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Book Review: Snow Angel Cove by RaeAnne Thayne

Posted on November 20, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Ami

Title: Snow Angel Cove
Author: RaeAnne Thayne
Series: Haven Point #1
Heroine/Hero: Eliza Hayward/Aidan Caine
Genre: MF Contemporary Romance
Length: 384 Pages
Publisher: Harlequin HQN
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Available at: Harlequin HQN, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Nothing short of a miracle can restore Eliza Hayward’s Christmas cheer. The job she pinned her dreams on has gone up in smoke—literally—and now she’s stuck in an unfamiliar, if breathtaking, small town. Precariously close to being destitute, Eliza needs a helping hand…for her sick young daughter’s sake as well as her own. But she’s not expecting her holiday hero to almost run her down with his car!

Rescuing Eliza is pure instinct for tech genius Aidan Caine. At first, putting the renovation of his lakeside guest lodge in Eliza’s hands assuages his guilt—until he sees how quickly he could fall for her. Having focused solely on his business for years, he never knew that what his life was missing was Eliza and her little girl. But is he willing to risk hoping for a yuletide romance that could lead to forever?
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, M/F, Published in 2014 | Tags: Contemporary, Guest Reviewer - Ami, Harlequin HQN, Holiday - Christmas, MF, no sex, RaeAnne Thayne, romance, Series - Haven Point, Single Mother, Small Town Romance, Snow Angel Cove, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Hook, Line, & Sinker by Piper Vaughn

Posted on November 19, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Hook, Line, & Sinker
Author: Piper Vaughn
Series: Hard Hats #2
Heroes: Castor McCormick/Blake Kowalski
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 181 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: November 19, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press and Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: When they were teens, Castor McCormick was the bane of Blake Kowalski’s existence. Their mutual animosity led to summers filled with rivalry. Now, nearly two decades later, Cas is moving back into the neighborhood to live in his grandmother’s old house. Blake tells himself he isn’t interested in seeing how snarky little Cas grew up, but when his mother dupes him into visiting his former nemesis, he finds out “pretty” can evolve into “sexy as hell” on the right man.

Cas didn’t think he wanted to see Blake again. No one has ever pushed his buttons like the arrogant boy he remembers from their youth. Turns out, the adult version of Blake still gets him hot under the collar—and everywhere else. With Blake on leave from work to nurse an injured leg and Cas taking time to move and unpack, they form a tentative friendship that turns into a sexual affair neither man can deny. But when Cas’s job sends him out of state to deal with a difficult client, their new relationship will be tested, and if they fail, Blake’s broken leg might not be the only thing to end up scarred.
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Categories: 3 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Cheating, childhood friends, Construction, Contemporary, Domination, Dreamspinner Press, Friendsd to Lovers, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Hook Line & Sinker, injury, Long-Distance Relationship, M/M, Piper Vaughn, Series - Hard Hats, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Learning to Feel by N.R. Walker

Posted on November 18, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Learning to Feel
Author: N.R. Walker
Heroes: Nathan Tierney/Trent Jamieson
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 182 Pages
Publisher: N.R. Walker
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Available at: N.R. Walker
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Resigned to living a sexless, loveless life, Doctor Nathan Tierney knows something is missing. In a rash decision, he leaves his life-consuming job at Mass General Hospital, Boston, to be the small-town doctor in Belfast, Maine.

With the job comes a house, and with the house comes a handyman-painter. Trent Jamieson, a nomadic artist, and his dog Bentley, are offered free accommodation for the few weeks he fixes up the hospital-owned house.

Nathan is transfixed by this free-spirited, undeniably gorgeous man. Confused but amazed to feel any kind of attraction – much less to a man – Nathan convinces himself to put aside any preconceived ideas, and allows himself to just feel.

As their attraction for each other grows, one man learns to live, the other learns to love. But just who is teaching who?

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Categories: Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2012 | Tags: Artist, Contemporary, Doctor, Free Story, gfy/ofy, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Learning to Feel, Location - Boston, Location - Main, M/M, Men with pets, N.R. Walker, Self-Published, The Blogger Girls, Veterinarian | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Fish and Ghosts by Rhys Ford

Posted on November 16, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Fish and Ghosts
Author: Rhys Ford
Narrator: Tristan James
Series: Hellsinger #1
Heroes: Tristan Pryce and Wolf Kinkaid
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: Book – 240 Pages / Audio – 8 Hours, 16 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – December 30, 2013 / Audio – September 15, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: When his Uncle Mortimer died and left him Hoxne Grange, the family’s Gilded Age estate, Tristan Pryce knew he wasn’t going to have an easy time of it. He was to be the second generation of Pryces to serve as a caretaker for the estate, a way station for spirits on their final steps to the afterlife. The ghosts were the simple part. He’d been seeing boo-wigglies since he was a child. No, the difficult part was his own family. Determined to establish Tristan’s insanity, his loving relatives hire Dr. Wolf Kincaid and his paranormal researchers, Hellsinger Investigations, to prove the Grange is not haunted.

