Nikyta’s Reviews

Book Review: Fireworks and Resolutions by Leandra Dohman

Posted on December 12, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Fireworks and Resolutions
Author: Leandra Dohman
Series: Sleigh Ride – 2015 Advent Calendar
Heroes: Joseph & Carter
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 20 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Something big happened at the office Christmas party between Joseph and Carter, his coworker and ultimate crush. Too bad Joseph doesn’t remember it. Now, it’s New Year’s Eve, and Joseph finds himself locked in the bathroom with Carter. Joseph doesn’t understand why his natural confidence fizzles out whenever Carter is around, but the man reduces him to an awkward mess. If he can just find the courage to be himself, there might be more fireworks in his future than the ones they watch from the balcony.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2015 | Tags: co-workers, Contemporary, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Fireworks and Resolutions, Holiday - New Year's, Leandra Dohman, M/M, Series - Sleigh Ride - 2015 Advent Calendar, sweet, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Talk Turkey by Bru Baker

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Talk Turkey
Author: Bru Baker
Series: Sleigh Ride – 2015 Advent Calendar
Heroes: Carson & Tom
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 58 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Carson is a California transplant settling into life in the Windy City. On his first Christmas away from home, he assures his worried family he’ll be having a real Christmas dinner.

Recent culinary school graduate Tom Stockton earns some extra money giving out cooking advice at the Talk Turkey hotline. Tom’s honeyed voice and sharp sense of humor are attractive to the lonely Carson, and Carson finds reasons to call the hotline again and again. But on Christmas Eve, Carson’s call is less playful and more panicked with the big meal looming. Carson is just looking for advice, but Tom has a surprise in store that might lead to much more.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2015 | Tags: Bru Baker, Contemporary, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, Series - Sleigh Ride - 2015 Advent Calendar, sweet, Talk Turkey, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Reindeer Games by Kenzie Cade

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Reindeer Games
Author: Kenzie Cade
Heroes: Nik & Dash
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 22,000 words
Publisher: Less Than Three Press
Release Date: December 9, 2015
Available at: Less Than Three Press
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Dashing von Stride has one thing on his mind: winning the window display contest for the Miracle on Main Christmas Contest. His plans are set and ready—and then he walks into his toy store, Reindeer Games, to find a sleigh that shouldn’t be there. The mystery sleigh sparks a new plan, however, and now all Dash needs is the perfect Santa to model his display after.

This year, the pranks with his reindeer have gotten out of hand. Instead of preparing for the Big Day, Niklaus Kringle is hunting for his missing sleigh. Locating it should have been easy, but games easily won are seldom worth playing…
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2015 | Tags: artists, cute, elves, Holiday - Christmas, Kenzie Cade, Less Than Three Press, M/M, magic, paranormal, Reindeer Games, royalty, sweet, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Easy Evenings by Mary Calmes

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Easy Evenings
Author: Mary Calmes
Series: Mangrove Stories #4
Heroes: Laz & Britton
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 77 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: November 18, 2015
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Lazlo Maguire doesn’t do relationships—he does transactions. Six months of the year, he’s an expensive rent boy in Manhattan, and he moves so fast that settling down could not, would not, ever enter his mind… except for once. Britton Lassiter he meets man to man, not as hustler and mark, and it’s too good to be true when the lawyer wants to keep Lazlo even if he has to share him with the job.

But Lazlo has his reasons to walk away from the man he’s grown to love. The other six months of the year, he is laid-back Laz, a shopkeeper in the sleepy coastal town of Mangrove, Florida, where the artist he never allows himself to be in the Big Apple shines through. He lives for his time by the ocean, the place he hides his secrets and nurses his broken heart.

