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Book Review: Wolf Run by B.A. Tortuga

Posted on June 16, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

1Title: Wolf Run
Author: B.A. Tortuga
Heroes: Mick/Scotty/Danny
Genre: MMM Paranormal
Length: 118 Pages
Publisher: Resplendence Publishing
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Available at:  Resplendence Publishing, Amazon and All Romance Ebooks
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Blurb:  Mick is a lone wolf in all ways. He’s left his pack, he’s left his homelands and he’s on the road, footloose and fancy free. Well, at least until he wanders up to a fence and finds a little wolf running his ass off behind it. Mick stops to let the pup out and is stunned to hear the young wolf, Scotty, tell him “no”. Scotty’s mate and best friend, Danny, asked Scotty to stay behind the fence, so he will be safe while Danny fights to support them both. All this leaves Mick’s fur standing on end. Maybe, Mick doesn’t need one mate to bring him home. Maybe, he needs two.
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Rock Stars Week Review: Ticket to Ride by Shawn Lane

Posted on June 11, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

1Title: Ticket to Ride
Author: Shawn Lane
Heroes:  Chad Storm/Jack Reeves
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 92 Pages
Publisher: Amber Quill Press, LLC
Release Date: December 13, 2009
Available at: Amber Quill, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, All Romance Ebooks
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Blurb: Chad Storm’s longtime on-again, off-again boyfriend has a Ticket to Ride on a plane to Maryland and out of Chad’s life for good. But someone decides on a more permanent end to their relationship.
Former lead singer of the rock band, Lightning, Chad is working on his come-back album when he finds the body of his murdered ex-lover floating in his swimming pool.

Lieutenant Jack Reeves, from the homicide division, has never heard of Lightning, but now he has a gruesome murder to solve. The more he learns of Chad, the more intrigued he becomes, and his protective instincts kick in when Chad begins to get strange phone calls…from the dead man.

Jack doesn’t believe in ghosts and knows someone is trying to mess with Chad, leading him to think someone close to the singer could have murderous intentions. But his attraction to Chad takes him off the investigation.

Drawn to each other, Chad and Jack begin a steamy affair, and that brings the ruthless killer out of hiding.
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Book Review: Secret Fire by Morticia Knight

Posted on June 10, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

1Title: Secret Fire
Author: Morticia Knight
Series: Uniform Encounters #5
Heroes: Zach/Daryl
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 203 Pages
Publisher: Totally Bound Publishing
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Available at: Totally Bound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, All Romance Ebooks
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  Police officer, Zach and Fire Marshal, Daryl would be perfect together—if they would ever quit fighting long enough to find out. A devastating fire and the secret behind it almost keeps them from getting what they really need—each other.

Mesa police officer, Zach is a fun loving guy. Now that he’s hit the big three-oh, he’s looking to stop the hook-up train and find someone he can get serious about. When a mutual friend suggests Fire Marshal Daryl, Zach assumes he must be joking. The surly marshal has given cranky a new meaning. It’s unfortunate, since he is one fine-looking man.

Daryl has sworn off relationships ever since he caught his ex-partner cheating. He’s always taken everything in life seriously—from jobs to relationships—and is afraid he might be alone in that regard. Certain he can’t risk love again, he panics when he sees his secret crush, Zach, approaching him at a police versus firemen softball game. He’s nervous, as he is socially challenged with a tendency to blurt out the wrong things. It gets worse when he realizes their shared buddy gave Zach a push. He assumes Zach is only talking to him out of pity.

Zach has been pissed at Daryl ever since they got into a verbal sparring match at the park. Yet, when Daryl comes to his aid during an explosive fire, Zach wonders what secrets might be hidden beneath the layers Daryl has built to protect himself from the world—and love. A night of passion turns into the possibility of something more as they struggle to find their way to one another. But all of that becomes threatened when there is a devastating fire that causes many people to lose their lives. As they work together to uncover the truth, someone thinks they’ve asked too many questions—and plans to stop them before they can ask any more.

Reader Advisory: This book contains elements of light BDSM.

Publisher’s Note: This book is best read in sequence as part of a series but can be read as a standalone.
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Book Review: Hidden Identity by Adam Carpenter

Posted on June 8, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

1Title: Hidden Identity
Author: Adam Carpenter
Series: The Jimmy McSwain Files
Heroes:  Jimmy McSwain
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 206 Pages
Publisher: MLR Press
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Available at:  MLR Press, Amazon, Barnes & Noble
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Blurb:  When Jimmy McSwain is hired to find missing heir Harris Rothschild, he finds that identities can be altered and lives can be changed–or taken with the simple pull of the trigger.