Skeptic Wolf Kincaid has made it his life’s work to debunk the supernatural. After years of cons and fakes, he can’t wait to reveal the Grange’s ghostly activity is just badly leveled floorboards and a drafty old house. The Grange has more than a few surprises for him, including its prickly, reclusive owner. Tristan Pryce is much less insane and much more attractive than Wolf wants to admit and when his Hellsinger team unwittingly release a ghostly serial killer on the Grange, Wolf is torn between his skepticism and protecting the man he’d been sent to discredit.
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: audio book, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Fish and Ghosts, ghosts, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, I see dead people, Inn, Investigation, Location - San Francisco, M/M, paranormal, Polar Bears, Rhys Ford, Salt, Series - Hellsinger, The Blogger Girls, Tristan James | Leave a comment

Audio Review: A Prairie Dog’s Love Song by Eli Easton

Posted on November 15, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: A Prairie Dog’s Love Song
Author: Eli Easton
Narrator: Michael Stellman
Series: Heartwarming
Heroes: Joshua Braintree and Ben Rivers
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: Book – 95 Pages / Audio – 2 Hours, 5 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – December 1, 2013 / Audio – october 29, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Ben Rivers always was a showman. He won awards in 4-H and rodeo competitions from the time he could walk, and he’s happiest in the spotlight. So when he got the chance to be a star—in porn—he took it. He still loves Montana and everything about being a cowboy, but when news of his alternate identity leaks out, he figures he’s lost the town’s goodwill forever. Clyde’s Corner would never accept an openly gay cowboy, even a hometown boy born and bred.

Joshua Braintree always had the notion that he and his best friend’s kid brother, Ben, would end up together. Ben’s always been a diehard cowboy, just like him: they need the land and its freedom as much as they need air. So when Joshua learns Ben moved away from their small Montana town to be a porn star in Vegas, he can hardly believe it. He’s determined to finally declare himself and bring Ben home.

Despite his longtime crush on Joshua, Ben won’t be as easy to tame as Joshua’s “lost cause” horses. It will take a lot of heart and holiday spirit for Joshua to convince Ben that even old prairie dogs can learn new tricks in the name of love.

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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: audio book, Closeted, Coming-of-Age, Contemporary, Cowboy, Dreamspinner Press, Eli Easton, Friends to Lovers, Gay-for-Pay, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Holiday, Location - Las Vegas, Location - Montana, M/M, Michael Stellman, OFY, Prairie Dog's Love Song, Rancher, Series - Heartwarming, Sex Workers, Short Story, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: A Bite In Time by Viki Lyn & Vina Grey

Posted on November 14, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: A Bite In Time
Authors: Viki Lyn and Vina Grey
Series: Orbus Arcana #2
Heroes: John Reeder and Vincent Kamateros
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: 178 Pages
Publisher: Viki Lyn and Vina Grey
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: A dangerous secret, a vampire, plus one sexy cop is a recipe for trouble.

JOHN REEDER has accepted his love for VINCENT KAMATEROS, but he doesn’t know his lover is a vampire. When a killer targets Vincent, John has to deal with uncovered secrets that blow his life apart.

Will Vince reveal his true nature to protect the cop who has come to mean more than his own life? In doing so, he might ruin his only chance for a ‘happy ever after’ with John.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: A Bite In Time, Closeted, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, M/M, Murders, Mystery/Suspense, OFY, paranormal, Rogue, Self-Published, Series - Orbus Arcana, The Blogger Girls, vampires, Viki Lyn, Vina Grey | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Serendipity Kit by Connie Bailey

Posted on November 13, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Serendipity Kit
Author: Connie Bailey
Narrator: Peter B. Brooke
Heroes: Christopher “Kit” Britten and Romy O’Keefe
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: Book – 212 pages / Audio – 6 Hours, 38 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – December 6, 2013 / Audio – October 15, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Christopher “Kit” Britten drifts through life, partying with friends and spending his parents’ money. He hasn’t told them he’s gay, but he’s told all of his five sisters, and to keep from being harassed about responsibility, he works part-time for one of them. When she sends him on an errand and his shiny red Ferrari breaks down in one of Houston’s seediest locals, he pushes it to the nearest garage. That’s where he meets Romy O’Keefe.

Romy works hard as a mechanic to provide for his mother and little brother. When Kit pushes his to-die-for Ferrari into Romy’s garage, Romy is wary of falling for gorgeous Kit despite instant attraction. Kit impulsively decides to prove how serious he is about Romy by coming out to his parents – and his father disowns him!

Uptown and downtown clash as the two men share the tiny space in Romy’s Airstream trailer and struggle to make ends meet. When Kit’s former boyfriend comes sniffing around, and Romy gets the bill for his little brother’s surgery, it drives home to him how very different his world is from Kit’s. However, Kit is in love with the velvet-voiced Romy, and he isn’t about to give up.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: audio book, Closeted, Connie Bailey, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Income Gap, Location - Texas, Lovey Dovey, Low Angst, M/M, Male Debutante, mechanic, OFY, Peter B. Brooke, Serendipity Kit, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Review: In Another Life by Cardeno C.

