Book Review

Book Review: Duty to the Crown by Rebecca Cohen

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Heather C

Reviewed by Heather C

Title: Duty to the Crown
Author: Rebecca Cohen
Series: The Crofton Chronicles #2
Heroes: Sebastian Hewel/Anthony Redbourn (Lord Crofton)
Genre: MM Historical Romance
Length: 210 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
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Blurb: Despite the uncomfortable clothing and the gossip at court, Sebastian Hewel is still enjoying the role of Lady Bronwyn, wife of Earl Anthony Crofton. But when Queen Elizabeth asks a favor of Anthony, Sebastian’s world fractures and his heart threatens to break. The Queen wants Anthony to seduce Marie Valois, the beautiful daughter of a French noble, to discover the whereabouts of her father, who is wanted by the King of France.

Sebastian knows Anthony can’t refuse the Queen, especially since he has something of a reputation at court. But the situation is further complicated when Marie meets Sebastian without his disguise—and starts flirting with him. Her brother, Nicholas, arrives at Crofton Hall, not happy that his sister has been linked to a man like Anthony, only to find his own head turned by Lady Bronwyn and her acerbic wit. Contending with the attentions of both siblings—and a very jealous Anthony—would be bad enough. But then Sebastian’s uncle demands Sebastian and Anthony stage Bronwyn’s death to avoid discovery….

A Timeless Dreams title: While reaction to same-sex relationships throughout time and across cultures has not always been positive, these stories celebrate M/M love in a manner that may address, minimize, or ignore historical stigma.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, Heather C's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: crossdressing, Dreamspinner Press, Duty to the Crown, Elizabethan Era, Established couple, female impersonator, Historical, humor, Kidnapping, M/M, Rebecca Cohen, Series - The Crofton Chronicles, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Hook, Line, & Sinker by Piper Vaughn

Posted on November 19, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Hook, Line, & Sinker
Author: Piper Vaughn
Series: Hard Hats #2
Heroes: Castor McCormick/Blake Kowalski
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 181 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: November 19, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press and Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: When they were teens, Castor McCormick was the bane of Blake Kowalski’s existence. Their mutual animosity led to summers filled with rivalry. Now, nearly two decades later, Cas is moving back into the neighborhood to live in his grandmother’s old house. Blake tells himself he isn’t interested in seeing how snarky little Cas grew up, but when his mother dupes him into visiting his former nemesis, he finds out “pretty” can evolve into “sexy as hell” on the right man.

Cas didn’t think he wanted to see Blake again. No one has ever pushed his buttons like the arrogant boy he remembers from their youth. Turns out, the adult version of Blake still gets him hot under the collar—and everywhere else. With Blake on leave from work to nurse an injured leg and Cas taking time to move and unpack, they form a tentative friendship that turns into a sexual affair neither man can deny. But when Cas’s job sends him out of state to deal with a difficult client, their new relationship will be tested, and if they fail, Blake’s broken leg might not be the only thing to end up scarred.
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Categories: 3 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Cheating, childhood friends, Construction, Contemporary, Domination, Dreamspinner Press, Friendsd to Lovers, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Hook Line & Sinker, injury, Long-Distance Relationship, M/M, Piper Vaughn, Series - Hard Hats, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: A Weekend Unbound by S. Dora and A. Moore

Posted on November 19, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

Title: A Weekend Unbound
Authors: S. Dora and A. Moore
Heroes: Derek and Tyler
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 144 Pages
Publisher: Totally Bound
Release Date: October 17, 2014
Available at: Totally Bound, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: How much can a Dom ask of his submissive? And how much of himself?
For Derek and Tyler, Dominance and submission have been part of their love right from the first hello. But now Derek wants his submissive to go as deep as he is physically and emotionally able to. During two days and two nights, there are no safety words and very few limits. This is their chance to demonstrate their love for one another through the most extreme scenes they’ve ever played.

There is, however, one rule to trump all others for Tyler—to protect Sir’s most loved possession, even if it means disobedience or going against his own need to submit to his Master without question or complaint.

This weekend will open up levels of their relationship they’ve never dreamed of before.
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Categories: 3 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: A Weekend Unbound, A. Moore, BDSM, Contemporary, Established couple, M/M, S. Dora, The Blogger Girls, Totally Bound, TPE | 1 Comment

Book Review: Learning to Feel by N.R. Walker

Posted on November 18, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Learning to Feel
Author: N.R. Walker
Heroes: Nathan Tierney/Trent Jamieson
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 182 Pages
Publisher: N.R. Walker
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Available at: N.R. Walker
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Blurb: Resigned to living a sexless, loveless life, Doctor Nathan Tierney knows something is missing. In a rash decision, he leaves his life-consuming job at Mass General Hospital, Boston, to be the small-town doctor in Belfast, Maine.

