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Book Review: An Ordinary Hero by Therese Woodson

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: An Ordinary Hero
Author: Therese Woodson
Heroes: Ryan & Phillip
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 68 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 09, 2015
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: As a paramedic, Ryan Bishop has responded to his fair share of bizarre situations. However, he’s not prepared when he meets Phillip, a local man who keeps popping up to save the day. Everyone lauds Phillip as a hero, but he prefers to stay in the background, going so far as to refuse medical treatment.

Ryan is intrigued, not only by Phillip’s unassuming manner, but also by his ability to be in the right place at the right time. Ryan wants some answers and maybe even a date. What he gets is an unexpected part in Phillip’s origin story.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2015 | Tags: An Ordinary Hero, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Female POV in M/M, injury/recovery, Paramedics, paranormal, Superheroes, sweet, The Blogger Girls, Therese Woodson | Leave a comment

Book Review: An Unstable Stud by Ariel Tachna

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: An Unstable Stud
Author: Ariel Tachna
Series: Dreamspun Desires, Lexington Lovers #1
Heroes: Clay & Luke
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 204 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Horses were his passion, until he laid eyes on his boss.

Eighteen months ago, tragedy struck Bywater Farm when a riding accident killed Clay Hunter’s lover and traumatized his prize horse, King of Hearts. Clay and King lingered in limbo, surviving but not really living, until a breath of fresh air in the form of Luke Davis, a new groom in the stud barn, revives them both.

When a fall from King’s back sends Luke to the emergency room, Clay watches the shaky foundation of their budding relationship tumble down. Can Clay really love a jockey again, or will his fear of losing another man he loves keep them apart for good?
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2016 | Tags: Age Gap, An Unstable Stud, Ariel Tachna, Boss/Employee, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Dreamspun Desires, emotionally damaged, injury/recovery, separated for a bit, series, Series - Lexington Lovers, sweet, The Blogger Girls, working together, yearning | 1 Comment

Audio Review: Family of Lies: Sebastian by Sam Argent

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Family of Lies: Sebastian
Author: Sam Argent
Narrator: Cornell Collins
Heroes: Sebastian & Turren
Genre: M/M Fantasy
Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: February 23, 2016
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon & Audible
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Sebastian Orwell did the only thing a smart wizard could do when he stumbled upon the wounded Crown Prince: He healed him and dumped him in a tavern where he could continue not being Sebastian’s problem. Unfortunately, the prince isn’t content with being alive, and he hunts Sebastian down to thank him personally. Not only is Sebastian stuck with the prince’s unwanted affections, but he’s also confronted by growing evidence linking the assassination attempt to someone from his father’s past.

Lord Orwell is a lot of things: thief, liar, drunk, and all-around horrible father, but Sebastian knows he’s no murderer. In order to prove it, Sebastian has to keep the prince alive long enough to discover the truth – a task made considerably harder because the idiot prince prefers wooing Sebastian over securing his own survival. On top of everything, Sebastian needs to save the day without revealing his magical powers and the real reason he hides his appearance.

Sebastian had no intention of playing the hero, but whoever is stirring up shit in his country will pay for destroying his quiet life.
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, LGBT, Published in 2016 | Tags: assholes, audio book, Cornell Collins, crazy meddling family, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Family of Lies: Sebastian, fantasy, kidnapped, M/M, magic, royalty, Sam Argent, sweet, The Blogger Girls, yearning | Leave a comment

Book Review: Chasing Shadows by Annabelle Jacobs

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Chasing Shadows
Author: Annabelle Jacobs
Heroes: Jamie & Felix
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 60k words
Publisher: Self-published
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Jamie Matthews goes to Cornwall to find his missing brother. The police are convinced Michael drowned, but Jamie knows better. No way would Michael swim to his death, especially on a beach with a wicked rip tide. Finding a stranger in his brother’s cottage only deepens his misgivings.

Felix Bergstrom is recently discharged from the British Army. Unable to put the past behind him, he takes an unhealthy interest in old acquaintance and millionaire businessman Karl Weston, hoping to catch him up to no good. Michael’s disappearance adds fuel to Felix’s suspicions. Weston’s clifftop home overlooks the beach where Michael supposedly walked into the sea, but Weston has an alibi for that day.

