JustJen’s Reviews

Book Review: Perfect Boy/Perfect Son by S. Knox

Posted on July 20, 2016 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

30873857Title: Perfect Boy/Perfect Son
Author: S. Knox
Series: The Sadou Order Chronicles
Heroes: Master Clayton
Genre: MM BDSM
Length: 46 Pages
Publisher: TP Peacocking
Release Date: July 9, 2016
Available at: Smashwords, ARE and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  To say the Sadou are a secret club would be an understatement. For the Sadou are to the sexual cults what the Illuminati are to New World Order. Secretive. Wealthy. Powerful. Generations old and filled to the brim with more dark taboos than most humans can imagine.

Master Clayton not only grew up in the Order, he is one of the more revered members. And he is about to partake in a selection that will give him a young man of his choosing to be his sex slave boy forever.

Twenty-three are handed over to the selection, handpicked from those who qualify for such honours and asked to be among the entries. Only their identity is kept from Clayton, and as he interviews and explores them all, one of them happens to remind him of his own son, Nathanael.
Some taboos aren’t just dark; they’re too damn tempting.

Warning: Subject matter is devised around pseudo-incest, but with intentions to deceive you into thinking it’s the real thing.
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Book Review: Significant Other by Tricia Owens

Posted on July 19, 2016 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

31129293Title: Significant Other
Author: Tricia Owens
Series: Sin City #10
Heroes: Ethan/Max
Genre: MM Contemporary
Publisher: Tricia Owens
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Available at: Amazon
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Blurb:  Guess who’s coming to Vegas?

When Ethan’s parents announce that they are coming to Las Vegas to visit him, he’s not sure if it’s the end of the world or a chance to finally come clean about his sexuality. While his relationship with them has always been strong, coming out as gay might change how they feel about him forever. But the thought of telling his parents about Max and uniting the people he loves most in the world is tempting. It’s a gamble he’s seriously considering taking.

However, Max has his own thoughts about how much he’s willing to let Ethan tell his parents. There’s more at stake than just a personal outing; The Elite Poole itself is on the line. How much of the truth is Max willing to reveal in order to keep Ethan happy? And how much money would it take to keep them in the closet for good? Contains graphic m/m BDSM scenes between loving partners.
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Book Review: The Loft by Elizabeth Lister

Posted on July 18, 2016 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

29936370Title: The Loft
Author: Elizabeth Lister
Series: The Loft Trilogy #1
Heroes: James/Tate/Sebastian
Genre: MMM Contemporary BDSM
Length: 91 Pages
Publisher: MLR Press
Release Date: July 8, 2016
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  When a former acquaintance of James’ becomes involved with a shady character and James’ efforts to help him backfire, Tate decides it is up to him to save the day even if it means putting himself in danger. (Featuring the characters from Elizabeth Lister’s The James Lucas Trilogy)
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Book Review: Choosing Home by Alexa Milne

Posted on July 13, 2016 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

30212537Title: Choosing Home
Author: Alexa Milne
Series: The Call of Home #1
Heroes: Zac McKenzie/Seth Prithcard
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 187 Pages
Publisher: Pride Publishing
Release Date: June 14, 2016
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  You can never escape from yourself.

Zac McKenzie is an ex-professional footballer with a secret he gave up his career to protect. Several years ago, he fled to his home in the North East of Scotland to avoid being outed as gay. Now, he owns a successful hotel and restaurant, but is it time to finally come out into the open?

Seth Pritchard feels he is damaged goods. He comes to Scotland to escape memories of the accident that left him injured, his bullying step-brothers and a life of lies.

For their whole lives, Zac and Seth have denied who they truly are to themselves as well as to others. When they meet, each man is forced to confront his fears and tear them down one by one.
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Book Review: Gays of Our Lives by Kris Ripper

Posted on July 12, 2016 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

29862883Title: Gays of Our Lives
Author: Kris Ripper
Series: Queers of La Vista #1
Heroes: Emerson/Obie
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 226 Pages
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Release Date: July 11, 2016
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
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Blurb:  Emerson Robinette only leaves his apartment to get laid and go to work. Having MS—and trying to pretend he doesn’t—makes everything more complicated, especially his fantasies of coming on strong and holding a guy down. Finding a partner who’ll explore that with him isn’t Emerson’s idea of a realistic goal.

