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Dead Run
Length: Novella
Series: Dangerous Ground; Previous Book: Blood Heat
Like your heroes tall, dark and dangerous? Meet Loose Id's Men of Mystery.
The boys are back in town -- and Paris is burning!
For Special Agents of the Department of Diplomatic Security, Taylor MacAllister and Will Brandt, the strain of a long distance relationship is beginning to tell after eleven months of separation. A romantic holiday could be just the thing to bridge the ever-growing distance, but when Taylor spots a terrorist from the 70s, long believed dead but very much alive, it’s c’est la vie.
Now instead of sipping wine and seeing the sights, the boys are chasing a wily and deadly foe through the graveyards and catacombs of Paris.
Of course, it could always be worse -- and soon it is.
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: male/male sexual practices.
This Rough Magic
Wealthy San Francisco playboy Brett Sheridan thinks he knows the score when he hires tough guy private eye Neil Patrick Rafferty to find a priceless stolen folio of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Brett’s convinced his partner-in-crime sister is behind the theft -- a theft that’s liable to bring more scandal to their eccentric family, and cost Brett his marriage to society heiress Juliet Lennox. What Brett doesn’t count on is the instant and powerful attraction that flares between him and Rafferty.
Once before, Brett took a chance on loving a man, only to find himself betrayed and broken. This time around there’s too much at risk. But as the Bard himself would say, Journey’s end in lovers meeting.
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: male/male sexual practices.
Reviewer: Lilyraines
Review: Aug 8, 2011
Genre(s): Romantic Suspense, GLBTQ, Vintage, M/M
This Rough Magic was a wonderful story and of a type to be expected from the electronic pen of Josh Lanyon. The story was - for me - a delightful read and peek into the San Francisco of the mid-20th century (if I have the time frame correct) and shows why I am a fan of Mr. Lanyon's works.
It is a mystery that is filled with a bit of suspense, a missing folio, a bit of surprising news for one of the character
Fair Game
A crippling knee injury forced Elliot Mills to trade in his FBI badge for dusty chalkboards and bored college students. Now a history professor at Puget Sound university, the former agent has put his old life behind him—but it seems his old life isn't finished with him. A young man has gone missing from campus—and as a favor to a family friend, Elliot agrees to do a little sniffing around. His investigations bring him face-to-face with his former lover, Tucker Lance, the special agent handling the case. Things ended badly with Tucker, and neither man is ready to back down on the fight that drove them apart. But they have to figure out a way to move beyond their past and work together as more men go missing and Elliot becomes the target in a killer's obsessive game...
Reviewer: Sandra
Review: Sep 24, 2010
Elliot Mills gave up his career as an FBI agent when he suffered a crippling knee injury and was offered a desk job. He decides instead to become a college professor at a small college in Puget Sound, Washington. But when a student disappears and another one soon follows he is pulled into his old life. He meets up with his old FBI partner and ex-lover Tucker Lance. Sparks fly when the two meet again.
When El
A Vintage Affair
Genre: LGBT Mystery/Suspense
Length: Short Novel'
Message in a bottle.
Somewhere in the cobwebbed cellar of the decrepit antebellum mansion known as Ballineen are the legendary Lee bottles -- and Austin Gillespie is there to find them. The last thing on his mind is a hot and heavy romance with handsome bad boy Jeff Brady. But Jeff has other ideas and, after one intoxicating night, so does Austin.
The only problem is they have different ideas. Jeff doesn’t believe in love at first sight, and even if he did, he’s buried more deeply in the closet than those famous missing bottles of vintage Madeira. Popping a cork or two is one thing. Popping the question? No way. No how.
Unless Austin is ready to give up on another dream, he’s going to have to figure out how to make sure the lights go on -- and stay on -- in Georgia.
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Male/male sexual practices, menage (m/f/m), voyeurism.
Reviewer: Greendragon
Review: Jul 13, 2010
Reading Josh Lanyon's A Vintage Affair was like being dropped into a skewed version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams and the 1944 film Arsenic and Old Lace written by Joseph Kesselring and directed by Frank Capra. If you have a thing for wine or the old south (even though the story takes place in modern times), you'll love this story. Austin is a very sweet man and even though Jeff has a few han
The Darkling Thrush
Genre: LGBT Fantasy Paranormal Suspense
Length: Novel
Fed up with his desk duty in the Imperial Arcane Library, book hunter Colin Bliss accepts a private commission to find The Sword’s Shadow, a legendary and dangerous witches’ grimoire. But to find the book, Colin must travel to the remote Western Isles and solve a centuries’ old murder.
It should be nothing more than an academic exercise, so why is dour -- and unreasonably sexy -- Magister Septimus Marx doing his best to keep Colin from accepting this mission -- even going so far as to seduce Colin on the train journey north?
Septimus is not the only problem. Who is the strange faery woman that keeps appearing at inconvenient times? And who is working behind the scenes with the sinister adventuress Irania Briggs? And why do Colin’s employers at the Museum of the Literary Occult keep accusing Colin of betraying them?