Posted on November 12, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: In Another Life
Author: Cardeno C.
Narrator: Jeff Gelder
Series: Heartwarming
Heroes: Shiloh Raben and Travis Kahn
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: Book – 84 Pages / Audio – 1 Hour, 50 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Dates: Book – December 1, 2013 / Audio – November 3, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: At age 18, Shiloh Raben is tired. He no longer has the energy to deal with mean classmates, inner doubt, and fear of familial rejection, so he takes a razor to his wrist. When he wakes up in the hospital, Shiloh meets Travis Kahn, the EMT who saved him and didn’t leave his side.

Travis is handsome, smart, and funny – the type of guy Shiloh would never be brave enough to approach. But his near-death experience has an unusual side effect: the life that flashed before his eyes wasn’t the one he had already lived, but rather the one he could live. With visions of a future by Travis’s side, will Shiloh find the strength to confront his fears and build a life worth fighting for?
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: audio book, Bullying, Cancer, Cardeno C., Contemporary, Counselor, Dreamspinner Press, Fork on the Road, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Holiday - Jewish, In Another Life, Jeff Gelder, Love at First Sight, M/M, paranormal, Physician, second chances, Series - Heartwarming, Short Story, Suicide, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Shades of Sepia by Anne Barwell

Posted on November 11, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Shades of Sepia
Author: Anne Barwell
Narrator: Michael Ferralulo
Series: The Sleepless City #1
Heroes: Simon Hawthorne/Ben Leyton
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: Book – 210 Pages / Audio – 7 Hours and 59 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – January 31, 2014 / Audio – October 14, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: A serial killer stalks the streets of Flint, Ohio. The victims are always found in pairs, one human and one vampire.

Simon Hawthorne has been a vampire for nearly a hundred years, and he has never seen anything like it. Neither have the other supernaturals he works with to keep the streets safe for both their kind and the humans.

One meeting with Simon finds Ben Leyton falling for a man he knows is keeping secrets, but he can’t ignore the growing attraction between them. A recent arrival in Flint, Ben finds it very different from his native New Zealand, but something about Simon makes Ben feel as though he’s found a new home.

After a close friend falls victim to the killer, Simon is torn between revealing his true nature to Ben, and walking away to avoid the reaction he fears. But with the body count rising and the murders becoming more frequent, either, or both of them, could be the killer’s next target.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Age Gap, Anne Barwell, audio book, DNA, Dreamspinner Press, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, M/M, Michael Ferralulo, Murder Mystery, paranormal, Photography, Series - The Sleepless City, Shades of Sepia, Soul mates, Stalkers, The Blogger Girls, University, vampires | 2 Comments

Audio Review: Little Squirrels Can Climb Tall Trees by Michael Murphy

Posted on November 9, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Little Squirrels Can Climb Tall Trees
Author: Michael Murphy
Narrator: Nick J. Russo
Heroes: Kyle Miller and Joseph
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: Book – 200 Pages / Audio – 5 Hours and 44 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – July 27, 2012 / Audio – October 9, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Kyle Miller is a rare breed. Though born to conservative parents and raised in small-town Oklahoma, Kyle realized young that he had to escape rural America. Now he’s living in New York City, working as an ER doctor, and paying off his massive student loans. He’s never been on a plane and never seen a movie, but he is worldly enough to recognize attraction when it smacks him in the forehead. Not that he knows how he managed to crack heads with Joseph, who’s a good foot shorter than Kyle’s six-and-a-half feet.

Joseph is Kyle’s polar opposite in other ways too, well-off where Kyle is poor, and self-assured while Kyle is insecure. He’s also determined to show Kyle what a great guy he is and bring the confidence Kyle shows in the ER out in his everyday life. But Kyle’s hectic work schedule and inexperience with relationships won’t make for an easy romance.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: audio book, Closeted, Coming Out, Contemporary, Dating, Dreamspinner Press, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, humor, Little Squirrels Can Climb Tall Trees, Location - New York, M/M, Michael Murphy, Nick J. Russo, Physician, Religious Fervor, Rich Man/Poor Man, The Blogger Girls, travel, virgin | Leave a comment

Guest Reviewer

Book Review: Snow Angel Cove by RaeAnne Thayne

Book Review: Hook, Line, & Sinker by Piper Vaughn

Book Review: Learning to Feel by N.R. Walker

Audio Review: Fish and Ghosts by Rhys Ford

Audio Review: A Prairie Dog’s Love Song by Eli Easton

Book Review: A Bite In Time by Viki Lyn & Vina Grey

Audio Review: Serendipity Kit by Connie Bailey

Audio Review: In Another Life by Cardeno C.

Audio Review: Shades of Sepia by Anne Barwell

Audio Review: Little Squirrels Can Climb Tall Trees by Michael Murphy

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