Then fate intervenes, and Laz gets the surprise of his life when he spies Britton in Mangrove—but it’s not meant to be… not until Britton sees the change in him and wants to be a part of Laz’s new life so that every evening can be easy… together. Hopefully the secrets that tore them apart won’t come back to haunt them.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2015 | Tags: artists, Contemporary, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Easy Evenings, escorts, ex-lovers, kids, M/M, Mary Calmes, series, Series - Mangrove Stories, sweet, The Blogger Girls, unrequited | Leave a comment

Book Review: For Want of a Christmas Miracle by Olley White

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: For Want of a Christmas Miracle
Author: Olley White
Series: Holiday Hopes #1
Heroes: Toby & Rhys
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: Novella
Publisher: NineStar Press
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Available at: NineStar Press
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: When one down-on-his-luck gardener and one garden centre owner meet, neither could predict the attraction they’d feel towards each other. Toby is just about turning round the business he’d inherited from his dad, and it’s all going well—until a risk he took looks like it might not pay off. Rhys’s employment at Toby’s garden centre is temporary, just to cover the Christmas sales, and frankly he’d much rather be outside gardening. And avoiding Christmas.

When an accident means Toby can’t be at work at a crucial time, it’s time for Rhys to step up to the mark. But can the Christmas Scrooge make the difference required for the man he’s starting to love?
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2015 | Tags: Contemporary, cute, For Want of a Christmas Miracle, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, Olley White, series, Series - Holiday Hopes, sweet, The Blogger Girls, working together | Leave a comment

Book Review: The Oracle’s Sprite by Mell Eight

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: The Oracle’s Sprite
Author: Mell Eight
Series: The Oracle #4
Heroes: Keir & Sprite
Genre: M/M Fantasy
Length: 25k words
Publisher: Less Than Three Press
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Available at: Less Than Three Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: At just eighteen years of age, Keir became the leader of the army fighting against the usurper king while Princes Edan and Egan led the navy. At his side, willing to help from time to time, was Sprite.

A friendly ghost, Sprite likes to keep Keir company and occasionally play tricks on Keir’s sister. When the Oracle demands Keir’s presence, he expects Sprite to travel with him.

He doesn’t expect the gale that knocks him overboard and into an adventure that might just kill him.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2015 | Tags: cute, dragons, fantasy, injury/recovery, Less Than Three Press, M/M, magic, Mell Eight, military, no sex, series, Series - The Oracle, sweet, The Blogger Girls, The Oracle's Sprite, warriors, yearning | Leave a comment

Book Review: Lord Mouse by Mason Thomas

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Lord Mouse
Author: Mason Thomas
Heroes: Garron & Mouse
Genre: M/M Fantasy
Length: 256 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: November 06, 2015
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Scoundrel by nature and master thief by trade, Mouse is the best there is. Sure, his methods may not make him many friends, but he works best alone anyway. And he has never failed a job.

But that could change.

When a stranger with a hefty bag of gold seduces him to take on a task, Mouse knows he’ll regret it. The job? Free Lord Garron, the son of a powerful duke arrested on trumped up charges in a rival duchy. Mouse doesn’t do rescue missions. He’s no altruistic hero, and something about the job reeks. But he cannot turn his back on that much coin—enough to buy a king’s pardon for the murder charge hanging over his head.

Getting Garron out of his tower prison is the easy part. Now, they must escape an army of guardsmen, a walled keep and a city on lockdown, and a ruthless mage using her power to track them. Making matters worse, Mouse is distracted by Garron’s charm and unyielding integrity. Falling for a client can lead to mistakes. Falling for a nobleman can lead to disaster. But Mouse is unprepared for the dangers behind the plot to make Lord Garron disappear.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2015 | Tags: Action/Suspense, against all odds, betrayal, Dreamspinner Press, emotionally damaged, fantasy, hostage, injury/recovery, Lord Mouse, M/M, Mason Thomas, no sex, Nobleman, separated for a bit, The Blogger Girls, yearning | Leave a comment

Book Review: King of the Kitchen by Bru Baker

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: King of the Kitchen
Author: Bru Baker
Heroes: Beck & Duncan
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 200 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: November 06, 2015
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Rising kitchen talents Beck Douglas and Duncan Walters have been on the foodie paparazzi radar for years, since their status as heirs to two of the biggest celebrity chef empires around makes them culinary royalty. Beck is known for his charm and traditional food as cohost of his uncle’s popular TV cooking show, while Duncan earned himself a reputation as a culinary bad boy, both for his refusal to work in his father’s restaurants and his avant-garde approach to cooking.

