LGBT
ForeWord Review - The One That Got Away
October/07/2015 01:58 PM Filed: ForeWord Reviews
A bridal consultant comes out after years in the dressing room and admits her attraction to women in this funny lesbian romance. Rosenfeld immerses a modern drama in a hot tub of humor, delving into somber issues such as loneliness with finesse.
ForeWord Review - The Rules of Ever After
June/15/2015 12:30 PM Filed: ForeWord Reviews
Enchantment, whimsy, and fun spin this heart-warming tale into a make-believe realm filled with storybook characters. Brewer’s fantasy is a coming-of-age novel that brings two vibrant young men together in a touching gay romance that explores the meaning of love.
ForeWord Review - Tangled Roots
September/16/2014 02:42 PM Filed: ForeWord Reviews
Childhood companions in the early twentieth century grow to love each other amid the turmoil of racist upheaval and sexist restrictions in a touching story of abiding loyalty. Martin presents two intelligent women faced with intolerable choices that will curtail their future together. Deeply engrossing and quite beautiful, this post-Civil War romance will enthrall an audience seeking diversity in a subgenre often immersed in stereotypes.
ForeWord Review - Fo's Baby
June/18/2014 08:37 AM Filed: ForeWord Reviews
At thirty-nine, a woman is destined for disenchantment if she fails to find an appropriate baby daddy. Accustomed to being the center of Fo’s domestic realm, her partner Dina sees the prospect of offspring an intruding threat to their established home. Snatches of life in poignant vignettes grab attention throughout this multifaceted novel, jarring away remnants of complacency from a bygone era content to allow so-called “accepted” standards. Literary in style and focus, this book is no ordinary labor of commercial fiction.
ForeWord Review - Unmentionables
July/01/2013 09:47 AM Filed: ForeWord Reviews
Greene brings together two enthralling love stories in this enlightening look at the hidden elements of our past. He integrates a fascinating, behind-the-scenes glimpse of gay romance set during the American Civil War with a complex relationship between an abolitionist and a Confederate. This is superb historical fiction presented from a contemporary angle.
ForeWord Review - Mephisto Aria
June/27/2013 10:13 AM Filed: ForeWord Reviews
A talented opera singer discovers a secret side to her father in a diary he kept during World War II. While investigating his suicide, she finds passion with a beautiful Russian woman, a vocalist and defector on the run. Filled with outstanding attention to 1940s detail alongside a contemporary setting, this work presents two distinct love stories.