JustJen’s Reviews

Book Review: Overtime by T.S. McKinney

Reviewed by JustJen

28627599Title: Overtime
Author: T.S. McKinney
Heroes: Jagger Jameson/Colton Montgomery
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 283 Pages
Publisher: Dark Hollows Press
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
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Blurb:  Jagger Jameson could be the poster child for a nasty childhood campaign but he refused to allow it to dictate his future. At an early age, he learned to shut down all of his emotions and focus solely on survival. As it turned out, survival came in the form of a basketball scholarship with the University of Kentucky Wildcats. As the rest of the team around him focuses on having a good time and building friendships, Jagger worries only about using his talent to help him escape the life that was dealt to him. Everything is going smoothly until somebody from his past makes a reappearance, and with just the mention of a name, Jagger finds himself struggling to maintain his cool facade.

Colton Montgomery’s wealth allowed him the opportunity to have just about anything in the world he could desire…except the only thing he’d ever really wanted – Jagger Jameson. When the opportunity to try and tame a Wildcat comes his way, Colton welcomes the challenge.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2016 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Book Review: The Dungeon, Level 5 by Kelex

Reviewed by JustJen

23619926Title: The Dungeon, Level Five
Author: Kelex
Series: La Cachot #5
Heroes: Creigh/Gabriel
Genre: MM Contemporary BDSM
Length: 66 Pages
Publisher: Twisted Erotica Publishing
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  Creigh tries hard to stand by his man, but in the face of seeing a submissive’s surrender into madness, Creigh must once again decide if the world Gabriel has drawn him into is one he wants to live within.

Seeking freedom, Creigh runs, leaving his master in a time of need.

Will Gabriel come for Creigh, and if so, what kind of punishment might he mete to a runaway submissive?

Welcome to the final story in Creigh’s tale…
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Book Review: Conversation Hearts by Avon Gale

Reviewed by JustJen

28147683Title: Conversation Hearts
Author: Avon Gale
Heroes: Levi/Sinjin
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 31 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: February 10, 2016
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
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Blurb:  It’s Valentine’s Day, and grad student—and male escort—Levi Barron expects to spend his evening with a client who’s paying him for his services in bed… not an assassin who needs to borrow the view from his hotel room in the morning.

With nothing to do but endure the company of his unwanted guest, Levi and the assassin, Sinjin, spend some time bonding over HGTV, minibar beverages, Flannery O’Connor short stories, terrible Valentine’s candy, and the necessity of lying about their jobs.

Their evening takes an unexpected turn when they decide to indulge in their mutual attraction, and in the morning Levi doesn’t know if he’s spent the night with a hired killer or a hydraulic engineer with a very specific fantasy. Either way, the two have enough chemistry—in and out of bed—that Levi isn’t sure one night with Sinjin will be enough.

And a message left in candy suggests the feeling is mutual.
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Book Review: All You Can Eat by Ingela Bohm

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28805820Title: All You Can Eat
Author: Ingela Bohm
Heroes: Xavier/Guy
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 225 Pages
Publisher: Ingela Bohm
Release Date: January 30, 2016
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
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Blurb:  How do you date someone who doesn’t eat?

Dietician Xavier Deniel is the poster boy for healthy eating. Toned and fit, he practices what he preaches, and his patients keep coming back just for the pleasure of seeing him. His spare time is divided between the gym and the other men who go there, and that’s the way he likes it.

Until Guy turns up. He is Xavier’s opposite in every way: mousy and awkward, sullen and frail. Worst of all, he carries a beast inside him, one that makes all human connection impossible. Lesser men than Xavier would recoil in disgust if they knew, and Guy is not about to reveal his true self to a bloody Frenchman.

But what Guy doesn’t know is that Xavier has stumbled on his half-forgotten blog, the one place where he has confessed all his secrets. When the truth comes out, will Xavier run for the hills – or will he be the one to finally force the beast out in the open?
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2016 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Book Review: Taking the Long Way by Max MacGowan

Reviewed by JustJen

28542635Title: Taking the Long Way
Author: Max MacGowan
Heroes: Rye Bellamy/Marcus Townsend
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 234 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: February 12, 2016
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
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Blurb:  Male escort Rye Bellamy is looking for a way out. Any way out. He’s getting older, and clients are getting more dangerous. If he doesn’t find something better, he knows he won’t survive.

He sees his chance in Marcus Townsend, a functionally blind Army veteran. Marcus, who refuses to accept his condition as immutable, has a shot at seeing a specialist who might be able to help him—but that doctor’s based on the other side of the country.

When Rye and Marcus meet, they realize they can help each other. Marcus can’t drive, but Rye can. Marcus knows what Rye is, but he likes him anyway. In fact, he more than likes him. Driving cross-country with a near stranger is a daunting task, but Rye’s biggest risk is falling for the gentle, stubborn-hearted soldier—and it might already be too late to stop that.

