Ami’s Reviews

Book Review: When Everything is Blue by Laura Lascarso

Posted on March 6, 2018 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Ami

Title: When Everything is Blue
Author: Laura Lascaro
Heroes:</strong Chris/Theo
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 216 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: March 6, 2017
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: When they were kids, Chris Mitcham rescued Theo from the neighborhood bullies and taught him how to “be cool.” Now, years later, Theo’s developed feelings for his best friend that arise at the most inopportune times. Theo hates lying to Chris, but in coming out, he might lose the one person who understands him best, a risk he’s not willing to take.

When a relationship with another young man goes south, Theo is forced to confront his own sexuality along with his growing attraction to Chris and his stunted, tenuous relationship with his father. Will Chris abandon Theo when he learns the truth, or will he stand by him in this tumultuous season of self-discovery?

In this quirky coming-of-age romance, Theo’s path to manhood is fraught with awkward firsts and a few haters, but also the unexpected comfort of a friend turned lover.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Ami's Reviews, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2018 | Tags: bisexual, Coming Out, Coming-of-Age, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, first love, Friends to Lovers, Laura Lascaro, M/M, OFY, The Blogger Girls, When Everything is Blue, YA | Leave a comment

Book Review: Teaching Ben by Shae Connor

Posted on February 20, 2018 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Ami

Title: Teaching Ben
Author: Shae Connor
Series: Dreamspun Desires #52
Heroes: Ben/David
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 209 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: February 20, 2018
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Learning to love means a study in patience.

Fresh out of the military, Ben Cooper is ready for a new start. He’s away from his domineering father, making his own choices… and out of the closet. On his first day of college, he meets David Powell, who’s just the kind of gorgeous man Ben’s dreamed of. Too bad he’s the teaching assistant—which makes him off-limits in Ben’s eyes.

David is Ben’s age, but his life has taken a different path. He’s close with his family, who helped him deal with personal struggles after he came out. And while he’s staying away from any hint of scandal, Ben’s a kind of temptation he hasn’t faced in years. If only they’d met on more equal footing.

As the semester progresses and their lives become more entwined, keeping their relationship platonic becomes more difficult. They just have to hold out until the end of the semester….
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Ami's Reviews, Book Review, Published in 2018 | Tags: College, College Student, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, ex-military, Friends to Lovers, M/M, Series - Dreamspun Desires, Shae Connor, TA, Teaching Assistant, Teaching Ben, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Home Is Where You Are by Emjay Haze

Posted on January 26, 2018 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Ami

Title: Home Is Where You Are
Author: Emjay Haze
Series: States of Love
Heroes: Eric & Phil
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 95 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: January 26, 2018
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: For a chance at a future filled with love, he’ll have to face a painful past.

Eric, recently dumped by his boyfriend, is summoned home after his dad suffers a stroke. His family farm in rural Vermont holds memories he’d rather forget, but he—with his degree in agricultural business—is needed to clear up a predicament with the bank. In trying to forget the bad, Eric has also lost sight of the good: green meadows dotted with grass-fed dairy cows and the sugar maples that once produced the area’s finest maple syrup. With Eric’s help, they will again.

A captivating farmhand named Phil tempts Eric to give the countryside another chance, but before they can consider being together, Eric must move past more than his feelings for his ex-boyfriend—he’ll need to stand up to the ghosts that sent him running from the farm in the first place…. Continue reading →

Categories: 3 Star Ratings, Ami's Reviews, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2018 | Tags: Bank Employee, Coming Home, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Emjay Haze, Farmer, Home Is Where You Are, M/M, Novella, reunion, Series - States of Love, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: That Rat, Carter Janson by Amy Spector

Posted on January 19, 2018 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Ami

Title: That Rat, Carter Janson
Author: Amy Spector
Series: State of Love
Heroes: Felix/Peake/Carter Janson
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 106 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Every man has secrets, but some are bigger than others….

Felix Peake escaped a shady past to carve out a successful career as an expert in Mesopotamian art and gain the respect of the Chicago art community. But when an assistant curator—a man Felix could easily see himself falling for—asks him to reauthenticate a cuneiform tablet to avoid a looming scandal, Felix’s carefully constructed life could crumble.

The tablet is a fake, and Felix is intimately familiar with the artist. Master forger Carter Janson—Felix’s ex and first love—disappeared from his life six years before without a word of explanation. Now, to hold his world together, Felix must find the original tablet, steal it back, and replace the forgery—all before the museum exhibit debuts. It’ll mean slipping back into a role Felix wanted to leave behind and risking his promising future. But even then, he can’t do it alone. He’ll have to confront that rat, Carter Janson.

