Where Fiction and Reality Meet
The Marshall's Park Series (Books 1-4) Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live. – Marcus Aurelius The Marshall’s Park Series is an old-fashioned monthly serial. The kind that leaves you breathlessly awaiting the next installment.... Continue Reading →
The best love story is when you fall in love with the most unexpected person at the most unexpected time – Unknown I absolutely loved Anna Martin’s Tattoos & Teacups. I was looking forward to loving Cricket as well. It didn’t happen quite as easily as I had expected. It was difficult to get in... Continue Reading →
The best love story is when you fall in love with the most unexpected person at the most unexpected time – Unknown I absolutely loved Anna Martin’s Tattoos & Teacups. I was looking forward to loving Cricket as well. It didn’t happen quite as easily as I had expected. It was difficult to get in... Continue Reading →
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all. ― Emily Dickinson In this, the first installment of the Birds of a Feather series, we meet the three major players. First there is Randy, an out and proud gay man. Recently... Continue Reading →
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops at all. ― Emily Dickinson In this, the first installment of the Birds of a Feather series, we meet the three major players. First there is Randy, an out and proud gay man. Recently... Continue Reading →
We don't get to pick who we fall in love with, and it doesn't happen like it should. – “No Strings Attached” I have to say when I first met Detective Jeff Woods and Detective Parker Trenkens I wasn't very fond of either one of them. They were both fairly jaded and had some unpleasant... Continue Reading →
As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task. – Diogenes This was the second time I read Self Preservation by Ethan Day. The first time, it was released by a different e-publisher and I gave it three stars.... Continue Reading →
As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task. – Diogenes This was the second time I read Self Preservation by Ethan Day. The first time, it was released by a different e-publisher and I gave it three stars.... Continue Reading →
When love is not madness, it is not love. ~ Pedro Calderon de la Barca It is not an original trope. Two men love each other. They are in a professional situation in which their love may not be accepted. Due to circumstances beyond their control, they are forced to hide their feelings from everyone... Continue Reading →
When love is not madness, it is not love. ~ Pedro Calderon de la Barca It is not an original trope. Two men love each other. They are in a professional situation in which their love may not be accepted. Due to circumstances beyond their control, they are forced to hide their feelings from everyone... Continue Reading →
And the secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles. ― Frances Hodgson Burnett Hilary Kent has something Tom Laurence very much wants—his garden. But it’s not just any garden Tom’s after; it’s the centuries-old physic garden planted by a priest called Thaddeus who disappeared under mysterious circumstances, some four-hundred years before,... Continue Reading →
And the secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles. ― Frances Hodgson Burnett Hilary Kent has something Tom Laurence very much wants—his garden. But it’s not just any garden Tom’s after; it’s the centuries-old physic garden planted by a priest called Thaddeus who disappeared under mysterious circumstances, some four-hundred years before,... Continue Reading →
Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends. – Alphonse de Lamartine Mountain Memories is a sweet story with some great twists and turns. We have Jax the concert pianist and composer. Then we have Mason, the park ranger with the National Park Service. Jax is running away from a broken... Continue Reading →
Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends. – Alphonse de Lamartine Mountain Memories is a sweet story with some great twists and turns. We have Jax the concert pianist and composer. Then we have Mason, the park ranger with the National Park Service. Jax is running away from a broken... Continue Reading →
My body is my journal, and my tattoos are my story. ― Johnny Depp Keegan Andrews’ life has just turned the corner from bad to how-much-more-can-a-man-take? He’s just buried the cousin who was like a brother to him; then, to add insult to an already weeping wound, his long-time girlfriend has ditched him at the... Continue Reading →
My body is my journal, and my tattoos are my story. ― Johnny Depp Keegan Andrews’ life has just turned the corner from bad to how-much-more-can-a-man-take? He’s just buried the cousin who was like a brother to him; then, to add insult to an already weeping wound, his long-time girlfriend has ditched him at the... Continue Reading →
I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine. – Song of Solomon If you’ve thought about picking up Finding Jackie and have prepared yourself to watch Luki Vasquez and Sonny Bly James stroll off into a sedate life of wedded bliss…yeah, you might want to rethink that. Don’t get me wrong, though; the bliss... Continue Reading →
I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine. – Song of Solomon If you’ve thought about picking up Finding Jackie and have prepared yourself to watch Luki Vasquez and Sonny Bly James stroll off into a sedate life of wedded bliss…yeah, you might want to rethink that. Don’t get me wrong, though; the bliss... Continue Reading →
Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. – Delmore Schwartz So, I found this lovely little short story called The Argentine Seduction that I glommed onto when Loose ID was offering it for free as promo for their Spring Fling collection, which is also when I snatched up Anna Zabo’s Slow Waltz.... Continue Reading →
Love is the most difficult and dangerous form of courage. – Delmore Schwartz So, I found this lovely little short story called The Argentine Seduction that I glommed onto when Loose ID was offering it for free as promo for their Spring Fling collection, which is also when I snatched up Anna Zabo’s Slow Waltz.... Continue Reading →
Fear not for the future, weep not for the past - Percy Bysshe Shelley I have a savior complex. No, not the kind where I think I’m the Messiah or something. I’m talking about the kind of savior complex where I think, “Oh look, a book about a couple of damaged men who have to... Continue Reading →
Fear not for the future, weep not for the past - Percy Bysshe Shelley I have a savior complex. No, not the kind where I think I’m the Messiah or something. I’m talking about the kind of savior complex where I think, “Oh look, a book about a couple of damaged men who have to... Continue Reading →
A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. – William Hazlitt When life has done its best to kick you, leave you out in the cold with nowhere—or no one—to turn to, sometimes even the smallest of kindnesses can feel like a miracle. Cal Harrison knows this because... Continue Reading →
A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. – William Hazlitt When life has done its best to kick you, leave you out in the cold with nowhere—or no one—to turn to, sometimes even the smallest of kindnesses can feel like a miracle. Cal Harrison knows this because... Continue Reading →
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