With the job comes a house, and with the house comes a handyman-painter. Trent Jamieson, a nomadic artist, and his dog Bentley, are offered free accommodation for the few weeks he fixes up the hospital-owned house.

Nathan is transfixed by this free-spirited, undeniably gorgeous man. Confused but amazed to feel any kind of attraction – much less to a man – Nathan convinces himself to put aside any preconceived ideas, and allows himself to just feel.

As their attraction for each other grows, one man learns to live, the other learns to love. But just who is teaching who?

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Categories: Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2012 | Tags: Artist, Contemporary, Doctor, Free Story, gfy/ofy, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Learning to Feel, Location - Boston, Location - Main, M/M, Men with pets, N.R. Walker, Self-Published, The Blogger Girls, Veterinarian | Leave a comment

Book Review: Love Comes Around by Andrew Grey

Posted on November 18, 2014 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Love Comes Around
Author: Andrew Grey
Series: Senses #4
Heroes: Dan/Connor
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 200 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: September 19, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
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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: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2014, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: Andrew Grey, Blue-collar, Businessman, Children, Contemporary, disability, Dreamspinner Press, Foster Parent, Hurt/Comfort, Illness/Disease, Love Comes Around, M/M, Men-with-children, Road trip, Series - Senses, slow burn, sweet, tear jerker, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Out of CTRL by S.A. Welsh

Posted on November 18, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

Title: Out of CTRL
Author: S.A. Welsh
Heroes: Andrew/Teddy
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 160 Pages
Publisher: Totally Bound
Release Date: November 14, 2014
Available at: Totally Bound, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Andrew had no intention of ever going back home. But circumstances force him to face his painful past and the friend who betrayed him.

Andrew Finley has no intention of going back to his hometown—ever. After he gets caught hacking the CIA, he builds himself a new life as a computer guy for the very government agency he tried to hack. But over the past few months something has been bothering him, and his boss is acting more paranoid than usual. Every time an operation failed, Andrew collected information that could prove someone was selling secrets and now he’s pretty sure his boss is trying to kill him, so he has no choice but to go back home to buy some time. Going home may be more dangerous than facing his boss, though, considering his former best friend and first crush Teddy had betrayed him and let his evil sister and her minions send him running nine years ago.

But he’s back now and not everything is as clear-cut as he thought. Teddy may not be a Judas but can Andrew catch his fireman without getting burned, or is coming home going to kill him?

One corrupt boss, one evil sister, enough family drama to fill a dozen daytime chat shows and an ex-best friend who he’s been in love with for half his life makes for one hell an interesting trip home.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: CIA, Contemporary, Crime, Family Drama, Fireman, First-Time, Friends to Lovers, M/M, Mystery/Suspense, Nerd, Out of CTRL, Past Abuse, S.A. Welsh, tattoos, The Blogger Girls, Totally Bound | Leave a comment

Book Review: Love You Senseless by Susan Mac Nicol

Posted on November 17, 2014 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Love You Senseless
Author: Susan Mac Nicol
Series: Men of London #1
Heroes: Gideon Kent/Eddie Tripp
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 160 Pages
Publisher: Boroughs Publishing
Release Date: October 9, 2014
Available at: Boroughs Publishing, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: One of London’s up-and-coming chefs, Eddie Tripp has just the right recipe to drive tragedy from the mind of Gideon Kent—and leave him senseless with desire.

THE MEN OF LONDON
From Soho to Norwich, there’s no escaping love.

A TASTE OF FOREVER
An award-winning chef with his own restaurant and an inexhaustible passion, Gideon Kent once had everything. Then came tragedy. It stole more than Gideon’s home. He hasn’t cooked since.

Until Eddie Tripp. Fun-loving and vivacious, the Norfolk redhead’s a real up-and-comer in Gideon’s kitchen—and other places. Slim where Gideon’s broad, easy-going where Gideon is growly, he and Gideon seem polar opposites, and yet Eddie conjures flavors that would tempt anyone with a taste for perfection. The sauce of love is already simmering, and this pair is about to dine on the most delicious dish they’ve ever prepared. Because Eddie’s been Gideon’s missing ingredient all along.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2014, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: Boroughs Publishing, chefs, Contemporary, Depression, Disabilities, ginger, Grief, Humorous, Hurt/Comfort, Illness/injury, Love You Senseless, M/M, Public activity, Series - Men of London, Susan Mac Nicol, The Blogger Girls | 3 Comments

Book Review: The Actor and the Earl by Rebecca Cohen

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Heather C

Reviewed by Heather C

Title: The Actor and the Earl
Author: Rebecca Cohen
Series: The Crofton Chronicles #1
Heroes: Sebastian Hewel/Anthony Redbourn (Lord Crofton)
Genre: MM Historical Romance
Length: 216 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: May 9th, 2014 (2nd edition)
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Elizabethan actor Sebastian Hewel takes his bow at the proscenium only to embark on the role of a lifetime. When his twin sister, Bronwyn, reneges on the arrangement to marry Anthony Redbourn, Earl of Crofton, Sebastian reluctantly takes her place. At nineteen, Sebastian knows his days as a leading lady are numbered, but with this last performance, he hopes to restore his family’s name and pay off his late father’s debts. Never mind the danger of losing his head should he be discovered.