They plan to part ways when they reach their destination, but plans change as the affection between them grows. Now neither wants their journey to end, but continuing means finding a way to bridge the distance between who they were and who they’d like to become.
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Book Review: The Dungeon, Level Four by Kelex

Reviewed by JustJen

23476838Title: The Dungeon, Level Four
Author: Kelex
Series: La Cachot #4
Heroes: Creigh/Gabriel
Genre: MM Contemporary BDSM
Length: 73 Pages
Publisher: Twisted Erotica Publishing
Release Date: October 27, 2014
Available at: Amazon
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Blurb:  Creigh’s relationship with his boss Gabriel is shifting into a new gear. Freshly pierced, they must find interesting ways to satisfy themselves until they heal, or let the build-up consume them. It also opens the two to new intimacies, making them face their emotions.

Once they’re free to enjoy their new toys, they attempt to garner an invite to level four—a notoriously difficult level which is also the stomping grounds for Gabriel’s sadomasochistic brother, Martin.

A war begins between the two brothers, but then someone throws a wrench into the whole situation, changing the men’s lives forever.

Welcome to Level Four of Le Cachot…

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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Book Review: The Dungeon, Level Three by Kelex

Reviewed by JustJen

23246524Title: The Dungeon, Level Three
Author: Kelex
Series: La Cachot #3
Heroes: Creigh/Gabriel
Genre: MM Contemporary BDSM
Length: 73 Pages
Publisher: Twisted Erotica Publishing
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Available at: Amazon
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Blurb:  Creigh Delacroix is learning the way through his new BDSM world, under the careful tutelage of his boss and master, Gabriel Etienne.

Some of Gabriel’s favorite fetishes can be found on level three of the exclusive sex dungeon Le Cachot. Creigh is wary of the play there at first, but Gabriel opens Creigh’s eyes to the delights, making the willing submissive all the more eager to give in to his master.

Creigh seeks passage into level three, willing to do just about anything to prove to Gabriel his submission and surrender. Will it be enough to open The Gate to level three?

Welcome to Level Three of Le Cachot…
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Book Review: Loving the Master by Lynn Kelling

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27294701Title: Loving the Master
Author: Lynn Kelling
Series: The Manse #2
Heroes: David Davenport/Shae Whittier
Genre: MM Contemporary BDSM
Length: 450 Pages
Publisher: Fantastic Fiction Publishing
Release Date: February 9, 2016
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
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Blurb:  Billionaire Dominant David Davenport needs a break from the loveless isolation imposed by wealth, responsibility, and the stress of running the Manse, his private gay club. While at lunch with an old friend, David finds himself enchanted by the charming and submissive nature of Shea Whittier, their young waiter. David offers to help the young man out with his personal troubles, never suspecting the danger he’s putting them both in.
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Book Review: The Dungeon, Level Two by Kelex

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23166063Title: The Dungeon, Level Two
Author: Kelex
Series: La Cachot #2
Heroes: Creigh Delacroix/Gabriel Etienne
Genre: MM Contemporary BDSM
Length: 81 Pages
Publisher: Twisted Erotica Publishing
Release Date: August 25, 2014
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  Creigh Delacroix is learning the way through his new BDSM world, under the careful tutelage of his boss and master, Gabriel Etienne. Creigh believes he’s grasped level one and is ready to move on to darker desires, but Gabriel is concerned his new slave isn’t ready to observe all Le Cachot has to offer.

Level two is more than Creigh could’ve expected — and he’ll be tested more than he originally anticipated.

Creigh will have to impress the Gate Keepers to move farther into the depths of Le Cachot. Within the Gatekeepers’ lair, Creigh lays witness to the depravity the members enjoy on a daily basis.

Welcome to Level Two of Le Cachot…
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Book Review: The Promise by Victoria Sue

Reviewed by JustJen

T28487054itle: The Promise
Author: Victoria Sue
Series: Sirius Wolves #4
Heroes: Marcus…
Genre: MM(MM) Paranormal
Length: 172 Pages
Publisher: Dark Hollows Press
Release Date: January 14, 2016
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
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Blurb:  The time of Anubis is at hand. Working together against him, the goddess Sirius and the god Orion have helped mankind prepare by uniting Blaze, Conner, Darric, and Aden to fight the evil in the world. But in the war to come, the werewolves will need more allies, and this will extend beyond werewolf kind.

Marcus, an ex-Marine who’d lost both his legs in a landmine accident, is now Human Liaison Officer for Blaze’s pack. Having lost his lover too when the man couldn’t bear to live with “a cripple”, Marcus never expected that he’d fall in love again, let alone with the werewolf Kellan who seemed to be universally hated by the pack.

The Winter Circle is moving, and a psychopathic pastor has abducted Nate, one of the wolves from Hunter’s pack. For once the wolves cannot rescue him — it has to be a human — and now Marcus must save the wolves from their biggest threat: one of their own.

If Marcus succeeds, he will bring in a new era in mankind’s battle against the power of evil, starting with a simple promise and ultimately mending four broken hearts.
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