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Happy Thursday, friends, and welcome to another of our Best Books of 2017 lists, this one from Jules! She's got an outstanding bunch of books on her list and, in fact, she had such a hard time whittling her picks down to just ten that she wants to throw out an honorable mention to Santino... Continue Reading →
Welcome back to Round Two of our Best of the Best of 2015! Today's Top Reads of the year come to you from Jules and Lana. Take a look at some of the books they thought were pretty outstanding this year, and then be sure to click on the Rafflecopter widget to enter for the... Continue Reading →
Title: Fever Pitch Author: Heidi Cullinan Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 339 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Sometimes you have to play love by ear. Love Lessons, Book 2 Aaron Seavers is a pathetic mess, and he knows it. He lives in terror of incurring his father’s wrath and disappointing his mother, and he can’t... Continue Reading →
Title: Going Under (Keep Swimming: Book Two) Author: Kade Boehme Publisher: Self Published Pages/Word Count: 106 Pages Rating: 3 Stars Blurb: Ex Coast Guardian Kyle Bevins is a joker, a friend, and unlucky in love. His friends know he’s a good guy to turn to if for nothing other than a much needed laugh, but... Continue Reading →
Title: A Forbidden Rumspringa (Gay Amish Romance: Book One) Author: Keira Andrews Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 231 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: When two young Amish men find love, will they risk losing everything? In a world where every detail of life—down to the width of a hat brim—is dictated by God and the all-powerful... Continue Reading →
Title: A Forbidden Rumspringa (Gay Amish Romance: Book One) Author: Keira Andrews Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 231 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: When two young Amish men find love, will they risk losing everything? In a world where every detail of life—down to the width of a hat brim—is dictated by God and the all-powerful... Continue Reading →
“Love is the absence of judgement.” – Dalai Lama Title: Caught! (The Shamwell Tales: Book One) Author: JL Merrow Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 276 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: You can run from the past…but the past runs faster. Behind Robert’s cheerfully eccentric exterior lies a young heart battered and bruised by his past.... Continue Reading →
“Love is the absence of judgement.” – Dalai Lama Title: Caught! (The Shamwell Tales: Book One) Author: JL Merrow Publisher: Samhain Publishing Pages/Word Count: 276 Pages Rating: 4.5 Stars Blurb: You can run from the past…but the past runs faster. Behind Robert’s cheerfully eccentric exterior lies a young heart battered and bruised by his past.... Continue Reading →
Title: Rasputin’s Kiss and Evil’s Embrace Author: L.M. Somerton Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 222 Pages/178 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Overall Blurb: Rasputin’s Kiss -- What if the last thing you felt was the kiss of a knife? Rasputin's kiss is lethal. He's a ghost-killing and disappearing into the night. With few leads and four... Continue Reading →
Title: Rasputin’s Kiss and Evil’s Embrace Author: L.M. Somerton Publisher: Totally Bound Pages/Word Count: 222 Pages/178 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Overall Blurb: Rasputin’s Kiss -- What if the last thing you felt was the kiss of a knife? Rasputin's kiss is lethal. He's a ghost-killing and disappearing into the night. With few leads and four... Continue Reading →
“Well that’s what my philosophy is in life. Life’s gonna give you shit. So you can either let it drown you, or you can keep swimming.” – Kade Boehme (Cary in Keep Swimming) Title: Keep Swimming (Keep Swimming: Book One) Author: Kade Boehme Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 130 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: After his... Continue Reading →
“Well that’s what my philosophy is in life. Life’s gonna give you shit. So you can either let it drown you, or you can keep swimming.” – Kade Boehme (Cary in Keep Swimming) Title: Keep Swimming (Keep Swimming: Book One) Author: Kade Boehme Publisher: Self-Published Pages/Word Count: 130 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: After his... Continue Reading →
“Hate crimes are the scariest thing in the world because these people really believe what they’re doing is right.” – Cher Title: Bashed Author: Rick R. Reed Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: 2nd Edition It should have been a perfect night out. Instead, Mark and Donald collide with tragedy when they... Continue Reading →
“Hate crimes are the scariest thing in the world because these people really believe what they’re doing is right.” – Cher Title: Bashed Author: Rick R. Reed Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: 2nd Edition It should have been a perfect night out. Instead, Mark and Donald collide with tragedy when they... Continue Reading →
“You’re better looking than Hugh Jackman. You’d make a better Wolverine too. You’re an animal in bed.” – Jena Wade Title: Technically Dating Author: Jena Wade Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 94 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Meek and mild Bruce Collins decides to set aside his life in technical support for the evening and... Continue Reading →
“You’re better looking than Hugh Jackman. You’d make a better Wolverine too. You’re an animal in bed.” – Jena Wade Title: Technically Dating Author: Jena Wade Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 94 Pages Rating: 4 Stars Blurb: Meek and mild Bruce Collins decides to set aside his life in technical support for the evening and... Continue Reading →
“Love isn’t something you find. Love is something that finds you.” – Loretta Young Title: All Kinds of Tied Down Author: Mary Calmes Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 290 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Deputy US Marshal Miro Jones has a reputation for being calm and collected under fire. These traits serve him well with... Continue Reading →
“Love isn’t something you find. Love is something that finds you.” – Loretta Young Title: All Kinds of Tied Down Author: Mary Calmes Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Pages/Word Count: 290 Pages Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Deputy US Marshal Miro Jones has a reputation for being calm and collected under fire. These traits serve him well with... Continue Reading →
Title: Going Up! Author: Amy Lane Narrator:: Paul Woodson Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 2 Hours, 39 Minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Every dreary day, Zach Driscoll takes the elevator from the penthouse apartment of his father's building to his coldly charmed life where being a union lawyer instead of a corporate lawyer is an... Continue Reading →
Title: Going Up! Author: Amy Lane Narrator:: Paul Woodson Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Run Time: 2 Hours, 39 Minutes Rating: 5 Stars Blurb: Every dreary day, Zach Driscoll takes the elevator from the penthouse apartment of his father's building to his coldly charmed life where being a union lawyer instead of a corporate lawyer is an... Continue Reading →
“Infinity yawned both above and below, and in between there was only me. If Donato released me, I would cease to exist. I’d be swallowed by the sky. But he held me fast, and I breathed deep. I drank the night. I tasted the stars. I made love to the sea. The enormity of it... Continue Reading →
“Infinity yawned both above and below, and in between there was only me. If Donato released me, I would cease to exist. I’d be swallowed by the sky. But he held me fast, and I breathed deep. I drank the night. I tasted the stars. I made love to the sea. The enormity of it... Continue Reading →
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu (quoted in Hearsay) Title: Hearsay (Bylaws #1) Author: Taylor V. Donovan Publisher: Self-Published (TVD Books) Pages/Word Count: 299 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: Senior associate attorney Derrick Swain wants it all: a loving husband, a fulfilling career,... Continue Reading →
“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu (quoted in Hearsay) Title: Hearsay (Bylaws #1) Author: Taylor V. Donovan Publisher: Self-Published (TVD Books) Pages/Word Count: 299 Pages Rating: 3.5 Stars Blurb: Senior associate attorney Derrick Swain wants it all: a loving husband, a fulfilling career,... Continue Reading →
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