Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Locked Out Author: Josephine Myles Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 62 Pages At a Glance: Locked Out is such a heaping helping of sweet, wrapped in a Martin shaped package. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Clothing is overrated... Getting accidentally locked out of his hotel room on Valentine’s Day night is embarrassing enough for teacher Martin... Continue Reading →
Title: Fantasy for a Gentleman (A Planet Called Wish: Book Two) Author: Caitlin Ricci Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages At a Glance: Fantastic science fiction with actual compromise between characters Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: For two decades Corbin Leroux has worked on the planet Wish as a high-priced companion. He loves his life... Continue Reading →
Title: Vampire Prince (Paranormal Nobles: Book One) Author: S.J. Frost Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 236 Pages At a Glance: Ah, S.J. Frost set us up good with this one! Reviewed By: Carrie Blurb: Vampire prince, Valentin, wants the beautiful blood slave, Sebastian for himself, but when he frees him, danger comes from those who... Continue Reading →
Title: Tracefinder: Contact Author: Kaje Harper Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 518 Pages At a Glance: Exciting, action-packed and emotionally charged, this novel has it all. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Brian Kerr has spent years hiding behind a facade of mental slowness. His brother and sister got all three of them off the streets and into a... Continue Reading →
Title: Say it with Ink (The Seattle Chronicles) Author: C.C. Dado Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 61 Pages At a Glance: What I loved about Say it with Ink was that it was sweet, with some angst thrown in to remind me what it was like to be in love at that age, and I... Continue Reading →
Title: It was Supposed to be a Vacation Author: M Durango Publisher: Torquere Press Pages/Word Count: 118 Pages At a Glance: More of a mystery with romance on the side, but an engaging friends-to-lovers story nonetheless. Reviewed By: Sadonna Blurb: A week alone is just what Todd needs to get his head straight. Before he... Continue Reading →
Title: Leading Me Home (Harrington Hills: Book One) Author: Megan Linden Publisher: Pride Publishing Pages/Word Count: 103 Pages At a Glance: Couldn’t put this one down. Reviewed By: Taz Blurb: Pretending to date the guy he has a crush on? Kevin’s sure he’s heading for a disaster. A broken heart, at least. Kevin has been... Continue Reading →
Title: Café Eisenhower Author: Richard Natale Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Pages/Word Count: 264 pages At a Glance: An amazing book with two stories: one set in the 1990s, the other told through notebooks from pre/post WWII. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: In the early 1990s, soon after the fall of the Iron Curtain, Matthew Robins, who is grieving... Continue Reading →
Title: Country Soul Author: Remmy Duchene Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 120 Pages At a Glance: Country Soul is an easy, enjoyable read. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: When Jackson Rawlings comes out of the closet, he loses everything: from his record label to the self-confidence he needs to perform on stage. Jackson feels as if... Continue Reading →
Title: Submitting to the Clan Author: Caitlin Ricci Publisher: eXtasy Books Pages/Word Count: 43 Pages At a Glance: In a short forty-three pages, Submitting To His Clan still manages to be packed full of emotion. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Cast out from his clan, ice dragon Avery is searching for a new home when he... Continue Reading →
Title: Dancer of Death (SPECTR Series 2: Book 2) Author: Jordan L. Hawk Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 106 Pages At a Glance: So badass. I’ll just leave it at that. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Revenge. Murder. Ballet? Vampire spirit Gray wants to hunt demons. Unfortunately, the foolish mortals at SPECTR have put his host, Caleb,... Continue Reading →
Title: Closing the Loop Author: Jane Davitt Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 150 Pages At a Glance: An okay story of a ship board romance that was a near miss for me. Reviewed By: Sadonna Blurb: A week on a tropical gay cruise is just what Lee needs after a bad breakup and a Canadian... Continue Reading →
