Book Review: Beyond the Edge by Elizabeth Lister

Posted on January 8, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

Title: Beyond the Edge
Author: Elizabeth Lister
Heroes: Tate Mackenzie, James Lucas & Sebastian Doucette
Genre: M/M BDSM
Length: 290 Pages
Publisher: MLR Press
Release Date: September 21, 2012
Available at: MLR Press, Amazon, All Romance eBooks, & Barnes and Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads & Booklikes

Blurb: Tate Mackenzie has signed on for a weekend of kinky fun at the hands of respected Dom, James Lucas. However, James has invited another man, twenty-four year-old Sebastian Doucette, to join in. Thrown together under James’ expert tutelage, the two men experience an instant attraction and begin a tentative relationship on their own time. But James hasn’t been entirely honest with the boys and soon Tate finds himself the focus of two infatuated men. How will he choose the man he wants or the lifestyle he desires to pursue? Continue reading →

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LOVRE LUCIN – “Feeling good” (acoustic cover)

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Nikyta

So, a friend sent me a link to this video early this morning. Have to say, I really loved it. These guys are great but that voice is just amazing.

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Book Review: Magic Rises by Ilona Andrews

Posted on January 7, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Magic Rises
Author: Ilona Andrews
Series: Kate Daniels #6
Hero/Heroine: Kate Daniels & Curran Lennart
Genre:  M/F Urban Fantasy
Length: 368 pages
Publisher: Ace (Penguin)
Release Date: July 30, 2013
Available at:  Penguin, Amazon & Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf:  Goodreads & Booklikes

Blurb: Atlanta is a city plagued by magical problems. Kate Daniels will fight to solve them—no matter the cost.

Mercenary Kate Daniels and her mate, Curran, the Beast Lord, are struggling to solve a heartbreaking crisis. Unable to control their beasts, many of the Pack’s shapeshifting children fail to survive to adulthood. While there is a medicine that can help, the secret to its making is closely guarded by the European packs, and there’s little available in Atlanta.

Kate can’t bear to watch innocents suffer, but the solution she and Curran have found threatens to be even more painful. The European shapeshifters who once outmaneuvered the Beast Lord have asked him to arbitrate a dispute—and they’ll pay him in medicine. With the young people’s survival and the Pack’s future at stake, Kate and Curran know they must accept the offer—but they have little doubt that they’re heading straight into a trap… Continue reading →

Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, M/F, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2013 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Book Review: The Gentleman’s Madness by Bonnie Dee and Summer Devon

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Heather C

Reviewed by Heather C

The Gentleman's MadnessTitle: The Gentleman’s Madness
Author: Bonnie Dee and Summer Devon
The Heroes: John Gilliam and Samuel Tully
Genre: M/M Historical Romance
Length: Short Novel
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Release Date: December 31, 2013
Available at: Samhain Publishing, Amazon, All Romance eBooks, & Barnes and Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads & Booklikes

Blurb: An imprisoned heart finds escape in forbidden love.

No pride. No privacy. No hope.

Academic John Gilliam thought being caught embracing another man was the worst that could happen. Until he agrees to “treatment” at an asylum, where a vicious attack leaves him shaken and afraid.

But having all means of writing or reading taken from him… That is a serious threat to his sanity. Then a moment of kindness from an asylum attendant begins to restore his dignity.

Sam Tully feels sorry for the patient everyone calls “the professor”, but with a back injury that cost him his job on the docks—and without the education that would have bettered his position—he tries to keep his head down, and a tight lid on his attraction to men.

As John prays for freedom, he grows closer to the gentle, innately intelligent Tully. In spite of themselves, forbidden attraction leads to touches, kisses, and more. But there’s something other than curative treatments going on at the asylum. When John and Tully uncover a heinous conspiracy, their very lives are in danger.

Product Warnings:

Contains heinous crimes and frightening treatments—oh, and some sweet and loving sexy times between two healthy, not-crazy men. Continue reading →

Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Heather C's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2013 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

GIVEAWAY: Fish and Ghosts by Rhys Ford!

Posted on January 5, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Fish & Ghosts The Blogger Girls are very excited to host our very first giveaway and grateful for the awesome Rhys Ford for offering up one eBook copy of her newest release, Fish and Ghosts, which is the first in her Hellsinger series!

About Fish and Ghosts:

When his Uncle Mortimer died and left him Hoxne Grange, the family’s Gilded Age mansion, Tristan Pryce became the second generation of Pryces to serve as a caretaker for the estate, a way station for spirits on their final steps to the afterlife. Tristan is prepared for challenges, though not necessarily from the ghosts he’s seen since childhood. Determined to establish Tristan’s insanity and gain access to his trust fund, his loving relatives hire Dr. Wolf Kincaid and his paranormal researchers, Hellsinger Investigations, to prove the Grange is not haunted.

