#author Liv Rancourt

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Review: The Villain Who Wasn't (Carnival of Mysteries 2) by Liv Rancourt

Rating: 3🌈 The Villain Who Wasn’t by Liv Rancourt was such a mixed bag for me. I enjoyed much of the story and characters, including how Rancourt wove the Carnival of Mysteries into this tale, making it an important part of Micah Jenkins journey to redemption. Micah, how his relationship with Anders Montgomery developed amid his journey to redemption and finding home, that entire storyline , is…

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When the undead roadkill just won't leave you alone...

Have you read The Accidental Necromancer by Liv Rancourt? It’s available now, free to read with your Kindle Unlimited subscription!

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~ Opposites Attract

~ Vampire with an agenda

~ Necromancer without a clue

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Last Year – yes, it was so bad it needs to be capitalized – continues to haunt Brandon. A fresh start in a new town should have been the solution, but the memories follow him everywhere, in the form of undead roadkill he can’t seem to stop conjuring.

And Brandon’s growing posthumous pet problem is attracting attention. At least Stefanos, the paranormal veterinarian who offers to help him, is cute.

Who even knew paranormal veterinarians were a thing?

The resurrected animals are bad, but the wraith who starts dogging – pun intended – Brandon’s every step is far, far worse. This unwilling necromancer will have to figure out how to put Last Year behind him if he ever wants to find peace in the warm and willing veterinarian’s bed.

The Accidental Necromancer is a part of the multi-author Subpar Superheroes MM romance series.

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[olderthannetfic]

Could you shout out a couple of your favourite m/m authors or books, please? (nw if you don’t like reccing things tho, I find it stressful myself.)

I also find the one ship per book in a series not my cup of tea tbh. I find it too jarring to switch over to other characters I’m not as emotionally invested in within a world.

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I don't mind side stories that wrap up supporting characters' romances, but I tend to like a main series that's about the same characters/ship most of the time.

I recced a few in response to another ask. That should be posting... some time. (You can tell how well I keep track of my queue.)

Who haven't I mentioned... let's see... Jenn Burke's Not Dead Yet series is pretty interesting, though it eventually angered me with a side character death.

E.J. Russell has a lot of books with different ships but that are all in the same universe. They work better for me than most such books because there's an urban fantasy arc plot about missing fae running through them. Some are a bit too ultra-fluff for my taste. Many are pretty funny. A lot of them feature things like supernatural dating agencies or event planners.

Integrate by Thea Hayworth is only available on Smashwords and is a one-off, but I can't say no to an alien-human buddy cop duo. Both the case and the romance are reasonably fleshed out for this short length, and the worldbuilding is fascinating. I want more! Come back usually-fic-author and write original!

I enjoyed AJ Sherwood's Jon's Downright Ridiculous Shooting Case and sequels/stuff in the same universe.

I've only checked out Beth Bolden a little bit. I met her at a conference, and she seems cool. (Definitely a recent fic fandom person, like many of us writing original m/m.) I read part of a boy band romance of hers that she admitted was 1D with the serial numbers filed. Filed well, I might add: the original version is sufficiently SoCal that I wasn't positive which boy band it was riffing off of. But what I really enjoyed was her fairytale-ish fantasy novel Yours, Forever After.

Meghan Maslow's Starfig Investigations was an instant favorite for me. I'm not sure if younger people will even be familiar with the genre of fantasy it is. It didn't click for me until I heard her talking about it, but the series is basically a take off of Robert Asprin's Myth series: oldschool secondary world fantasy full of dumb puns and jokes that only make sense in relation to the real world. Like that series, Maslow's features portals between realms and a lot of magic tech in advanced cities even if the trappings are Ren Faire-ish. The sense of humor style was pretty common in early 90s sff publishing and turns up in old games like Monkey Island, but it's not something I see all that much in m/m fantasy novels.

Harper Fox's Tyack & Frayne series is about a cop and a psychic in small town Cornwall. Lots of pagan vibes in this one, and some of the supernatural stuff picks up as the series goes along, but the basic structure is contemporary British mysteries.