He didn’t expect Anthony to be so charming and alluring—not to mention shrewd. While he applauds Sebastian’s plan, Anthony offers a mutually beneficial arrangement instead. Sebastian will need every drop of talent he has to survive with both his head and his heart intact, because this is the best part he’s ever had.

A Timeless Dreams title: While reaction to same-sex relationships throughout time and across cultures has not always been positive, these stories celebrate M/M love in a manner that may address, minimize, or ignore historical stigma.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, Heather C's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: 1500s, actor, arranged marriage, betrayal, crossdressing, Dreamspinner Press, Elizabethan Era, female impersonator, First-Time, M/M Historical Romance, Rebecca Cohen, Series - The Crofton Chronicles, The Actor and the Earl, The Blogger Girls, virgin | Leave a comment

Book Review: When Ryan Came Back by Devon McCormack

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: When Ryan Came Back
Author: Devon McCormack
Heroes: Steven/Ryan
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 230 Pages
Publisher: Harmony Ink Press
Release Date: October 16, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Steven’s life changes forever the day he discovers his childhood friend and lifelong crush, Ryan Walters, standing in his bedroom. The problem? Ryan Walters committed suicide just days earlier.

Ryan tells Steven that he didn’t kill himself. He believes he was murdered and that his death is linked to an article he was working on for the school paper. Steven sets out to solve the mystery, but as the story unfolds, so does Ryan’s secret life of sex with guys and depression. Steven realizes suicide is more plausible than Ryan’s conspiracy theory, but he struggles to convince Ryan of the real cause of his death. And despite revelations of his friend’s closeted life, he must face the truth that Ryan doesn’t—and never will—love him.

*This review may contain spoilers. Proceed with caution.*
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Categories: 3 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: closet cases, deception, Devon McCormack, emotionally damaged, Friends to Lovers, ghosts, Ghosts/Spirits, grieving, Harmony Ink Press, injury/recovery, kidnapped, lies, Little to No Sex, M/M, Mystery/Suspense, paranormal, school, The Blogger Girls, unrequited, When Ryan Came Back, YA | 2 Comments

Early Review: Alliance by Annabelle Jacobs

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Alliance
Author: Annabelle Jacobs
Series: Torsere #3
Heroes: Ryneq/Nykin
Genre: M/M Fantasy
Length: 284 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: November 17, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press and Amazon
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Blurb: King Ryneq and his dragon rider consort, Nykin, return to Torsere to defend the kingdom against the lowland armies already camped along Torsere’s borders. Seran wants the dragons, and with a new witch in his ranks, war is inevitable.

With the elves of Hervath now helping them, Ryneq has a chance at holding Seran at bay. But the witch is using old dark magic, and as Nykin and the dragon riders battle her deadly attack, unexpected betrayal forces Ryneq to make a difficult decision.

Faced with the prospect of losing his kingdom, Ryneq gambles on a plan that could ultimately save Torsere, if they can stay alive long enough to see it through. With Ryneq standing against Seran and his witch, time is of the essence, and Nykin must make a sacrifice to end the war. Only then will Ryneq and Nykin be able to start a life together.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: against all odds, Alliance, Annabelle Jacobs, betrayal, captured, death, dragons, Dreamspinner Press, elves, existing relationships, fantasy, favorites, injury/recovery, M/M, magic, royalty, series, Series - Torsere, The Blogger Girls, war, warriors | Leave a comment

Book Review

Book Review: Duty to the Crown by Rebecca Cohen

Book Review: Hook, Line, & Sinker by Piper Vaughn

Book Review: A Weekend Unbound by S. Dora and A. Moore

Book Review: Learning to Feel by N.R. Walker

Book Review: Love Comes Around by Andrew Grey

Book Review: Out of CTRL by S.A. Welsh

Book Review: Love You Senseless by Susan Mac Nicol

Book Review: The Actor and the Earl by Rebecca Cohen

Book Review: When Ryan Came Back by Devon McCormack

Early Review: Alliance by Annabelle Jacobs

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