Posts Tagged With: against all odds

Book Review: Whispers of Old Winds by George Seaton

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Whispers of Old Winds
Author: George Seaton
Series: Sleigh Ride – 2015 Advent Calendar
Heroes: Sam & Michael
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 38 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
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Blurb: After Sam returns home from two tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, he moves to the Colorado mountains, where he hopes to begin a new life with his husband, Michael. Sam becomes the sheriff of sparsely populated Pine County, while Michael opens a curio shop for tourists where he sells his art. When Sam and his deputy attempt to rescue a body from a dangerously fragile mountainside snowpack, Sam’s perception of the world, his husband, and the veracity of truths whispered in old winds, are called into question.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2015 | Tags: against all odds, artists, Cops, Dreamspinner Press, existing relationships, George Seaton, Holiday - Christmas, injury/recovery, M/M, paranormal, psychics, Series - Sleigh Ride - 2015 Advent Calendar, The Blogger Girls, Whispers of Old Winds | 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
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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: The Prince’s Consort by Antonia Aquilante

Posted on November 3, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: The Prince’s Consort
Author: Antonia Aquilante
Series: Chronicles of Tournai #1
Heroes: Phillip & Amory
Genre: M/M Fantasy
Length: 290 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: October 16, 2015
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
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Blurb: Legends tell of large cats defending the principality of Tournai, but such creatures have been lost to time.

Or have they?

Prince Philip inherited the throne at a young age, and since then, his life has centered around ruling his country and resisting those pressuring him to take a wife and conceive an heir—forcing him to hide his attraction to men. When kind-hearted Amory is offered to the prince in exchange for more time for Amory’s father to complete a commission, both Philip and Amory are horrified. But Philip agrees to keep Amory at the palace, where they gradually become friends, then lovers. For the first time in his life, Philip is free to share not only his heart, but the magical shape-shifting ability that runs in the royal bloodline.

Neither Amory nor Philip imagined falling in love, and they certainly don’t expect the lengths those who oppose their relationship will go to keep them apart—maybe even resorting to murder.
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Categories: 3 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2015 | Tags: against all odds, Antonia Aquilante, artists, betrayal, cat shifters, cute, Dreamspinner Press, ex lovers as secondary characters, fantasy, injury/recovery, M/M, magic, Mpreg, royalty, series, Series - Chronicles of Tournai, sweet, The Blogger Girls, The Prince's Consort | Leave a comment

Book Review: A Fortunate Blizzard by L.C. Chase

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: A Fortunate Blizzard
Author: L.C. Chase
Heroes: Trevor & Marc
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 179 pages
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Available at: Riptide Publishing & Amazon
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Blurb: There are worse things than being stranded in a blizzard.

Artist Trevor Morrison has always appreciated the little things in life, treating each day as a gift. And with good reason: he’s been on the transplant-recipient list for too long now. When he learns just how numbered his days truly are, he resolves not to take them for granted. But he won’t be unrealistic, either—which means romantic commitments are off the table.

Marcus Roberts seems to have it all. He’s handsome, financially sound, and on the fast track to partnership at a prestigious law firm. In reality, though, his drive for success has meant no time for friends or relationships. Add in the fact that his family discarded him long ago, and he’s facing yet another holiday season alone.

When the biggest snowstorm to hit Colorado in decades leaves Marc and Trevor stranded at the same hotel, a chance encounter and a night of passion leads to more than either of them expected. Finding comfort in each other is a welcome surprise, but time is not on their side. Either they find a way to beat the odds, or they lose each other forever. Continue reading →

Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2015 | Tags: A Fortunate Blizzard, against all odds, artists, Contemporary, favorites, Holiday - Christmas, Illness/Disease, L.C. Chase, Lawyers, M/M, older couples, Riptide Publishing, separated for a bit, sweet, tear jerker, The Blogger Girls, yearning | Leave a comment

Book Review: Archangel’s Storm by Nalini Singh

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Archangel’s Storm
Author: Nalini Singh
Series: Guild Hunter #5
Hero/Heroine: Jason/Mahiya
Genre: M/F Urban Fantasy
Length: 353 pages
Publisher: Berkley
Release Date: September 4, 2012
Available at: Amazon
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Blurb: With wings of midnight and an affinity for shadows, Jason courts darkness. But now, with the Archangel Neha’s consort lying murdered in the jewel-studded palace that was his prison and her rage threatening cataclysmic devastation, Jason steps into the light, knowing he must unearth the murderer before it is too late.