When Jamie and Felix meet, the physical attraction is instant. Mistrust keeps them from acting on it until finally all their secrets are laid bare. But time isn’t on their side. Before they’re able to work out whether they have a future, danger catches up with them and threatens to put an end to everything.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2016 | Tags: Annabelle Jacobs, Chasing Shadows, Contemporary, emotionally damaged, injury/recovery, M/M, Self-Published, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Marked in Flesh
Author: Anne Bishop
Series: The Others #4
Hero/Heroine: Meg & Simon
Genre: M/F Urban Fantasy
Length: 417 pages
Publisher: Roc
Release Date: March 8, 2016
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: For centuries, the Others and humans have lived side by side in uneasy peace. But when humankind oversteps its bounds, the Others will have to decide how much humanity they’re willing to tolerate—both within themselves and within their community…

Since the Others allied themselves with the cassandra sangue, the fragile yet powerful human blood prophets who were being exploited by their own kind, the delicate dynamic between humans and Others changed. Some, like Simon Wolfgard, wolf shifter and leader of the Lakeside Courtyard, and blood prophet Meg Corbyn, see the new, closer companionship as beneficial—both personally and practically.

But not everyone is convinced. A group of radical humans is seeking to usurp land through a series of violent attacks on the Others. What they don’t realize is that there are older and more dangerous forces than shifters and vampires protecting the land that belongs to the Others—and those forces are willing to do whatever is necessary to protect what is theirs…
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Book Review, M/F, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2016 | Tags: action, against all odds, Anne Bishop, Berkley/NAL, Cops, deaths, favorites, kids, m/f, M/F Urban Fantasy, Marked in Flesh, no sex, Roc, series, suspense, The Blogger Girls, The Others Series, vampires, Werewolves | Leave a comment

Book Review: Mending the Rift by Chris T. Kat

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Mending the Rift
Author: Chris T. Kat
Heroes: Marcus & Luca
Genre: M/M Fantasy
Length: 214 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: March 14, 2016
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: In a future where man’s ability to reproduce is severely compromised, humanity has adapted to survive. Breeders—male and female—have become precious commodities, and they are strictly guarded and subject to limitations.

Luca Walker is a breeder. Though he knows what’s expected of him as the youngest son of the Northern Confederacy’s Vice President, he’s held out against the pressures of an arranged marriage because he longs to marry for love, not duty. But he’s been promised to Colonel Liam Smith and there’s little he can do about it, no matter that Luca is secretly in love with his bodyguard, Marcus Gray.

When Luca finds himself pregnant with Marcus’s baby, Smith is furious and vows to take what is his—by force, if necessary. Now Luca must fight for his life and the life of his unborn child… as well as the love of Marcus and the happily ever after he’s always dreamed of.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2016 | Tags: abduction/kidnapping (actual), against all odds, Age Gap, Bodyguards, Chris T. Kat, cute, Dreamspinner Press, fantasy, Friends to Lovers, injury/recovery, M/M, Mending the Rift, Mpreg, musicians, sweet, The Blogger Girls, unrequited, yearning | Leave a comment

Book Review: Lay It Down by Mary Calmes

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Lay It Down
Author: Mary Calmes
Heroes: Hudson/Barber
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 126 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: March 16, 2016
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Paradise can be hell.

Most people would say being stranded in the villa of Spanish shipping magnate Miguel García Arquero on the beautiful isle of Ibiza wasn’t such a bad deal. But Hudson Barber isn’t one of them. To him, being stuck without a passport in a foreign country far from home is a nightmare, made worse by the fact that the person who did the stranding was his flighty twin brother.

Unwilling to turn Dalvon in for identity theft, Hudson is forced to wait, but meanwhile he discovers the chance to rehabilitate Miguel’s failing local businesses—enterprises left to Dalvon’s inexperienced care. The flagging ventures are a badly wrapped gift from heaven, and if Hudson can turn them around, he might be able to leverage the experience to finish his MBA.

