Book Review

Book Review: Taming Icarus by Angelique Voisen

Posted on August 11, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Candace

iTitle: Taming Icarus
Author: Angelique Voisen
Series: The Spectrum #1
Heroes: Chris Skinner, aka Icarus/Gus Terrel/Iris Donovan
Genre: M/F/F Erotic Fantasy
Length: 115 Pages
Publisher: Siren Publishing
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Available at:  Siren Publishing, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Kobo
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  In the alternative world of New Furor, there are the rubes and the Spectrum Wielders, gifted men and women capable of wielding great magic with jewels. Chris Skinner, Icarus, unfortunately belongs to a Spectrum class born and bred for service. She also belongs to an abusive Spectrum Wielder who would do anything to avenge her dead sister, even if it destroys Chris and herself in the process.

Chris’s owner leaves a reckless trail of vengeance, triggering a confrontation with two of the city’s powerful enforcers. Gus Terrel and Iris Donovan are unlike any Spectrum Wielders Chris has ever met. They only have one interest, and it’s not taking Chris’s owner into custody. They want Chris badly, but Chris mistrusts their intentions. Why anyone would want second-hand property is beyond her.

Acquiring their third is harder than Gus and Iris ever imagined, but they would do whatever it takes to make Chris exclusively theirs…no matter the cost.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, M/F, Published in 2014 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Book Review: Deep Plunge by Rory Ni Coileain

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

iTitle: Deep Plunge
Author: Rory Ni Coileain
Series: SoulShares #3
Heroes: Lochlann Doran/Garrett Templar
Genre: M/M Fantasy
Length: 202 Pages
Publisher: Ravenous Romance
Release Date: August 28, 2013
Available at: Ravenous Romance, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, All Romance eBooks and Kobo
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: For the last six hundred years or so, the only things reminding Lochlann Doran he’s a Fae have been his faceted aquamarine eyes and the fact that he can’t die. He’s been a wanderer for so long in the human world – over two thousand years – that he’s lost his magick, including the gift of healing that goes along with being a Fae of the Demesne of Water. Finding his SoulShare might get it back for him. But it might kill him, too.

Garrett Templar has been living on borrowed time, in a sense, since he was eighteen, when one of the johns he entertained to pay the bills while he danced at Purgatory infected him with HIV. It was always supposed to be a “manageable” disease, though, at least until a cure was found. Except he’s just found out that the virus in his system has inexplicably mutated into full-blown AIDS, and no known drug cocktail can even slow it down.

And when Lochlann and Garrett find each other at last, on Purgatory’s dance floor, the only thing as urgent as their need for one another is the hunger of an ancient evil to do whatever is necessary to possess Lochlann’s magick…
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2013 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Book Review: The Crying Game by Kol Anderson

Posted on August 10, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

1Title: The Crying Game
Author: Kol Anderson
Heroes: William/Alexander
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 41 Pages
Publisher: Kol Anderson
Release Date: August 10, 2014
Available at:  Amazon
Add it to your Shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  William Davenport can’t take the weight of the secret in his life any more. When his brother makes the ultimate sacrifice for their family’s legacy and leaves William in the cold, it may just be time to accept the reality that everyone wants him to accept.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Book Review: The Drowning by A.C. Katt

Posted on August 10, 2014 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

1Title: The Drowning
Author: A.C. Katt
Heroes: Dennis O’Shea/Luca Ferone
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 133 Pages
Publisher: MLR Press
Release Date: July 10, 2014
Available at: MLR Press, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and All Romance eBooks
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Seriously ill, in pain with no money for medication or food, Dennis sets out to North Beach to drown but ends up being saved more ways than he can imagine.

Walking along the beach one evening, Luca Ferone encounters a body floating in the water. Being told to kiss off after rescuing the man isn’t what he expected.

Dennis O’Shea was ready to end it all. Being saved wasn’t in his plans.One look in Dennis’ eyes is all Luca needs to be lost. He won’t let anything get in the way until Dennis is his. Dennis doesn’t go easily but realizes that Luca is a man used to getting his own way. Can the two find their way together?
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Categories: 2.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2014, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Book Review: Dead Man and the Army of Frogs by Lou Harper

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Heather C

Reviewed by Heather C

ETitle:  Dead Man and the Army of Frogs
Author: Lou Harper
Series: Dead Man #2
Heroes: Denton Mills/Bran Maurell
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: 44,000 words
Publisher: Lou Harper
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Available at: Amazon, Smashwords and All Romance eBooks
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: All Denton wanted was a few minions. He got frogs instead.

Web developer by day and necromancer by night, Denton Mills is used to seeing things nobody else can. When he starts hallucinating frogs, he simply assumes they have something to do with his boyfriend Bran’s obsession.

Bran Maurell is a witch, who in a youthful outburst, accidentally turned his then-lover, Peter, into a croaker. Bran has been trying ever since to reverse the spell. A fresh amphibian encounter only spurs him to double his efforts.

As if Peter’s ghost coming between them weren’t enough, Denton and Bran are forced to deal with several errant spirits stalking the citizens of Chicago. Between a French chef who refuses to admit he’s dead, and malevolent creatures bent on causing mayhem, jealousy may be the least of Denton’s problems.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, Heather C's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Book Review: Tales of a Prison Bitch by Ethan Stone

Posted on August 8, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

1Title: Tales of a Prison Bitch
Author: Ethan Stone
Heroes: Thomas/Booker
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 64 Pages
Publisher: Wilde City Press
Release Date: August 6, 2014
Available at: Wilde City Press
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  Thomas Grayson is young, handsome and in prison. If he wants to survive he only has one choice—find someone who will take care of him. Neil Booker is perfect for the job, but Grayson must be willing to pay the price.

Grayson has never been with a man and isn’t thrilled about being a prison bitch but he’d rather be with Booker than be abused by other convicts. He takes to it easier than expected and actually enjoys his time with Booker.

The roles are changed when Booker is paroled and Grayson gets his own boytoy. However, he can’t forget about Booker, not even when he finally goes home.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Mobster Week Review: Freeman by Clare London

Posted on August 8, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Trish

iTitle: Freeman
Author: Clare London
Heroes: Freeman/Kit
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 199 Pages
Publisher: Wilde City Press
Release Date: July 10, 2013 (originally published 2009)
Available at:  Wilde City Press, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, All Romance Ebooks and Kobo
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  Freeman’s return to the city is quiet, without fuss. Another client: another case. He’ll source what they need and be on his way. But he’s been missed by more people than he thought: his ex-wife, his ex-lover, and his ex-business partner. And at least one of them wants him the hell gone again.

Freeman — private, controlled – just does his job. But when he strikes up an unusual friendship with the young runaway Kit, trouble comes looking for both men, ready to expose secrets that can destroy their fragile trust. Yet, for Kit, Freeman’s more than ready for the challenge.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2013, Theme Week | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment