Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Spaghetti Western Author: EM Lynley Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 220 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: A Novel in the Delectable Series Cordon-Blue trained pastry chef Riley Emerson arrives in Aspen, Colorado for a summer season at the best restaurant in town, only to discover his jerk of a boyfriend has dumped him, leaving... Continue Reading →
Title: Brokedown Hearts (Foster Siblings: Book Three) Author: Cameron Dane Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 332 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Ex-con David Joyner returns home knowing he must atone for his past sins. Working at an animal shelter, David keeps his head down, desperate to prove to a hostile town he’s a new man.... Continue Reading →
Title: With Wings (The Dark Angels: Book One) Author: Z. Allora Publisher: Rocky Ridge Books Pages/Word Count: 251 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: The lights go down and stage lights up. The Dark Angels have arrived. With his come-hither voice and body made for sin, lead singer Angel Luv draws lovers like a magnet. And... Continue Reading →
Title: Red Dirt Heart 2 Author: N.R. Walker Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 250 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Up until Travis arrived on his doorstep, Charlie had lived a very solitary life. He had surrounded himself with isolation; a couple million acres of red dirt, scorching sun and loneliness. Six months on, winter has settled... Continue Reading →
Title: Going Under (Keep Swimming: Book Two) Author: Kade Boehme Publisher: Self Published Pages/Word Count: 106 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Ex Coast Guardian Kyle Bevins is a joker, a friend, and unlucky in love. His friends know he’s a good guy to turn to if for nothing other than a much needed laugh, but... Continue Reading →
Title: Pearls in the Darkness Author: S.E. Connor Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 39 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. When Tanner goes on vacation to get away from school and work, he learns this the hard way. Though he hates water, Tanner agrees to join his older brother and friends... Continue Reading →
Title: November Rain Author: Daisy Harris Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 140 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: A single bullet could take them both down. Fire and Rain, Book 4 Detective Joe Klamath is used to guys falling on their backs at the arch of his commanding eyebrow. Yet he can’t seem to get a... Continue Reading →
Title: Saving Kane Author: Michele M. Rakes Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 260 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Kane Abel can’t help falling for his caregiver, the handsome paramedic who saves his life, but he’s resistant. The one time Kane threw caution to the wind, he was left with a wired jaw and a tracheostomy.... Continue Reading →
Title: Finding Shelter (Rock Bay: Book Three) Author: M.J. O’Shea Narrator:: Tom Vilot Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 6 Hours, 15 Minutes Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Justin Foster has 19 years of nothing but trouble behind him. After escaping his abusive father, he finds himself in Rock Bay, Washington, with his cousin Travis. Justin is... Continue Reading →
Title: Finding Shelter (Rock Bay: Book Three) Author: M.J. O’Shea Narrator:: Tom Vilot Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 6 Hours, 15 Minutes Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Justin Foster has 19 years of nothing but trouble behind him. After escaping his abusive father, he finds himself in Rock Bay, Washington, with his cousin Travis. Justin is... Continue Reading →
Title: Yakuza Courage Author: H.J. Brues Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Sequel to Yakuza Pride Ex-Navy SEAL Brendan O’Farrihy enrolls in kendo classes to investigate a Honolulu dojo acting as a front for a yakuza syndicate. Or at least that’s what Brendan’s client, Senator Harris, believes. Through his kendo instructor, the... Continue Reading →
Title: Stepping Through Author: CJane Elliott Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 52 Pages Rating: 2 Stars Blurb: Cameron Wheeler’s life is all mapped out: he’ll finish business school, return home to Vermont, get a job, and marry his high-school girlfriend. He’s packed away what he really wants—a career as a musician—because he knows it’s never... Continue Reading →
“Too often something was lurking around the corner ready to bite you in the ass. Literally.” – Meredith Russell Title: Dead Things Author: Meredith Russell Publisher: Love Lane Books Pages/Word Count: 182 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Devin never thought he could find hope or love among the ruins of a broken world. Not until... Continue Reading →
“Too often something was lurking around the corner ready to bite you in the ass. Literally.” – Meredith Russell Title: Dead Things Author: Meredith Russell Publisher: Love Lane Books Pages/Word Count: 182 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Devin never thought he could find hope or love among the ruins of a broken world. Not until... Continue Reading →
"I did not expect this," he said, so startled he found the word/rhythm place without thinking. "That the person in my skin was so plain to someone else, I didn't expect it. How is it that you can see the guy I've hidden mostly from myself?"-- Amy Lane Title: Beneath the Stain: Parts One and... Continue Reading →
Title: The One I Choose Author: D.H. Starr Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 33k Words Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Cal's been with his partner Rhys for three years, their life together was perfect—or so he thought. When Rhys's culinary path in NYC is detoured, Cal uses his inheritance to relocate them to Boston. While... Continue Reading →
Title: The One I Choose Author: D.H. Starr Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 33k Words Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Cal's been with his partner Rhys for three years, their life together was perfect—or so he thought. When Rhys's culinary path in NYC is detoured, Cal uses his inheritance to relocate them to Boston. While... Continue Reading →
“Wanting something and being able to have it aren’t the same things.” – Cardeno C Title: McFarland’s Farm (Hope #1) Author: Cardeno C. Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 102 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Wealthy, attractive Lucas Reika treats life like a party, moving from bar to bar and man to man. Thumbing his nose at... Continue Reading →
“Wanting something and being able to have it aren’t the same things.” – Cardeno C Title: McFarland’s Farm (Hope #1) Author: Cardeno C. Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 102 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Wealthy, attractive Lucas Reika treats life like a party, moving from bar to bar and man to man. Thumbing his nose at... Continue Reading →
Title: Diversion (2nd Edition) Author: Eden Winters Publisher: Rocky Ridge Books Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: There are good guys, bad guys, and then there’s Lucky. Former drug trafficker Richmond “Lucky” Lucklighter flaunts his past like a badge of honor. He speaks his mind, doesn’t play nice, and flirts with disaster while working off his sentence... Continue Reading →
Title: Duck Duck Ghost (Hellsinger: Book Two) Author: Rhys Ford Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Paranormal investigator Wolf Kincaid knows what his foot tastes like. Mostly because he stuck it firmly in his mouth when his lover, Tristan Pryce, accidentally drugged him with a batch of psychotropic baklava. Needing to patch... Continue Reading →
Title: Duck Duck Ghost (Hellsinger: Book Two) Author: Rhys Ford Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Paranormal investigator Wolf Kincaid knows what his foot tastes like. Mostly because he stuck it firmly in his mouth when his lover, Tristan Pryce, accidentally drugged him with a batch of psychotropic baklava. Needing to patch... Continue Reading →
Title: Cast Off (Toronto Tales: Book Three) Author: KC Burn Narrator:: Tristan James Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 7 Hours, 35 Minutes Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Thirty-five-year-old Rick Haviland is a well-respected speech pathologist, but while his friends are all settling into relationships, he refuses to give up his no-strings-attached club-boy sex life. For him,... Continue Reading →
Title: Cast Off (Toronto Tales: Book Three) Author: KC Burn Narrator:: Tristan James Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 7 Hours, 35 Minutes Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Thirty-five-year-old Rick Haviland is a well-respected speech pathologist, but while his friends are all settling into relationships, he refuses to give up his no-strings-attached club-boy sex life. For him,... Continue Reading →
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