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Lavender Boys by S.E. Taylor

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Lavender Boys by S.E. Taylor

Blurb:
Brock Evans heads for Hollywood in 1935, hoping to be the next Clark Gable, and meets another would-be star in Randy Pearce, who works as a soda jerk while awaiting his big break. It’s love at first sight, just like in the movies. But the path to stardom in Hollywood is not quite that easy. Brock finds a job as a florist shop delivery man and gets to meet some of Hollywood’s favorites, one of which finally gets him a screen test at a major studio.

Randy finds an agent who gets him a screen test, too. It turns out Randy is a ‘natural,’ but the big studios don’t want any more homosexual male stars after some previous bad experiences. What kind of Hollywood ending is in store for Randy and Brock, who are hiding their romance, their secret trips to the Lavender Lounge homosexual bar, and their homosexual boss and landlord with whom they live?

another gay utopia but no one loves this many campy dicks..

Downtime by Tamara Allen

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Downtime by Tamara Allen

Blurb:
On assignment in London, FBI Agent Morgan Nash finds himself moments away from a bullet through the heart when the case he’s working goes awry. But fate has other plans, he discovers when he wakes in a world far removed from his own.

At work cataloguing ancient manuscripts in the British Museum, Ezra Glacenbie inadvertently creates the magic that pulls Morgan out of the twenty-first century and into the nineteenth. It’s an impromptu vacation which may become permanent when the spellbook goes missing.

Further upsetting Morgan’s search for a way home is the irresistible temptation to investigate the most notorious crime of the nineteenth century. But it’s the unexpected romance blossoming between Morgan and Ezra that becomes the most dangerous complication of all.

when you’re a big enough dick to offend two centuries…

Reviews and news

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Interrupting mid-week to update on some reviews and news. 

Three Dollar Bill Reviews is still going strong. VERY STRONG. In fact, anyone out there interested in reading and reviewing some lesbian fiction? Poor Emily is sick again (she needs to be a bubble girl) and totally overwhelmed with lesbian fiction requests. You’d think these poor authors never got reviewed. As excited as that makes both of us, we have so many requests it’s hard to keep up in a timely fashion. 

So if anyone is out there that’s looking to read and review some lesbian short stories, give us a shout please! 

My reviews at TDB are lined up for almost a month to come but here are some of the latest and they run the gamut from 2 to 5 stars:

Wicked Gentlemen by Ginn Hale
Bristlecone Peak (Legend of the Golden Feather) by Dave Brown
Bleeding Hearts by Josh Aterovis
Ocean Breeze, Little Squeeze by Jenna Byrnes
The Silent Hustler by Sean Meriwether

There’s also a post on star ratings and what they mean. 3 stars is not bad!

Coming up here on my LJ the remainder of the week will be a review of Downtime by Tamara Allen and Hero by Heidi Cullinan. You won’t want to miss those. 

Hot Weather by Matthew Haldeman-Time

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Hot Weather by Matthew Haldeman-Time

Blurb:
There’s more to summer than just hot weather.

Fresh out of college and new to the working world, John faces reality—spending the rest of his life stuck behind a desk instead of having fun in the sun with his friends. His boss is on his back, his car is breaking down, and the oppressive heat is broiling him alive. There’s no end in sight to his misery.

Tall, slender, green-eyed Keith runs the lunch shift at the local diner, an air-conditioned oasis away from what John’s life has become. Keith’s cheerful personality, constant smile and unbearably sexy body help to remind John that summer is what he makes of it. And with Keith’s cooperation, John plans on making this his best summer yet.

fast, sexy romp..

Lessons in Seduction by Charlie Cochrane

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Lessons in Seduction by Charlie Cochrane

Blurb:

This time, one touch could destroy everything…

Cambridge Fellows Mysteries, Book 6

The suspected murder of the king’s ex-mistress is Cambridge dons Orlando Coppersmith and Jonty Stewart’s most prestigious case yet. And the most challenging, since clues are as hard to come by as the killer’s possible motive.
At the hotel where the body was found, Orlando goes undercover as a professional dancing partner while Jonty checks in as a guest. It helps the investigation, but it also means limiting their communication to glances across the dance floor. It’s sheer agony.

A series of anonymous letters warns the sleuths they’ll be sorry if they don’t drop the investigation. When another murder follows, Jonty is convinced their involvement might have caused the victim’s death. Yet they can’t stop, for this second killing brings to light a wealth of hidden secrets.

For Orlando, the letters pose a more personal threat. He worries that someone will blow his cover and discover their own deepest secret… The intimate relationship he enjoys with Jonty could not only get them thrown out of Cambridge, but arrested for indecency.

Not my favorite but still fun..

I’ll Be Your Drill, Soldier by Crystal Rose

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I’ll Be Your Drill, Soldier by Crystal Rose

Blurb:
Ryan Gracin had a good life until he told his parents he was gay. Since they yanked their support for college he had to find a way to pay for it. Little did he know that joining the Army was going to change his life forever. Especially when he was introduced to a Drill Sergeant who was nicknamed ‘Big Daddy’. Phillip Grabowski had joined the Army to follow in his father’s footsteps; by the time Ryan entered, he had already made a name for himself. He was a soldier’s solider, but Ryan was making it really hard for him to remember that.

not the military porn i was expecting..

Christ Like by Emanuel Xavier

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Christ Like by Emanuel Xavier

Blurb:

Mikey is a spirited but self-destructive survivor of sexual abuse, a gay Latino native New Yorker caught somewhere between Catholic guilt and club kid decadence looking to fit in as part of a family. Instead, Mikey delves into a demimonde of petty thieves, prostitutes, and pushers. Haunted by a father that Mikey has never met, a difficult childhood, recurring nightmares, the reality of death, and Christ, the story unfolds through the ‘80’s and ‘90’s following him on his journey through a fascinating world filled with Santeros, transsexuals and voguing queens.

stunning

To Hell You Ride by Julia Talbot

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To Hell You Ride by Julia Talbot

Blurb:

Big Roy is a hard rock miner with a not so secret love for the theater, so when he hears a new troupe of actors are coming to the Telluride opera house to put on a Shakespeare play, he saddles his mule and makes the trek into town to see it.

The play doesn’t disappoint, but the beautiful lead actor, Sir Edward Clancy, certainly does. Clancy is rude and arrogant, and Roy figures he’d never have a chance with such a man. He’s wrong, because Clancy needs some entertainment himself, being stuck in a Hellish mining town for the long, snowy winter.

Come spring, though, Clancy knows he’s going to want to move on, and he thinks Roy will be easy to forget. Then tragedy strikes, and Clancy has to rethink his entire life. Can these two strike gold?

sweet, bland historical