Until a chance meeting with a hipster on a bus makes him reconsider. Obie is happy, open-hearted, and warm; what’s more, he gets his kicks being physically dominated, spanked, and teased until he’s begging. It would be perfect, except for one thing: Emerson isn’t made for happiness, and he doesn’t see how a guy like Obie would settle for a cynic like him.

But as far as Obie’s concerned, the only thing keeping them apart is Emerson. Can Emerson handle a boyfriend who’s more invested in his future than he is? Emerson’s barely convinced he has a future. But when Obie’s smiling at him, anything seems possible.
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Book Review: What Remains by Garrett Leigh

Posted on July 5, 2016 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

29317012Title: What Remains
Author: Garrett Leigh
Heroes: Jodi Peters/Rupert O’Neil
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 278 Pages
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Release Date: July 4, 2016
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
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Blurb:  Web designer Jodi Peters is a solitary creature. Lunch twice a week with his ex-girlfriend-turned-BFF and the occasional messy venture to a dodgy gay bar is all the company he needs, right?

Then one night he stumbles across newly divorced firefighter Rupert O’Neil. Rupert is lost and lonely, but just about the sweetest bloke Jodi has ever known. Add in the heady current between them, and Jodi can’t help falling hard in love. He offers Rupert a home within the walls of his cosy Tottenham flat—a sanctuary to nurture their own brand of family—and for four blissful years, life is never sweeter.

Until a cruel twist of fate snatches it all away. A moment of distraction leaves Jodi fighting for a life he can’t remember and shatters Rupert’s heart. Jodi doesn’t know him—or want to. With little left of the man he adores, Rupert must cling to what remains of his shaky faith and pray that Jodi can learn to love him again.
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Book Review: Center of Deception by Nat Kennedy

Posted on June 20, 2016 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

30325639Title: Center of Deception
Author: Nat Kennedy
Series: Wielder World #2
Heroes: August Whalen
Genre: MM/Sci-Fi
Length: 109 Pages
Publisher: Lagomorph Press
Release Date: June 20, 2016
Available at: Amazon
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Blurb:  August Whalen—force Wielder, proprietor of the Black Castle, and smuggler of rare and fine goods—is torn from his sleek and cushy lifestyle by an unwanted discovery in the back alley of his bar: a body. Now, trapped between a male Wielder cult and the Bureau of Wielder Services, August must play a dangerous game with an end goal that shifts from finding a killer to staying alive.

Center of Deception is the next novella of the Wielder World series—gay urban fantasy full of danger, desperation, and dedication born of trial and blood.
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Book Review: Life After Living by Max Vos

Posted on June 15, 2016 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

30408089Title: Life After Living
Author: Max Vos
Heroes: Vance Spence/Wade Farmer
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 333 Pages
Publisher: Max Vos
Release Date: June 16, 2016
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  Two men: each trying to cope with PTSD.

Vance Spence is suffering from yet another loss. The episodes are becoming more and more frequent. Only time will tell if he will be able to cope with yet another person leaving him.

Wade Farmer recently returned from Afghanistan only to have his family disown him for loving another man. He also is suffering from loss.

When the two are put together, neither are comfortable with the situation, but agree to give it a try. Two different lives. Two different men. Two different experiences, but common ground gives each of them understanding. Are they strong enough to battle their own demons as well as the others? Only time will tell.
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Book Review: The Second Half: A Gay American Football Story by Scott Pomfret

Posted on June 12, 2016 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

29901429Title: The Second Half: A Gay American Football Story
Author: Scott Pomfret
Heroes: Peyton/Brady
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 286 Pages
Publisher: Lethe Press
Release Date: June 12, 2016
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  Division I college football coach Peyton Stone has a secret. It’s not so much that he’s gay. It’s that he’s fallen in love with his older Iraq-War-vet-turned-starting-QB Brady Winter. Willing to deny himself for the sake of the Golden Eagles football team, Peyton focuses helping his team score touchdowns, but when he discovers the attraction is mutual, he jumps in with both feet.

For each, the stakes are high: bowls, limelight, press, and the NFL. But Peyton and Brady find time during the season to carve out their own private and sexy refuge. Only jealous whispers force the head coach to see what he didn’t want to see and he tears the two apart. It’s only when Brady’s war injuries threaten his health that Peyton reluctantly returns to the team — under cover! The two concoct a plan to pass off Peyton as Brady at the bowl game, thereby preserving Brady’s health and perhaps earning a national championship. Will anyone notice the difference? Does anyone really want to? Most of all, can the pair’s sense of honor outlast the deception?
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