JustJen’s Reviews

Book Review: Kríe Captivity by Kora Knight

Posted on March 17, 2016 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

29388541Title: Kríe Captivity
Author: Kora Knight
Series: The Nira Chronicles #1
Genre: MM, Sci-Fi
Length: 123 Pages
Publisher: Kora Knight
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  Nira. Astrum Industries’ newest charted planet. Freshly discovered. Wholly unexplored. But that won’t be the case for long. Led by Captain Alec Hamlin, a team of explorers make an emergency landing and are soon confronted by their first Niran native. A huge male Kríe packed with muscle, baring small, black horns and fangs. Fortunately, he’s friendly. Or so he lets them believe.

With the help of his pack, the Kríe takes Alec’s team captive, intending to sell them for profit. But these Nirans aren’t just shrewd, they’re arrogant and domineering. And most of all, extremely sexual. Which explains why, on their journey to peddle their new wares, they feed Alec’s team a powerful aphrodisiac. Nothing like some decadent entertainment on the side. Soon the team finds themselves feverishly trying to resist the growing urge to mount their seductive captors. But as passion prevails and unexpected bonds form, so much more is suddenly at stake. With no time left, will a shift in Kríe perspective be enough to change the fate of Alec’s team?

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Book Review: Easy Money by Tricia Owens

Posted on March 16, 2016 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

28482667Title: Easy Money
Author: Tricia Owens
Series: Sin City #9
Heroes: Max/Ethan
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 124 Pages
Publisher: Tricia Owens
Release Date: January 6, 2016
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  Sometimes being a good Samaritan doesn’t pay off…

Ethan stops the apparent assault of a young man from the streets and becomes embroiled in a confusing drama that he knows better than to involve Max in, not after the fiasco with Gordy. But keeping secrets from your lover is an even worse idea, as Ethan soon discovers. His act of kindness soon drags him and Max into the dangerous underbelly of Las Vegas, where the pursuit of easy money takes precedence over everything else.
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Book Review: Broken by Nicola Haken

Posted on March 15, 2016 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

20646135Title: Broken
Author: Nikola Haken
Heroes: Theodore Davenport/James Holden
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 287 Pages
Publisher: Nicola Haken
Release Date: February 29, 2016
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  When Theodore Davenport decides to switch his mundane job for a career, he walks into Holden House Publishing with enthusiasm and determination to succeed. As he settles into his new role, makes new friends, and dreams of making it to the top, everything is going to plan.

Until he meets James Holden, CEO of Holden House.

James Holden hasn’t been able to stop thinking about his encounter with the timid man he met in a club bathroom last week, and when he discovers the one haunting his dreams is an employee, he can’t seem to stop himself from pursuing him.

Just a little fun – that’s what James tells himself. He can’t afford to care for someone who can never reciprocate, not once they find out who he really is. James believes nobody deserves the burden of being attached to him. He’s a complicated man. Damaged. Difficult. Demanding.

Broken.

Is Theodore strong enough to confront James’ demons? More importantly, is James?

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Book Review: Between Ghosts by Garrett Leigh

Posted on March 14, 2016 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

27010837Title: Between Ghosts
Author: Garrett Leigh
Heroes: Connor Regan/Nat Thompson
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 226 Pages
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Release Date: March 14, 2016
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  In 2003, journalist Connor Regan marched through London to add his voice to a million others, decrying the imminent invasion of Iraq. Eight months later, his brother, James, was killed in action in Mosul.

Three years on, Connor finds himself bound for Iraq to embed with an elite SAS team. He sets his boots on the ground looking for closure and solace—anything to ease the pain of his brother’s death. Instead he finds Sergeant Nathan Thompson.

Nat Thompson is a veteran commander, hardened by years of combat and haunted by the loss of his best friend. Being lumbered with a civilian is a hassle Nat doesn’t need, and he vows to do nothing more than keep the hapless hack from harm’s way.

But Connor proves far from hapless, and too compelling to ignore for long. He walks straight through the steel wall Nat’s built around his heart, and when their mission puts him in mortal danger, Nat must lay old ghosts to rest and fight to the death for the only man he’s ever truly loved.
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Book Review: The Doms Club by Tricia Owens

Posted on March 13, 2016 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

28435567Title: The Doms Club
Author: Tricia Owens
Series: Sin City #8
Heroes: Max/Ethan
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 153 Pages
Publisher: Tricia Owens
Release Date: January 2, 2016
Available at: Amazon
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Blurb:  At the mercy of two Dominants…is there any point in resisting?

