Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“The real world is where the monsters are.” ― Rick Riordan Title: The Duality Paradigm (Blood and Bone: Book One) Author: Lia Cooper Publisher: The Spec Press Pages/Word Count: 261 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: Everyone knows magic users and werewolves are intrinsically diametrically opposed... Seattle Police Detective Ethan Ellison, born into a long line... Continue Reading →
Title: The Duality Paradigm (Blood and Bone: Book One) Author: Lia Cooper Publisher: The Spec Press Pages/Word Count: 261 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Reviewed By: Lisa Blurb: Everyone knows magic users and werewolves are intrinsically diametrically opposed... Seattle Police Detective Ethan Ellison, born into a long line of Quebecois magicians, leads a fairly unassuming life... Continue Reading →
“Sane is boring.” ― R.A. Salvatore Title: Love and Salvage: Eli’s Three Wishes Author: Mathew Ortiz Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 142 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Eli Gaither was a big, rough, mean sumabitch of a man. Solitary by choice, he only attended Gaither family events when he was made to. Still hurting from a painful... Continue Reading →
“Sane is boring.” ― R.A. Salvatore Title: Love and Salvage: Eli’s Three Wishes Author: Mathew Ortiz Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 142 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Eli Gaither was a big, rough, mean sumabitch of a man. Solitary by choice, he only attended Gaither family events when he was made to. Still hurting from a painful... Continue Reading →
“Nobody owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death.” ― William S. Burroughs Title: Dead Men Tell Tales Author: Antonio Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 210 Pages Rating: 2 Stars Blurb: Mason Kincaid’s life is about to change. He’s adjusting to being alone a year after the death of his... Continue Reading →
“Nobody owns life, but anyone who can pick up a frying pan owns death.” ― William S. Burroughs Title: Dead Men Tell Tales Author: Antonio Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 210 Pages Rating: 2 Stars Blurb: Mason Kincaid’s life is about to change. He’s adjusting to being alone a year after the death of his... Continue Reading →
“The course of true love never did run smooth.” ― William Shakespeare Title: Seeing DOUBLE (52 First Dates, #3) Author: A. Lusch Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 37 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: The man-hunt is under way, and David’s keen to a snag a husband without having to complete every date of his 52 First... Continue Reading →
“The course of true love never did run smooth.” ― William Shakespeare Title: Seeing DOUBLE (52 First Dates, #3) Author: A. Lusch Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 37 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: The man-hunt is under way, and David’s keen to a snag a husband without having to complete every date of his 52 First... Continue Reading →
“A lot of you cared, just not enough.” ― Jay Asher Title: Safe Author: Mark Zubro Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 208 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: In an unsafe world, death and danger stalk gay teens, Roger Cook and Steve Koemer. Roger Cook is in the middle of his senior year when Kyle Davis,... Continue Reading →
“A lot of you cared, just not enough.” ― Jay Asher Title: Safe Author: Mark Zubro Publisher: MLR Press Pages/Word Count: 208 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: In an unsafe world, death and danger stalk gay teens, Roger Cook and Steve Koemer. Roger Cook is in the middle of his senior year when Kyle Davis,... Continue Reading →
“Most people are slow to champion love because they fear the transformation it brings into their lives.” – Aberjhani Title: Be My Valentine, Bobby Bryson Author: Geoffrey Knight Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 27 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: When seven-year-old Mikey Madsen makes a Valentine’s Day card for someone named Bobby Bryson, it... Continue Reading →
“Most people are slow to champion love because they fear the transformation it brings into their lives.” – Aberjhani Title: Be My Valentine, Bobby Bryson Author: Geoffrey Knight Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 27 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: When seven-year-old Mikey Madsen makes a Valentine’s Day card for someone named Bobby Bryson, it... Continue Reading →
“A murderer is seldom content with one crime.” ― Agatha Christie Title: The Edwin Drood Murders Author: Christopher Lord Publisher: Harrison Thurman Books Pages/Word Count: 304 Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: The Droodists have arrived in Dickens Junction. Local bookstore owner Simon Alastair has his hands full in his role as co-chair for the latest convention... Continue Reading →
“A murderer is seldom content with one crime.” ― Agatha Christie Title: The Edwin Drood Murders Author: Christopher Lord Publisher: Harrison Thurman Books Pages/Word Count: 304 Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: The Droodists have arrived in Dickens Junction. Local bookstore owner Simon Alastair has his hands full in his role as co-chair for the latest convention... Continue Reading →
“Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice.” ― Alain de Botton BLURB: Braving the start of high school, longtime childhood friends Benjamin Wells and Timmy Norton quickly realize they are entering a whole new world colored by their family responsibilities. Ben is trying to please his strict... Continue Reading →
“Forgiveness requires a sense that bad behaviour is a sign of suffering rather than malice.” ― Alain de Botton BLURB: Braving the start of high school, longtime childhood friends Benjamin Wells and Timmy Norton quickly realize they are entering a whole new world colored by their family responsibilities. Ben is trying to please his strict... Continue Reading →
"Gym toned, carb ignorant and blissfully unaware of the emotional resonance of words, I have been knee deep in thigh-knockers without thought or feeling for as long as I could recall." – BJ Sheppard BLURB: Liam Adams thought that writing about life would be easy. He couldn’t have been more wrong. Situated at a non-functional... Continue Reading →
"Gym toned, carb ignorant and blissfully unaware of the emotional resonance of words, I have been knee deep in thigh-knockers without thought or feeling for as long as I could recall." – BJ Sheppard BLURB: Liam Adams thought that writing about life would be easy. He couldn’t have been more wrong. Situated at a non-functional... Continue Reading →
“Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them.” ― Steve Maraboli BLURB: Don Jenkins will do anything for a happy, thriving family and home. When he discovers that Griff McAllister, his life partner and love since high school, seems to be losing faith in him, he’s at a loss... Continue Reading →
“Happiness is not the absence of problems, it's the ability to deal with them.” ― Steve Maraboli BLURB: Don Jenkins will do anything for a happy, thriving family and home. When he discovers that Griff McAllister, his life partner and love since high school, seems to be losing faith in him, he’s at a loss... Continue Reading →
“Sometimes the hardest part isn't letting go but rather learning to start over.” ― Nicole Sobon My first introduction to SJD Peterson was Lorcan's Desire. After reading that awesome book I was hooked. I read the entire Whispering Pines Ranch series and that is where I got to meet Ty. After Whispering Pines was concluded... Continue Reading →
“Sometimes the hardest part isn't letting go but rather learning to start over.” ― Nicole Sobon My first introduction to SJD Peterson was Lorcan's Desire. After reading that awesome book I was hooked. I read the entire Whispering Pines Ranch series and that is where I got to meet Ty. After Whispering Pines was concluded... Continue Reading →
“It's not the wound that teaches, but the healing.” ― Marty Rubin What happens when a young, curious, inexperienced man goes to a BDSM club to find out what the scene is all about? Well, there are a few things that could happen. This young man could find a well versed Dom that could train... Continue Reading →
“It's not the wound that teaches, but the healing.” ― Marty Rubin What happens when a young, curious, inexperienced man goes to a BDSM club to find out what the scene is all about? Well, there are a few things that could happen. This young man could find a well versed Dom that could train... Continue Reading →
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