Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Planet Whisperer Author: E.E. Montgomery Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 280 Pages At a Glance: Terraforming, alien pets, and annoying parents make for a good read. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: Jonah Starovski, a Planet Whisperer, harnesses the energy surrounding dead planets and redirects it into new growth. Abandoned by the man who bought him from a... Continue Reading →
Title: Zall’s Captain (Planetary Submissives: Book Three) Author: Amber Kell Publisher: Pride Publishing Pages/Word Count: 58 Pages At a Glance: The Planetary Submissives series just gets better and better. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: When ex-slave Zall is asked to be Captain Teslan’s cabin boy, he learns sometimes you have to bend your rules to offer your heart.... Continue Reading →
Title: Warrior and Priest Author: Katie Howe Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages At a Glance: Such a great story with wonderful characters and a fascinating world. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: On an earthlike planet ruled by the Elite, a rite called “the Gleaning” is used to select suitable spouses for those of merit. Nico Stamford... Continue Reading →
Title: Orlin’s Fall (Planetary Submissives: Book Two) Author: Amber Kell Publisher: Pride Publishing Pages/Word Count: 64 Pages At a Glance: Second book in a series, and different enough from the first to be just as interesting and enjoyable. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: Orlin didn’t know when he put himself up for sale that he would be responsible... Continue Reading →
Title: Chalice (Planetary Submissives: Book One) Author: Amber Kell Publisher: Pride Publishing Pages/Word Count: 65 Pages At a Glance: Some sci-fi/fantasy and light BDSM, which makes for an enjoyable and quick read. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: In order to stop his magic from eating him alive, Chalice seeks out a man strong enough to dominate and control... Continue Reading →
Title: Safe Limits (Kiss of Leather: Book Two) Author: Morticia Knight Publisher: Pride Publishing Pages/Word Count: 146 Pages At a Glance: Strong follow-up to the first Kiss of Leather book. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: The men from Kiss of Leather gather together to rescue a terrified young sub. But it’s Master Derek who wants to keep him... Continue Reading →
Title: Famine (The Four Horsemen: Book Three) Author: T.A. Chase Publisher: Pride Publishing Pages/Word Count: 140 Pages At a Glance: Book three in the Four Horseman series is entertaining, even if not as good as the others. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: Saving a dying man might be just what Famine, the Black Horseman, needs to feed his... Continue Reading →
Title: Boundaries (Imago: Book One) Author: Anna Hedley Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 260 Pages At a Glance: A well-written, if at times frustrating, BDSM novel. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: Ben Dean is afraid and ashamed of his tendencies. But after the end of a disastrous relationship, he decides to explore his outer limits, the part of... Continue Reading →
Title: War (The Four Horsemen: Book Two) Author: T.A. Chase Publisher: Pride Publishing Pages/Word Count: 172 Pages At a Glance: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in a romance novel? Yes, please! Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: Fighting the battle in his own heart, War must find peace before he can find love. War destroyed an entire... Continue Reading →
Title: Kian’s Alpha (Dark Hollow Wolf Pack: Book Thirteen) Author: Shannon West Publisher: Dark Hollows Press Pages/Word Count: 127 Pages At a Glance: So, do I recommend this book? If you’ve read the rest of the series, then yes. However, if you have not, I can’t say that I do. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: Kian had a... Continue Reading →
Title: Son of Santa (Sleigh Ride: Advent Calendar 2015) Author: Kate Sands Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 53 Pages At a Glance: If you’re looking for something a bit different, give this one a shot. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: Noel Nicholas is on a sabbatical from the North Pole realm. Back home he’s known as the Son... Continue Reading →
Title: Nøtteknekkeren (Sleigh Ride: Advent Calendar 2015) Author: Felicitas Ivey Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 55 Pages At a Glance: A retelling of The Nutcracker with a gay twist that moves too fast for a short story. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: Thijs and his older brother, Rik, are spending Christmas Eve at their uncle Yvo's annual gathering.... Continue Reading →
