Audio Review

Audio Review: See the Light by Cassandra Carr

Posted on December 1, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: See the Light
Author: Cassandra Carr
Narrator: Jason Hilton
Series: Safe Harbor #1
Heroes: Jason Monroe and Patrick Parker
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: Book – 131 Pages / Audio – 3 Hours, 54 Minutes
Publisher: Loose Id
Release Date: Book – February 26, 2013 / Audio – November 5, 2014
Available at: Loose Id, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Hockey player Jason Monroe lives a double life—star defenseman and soon-to-be Olympian on the ice and closeted gay man outside the rink. A serious relationship is out of the question, and Jason makes do with anonymous sex in barroom bathrooms, not willing to take the chance on coming out as gay in a decidedly macho sport.

Advisor to the US Olympic hockey team Patrick Parker knows a thing or two about being a professional hockey player who’s not out. He’s fifteen years older than Jason, and when he senses the sexy younger man is interested, he knows he shouldn’t give in to the attraction.

The two men can’t keep their hands off each other, though, and with each heated encounter it gets harder to hide their relationship. When their world blows up around them, forcing them into the limelight, though, will their love survive or be put on ice?
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Alpha Males, audio book, Cassandra Carr, Closeted, Coach/Player, Coming-of-Age, Contemporary, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Hockey, Homophobia, Jason Hilton, Loose Id, M/M, OFY/GFY, Olympics, See the Light, Series - Safe Harbor, Sports, The Blogger Girls, Younger Man/Older Man | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Sunday’s Child by Lex Valentine

Posted on November 30, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Sunday’s Child
Author: Lex Valentine
Narrator: Chip Wood
Heroes: Randall Wise and Brendan Thorne
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: Book – 98 Pages / Audio – 3 Hours, 16 Minutes
Publisher: Lex Valentine
Release Date: Book – October 1, 2013 / Audio – October 21, 2014
Available at: Amazon and Audible
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Bi-sexual wizard Randall Wise is the quintessential good guy. Still single at thirty, he’s never had a relationship or even a brush with love. Rand is convinced that good guys finish last at love and decides he needs to change if he’s ever going to find a mate of his own. Then he looks out his bedroom window to find that the sexiest guy he’s ever laid eyes on has moved in next door.

Brendan Thorne is gay, klutzy, and to his thinking, ordinary. At twenty-six, he’s got a baby face that makes men treat him as they would an innocent little brother. Determined to at least get laid, Brendan sexes up his appearance and finds his hot new neighbor ready and willing to do the dirty with him. The sex is amazing and both Rand and Brendan sense it’s the start of something more. But is it real love or just magic?
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: audio book, Chip Wood, demons, Familiar, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Lex Valentine, M/M, mates, paranormal, Self-Published, Sunday's Child, The Blogger Girls, Wizard/Witch | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Love Comes Around by Andrew Grey

Posted on November 28, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Love Comes Around
Author: Andrew Grey
Narrator: Max Lehnen
Series: Senses #4
Heroes: Dan Harrington and Connor O’Malley
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: Book – 200 Pages / Audio – 7 Hours, 39 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – September 19, 2014 / Audio – October 20, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Dan was a throwaway child and learned to take care of himself in foster care. As an adult, he devotes his life to the business he started and his heart to raising children no one else wants. Dan has already adopted six-year-old Lila, who walks on crutches, and then decides to adopt eight-year-old Jerry, who suffers from MD and is confined to a wheelchair.

Also abandoned as a child, Connor ended up on his own and retreated into himself. He works as a carpenter and woodcarver and is the perfect man to ensure Dan’s home becomes wheelchair accessible.

When Dan hires Connor, neither of the men are ready to open their hearts to the possibility of love. As they learn how much they have in common, both of them must weigh the possibility of family and a future against the risks of getting hurt again.
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Categories: 2.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Abuse, Andrew Grey, audio book, Childhood Crush, Children, Class Differences, Disabilities, Dreamspinner Press, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Hurt/Confort, Love Comes Around, M/M Contemporary, Max Lehnen, MD, Series - Senses, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Fish and Ghosts by Rhys Ford

Posted on November 16, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Fish and Ghosts
Author: Rhys Ford
Narrator: Tristan James
Series: Hellsinger #1
Heroes: Tristan Pryce and Wolf Kinkaid
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: Book – 240 Pages / Audio – 8 Hours, 16 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – December 30, 2013 / Audio – September 15, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: When his Uncle Mortimer died and left him Hoxne Grange, the family’s Gilded Age estate, Tristan Pryce knew he wasn’t going to have an easy time of it. He was to be the second generation of Pryces to serve as a caretaker for the estate, a way station for spirits on their final steps to the afterlife. The ghosts were the simple part. He’d been seeing boo-wigglies since he was a child. No, the difficult part was his own family. Determined to establish Tristan’s insanity, his loving relatives hire Dr. Wolf Kincaid and his paranormal researchers, Hellsinger Investigations, to prove the Grange is not haunted.

