Audio Review

Audio Review: The Terms of Release by B.A. Tortuga

Posted on October 3, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: The Terms of Release
Author: B.A. Tortuga
Narrator: Slate Anders
Heroes: Adam Winchester (Win) and Sage Redding
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 240 Pages / 8 hours, 1 minute
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – March 24, 2014 / Audio – Sept. 12, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: They say a man can always come home. So after doing hard time, Sage Redding heads to his family’s northeast Texas ranch to help his ailing daddy with the cutting horses.

Adam (Win) Winchester is a county deputy and the cousin of one of the men killed in the incident that sent Sage to prison for almost a decade. While Win’s uncles, Jim and Teddy, are determined to make Sage and the entire Redding family pay for their loss, Win just figures Sage has paid his dues and maybe needs a friend. Maybe he needs more than a friend. In fact, Win’s counting on it.

No one’s denying Sage is an ex-con who went to prison for manslaughter. Regardless of the love he has for his father, he’s returned knowing things will likely go badly for him.

Maybe a man can always come home, but he may not be able to stay.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: audio book, B.A. Tortuga, Contemporary, cowboys, Dreamspinner Press, Drug Use, Ex-Con, horses, Law Enforcement, Location - Texas, M/M, Prison, Ranching, Rape, Slate Anders, small town, The Blogger Girls, The Terms of Release, Violence | Leave a comment

Book Review: Frankie & Al by Sue Brown

Posted on September 27, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Frankie & Al
Author: Sue Brown
Narrator: Max Lehnen
Heroes: Frankie/Al
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 158 Pages / 3 Hours, 33 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – March 21, 2014 / Audio – August 27, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Dumped by his boyfriend, Frankie Mason goes out with the girls, gets totally trashed, and ends his night by falling in front of a taxi. He’s rescued by a man with beautiful green eyes who takes care of him until he’s put into an ambulance. Frankie curses himself as he realizes he doesn’t have the man’s phone number. Still in pain a few days later, he is dragged out to a club only to be saved by Green Eyes once more. This time, he isn’t letting the man go.

Unfortunately Frankie has to attend a team-building exercise, nicknamed Womb Weekend, organized by his company. Al is working so he doesn’t mind, until he discovers who the team leader is. Al has a lot of explaining to do!
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: audio book, British, Contemporary, Death of a Mother, Dreamspinner Press, Frankie & Al, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Hurt/Comfort, M/M, Max Lehnen, Rebound, Retreat, Sue Brown, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Review: I Can See for Miles by Lisa Worrall

Posted on September 23, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: I Can See for Miles
Author: Lisa Worrall
Narrator: Chris Patton
Heroes: Josh Donald and Charlie Cooper
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 200 Pages / 4 Hours, 58 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – May 1, 2013 / Audio – September 5, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: After a kayaking accident took Josh Donald’s sight, he’s faced with learning to negotiate the world as a blind man. In short order, his boyfriend leaves him behind, making it clear he’s not inclined to deal with special needs. Reeling from the blow, Josh flounders. In an attempt to help, Josh’s friends take him to a camp for the blind, where he falls for the camp organizer, Charlie Cooper.

Charlie seems to feel the attraction too, but when a horse named Dottie pushes them into a hot first kiss, Charlie resists. He believes he’s damaged goods, not boyfriend material. Since the accident, Josh has faced tough obstacles, but the most challenging hurdle of all may be getting Charlie to open up and take a chance on love.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Abuse, audio book, Blind, camping, Caring, Chris Patton, Contemporary, danger, disability, Domestic Violence, Dreamspinner Press, Friends, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, horses, I Can See for Miles, Lisa Worrall, M/M, Rescuing, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Into This River I Drown by T.J. Klune

Posted on September 20, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Into This River I Drown
Author: T.J. Klune
Narrator: Matt Baca
Heroes: Benji Green/Cal Blue
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 400 Pages / 18 Hours, 45 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – March 25, 2013 / Audio – August 19, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Five years ago, Benji Green lost his beloved father Big Eddie when his truck crashed into a river. Everyone called it an accident, but Benji knows it was more. Even years later, he’s buried in his grief, throwing himself into managing Big Eddie’s convenience store in the small-town of Roseland, Oregon. Surrounded by his mother and three aunts, he lives day to day, struggling to keep his head above water.

But Roseland is no ordinary place.

