#n.r. walker

[lgbtqreads]

Fave Five: Queer Multi-Author Romance Series

Diner Days (Low-angst trans romances) Clover Hill (Small town romances) Franklin U (New adult romances) Bold Brew (Coffeeshop romances) Rainbow Ranch (Western romances)

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[booksandwords]

“Cassowaries?” “You mean velociraptor turkeys with helmets?” Derek replied, not looking up from his telescope eyepiece. I snorted but quickly reassured Norah. “No. There aren’t any cassowaries here. And they’re not nocturnal.” “But there are snakes and goannas,” she added. “This is Australia,” Derek answered flatly. “So, yes. There is.”

Norah, Derek and Paul, Second Chance at First Love (Storm Boys, N.R. Walker)

This has to be one of my fave descriptions of cassowaries. Pretty good take on Australian wildlife though.

[professionalqueerbookworm]

Queer Reviews: N.R. Walker, "Dearest Milton James".

CW: explicit sexual content, mentions of war-era homophobia

Plot: Malachi Keogh finds himself in a job he neither wanted nor asked for when his father, boss of Sydney’s postal service, sends him to the end of the business line, aka The Dead Letter Office. Malachi expects tedious and boring but instead discovers a warehouse with a quirky bunch of misfit co-workers, including a stoic and nerdy boss, Julian Pollard.

Malachi’s intrigued by Julian at first, and he soon learns there’s more to the man than his boring clothes of beige, tan, and brown; a far cry from Malachi’s hot pink, lilac, and electric blue. Where Julian is calm and ordered, Malachi is chaos personified, but despite their outward differences, there’s an immediate chemistry between them that sends Malachi’s head—and heart—into a spin.

To keep his father happy, Malachi needs to keep this job. He also needs to solve the mystery of the pile of old letters that sits in Julian’s office and maybe get to the bottom of what makes Julian tick. Like everything that goes through the mail center, only time will tell if Malachi has found his intended destination or if he’ll find himself returned to sender.

8/10 on the Rainbow Scale™ 🌈: taking a break from angst with a cute low-stakes story. The romance, although present and well-written, is not the focus of the novel; this story is about both finding your place in life and learning from those who came before us. The fictional letters are a touching testimony of the lives of queer people in Australia during World War II and it's clear the author did their research. Despite the subject, the story is very light-hearted and has a happy ending.

[tristealven]

Librarians love info retrieval missions. It’s like adding a Zelda side-quest to their day.

N.R. Walker, Dearest Milton James (BlueHeart Press, 2021)

[janeamidala]

The world spun beautifully, carefree, and that shit felt good. This was what I loved. Being numb and immune to the world, and it was fucking awesome.

N.R. Walker (The Hate You Drink)

[dreaming-of-the-dark]

"He made my chest feel too small for my heart."

Imago, N.R. Walker

[citazioniagogo]

Tutto quello a cui riuscivo a pensare era che gli stavo tenendo la mano. Lo stavo toccando. E seppi in quel momento che volevo toccarlo di nuovo. Volevo che lui toccasse me. Volevo di più di tutto con lui. Volevo parlargli di qualsiasi cosa. Volevo vederlo usare le mani mentre spiegava qualcosa e parlava così appassionatamente del suo lavoro. Volevo farlo ridere. Volevo tenergli la mano. Volevo sapere che sensazioni mi avrebbe dato, come sarebbe stato toccarlo, stringerlo contro di me. Volevo conoscerlo. Volevo che lui conoscesse me. Volevo capirlo. Volevo entrargli sottopelle. Come lui si stava infilando sotto la mia

Fiducia cieca di N.R. Walker

[lgbtqreads]

Fave Five: Asexual Adult Romances

For demisexual romances, click here. For Asexual YA Romances, click here. How to Be a Normal Person by TJ Klune (m/m) Perfect Rhythm by Jae (f/f) The Romantic Agenda and Looking for Love in All the Haunted Places by Claire Kann (m/f) It’s Always Been You by Elin Annaliese (f/f) Upside Down by N.R. Walker (m/m)  

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