Skeptic Wolf Kincaid has made it his life’s work to debunk the supernatural. After years of cons and fakes, he can’t wait to reveal the Grange’s ghostly activity is just badly leveled floorboards and a drafty old house. The Grange has more than a few surprises for him, including its prickly, reclusive owner. Tristan Pryce is much less insane and much more attractive than Wolf wants to admit and when his Hellsinger team unwittingly release a ghostly serial killer on the Grange, Wolf is torn between his skepticism and protecting the man he’d been sent to discredit.
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: audio book, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Fish and Ghosts, ghosts, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, I see dead people, Inn, Investigation, Location - San Francisco, M/M, paranormal, Polar Bears, Rhys Ford, Salt, Series - Hellsinger, The Blogger Girls, Tristan James | Leave a comment

Audio Review: A Prairie Dog’s Love Song by Eli Easton

Posted on November 15, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: A Prairie Dog’s Love Song
Author: Eli Easton
Narrator: Michael Stellman
Series: Heartwarming
Heroes: Joshua Braintree and Ben Rivers
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: Book – 95 Pages / Audio – 2 Hours, 5 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – December 1, 2013 / Audio – october 29, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Ben Rivers always was a showman. He won awards in 4-H and rodeo competitions from the time he could walk, and he’s happiest in the spotlight. So when he got the chance to be a star—in porn—he took it. He still loves Montana and everything about being a cowboy, but when news of his alternate identity leaks out, he figures he’s lost the town’s goodwill forever. Clyde’s Corner would never accept an openly gay cowboy, even a hometown boy born and bred.

Joshua Braintree always had the notion that he and his best friend’s kid brother, Ben, would end up together. Ben’s always been a diehard cowboy, just like him: they need the land and its freedom as much as they need air. So when Joshua learns Ben moved away from their small Montana town to be a porn star in Vegas, he can hardly believe it. He’s determined to finally declare himself and bring Ben home.

Despite his longtime crush on Joshua, Ben won’t be as easy to tame as Joshua’s “lost cause” horses. It will take a lot of heart and holiday spirit for Joshua to convince Ben that even old prairie dogs can learn new tricks in the name of love.

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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: audio book, Closeted, Coming-of-Age, Contemporary, Cowboy, Dreamspinner Press, Eli Easton, Friends to Lovers, Gay-for-Pay, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Holiday, Location - Las Vegas, Location - Montana, M/M, Michael Stellman, OFY, Prairie Dog's Love Song, Rancher, Series - Heartwarming, Sex Workers, Short Story, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Serendipity Kit by Connie Bailey

Posted on November 13, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Serendipity Kit
Author: Connie Bailey
Narrator: Peter B. Brooke
Heroes: Christopher “Kit” Britten and Romy O’Keefe
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: Book – 212 pages / Audio – 6 Hours, 38 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – December 6, 2013 / Audio – October 15, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Christopher “Kit” Britten drifts through life, partying with friends and spending his parents’ money. He hasn’t told them he’s gay, but he’s told all of his five sisters, and to keep from being harassed about responsibility, he works part-time for one of them. When she sends him on an errand and his shiny red Ferrari breaks down in one of Houston’s seediest locals, he pushes it to the nearest garage. That’s where he meets Romy O’Keefe.

Romy works hard as a mechanic to provide for his mother and little brother. When Kit pushes his to-die-for Ferrari into Romy’s garage, Romy is wary of falling for gorgeous Kit despite instant attraction. Kit impulsively decides to prove how serious he is about Romy by coming out to his parents – and his father disowns him!

Uptown and downtown clash as the two men share the tiny space in Romy’s Airstream trailer and struggle to make ends meet. When Kit’s former boyfriend comes sniffing around, and Romy gets the bill for his little brother’s surgery, it drives home to him how very different his world is from Kit’s. However, Kit is in love with the velvet-voiced Romy, and he isn’t about to give up.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: audio book, Closeted, Connie Bailey, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Income Gap, Location - Texas, Lovey Dovey, Low Angst, M/M, Male Debutante, mechanic, OFY, Peter B. Brooke, Serendipity Kit, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Review: In Another Life by Cardeno C.

Posted on November 12, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: In Another Life
Author: Cardeno C.
Narrator: Jeff Gelder
Series: Heartwarming
Heroes: Shiloh Raben and Travis Kahn
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: Book – 84 Pages / Audio – 1 Hour, 50 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Dates: Book – December 1, 2013 / Audio – November 3, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: At age 18, Shiloh Raben is tired. He no longer has the energy to deal with mean classmates, inner doubt, and fear of familial rejection, so he takes a razor to his wrist. When he wakes up in the hospital, Shiloh meets Travis Kahn, the EMT who saved him and didn’t leave his side.

Travis is handsome, smart, and funny – the type of guy Shiloh would never be brave enough to approach. But his near-death experience has an unusual side effect: the life that flashed before his eyes wasn’t the one he had already lived, but rather the one he could live. With visions of a future by Travis’s side, will Shiloh find the strength to confront his fears and build a life worth fighting for?
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: audio book, Bullying, Cancer, Cardeno C., Contemporary, Counselor, Dreamspinner Press, Fork on the Road, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Holiday - Jewish, In Another Life, Jeff Gelder, Love at First Sight, M/M, paranormal, Physician, second chances, Series - Heartwarming, Short Story, Suicide, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Shades of Sepia by Anne Barwell

Posted on November 11, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Shades of Sepia
Author: Anne Barwell
Narrator: Michael Ferralulo
Series: The Sleepless City #1
Heroes: Simon Hawthorne/Ben Leyton
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: Book – 210 Pages / Audio – 7 Hours and 59 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – January 31, 2014 / Audio – October 14, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: A serial killer stalks the streets of Flint, Ohio. The victims are always found in pairs, one human and one vampire.

