Published in 2014

Audio Review: See the Light by Cassandra Carr

Reviewed by Morgan

1Title: 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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Book Review: Third Eye by Rick R. Reed

Reviewed by Susan65

hTitle: Third Eye
Author: Rick R. Reed
Heroes: Cayce D’Amico/Dave Newton
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: 264 Pages
Publisher: DSP Publications
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Available at:  Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Who knew that a summer thunderstorm and his lost little boy would conspire to change single dad Cayce D’Amico’s life in an instant? With Luke missing, Cayce ventures into the woods near their house to find his son, only to have lightning strike a tree near him, sending a branch down on his head. When he awakens the next day in the hospital, he discovers he has been blessed or cursed—he isn’t sure which—with psychic ability. Along with unfathomable glimpses into the lives of those around him, he’s getting visions of a missing teenage girl.

When a second girl disappears soon after the first, Cayce realizes his visions are leading him to their grisly fates. Cayce wants to help, but no one believes him. The police are suspicious. The press wants to exploit him. And the girls’ parents have mixed feelings about the young man with the “third eye.”

Cayce turns to local reporter Dave Newton and, while searching for clues to the string of disappearances and possible murders, a spark ignites between the two. Little do they know that nearby, another couple—dark and murderous—are plotting more crimes and wondering how to silence the man who knows too much about them.
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Book Review: Love and the Real Boy by J.K. Hogan

Guest Reviewed by Sadonna

1Title:    Love and the Real Boy
Author:  J.K. Hogan
Series:  Coming About #2
Heroes: Rich Langston/Patrick O’Dowd
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 196 Pages
Publisher: Wilde City Press
Release Date: September 17, 2014
Available at:  Wilde City Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  How­­ much heartache can one man take before he breaks? Rich Langston asks himself that question every day.

A Seattle advertising exec who uses his designer suit and showy car like a suit of armor, Rich refuses to let the world get to him. His traumatic childhood has ruined any faith he had in people, friendship, and love. After a meltdown that led to him alienating everyone in his life, Rich agrees to help with the restoration of an antique sailboat as a form of penance.

Roped into heading up with the boat repair by his mother, marine restorer Patrick O’Dowd finds himself having to babysit a moody, spoiled rich boy with absolutely no carpentry experience. His easy-going nature is sorely tested, but he quickly realizes that things are not always what they seem; sometimes a fancy suit is nothing but an elaborate deflection from what’s real.

Through unavoidable personality clashes and fierce attraction, both Rich and Patrick explore their hidden pain and inner demons, and they end up finding with what really matters—love.
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Book Review: Talk About Happy Endings by Kol Anderson

Reviewed by JustJen

1Title: Talk About Happy Endings
Author: Kol Anderson
Heroes: The Elves
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 102 Pages
Publisher: Kol Anderson
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  Five couples try to find love on Christmas and in the process discover themselves.
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Audio Review: Sunday’s Child by Lex Valentine

Reviewed by Morgan

1Title: 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: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Book Review: Lessons by Nicholas Bella

Reviewed by JustJen

fTitle: Lessons
Author: Nicholas Bella
Series: Chained in Darkness #3
Heroes: Theoden/Noel
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: 52 Pages
Publisher: Nicholas Bella
Release Date: November 21, 2014
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  My punishment at the hands of Theoden left me with wounds that scarred me to my core. That man has struck the fear of God into me and I don’t know how to fight back. I don’t know if I can. I feel like he’s taking over who I was and making me into something he wants me to be. His slave and his disciple. I do know that I’m his property. His child, his blood runs through my veins and with it comes something so powerful that it consumes me in every way. He plans on teaching me what that means and I don’t know who I’ll be at the end of his lessons.

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Book Review: New Beginnings by Kyle Adams

Guest Reviewed by Trish

eTitle: New Beginnings
Author: Kyle Adams
Heroes: Urban/Tyson
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 92 Pages
Publisher: Torquere Press
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Available at:  Torquere Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  Urban Sinclair thinks he has it all. An amazing life, a nice house he shares with Tyson, his boyfriend of eight years. Urban learns the hard way that life is full of unexpected surprises and people aren’t always as happy as he thinks. Unexpectedly single and heartbroken, Urban knows he can only take it one day at a time. A daunting endeavor while he still shares a house with the man responsible for shattering his heart.