The Plumber's Mate series by J.L. Merrow is a much more comedic take on UK village mysteries. I'm not usually into stories where people end up with their bully from school, but I liked how it was handled here. The side characters are a hoot, especially the camp best friend and the dwarf porn star turned vegetable salesman.

Morgan Brice I'm not as fond of, but she has a bunch of series including one that feels like early seasons Supernatural.

I don't think I ever read the sequels to My Zombie Boyfriend by T. Strange. It's... well... about a dude who finds a hot corpse and decides to revive him as a zombie. The lead is a weird little perv with an ex who's a goth mortician, a horrible undead pet cat, and an obsession for his new zombie project. I found this one while looking for creepy books after reading one too many bits of ultra-fluff with barely any plot.

I was enjoying the Hours of the Night series by Irene Preston and Liv Rancourt, but it seems like they stopped writing it without resolving anything? A lot of the books I've read are good but would have been better with more sequels, so they don't spring to mind here.

There are seriously a shitton of writers working in this space. I just found a few authors and started trying books and seeing what else was on the same goodreads lists and so on. You need to have a tolerance for hideous cover art, but plenty of the actual books are fine.

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Guest Post: Liv Rancourt talks about juggling!

Guest Post: Liv Rancourt talks about juggling!

Today we’re super excited to welcome author Liv Rancourt on the blog! Liv is the author of Vespers, Aqua Follies, and more, and today she joins us to talk about how to balance writing and personal life! A day in the life… Thanks so much for having me as a guest! I do love following the reviews here, and since El gave me a blank slate, I figured I’d write about juggling… (more…)

[jackiekeswick]

The Choice | Book Chat with Addison Albright

My guest today is author Addison Albright who has vampires in tow! I got sucked into (ouch, sorry!) vampire stories when I had Irene Preston & Liv Rancourt visiting the blog and I think I’m ready for another visit with sun-shy bloodsucking creatures. So, let’s Addison tell us about her vampires and the world she’s built for them. You can also sample the goods, so to speak, as she’s brought us an…

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Book Review: A Holiday Homecoming by Liv Rancourt

Book Review: A Holiday Homecoming by Liv Rancourt

Reviewed by Ami

Title: A Holiday Homecoming Author: Liv Rancourt Series: 2019 Advent Calendar | Homemade for the Holidays Heroes: Jon & Bo Genre: M/M Contemporary Length: 62 pages Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Release Date: December 1, 2019 Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Ten years ago Jon’s passion for the piano took him across the country to New York,…

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As I said at the side, I’m a bit of a plantzer. :) I do like writing by the seat of my pants when inspiration strikes me, but I feel having an idea of who my character are and what they want helps me keep going. Heh, both the Vorlons and the Shadows are helping me. :)

[melaniem54]

Reviews: The Accidental Necromancer by Liv Rancourt and Behind the 8-Ball by A. E. Wasp (Subpar Heroes Stories)

Rating: DNF for both The Subpar Heroes series has been a real hit or miss for me, with having liked 2 books and finding I absolutely couldn’t finish 2 others. I’m combining the reviews for the DNF because neither requires a full on review as you will see. The Accidental Necromancer by Liv Rancourt is a DNF simply because I was appalled by its application of the theme and overall plot. If you…

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𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗞𝗬 | 𝗣𝗦𝗬𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗖 | 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗦 | 𝗛𝗔𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗗𝗢𝗟𝗟 | 𝗪𝗪𝟮

Dollface, by Liv Rancourt, is here and free to read with your Kindle Unlimited subscription!

→ getbook.at/Dollface ←

• One psychic

• Two men who can't keep their hands off each other

• Witches and demons

• Family drama

• One very creepy doll

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[jackiekeswick]

Nocturne | Book Chat with Irene Preston and Liv Rancourt

I’m going to stop saying it soon. You know, that line I have in quite a few posts… XYZ isn’t my cup of tea, but this sounds intriguing… Yep, here goes another one: vampires. Today’s bloodsucker is supplied by Irene Preston and Liv Rancourt, in their latest book Nocturne. And because you can’t simply hand me an interesting blurb and expect me to move on, I’ve just started reading the first book in…