Cheers, everyone, and welcome to the first of our Best of 2015 Giveaways! We've put together a list of our Top 5 favorite books this year, in no particular order (and some of us also had an honorable mention because it's just that hard to narrow things down), and we'd not only like to share... Continue Reading →
Title: Safe Limits (Kiss of Leather: Book Two) Author: Morticia Knight Publisher: Pride Publishing Pages/Word Count: 171 Pages At a Glance: Strong follow-up to the first Kiss of Leather book. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: The men from Kiss of Leather gather together to rescue a terrified young sub. But it’s Master Derek who wants to keep him... Continue Reading →
Title: Leap Through Eternity (Sleigh Ride: Advent Calendar 2015) Author: Sara Stark Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 26 Pages At a Glance: An Advent Calendar short that missed the mark for me. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: Being evacuated from his apartment in the middle of the night because some idiot forgot his cookies in the oven isn’t... Continue Reading →
Title: Hearth and Home (Sleigh Ride: Advent Calendar 2015) Author: E.T. Malinowski Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 56 Pages At a Glance: Short but sweet story with an accident prone elf. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: Thistle is a sweet elf with a kind heart. He tries his best to help all the other elves in Santa’s workshop.... Continue Reading →
Title: Naked Mailman Author: Dawn Flemington Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 121 Pages At a Glance: Interesting concept, but too much packed into a novella. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: Mailman Ken Lane is bored with his life. Nothing exciting ever happens to him. That is, until a nude man attacks him and leaves him bound and naked... Continue Reading →
Title: Pestilence (The Four Horsemen: Book One) Author: T.A. Chase Publisher: Pride Publishing Pages/Word Count: 170 Pages At a Glance: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in a romance novel? Yes, please! Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: For Pestilence, the White Horseman, love becomes the most powerful cure. Having lost his wife and child during the Black Death,... Continue Reading →
Title: Let the Wrong Light In Author: Avon Gale Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 210 Pages At a Glance: For a book about a “wrong” relationship, there is so much right. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: Avery Hextall, a junior architect at a prestigious firm, is thrilled when his design is chosen for a new performing-arts center—even if... Continue Reading →
Title: Broken Circle (Sirius Wolves: Book Two) Author: Victoria Sue Publisher: Dark Hollows Press Pages/Word Count: 202 Pages At a Glance: So, is this book good? Yeah. Any book that can make me care that much about characters and cry so hard is awesome. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: Blaze, the most powerful werewolf on the planet has... Continue Reading →
Title: Eternal Circle (Sirius Wolves: Book Three) Author: Victoria Sue Publisher: Dark Hollows Press Pages/Word Count: 143 Pages At a Glance: This book in the series is by far my favorite. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: How can you repair something that should have been unbreakable? Darric, Blaze and Conner had been together for centuries, and their bond, like... Continue Reading →
Title: Heart Scarab (Taking Shield: Book Two) Author: Anna Butler Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 300 Pages At a Glance: Fast-paced, thrilling sequel to the first book in the series. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: In Heart Scarab, set more than a year and a half after Gyrfalcon, Shield Captain Bennet’s company is on a planet in... Continue Reading →
Title: Into the Arena (Lionhearts: Book Four) Author: Elizabeth Coldwell Publisher: Pride Publishing Pages/Word Count: 146 Pages At a Glance: The book starts off strong, but some parts were too much of a stretch. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: He will fight for the one he loves, no matter what it takes. Cesare Bianco is a shifter without... Continue Reading →
Title: Building Bonds (Kiss of Leather: Book One) Author: Morticia Knight Publisher: Pride Publishing Pages/Word Count: 162 Pages At a Glance: A solid start to a new, contemporary BDSM series. Reviewed By: Jennifer Blurb: Kyle’s a natural sub who builds dungeon furniture, yet has no interest in BDSM. It takes a hunky Dom to show him just... Continue Reading →
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