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Book Review: Battle of Will by Sasha L. Miller

Posted on January 29, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Battle of Will
Author: Sasha L. Miller
Heroes: Ackley & Ealdwin
Genre: M/M Fantasy
Length: 132,000 words
Publisher: Less Than Three Press
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Available at: Less Than Three Press, Amazon, All Romance eBooks & Barnes and Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads & Booklikes

Blurb: At a memorial service meant to honor the dead and mark the beginning of a truce between Skirfall and Morcia, Ackley spies a figure who does not belong—a mage interrogator whose presence will only cause harm should the Morcians realize who he is and all the people he has tortured. But the problem rapidly grows much worse than that when Ackley realizes his true purpose is assassination of the Morcian crown prince—an assassination Ackley prevents, but at great cost.

Banished from his own country, bound magically to the crown prince of his enemies, Ackley is certain of just one thing: whether he can figure out how to break the spell or not, his death is assured. Continue reading →

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Challenge Book Review: Moon Called by Patricia Briggs

Posted on January 25, 2014 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Moon Called
Author: Patricia Briggs
Series: Mercy Thompson #1
Heroes/Heroine: Adam Hauptman, Samuel Cornick, Mercedes “Mercy” Thompson
Genre: M/F Paranormal Urban Fantasy
Length: 288 pages
Publisher: Ace Books
Release Date: January 31, 2006
Available at: Penguin, Amazon & Barnes and Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads & Booklikes

Blurb: Mercedes “Mercy” Thompson is a talented Volkswagen mechanic living in the Tri-Cities area of Washington. She also happens to be a walker, a magical being with the power to shift into a coyote at will. Mercy’s next-door neighbor is a werewolf. Her former boss is a gremlin. And she’s fixing a bus for a vampire. This is the world of Mercy Thompson, one that looks a lot like ours but is populated by those things that go bump in the night. And Mercy’s connection to those things is about to get her into some serious hot water Continue reading →

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Challenge Book Review: The Morning Star by M. Chandler

Posted on January 23, 2014 by Heather C

Reviewed by Heather C

7459958Title: The Morning Star
Author: M. Chandler
Series: Shadow of the Templar #1
The Heroes: Simon Drake and Jeremy Archer
Genre: M/M Romance / Action
Length: 138 pages
Publisher: Lulu
Release Date: September 29, 2011
Available at: Lulu  
Add it to your shelf at: Goodreads  & Booklikes
Blurb: Simon Drake is an up-and-coming young FBI hotshot, an agent with a personal track record so outstanding that it borders on unbelievable. Not yet thirty, he’s already the leader of his own special ops team; a ragtag bunch of talented but nigh-uncontrollable lunatics, it’s true, but under Simon’s inspired leadership they’re a force to be reckoned with, a team with an unparalleled success rate, a team with an almost unblemished record–until now.

Jeremy Archer is the brilliant and unpredictable scion of a long line of international art thieves, simultaneously a phenomenally wealthy English socialite and one of the most infamous criminals in the world. At twenty-seven years old he’s already wanted on nearly every continent for thefts totalling more than ninety-one million dollars, and yet no one has ever come close to catching him–until now. Now? May the best man win. Continue reading →

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Book Review: My Heartache Cowboy by Z.A. Maxfield

Posted on January 21, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Review by Gyn

Title: My Heartache Cowboy
Author: Z.A. Maxfield
Series: The Cowboys #2
Heroes: Jimmy & Eddie
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 294 pages
Publisher: Intermix (Penguin Imprint)
Release Date: January 21, 2014
Available at: Penguin, Amazon & Barnes and Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads & Booklikes

Blurb: Can love conquer all?

Jimmy Rafferty and Eddie Molina go way back at the J-Bar ranch. They’ve worked together, bunked together, camped out, and drank together. So how has Jimmy failed to notice that Eddie is gay? Eddie has not failed to notice that his friend has a serious drinking problem, and he’s determined to help Jimmy kick the booze cold turkey.

Taking him up to a snowbound cabin to detox, Eddie is confronted with Jimmy’s fierce denial. But the pains of withdrawal are nothing for Jimmy compared with the heartache of denying his true feelings and his deep longing…for the one man who cares for him more than anyone else on earth. Continue reading →

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Book Review: Eli’s Three Wishes by Mathew Ortiz

Posted on January 21, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

Title: Eli’s Three Wishes
Author: Mathew Ortiz
Series: Love and Salvage #1
Heroes: Elija/Oscar
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 142 Pages
Publisher: Self-published
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Eli Gaither was a big, rough, mean sumabitch of a man. Solitary by choice, he only attended Gaither family events when he was made to. Still hurting from a painful divorce, he was like an angry bear licking his wounds. Most people, save for his family, avoided him until Oscar Hernandez came into his life, yelling at him and turning his world upside down.
Okay, maybe he was plain loco for hitting on the grizzly bear of a man in front of him but he couldn’t help it. The man was so freaking hot. But Oscar was not about to let this man tell him what to do and how to think. If Eli Gaither thought him a shrinking violet, he had another thing coming. Oscar was used to getting his way, so Eli was in for the ride of his life with the hot blooded Latin man. Continue reading →

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Book Review: Offside Chance by Mercy Celeste

Posted on January 20, 2014 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title:  Offside Chance
Author: Mercy Celeste
Series: Southern Scrimmage #3
Heroes: Jude Brody and William “Slayer” Slater
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 300 pages
Publisher: Self Published
Release Date: January 11, 2014
Available at: Amazon, All Romance eBooks & Barnes and Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads & Booklikes

Blurb: Judah Brody meets William Slater and it’s loathe at first sight.

Jude had spent his whole life in his famous brother’s shadow. Returning to New Orleans seemed like a good idea now that Levi was back home. But Jude couldn’t turn around without something of Levi’s getting in his way. In this case it’s Levi’s best friend, a three hundred pound knuckle-dragger named Slayer, who likes strippers, football, porn and making Jude’s life miserable—not necessarily in that order.

William Slater’s season couldn’t get much worse. He lost his house to fire, his contract was set to expire, and his prospects of getting picked up by another team were slim to none. House sitting for his best friend was the only bright spot in an otherwise bleak New Orleans winter. Until Levi’s stuck up nerd of a brother came to stay.

A freak winter snow storm, deep familial secrets, and a whole lot of male/male bonding wasn’t exactly in the game plan. But bragging rights were on the line and there wasn’t an offside chance in hell of this game going into overtime Continue reading →

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