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Book Review: Hidden Gem by Lissa Kasey

Posted on November 4, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Trish

Title: Hidden Gem
Author: Lissa Kasey
Heroes: Misaki “Aki” Itou/Shane mcNaughton
Genre: MM Sci-Fi
Length: 246 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: September 26, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Misaki “Aki” Itou is a psi—a person with mutated DNA granting him psychic abilities. He’s also a contracted companion—a whore. It may not be the perfect profession, but having a roof over his head, food to eat, and not being subjected to torture is a dream come true. He is the top companion at the Hidden Gem, and it makes him enough money to buy the prettiest, most sparkly shoes he can find.

Shane McNaughton is an Irishman who survived the Third World War and works as a cop. Head of Missing Persons, he’s good at finding people, but after the plague of the Third mutated his DNA, he has a hard time letting anyone see the monster inside. He’s been paying for Aki’s services for two years, both the psi and the sexual kind, but he wants more from the companion.

Shane needs Aki’s ability to see into another person’s past to track down a serial killer murdering the children of rich and powerful men, but the more they work together, the clearer it becomes that they are linked through a darker past than either of them realizes.

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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Dreamspinner Press, fantasy, Guest Reviewer - Trish, HEA, Hidden Gem, light BDSM, Lissa Kasey, M/M, Mystery/Suspense, paranormal, sci-fi, serial killer, Sex Workers, Shifters, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Prince of Faith by Belinda McBride

Posted on November 3, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Gyn

Title: Prince of Faith
Author: Belinda McBride
Series: An Uncommon Whore #3
Heroes: Markus Dayspring/Caius
Genre: MM Sci-Fi
Length: 224 Pages
Publisher: Loose ID
Release Date: October 21, 2014
Available at: Loose ID, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Held captive in a whorehouse, Markus Dayspring wakes every morning with a thirst for revenge, and collapses every night with a prayer for strength. He lives on in spite of deadly addictions and a crippling, shameful secret. When he’s rescued by a man from his past, his reawakened love threatens to crush his damaged soul.

Caius also has a secret, one that could ultimately kill him. But his vow to rescue Markus is stronger than guilt, fear and even his loyalty to King Helios. Too many have died because of Caius and rescuing the missing prince might allow him to sleep without nightmares.

Old habits are hard to break and new pain threatens their growing love. Yet one gleaming ray of hope continues to guide them to safety, even in the face of an unexpected violation of trust. With the stakes growing higher by the hour, Markus and Caius must learn to have faith before they can heal and face the future together.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: aliens, Belinda McBride, Guest Reviewer - Gyn, Hurt/Comfort, Loose Id, M/M, Prince of Faith, sci-fi, Series - An Uncommon Whore, Setting - Space, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Review: A White Coat is My Closet by Jake Wells

Posted on November 3, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: A White Coat is My Closet
Author: Jake Wells
Narrator: Randy Fuller
Heroes: Zack Sheldon/Sergio Quartulli
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: Book – 358 Pages / Audio – 13 Hours and 36 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – October 24, 2013 / Audio – October 1, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Zack Sheldon doesn’t have time to be lonely. He’s in his last year as a pediatric resident, almost married to the job, and busy with the joys and sorrows that come with providing medical care to children. Professionally, he’s confident, accomplished, and respected. But personally he’s too insecure to approach a sexy man like Sergio Quartulli, or even to imagine that Sergio might be attracted to him.

Zack spots Sergio from across the gym, and then a chance meeting poolside somehow turns into a date. Before Zack knows it, they’ve become a couple, but Zack’s white coat is his closet at the hospital, and committing to a relationship with Sergio makes it difficult for Zack to continue hiding behind it. On the other hand, he grew up in a small town where being gay was shameful, and he works in an environment that can sometimes be homophobic, so it’s hard for him to open up about who he really is. Before Zack can make a choice on his own terms, circumstances force him to make a decision. He can continue to hide, or he can step out from behind his white coat and risk everything for love.
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Categories: 3 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: A White Coat is My Closet, audio book, Cancer, Contemporary, death, Doctor, Dreamspinner Press, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, injury, Italian, Jake Wells, Location - Los Angeles, Loss, M/M, OFY, Pediatrics, Randy Fuller, The Blogger Girls, Vanity | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Clear Water by Amy Lane

Posted on November 2, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Clear Water
Author: Amy Lane
Narrator: Robert Nieman
Heroes: Patrick Cleary/Wes Keenan
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: Book – 230 Pages / Audio – 7 hours and 23 minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – September 1, 2011 / Audio – July 20, 2012
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Meet Patrick Cleary: party boy, loser, and spaz. Patrick’s been trying desperately to transform himself, and the results have been so spectacular, they’ve almost killed him. Meet Wes “Whiskey” Keenan: he’s a field biologist wondering if it’s time to settle down. When the worst day of Patrick’s life ends with Whiskey saving it, Patrick and Whiskey find themselves sharing company and an impossibly small berth on the world’s tackiest houseboat.

