Where Fiction and Reality Meet
An Emotional Read, For Sure I think by now, readers realize that if they pick up a novel by me, Wade Kelly, they are going to have an emotional response. On occasion, readers laugh, but most of the time they cry. I don’t know why all my stories seem to yank on twenty different emotions... Continue Reading →
Title: Heart Author: Garrett Leigh Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 204 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Cornish pastry chef Seb Wright dreads the summer tourist season. The cash injection to his artisan fudge pantry is more than welcome, the extra work, less so. Then one summer, a shadowy Good Samaritan catches his eye. Irish Traveller... 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: Holding the Edge Author: Keira Andrews Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 88 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Gay figure skaters keep their relationship secret--and end up on thin ice. Misha Reznikov has an Olympic gold—and a secret lover who just happens to be the silver medalist. Now that their competitive days are over, Misha and... Continue Reading →
Title: Finally Fallen (The Dark Angels: Book Three) Author: Z. Allora Publisher: Rocky Ridge Books Pages/Word Count: 267 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: What’s the use of being a rock legend if you have no one to share the fame and fortune with? Not that Dusty Davis is looking. He’s content taking care of himself,... 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: The Sensualist & the Untouched Author: Susan Laine Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Page/Word Count: 324 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Being over thirty is not an issue for Corey Paige. Being frigid and a virgin, however, is a huge problem for the only son of a newspaper magnate. No matter the risk, Corey’s intent on... Continue Reading →
Title: The Sensualist & the Untouched Author: Susan Laine Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Page/Word Count: 324 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Being over thirty is not an issue for Corey Paige. Being frigid and a virgin, however, is a huge problem for the only son of a newspaper magnate. No matter the risk, Corey’s intent on... Continue Reading →
Title: By Blood Author: Sasha Kay Riley Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 172 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Anderson Stables: Book Two When Vincent Anderson returns from eight months in Florida helping his dad train racehorses, he expects a peaceful homecoming. But the initial happiness over the reunion with his boyfriend Dustin doesn't last long.... Continue Reading →
Title: Secrets and Charms Author: Lou Harper Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 191 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Out and proud from a tender age, Olly Blackwood is content with life in LA, working at a Hollywood gourmet grocery. There’s only one thing missing: romance. He’s had his fill of casual hook-ups. He wants a... Continue Reading →
Title: Heat Author: RJ Scott and Chris Quinton Publisher: Love Lane Books Pages/Word Count: 141 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Serving up passion, family, love and hate, with a side order of arson. Lewis has lost nearly everything, and now it seems that Devon is here to take the last thing he has left -... Continue Reading →
Title: When the Planets Align Author: Kate McMurray Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 220 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Best friends Michael Reeves and Simon Newell always lived within ten minutes of each other, but somehow they’re never in the same place at the same time. Brash, outgoing Michael’s unwavering confidence that he and Simon... Continue Reading →
Title: Never too Early: The Beginning Author: Chris Owen & Tory Temple Publisher: Torquere Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Firefighters Chancellor Shanahan and Tucker McBride have been together for years. They've been through the rough patches and come out the other side, although shift work, misunderstandings, and stubborn personalities can make things interesting.... Continue Reading →
Title: A Walk Through Fire Author: Felice Stevens Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 239 pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Years after running away from an abusive foster family, Asher Davis still struggles with the guilt of leaving his foster brothers behind. He’s climbed to unimaginable heights as a ruthless, high-powered attorney, creating a life of... Continue Reading →
Title: Slap and Tickle Author: Clare London Publisher: Jocular Press Pages/Word Count: 33,000 Words Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Bryan Harrison is a successful accountant and a man who admires order and self-discipline. It’s a startling break from his routine when he literally bumps into Phiz Bussman outside With A Kick. Phiz’s lifestyle and behaviour are... Continue Reading →
Title: Rack & Ruin Author: Charlie Cochet Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 206 pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: New York City’s streets are more dangerous than ever with the leaderless Order of Adrasteia and the Ikelos Coalition, a newly immerged Therian group, at war. Innocent civilians are caught in the crossfire and although the THIRDS... Continue Reading →
Title: Rack & Ruin Author: Charlie Cochet Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 206 pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: New York City’s streets are more dangerous than ever with the leaderless Order of Adrasteia and the Ikelos Coalition, a newly immerged Therian group, at war. Innocent civilians are caught in the crossfire and although the THIRDS... Continue Reading →
Title: Rockin’ The Alternative Author: Morticia Knight Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 60 pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: The chance of a lifetime and the touch of a rock god are offered to music journalist Bryan Gallagher on the same day. Embracing one is easy, but resisting the other is harder than he’d anticipated—especially since... Continue Reading →
Title: Rockin’ The Alternative Author: Morticia Knight Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 60 pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: The chance of a lifetime and the touch of a rock god are offered to music journalist Bryan Gallagher on the same day. Embracing one is easy, but resisting the other is harder than he’d anticipated—especially since... Continue Reading →
Title: Arctic Absolution Author: Lynn Kelling Publisher: Fantastic Fiction Publishing Pages/Word Count: 240 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: In the frozen expanses of remote Alaska, Dixon Rowe is a good man and a good cop who keeps finding himself in bed with the enemy. After he picks up a young ex-con named Jaye Larson for... Continue Reading →
Title: Bad Behavior (Bad in Baltimore: Book Five) Author: K.A. Mitchell Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 366 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: David Beauchamp might as well be in jail. After one too many misunderstandings with the law, he’s chained to the city by the GPS and alcohol sensor strapped to his ankle. Awaiting trial,... Continue Reading →
Title: The Consequence of High Caliber (The Mako Shark: Book One) Author: Nicole Castle Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 168 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Miko is a devoted son. An irresponsible brother. A protective friend. An anonymous lover. An assassin, nicknamed the Mako Shark after the sheer violence of his hits. Miko is deadly. And... Continue Reading →
Title: Love & Loyalty Author: Tere Michaels Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: 2nd Edition – Faith, Love, & Devotion: Book Two Seattle Homicide Detective Jim Shea never takes work home with him—until now. A judge banged his gavel, declared a defendant not guilty, and laid waste to a family.... Continue Reading →
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