That led to a great deal more Cameron Dane books for me. The first book I read in the genre was A Fostered Love by Cameron Dane. For that reason, and because it’s probably this cover that caught my eye originally, I’m using it in this post. I believe the one I’m using was the first one used. Note that the cover has changed a few times since the original story was published. According to Goodreads, I’ve read over 1,200 titles since. While I ended up giving up on her and that series, I never looked back when it came to gay romance. I just remember being curious about the genre after reading about Blay and Qhuinn in J.R. I don’t remember how I found that story specifically.

There’s a lot of humor – which I love – and even a couple of serious moments. I didn’t end it feeling like it wasn’t finished or that I’d missed anything. The story is short, but a lot is in those few pages. He’s still one of my all-time favorite authors. It wasn’t long after before I’d read everything he’d put out, and counted down the days until another book or short story was published. The very first book I read in the genre was a freebie by Zathyn Priest, One Of Those Days. *You have to comment on this post for any entries to be valid. Thank you to all of you who have stuck with us. We also know we wouldn’t still be doing this if it wasn’t for our followers and the authors who write the books. We also became the best of friends who consider each other family. Before long, two total strangers, from two different continents, were collaborating on a review site that goes far beyond books. We came together over the love of the same book. When On Top Down Under was born, we never dreamed we’d still be going strong 10 years later. We’ll even throw in 10 bonus entries if you tell us why you chose that particular book, and what had you checking out the genre when you’d never read in it before.Īs with all giveaways, each Rafflecopter entry will be verified, with all invalid entries being deleted. Just follow the instructions in the Rafflecopter and you’ll be entered. We really want to know! Also, by telling us about your first gay romance book, you’ll be entered into one of our $50 Amazon gift card giveaways. To help us celebrate our 10th year, we want to know what book was your first in the genre. Our first time reading a book in the gay romance or MM genre, I mean.

Kogitsune by Xia Xia Lake