Roots of Evil (de ParisDude)
Synopsis Many consider Naomi Teedle the village witch. Most people avoid her except when they have need of her herbs and potions. She lives alone on the outskirts of Merrychurch, and that’s fine by everyone—old Mrs. Teedle is not the most pleasant of people. But when she is found murdered, her mouth bulging with her own herbs and roots, suddenly no one has a bad word to say about her. Jonathon de Mountford is adjusting to life up at the manor house, but it’s not a solitary life: pub landlord Mike Tattersall sees to that. Jonathon is both horrified to learn of the recent murder and confused by the sudden reversal of public opinion. Surely someone in the village had
La Déferlante (de ParisDude)
Synopsis Deux hommes vont découvrir le véritable amour, mais aussi les interdits de leur époque… Devon, Angleterre, 1932. La grande guerre s’est éloignée et la jeunesse a soif de plaisirs et de revanche sur la mort. Françoise et Florence Henrisson sont bien belles. Elles sont aussi jumelles et s’amusent des garçons qui les courtisent. Paul, fils de Lord Hinston et Michael, son ami, en font régulièrement les frais lorsqu’elles usent de leur ressemblance pour les tromper en échangeant leur tenues vestimentaires. Puis Mark, leur frère, va revenir de son exil suisse et tout va changer. Les amourettes passagères vont être balayées pour laisser place au grand amour qu’il a toujours eu pour Paul qu’il n’a pourtant pas revu depuis de
Le sceau de Kropotkine (de ParisDude)
Synopsis À l’aube du XVIIIe siècle, Henry, adolescent béarnais de petite noblesse au physique hors du commun, devient l’amant du riche comte d’Ystirac, qui l’emmène à Paris. Installé dans l’hôtel particulier de son bienfaiteur, il parfait son éducation, fortifie ses muscles et assouvit une insatiable lubricité. Le jeune homme découvre le monde caché des bardaches lors d’une orgie organisée chez l’intrigant prince Kropotkine, qu’il humilie en terrassant son champion au cours d’un combat singulier. Rejeté par son maître, le perdant – un Maure aux appas titanesques – est recueilli en l’hôtel d’Ystirac. Furieux, Kropotkine et ses complices n’auront de cesse de se venger : ils feront payer cher à Henry son intimité avec les grands du royaume et tenteront l’impossible pour
Ian and Edward (de ParisDude)
Synopsis Jane Austen had written a gay romance with a murder mystery and time travel, this book would be it. Edward Ford Westcott has accepted a position in a clandestine program that seeks to find answers to history’s greatest unknowns. He is sent back in time to 18th century England to investigate a woman’s murder and falls in love with Ian Gallihugh, the devote nephew of the soon-to-be victim, but when he and his partner, Angelica Law, are thrown into the upper echelons of English society, they soon discover that things are not what they appear to be. Edward’s relationship with Ian is soon in jeopardy, along with all their lives. Discovering the truth will leave the two men cornered,
Un soir de Noël
Synopsis Que Dieu vous vienne en aide, Gentlemen. Rentrant chez lui plus tôt que prévu après avoir passé les fêtes de Noël dans cette bonne vieille Angleterre, Adrien English – parfois détective amateur – découvre de nouveaux faits inquiétants à la librairie « De Cape et d’Épée »… De plus, une vieille connaissance vient lui demander son l’aide pour retrouver son petit ami disparu. Heureusement, Adrien connaît un très bon détective privé… Notre avis Ce dernier (demi-)tome de la série Adrien English, plutôt une longue nouvelle qu’un véritable roman, se déroule six mois après la dernière aventure d’Adrien et Jake, Marée noire, que nous avons présente ici. Adrien et son copain (et oui, ils sont enfin ensemble !) ont été invités par la
The Black Marble Pool (de ParisDude)
Synopsis When you first notice it, something seems a bit unusual. Then it occurs to you that most, if not all, of the pools you’ve ever seen before were painted blue or white. The Captain’s House pool is black. Not painted black. But constructed of black marble and black tile. The marble has streaks of white that look like lightning bolts in a black sky. There is a sexiness to this pool; a personality. It looks and feels like a warm, wet blanket, surrounding and protecting you like a dark, quiet womb. There’s a dead body at the bottom of a pool in the backyard of a guest house in Key West. Who is he? And what caused his untimely
La conspiration des scorpions (de ParisDude)
Synopsis Août 1626. Tandis qu’à Nantes on exécute pour haute trahison le comte de Chalais, favori répudié de Louis XIII, une conjuration diabolique se trame à Paris, dans l’ombre des palais, frappant ses propres membres de terreur et de mort. Le Dioscure, demi-frère du Roi, appelé à enquêter sur le décès du maréchal d’Ornano, ancien précepteur de Gaston d’Orléans, va devoir démêler un écheveau où se brouillent amitiés, amours et déloyautés sur fond de conflits religieux. Payant hardiment de sa personne, jouant sans hésiter de ses virils appas, notre royal enquêteur aura fort affaire quand la peste, fléau de ce siècle, s’invitera au bal des comploteurs ! Ce troisième opus de la série policière historique de Philippe Gimet nous plonge une
Master of Restless Shadows (de ParisDude)
Synopsis Freshly graduated Master Physician Narsi Lif-Tahm has left his home in Anacleto and journeyed to the imposing royal capital of Cieloalta intent upon keeping the youthful oath he made to a troubled writer. But in the decade since Narsi gave his pledge, Atreau Vediya, has grown from an anonymous delinquent to a man renowned for penning bawdy operas and engaging in scandalous affairs. What Narsi and most of the larger world cannot know is the secret role Atreau plays as spymaster for the Duke of Rauma. After the Cadeleonian royal bishop launches an unprovoked attack against the witches in neighboring Labara, Atreau will require every resource he can lay his hands upon to avert a war. A physician is
Mainly by Moonlight (de ParisDude)
Synopsis A gay high-society wedding. A stolen book of spells. A love-threatening lie. Can a witch avoid a murder rap without revealing the supernatural truth? Cosmo Saville guiltily hides a paranormal secret from his soon-to-be husband. And if he can’t undo a powerful love spell, uncertainty threatens his nuptial magic. But when he’s arrested for allegedly killing a longtime rival, he could spend his honeymoon behind bars… Police Commissioner John Joseph Galbraith never believed in love until Cosmo came along. Falling head over heels for the elegant antiques dealer is an enchantment he never wants to break. So when all fingers point to Cosmo’s guilt, John struggles to believe what his heart is telling him. As Cosmo searches for the
Carved in Bone (de ParisDude)
Synopsis November, 1984. Criminal defense lawyer Henry Rios, fresh out of rehab and picking up the pieces of his life, reluctantly accepts work as an insurance claims investigator and is immediately assigned to investigate the apparently accidental death of Bill Ryan. Ryan, part of the great gay migration into San Francisco in the 1970s, has died in his flat of carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty gas line, his young lover barely surviving. Rios’s investigation into Ryan’s death—which Rios becomes convinced was no accident—tracks Ryan’s life from his arrival in San Francisco as a terrified 18-year-old to his transformation into a successful businessman. What begins for Rios as the search for the truth about Bill Ryan’s death becomes the search