LGBTQ+ – StoreyBook Reviews

Guest Post & Giveaway – Plausible Deception by Dwain Lee

November 20, 2024

Plausible Deception Mystery/Detective/LGBT/Quozy Setting: Primarily Los Angeles/Anaheim CA; Louisville KY; New York NY Publisher: Butler Books (October 15, 2024) Paperback: 332 pages ISBN 978-1-964530-02-4 Synopsis There’s only one Jackson Stradivarius. Welcome to the arcane world of handcrafted, professional violins. Master luthier Greg Zhu and his husband, Presbyterian minister Dan Randolph, travel to […]

New Release – Legend of the White Snake by Sher Lee

October 16, 2024

Synopsis A snake spirit transforms into a boy and must hide his true identity after falling for a headstrong prince in this lush, romantic retelling of the traditional Chinese folktale. When Prince Xian was a boy, a white snake bit his mother and condemned her to a slow, painful death. The only known cure […]

New Release – Gentlest of Wild Things by Sarah Underwood

October 11, 2024

Synopsis This stunning Greek mythology–inspired sapphic fantasyblends the story of Eros and Psyche with legends of the enthralling, vampiric empousa—from the New York Times bestselling author of Lies We Sing to the Sea! Desire binds them. Hunger compels them. Love will set them free. . . . On the island of Zakynthos, nothing is more powerful than […]

Excerpt – What Was Lost by Melissa Connelly

October 9, 2024

Synopsis Reminiscent of Hello Beautiful and The Lying Life of Adults, this powerful narrative delves into social changes from 1970 to 2000 and captures a woman’s journey in a pre-#MeToo era via the tale of a mother who returns to her hometown to face the perpetrator of her childhood abuse. When a young girl feels complicit in […]

Spotlight & Giveaway – The Duchess of Kokora by Nikhil Prabala

October 7, 2024

The Duchess of Kokora By Nikhil Prabala LGBTQ+ / YA / Humorous Fantasy / Romantasy Publisher: Grand Press Pages: 442 Publication Date: August 8, 2024 Synopsis The Duchess of Kokora, Phera Ylir Mdana, has entered the marriage games of the neighboring kingdom of Ryene. But she’s not there to woo the dashing Prince […]

New Release – Rabbit and Juliet by Rebecca Stafford

September 24, 2024

Synopsis Seventeen-year-old Rabbit has been struggling to stay above water since her mom died. In the span of a year and half, her small Georgia town has become unbearably hellish: Her ex-boyfriend, resident golden boy Richard, turned into an unrelenting stalker; her friends are nonexistent; and her dad is campaigning hard for Functioning Alcoholic […]

New Release – The Seemingly Impossible Love Life of Amanda Dean by Ann Rose

September 17, 2024

Synopsis It’s her wedding day and it’ll be the happiest day of her life…won’t it? Amanda Dean would say she’s an okay artist and a loyal friend, but what she’s best at is falling in love. A self-proclaimed bi disaster who has had her heart broken more times than she cares to count, Amanda […]

New Release – A Lethal Lady by Nekesa Afia

July 31, 2024

Synopsis Louise Lloyd’s time away in Paris is everything she was hoping it would be until a shocking murder turns her entire world upside down. Louise Lloyd is finally living the quiet life she’d longed for, working in a parfumerie by day and spending time with her new friends every night at the Aquarius […]

Review – No Road Home by John Fram

July 23, 2024

Synopsis A young father must clear his name and protect his queer son when his wealthy new wife’s televangelist grandfather is found murdered in this binge-worthy locked-room thriller from the acclaimed author of The Bright Lands—perfect for fans of Ruth Ware, Paul Tremblay, and Alex North. For years, single father Toby Tucker has done […]

Review – The Last Note of Warning by Katharine Schellman

June 6, 2024

Synopsis The Last Note of Warning is the third in the luscious, mysterious, and queer Nightingale mystery series by Katharine Schellman, set in 1920s New York. Prohibition is a dangerous time to be a working-class woman in New York City, but Vivian Kelly has finally found some small measure of both stability and freedom. […]