Audio Review

Audio Review: Just What the Truth is by Cardeno C.

Posted on November 13, 2015 by thebloggergirls

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Title: Just What the Truth Is
Author: Cardeno C.
Narrator: Alexander Collins
Series: Home #5
Heroes: Ben Forman/Micah Trains
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 6 Hours, 19 Minutes
Publisher: The Romance Authors
Release Date: October 23, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Audible
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: People-pleaser Ben Forman has been in the closet so long he has almost convinced himself he is straight, but his denial train gets derailed when hotshot lawyer Micah Trains walks into his life. Micah is brilliant, funny, driven…and he assumes Ben is gay and starts dating him. Finding himself truly happy for the first time, Ben doesn’t have the willpower to resist Micah’s affection.

When his relationship with Micah heats up, Ben realizes has a problem: his parents won’t tolerate a gay son and self-confident Micah isn’t the type to hide. If Ben wants to maintain his hold on his happiness, he’ll have to decide what’s important and own up to the truth of who he is. The trouble is figuring out just what that truth is.

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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Adoption, Alexander Collins, audio book, Bigotry, Cardeno C. Series - Home, Children, Closeted, co-workers, Coming Out, Contemporary, First-Time, Gay Marriage, Gay Virgin, gfy/ofy, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Homophobia, Jewish, Just What the Truth Is, Lawyers, M/M, Older MCs, The Blogger Girls, The Romance Authors | Leave a comment

Audio Book Review: In Your Eyes by Cardeno C.

Posted on November 11, 2015 by justjenbo

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: In Your Eyes
Author: Cardeno C.
Narrator: Charlie David
Series: Mates #3
Heroes: Samuel Goodwin/Korban Keller
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: 200 Pages
Publisher: The Romance Authors
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Audible
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Raised to become Alpha of the Yafenack pack, Samuel Goodwin dedicates his life to studying shifter laws, strengthening his body, and learning from his father. But despite his best efforts, Samuel can’t relate to people, including those he’s supposed to lead.

When Samuel meets Korban Keller, the son of a neighboring pack’s Alpha, he reacts with emotion instead of intellect for the first time in his life. Resenting the other shifter for throwing him off-balance, Samuel first tries to intimidate Korban and then desperately avoids him. What he can’t do is forget Korban’s warm eyes, easy smile, and happy personality.

When a battle between their fathers ends tragically, Samuel struggles to lead his pack while Korban works to break through Samuel’s emotional barriers. Two very different men with a tumultuous history must overcome challenges from all sides and see past their society’s rules to realize they are destined for one another.

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Categories: Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Alpha Males, audio book, Cardeno C., Charlie David, enemies to lovers, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, In Your Eyes, M/M, mates, Murder, Pack Laws, paranormal, Series - Mates, Shifters, The Blogger Girls, Werewolves, Young Love | 1 Comment

Book Review: Dogwood Days by Poppy Dennison

Posted on November 7, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Gyn and Morgan

Title: Dogwood Days
Author: Poppy Dennison
Heroes: Jefferson Lee Davis/Zane Yarbrough
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 129 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: October 21, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Small town heroes and big town hearts.

Jefferson Lee Davis is happy with his life in the city until his favorite uncle has a bad fall and he rushes to Holly Creek to make sure Uncle Sherman is okay. Jefferson Lee knows how to navigate small Southern town’s politics and the residents greet him with open arms. Everyone but the town’s sheriff, Zane Yarbrough, that is.

Dogwood Days, the town’s biggest festival is looming, so Jefferson has to step up and take over his uncle’s job as the town blogger, even if that puts him right in the sheriff’s path. Quirky neighbors, meddling family, and a sassy best friend all come together to make Jefferson Lee’s life in Holly Creek a full-time adventure. When he loses his job back in the city, Jefferson Lee has to start a new job search that will take him away from the town he’s learning to think of as home. Will this big city boy find sweet romance in the arms of a small town sheriff or will the allure of the city call him back?
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Author, Blogger, Clueless MC, Contemporary, cute, Dogwood Days, Dreamspinner Press, Festivals, Guest Reviewer - Gyn, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Humorous, Journalist, Law Enforcement, M/M, Poppy Dennison, Sheriff, Small Town Romance, Southern, sweet, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Book Review: Some Kind of Magic by R. Cooper

Posted on November 5, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Some Kind of Magic
Author: R. Cooper
Narrator: Ron Herczig
Series: Beings in Love #1
Heroes: Ray Branigan/Cal Parker
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: 6 Hours, 8 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: September 9, 2015
Available at: Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Being a police detective is hard. Add the complication of being a werewolf subject to human prejudice, and you might say Ray Branigan has his work cut out for him. He’s hot on the trail of a killer when he realizes he needs help.