Title: Play On (A Glasgow Lads Novella) Author: Avery Cockburn Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 140 Pages At a Glance: This sweet and slightly angsty start to the Glasgow Lads series is a must-read for fans of Avery Cockburn’s boys. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Duncan Harris is on the edge. Scandal has shredded his LGBT soccer... Continue Reading →
Title: Love and the Exorcism Author: Melanie Hansen Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Page/Word Count: 47 Pages At a Glance: The chemistry between Tom and Mario is hot and sweet and gave me all kinds of good feels. Reviewed By: Karen Blurb: Tom Hannity is not boring, despite what his ex-boyfriend says. He loves his circle of... Continue Reading →
Title: The Lone Rancher Author: Andrew Grey Publisher: Dreamspinner Press/Dreamspun Desires Pages/Word Count: 192 Pages At a Glance: The Lone Rancher is a well written and easy read that leaves you with a HEA. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: He'll do anything to save the ranch, including baring it all. Aubrey Klein is in real trouble—he... Continue Reading →
Title: Unquiet (Resilient Love: Book Three) Author: Melanie Hansen Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Page/Word Count: 296 Pages At a Glance: This book is amazing, though I’m really not sure that word even does it justice. Reviewed By: Karen Blurb: Loren Smith has been in love with Eliot Devlin almost his entire life. During their turbulent childhood... Continue Reading →
Title: Oasis of Night (Heartache Café: Books One and Two) Author: J.S. Cook Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 304 Pages At a Glance: Both of these stories are fast paced and filled with so many twist and turns that you can’t even begin to guess how Jack’s saga will end. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: The... Continue Reading →
Title: Glitterland (Spires: Book One) Author: Alexis Hall Narrator: Nicholas Boulton Publisher: Riptide Publishing Run Time: 6 hours and 42 minutes At a Glance: Nicholas Boulton’s voice is like butter. The timbre and the cadence are almost hypnotic. Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: Ash Winters is barely holding on, near drowning in his own darkness and... Continue Reading →
Title: Conversation Hearts Author: Avon Gale Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 31 Pages At a Glance: Conversation Hearts is yummy—just like the candy!—because it dares to be a little different. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: It’s Valentine’s Day, and grad student—and male escort—Levi Barron expects to spend his evening with a client who’s paying him for... Continue Reading →
Title: Good Bones (The Bones Series: Book One) Author: Kim Fielding Narrator: Nick J. Russo Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 5 hours and 53 minutes At a Glance: Nick J. Russo did a fantastic job in his performance of Good Bones! Reviewed By: Kim Blurb: Skinny, quiet hipster Dylan Warner was the kind of guy... Continue Reading →
Title: Driven Author: Nicholas Kinsley Publisher: Fantastic Fiction Publishing Pages/Word Count: 245 Pages At a Glance: I think, dear reader, that if you can handle the violence, this may be a novel you might enjoy. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Mitchell Morgan is a quiet young man with dangerous secrets. One of those secrets is a... Continue Reading →
Title: Scott Sapphire and the Emerald Orchid Author: Geoffrey Knight Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 162 Pages At a Glance: Scott Sapphire and the Emerald Orchid is Indiana Jones and Robin Hood all wrapped up into one fast paced and over-the-top-exciting, action packed tale. Reviewed By: Maryann Blurb: Meet Scott Sapphire—lover of French champagne,... Continue Reading →
Title: Peace (The Four Horsemen: Book Five) Author: T.A. Chase Publisher: Pride Publishing Pages/Word Count: 163 Pages At a Glance: Lam may not be one of the Four Horsemen, but he deserved his own book and he got a good one! Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: When falling in love means risking everything, an angel must... Continue Reading →
Title: Love on Life Support Author: John Charles Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 115 Pages At a Glance: Despite some telling rather than showing, this was an enjoyable weekend read. Reviewed By: Taz Blurb: Matthew Kailen has two rules: I don’t date guys from work. I don’t do relationships. A respected paramedic and the son of... Continue Reading →
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