Jimmy McSwain is a New York City private detective, operating out of Hell’s Kitchen, the rough and tumble neighborhood he grew up in. At age fourteen, he watched as his NYPD father was gunned down. Now, at age twenty-eight, gay, Jimmy has never given up pursuit of whoever killed him. But a PI must make a living, and so he’s taken on the case of missing heir Harris Rothschild, whose overbearing father doesn’t approve of his “alternate” lifestyle.Tracking down Harris is easier than expected, but the carnage that follows isn’t. With a shocking murder on his hands, and a threat coming from some unforeseen person, Jimmy’s caseload is suddenly full, and very dangerous.
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Book Review: Captain’s Mate by Jenn Dease

Posted on June 7, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

1Title: Captain’s Mate
Author: Jenn Dease
Series: Marine Dragons
Heroes: Franklin/Dane
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: 90 Pages
Publisher: MLR Press
Release Date: May 29, 2014
Available at:  MLR Press, Amazon, Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  Can a Dragon and human solve the problems on a naval ship in the middle of the Pacific while falling in love?

Patrolling in the Pacific Ocean, there are problems aboard the USS Ronald Reagan.Newly appointed Lt. Commander Franklin Delano Michaels is sent to rectify the problems between the Marines and the human sailors. When he meets Marine Captain Danegeld Drake, the Dragon shape-shifter in charge of the Marine squadron, there’s an attraction that takes them by surprise.

There are more problems aboard ship than Franklin knows about. A Dragon shifter doctor whose infirmary is being sabotaged. A Dragon/human mating between one of the Marines and a Sailor. A plot against Dragons throughout the military. And a possible build-up of the Voldai, an enemy that almost defeated the allies in the ‘Almost War’. Can the two of them build a future together with all this going on?
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Book Review: Guarded Desires by Morticia Knight

Posted on June 6, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

1Title: Guarded Desires
Author: Morticia Knight
Series: Uniform Encounters #4
Heroes: Stephen Morris/Joseph Pirelli
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 206 Pages
Publisher: Totally Bound Publishing
Release Date: February 7, 2014
Available at: Totally Bound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, All Romance Ebooks
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Blurb: A sexy young National Guardsman, a snarky bear of a DEA Agent and a vicious Mexican drug cartel. Someone’s going to be sorry.

Special Agent Stephen Morris thought his home life had settled into a pleasantly dull routine. Hanging out in his yard and barbequing is a typical weekend for the brawny mid-thirties man—and his partner Rigo from the DEA office is usually there with his family to keep him company. Being assigned to a main border crossing in Nogales, Arizona, keeps him busy enough at work, so he doesn’t have time to worry about love. However, that doesn’t mean he’s not lonely.

Twenty-two year old PFC Guardsman, Joseph Pirelli, is on an active-duty-for-training mission to help support border patrol and the DEA. The Vasquez drug cartel has become even more vicious than ever—going so far as to target civilians on both sides of the border. Joseph and Stephen are thrown together in a direct conflict with the cartel and a part of Joseph’s dark past is revealed.

Joseph is incredibly attracted to Stephen, even though he doesn’t typically go for older men. He longs to find love, but is still recuperating from an abusive past. The idea of becoming close to a man who could physically harm him brings up fears that may ruin his chances at any kind of relationship with the big teddy bear agent.

Sometimes love shows up when you aren’t looking for it and gives you a chance you shouldn’t ignore. Both men will have the opportunity to wonder what it would be like to lose the other and to decide what they’re willing to risk to be together.
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Book Review: More Than Life by Garrett Leigh

Posted on June 5, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

1Title: More Than Life
Author: Garrett Leigh
Heroes: Mikail/Isa
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 75 Pages
Publisher: eXtasy Books
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Available at:  eXtasy Books
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Blurb:  A love forged in war, and saved by the shadows of death.

Set in the Kosovan war, Mikail fights in the depleted underground resistance, smuggling intelligence and precious cargo out of war torn Pristina. Isa, an enigmatic CIA operative becomes an unlikely ally, and when a secret mission brings them together, heat, passion and a love they’ve never known consumes them. They forge a deep bond, but the war around them continues to rage, and as Serbian forces close in on Pristina, Isa makes the ultimate sacrifice to save his young lover.

Four years later, Mik lives in the shadow of the Albanian mountains, trying to rebuild his life with what remains of his family. His grief for Isa weighs heavily on his young shoulders and their time together feels like nothing more than a stolen dream.
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Book Review: Changing Tides by Simone Anderson

Posted on June 4, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

1Title: Changing Tides
Author: Simone Anderson
Series: New Reality #14
Heroes: Brett DeMarco/Orion Hellman
Genre: MM, Sci-Fi
Length: 168 pages
Publisher: Resplendence Publishing
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Available at: Resplendence Publishing, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, All Romance Ebooks
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Brett DeMarco is a First Lieutenant in Aelland’s Security Forces and hopes to become the head of intelligence someday. After the death of his fiancé, Brett threw himself into his work, dodging his father’s attempts to get him to marry the right woman, never doubting the career path he’d chosen.

Orion Hellman is the base commander’s personal assistant, has never spoken a word to anyone, and follows orders exactly, helping to ensure the base runs smoothly by any means the general deems necessary. Classified as a manual laborer with marriage out of the question, Orion has no intention of getting involved with anyone.

A chance meeting ignites Brett’s long dead desire, changes everything he knew and gives Orion everything he never thought he wanted.

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