As Colin digs deeper and deeper into the book’s mysterious past, he begins to understand why Septimus is willing to stop him at any price -- but by then, it’s too late to turn back.
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Male/male sexual practices.
Reviewer: Lilyraines
Review: Feb 6, 2011
Colin Bliss is a book hunter working at the Imperial Arcane Library. Although he has had experience back home in the United States as a book hunter, he has seen little more than desk duty at the Library and he wants more. The opportunity arises when he receives a private commission to find The Sword's Shadow - a witches' grimoire that is both legendary and dangerous.
Septimus Marx has the rank of "Mag
Dangerous Ground 2: Old Poison
Genre: LGBT Romantic Suspense
Length: Novella
Special Agents for the Department of Diplomatic Security, Taylor MacAllister and Will Brandt have been partners and best friends for three years, but everything changed during a weeklong camping trip. Now Taylor and Will are trying to see if true love is in the cards or if it's just sex. Really, really good sex, granted!
But when Taylor receives a cobra bottled in rice wine for the birthday he nearly didn't live to see, Will fears that something in Taylor's past—something Taylor won't talk about—is going to put an end to their chance of a future romance. Or any future at all.
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, male/male sexual practices, violence.
Reviewer: Lilyraines
Review: Dec 12, 2009
Will Brandt and Taylor MacAlister are not only Special Agents - and partners - for the Department of Diplomatic Security, they are friends who become something more after a camping trip. Is it love or just sex?
It is when Taylor receives a bottle of rice wine with a cobra in it on his birthday that the ante is upped. Will thinks the rice wine has something to do with the past Taylor won't talk about and th
I Spy Something Wicked
Genre: LGBT Erotic Contemporary
Length: Fling
It's All Hallow's Eve and Mark Hardwicke's past has come back to haunt him. The Old Man needs Mark to go on one last mission to the wild, lonely hills of Afghanistan—a mission Mark knows he can't survive. Even if he does make it back, Stephen has made it very clear Mark is out of second chances. Should Mark place his lover and his own happiness before duty?
Especially when deep down Mark knows he doesn’t deserve a happy ending.
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play, intercourse, male/male sexual situations.
Reviewer: Lilyraines
Review: Nov 11, 2009
What do you do when your past comes to haunt you on All Hallow's? What if the choice is between accepting a job that's guaranteed to kill you and staying with a partner who loves you and might not take you back if, by some chance, you might be able to come back?
That's the dilemma that faces Mark Hardwicke in I Spy Something Wicked. The 'wrench in the works' is that Mark does not believe that he dese
Out Of The Blue
France, 1916. The Great War. High above the carnage in the trenches, British and German aces joust like knights of old for control of the skies. The strain and tension of living every day on the edge of death leads to dangerous choices and wild risks. When British ace Bat Bryant's past catches up with him, he strikes out in panic and kills the man threatening him with exposure. But there's a witness: the big, handsome American pilot Cowboy Cooper.
Cowboy, it seems, has his own ideas of rough justice.
Contains: m/m, anal intercourse
Reviewer: Lilyraines
Review: Nov 2, 2009
Genre(s): Historical Romance, GLBTQ
The skies above France during the Great War see a cleaner, almost courtlier, flight than the trenches do. Even so, the fighting that the German and British aces lead in the skies brings its own form of danger and wild risks. And no one is more aware of this than British ace Bat Bryant.
Due to a choice he made while on leave, Bat's past comes calling in the form of insinuation and blackmail.&nbs
Don't Look Back
He was chuckling, a deep, sexy sound as he pushed Peter back on the satiny cushions. Was this for real? Was he going to go through with it? Peter blinked up as his tie was unfastened, tossed aside, his shirt unbuttoned, laid wide. The evening breeze -- scented of smog and jasmine -- felt cool against his overheated skin, like the lightest breath…
Peter Killian, curator at Constantine House in Los Angeles, wakes in the hospital to find himself accused of stealing a tenth century Chinese sculpture. Peter knows he’s not a thief -- but that’s all he knows. Why is hot and handsome Detective Mike Griffin so sure he’s guilty -- and so hell-bent on seeing Peter arrested?
And why is Peter having these weird dreams about an unseen lover who somehow reminds him uncomfortably of Michael Griffin?
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, male/male sexual practices, violence.
Reviewer: Danni
Review: Aug 19, 2009
Genre(s): Romantic Suspense, GLBTQ
Don’t Look Back is a standalone novella but will also be part of the next Partners in Crime 5 anthology. This is a great intro for new readers to Josh Lanyon’s books.
Don’t Look Back pulled me in from the opening pages when Peter is seen stumbling around the grounds of Constantine house only to make it inside the building and pass out. Peter wakes up in the hospital. The problem is he doesn
The Ghost Wore Yellow Socks
Genre: LGBT Romantic Suspense
Length: Novel
There's a dead body in Perry Foster's bathtub. A dead body in a very ugly sportscoat--and matching socks.
The dead man is a stranger to Perry, but that's not much of a comfort; how did a strange dead man get in a locked flat at the isolated Alton Estate in the wilds of the "Northeast Kingdom" of Vermont? Perry flees downstairs to get help and runs into "tall, dark and hostile" former navy SEAL Nick Reno.
