Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: One Perfect Wish Author: L.M. Brown Publisher: Totally Bound Publishing Pages/Word Count: 61 Pages At a Glance: Brown threw in just the right twist to elevate this tale from another insta-love story to something so much more. Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Playing the part of another man’s husband to fulfill a wish is easy,... Continue Reading →
Title: Strangers in the Night Author: Jaycee Edward and Helena Stone Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 52 Pages At a Glance: Wow. Just that—wow. I really was blown away by this story. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: When Army veteran Slade stumbles upon an isolated cottage on a cold, dark night, the young man finds more... Continue Reading →
Title: A Midnight Clear (Boughs of Evergreen Anthology) Author: Debbie McGowan Publisher: Beaten Track Publishing Pages/Word Count: 84 Pages At a Glance: This was a fantastic holiday read Blurb: It's a cold, desperate December when a young girl flees home, in search of food, shelter and the real Santa Claus. Stranded in George and Josh's... Continue Reading →
“You were supposed to go to the Ball for a few hours and have some fun, not find a husband!” – Nikki Woolfolk Title: The Men of Summerly (Sweet and Steamy Series: Book Two) Author: Nikki Woolfolk Publisher: Word Nerd Press Pages/Word Count: 61 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Tradition is as quaint tradition does.... Continue Reading →
“You were supposed to go to the Ball for a few hours and have some fun, not find a husband!” – Nikki Woolfolk Title: The Men of Summerly (Sweet and Steamy Series: Book Two) Author: Nikki Woolfolk Publisher: Word Nerd Press Pages/Word Count: 61 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Tradition is as quaint tradition does.... Continue Reading →
“He now knew what that ache was: empathy. And it wasn’t just any kind of empathy, but one involving loneliness.” – Hayden Thorne Title: Grave’s End Author: Hayden Thorne Publisher: Queerteen Press Pages/Word Count: 66 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: It isn’t business as usual for Maelwine when a new family moves into Grave’s End... Continue Reading →
“He now knew what that ache was: empathy. And it wasn’t just any kind of empathy, but one involving loneliness.” – Hayden Thorne Title: Grave’s End Author: Hayden Thorne Publisher: Queerteen Press Pages/Word Count: 66 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: It isn’t business as usual for Maelwine when a new family moves into Grave’s End... Continue Reading →
“Temptation like Jeremy Saitou was the very last thing a newly appointed floor manager needed.” – Piper Vaughn Title: Three Strikes Author: Piper Vaughn Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 9 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Jeremy Saitou is on his third and final strike. His manager, Shawn, would love nothing more than to send him packing.... Continue Reading →
“Temptation like Jeremy Saitou was the very last thing a newly appointed floor manager needed.” – Piper Vaughn Title: Three Strikes Author: Piper Vaughn Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 9 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Jeremy Saitou is on his third and final strike. His manager, Shawn, would love nothing more than to send him packing.... Continue Reading →
“He didn’t sing. No, he cut his heart open and bled his soul onto the stage.” – Eden Winters Title: Highway Man (2nd Edition) Author: Eden Winters Publisher: Rocky Ridge Books Pages/Word Count: 45 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Killian Desmond’s dreams died in a flash of pain and the scream of twisted metal. He... Continue Reading →
“He didn’t sing. No, he cut his heart open and bled his soul onto the stage.” – Eden Winters Title: Highway Man (2nd Edition) Author: Eden Winters Publisher: Rocky Ridge Books Pages/Word Count: 45 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Killian Desmond’s dreams died in a flash of pain and the scream of twisted metal. He... Continue Reading →
Title: Tail Slide Author: P.D. Singer Publisher: Rocky Ridge Books Pages/Word Count: 37 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Fresh powder snow and running water in the Colorado back country call Lon like the moon calls the wolves. Belly-sliding to a good time on the weekends makes up for a workweek at a desk, and meeting... Continue Reading →
Title: Tail Slide Author: P.D. Singer Publisher: Rocky Ridge Books Pages/Word Count: 37 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Fresh powder snow and running water in the Colorado back country call Lon like the moon calls the wolves. Belly-sliding to a good time on the weekends makes up for a workweek at a desk, and meeting... Continue Reading →
“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” ― Aristotle Seb works as a fudge maker in a coastal community of England. Dex is a wanderer who kindly returns Seb’s wallet one late night. Seb befriends Dex and they slowly become friends over the course of a summer. This short story by... Continue Reading →
“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” ― Aristotle Seb works as a fudge maker in a coastal community of England. Dex is a wanderer who kindly returns Seb’s wallet one late night. Seb befriends Dex and they slowly become friends over the course of a summer. This short story by... Continue Reading →
Magic is the only honest profession. A magician promises to deceive you and he does. – Karl Germain Ah, what a tangled knot we twist when magic practiced does exist, when illusion is not a simple guise, and to mock its existence proves most unwise… Sorry. I’m pretty sure I’d make the absolute worst poet... Continue Reading →
Magic is the only honest profession. A magician promises to deceive you and he does. – Karl Germain Ah, what a tangled knot we twist when magic practiced does exist, when illusion is not a simple guise, and to mock its existence proves most unwise… Sorry. I’m pretty sure I’d make the absolute worst poet... Continue Reading →
Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire. – George Bernard Shaw Oooh. My. Bwaaah… Yes, that’s me being rather speechless in a very complimentary way, because there’s just not much room for words in my head at the moment. Why? Because I can’t seem to erase the mental picture that L.A. Witt and... Continue Reading →
Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire. – George Bernard Shaw Oooh. My. Bwaaah… Yes, that’s me being rather speechless in a very complimentary way, because there’s just not much room for words in my head at the moment. Why? Because I can’t seem to erase the mental picture that L.A. Witt and... Continue Reading →
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself. – Oscar Wilde Johnny Cairo knows a thing or two about temptation. He’s been attracted to his best friend’s little brother for a while... Continue Reading →
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself. – Oscar Wilde Johnny Cairo knows a thing or two about temptation. He’s been attracted to his best friend’s little brother for a while... Continue Reading →
Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment. – Ambrose Bierce William Pastor learns a very valuable lesson about celebrity worship: sometimes the actor is only as interesting as the words that others have put into his mouth, and only as sure of himself as the directions he’s been given by a script. Sometimes... Continue Reading →
Opportunity is a favorable occasion for grasping a disappointment. – Ambrose Bierce William Pastor learns a very valuable lesson about celebrity worship: sometimes the actor is only as interesting as the words that others have put into his mouth, and only as sure of himself as the directions he’s been given by a script. Sometimes... Continue Reading →
Happiness is a warm puppy. – Charles M. Schulz Though for Kurt, that puppy is about as welcome as a raging case of jock itch when Matt, an overly enthusiastic guy at the gym—who can’t seem to take the hint that Kurt is intensely(!) uninterested in the attention—comes along and makes Kurt begin to think... Continue Reading →
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