Before Urban can even begin grieving, let alone moving on, Tyson makes a shocking revelation that spins his world around for an extra loop. Can this new surprise show Urban that life isn’t about endings but about making memories and sharing limitless new beginnings?
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Out of CTRL by SA Welsh: Exclusive Excerpt & Giveaway!

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An Exclusive Excerpt from Out of CTRL

Just as they reached the door, it opened and another enormous man stepped through it. Do they only let genetically superior beings in here?

In the doorway stood the most handsome man he’d ever seen—in his entire life.

Andrew was so busy admiring the newcomer that he didn’t hear Steve talking to him until he was nudged and given a weird look. The man was at least six-foot-seven and had massive shoulders and biceps that stretched the navy T-shirt he wore to the absolute limit.

Andrew experienced the weirdest sense of recognition but he was certain he’d have remembered meeting this man before.

The fellow offered him a warm smile with perfect teeth and the most familiar dimple on the left side of his mouth. Sandy blond hair kissed the top of perfectly curved ears, the strands sticking up at odd angles, probably from a fire helmet. Eyes bluer than the whole damn Mediterranean Sea stared down at Andrew with shock and gave him an even stronger sense of déjà vu.

“Huh?” Andrew blurted.

Steve gave him the look again that told him they were going to talk about this later. “I said do you want to meet my groomsman?”

“Uh yeah, sure,” he answered distractedly.

“Theodore I want you to meet—”

The man—Theodore—brushed aside Steve’s introduction with one giant hand. “I know who he is, Steve. It’s been a long time, Drew.”

There was no mistaking that voice. Andrew might not recognize the body—and damn what a body it was—but no one could fake that voice. Rich, deep, and just the right note of sweet and sexy to make Andrew want to drop to his knees and find religion.

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About Out of CTRL

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’s caught hacking into the CIA, he builds himself a new life as a computer guy for the very government agency he hacked. But over the past few months, something has been bothering him, and his boss is acting more paranoid than usual. Every time an operation fails, Andrew collects information that could prove someone is selling secrets. 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. Home may be more dangerous than facing his boss. Nine years ago, his former best friend and first crush Teddy betrayed him, and let his evil sister and her minions send him running.

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 whom he’s been in love with for half his life makes for one hell of an interesting trip home.

Available at: Totally Bound & Amazon

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About SA Welsh

I’m SA Welsh and I write because the voices in my head keep making me. I love reading and I love letting the characters and stories in my head come to life in a book. I can’t function in the morning without a cup of tea and when I’m not writing I’m reading. I have enough books to last me through an apocalypse but don’t ask me to share them unless you are a fellow book worm and know how to treat and appreciate a good book. It is thanks to the writers that inspired me to put myself out there that I became an author and the editors that make sense of my chaos that I keep writing. You can find me on Facebook or on my Website.

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As part of this blog tour, SA is giving away an eBook copy of Out of CTRL! To enter, just click the link below!

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Please be aware that the only way to enter the giveaway is to click the Rafflecopter link above. Any comments on this post will not count towards entering the giveaway unless otherwise stated but are still welcome anyway.

Good luck!

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Audio Review: Love Comes Around by Andrew Grey

Reviewed by Morgan 

1Title: 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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Josh Lanyon Week Review: Fair Play

Guest Reviewed by Trish

1Title: Fair Play
Author: Josh Lanyon
Series: All’s Fair #2
Heroes: Elliot Mills/Tucker Lance
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 250 Pages
Publisher: Carina Press
Release Date: November 10, 2014
Available at: Carina Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Fifty years ago, Roland Mills belonged to a violent activist group. Now, someone is willing to kill to prevent him from publishing his memoirs.

When ex-FBI agent Elliot Mills is called out to examine the charred ruins of his childhood home, he quickly identifies the fire for what it is–arson. A knee injury may have forced Elliot out of the Bureau, but it’s not going to stop him from bringing the man who wants his father dead to justice.

Agent Tucker Lance is still working to find the serial killer who’s obsessed with Elliot and can’t bear the thought of his lover putting himself in additional danger. Straightlaced Tucker has never agreed with radical Roland on much–“opposing political viewpoints” is an understatement–but they’re united on this: Elliot needs to leave the case alone. Now.

Tucker would do nearly anything for the man he loves, but he won’t be used to gain Elliot access to the FBI’s resources. When the past comes back to play and everything both men had known to be true is questioned, their fragile relationship is left hanging in the balance.
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