Nikyta’s Reviews

Book Review: The Magic of Weihnachten by Bru Baker

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: The Magic of Weihnachten
Author: Bru Baker
Series: Celebrate! – 2014 Advent Calendar
Heroes: Walsh & Dierck
Genre: M/M Contemporary/Holiday
Length: 51 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon and All Romance eBooks
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: American Walsh Brandt is happy when a promotion lands him his dream job and a quiet new life in Germany. Until December rolls around, when he realizes it’s almost impossible to hide from the holiday season in Germany.

Dierck Reiniger is fascinated by Walsh’s hatred of Christmas and makes it his personal mission to help Walsh enjoy Weihnachten and the German traditions he grew up with. Walsh has a great time getting to know Dierck—but he still isn’t sold on Christmas, despite Dierck’s efforts. Dierck’s on the rebound, and he’s determined to develop their physical relationship slowly, much to Walsh’s frustration. It isn’t until they’re alone in a secluded cabin—hiding from the traditional trappings—that Walsh finally recognizes what the magic of the season can bring when spent with someone special.

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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, Nikyta's Reviews | Tags: Bru Baker, Contemporary, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, no sex, Series - Celebrate! - 2014 Advent Calendar, sweet, The Blogger Girls, The Magic of Weihnachten | 1 Comment

Book Review: Neon White Episode 1 by Wulf Francu Godgluck

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Neon White Episode 1
Author: Wulf Francu Godgluck
Series: A Tooth Claw and Horns Chronicle #1
Heroes: Belail/Bla’Gar
Genre: M/M Fantasy
Length: 22 Pages
Publisher: Wulf Francu Godgluck
Release Date: August 21, 2014
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Belail took another drag from the blood tinted clove cigarette, the puffs of putrid smoke swirling to show the chosen image again. “So, the former High Commander of Second Hell has finally set his heart on Raven White.”

Such pity that the dear Detective assigned to enforce supernatural and paranormal cases in Quebec would be chosen by this particular demon.

Bla’Gar is well… different.

Another drag, another puff. Relishing the new image of a chained Raven; withering in pleasure on Bla’Gar’s Hellfire bed.

Clearly a scenario that would keep Belail entertained… for now.
One to watch; intriguing to see at what lengths Bla’Gar would go to court the human Detective. And possibly… feasibly claiming the human’s soul for Bla’Gar himself?

Licking his lips Belail returned to the shadows from once he came. Scoffing his barbarous thoughts to the darkness. Though it would be fair to say that supers and paras aren’t the only ones that have teeth, claws and horns.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: Cops, demons, fantasy, M/M, mates, Neon White E1, paranormal, Self-Published, series, Series - A Tooth Claw and Horns Chronicle, Shifters, Short Story, The Blogger Girls, Wulf Francu Godgluck | Leave a comment

Book Review: Finding Matt by J.D. Ruskin

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Finding Matt
Author: J.D. Ruskin
Heroes: Jaron Greenberg/Paulo Silva
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 230 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: When six-year-old Matt Wilson and his Shih Tzu, Pixie, step out of the Stanton Community Hospital and disappear, his desperate parents convince Jaron Greenberg, a local pet psychic, to aid the police in the search. Jaron specializes in finding lost kitties and fixing problem pooches. He isn’t prepared for a case with so much at stake. And as soon as he starts, the abilities he’s had since childhood begin changing and growing in unexpected ways.

Paulo Silva is a veteran detective new to the small town of Stanton. As the low man on the totem pole at Stanton PD, he isn’t happy when the chief assigns him to babysit the pet psychic instead of actively working the missing child case. As Jaron uncovers clues, Paulo starts to wonder if he might be the real thing. Or maybe it’s just his testosterone reacting to what he’s sure is mutual attraction.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: Cops, Dreamspinner Press, favorites, Finding Matt, ghosts, injury/recovery, J.D. Ruskin, M/M, Mystery/Suspense, no sex, paranormal, Pets, Psychic Abilities, The Blogger Girls, working together | 1 Comment

Book Review: All’s Fair in Mate Bonds and Publishing by Alana Ankh

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: All’s Fair in Mate Bonds and Publishing
Author: Alana Ankh
Series: Confessions of a Werewolf Editor #1
Heroes: Killian Marsden/Brett Wolfe
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 112 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 3, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press and Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: For Killian Marsden, werewolf romance is overrated. After all, he should know, since he’s a half-werewolf and an editor for a romance-publishing house. He’s tired of reading mate bond fairytales, because real life doesn’t work that way. In the real world, Alphas abandon their half-breed children. Not that Killian’s jaded or anything. Simply realistic. So when werewolf Alpha Brett comes knocking, demanding explanations on a rejected manuscript, Killian reels away, or at least tries to.