Skeptic Wolf Kincaid has made it his life’s work to debunk the supernatural. After years of cons and fakes, he can’t wait to reveal the Grange’s ghostly activity is just badly leveled floorboards and a drafty old house. More than a few surprises await him at the Grange, including its prickly, reclusive owner. Tristan Pryce is much less insane and much more attractive than Wolf wants to admit, and when his team releases a ghostly serial killer on the Grange, Wolf is torn between his skepticism and protecting the man he’s been sent to discredit.

The giveaway starts now and will end next Saturday, January 11th, 2014, at 11:59 pm EST. After which the lucky winner will be randomly picked.

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment below with your email address and you’re in!

Make sure to follow the blog for the winner’s announcement post or check back next Sunday, January 12th, 2014, to see if you’ve won.

Check out Nikyta’s review of Fish and Ghosts to see what she thought of it. Or if you can’t wait to read it, you can always buy it at Dreamspinner Press.

Hope everyone has a great Sunday and good luck!

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Book Review: Justice for Skylar by Sandrine Gasq-Dion

Posted on January 4, 2014 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title:  Justice for Skylar
Author: Sandrine Gasq-Dion
Series: The 12 Olympians #1
Heroes: Justice Salvatore & Skylar Foxx
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 251 pages
Publisher: Self-Published
Release Date: December 24, 2013
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads & Booklikes

Blurb: Skylar Foxx has been on his own for years, ever since he had been kicked out of his home just shy of turning sixteen. He worked the streets for food and warmth, certain that one day his life would take a better path. That day arrived in the form of a flyer smacking him in the face after enduring a particularly rough trick. Walking through the front door of the Pride safe house became the best decision Skylar ever made. He began a new life with help from billionaire businessman Caden Fournier, his husband, Kellan, and their outreach center associates. That life also included a handsome, six-foot-two Italian who looked mighty fine astride a Harley. After a tense introduction, Skylar discovered Justice Salvatore was unlike any man he’d ever met. He’s about to find out just how different Justice is. The two grow closer as Skylar struggles with his own weird… ability. Just when he dares to dream of a happy ending, his past explodes into his present and threatens to destroy everything.

Justice Salvatore has only been in love once, with the beautiful daughter of his werewolf pack’s beta. She was human, however, and Justice stayed away to protect her — only to mourn her death from a rogue attack. Skylar Foxx is stunning, but Justice is swept away by his incredible voice. Smitten on the spot, he sets his sights on getting to know the skittish young man. Bad things are happening to Skylar as they grow close, and Justice will do everything in his power to protect him. A terrifying secret shakes Justice to his core, and he is forced to decide whether someone close to him will live or die. After the hell Skylar has been through, Justice makes the only choice.

There will be justice for Skylar. Continue reading →

Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2013, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Gingertastic – One Reader’s Obsession (NSFW-ish)

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Nikyta

For anyone that really knows me, knows that I have a ginormous slight obsession with what you may call a ginger. You know who I’m talking about right? Red haired, pale skinned guys (although I do like them tanned too!) with so many freckles you lose count after ten. Hell, I like them so much I even created a shelf on Goodreads just so I could go back and get my ginger fix in books whenever I wanted.

There are a lot of different kinds of gingers, though. Generally speaking, a lot of people consider anyone with red hair (no matter if it’s dyed) a ginger. IMO, that’s not necessarily the case because I like having the full, natural effect but I won’t discriminate 😛

Granted, not all ‘gingers’ are hot to me but a majority of the time they are. Why, you ask? Well, why do some of us like buff guys and others like skinny ones? Or why do some people like toned women and others like some meat on their bones? Just a taste, I suppose, but when I’m reading about a ‘ginger’ I get all giddy. I just love them in my stories. In fact, Kyle Adams knew this and whether he admits it or not, I’m gonna believe he wrote Dirty Vlogger’s Elliot just for me. (Hehe)

I mean look at these guys and tell me you don’t at least see some appeal to them! Continue reading →

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Book Review: Worth Keeping by Susan Mac Nicol

Posted on January 3, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

Title: Worth Keeping
Author: Susan Mac Nicol
Heroes: Nick Mathers & Owen Butler
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 256 Pages
Publisher: Boroughs Publishing Group
Release Date: December 23, 2013
Available at: Boroughs Publishing, Amazon & All Romance eBooks
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Nick Mathers pulls Owen Butler from the freezing waters off the Norfolk coast, but Owen’s love can carry Nick back from the edge of oblivion.

Abused horrifically as a boy, Nick Mathers has come to terms with his existence as a man. Mostly. Other days life seems a little much. Especially when Nick knows he’ll always be alone.

On those days his thoughts turn black. He walks the Norfolk coast and considers the frigid embrace of the waves. And then, one stormy night, he finds someone who’s tasted just that. The beautiful stranger on the beach is near death, and Nick rushes him home to slowly nurse back to health. As he does, he finds a love unlike any other. Owen Butler’s body is as warm as the sea was cold, his heart as big as an ocean. And Owen is a man who swears to repay the favor. Nick can yet be saved from himself, and he will see that he is indeed a man…WORTH KEEPING Continue reading →

Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2013 | Tags: , , , , , , , | 3 Comments