After further protests, Amazon has said it will reinstate the ranking for that individual author’s work.įellow author Kassia Krozser wrote an open letter to Amazon: ” It seems the Easter Bunny, while hopping down the bunny trail, left some rotten eggs all over the Amazon site while we were sleeping. The book in reality is far from “adult” and is instead a romance. Since these lists are generated using sales ranks, adult materials must also be excluded from that feature.” When he wrote to Amazon, he initially received the following reply from the company: “In consideration of our entire customer base, we exclude ‘adult material from appearing in some searches and best seller lists. Was it a glitch of some sort? The very next day HUNDREDS of gay and lesbian books simultaneously lost their sales rankings, including my book ‘The Filly.'” Forster, James Baldwin and even Dr Who and Torchwood star John Barrowman have seen their books disappear.Īmerican author Mark Probst wrote on his blog “”mysteriously, the sales rankings disappeared from two newly-released high profile gay romance books: ‘Transgressions’ by Erastes and ‘False Colors’ by Alex Beecroft. With the arrival of his former captain-and lover-on the scene, Alfie is torn between the security of his past and the uncertain promise of a future with the straight-laced John.Īgainst a backdrop of war, intrigue, piracy and personal betrayal, the high seas will carry these men through dangerous waters from England to Africa, from the Arctic to the West Indies, in search of a safe harbor.Amazon previously ranked all books based on sales but over the past few days, thousands of books on gay topics have disappeared from the list. But the darker secret he keeps is his growing attraction for his commanding officer-a secret punishable by death.

He’s determined to make a success of their first mission, and hopes the well-liked lieutenant Alfie Donwell can pull the crew together before he has to lead them into battle: stopping the slave trade off the coast of Algiers.Īlfie knows that with a single ship, however well manned, their mission is futile, and their superiors back in England are hoping to use their demise as an excuse for war with the OttomanĮmpire. For his first command, John Cavendish is given the elderly bomb vessel HMS Meteor, and a crew as ugly as the ship.

False colors by alex beecroft