Where Fiction and Reality Meet
Title: Gideon (Order of the Black Knights: Book One) Author: Ashe Barker Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 200 Pages Category: Erotic Romance, Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: I tried to like this book, but unfortunately, my intense dislike of both the MCs and the lack of relationship development overshadowed everything else. Reviewed By: Lindsey Blurb: Gideon Maybury... Continue Reading →
Title: Alaska Hunt Author: Shelter Somerset Narrator: John Solo Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 9 hours 21 minutes Category: Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: There's not much mystery, and I felt way more frustration than suspense. Reviewed By: Cassie Blurb: For Alaska Wildlife Trooper Zanebono Fusca, it's just another summer in Anchorage until a slew of... Continue Reading →
Title: To Catch His Mate Author: J.D. Walker Publisher: JMS Books Length: 123 Pages (Kindle) Category: Paranormal At a Glance: In the end, To Catch His Mate fell way short. Reviewed By: Sammy Blurb: Felix Cotter is a top-notch insurance investigator, as well as a beast ... of some kind. He has no idea who... Continue Reading →
Title: Override (The Underground Club: Book One) Author: SJD Peterson Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Length: 200 Pages Category: Contemporary, BDSM At a Glance: Unfortunately, for me, Override didn’t quite live up to the expectations I had after reading the blurb. Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: Don’t judge a book by its cover…. At over six feet, with... Continue Reading →
Title: Essence of the Challenge (Love and Rivalry: Book One) Author: SJD Peterson Publisher: Pride Publishing Length: 165 Pages Category: Contemporary, Multiple Partners, M/F/M, M/F, some M/M At a Glance: Shallow, uninteresting characters combined with not much of a storyline made this a rough read for me, but there is room for redemption in the... Continue Reading →
Title: Not According to Plan Author: J.M. Snyder Publisher: JMS Books Pages/Word Count: 43 Pages At a Glance: The writing in this book is good, but it reads like the first half of something rather than a fully developed story. Reviewed By: Sadonna Blurb: Jonathan Banks and Peter Giles have worked together for five years,... Continue Reading →
Title: In His Defense Author: Shane Keleher Publisher: Loose Id Length: 148 Pages Category: Contemporary, Mystery At a Glance: A lot of people who read the genre will enjoy this book. Unfortunately, I wasn’t one of them. Reviewed By: Lindsey Blurb: Aidan Hill, a shrewd lawyer, has success written all over him. He has worked... Continue Reading →
Title: Sunset Lake Author: John Inman Narrator: Randall Shaffer Publisher: Dreampinner Press Run Time: 11 hours and 51 minutes Category: Mystery/Suspense At a Glance: Sunset Lake is not for the faint of heart, which turned out to be me! Reviewed By: Kim Blurb: Reverend Brian Lucas has a secret his congregation in the Nine Mile... Continue Reading →
Title: Awakening the Alpha Author: Carolina Valdez Publisher: Loose Id Length: 110 Pages Category: Multicultural, Fantasy/Paranormal, Shapeshifters At a Glance: Supernatural books are usually at the top of my favorites list, but this one just didn't click for me. Reviewed By: Cassie Blurb: Two very sexy men meet, feel a strange, mystical connection, and come... Continue Reading →
Title: Tattooed Author: Wayne Mansfield Publisher: JMS Books LLC Length: 81 Pages Category: Erotic Horror At a Glance: A story with a unique plot but moved a little too fast. Reviewed By: Lindsey Blurb: Nathan Crosby has a gambling addiction that cost him almost everything he owns. When he tries to run out on newcomer... Continue Reading →
Title: Tumbled (Olympic Passions: Book Two) Author: E.E. Grey Publisher: Fantastic Fiction Publishing Category: Contemporary Romance Pages/Word Count: 166 Pages At a Glance: Tumbled kept me turning the pages to see how it would end, but I was let down by everyone except for the main character. Reviewed By: Taz Blurb: A chance at the... Continue Reading →
