Book Review

Rock Stars Week Review: Ticket to Ride by Shawn Lane

Posted on June 11, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

1Title: Ticket to Ride
Author: Shawn Lane
Heroes:  Chad Storm/Jack Reeves
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 92 Pages
Publisher: Amber Quill Press, LLC
Release Date: December 13, 2009
Available at: Amber Quill, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, All Romance Ebooks
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Chad Storm’s longtime on-again, off-again boyfriend has a Ticket to Ride on a plane to Maryland and out of Chad’s life for good. But someone decides on a more permanent end to their relationship.
Former lead singer of the rock band, Lightning, Chad is working on his come-back album when he finds the body of his murdered ex-lover floating in his swimming pool.

Lieutenant Jack Reeves, from the homicide division, has never heard of Lightning, but now he has a gruesome murder to solve. The more he learns of Chad, the more intrigued he becomes, and his protective instincts kick in when Chad begins to get strange phone calls…from the dead man.

Jack doesn’t believe in ghosts and knows someone is trying to mess with Chad, leading him to think someone close to the singer could have murderous intentions. But his attraction to Chad takes him off the investigation.

Drawn to each other, Chad and Jack begin a steamy affair, and that brings the ruthless killer out of hiding.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published Before 2010, Theme Week | Tags: , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Book Review: Betrayed by Rebecca York

Posted on June 10, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Ami

1Title: Betrayed
Author: Rebecca York
Series: Rockfort Security #2
Heroes: Shane Gallagher/Elena Reyes
Genre: M/F Romantic Suspense
Length: 320 Pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Available at:  Sourcebooks Casablanca, Amazon, Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: To Trust…

Rockfort Security operative Shane Gallagher has been brought into S&D Systems to find a security leak. Confidential information has been stolen, and Shane suspects Elena Reyes, a systems analyst with the access and know-how to pull it off. As he finds excuses to get close to her, their attraction is too strong to ignore, but how can Shane trust the very woman he’s investigating?

Or Not to Trust

Elena has spent her life proving herself, but now she’s risking it all: everything she’s worked for, and her growing feelings for Shane. Much as she wants to trust the devastatingly sexy, hard-as-nails investigator, she can’t let herself fall for him…the stakes are too high.
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Categories: 2.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, M/F, Published in 2014 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Book Review: Secret Fire by Morticia Knight

Posted on June 10, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

1Title: Secret Fire
Author: Morticia Knight
Series: Uniform Encounters #5
Heroes: Zach/Daryl
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 203 Pages
Publisher: Totally Bound Publishing
Release Date: April 4, 2014
Available at: Totally Bound, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, All Romance Ebooks
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  Police officer, Zach and Fire Marshal, Daryl would be perfect together—if they would ever quit fighting long enough to find out. A devastating fire and the secret behind it almost keeps them from getting what they really need—each other.

Mesa police officer, Zach is a fun loving guy. Now that he’s hit the big three-oh, he’s looking to stop the hook-up train and find someone he can get serious about. When a mutual friend suggests Fire Marshal Daryl, Zach assumes he must be joking. The surly marshal has given cranky a new meaning. It’s unfortunate, since he is one fine-looking man.

Daryl has sworn off relationships ever since he caught his ex-partner cheating. He’s always taken everything in life seriously—from jobs to relationships—and is afraid he might be alone in that regard. Certain he can’t risk love again, he panics when he sees his secret crush, Zach, approaching him at a police versus firemen softball game. He’s nervous, as he is socially challenged with a tendency to blurt out the wrong things. It gets worse when he realizes their shared buddy gave Zach a push. He assumes Zach is only talking to him out of pity.

Zach has been pissed at Daryl ever since they got into a verbal sparring match at the park. Yet, when Daryl comes to his aid during an explosive fire, Zach wonders what secrets might be hidden beneath the layers Daryl has built to protect himself from the world—and love. A night of passion turns into the possibility of something more as they struggle to find their way to one another. But all of that becomes threatened when there is a devastating fire that causes many people to lose their lives. As they work together to uncover the truth, someone thinks they’ve asked too many questions—and plans to stop them before they can ask any more.

Reader Advisory: This book contains elements of light BDSM.

Publisher’s Note: This book is best read in sequence as part of a series but can be read as a standalone.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Rock Stars Week Review: Being Sawyer Knight by Nicola Haken

Posted on June 9, 2014 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

1Title: Being Sawyer Knight
Author: Nicola Haken
Heroes:  Sawyer Knight/Jake Reed
Genre: MM
Length: 317 Pages
Publisher: Nicola Haken
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Available at: Smashwords, Amazon, Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: As lead singer and guitarist of the internationally renowned Souls of the Knight, Sawyer Knight is living a life most men can only dream of. He’s surrounded by music, fame, wealth, women throwing themselves at his feet. He has everything…

Yet he has nothing.

Life as one of the world’s most sought after rock stars is tiring, oppressive and lonely. He spends every day being who the world wants him to be, who his manager tells him to be, who his mother expects him to be… all the while fighting against who he really is. Truth is, he’s used to it. He’s actually gotten pretty good at pretending… at living the lie.

Until Jake Reed, his ex-best friend and the only person who’s ever made him ‘feel’, waltzes back into his life as the band’s new head of security. Jake wants Sawyer – always has, always will. Now, he just needs to get Sawyer to admit that he feels the same…

“You will be mine, Sawyer Knight. The faster you try to run the quicker you’ll fall to your knees. Then, Sawyer… then you’ll be too weak to resist.”
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2014, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment