Title: Fire Inside Author: Dawn Douglas Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 114 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: After ten years as an active duty Marine, Captain Eric Ramos is rejoining civilian life. His first job is chauffeuring, assisting, and generally keeping track of NBA young gun Tyler Haley. Tyler’s had a rough few months, and... Continue Reading →
Dawn Douglas’s “Fire Inside” Burns Bright Until The End
Title: Fire Inside Author: Dawn Douglas Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 114 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: After ten years as an active duty Marine, Captain Eric Ramos is rejoining civilian life. His first job is chauffeuring, assisting, and generally keeping track of NBA young gun Tyler Haley. Tyler’s had a rough few months, and... Continue Reading →
A Man Can't Outrun His Past In Shawn Lane's "Beyond the Norm"
“Truth is hard-hearted and unrelenting, too clear, precise.” ― Dejan Stojanovic Title: Beyond the Norm Author: Shawn Lane Publisher: Amber Allure Pages/Word Count: 99 Pages Rating: 3 Stars **Warning: This Review Contains Spoilers** Blurb: Dave Johnson is closing up his bar in the early hours of the morning when he rescues a young Goth who... Continue Reading →
A Man Can’t Outrun His Past In Shawn Lane’s “Beyond the Norm”
“Truth is hard-hearted and unrelenting, too clear, precise.” ― Dejan Stojanovic Title: Beyond the Norm Author: Shawn Lane Publisher: Amber Allure Pages/Word Count: 99 Pages Rating: 3 Stars **Warning: This Review Contains Spoilers** Blurb: Dave Johnson is closing up his bar in the early hours of the morning when he rescues a young Goth who... Continue Reading →
A Mystery Is At The Heart Of Russell J. Sanders' "Special Effect"
“Reality makes a crappy special effects crew.” ― Adam Savage Title: Special Effect Author: Russell J. Sanders Publisher: Harmony Ink Press Pages/Word Count: 180 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Graduating senior, theater lighting wunderkind, and closeted gay, Nick Fortunati volunteers with The Streetwise Players in the dark corners of The Laughton, a creepy old movie... Continue Reading →
A Mystery Is At The Heart Of Russell J. Sanders’ “Special Effect”
“Reality makes a crappy special effects crew.” ― Adam Savage Title: Special Effect Author: Russell J. Sanders Publisher: Harmony Ink Press Pages/Word Count: 180 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Graduating senior, theater lighting wunderkind, and closeted gay, Nick Fortunati volunteers with The Streetwise Players in the dark corners of The Laughton, a creepy old movie... Continue Reading →
Two Men Get A Second Chance To Start Again In N.R. Walker’s “Starting Point”
“The best thing about endings is knowing that just ahead is the daunting task to start over.” ― Jodi Picoult Title: Starting Point (Turning Point: Book Three) Author: N.R. Walker Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 355 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: After going past the point of no return and finally reaching breaking point, the... Continue Reading →
Two Men Get A Second Chance To Start Again In N.R. Walker's "Starting Point"
“The best thing about endings is knowing that just ahead is the daunting task to start over.” ― Jodi Picoult Title: Starting Point (Turning Point: Book Three) Author: N.R. Walker Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 355 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: After going past the point of no return and finally reaching breaking point, the... Continue Reading →
Promises And Healing Give Love A Second Chance In Sloan Parker's "Missed Connections: I Swear to You" – Reviewed by Jackie
We can't run out of second chances...only time.” ― Robin Jones Gunn Title: Missed Connections: I Swear to You Author: Sloan Parker Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 120 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: When roommates Grady and Mateo give in to their growing lust, it’s the best sexual experience of their lives. But are they... Continue Reading →
Promises And Healing Give Love A Second Chance In Sloan Parker’s “Missed Connections: I Swear to You” – Reviewed by Jackie
We can't run out of second chances...only time.” ― Robin Jones Gunn Title: Missed Connections: I Swear to You Author: Sloan Parker Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 120 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: When roommates Grady and Mateo give in to their growing lust, it’s the best sexual experience of their lives. But are they... Continue Reading →
Marc Harshbarger’s “Deep Dish” Is A Colorful Soap Opera With A Quirky Cast – Reviewed by Tina
“[T]he family is a school of compassion because it is here that we learn to live with other people.” ― Karen Armstrong Title: Deep Dish Author: Marc Harshbarger Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 318 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: When teenager Cary Davenport agrees to take his mother’s poodle for a walk late one... Continue Reading →
Marc Harshbarger's "Deep Dish" Is A Colorful Soap Opera With A Quirky Cast – Reviewed by Tina
“[T]he family is a school of compassion because it is here that we learn to live with other people.” ― Karen Armstrong Title: Deep Dish Author: Marc Harshbarger Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 318 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: When teenager Cary Davenport agrees to take his mother’s poodle for a walk late one... Continue Reading →
JJ Black Takes The Action To The Underworld In “Ask the Oracle (Revelations: Book One)”
“The path to paradise begins in hell.” ― Dante Alighieri Title: Ask the Oracle (Revelations: Book One) Author: JJ Black Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 130 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: When you absolutely have to know… Grayson Muir is a know-it-all. No, seriously…he really does know it all. The strength of his abilities has... Continue Reading →
JJ Black Takes The Action To The Underworld In "Ask the Oracle (Revelations: Book One)"
“The path to paradise begins in hell.” ― Dante Alighieri Title: Ask the Oracle (Revelations: Book One) Author: JJ Black Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 130 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: When you absolutely have to know… Grayson Muir is a know-it-all. No, seriously…he really does know it all. The strength of his abilities has... Continue Reading →
D.P. Denman's "Saving Liam" Is An Emotional Roller Coaster Read – Reviewed by Tina
“Love does strange things to you sometimes. It can twist you into saying and doing things that you know you’ll regret and still, you do them.” — C.K. Kelly Martin Title: Saving Liam Author: D.P. Denman Publisher: North Shore Press Pages/Word Count: 240 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: You do what you have to do... Continue Reading →
D.P. Denman’s “Saving Liam” Is An Emotional Roller Coaster Read – Reviewed by Tina
“Love does strange things to you sometimes. It can twist you into saying and doing things that you know you’ll regret and still, you do them.” — C.K. Kelly Martin Title: Saving Liam Author: D.P. Denman Publisher: North Shore Press Pages/Word Count: 240 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: You do what you have to do... Continue Reading →
Two Men Fall In Love "Against Reason" – Reviewed by Kim
“The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.” ― Blaise Pascal Title: Against Reason Author: Scarlet Blackwell Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 109 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: He lost his heart once. Is it too damaged for love to find it again? In the five years since the love of his life abandoned... Continue Reading →
Two Men Fall In Love “Against Reason” – Reviewed by Kim
“The heart has its reasons which reason knows not.” ― Blaise Pascal Title: Against Reason Author: Scarlet Blackwell Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 109 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: He lost his heart once. Is it too damaged for love to find it again? In the five years since the love of his life abandoned... Continue Reading →
Sammy Says "Blessed With a Curse" Begins With A Bang And Ends With Lots Of Story Yet To Tell
"Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for." -- Bob Marley Blessed With A Curse: Author: N.J. Nielsen Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 132 Pages Rating: 3 stars Blurb: What doesn't kill me - had better start running...Storm Gennaro When the past calls Storm Gennaro for... Continue Reading →
Sammy Says “Blessed With a Curse” Begins With A Bang And Ends With Lots Of Story Yet To Tell
"Truth is everybody is going to hurt you: you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for." -- Bob Marley Blessed With A Curse: Author: N.J. Nielsen Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 132 Pages Rating: 3 stars Blurb: What doesn't kill me - had better start running...Storm Gennaro When the past calls Storm Gennaro for... Continue Reading →
Serpentine Walls by Cjane Elliott winds its way onto the page with a few twists and turns.
"The human heart is like a ship on a stormy sea driven about by winds blowing from all four corners of heaven." - Martin Luther King Jr. Title: Serpentine Walls Author: CJane Elliott Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 290 Pages Rating: 3 Stars **Review Contains What May Be Considered Minor Spoilers** Blurb: Reeling from the news... Continue Reading →