Enter Cal Parker, the beautiful half-fairy Ray’s secretly been in love with for years—secretly, because while werewolves mate for life, fairies…don’t. Ray needs Cal’s expertise, but it isn’t easy to concentrate with his mate walking around half-naked trying to publicly seduce him. By the time Ray identifies the killer—and sorts out a few prejudices of his own—it may be too late for Cal.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Dreamspinner Press, fairies, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Law Enforcement, M/M, magic, mates, Murder, Parnormal, Police, R. Cooper, Ron Herczig, Series: Beings in Love, Some Kind of Magic, The Blogger Girls, Werewolves | 1 Comment

Audio Review: Truth in the Dark by Amy Lane

Posted on November 2, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Truth in the Dark
Author: Amy Lane
Narrator: Nick J. Russo
Heroes: Knife/Aerie-Smith
Genre: MM Fantasy
Length: 4 hours, 40 minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Available at: Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: “I am not beautiful…”

Knife’s entire existence has been as twisted as his flesh and his face. The only thing beautiful in his life is his sister. When Gwennie is obliged to turn a suitor down because she fears to leave her brother to the brutality of their village, Knife is desperate for anything to ensure her happiness.

Her suitor’s cousin offers him a way out, but it won’t be easy. Aerie-Smith has been cursed to walk upright in the form of a beast, and his beloved village suffers from the same spell. Aerie-Smith offers Gwen a trousseau and some hope, if only Knife will keep him company on his island for the span of a year and perform one “regrettable task” at year’s end.

Knife is unprepared for the form the island’s curse takes on his own misshapen body. In one moment of magic, he is given the body of his dreams—and he discovers that where flesh meets spirit and appearance meet reality, sometimes the only place to find truth is in the darkness of a lover’s arms.

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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Amy Lane, audio book, Beauty/Beast, Bullying, curses, Dreamspinner Press, fairies, Fairytale, fantasy, Fate, Friends to Lovers, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Historical, M/M, magic, Murder, Nick J. Russo, Rape, royalty, The Blogger Girls, Truth in the Dark | Leave a comment

Audio Review: The Heart of Frost by Charlie Cochet

Posted on October 29, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: The Heart of Frost
Author: Charlie Cochet
Narrator: Robert Nieman
Series: North Pole City Tales #2
Heroes: Jack/Rudy
Genre: MM Fantasy
Length: 3 hours, 4 minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Available at: Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: At the North Pole, no one is more powerful and feared than the Prince of Frost. As general of the toy soldier army, Jack Frost has been working extra hard to put away the villainous Mouse King once and for all. If that isn’t taxing enough, Jack has to deal with the scandal and gossip brought on by news of his relationship with Rudy Rein Dear, captain of the Rein Dear Squadron, which hit headlines last holiday season. Lucky for Jack, his reputation has managed to deter any foolish attempts to stir up trouble. At least until now.

When someone sabotages Rudy’s plane during a test run a few weeks before Christmas, Jack is determined to find the culprit by any means necessary. The closer he gets to finding answers, the more difficulty he has not falling back to his icy ways. Has the Mouse King stepped up his game in order to throw Jack off his, or is someone a little closer to home behind the attempt on Rudy’s life? Either way, Jack has every intention of delivering a Christmas they won’t soon forget, even if it means losing the newfound warmth in his heart.

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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Alternate World, audio book, Dreamspinner Press, elves, Established couple, fairies, fantasy, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Holiday - Christmas, humor, M/M, magic, Robert Nieman, Series - North Pole City Tales, The Blogger Girls, The Heart of Frost | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Forging the Future by Mary Calmes

Posted on October 27, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Forging the Future
Author: Mary Calmes
Narrator: Sean Crisden
Series: Change of Heart #5
Heroes: Jin Church/Logan Church
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: 6 Hours 59 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: October 9, 2015
Available at: Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Jin Church is back where he started, alone, wandering, and uncertain of his path. It’s not by choice but by circumstance, as he remembers he’s a werepanther… but not much else. He knows one thing for sure—he needs to find the beautiful blond man who haunts his dreams.

Logan Church is trapped in a living hell. His mate is missing, his tribe is falling apart, and he’s estranged from the son he loves with all his heart. His world is unraveling without his mate by his side, and he has no one to blame but himself.