Ethan knows very little about his lover’s past, so when an old friend from Max’s university days arrives in Las Vegas, Ethan thinks it’s his chance to learn more about the man he loves. What he hasn’t counted on is this friend coming from a devious, highly sexual period of Max’s life when the two men were members of the Doms Club, which sought out and tested the limits of potential submissives. Now, Max’s friend wants to test Ethan’s limits. Ethan badly wants to prove that he is the perfect submissive for Max, but maybe this time he’s out of his league. Numerous graphic sexual situations. BDSM
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Book Review: Death Defying Acts by Tricia Owens

Posted on March 11, 2016 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

28414422Title: Death Defying Acts
Author: Tricia Owen
Series: Sin City #7
Heroes: Max/Ethan
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 144 Pages
Publisher: Tricia Owens
Release Date: December 30, 2015
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  Max and Ethan are back, facing difficult clients, an angry stalker, and their own powerful desires for each other.

Business responsibilities and the Poole family legacy are distractions while Max and Ethan, bodyguards for the rich and spoiled of Las Vegas, take on an assignment protecting an aerial acrobatics duo who is being harassed by what seems to be a homophobic stalker. Max knows how important professionalism is. He owns the business. But the stress of protecting the antagonistic acrobats and his own inability to resist the submissive siren call that is Ethan causes him to lose control. With a potentially dangerous, hateful stalker on the loose, can he afford to let down his guard and allow Ethan to get too close? Numerous graphic sexual situations. BDSM.
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Book Review: Lessons in Obedience by Tricia Owens

Posted on March 10, 2016 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

28415040Title: Lessons in Obedience
Author: Tricia Owens
Series: Sin City #6
Heroes: Max/Ethan
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 180 Pages
Publisher: Tricia Owens
Release Date: December 30, 2015
Available at: Amazon
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Blurb:  Lessons in love, lessons in obedience…

Ethan and Max have been through more than most couples have. After visiting Las Vegas and falling in lust with the magnificent Dom, Maxmillian Poole, Ethan has become a personal bodyguard working for Max’s agency. Ethan has survived the Vegas Mafia, foreign hitmen, and a gun-wielding stalker, with Max there to help him recover each time. But although Max and Ethan still love each other, something in their relationship has subtly changed and Max is
determined to fix it.

A vacation at a high-end gay resort in Greece offers them the chance to reconnect and reaffirm their roles as Dominant and submissive. Beneath the hot Mediterranean sun, Ethan will know exquisite pain and sizzling pleasure. He will learn what true submission means at the hands of his powerful, dominant lover. But maybe surrender requires more than giving up your body…maybe it means changing the way you guard your heart.
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Book Review: Most Wanted by Tricia Owens

Posted on March 9, 2016 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

27266027Title: Most Wanted
Author: Tricia Owens
Series: sin City #5
Heroes: Ethan/Max
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 179 Pages
Publisher: Tricia Owens
Release Date: October 23, 2015
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  An auction for the city’s most eligible bachelors…what could go wrong?

It’s Las Vegas, and the only thing hotter than the city are the agents of the Elite Poole Personal Security Service, owned by sin city’s most magnificent Dom, Maxmillian Poole. While a charity auction places Max in the unenviable position of having to go on a date with a stranger, his lover Ethan takes on an assignment guarding the star of a popular television show and his young son. For Ethan, the job is a breeze and fulfills his interest in children, but Max struggles with the ardent attentions of a man who doesn’t understand the word ‘no’. Max and Ethan’s love life is hotter than ever and emotionally, they’re growing closer, but all of that is threatened when an unexpected danger strikes them when they least expect it.

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Book Review: High Roller by Tricia Owens

Posted on March 8, 2016 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

26212586Title: High Roller
Author: Tricia Owens
Series: Sin City #4
Heroes: Max/Ethan
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 159 Pages
Publisher: Tricia Owens
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  Ethan hasn’t been assigned to guard a client since crossing paths with the Las Vegas mafia, so he’s eager to take on the talk of the city: the Slot Bandit. Rob Rexum is a man on the win streak of a lifetime. He needs a bodyguard to keep away the hordes of people who are desperate for a touch of his luck or a charitable handout. But he also wants Ethan to play his boyfriend in a strange ploy to get revenge on his ex-wife. Maxmillian Poole doesn’t like it and suspects there’s something more to Rexum’s story. But with Ethan pressuring him to work, Max relents, and immediately wishes he didn’t when issues of wealth and infidelity threaten to drive a wedge between him and Ethan.
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