Reno doesn't have a lot of time for drama queens, but, convinced that Perry's jitters are based on something more than caffeine overdose, he heads upstairs to investigate. By then the body has disappeared.
If there's one thing Nick has learned the hard way, it's to mind his own business. But Perry Foster doesn't believe in ghosts and isn't willing to let sleeping dead men lie. And Nick just can't convince himself to walk when it's becoming increasingly obvious someone wants the sexy young artist out of the way -- permanently.
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, male/male sexual practices, violence.
Reviewer: Sandra
Review: Mar 26, 2009
Returning from a disastrous romantic weekend Perry Foster is surprised when he finds a dead body in his bathtub. He goes to get help but when Nick Reno goes to investigate he can't find a body but knows something isn't right when the police show up and can't find any evidence of any wrongdoing.
Nick isn't sure if Perry is on the up and up or if something sinister is going on around him. But when the
Dangerous Ground
Genre: LGBT Erotic Suspense Length: Novella Special Agents for the Department of Diplomatic Security, Taylor MacAllister and Will Brandt have been partners and best friends for three years, but everything changed the night Taylor admitted the truth about his feelings for Will. And when Taylor was shot a few hours later, Will felt his reluctance to get involved was vindicated. For Will, the team and the friendship have to come first -- despite the fact that he hasn't failed to notice just how...hot Taylor is. Taylor has been in love with his partner and best friend since they were first partnered. There isn't much he wouldn't do for Will -- but he doesn't know how much longer they can stay teamed feeling the way he does. Still, he agreed to a camping trip in the High Sierras -- despite the fact that he hates camping -- because Will wanted a chance to save their partnership. But the trip is a disaster from the first, and things rapidly go from bad to worse when they find a crashed plane and a couple of million dollars in stolen money. With a trio of murderous robbers trailing them, Will and Taylor are on dangerous ground, fighting for their partnership, their passion...and their lives. Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal play/intercourse, male/male sexual practices, strong violence.
Reviewer: Sandra
Review: May 27, 2008
When Taylor Mac Allister and Will Brandt go hiking in the mountains to work out their partnership problems and relationship problems they get into a bit more trouble than even they and bargained for. While Taylor ia recovering from a gunshot wound, they decided to go hiking for him to regain some of his strength, when they come across the wreck of a small airplane that has been used in a casino heist. Will an
Snowball in Hell
It's 1943 and the world is at war. Journalist Nathan Doyle has just returned home from North Africa--still recovering from wounds received in the Western Desert Campaign--when he's asked to cover the murder of a society blackmailer. Lt. Matthew Spain of the LAPD homicide squad hates the holidays since the death of his beloved wife a few months earlier, and this year isn't looking much cheerier what with the threat of attack by the Japanese and a high-profile homicide investigation. Matt likes Nathan; maybe too much. If only he didn't suspect that Nathan had every reason to commit murder.
Reviewer: Alex
Review: Dec 19, 2007
It is 1943. When the body of a feckless younger son of a high society family is dredged out of the La Brea tar pits, Detective Matthew Spain knows it's a case that could change his life. He doesn't initially suspect how much, even though from the start he is fascinated by the reporter on the case; war veteran Nathan Doyle. As the investigation progresses, it becomes obvious that the victim was a blackmaile
The Hell You Say
In the third in the popular Adrien English series, the "ill-starred and bookish" mystery writer has to contend with a Satanic cult, a handsome university professor and his on-again/off-again relationship with the eternally conflicted LAPD Detective Jake Riordan. And, oh, yes, murder...
Reviewer: Alex
Review: Jul 3, 2007
If Adrien feels that after solving two murder cases he can now settle down to running his bookshop and enjoying his relationship with closeted LAPD detective, Jake, he is very much mistaken. It seems his dippy, New Age assistant Angus has got on the wrong side of a devil worshipping cult, and in trying to help the lad, Adrien gets entangled in esoteric rivalries which soon turn homicidal. And to make matter
Adrien English Mysteries
Genre: LGBT Suspense Length: Novel Relationships can be murder. Bookseller and mystery author Adrien English is looking for love in all the wrong places -- and, according to hot and handsome LAPD detective Jake Riordan, it's liable to get him killed. Fatal Shadows A serial killer is stalking gay men, and a tawny-eyed LAPD detective wants bookseller Adrien English in handcuffs -- for all the wrong reasons! A Dangerous Thing When his romance goes south, Adrien heads north to the California Motherlode country. Can murder -- and Adrien's favorite LAPD detective -- be far behind? Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic situations, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: homoerotic sex, violence
Reviewer: Alex
Review: May 10, 2007
In 'Fatal Shadows', when bookshop owner Adrian English's employee and friend is found murdered in an alley he finds himself both the chief suspect and the next intended victim. As if this wasn't enough to cope with, he also finds himself falling for one of the police detectives investigating the case, handsome and hopelessly closeted Jake Riordan.
In 'A Dangerous Thing', fleeing from the disastrous non-re
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