Where Fiction and Reality Meet
“To err is human, to forgive, divine.” ― Alexander Pope Title: Moonlight Becomes You (Lucky Moon: Book One) Author: M.J. O’Shea & Piper Vaughn Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Eleven years ago, Shane Ventura made the biggest mistake of his life when he caved in to pressure from his... Continue Reading →
“To err is human, to forgive, divine.” ― Alexander Pope Title: Moonlight Becomes You (Lucky Moon: Book One) Author: M.J. O’Shea & Piper Vaughn Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Eleven years ago, Shane Ventura made the biggest mistake of his life when he caved in to pressure from his... Continue Reading →
Blurb: New Seattle 2199 Castor Kovalenko, socialite and high ranking member of the Dragon Triad, is worried about his cousin, Lynx. He’s been missing for weeks and there have been rumors circling the city, rumors that he’s been taken hostage by the hacker thief Yoru Katana. Castor needs to find his cousin before it’s too... Continue Reading →
Blurb: New Seattle 2199 Castor Kovalenko, socialite and high ranking member of the Dragon Triad, is worried about his cousin, Lynx. He’s been missing for weeks and there have been rumors circling the city, rumors that he’s been taken hostage by the hacker thief Yoru Katana. Castor needs to find his cousin before it’s too... Continue Reading →
Hi, everyone, I hope you've all had a great week. It was a busy and fun-filled weekend at RainbowCon, having the opportunity to meet some new-to-me authors and participating on some great panels, where the conversation was always interesting and informative. Next stop: GayRomLit in Chicago! Here's what's on tap for the week ahead. Monday... Continue Reading →
Hi, everyone, I hope you've all had a great week. It was a busy and fun-filled weekend at RainbowCon, having the opportunity to meet some new-to-me authors and participating on some great panels, where the conversation was always interesting and informative. Next stop: GayRomLit in Chicago! Here's what's on tap for the week ahead. Monday... Continue Reading →
“Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, "It might have been.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Title: Newton’s Laws of Attraction Author: M.J. O’Shea Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 176 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Rory was Ben's oldest and best friend until senior year of high school, when they confessed they'd harbored feelings... Continue Reading →
“Of all the words of mice and men, the saddest are, "It might have been.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Title: Newton’s Laws of Attraction Author: M.J. O’Shea Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 176 Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Rory was Ben's oldest and best friend until senior year of high school, when they confessed they'd harbored feelings... Continue Reading →
"Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.” ― Roald Dahl ***Warning: This Review Contains Major Spoilers!*** I was very excited to read Blood Moon because it was about my favorite subject:... Continue Reading →
"Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.” ― Roald Dahl ***Warning: This Review Contains Major Spoilers!*** I was very excited to read Blood Moon because it was about my favorite subject:... 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 →
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. – Kahlil Gibran Yessssss. I’ve been waiting for this book since the very second I read the final words of Letting Go, Drew and Mason’s story in M.J. O’Shea’s Rock Bay series. I thought that anticipation was bad, but... Continue Reading →
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars. – Kahlil Gibran Yessssss. I’ve been waiting for this book since the very second I read the final words of Letting Go, Drew and Mason’s story in M.J. O’Shea’s Rock Bay series. I thought that anticipation was bad, but... Continue Reading →
It's a week of reviews coming up, as Bruce and I gear up for the Hop Against Homophobia & Transphobia on May 17th. You'll want to watch for that because there's going to be a giveaway along with the post topic we've chosen to discuss, something near and dear to both our hearts. Meanwhile, here... Continue Reading →
It's a week of reviews coming up, as Bruce and I gear up for the Hop Against Homophobia & Transphobia on May 17th. You'll want to watch for that because there's going to be a giveaway along with the post topic we've chosen to discuss, something near and dear to both our hearts. Meanwhile, here... Continue Reading →
The road to true love is awash in the tears of the brokenhearted. – Unknown Aw. Just…aw. If you’ve been following the Lucky Moon series, at all, then you’re pretty familiar with the formula: a healthy dose of lust plus a dash of conflict equals the recipe for true love. It’s a formula that’s worked... Continue Reading →
The road to true love is awash in the tears of the brokenhearted. – Unknown Aw. Just…aw. If you’ve been following the Lucky Moon series, at all, then you’re pretty familiar with the formula: a healthy dose of lust plus a dash of conflict equals the recipe for true love. It’s a formula that’s worked... Continue Reading →
Everyone spends their lives trying to balance their world between good and evil. – Laurell K. Hamilton Poor Dusty Davis. So, he’s landed himself in California, with Rue and Erik and baby Alice, hoping to leave all the hard times behind him and looking for a fresh start. But then, stumbling headlong into a single... Continue Reading →
Everyone spends their lives trying to balance their world between good and evil. – Laurell K. Hamilton Poor Dusty Davis. So, he’s landed himself in California, with Rue and Erik and baby Alice, hoping to leave all the hard times behind him and looking for a fresh start. But then, stumbling headlong into a single... Continue Reading →
“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” – Havelock Ellis Drew MacAuliffe knows there’s a fine line between courage and cowardice: the courage in giving rise to a strength you didn’t know you possessed, in spite of your fears; the cowardice in the submission to those... Continue Reading →
“All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.” – Havelock Ellis Drew MacAuliffe knows there’s a fine line between courage and cowardice: the courage in giving rise to a strength you didn’t know you possessed, in spite of your fears; the cowardice in the submission to those... Continue Reading →
I don’t normally gravitate toward books in which the story revolves around babies and/or children, not because I don’t like kids but because I have three of them; so while I can commiserate—been there, smelled that—there isn’t that sense of the unknown I look to escape into when I read. But what’s a girl to... Continue Reading →
I don’t normally gravitate toward books in which the story revolves around babies and/or children, not because I don’t like kids but because I have three of them; so while I can commiserate—been there, smelled that—there isn’t that sense of the unknown I look to escape into when I read. But what’s a girl to... Continue Reading →
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