Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.” – Immanuel Kant Title: Fractured Author: Mickie B. Ashling Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 216 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Roque “Ro” Celdran dreams of a better life, far away from the hand-to-mouth existence of his migrant worker family. He... Continue Reading →
“A fine line separates the weary recluse from the fearful hermit. Finer still is the line between hermit and bitter misanthrope.” - Dean Koontz Title: The Next Author: Rafe Haze Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 257 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: He never thought he’d become one of the agoraphobic sludges of New York... Continue Reading →
“I didn't approve of murder on general principles. Not even of people who seemed to go around begging for it.” – Josh Lanyon Title: Stranger On The Shore Author: Josh Lanyon Publisher: Carina Press Pages/Word Count: 226 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Twenty years ago, little Brian Arlington was kidnapped from his family’s Long Island... Continue Reading →
“Sometimes a deal with the devil is better than no deal at all.” – Lawrence Hill Title: Frozen Author: A.M. Arthur Publisher: Musa Publishing Pages/Word Count: 96 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: At fifteen, Lee Mitchell and Roman Carmichael are sure their fledgling relationship can survive any heartache or hardship--until a spring canoeing trip ends... Continue Reading →
“Submission is not about authority and it is not obedience; it is all about relationships of love and respect.”- Wm. Paul Young Title: Yes, Master Author: Sean Michael Publisher: Torquere Press Pages/Word Count: 80 pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: From first timers to hard core lovers, this collection of five BDSM themed short stories by... Continue Reading →
“The past will always come back to haunt you…” - Unknown Title: Spirit Author: John Inman Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 214 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Jason Day, brilliant designer of video games, is not only a confirmed bachelor, but he’s as gay as a maypole. One wouldn’t think being saddled with his precocious... Continue Reading →
”Love is everything it's cracked up to be…It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for.” - Erica Jong Title: Waiting For Rain Author: Susan Mac Nicol Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 280 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: The village of Stamford, the quintessential chocolate box English scene, seemed an impossible dream... Continue Reading →
“When you do what you fear most, then you can do anything.” – Stephen Richards Title: Trouble & The Wallfower Author: Kade Boehme Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 220 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Raised in near seclusion by an agoraphobic mother, Davy Cooper’s social skills are almost nonexistent. Now that his mother has died,... Continue Reading →
“We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.” – Lyndon B. Johnson Title: When Will I See You Again Author: Julie Lynn Hayes Publisher: Amber Quill Press (Amber Allure) Pages/Word Count: 254 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: Raoul Marchand is the crown prince of Charisma, the infamous night club in... Continue Reading →
”A kiss makes the heart young again and wipes out all the years.” – Rupert Brooke Title: Un-Expected Author: Lisa Worrall Publisher: White Stiletto Press Pages/Word Count: 122 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Little Mowbury is a sleepy English village deep in the Cotswolds. The kind of village where you’re only a local if your... Continue Reading →
“Sometimes the hardest part isn't letting go but rather learning to start over.” – Nicole Sobon Title: Blue Notes Author: Shira Anthony Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 250 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Blame it on jet lag. Jason Greene thought he had everything: a dream job as a partner in a large Philadelphia law... Continue Reading →
“Hope is the power of being cheerful in circumstances that we know to be desperate.” –G.K. Chesterton Title: Bad Slave Author: Kay Berrisford Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 173 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: When the king commands former war hero Captain Jay Ghair to find him the perfect royal sex slave, Jay’s quiet new... Continue Reading →
”To live, to TRULY live, we must be willing to RISK. To be nothing in order to find everything. To leap before we look.” – Mandy Hale Title: Pilgrimage Author: Kim Fielding Publisher: Dreamspinner Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages Rating: 4 stars Blurb: Fiscal analyst Mike Carlson is good with spreadsheets and baseball stats. He doesn’t... Continue Reading →
“If you live your life scared of what other people think, then you will always be miserable.” –John Goode Title: 151 Days (Tales From Foster High: Book Three) Author: John Goode Publisher: Harmony Ink Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: With just 151 days left until the school year ends, Kyle Stilleno is running... Continue Reading →
“I am well aware that for some, love and passion do not always follow the traditional path” – Amanda Quick Title: Devon Cream Author: Jet Mykles Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 86 pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: When Steven helps his neighbor Devon move into the studio apartment upstairs, he can't help but drool. Devon... Continue Reading →
"Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for." -- Bob Marley Blessed With A Curse: Author: N.J. Nielsen Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 132 Pages Rating: 3 stars Blurb: What doesn't kill me - had better start running...Storm Gennaro When the past calls Storm Gennaro for... Continue Reading →
"Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night." ― William Shakespeare Title: Big Bone Lick Pack Author: Kendall McKenna, Jambrea Jo Jones, Cherie Noel Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 227 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Overall Blurb: Welcome to the Big Bone Lick Pack: A more... Continue Reading →
“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” – Eleanor Roosevelt Title: No Such Thing Author: A.M. Arthur Publisher: Carina Press Pages/Word Count: 221 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Twenty-two-year-old Alessandro Silva knows that returning to tiny... Continue Reading →
“Love hurts. There is nothing as painful as heartbreak. But in order to learn to love again you must learn to trust again.” -Nicholas Sparks Title: Dandy’s Little Girl Author: Ari McKay Publisher: Torquere Press Pages/Word Count: 103 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Noah Coleman doesn’t do casual relationships. After losing his partner, Jeff, and... Continue Reading →
"Don't give in to your fears. If you do, you won't be able to talk to your heart." – Paul Coehlo Title: Out of Hiding Author: Mia Kerick Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 180 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: After graduating from high school early, twenty-year-old Philippe Bergeron spent the past several years lost among... Continue Reading →
“I’d risk everything for one kiss, everything. Yes I'd do anything. Anything? Anything for you.” ― I’d Do Anything from Oliver Title: The Rainbow Connection-Part III: Unwanted Guests and Strange Requests Author: BJ Sheppard Publisher: Smashwords Pages/Word Count: 15,530 Words Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: It's a slippery slope between perfection and perversion, and Liam Adams... Continue Reading →
“I have no right to say or do anything that diminishes a man in his own eyes. What matters is not what I think of him but what he thinks of himself.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupery Title: Worth Keeping Author: Susan Mac Nicol Publisher: Boroughs Publishing Group Pages/Word Count: 256 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Abused... Continue Reading →
“God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.” – William Shakespeare Title: Dear God Author: John Goode Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 20 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: A Lost Chapter from End of the Innocence Confronted by prejudice and looking for a way to fight those using religion against his friend, Kyle... Continue Reading →
“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.” - Steve Jobs Title: The Enlightenment of Daniel Author: Eli Easton Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 212 Rating: 4.5 stars Blurb: Business tycoon Daniel Derenzo lives for his work until his dying father reminds him life is short. When Daniel starts to reevaluate... Continue Reading →
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