The stories you are about to read celebrate love, sex and romance between men. They are a product of the M/M Romance Group's "Love’s Landscapes promotion sponsored by the Goodreads M/M Romance Group, and each anthology is published as a gift to you.
What Is Love’s Landscapes?
The Goodreads M/M Romance Group invited members to choose a photo and pen a letter asking for a short M/M romance story inspired by the image; authors from the group were then encouraged to select a letter and write an original tale. The result was an outpouring of creativity that shone a spotlight on the special bond between M/M romance writers and the people who love what they produce.
210 stories were submitted and have now been published as a seventeen volume set with five additional bonus volumes, titled Love’s Landscapes. This edition is Volume 11.
The stories in this collection may contain sexually explicit content and are intended for adult readers. They may contain content that is disagreeable or distressing to some readers. The M/M Romance Group strongly recommends that each reader review the General Information section before each story for story tags as well as for content warnings.
Stories in Volume 11
MR JAGUAR by K.A. Merikan MY AFRICAN PRINCE by Vona Logan NEVER CRY WOLF by Phoebe Sean NOT JUST A KISS by Jennah Scott THE NOVICE DOM by Clancy Nacht AN OLD FASHIONED LOVE SONG (Book One in the Woodshed Series) by Michelle K Grant OMISSIONS by Taylor Law ONE STEP AT A TIME by S.N. Kat ONLY TO YOU by Gabrielle Bhlack
K. A. Merikan is a duo of queer writers who don’t believe in following the well-trodden path. In their books you can dip your toe into dangerous romance with mafiosi, outlaw bikers and bad boys, all from the safety of your sofa. They love the weird and wonderful, stepping out of the box, and bending stereotypes both in life and in fiction. Their stories don’t shy away from exploring the darker side of M/M romance, and feature a variety of anti-heroes, rebels, misfits, and underdogs who go against the grain. Be prepared for shocking twists, dark humor, raw emotions, and sizzling hot scenes.
K.A. Merikan also writes steamy M/M romcoms as Devon Doe.
I was thrilled to see so many paranormal romance stories in this volume. "My African Prince" by Vona Logan was a good shifter story, and I really liked the pairing of the main characters. "Never Cry Wolf" by Phoebe Sean and "Not Just a Kiss" by Jenna Scott were a couple of other great shifter stories. "No Enemy But Time" by Angel Martinez had an interesting mashup of pantheons and mythologies. As for the non-PNR stories, fellow Loose Id author, Clancy Nacht, took a unique point of view for a BDSM story in "The Novice Dom." This was a really entertaining anthology.
This is an anthology, so of course not every story is worthy of four stars, but I definitely enjoyed this volume more than some anthologies I've read. Cute, heartwarming, original stories.