Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“At its best, life is completely unpredictable.” Follow to By the Numbers. I'm one that, when it comes to sequels, likes to refresh my memory to the storyline & characters by rereading the original. So with this in mind, By the Numbers was revisited and set the pace for.... Adding it Up Six months after... Continue Reading →
“Never judge someone by their relatives.” ― Charles Martin Blurb: Nate Tippie and Brandon Wilde are gay, single, and both hoping to meet that special man, even though fate has not yet delivered him to their doorstep. Nate's sister, Hannah, and her kooky best friend, Marilyn, are about to help fate with that task by... Continue Reading →
“Never judge someone by their relatives.” ― Charles Martin Blurb: Nate Tippie and Brandon Wilde are gay, single, and both hoping to meet that special man, even though fate has not yet delivered him to their doorstep. Nate's sister, Hannah, and her kooky best friend, Marilyn, are about to help fate with that task by... Continue Reading →
"One thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” ― Haruki Murakami Summary: Evan Drake is the captain of the basketball team, and an active member of his High School drama club. Though coming to terms slowly with... Continue Reading →
"One thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.” ― Haruki Murakami Summary: Evan Drake is the captain of the basketball team, and an active member of his High School drama club. Though coming to terms slowly with... Continue Reading →
“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” ― Mark Twain In N.R. Walker’s Elements of Retrofit, age actually is the matter, or at least Thomas Elkin would like to make it matter when he’s reintroduced to his son’s friend, Cooper Jones—a now very grown up Cooper Jones.... Continue Reading →
“Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” ― Mark Twain In N.R. Walker’s Elements of Retrofit, age actually is the matter, or at least Thomas Elkin would like to make it matter when he’s reintroduced to his son’s friend, Cooper Jones—a now very grown up Cooper Jones.... Continue Reading →
“Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?” ― Ian Wallace It takes two tries for our couple, Kevin and Hugo, to figure things out. When these two meet they became fast friends and eventually lovers, though they had to keep it a secret back in high... Continue Reading →
“Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?” ― Ian Wallace It takes two tries for our couple, Kevin and Hugo, to figure things out. When these two meet they became fast friends and eventually lovers, though they had to keep it a secret back in high... Continue Reading →
“Be careful what you wish for because sometimes your wish can be your worst nightmare...” — Origin Unknown This was the first book I've read by Michael P. Thomas. In fact, I hadn’t heard of him before I saw this book on the JMS Books submissions list. Then I went to his website and saw... Continue Reading →
“Be careful what you wish for because sometimes your wish can be your worst nightmare...” — Origin Unknown This was the first book I've read by Michael P. Thomas. In fact, I hadn’t heard of him before I saw this book on the JMS Books submissions list. Then I went to his website and saw... Continue Reading →
“No one can change a person, but a person can be the reason someone changes.” ― Shannon L. Alder Being gay in a rural Pennsylvania town isn’t easy, just ask Michael. He’s trapped in a small life, in a small town, in a dead end job, with a grandfather, Pete, who has the dubious honor... Continue Reading →
“No one can change a person, but a person can be the reason someone changes.” ― Shannon L. Alder Being gay in a rural Pennsylvania town isn’t easy, just ask Michael. He’s trapped in a small life, in a small town, in a dead end job, with a grandfather, Pete, who has the dubious honor... Continue Reading →
What goes around comes around. That's how it works. Sooner or later the universe will serve you the revenge that you deserve.” ― Jessica Brody BLURB: Gil Donigan has made a career of treating the word “love” like something from an NFL playbook. Then he meets Devon Drake, and for the first time says “I... Continue Reading →
What goes around comes around. That's how it works. Sooner or later the universe will serve you the revenge that you deserve.” ― Jessica Brody BLURB: Gil Donigan has made a career of treating the word “love” like something from an NFL playbook. Then he meets Devon Drake, and for the first time says “I... Continue Reading →
“Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great.” ― Roger de Bussy-Rabutin In high school Alex and Chance were young lovers. Chance always wanted to be a rock star but he didn't feel he could do that and be gay. Alex loved Chance and he believed... Continue Reading →
“Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it inflames the great.” ― Roger de Bussy-Rabutin In high school Alex and Chance were young lovers. Chance always wanted to be a rock star but he didn't feel he could do that and be gay. Alex loved Chance and he believed... Continue Reading →
“Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.” ― Leo Tolstoy Three years ago Brett Taylor had it all. Not only did he have his alter ego Brett Black, Country Western star, but he had Walt,... Continue Reading →
“Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them.” ― Leo Tolstoy Three years ago Brett Taylor had it all. Not only did he have his alter ego Brett Black, Country Western star, but he had Walt,... Continue Reading →
“Nothing worthwhile is ever without complications.” ― Nora Roberts Ryan Borja is a freshman in college and the only real friend he has is his sister. One day he is asked for directions by the hottest man he has seen in ages. When Ryan talks to Brady he finds out he has a daughter, so... Continue Reading →
“Nothing worthwhile is ever without complications.” ― Nora Roberts Ryan Borja is a freshman in college and the only real friend he has is his sister. One day he is asked for directions by the hottest man he has seen in ages. When Ryan talks to Brady he finds out he has a daughter, so... Continue Reading →
“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” ― Albert Camus Sometimes perspective is a concept that can only be gained after a situation becomes so desperate that it leaves you standing on the fringes of your own life looking at yourself, at how you’ve lived and... Continue Reading →
“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” ― Albert Camus Sometimes perspective is a concept that can only be gained after a situation becomes so desperate that it leaves you standing on the fringes of your own life looking at yourself, at how you’ve lived and... Continue Reading →
“If someone's life is not enriched by their time with you, then you're not doing something right.” ― Osayi Osar-Emokpae Alex Durant was a seventeen year old runaway when he was taken in by Augie, his not so wonderful boss. He has spent six years now working in Augie's motorcycle shop and has become an... Continue Reading →
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