Title: Encore (The Replacement Guitarist: Book Four) Author: Lori Toland Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 376 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Blaze Shinozuka is a bonafide rockstar with his band, Razor’s Edge. After his romance with music manager Jason Stockton crashed and burned, Blaze is free to live and love. It’s been a wild and heady…
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Review: Red Rose (Blood) by Michael Kudo
Title: Red Rose (Blood) Author: Michael Kudo Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: “I don’t like to be called an Assassin, I prefer the term problem solver.” My name’s Alex. I’m an average guy. I kill people for a living. But don’t judge me. I don’t take jobs on just anybody…
Review: Red Dirt Heart 2 by N.R. Walker
Title: Red Dirt Heart 2 Author: N.R. Walker Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 250 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Up until Travis arrived on his doorstep, Charlie had lived a very solitary life. He had surrounded himself with isolation; a couple million acres of red dirt, scorching sun and loneliness. Six months on, winter has settled…
Review: Saving Kane by Michele M. Rakes
Title: Saving Kane Author: Michele M. Rakes Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 260 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Kane Abel can’t help falling for his caregiver, the handsome paramedic who saves his life, but he’s resistant. The one time Kane threw caution to the wind, he was left with a wired jaw and a tracheostomy….
Review: "The One I Choose" by D.H. Starr
Title: The One I Choose Author: D.H. Starr Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 33k Words Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Cal’s been with his partner Rhys for three years, their life together was perfect—or so he thought. When Rhys’s culinary path in NYC is detoured, Cal uses his inheritance to relocate them to Boston. While…
Review: “The One I Choose” by D.H. Starr
Title: The One I Choose Author: D.H. Starr Publisher: Wilde City Press Pages/Word Count: 33k Words Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Cal’s been with his partner Rhys for three years, their life together was perfect—or so he thought. When Rhys’s culinary path in NYC is detoured, Cal uses his inheritance to relocate them to Boston. While…
Release Day Review: "Duck Duck Ghost (Hellsinger: Book Two)" by Rhys Ford
Title: Duck Duck Ghost (Hellsinger: Book Two) Author: Rhys Ford Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Paranormal investigator Wolf Kincaid knows what his foot tastes like. Mostly because he stuck it firmly in his mouth when his lover, Tristan Pryce, accidentally drugged him with a batch of psychotropic baklava. Needing to patch…
Release Day Review: “Duck Duck Ghost (Hellsinger: Book Two)” by Rhys Ford
Title: Duck Duck Ghost (Hellsinger: Book Two) Author: Rhys Ford Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Paranormal investigator Wolf Kincaid knows what his foot tastes like. Mostly because he stuck it firmly in his mouth when his lover, Tristan Pryce, accidentally drugged him with a batch of psychotropic baklava. Needing to patch…
There's A Little Animal Attraction In Felice Stevens' "Rescued"
Title: Rescued Author: Felice Stevens Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 212 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Ryder Daniels has spent the last year recovering from rejection: his parents couldn’t accept his sexuality and his lover chose drugs over his love. The only bright lights in his life are his younger brother and his rescued pit…
There’s A Little Animal Attraction In Felice Stevens’ “Rescued”
Title: Rescued Author: Felice Stevens Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 212 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Ryder Daniels has spent the last year recovering from rejection: his parents couldn’t accept his sexuality and his lover chose drugs over his love. The only bright lights in his life are his younger brother and his rescued pit…
Two Men Take A Chance On Love In Karenna Colcroft's "Last Chance Tattoo"
Title: Last Chance Tattoo Author: Karenna Colcroft Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 144 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: After “failing” to make a life and a drag career in Boston, Rad Morris has returned home to Ludington, Michigan, where his primary goal is to avoid his disapproving family. Only his grandmother accepts him, and Rad…
Two Men Take A Chance On Love In Karenna Colcroft’s “Last Chance Tattoo”
Title: Last Chance Tattoo Author: Karenna Colcroft Publisher: Loose Id Pages/Word Count: 144 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: After “failing” to make a life and a drag career in Boston, Rad Morris has returned home to Ludington, Michigan, where his primary goal is to avoid his disapproving family. Only his grandmother accepts him, and Rad…
Two Men Come To Terms With The Truth In K. Vale's "Hard Act to Follow"
Title: Hard Act to Follow (Shooting Stars: Book Three) Author: K. Vale Publisher: Liquid Silver Books Pages/Word Count: 171 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Kyrie is an actor with a physical aversion to telling lies, a one-eyed cat, and horrible taste in men. His ex-brother-in-law and best friend, Greg, harbors a secret crush he can’t…
Two Men Come To Terms With The Truth In K. Vale’s “Hard Act to Follow”
Title: Hard Act to Follow (Shooting Stars: Book Three) Author: K. Vale Publisher: Liquid Silver Books Pages/Word Count: 171 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Kyrie is an actor with a physical aversion to telling lies, a one-eyed cat, and horrible taste in men. His ex-brother-in-law and best friend, Greg, harbors a secret crush he can’t…
A Man Must Confront His Fears In A.M. Arthur's "Understanding Jeremy"
Title: Understanding Jeremy (Discovering Me: Book Two) Author: A.M. Arthur Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 138 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: No one in Jeremy Collins’s life ever stays. His parents, sister, and wife are all dead. Now he has taken Cole Alston into his home to help him recover from years of abuse at…
A Man Must Confront His Fears In A.M. Arthur’s “Understanding Jeremy”
Title: Understanding Jeremy (Discovering Me: Book Two) Author: A.M. Arthur Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 138 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: No one in Jeremy Collins’s life ever stays. His parents, sister, and wife are all dead. Now he has taken Cole Alston into his home to help him recover from years of abuse at…
Wade Kelly's "Names Can Never Hurt Me" Challenges Labels
Title: Names Can Never Hurt Me Author: Wade Kelly Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 340 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: What if sexuality wasn’t a definable thing and labels merely got in the way? Nick Jones can’t remember a time when he wasn’t part of the in crowd. Everywhere he goes, he stands out as…
Wade Kelly’s “Names Can Never Hurt Me” Challenges Labels
Title: Names Can Never Hurt Me Author: Wade Kelly Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 340 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: What if sexuality wasn’t a definable thing and labels merely got in the way? Nick Jones can’t remember a time when he wasn’t part of the in crowd. Everywhere he goes, he stands out as…
There Are Obstacles To Overcome In Brynn Stein's "Living Again"
Title: Living Again Author: Brynn Stein Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: Daniel Larson has walled himself off from any possibility of romance since his lover died violently five years ago in Afghanistan. The same bomb that ended his partner’s life took the lower part of Daniel’s left leg. The…
There Are Obstacles To Overcome In Brynn Stein’s “Living Again”
Title: Living Again Author: Brynn Stein Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 200 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: Daniel Larson has walled himself off from any possibility of romance since his lover died violently five years ago in Afghanistan. The same bomb that ended his partner’s life took the lower part of Daniel’s left leg. The…