Then Miguel returns to Ibiza, and instead of finding a boy toy, he discovers Hudson has turned his cold villa into a warm, welcoming home. Miguel’s path is clear: convince Hudson to lay down his defenses and let love in.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2016 | Tags: Contemporary, cute, Dreamspinner Press, favorites, kidnapped, Lay It Down, M/M, Mary Calmes, sweet, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Taylor Maid by Tara Lain

Posted on March 9, 2016 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Taylor Maid
Author: Tara Lain
Series: Dreamspun Desires
Heroes: Ally & Taylor
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 218 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: He’ll marry the maid to get $50 million but a secret could queer the deal.

Taylor Fitzgerald needs a last-minute bride.

On the eve of his twenty-fifth birthday, the billionaire’s son discovers that despite being gay, he must marry a woman before midnight or lose a fifty-million-dollar inheritance. So he hightails it to Las Vegas… where he meets the beautiful maid Ally May.

There’s just one rather significant problem: Ally is actually Alessandro Macias, son of a tough Brazilian hotel magnate. But if Ally keeps pretending to be a girl for a little while longer, is there a chance they might discover this marriage is tailor-made?
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2016 | Tags: against all odds, Cross dressing, cute, deception, Dreamspinner Press, Dreamspun Desires, kidnapped, Pets, sweet, Tara Lain, Taylor Maid, The Blogger Girls | 3 Comments

Audio Review: Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

Posted on February 25, 2016 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Moon Called
Author: Patricia Briggs
Narrator: Lorelei King
Series: Mercy Thompson #1
Hero/Heroine: Mercy & Adam
Genre: M/F Urban Fantasy
Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
Publisher: Penguin Audio
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Available at: Amazon & Audible
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Werewolves can be dangerous if you get in their way, but they’ll leave you alone if you are careful. They are very good at hiding their natures from the human population, but I’m not human. I know them when I meet them, and they know me, too.

Mercy Thompson’s sexy next-door neighbor is a werewolf.

She’s tinkering with a VW bus at her mechanic shop that happens to belong to a vampire.

But then, Mercy Thompson is not exactly normal herself… and her connection to the world of things that go bump in the night is about to get her into a whole lot of trouble.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, M/F, Nikyta's Reviews, Published Before 2010 | Tags: audio book, Lorelei King, m/f, Moon Called, Patricia Briggs, Penguin Audio, Series - Mercy Thompson, The Blogger Girls, urban fantasy | Leave a comment

Book Review: The Winter Prince by R. Cooper

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: The Winter Prince
Author: R. Cooper
Heroes: Razin & Kisin
Genre: M/M Fantasy
Length: 147 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: February 24, 2016
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: His heart stolen by a powerful pari’s magic, a young prince’s veins slowly fill with ice. That is what the stories say. Three years have passed since, and all efforts to save Kisin have failed. He won’t survive another winter. To save the prince’s life, Razin, the court wizard and Kisin’s childhood friend, plans to seek out the pari. But unbeknownst to Razin, Kisin’s heart was never stolen; he gave it freely to escape the pain of impossible love—his love for Razin.

Razin won’t accept Kisin’s fate, for reasons obvious to anyone who knows anything of love. Kisin agrees to the desperate quest, out of duty and a need to protect Razin. But it isn’t long before Razin realizes saving his prince will require more than simply retrieving his heart. Razin will have to convince him to want it.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2016 | Tags: against all odds, arranged marriage, assholes, cat shifters, curses, cute, Dreamspinner Press, emotionally damaged, fantasy, favorites, Friends to Lovers, injury/recovery, M/M, magic, R. Cooper, sweet, The Blogger Girls, The Winter Prince, unrequited, warriors, yearning | 1 Comment

Author Archives: Nikyta

About Nikyta

Book Review: An Ordinary Hero by Therese Woodson

Book Review: An Unstable Stud by Ariel Tachna

Audio Review: Family of Lies: Sebastian by Sam Argent

Book Review: Chasing Shadows by Annabelle Jacobs

Book Review: Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop

Book Review: Mending the Rift by Chris T. Kat

Book Review: Lay It Down by Mary Calmes

Book Review: Taylor Maid by Tara Lain

Audio Review: Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

Book Review: The Winter Prince by R. Cooper

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