2017 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: Grounded A.E. Radley

1) Not having read the first book, I found it hard to connect with the characters and their drama at first, but quickly fell in love with Olivia and Emily. A romantic read with some sparkling dialogue.

Grounded (The Flight Series #2) A.E. Radley
Bisexual - Contemporary Romance
Series: The Flight Series
Paperback: 358 pages
Publisher: Ylva Publishing; 1 edition (January 18, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3955337782
ISBN-13: 978-3955337780
Amazon: Grounded (The Flight Series #2) A.E. Radley

City professional Olivia Lewis is coming to terms with her latest romantic failure by attempting to throw herself into her work. But with clients suddenly leaving Applewood Financial in their droves it becomes clear that old enemies have decided to strike and Olivia realises that she is losing everything. Meanwhile the world of first-class flight attendant Emily White comes crashing down around her when she loses her job with Crown Airlines. With no income, enormous debts and a broken-hearted five-year-old son she thinks that things can’t get any worse. That is until a blast from the past threatens it all. When a twist of fate brings them together will they finally be able to understand each other?

2017 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: Huntress A.E. Radley

1) Okay, I loved this a lot more than I expected to going in. Really lovely characters, a nice mystery, and while 'funny' stories often fall flat for me, here the humor perfectly tickled me.

Huntress A.E. Radley
Bisexual - Contemporary General Fiction
Paperback: 324 pages
Publisher: Heartsome Publishing (May 16, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1999702905
ISBN-13: 978-1999702908
Amazon: Huntress A.E. Radley

Amy is stuck in a rut. After graduating, she never left her temporary job at the motorway service station. Daily visits from a mysterious woman are the highlight of her days. Until one day, when the mystery woman vanishes. Amy investigates the disappearance and makes a shocking discovery. Suddenly, she’s being framed and no-nonsense Claudia McAllister is being sent to arrest her. Will Amy’s unique approach to evading capture prove successful?

2017 Rainbow Awards Honorable Mention: The City of Seven Gods (The Lost Histories #1)

1) Great world building. Obviously the author is a good writer but I wished he developed the main character more so you understand his motivation for fleeing the prince. 

The City of Seven Gods (The Lost Histories #1) Andrew J. Peters
Gay - Fantasy
Paperback: 220 pages
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books (September 13, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1626397759
ISBN-13: 978-1626397750
Amazon: The City of Seven Gods (The Lost Histories #1) Andrew J. Peters

Kelemun was bought from his peasant parents to tend the inner sanctum of the house of Aknon, where wealthy men pay mountain sapphires to behold the beautiful servants of the god. Chosen to bring offerings to Caliph, Kelemun captures the fascination of the young prince Praxtor who has never been denied anything his heart desires.

Ja'bar was hired to roughhouse wayward proselytes for the high priest Aknon-Horheb. In Qabbat'lee, it's good paying work for a Stripeling, a jungle savage in the eyes of the city natives, and if he's stingy and stays out of trouble, it will buy him a plot of river land.

But the splendor of Qabbat'lee is a mirage disguising a grotesquerie of corruption. When Kelemun and Ja'bar's threads of fate entwine on a night of chilling betrayal, their only hope for redemption and survival may lie in one another.