If Jin can regain his memory and Logan can overcome the threats to his leadership, then perhaps they can resume their lives. The question is: Is that what they want? Back to the same house, the same tribe, the same troubles? They can choose from various roads leading to their future… or they can forge their own path.
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: audio book, Children, Coup, Death and Destruction, Dreamspinner Press, Established Couples, Forging the Future, GFY, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, M/M, Mary Calmes, mates, Panthers, paranormal, Reunited, Sean Crisden, Series - Change of Heart, Shifters, The Blogger Girls | 2 Comments

Audio Review: The Blinding Light by Renae Kaye

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: The Blinding Light
Author: Renae Kaye
Narrator: Jonathan Young
Series: The Tav #1
Heroes: Jake & Patrick
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 6 hours and 55 minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: March 26, 2015
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon & Audible
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Jake Manning’s smart mouth frequently gets him into trouble. Because of it, he can’t hold a job. Combined with some bad luck, it’s prevented him from keeping steady employment. A huge debt looms over him, and alone he shoulders the care of his alcoholic mother and three younger sisters. When a housekeeping position opens, Jake’s so desperate he leaps at the opportunity. On landing, he finds his new boss, Patrick Stanford, a fussy, arrogant, rude… and blind man.

Born without sight, Patrick is used to being accommodated, but he’s met his match with Jake, who doesn’t take any of his crap and threatens to swap all the braille labels on his groceries and run off with his guide dog unless he behaves.

Jake gets a kick out of Patrick. Things are looking up: the girls are starting their own lives and his mum’s sobriety might stick this time. He’s sacrificed everything for his family; maybe it’s time for him to live his life and start a relationship with Patrick. When his mother needs him, guilt makes his choice between family and Patrick difficult, and Jake must realize he’s not alone anymore.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Book Promo, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Jonathan Young, M/M, Renae Kaye, Series - The Tav, The Blinding Light | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Melody Thief by Shira Anthony

Posted on October 10, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Melody Thief
Author: Shira Anthony
Narrator: Peter B. Brooke
Series: Blue Notes #2
Heroes: Cary Redding/Antonio Bianchi
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 7 Hours, 47 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Available at: Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Cary Redding is a walking contradiction. On the surface he’s a renowned cellist, sought after by conductors the world over. Underneath, he’s a troubled man flirting with addictions to alcohol and anonymous sex. The reason for the discord? Cary knows he’s a liar, a cheat. He’s the melody thief.

Cary manages his double life just fine until he gets mugged on a deserted Milan street. Things look grim until handsome lawyer Antonio Bianchi steps in and saves his life. When Antonio offers something foreign to Cary—romance—Cary doesn’t know what to do. But then things get even more complicated. For one thing, Antonio has a six-year-old son. For another, Cary has to confess about his alter ego and hope Antonio forgives him.

Just when Cary thinks he’s figured it all out, past and present collide and he is forced to choose between the family he wanted as a boy and the one he has come to love as a man.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: addiction, audio book, Contemporary, Death of a Loved One, Dreamspinner Press, Europe, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Hurt/Abuse, injury/recovery, lawyer, M/M, Men with kids, Music, Musician, Peter B. Brooke, Reunited with Parent, Series - Blue Notes, Shira Anthony, Single Father, The Blogger Girls, The Melody Thief, travel | Leave a comment

Audio Review: The Right Words by Lane Hayes

Posted on October 4, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: The Right Words
Author: Lane Hayes
Narrator: Michael Ferraiuolo
Series: Right and Wrong #1
Heroes: Luke Preston/Michael Martinez
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 7 Hours, 20 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Available at: Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Escaping an abusive relationship left Luke Preston anxious and spouting panic-induced poetry. Desperate for a fresh start, Luke accepts a job remodeling a tired old beach house for a professional soccer player and his model girlfriend. While his passion is literature, not sports, focusing on the renovations eases his anxiety. Until the job he signed up for turns out to be more complicated than advertised.

Sidelined with a serious injury, soccer star Michael Martinez decides his beach house is the perfect place to recuperate. Remodeling might be the diversion he needs to keep his mind off his busted knee. Falling for the pretty designer with some quirky habits wasn’t on the drawing board. Unfortunately, Luke didn’t build a big enough closet for Michael to hide in. Having a star-powered sports career used to be all Michael lived for, but he’ll have to reevaluate his plans and find the right words if he wants to build more than a beach house with Luke.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Abusive Ex, Athlete, audio book, blackmail, Closeted, Coming Out, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Flamboyant, Friends to Lovers, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Hispanic, Homophobia, Hurt/Comfort, injury/recovery, Jock, Lane Hayes, M/M, Michael Ferraiuolo, OFY, Past Abuse, Series - Right and Wrong, Sports - Soccer, The Blogger Girls, The Right Words, Twink | Leave a comment

Audio Review

Audio Review: Just What the Truth is by Cardeno C.

Audio Book Review: In Your Eyes by Cardeno C.

Book Review: Dogwood Days by Poppy Dennison

Audio Book Review: Some Kind of Magic by R. Cooper

Audio Review: Truth in the Dark by Amy Lane

Audio Review: The Heart of Frost by Charlie Cochet

Audio Review: Forging the Future by Mary Calmes

Audio Review: Melody Thief by Shira Anthony

Audio Review: The Right Words by Lane Hayes

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