Title: The Lone Rancher Author: Andrew Grey Narrator: John Solo Publisher: Dreamspinner Press/Dreamspun Desires Run Time: 4 hours and 54 minutes At a Glance: Did I like The Lone Rancher? No, not really, but John Solo did a great job. Reviewed By: Kathie Blurb: He'll do anything to save the ranch, including baring it all.... Continue Reading →
Title: Growing Up Author: Tricia Sol Publisher: Less Than Three Press Pages/Word Count: 80 Pages At a Glance: Unfortunately, this one just didn’t work, guys. Reviewed By: Jules Blurb: Growing up wasn't really something twenty-one-year-old Kelly Alston thought about much. Being adult and independent was never his dream. With the pressures of coming out to... Continue Reading →
Title: All a Steer Can Do Is Try Author: J.D. Walker Publisher: JMS Books Pages/Word Count: 34 Pages At a Glance: Good for a short read but could have been better. Reviewed By: Carrie Blurb: Clifford Ames is almost forty years old, and his ever-patient dog, Bambi Turgelson, is his only friend. Why? Because his... Continue Reading →
Title: Closing the Loop Author: Jane Davitt Publisher: Riptide Publishing Pages/Word Count: 150 Pages At a Glance: An okay story of a ship board romance that was a near miss for me. Reviewed By: Sadonna Blurb: A week on a tropical gay cruise is just what Lee needs after a bad breakup and a Canadian... 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: Trusting Love Author: Mari Evans Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Laurie Stallon isn’t like other high schoolers. After suffering years of abuse at his father’s hands, he now lives in a foster care facility and finds solace volunteering at the local animal shelter. Laurie’s had to grow up... Continue Reading →
Title: Trusting Love Author: Mari Evans Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Laurie Stallon isn’t like other high schoolers. After suffering years of abuse at his father’s hands, he now lives in a foster care facility and finds solace volunteering at the local animal shelter. Laurie’s had to grow up... Continue Reading →
Title: Put Me in a BookAuthor: AKM MilesPublisher: MLR PressPages/Word Count: 191 PagesRating: 2.5 StarsBlurb: Brandon Reese thinks there are too many big reasons why he and Rhine Walken can't have anything other than a friendship, but Rhine thinks differently.Brandon Reese isn't ugly, but he thinks he is. He knows he looks better now that... Continue Reading →
Title: Put Me in a BookAuthor: AKM MilesPublisher: MLR PressPages/Word Count: 191 PagesRating: 2.5 StarsBlurb: Brandon Reese thinks there are too many big reasons why he and Rhine Walken can't have anything other than a friendship, but Rhine thinks differently.Brandon Reese isn't ugly, but he thinks he is. He knows he looks better now that... Continue Reading →
“Sometimes a “mistake” can end up being the best decision you ever make.” – Mandy Hale Title: Last Chance Charlie Author: Ryan Loveless Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 198 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Charlie Corcoran is the best thing about twenty-five-year old Zach Prentiss’s life. Sure, they’ve never met. Charlie’s never seen Zach from... Continue Reading →
“Sometimes a “mistake” can end up being the best decision you ever make.” – Mandy Hale Title: Last Chance Charlie Author: Ryan Loveless Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 198 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Charlie Corcoran is the best thing about twenty-five-year old Zach Prentiss’s life. Sure, they’ve never met. Charlie’s never seen Zach from... Continue Reading →
Title: Two Dumb Jocks (Dumb Jock: Book Five) Author: Jeff Erno Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 210 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Rejected by his family for coming out, Bryan Helverson boards a plane for Tampa, Florida, where he plans to attend college. Brett and Jeff's family embrace him when he arrives, and his new... Continue Reading →
Title: Two Dumb Jocks (Dumb Jock: Book Five) Author: Jeff Erno Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 210 Pages Rating: 2.5 Stars Blurb: Rejected by his family for coming out, Bryan Helverson boards a plane for Tampa, Florida, where he plans to attend college. Brett and Jeff's family embrace him when he arrives, and his new... Continue Reading →
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