Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Stones in the Road Author: Nick Wilgus Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 350 Pages At a Glance: I hope this isn't the last we hear from Wiley, Jackson, Noah and their crazier-than-they-should-be family. Blurb: When his snobbish future in-laws travel all the way from Boston to visit, wise-cracking Southerner Wiley Cantrell learns that gay... Continue Reading →
Title: A Healing Man (Men of Manhattan: Book Five) Author: Sandrine Gasq-Dion Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 150 Pages At a Glance: Sets us up beautifully for the next couple of books in the series Blurb: Dario Ramos thought he’d left the fighting behind in the war zone when a life-threatening injury sent him... Continue Reading →
Title: Unfortunate Son Author: Shae Connor Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 194 Pages At a Glance: This book missed the mark for me Blurb: Five years ago, Evan Day lost his lover in the Afghan sand, and in the fallout, he lost his military career and his family. With help from friends, he reinvented himself... Continue Reading →
Title: A Wedding to Die For Author: Xavier Mayne Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 250 Pages At a Glance: Once again, Xavier Mayne has won me over and entertained me Blurb: A Brandt and Donnelly Caper: Book Three When a high-profile gay celebrity couple asks two of the city’s most established vendors to provide cake... Continue Reading →
Title: The Right Words Author: Lane Hayes Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 204 Pages At a Glance: I fell hopelessly in love with this book and can't wait for the next in the series Blurb: Escaping an abusive relationship left Luke Preston anxious and spouting panic-induced poetry. Desperate for a fresh start, Luke accepts a... Continue Reading →
Title: Chance to be King Author: Sue Brown Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 132 Pages At a Glance: A very good, very Sue Brown story Blurb: After working nonstop for two years, actor Eric Pawlowski desperately needs a respite from his grueling schedule and the crippling migraines that come with it. Thinking that a few... Continue Reading →
Title: Poz Author: Christopher Koehler Publisher: Harmony Ink Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages At a Glance: Highly Recommended Blurb: Remy Babcock and Mikey Castelreigh are stalwart members of the Capital City Rowing Club’s junior crew, pulling their hardest to earn scholarships to rowing powerhouses like California Pacific. Just a couple of all-American boys, they face... Continue Reading →
Title: Cockstrut (Peckers: Book Two) Author: Jacques N. Hoff Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 120 Pages At a Glance: This is definitely a fun read Blurb: Sebastian Grant, a world-renowned avian vet, is so sure bird shifters aren’t real that even when an unruly cockatoo named Louis ends up naked in his arms, it’s difficult... Continue Reading →
Title: Off Course (Coyote’s Call: Book One) Author: Bailey Bradford Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 202 Pages At a Glance: Some serious info dumping, but a great start to a new series Blurb: Gideon’s worst night ever starts out with a bang that will change his whole life. Gideon Wells has been cast out of... Continue Reading →
Title: Red Dirt Heart 3 Author: N.R. Walker Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 287 Pages At a Glance: I would highly recommend you add this series to your list and give it a chance Blurb: Life for Charlie Sutton has never been better, or busier. With Travis now a permanent fixture of Sutton Station, a permanent... Continue Reading →
Title: Blake’s Home Author: Cheryl Dragon Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 110 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Plenty of men have tried to get ranch hand Blake Louis to The Love Shack but none succeed. At the White family ranch, Blake has found friends and a home. He desperately wants to stay. Yet he must... Continue Reading →
Title: Blake’s Home Author: Cheryl Dragon Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 110 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Plenty of men have tried to get ranch hand Blake Louis to The Love Shack but none succeed. At the White family ranch, Blake has found friends and a home. He desperately wants to stay. Yet he must... Continue Reading →
Title: Blue Days Author: Mary Calmes Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 98 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Falling for a coworker is rarely a good idea, especially for a man getting a last chance at salvaging his career. But from the moment Dwyer Knolls sees the beautiful but socially awkward Takeo Hiroyuki, he seems destined... Continue Reading →
Title: Desert Foxe (Skyler Foxe Mysteries: Book Five) Author: Haley Walsh Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 232 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Skyler and his friends go to Palm Springs for the annual White Party and find murder! Out and proud high school English teacher Skyler Foxe and his posse of friends go to the... Continue Reading →
Title: Outing the Quarterback Author: Tara Lain Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 216 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: Will Ashford lives in two closets. He meets his wealthy father’s goals as both the quarterback for the famous SCU football team and a business major, but secretly he attends art school and longs to live as... Continue Reading →
Title: rock Author: Anyta Sunday Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 256 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Igneous. When Cooper’s parents divorce, he finds himself landed in Week About—one week with his mum and one week with his dad. Only, it’s not just his dad he has to live with. There’s Lila, too: The other woman, the... Continue Reading →
Title: Love You Senseless Author: Susan Mac Nicol Publisher: Boroughs Publishing Group Pages/Word Count: 160 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: THE MEN OF LONDON From Soho to Norwich, there’s no escaping love. A TASTE OF FOREVER An award-winning chef with his own restaurant and an inexhaustible passion, Gideon Kent once had everything. Then came... Continue Reading →
Title: Say Something Author: BA Tortuga Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 226 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Jenson has loved Mike his whole life, but he has never known how to tell Mike how he feels. After high school Mike leaves for college and his Hollywood dream, while cowboy Jenson stays behind in their... Continue Reading →
Title: Forgiving Thayne Author: J.R. Loveless Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 290 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Nicholas Cartwright has done everything in his power to forget that night six months ago in Senaka, when his true mate rejected him, leaving him shattered and disillusioned. Burying himself in his work, he pushes himself to the... Continue Reading →
Title: Strange Addiction (The 12 Olympians: Book Four) Author: Sandrine Gasq-Dion Publisher: Skull Blaster Publishing Pages/Word Count: 240 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Brock Holloway has it all -- money, friends, a bitchin' car and a promising football career. At least, that's what people see. Inside, though, Brock is fighting for something he knows he... Continue Reading →
Title: Bad Boy: Naughty at Night Author: Jamie Lake Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 64 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Kindergarten teacher by day, sensual masseuse by night, Peter Davidson never thought things would get so tough that he’d need to give out sensual massages in secret in order to make ends meet. But when the... Continue Reading →
Title: Foundation of Trust (Cost of Repairs: Book Five) Author: A.M. Arthur Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 239 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: David Weller thought he had it all—a loving partner who gave him a ring, a steady job he didn’t hate, and so much hope for the future. But in the wake of... Continue Reading →
Title: A Working Man (Men of Manhattan: Book Four) Author: Sandrine Gasq-Dion Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 134 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Matthew Hawke’s professional life is soaring as high the powerful bird of prey whose image is inked on his back. He’s at the top of his game as the owner of... Continue Reading →
Title: Falling for Ramos Author: Sue Brown Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 226 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: A glimpse of a group of businessmen in a newspaper tells Colin Hess his old love, Alejandro Ramos, is back in London a decade after they split up. They met by chance as students, when Colin was... Continue Reading →
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