States of Love: Stories of romance that span every corner of the United States.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Ami's Reviews, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2018 | Tags: Amy Spector, Art, Art Expert, Contemporary, Curator, Dreamspinner Press, Forgery, Location - Illinois, M/M, Novella, Reunited, Second Chance, Series - State of Love, That Rat Carter Janson, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Southernmost Murder by C.S. Poe

Posted on January 9, 2018 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Ami

Title: Southernmost Murder
Author: C.S. Poe
Heroes: Aubrey/Jun
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 200 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Aubrey Grant lives in the tropical paradise of Old Town, Key West, has a cute cottage, a sweet moped, and a great job managing the historical property of a former sea captain. With his soon-to-be-boyfriend, hotshot FBI agent Jun Tanaka, visiting for a little R&R, not even Aubrey’s narcolepsy can put a damper on their vacation plans.

But a skeleton in a closet of the Smith Family Historical Home throws a wrench into the works. Despite Aubrey and Jun’s attempts to enjoy some time together, the skeleton’s identity drags them into a mystery with origins over a century in the past. They uncover a tale of long-lost treasure, the pirate king it belonged to, and a modern-day murderer who will stop at nothing to find the hidden riches. If a killer on the loose isn’t enough to keep Aubrey out of the mess, it seems even the restless spirit of Captain Smith is warning him away.

The unlikely partnership of a special agent and historian may be exactly what it takes to crack this mystery wide-open and finally put an old Key West tragedy to rest. But while Aubrey tracks down the X that marks the spot, one wrong move could be his last.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Ami's Reviews, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2018 | Tags: C.S. Poe, Contemporary, Disability/Disorder, FBI Agent, Historian, Location - Key West, M/M, Murder, Mystery/Suspense, Narcolepsy, Southernmost Murder, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Ghostwriter of Christmas Past by T.A. Moore

Posted on December 31, 2017 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Ami

Title: Ghostwriter of Christmas past
Author: T.A. Moore
Series: 2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers
Heroes: Jason/Tommy
Genre: M/M Contemporary Holiday
Length: 57 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Ever since ghostwriter Jason Burke ended up in loco parentis for his orphaned niece, Mallory, he’s been trying. He goes to parent/teacher events, and he makes packed lunches, so he definitely didn’t mean to forget about Christmas. He just hasn’t celebrated it since he left home under a cloud years ago.

Put on the spot, Jason makes the snap decision to take Mallory to see where he and her father spent their Christmases as kids. The last thing he expects is to run into Tommy, his ex—ex-best friend, ex-boyfriend—who is still living in town… and working as a sheriff’s deputy.

It’s hard to avoid someone in a small town—and maybe Jason doesn’t want to. He got Mallory a Christmas, and maybe now it’s time to get himself a Christmas boyfriend. But first, he owes Tommy some explanations. Continue reading →

Categories: 3 Star Ratings, Ami's Reviews, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2017 | Tags: Christmas, Coming Home, Contemporary, Deputy, Dreamspinner Press, ex-lovers, Ghostwriter, Ghostwriter of Christmas Past, Holiday - Christmas, Law Enforcement, M/M, Men with kids, Reunited, second chances, Series - 2017 Advent Calendar Daily - Stocking Stuffers, Sheriff, Short Story, small town, T.A. Moore, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: New Game, Start by C.S. Poe

Posted on December 30, 2017 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Ami

Title: New Game, Start
Author: C.S. Poe
Series: 2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers
Heroes: Edgar Royal/Walter Chase
Genre: M/M Contemporary Holiday
Length: 38 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Available at: Amazon & Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Reclusive medieval scholar, Edgar Royal, has a crush. On a guy. Not a big deal, except that said guy, Walter Chase, is a famous online gamer who has no idea Edgar even exists. Edgar has harbored these feelings for nearly a year, and when Walter announces on Twitter that he’ll be visiting New York City as a guest at the GamerOn convention, Edgar decides he’ll be one of the thousands of fans who responds to the message.