Patrick needs to get his life together—and Whiskey wants to help—but Patrick is not entirely convinced it’s doable. He’s pretty sure he’s a freak of nature. But Whiskey, who works with real freaks of nature, thinks all Patrick needs is a little help to see the absolute beauty inside his spastic self, and Whiskey is all about volunteering. Between anomalous frogs, a homicidal ex-boyfriend, and Patrick’s own hangups, Whiskey’s going to need all of his patience and Patrick’s going to need to find the best of himself before these two men ever see clear water.

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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2012 | Tags: Abuse, ADHD, Amy Lane, audio book, Biology, Clear Water, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Drug Lords, Father/Son, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, M/M, Robert Nieman, The Blogger Girls, Yoga | Leave a comment

Book Review: Judging a Book by Its Cover by L.D. Blakeley

Posted on November 1, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Judging a Book by Its Cover
Author: L.D. Blakeley
Heroes: Emory North/Bryce Palmer
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 32 Pages
Publisher: Evernight Publishing
Release Date: October 22, 2014
Available at: Evernight Publishing and Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Agonizingly shy Emory North has his life mapped out for him: finish his business degree, go to work for his father, and one day take over as CEO of North Star Publishing. More at home amongst stacks of books, Emory has little to no interest in his lot as ‘North Jr.’, but has never had the courage to follow his true passion—writing.

Brash and ballsy Bryce Palmer, editor-in-chief of ECLIPSE magazine is known for bedding and discarding PAs like yesterday’s newspaper. He’s up against a serious deadline and down two staff members. And the last thing he has time for is babysitting the spoiled rich son of a CEO. But when Pierce Barclay North insists now is the time for his heir apparent to get his feet wet in the company waters, Palmer’s hands are tied.

But looks can be deceiving. And, sometimes, passion can spark in the most unlikely of places…
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Boss, Contemporary, Evernight, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Intern, Judging a Book by Its Cover, L.D. Blakeley, M/M, Nerd, Playboy, Short Story, Shy, Social Anxiety, The Blogger Girls, Writer | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Fire on the Mountain by P.D. Singer

Posted on October 31, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Fire on the Mountain
Author: P.D. Singer
Narrator: Finn Sterling
Series: The Mountains #1
Heroes: Jake Landon/Kurt Carlson
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: Book 212 Pages / Audio 7 hours and 8 minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – June 21, 2012 / Audio – September 18, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Take a break from academics, enjoy the Colorado Rockies, fight a fire now and then. That’s all Jake Landon expected when he signed up to be a ranger. He’ll partner with some crusty old mountain man; they’ll patrol the wilderness in a tanker, speak three words a day, and Old Crusty won’t be alluring at all. A national forest is big enough to be Jake’s closet—he’ll spend his free time fishing.

Except Old Crusty turns out to be Kurt Carlson: confident, competent, and experienced. He’s also young, hot, friendly, and considers clothing optional when it’s just two guys in the wilderness. Sharing a small cabin with this walking temptation is stressing Jake’s sanity—is he sending signals, or just being Kurt? And how would Kurt react if he found out his new partner wants to start a fire of a different kind? Jake’s terrified—they have to live together for five months no matter what.

Enough sparks fly between the rangers to set the trees alight, but it takes a raging inferno to make Jake and Kurt admit to the heat between them.

First Electronic Edition published by Torquere Press (2009).

Bonus Short Story: Into the Mountains

Long before he met Jake, Kurt Carlson climbed Yosemite with his best friend, Benji. But after a storm traps them halfway up the face of El Capitan, Kurt has to accept that their friendship isn’t what he thought.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: audio book, Closeted, College, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Finn Sterling, Fire Fighter, Fire on the Mountain, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Location - Colorado, M/M, Mountains, P.D. Singer, Series - The Mountains, Student, The Blogger Girls, virgin | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Choices & Changes by K.L. Belanger

Posted on October 29, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Choices & Changes
Author: K.L. Belanger
Narrator: Jonathan Waters
Heroes: Bo Sanford/Erick
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: Book – 253 Pages / Audio – 6 hours, 43 minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – Feburary 1010, 2013 / Audio – September 22, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: On the cusp of his twenty-fifth birthday, Bo Sanford grows frustrated with his directionless life. Slaving away at his father’s construction company all week and partying every weekend leaves him little time for introspection, but he knows it’s time for a change. When his best friend, Mac, drags him to a college party, Bo catches sight of a girl. But not just any girl—the girl of his dreams: a delicate blonde-haired beauty with a pink scarf and a smile that promises warmth and humor. There’s just one problem: she isn’t a girl.

Even after Bo discovers the truth, he keeps seeing Erick, and the choice to follow his heart despite the obstacles has profound repercussions on not only his sense of self but his relationship with his family and even his job. Being with Erick makes him all the more determined to be his own man and claw his way out from under his father’s thumb.