With ever more frequent dreams of his father’s death and waking visions of feathers on the river’s surface, Benji finds his definition of reality bending. He thinks himself haunted; by ghosts or memories, he can no longer tell. Not until a man falls from the sky, leaving the burning imprint of wings on the ground, does Benji begin to understand that the world is more mysterious than he ever imagined – and more dangerous. As uncontrollable forces descend on Roseland, they reveal long-hidden truths about friends, family, and the stranger Calliel – a man Benji can no longer live without.
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Categories: 3 Star Ratings, Audio Review, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Angels, audio book, Contemporary, Crime, death, Depression, Dreamspinner Press, Dying, Grief, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Into This River I Drown, M/M, Matt Baca, Murder, paranormal, Revolution, small town, T.J. Klune, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Nexus by Mary Calmes

Posted on September 16, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Nexus
Author: Mary Calmes
Narrator: Paul Morey
Series: Warder #5
Heroes: Marcus Roth/Joseph Locke
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: Book – 164 Pages; Audio – 4 Hours, 1 Minute
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – October 26, 2011; Audio – March 8, 2012
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Marcus Roth is a top criminal lawyer by day and demon-slaying warder by night, but he is simply one of five warders—not really important to anyone but Joseph Locke, his hearth. Or so Marcus mistakenly believes.

On a trip to Lexington, Kentucky, to celebrate Joe’s grandfather’s birthday, that belief changes as Marcus unwittingly uncovers a paranormal dilemma and ends up revealing his identity as a warder to Joe’s family. Faced with a traitor, demons, and the return of an old enemy, Marcus must put his own needs aside to save his friends—though in so doing he may lose the man he loves forever. Even living through the ordeal might not be enough if Marcus can’t forgive himself and learn that his hearth and the rest of his clutch can’t do without him.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2012 | Tags: audio book, Battles, demons, Dreamspinner Press, Established couple, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Inter-racial, Location - Southern U.S., M/M, Mary Calmes, Nexus, paranormal, Paul Morey, Series - Warder, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Shattered Glass by Dani Alexander

Posted on September 15, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Shattered Glass
Author: Dani Alexander
Narrator: Joseph Northton
Series: Shattered Glass #1
Heroes: Peter Cotton and Austin Glass
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: Book – 360 Pages; Audio – 11 Hours, 16 Minutes
Publisher: Dani Alexander
Release Date: Book – January 31, 2012; Audio – April 14, 2014
Available at: Audible and Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: A male prostitute, a mangy cat, a murder, and an obsession that threatens his career, his impending marriage and his life…nothing is going as planned for Austin Glass.

Austin Glass seems to have it all: a loving fiancée, a future with the FBI, and a healthy-sized trust fund. At least on the surface. He also has a grin and a wisecrack for every situation. But the smile he presents to the world hides a painful past he’s buried too deeply to remember, and his quips mask bitterness and insecurity. Austin has himself and most of the whole world fooled – until he meets a redhead in a pair of bunny slippers.

As events unfold in the biggest case of his life, Austin’s carefully planned future unravels, and he finds himself pushed into making quick, life-changing decisions. But can he trust himself or anything he feels, when each event seems to be just a series of volatile reactions?
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Abuse, audio book, Contemporary, Cop, Dani Alexander, Drugs, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, humor, Joseph Northton, M/M, prostitute, Rape, Self-Published, Series - Shattered Glass, Shattered Glass, The Blogger Girls | 2 Comments

Audio Review: Intervention by Mia Kerick

Posted on September 14, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Intervention
Author: Mia Kerick
Narrator: Tristan Wright
Heroes: Kai Manter/Jamie Arlotta
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: Book – 231 Pages / Audio – 6 Hours, 36 Minutes
Publisher: Harmony Ink Press
Release Date: Book – October 10, 2013 / Audio – August 25, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: As a musician at the popular college café Coed Joe’s, high school senior Kai Manter is never lacking for male attention. Out, proud, free-spirited, and sexually aware, Kai sets his sights on his darkly Gothic and undeniably bad-tempered coworker, Jamie Arlotta, a freshman at the local arts university. Sporting long hair and alluring hippie style, Kai expects his interest will be reciprocated, with satisfying sex as the end goal. That’s what usually happens. But Jamie’s lessons in life have been harsher. Having been sexually abused by his older stepbrother for several years, Jamie has grown an impenetrable outer shell meant to keep the world at a safe distance.

Kai is angry at first when he takes the brunt of Jamie’s bad temper, but after Kai accidentally discovers the abuse Jamie has suffered, he wants to fix things. Kai’s plan is based on what he knows best—music—and he stages a “musical intervention” to let Jamie know he’s not alone and things can get better. When Jamie’s perspective changes and he emerges from his shell, Kai changes, too, gaining a whole new understanding of what sex can be when love is there too.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Abuse, audio book, Contemporary, Contemporary Songs, Dreamspinner Press, Family, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Harmony Ink, incest, Intervention, Lyrics, M/M, Mia Kerick, Rape, The Blogger Girls, Tristan Wright, YA | Leave a comment

Ghost Week Audio Review: Among the Living by Jordan Castillo Price

Posted on September 7, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Among the Living
Author: Jordan Castillo Price
Narrator: Gomez Pugh
Series: Psycop #1
Heroes: Victor Bayne/Jacob Marks
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: Gomez Pugh
Publisher: JCP Books
Release Date: August 8, 2014
Available at: JCP Books, Amazon and Audible
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Victor Bayne, the psychic half of a PsyCop team, is a gay medium who’s more concerned with flying under the radar than in making waves.