Earning Neha’s trust comes at a price—Jason must tie himself to her bloodline through the Princess Mahiya, a woman with secrets so dangerous, she trusts no one. Least of all an enemy spymaster.

With only their relentless hunt for a violent, intelligent killer to unite them, Jason and Mahiya embark on a quest that leads to a centuries-old nightmare… and to the dark storm of an unexpected passion that threatens to drench them both in blood.
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Categories: Book Review, M/F, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2012 | Tags: against all odds, Angels, Archangel's Storm, arranged bonding, emotionally damaged, injury/recovery, m/f, Nalini Singh, royalty, series, Series - Guild Hunter, The Blogger Girls, urban fantasy, warriors, yearning | Leave a comment

Book Review: Archangel’s Blade by Nalini Singh

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Archangel’s Blade
Author: Nalini Singh
Series: Guild Hunter #4
Hero/Heroine: Dmitri/Honor
Genre: M/F Urban Fantasy
Length: 321 pages
Publisher: Berkley
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Available at: Amazon
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Blurb: The severed head marked by a distinctive tattoo on its cheek should have been a Guild case, but dark instincts honed over hundreds of years of life compel the vampire Dmitri to take control. There is something twisted about this death, something that whispers of centuries long past…but Dmitri’s need to discover the truth is nothing to the vicious strength of his response to the hunter assigned to decipher the tattoo.

Savaged in a brutal attack that almost killed her, Honor is nowhere near ready to come face to face with the seductive vampire who is an archangel’s right hand, and who wears his cruelty as boldly as his lethal sensuality…the same vampire who has been her secret obsession since the day she was old enough to understand the inexplicable, violent emotions he aroused in her.

As desire turns into a dangerous compulsion that might destroy them both, it becomes clear the past will not stay buried. Something is hunting…and it will not stop until it brings a blood-soaked nightmare to life once more…
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, M/F, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2011 | Tags: against all odds, Angels, Archangel's Blade, assholes, Berkley, emotionally damaged, injury/recovery, m/f, Mercenaries, Nalini Singh, Reincarnation, series, Series - Guild Hunter, The Blogger Girls, urban fantasy, vampires, warriors, working together, yearning | Leave a comment

Book Review: Archangel’s Consort by Nalini Singh

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Archangel’s Consort
Author: Nalini Singh
Series: Guild Hunter #3
Hero/Heroine: Elena & Raphael
Genre: M/F Urban Fantasy
Length: 337 pages
Publisher: Berkley
Release Date: January 25, 2011
Available at: Amazon
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Blurb: Vampire hunter Elena Deveraux and her lover, the lethally beautiful archangel Raphael, have returned home to New York only to face an uncompromising new evil…

A vampire has attacked a girls’ school–the assault one of sheer, vicious madness–and it is only the first act. Rampant bloodlust takes vampire after vampire, threatening to make the streets run with blood. Then Raphael himself begins to show signs of an uncontrolled rage, as inexplicable storms darken the city skyline and the earth itself shudders.

The omens are suddenly terrifyingly clear.

An ancient and malevolent immortal is rising. The violent winds whisper her name: Caliane. She has returned to reclaim her son, Raphael. Only one thing stands in her way: Elena, the consort who must be destroyed…
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, M/F, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2011 | Tags: against all odds, Angels, Archangel's Consort, Berkley, existing relationships, Gods and Goddesses, injury/recovery, Mercenaries, mystery, Nalini Singh, series, Series - Guild Hunter, The Blogger Girls, urban fantasy, vampires, warriors | Leave a comment

Book Review: Shifting Chaos by Elizabeth Noble

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Shifting Chaos
Author: Elizabeth Noble
Series: The Sleepless City #4
Heroes: Forge/Blair & Declan/Lucas
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 216 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: September 7, 2015
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
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Blurb: Chaos reigns in The Sleepless City, and it’s really beginning to piss Detective Jonas Forge off. He’s got inner demons to battle and a life to build with his new soul mate, Blair Turner. Nothing is going right, and he already feels the universe is conspiring against him when a turn of events he never saw coming flips his world upside down.