Simon Hawthorne has been a vampire for nearly a hundred years, and he has never seen anything like it. Neither have the other supernaturals he works with to keep the streets safe for both their kind and the humans.

One meeting with Simon finds Ben Leyton falling for a man he knows is keeping secrets, but he can’t ignore the growing attraction between them. A recent arrival in Flint, Ben finds it very different from his native New Zealand, but something about Simon makes Ben feel as though he’s found a new home.

After a close friend falls victim to the killer, Simon is torn between revealing his true nature to Ben, and walking away to avoid the reaction he fears. But with the body count rising and the murders becoming more frequent, either, or both of them, could be the killer’s next target.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Age Gap, Anne Barwell, audio book, DNA, Dreamspinner Press, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, M/M, Michael Ferralulo, Murder Mystery, paranormal, Photography, Series - The Sleepless City, Shades of Sepia, Soul mates, Stalkers, The Blogger Girls, University, vampires | 2 Comments

Audio Review: Little Squirrels Can Climb Tall Trees by Michael Murphy

Posted on November 9, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Little Squirrels Can Climb Tall Trees
Author: Michael Murphy
Narrator: Nick J. Russo
Heroes: Kyle Miller and Joseph
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: Book – 200 Pages / Audio – 5 Hours and 44 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – July 27, 2012 / Audio – October 9, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Kyle Miller is a rare breed. Though born to conservative parents and raised in small-town Oklahoma, Kyle realized young that he had to escape rural America. Now he’s living in New York City, working as an ER doctor, and paying off his massive student loans. He’s never been on a plane and never seen a movie, but he is worldly enough to recognize attraction when it smacks him in the forehead. Not that he knows how he managed to crack heads with Joseph, who’s a good foot shorter than Kyle’s six-and-a-half feet.

Joseph is Kyle’s polar opposite in other ways too, well-off where Kyle is poor, and self-assured while Kyle is insecure. He’s also determined to show Kyle what a great guy he is and bring the confidence Kyle shows in the ER out in his everyday life. But Kyle’s hectic work schedule and inexperience with relationships won’t make for an easy romance.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: audio book, Closeted, Coming Out, Contemporary, Dating, Dreamspinner Press, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, humor, Little Squirrels Can Climb Tall Trees, Location - New York, M/M, Michael Murphy, Nick J. Russo, Physician, Religious Fervor, Rich Man/Poor Man, The Blogger Girls, travel, virgin | Leave a comment

Audio Review: A White Coat is My Closet by Jake Wells

Posted on November 3, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: A White Coat is My Closet
Author: Jake Wells
Narrator: Randy Fuller
Heroes: Zack Sheldon/Sergio Quartulli
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: Book – 358 Pages / Audio – 13 Hours and 36 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – October 24, 2013 / Audio – October 1, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Zack Sheldon doesn’t have time to be lonely. He’s in his last year as a pediatric resident, almost married to the job, and busy with the joys and sorrows that come with providing medical care to children. Professionally, he’s confident, accomplished, and respected. But personally he’s too insecure to approach a sexy man like Sergio Quartulli, or even to imagine that Sergio might be attracted to him.

Zack spots Sergio from across the gym, and then a chance meeting poolside somehow turns into a date. Before Zack knows it, they’ve become a couple, but Zack’s white coat is his closet at the hospital, and committing to a relationship with Sergio makes it difficult for Zack to continue hiding behind it. On the other hand, he grew up in a small town where being gay was shameful, and he works in an environment that can sometimes be homophobic, so it’s hard for him to open up about who he really is. Before Zack can make a choice on his own terms, circumstances force him to make a decision. He can continue to hide, or he can step out from behind his white coat and risk everything for love.
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Categories: 3 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: A White Coat is My Closet, audio book, Cancer, Contemporary, death, Doctor, Dreamspinner Press, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, injury, Italian, Jake Wells, Location - Los Angeles, Loss, M/M, OFY, Pediatrics, Randy Fuller, The Blogger Girls, Vanity | Leave a comment

Audio Review

Audio Review: See the Light by Cassandra Carr

Audio Review: Sunday’s Child by Lex Valentine

Audio Review: Love Comes Around by Andrew Grey

Audio Review: Fish and Ghosts by Rhys Ford

Audio Review: A Prairie Dog’s Love Song by Eli Easton

Audio Review: Serendipity Kit by Connie Bailey

Audio Review: In Another Life by Cardeno C.

Audio Review: Shades of Sepia by Anne Barwell

Audio Review: Little Squirrels Can Climb Tall Trees by Michael Murphy

Audio Review: A White Coat is My Closet by Jake Wells

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