Brett is a walking, talking Alpha cliché: big, possessive, and growly. His last name is Wolfe, for crying out loud. But Brett is also trustworthy, devoted to his pack, and a little silly when in love. Soon, Killian discovers that maybe, just maybe, he might love Brett in return.

Unfortunately, Killian is not the only one who wants to claim Brett. He will have to set aside his beliefs about mate bonds and deadbeats if he wants his own happily ever after werewolf romance.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: Alana Ankh, All's Fair in Mate Bonds and Publishing, alpha male, betrayal, cute, Dreamspinner Press, humor, M/M, mates, paranormal, series, Series: Confessions of a Werewolf Editor, sweet, The Blogger Girls, Werewolves, wolf shifters | Leave a comment

Book Review: Protector of the Alpha by Parker Williams

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Protector of the Alpha
Author: Parker Williams
Series: Shifting Needs
Heroes: Jake Davis/Zakiya Incekara
Genre: M/M Paranormal/New Adult
Length: 195 Pages
Publisher: Parker Williams
Release Date: November 10, 2014
Available at: Amazon, Smashwords and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Adopted at an early age by a wealthy family, Jake Davis has always seemed to have an easy life. Even in college he was blessed with good grades and an apparently clear path to a pro football career. Good thing his best friend keeps hanging around to keep his head from getting too swollen.

Zakiya Incekara has always been…odd. Being fluent in six languages and having a flair for international cooking should open the world to him, but those skills leave him isolated.

When Jake sees Zak for the first time, with water beading down his slender form, something inside him shifts, and it hungers for Zak. To have him. To claim him. And Jake knows that whatever it is, it won’t be denied.

When they are approached by a man who claims knowledge of a secret past they share, Jake and Zak are thrust into a world they would never have believed existed. The forests of Alaska might seem an odd place to find your destiny, but these men will meet the challenges head on, as they learn that sometimes you have to make sacrifices to be Protector of the Alpha.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: cat shifters, cute, injury/recovery, M/M, magic, mates, New Adult, paranormal, Parker Williams, Protector of the Alpha, Self-Published, series, Series - Shifting Needs, Shifters, sweet, taken, The Blogger Girls, virgins | Leave a comment

Book Review: Blue Days by Mary Calmes

Posted on December 1, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Blue Days
Author: Mary Calmes
Heroes: Dwyer Knolls/Takeo Hiroyuki
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 98 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: November 5, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Falling for a coworker is rarely a good idea, especially for a man getting a last chance at salvaging his career. But from the moment Dwyer Knolls sees the beautiful but socially awkward Takeo Hiroyuki, he seems destined to make bad decisions.

Takeo’s life is a string of failed attempts to please his traditional Japanese father. Unfortunately, succeeding in business turns out to be just as difficult for Takeo as changing from gay to straight. In fact, the only thing Takeo seems to truly excel at is taking notice of Dwyer Knolls.

When Dwyer and Takeo head to Mangrove, Florida on a real estate buying trip, their tentative friendship combusts and becomes much more. Is their sudden connection real enough to bank their futures on, or should they chalk the whole thing up to the daze inspired by the blue ocean breeze?
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: Blue Days, co-workers, Contemporary, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Friends to Lovers, M/M, Mary Calmes, Novella, sweet, The Blogger Girls, unrequited, working together | Leave a comment

Josh Lanyon Week Review: The Boy With the Painful Tattoo

Posted on November 28, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: The Boy With the Painful Tattoo
Author: Josh Lanyon
Series: Holmes & Moriarity #3
Heroes: Kit/J.X.
Genre: M/M Contemporary/Mystery
Length: 228 Pages
Publisher: Just Joshin
Release Date: October 25, 2014
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: It’s moving day at Chez Holmes. Somehow, against Kit’s better instincts, he and J.X. are setting up house together. But while J.X. is off at a writing conference, Kit unpacks a crate that should contain either old books or new china. It doesn’t. Within the mounds of green Styrofoam popcorn is a dead body. A very dead body.

There goes the neighborhood.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Author Week, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: Author Week - Josh Lanyon, Contemporary, Established couple, Hurt/Injury, Josh Lanyon, Just Joshin, kids, Law Enforcement, M/M, Murder, mystery, Self-Published, series, Series - Holmes & Moriarity, The Blogger Girls, The Boy With the Painful Tattoo | Leave a comment

Book Review: Beyond the Rift by Alana Ankh

Posted on November 27, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Beyond the Rift
Author: Alana Ankh
Series: Elemental Lovers #1
Heroes: Behnivyr ‘Ivy’ erethe/Kristelien Fezenda
Genre: M/M Fantasy
Length: 260 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: October 27, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Across the centuries, the Nikari, a race of vicious elemental mages, have built an empire, bringing an entire continent to its knees. The course of history seems set… until one innocent Andari mage changes everything and claims a greater prize—the heart of the Nikari emperor.