Hallucinations grip the town and everyone in it, threatening to tear their precariously built family apart, and the only way forward is to bare all to each other. This means Declan and Blair need to learn to accept one another. Lucas Coate has to move forward without ties to his werewolf pack and live a monogamous life with Declan.

But while Forge and Declan confront horrors from their shared past, Simon learns a terrible truth about vampires—one he couldn’t have imagined in his worst nightmares.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2015 | Tags: against all odds, Cops, criminals, deception, demons, Doctors, Dreamspinner Press, Elizabeth Noble, existing relationships, injury/recovery, M/M, mates, paranormal, Pets, series, Series - The Sleepless City, Shifting Chaos, The Blogger Girls, vampires, wolf shifters, working together | Leave a comment

Book Review: Whiskers of a Chance by Tempeste O’Riley

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Whiskers of a Chance
Author: Tempeste O’Riley
Heroes: Jason & Keith
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 204 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: September 30, 2015
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Jason Grant runs his own IT business from home, owns his own home, and has the best friend he could imagine. What he doesn’t have, or believe he will ever have, is love. When Jason catches a glimpse of his new neighbor on moving day, his libido ignites and his fascination in piqued. He even manages to concoct an excuse to go over and meet the man who makes him hope and want for more than he has in years.

Keith Skyler is a shifter in a world where his kind is known only to a few, but they don’t often mix and they never mate. Keith has been hoping for a mate since before he can remember, but gay lynx don’t have true mates. As far as he knows, they don’t have mates at all. However, while moving his little family across Seattle—and away from their tribe—his reality tips and spins more than he thought possible.

When these two men meet over a dish of five-cheese broccoli-noodle casserole, sparks fly. Who knew a welcome-to-the-neighborhood gift could give both of them their chance at love?
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, Nikyta's Reviews | Tags: against all odds, cat shifters, cute, Dreamspinner Press, injury/recovery, kids, M/M, mates, neighbors, paranormal, sweet, Tempeste O'Riley, The Blogger Girls, vampires, Whiskers of a Chance, wolf shifters | Leave a comment

Book Review: Sons of the Countryside by Jenni Michaels

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Sons of the Countryside
Author: Jenni Michaels
Heroes: Knox & Cailean
Genre: M/M Fantasy
Length: 200 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: July 3, 2015
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
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Blurb: In the kingdom of Ailis, the Council removes all magicians from their family at the onset of their powers. All except one—Knox Cane, whose father hid him to keep him safe. But when Knox’s skills become known, the Council captures his father and gives him an ultimatum: use his abilities to help them locate and kill the last prince of the Phela line, the royal family the Council overthrew twenty years before, or never see his father again.

When he was just a child, Cailean Phela lost most of his family in a senseless slaughter perpetuated by a power-hungry group of men. His race—the Mac Tire—were banished to the nearly uninhabitable northern mountains of Cairn, where their numbers have dwindled. Luckily for the Mac Tire, the rising resistance is finally ready to make a move. If they can harness the magic the land holds for them before time runs out, they might find the strength to take back their kingdom.

Cailean knows he is a hunted man. He anticipates a difficult battle to free his land from the Council’s tyranny, but he never expected to fall in love with the man charged with ending his life.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2015 | Tags: against all odds, betrayal, Dreamspinner Press, fantasy, favorites, injury/recovery, Jenni Michaels, kidnapped, M/M, magic, royalty, Sons of the Countryside, The Blogger Girls, warriors, wolf shifters | Leave a comment

Posts Tagged With: against all odds

Book Review: Whispers of Old Winds by George Seaton

Book Review: Lord Mouse by Mason Thomas

Book Review: The Prince’s Consort by Antonia Aquilante

Book Review: A Fortunate Blizzard by L.C. Chase

Book Review: Archangel’s Storm by Nalini Singh

Book Review: Archangel’s Blade by Nalini Singh

Book Review: Archangel’s Consort by Nalini Singh

Book Review: Shifting Chaos by Elizabeth Noble

Book Review: Whiskers of a Chance by Tempeste O’Riley

Book Review: Sons of the Countryside by Jenni Michaels

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