But Erick faces choices of his own: the choice to get involved with someone redefining his sexuality, the choice to trust again, and even the choice to believe love can last beyond the temporary.(
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Debut Authors, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Abuse, audio book, Choices and Changes, Coming Out, Construction, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Friends to Lovers, gfy/ofy, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Jonathan Waters, K.L. Belanger, Little to No Sex, M/M, Psychology, Suicide, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Archangel’s Shadows by Nalini Singh

Posted on October 28, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Gyn

Title: Archangel’s Shadows
Author: Nalini Singh
Series: Guild Hunter #7
Heroine/Hero: Ash/Janvier
Genre: MF Paranormal
Length: 384 Pages
Publisher: Berkley Jove
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Available at: Berkley Jove, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: In the wake of a brutal war, the archangel Raphael and his hunter consort, Elena, are dealing with the treacherously shifting tides of archangelic politics and the people of a battered but not broken city. The last thing their city needs is more death, especially a death that bears the eerie signature of an insane enemy archangel who cannot— should not—be walking the streets.

This hunt must be undertaken with stealth and without alerting their people. It must be handled by those who can become shadows themselves…

Ash is a gifted tracker and a woman cursed with the ability to sense the secrets of anyone she touches. But there’s one man she knows all too well without a single instant of skin contact: Janvier, the dangerously sexy Cajun vampire who has fascinated and infuriated her for years. Now, as they track down a merciless killer, their cat-and-mouse game of flirtation and provocation has turned into a profound one of the heart. And this time, it is Ash’s secret, dark and terrible, that threatens to destroy them both.
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, M/F, Published in 2014 | Tags: alpha male, Angels, Archangel's Shadows, Archangels, Berkley/Jove, Guest Reviewer - Gyn, Hunters, Hurt/Comfort, Long Series, MF, Nalini Singh, paranormal, Series - Guild Hunter, The Blogger Girls, Tough Heroine, vampires, warriors | 1 Comment

Book Review: Maybe This Christmas by Sarah Morgan

Posted on October 28, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Ami

Title: Maybe This Christmas
Author: Sarah Morgan
Series: O’Neil Brothers #3
Heroine/Hero: Brenna Daniels/Tyler O’Neil
Genre: M/F Contemporary Romance
Length: 384 Pages
Publisher: Harlequin HQN
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Available at: Harlequin, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: This winter, ex-skiing champion, reformed heartbreaker and single dad Tyler O’Neil has only one mission—making sure his daughter, Jess, has the best Christmas ever. The fact that his best friend, Brenna, is also temporarily moving into his chalet at the overbooked Snow Crystal resort is a delicious distraction he’s simply going to have to ignore. Theirs is the one relationship he’s never ruined, and he’s not about to start now.

Ski pro Brenna Daniels knows all about the perils of unrequited love—she’s been in love with Tyler for years. But living with him is absolute torture…how can she concentrate on being his friend when he’s sleeping in the room next door? Then when Tyler kisses Brenna, suddenly the relationship she’s always dreamed of feels so close she could almost touch it. Could this be the Christmas her dreams of a happy-ever-after finally come true?
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, M/F, Published in 2014 | Tags: Contemporary Romance, Friends to Lovers, Guest Reviewer - Ami, Harlequin, Holiday - Christmas, kids, Maybe This Christmas, MF, Sarah Morgan, Series - O'Neil Brothers, The Blogger Girls, UST | Leave a comment

Book Review: Cutting Out by Meredith Shayne

Posted on October 27, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Cutting Out
Author: Meredith Shayne
Heroes: Shane Cooper/Lachlan Moore
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 222 Pages
Publisher: Bottom Drawer Publications
Release Date: October 11, 2014
Available at: Bottom Drawer Publications, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: A twenty-year veteran of the shearing shed, Aussie Shane Cooper loves his job, and the home he’s made for himself in New Zealand. If he’s a little lonely, he’s got good mates to keep his spirits up. When a hot, cocky young shearer named Lachlan Moore catches his eye at a competition, he’s content to look but not touch, knowing the young man is out of his league.

Lachie wouldn’t mind a piece of Shane, but the gorgeous gun shearer from Australia is soon forgotten when the Christchurch earthquake hits, and tragedy strikes Lachie’s family. Lachie deals with it the best he can, cutting himself off from all he knows. A year later and he’s back in the shearing shed, out of practice and lacking confidence. That Shane’s there to watch him flounder doesn’t help his nerves.

As Lachlan struggles to re-acclimatise, Shane can’t resist giving him a hand to get back on his feet. As they move from friends to something more, Shane finds himself wanting to know everything he can about Lachie. But Lachie’s got secrets he desperately wants to keep, and when things come to a head, those secrets might just mean the end of them before they’ve truly begun.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Bottom Drawer Publications, Contemporary, Cutting Out, death, Depression, Earthquake, Friends to Lovers, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Location - New Zealand, M/M, Maori, May/December, Meredith Shayne, Sheep Shearing, Suicide, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Guest Reviewer

Book Review: Hidden Gem by Lissa Kasey

Book Review: Prince of Faith by Belinda McBride

Audio Review: A White Coat is My Closet by Jake Wells

Audio Review: Clear Water by Amy Lane

Audio Review: Fire on the Mountain by P.D. Singer

Audio Review: Choices & Changes by K.L. Belanger

Book Review: Archangel’s Shadows by Nalini Singh

Book Review: Maybe This Christmas by Sarah Morgan

Book Review: Cutting Out by Meredith Shayne

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