Behnivyr ‘Ivy’ Erethe knows his duty is to wed another Andari Pure-Blood. Craving one moment of freedom before his loveless bonding, he escapes his father’s suffocating protection and goes to a masquerade ball, only to unexpectedly meet a mysterious Nikari named Kris. Kris makes Ivy ache with a need he barely dares to acknowledge. One kiss, one dance—and Ivy’s life changes forever. Unbeknownst to Ivy, Kris is actually Kristelien Fezenda, the Nikari emperor. Forced to make a difficult choice, Ivy picks love over duty and becomes Kris’s concubine.

Poorly prepared for the whirlwind of emotion Ivy summons inside him, Kris now faces the hardest battle of his life. In a ruthless world where all weakness is exploited, where allies become enemies in the blink of an eye, where love can mean death, he will have to defeat more than his own personal demons to breach the rift between him and Ivy.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: Alana Ankh, arranged marriage, betrayal, Beyond the Rift, Dreamspinner Press, enemies to lovers, fantasy, favorites, injury/recovery, M/M, magic, Pets, Psychic Abilities, royalty, series, Series - Elemental Lovers, The Blogger Girls, virgins, warriors, yearning | Leave a comment

Early Review: The Highland Dragon’s Lady by Isabel Cooper

Posted on November 25, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: The Highland Dragon’s Lady
Author: Isabel Cooper
Series: Highland Dragon #2
Heroine/Hero: Regina Talbot-Jones/Colin MacAlasdair
Genre: M/F Historical Fantasy
Length: 352 Pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Regina Talbot-Jones has always known her rambling family home was haunted. She also knows her brother has invited one of his friends to attend an ill-conceived séance. She didn’t count on that friend being so handsome… and she certainly didn’t expect him to be a dragon.

Scottish Highlander Colin MacAlasdair has hidden his true nature for his entire life, but the moment he sets eyes on Regina, he knows he has to have her. In his hundreds of years, he’s never met a woman who could understand him so thoroughly… or touch him so deeply. Bound by their mutual loneliness, drawn by the fire awakening inside of them, Colin and Regina must work together to defeat a vengeful spirit – and discover whether their growing love is powerful enough to defy convention.

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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, M/F, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: dragons, ghosts, highlanders, Historical Fantasy, injury/recovery, Isabel Cooper, m/f, magic, Psychic Abilities, romance, series, Series - Highland Dragon, Sourcebooks Casablanca, The Blogger Girls, The Highland Dragon's Lady | Leave a comment

Book Review: The Best Corpse for the Job by Charlie Cochrane

Posted on November 24, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: The Best Corpse for the Job
Author: Charlie Cochrane
Heroes: Adam Matthews/Robin Bright
Genre: M/M Contemporary/Mystery
Length: 298 Pages
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Available at: Riptide Publishing, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Tea and sympathy have never been so deadly.

Schoolteacher Adam Matthews just wants to help select a new headteacher and go home. The governors at Lindenshaw St Crispin’s have already failed miserably at finding the right candidate, so it’s make or break this second time round. But when one of the applicants is found strangled in the school, what should have been a straightforward decision turns tempestuous as a flash flood in their small English village.

Inspector Robin Bright isn’t thrilled to be back at St. Crispin’s. Memories of his days there are foul enough without tossing in a complicated murder case. And that handsome young teacher has him reminding himself not to fraternize with a witness. But it’s not long before Robin is relying on Adam for more than just his testimony.

As secrets amongst the governors emerge and a second person turns up dead, Robin needs to focus less on Adam and more on his investigation. But there are too many suspects, too many lies, and too many loose ends. Before they know it, Robin and Adam are fighting for their lives and their hearts.

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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: Angst, Charlie Cochrane, Contemporary, HEA, Law Enforcement, Location - United Kingdom, M/M, mystery, no sex, Pets, Priest, Religion, Riptide Publishing, Teacher, teachers, The Blogger Girls, The Right Corpse for the Job | 2 Comments

Nikyta’s Reviews

Book Review: The Magic of Weihnachten by Bru Baker

Book Review: Neon White Episode 1 by Wulf Francu Godgluck

Book Review: Finding Matt by J.D. Ruskin

Book Review: All’s Fair in Mate Bonds and Publishing by Alana Ankh

Book Review: Protector of the Alpha by Parker Williams

Book Review: Blue Days by Mary Calmes

Josh Lanyon Week Review: The Boy With the Painful Tattoo

Book Review: Beyond the Rift by Alana Ankh

Early Review: The Highland Dragon’s Lady by Isabel Cooper

Book Review: The Best Corpse for the Job by Charlie Cochrane

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