a weekend of this … Continue reading Con Report: RomantiConn 2025
Con Report: Pride Litcon 2025
A mere week after getting home from my epic West Coast adventure, I hit the road again! This time, for another new event a little closer to home. Pride Litcon was a single-day book signing in Richmond, Virginia, and yet another new event that I hope continues for years to come. I picked up fellow … Continue reading Con Report: Pride Litcon 2025
Con Report: Queers & Quills 2025
When this brand new event was announced in spring of 2024, I submitted an interest form simply because you miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take. I was both shocked and thrilled to be accepted as a signing author to the first Queers and Quills! I hadn't been back to the West Coast … Continue reading Con Report: Queers & Quills 2025
Con Report: Read the Rainbow 2025
A year or so ago, a queer romance book convention made a questionable decision to change the location of their annual event. In response, multiple new events celebrating queer fiction (romance or otherwise) have sprung up. As a fairly new author to this genre, I've been excited to take advantage of these opportunities. I recently … Continue reading Con Report: Read the Rainbow 2025
Book Review: Destination Daddies Series (multiple authors)
This post includes reviews of books in the Destination Daddies series: Reel Love by Kate HawthorneAll Tied Up by Reese MorrisonLiving in Zin by G.R. LyonsSink or Swim by Chloe GrayJam Packed by R.J. MorayGreeking Out by Colette DavisonTourist Attraction by Luna David & Honey LondonAll the Queen's Men by Chara Croft & Harlow HayesS'more … Continue reading Book Review: Destination Daddies Series (multiple authors)
Review: Subtle Blood (Will Darling Adventures #3) by K. J. Charles
Read my reviews of the previous books in the Will Darling Adventures series: Slippery Creatures (#1)The Sugared Game (#2) In most series in the suspense/thriller realm, even as a subgenre, the overall sense of danger starts small and then grows larger to encompass a threat to more people. Charles subverts this pattern for the Will … Continue reading Review: Subtle Blood (Will Darling Adventures #3) by K. J. Charles
Review: Love Me Whole by Nicky James
I always go into romance novels in which one of the characters has a significant mental health issue with a grain of salt. Since I personally know someone with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), I went into this book with a whole bucketful. I am not an expert by any means, but as a reader, I … Continue reading Review: Love Me Whole by Nicky James
Review: Unhinged (Necessary Evils #1) by Onley James
Disclaimer: I received an advanced electronic copy of this book from the author. A strong fictional tradition exists of rich men “collecting” people to serve their particular purposes. James twists this trope to showcase her specific talents as a writer by creating a family of adopted psycho/sociopaths trained by their father to serve a purpose … Continue reading Review: Unhinged (Necessary Evils #1) by Onley James
Review: Duking It Out (Royal Powers #1) by E.J. Russell
I picked up the first installment in this superpowers-themed, shared-world romance series because I’d read another book by the first author. The author note at the beginning helps with the world-building issues in such a short text, and even though I still have lots of questions about these countries, none of them prevented me from … Continue reading Review: Duking It Out (Royal Powers #1) by E.J. Russell
Review: Clockwork Dragon by Kaye Draper
Having previously only read serial novellas by this author, I was delighted when she announced a stand-alone novel-length project. This book contains all of the elements that I have come to love this author for, such as satisfying paranormal romance arcs featuring unique and fantastical characters. Draper is still one of the few “reverse harem” … Continue reading Review: Clockwork Dragon by Kaye Draper
Review: Fork in the Road by J. Coyne
Some novellas, especially in the romance genre, fall flat for me because I don’t get a complete sense of character development. In this case, however, Coyne uses carefully placed sentences to evoke a deep history between all three characters without ever “info-dumping” the nuts and bolts of their origin stories. Coyne also builds the comfortable … Continue reading Review: Fork in the Road by J. Coyne
Review: Magic in Manhattan Series by Allie Therin
Spellbound (Book 1) Paranormal queer romance in early twentieth-century New York City seems to be a trope I’m particularly fond of, so I didn’t hesitate to purchase this book when at least two authors I follow raved about it on Twitter. The story itself did not disappoint in any measure, from the romance to the … Continue reading Review: Magic in Manhattan Series by Allie Therin
Review: Harvest of Sighs (Thornchapel #3) by Sierra Simone
All books have a dark moment, right before things get better. This book, the third in the Thornchapel series, ends in the ultimate dark moment. Relationships were not great during this book. They were intense and hopeful and painful and tragic, making me fall in love with each of the characters. And now so many … Continue reading Review: Harvest of Sighs (Thornchapel #3) by Sierra Simone
Review: American Queen (New Camelot #1) by Sierra Simone
I adore Arthurian literature, but not all of it. Lancelot has especially never been a particular favorite, for much the same reason Simone explains in this book: He’s a fanfic self-insert by the French so they could play with chivalry in a set of tales too old for such a relatively modern social construct. I … Continue reading Review: American Queen (New Camelot #1) by Sierra Simone
Review: Hexhunter (Hexworld #4) by Jordan L. Hawk
Now that Hawk has thoroughly established the rules of the Hexworld series, it was time to start breaking them. The events of this book took elements of familiars and witches to new levels, in intriguing ways that made for a mystery that acted as the perfect backdrop for the burgeoning relationship between Isaac and Bill. … Continue reading Review: Hexhunter (Hexworld #4) by Jordan L. Hawk
Review: The Spare by Miranda Dubner
As an author who regularly breaks genre rules herself, it came as no surprise to me that this book was self-published. It is absolutely a love story and romance. But it centers on more than the two heroes, includes a healthy dose of family drama, and has the audacity to feature more than two points … Continue reading Review: The Spare by Miranda Dubner
Review: Hexbreaker (Hexworld #1) by Jordan L. Hawk
In other reviews, I've raved about the ways Hawk includes diversity in his fiction. For this series, I've found something else to adore -- the effortless way that the reader is absorbed in the worldbuilding with no awkward breaks for exposition or the dreaded info-dump. Could there be a bit more explanation for some things? … Continue reading Review: Hexbreaker (Hexworld #1) by Jordan L. Hawk
Review: Wolfromance (Reluctant Necromancer #3) by Kaye Draper
I understand that authors are always warned not to "info-dump" to their readers, that they should include the information the reader needs to know naturally through the story. But there's a downside to that, when so many things are going on that everyone EXCEPT the main character knows about. At some point, someone needs to … Continue reading Review: Wolfromance (Reluctant Necromancer #3) by Kaye Draper