He definitely doesn’t expect to be singled out by the humble, gorgeous, out-and-proud heartthrob. And when it comes to dealing with people, Edgar’s skills are pretty nonexistent. Even with Walter giving all the right signals, Edgar lacks the courage do anything about the mutual attraction growing through their online courtship. He’s always been better with the written word, so maybe the perfect Christmas gift will say what he cannot. But if Edgar can’t get the present to Walter before the convention ends, he may miss out on the boyfriend of a lifetime. Continue reading →

Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Ami's Reviews, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2017 | Tags: C.S. Poe, Christmas, Contemporary, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Gamer, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, New Game Start, Scholar, Series - 2017 Advent Calendar Daily - Stocking Stuffers, Short Story, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Homemade from the Heart by Bru Baker

Posted on December 25, 2017 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Ami

Title: Homemade from the Heart
Author: Bru Baker
Series: 2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers
Heroes: Grant/Josh
Genre: M/M Contemporary Holiday
Length: 55 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:Craft store owner Grant has always been a sucker for a pretty face, and that goes double for a pretty face with an adorable sidekick. When seven-year-old Aubrey has her heart set on taking Grant’s already-full holiday craft series, he caves and gives up his one day off a week so she (and her hot guardian, Josh) can take private lessons. Their flirting ramps up week after week, and even though Josh isn’t with Aubrey’s mother, Grant can’t be sure the man isn’t straight. Maybe he’s just being friendly. And Josh, who most definitely is not straight, is afraid of being the creepy guy hitting on the teacher.

Frustrated by their stubbornness and cluelessness, Aubrey takes matters into her own hands. She decides the best gift to give Josh is something homemade and from the heart—a boyfriend they’ll both love. Continue reading →

Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Ami's Reviews, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2017 | Tags: Bru Baker, business owner, Contemporary, Crafting, Divorcee, Dreamspinner Press, Holiday - Christmas, Homemade from the Heart, M/M, Men with kids, Series - 2017 Advent Calendar Daily - Stocking Stuffers, Short Story, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Sometimes the Best Presents Can’t Be Wrapped by B.G. Thomas

Posted on December 24, 2017 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Ami

Title: Sometimes the Best Presents Can’t Be Wrapped
Author: B.G. Thomas
Heroes: Ned Balding/Jake Carrara
Genre: MM Contemporary Holiday
Length: 131 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 25, 2017
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Ned Balding used to be a decent man—until the stress of seemingly countless responsibilities changes him, and he becomes cold and driven—the kind of man who considers firing an employee days before Christmas. The kind of man who kicks a dog…. But Ned’s transgressions haven’t gone unseen. A Salvation Army Santa witnesses his misdeeds and decides Ned needs to be taught a lesson.

When Ned wakes up the next morning, he’s stunned to discover he’s been transformed into a dog.

In the past year, Jake Carrara has lost his mother, a lover… even his dog. His boss came close to firing him just before the holidays. He isn’t sure he’s ready for another pet when he’s asked to foster a dog, but Jake’s good heart won’t let him refuse. Little does he know, this isn’t just any dog.

Through a twist of fate, two people with little reason to be friends might teach each other to rediscover the good—and the love—in life.
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Categories: 2.5 Star Ratings, Ami's Reviews, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2017 | Tags: B.G. Thomas, Boss/Employee, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Grief, Holiday - Christmas, Loss of a Loved One, M/M, magic, Men with pets, second chances, Sometimes the Best Presents Can't be Wrapped, speech impediment, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: All Creatures Great and Small by Kasper Quill

Posted on December 19, 2017 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Ami

Title: All Creatures Great and Small
Author: Kasper Quill
Series: 2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers
Heroes: Charlie/Aemon
Genre: MM Holiday
Length: 39 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Growing up an orphan meant Charlie never celebrated Christmas. He’s committed to making sure his newly adopted cat, Max, doesn’t miss out like he did. Unfortunately, he discovers that giving Max the perfect Christmas might be easier said than done—and not without risk.

Charlie’s landlord, successful and wealthy real estate developer Aemon Scotfield, is charmed by the gorgeous redhead and his shameless alley cat. He finds himself compelled to help orchestrate a memorable celebration for Max—and Charlie—despite the mishaps that seem to just keep coming. As difficult as it will be to pull off the perfect holiday, the real challenge might be walking away when it’s over.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Ami's Reviews, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2017 | Tags: All Creatures Great and Small, Animals, Class Differences, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, ginger, Holiday - Christmas, IT Guy, Kasper Quill, Landlord, M/M, Men with pets, Orphan, Series - 2017 Advent Calendar Daily - Stocking Stuffers, Short Story, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Ami’s Reviews

Book Review: When Everything is Blue by Laura Lascarso

Book Review: Teaching Ben by Shae Connor

Book Review: Home Is Where You Are by Emjay Haze

Book Review: That Rat, Carter Janson by Amy Spector

Book Review: Southernmost Murder by C.S. Poe

Book Review: Ghostwriter of Christmas Past by T.A. Moore

Book Review: New Game, Start by C.S. Poe

Book Review: Homemade from the Heart by Bru Baker

Book Review: Sometimes the Best Presents Can’t Be Wrapped by B.G. Thomas

Book Review: All Creatures Great and Small by Kasper Quill

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