He hooks up with handsome Jacob Marks, a non-psychic (or “Stiff”) from an adjacent precinct at his ex-partner’s retirement party and it seems like his dubious luck has taken a turn for the better. But then a serial killer surfaces who can change his appearance to match any witness’ idea of the world’s hottest guy.

Solving murders is a snap when you can ask the victims whodunit, but this killer’s not leaving any spirits behind.
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published Before 2010, Published in 2014, Theme Week | Tags: Among the Living, Awkward MC, Detective, ghosts, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, JCP, JCP Books, Jordan Castillo Price, M/M, Murders, mystery, paranormal, psychic, series, Series - Psycop, Shape-Shifter, The Blogger Girls, Theme Week - Ghosts | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Timing by Mary Calmes

Posted on September 6, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Timing
Author: Mary Calmes
Narrator: Sean Crisden
Series: Timing #1
Heroes: Stefan Joss/Rand Holloway
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 5 hours and 41 minutes
Publisher: Hudson Audio Publishing
Release Date: Book – March 1, 2010; Audio – June 7, 2011
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Stefan Joss just can’t win. Not only does he have to go to Texas in the middle of summer to be the man of honor in his best friend Charlotte’s wedding, but he’s expected to negotiate a million-dollar business deal at the same time. Worst of all, he’s thrown for a loop when he arrives to see the one man Charlotte promised wouldn’t be there: her brother, Rand Holloway.

Stefan and Rand have been mortal enemies since the day they met, so Stefan is shocked when a temporary cease-fire sees the usual hostility replaced by instant chemistry. Though leery of the unexpected feelings, Stefan is swayed by a sincere revelation from Rand, and he decides to give Rand a chance.

But their budding romance is threatened when Stefan’s business deal goes wrong: the owner of the last ranch he needs to secure for the company is murdered. Stefan’s in for the surprise of his life as he finds himself in danger as well.
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2011 | Tags: Advertising, audio book, Best Friend's Sister, Contemporary, cowboys, Crime/Mystery, Dreamspinner Press, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Hudson Audio Publishing, M/M, Mary Calmes, Sean Crisden, The Blogger Girls, Wedding | Leave a comment

Audio Review: The Devil’s Brew by Rhys Ford

Posted on August 29, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: The Devil’s Brew
Author: Rhys Ford
Narrator: Tristan James
Series: Sinners #2.5
Heroes: Miki St. John and Kane Morgan/Damien Mitchell and Sionn Murphy
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: Book – 65 Pages/Audio – 1 Hour, 34 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – May 20, 2014/Audio – August 4, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Miki St. John’s life has been turned upside down, but it’s the best thing that’s ever happened to him.

His best friend, Damien Mitchell, is back from the dead. He has a dog named Dude. And more importantly, he and his lover, SFPD Inspector Kane Morgan, now share Miki’s converted warehouse.

For the first time ever, Miki’s living a happy and normal-ish life, but when Valentine’s Day rolls around, Miki realizes he knows next to nothing about being domestic or domesticated. Nothing about the traditional lover’s holiday makes sense to him, but Miki wants to give Kane a Valentine’s Day the man will never forget.

Can he pull off a day of wine and roses? Or will his screwed-up childhood come back and bite Miki in the ass?
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: audio book, Car, Contemporary, Cops, Donal, Dreamspinner Press, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, KOA, M/M, Men with pets, Rhys Ford, Rings, Rockers, Series - Sinners, Short Story, The Blogger Girls, The Devil's Brew, Tristan James, Valentine's Day | Leave a comment

Audio Review

Audio Review: The Terms of Release by B.A. Tortuga

Book Review: Frankie & Al by Sue Brown

Audio Review: I Can See for Miles by Lisa Worrall

Audio Review: Into This River I Drown by T.J. Klune

Audio Review: Nexus by Mary Calmes

Audio Review: Shattered Glass by Dani Alexander

Audio Review: Intervention by Mia Kerick

Ghost Week Audio Review: Among the Living by Jordan Castillo Price

Audio Review: Timing by Mary Calmes

Audio Review: The Devil’s Brew by Rhys Ford

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