They’re also heirs to a food rivalry that could put the Hatfields and McCoys to shame, and when they’re photographed in the middle of a heated argument, the press goes wild with speculation. Damage control ensues, with a fake friendship engineered by PR cronies that leaves both of them secretly pining for more.

Beck chafes under his uncle’s micromanagement, and Duncan’s relationship with his homophobic father becomes even more tenuous when Beck and Duncan start getting closer. It’s hard to hide their chemistry on national television when Duncan joins Beck’s cooking show, but they won’t be able to take their relationship—or their careers—to the next level without breaking a few eggs.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2015 | Tags: assholes, Bru Baker, chefs, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, enemies to lovers, famous, King of the Kitchen, M/M, The Blogger Girls, working together, yearning | Leave a comment

Book Review: Warrior and Priest by Katie Howe

Posted on December 3, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Warrior and Priest
Author: Katie Howe
Heroes: Nico & Alex
Genre: M/M Scifi/Fantasy
Length: 200 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: October 26, 2015
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: On an earthlike planet ruled by the Elite, a rite called “the Gleaning” is used to select suitable spouses for those of merit. Nico Stamford is a member of the Geisha class. Though he has been trained for marriage all his life, becoming a healer and a priest in the process, all he wants is to cook and open a restaurant. Instead he becomes a candidate for the ritual. He hopes the Goddess will look kindly on him and eliminate him before the final choices are made. Alex DeVrie is a member of the Warrior class who has recently returned triumphant from a clash with an alien enemy. Made a duke of the Sixth Land as a reward, all Alex needs now is a husband. As soon as Alex sets eyes on Nico, he refuses to settle for anyone else.

Tradition says they can part ways after a year and a day. But love begins to grow as they unravel the mystery behind tragic events in the Sixth Land, and they uncover a conspiracy that could change their society.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2015 | Tags: arranged bonding, Dreamspinner Press, fantasy, injury/recovery, Katie Howe, M/M, Nobility/Royalty, Pets, Scifi, series, The Blogger Girls, Warrior and Priest, warriors | Leave a comment

Book Review: Desires’ Pride by Tempeste O’Riley

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Desires’ Pride
Author: Tempeste O’Riley
Series: Desires Entwined #2.5
Heroes: Chase/Rhys
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 27 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: When Chase Manning wakes up on the first morning of PrideFest, the last thing he expects to find is his lover and life partner, Rhys Sayer, on bended knee. But the news that marriage has been legalized in the state is a game changer for both of them.

After a mad dash to the courts, all they want is to find their friends at PrideFest to celebrate. However, what happens when they arrive will bond them together forever—if their friends don’t have a collective meltdown about their sudden disappearance first.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2015 | Tags: Contemporary, cute, Desires' Pride, existing relationships, Gay Marriage, M/M, series, Series - Desires Entwined, sweet, Tempeste O'Riley, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Nikyta’s Reviews

Book Review: Fireworks and Resolutions by Leandra Dohman

Book Review: Talk Turkey by Bru Baker

Book Review: Reindeer Games by Kenzie Cade

Book Review: Easy Evenings by Mary Calmes

Book Review: For Want of a Christmas Miracle by Olley White

Book Review: The Oracle’s Sprite by Mell Eight

Book Review: Lord Mouse by Mason Thomas

Book Review: King of the Kitchen by Bru Baker

Book Review: Warrior and Priest by Katie Howe

Book Review: Desires’ Pride by Tempeste O’Riley

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