Posts Tagged With: artists

Book Review: Coming of Age by Venona Keyes

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Coming of Age
Author: Venona Keyes
Series: Celebrate! – 2014 Advent Calendar
Heroes: Aero & Daniel
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 32 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Akiyoshi ‘Aero’ Kurokuma, author of the wildly popular manga, Ecos, lost his assistant when his best friend retired. After Aero collapses from exhaustion four years later, he is forced to run a contest for an assistant. Placing impossible rules on the contest, Aero is sure no one can win. But a winner emerges: a young man from America, Daniel Beck. The first time he lays eyes on Daniel, Aero realizes he’ll have a hard time hiding his attraction. Daniel is a perfect assistant, but it doesn’t help Aero see past the twenty-year age difference between them. It will take all of Daniel’s charm and the prayers offered at the shrine to make Aero take a chance on the romance they both want.

A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2014 Advent Calendar package “Celebrate!”.

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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: Age Gap, artists, Coming-of-Age, Contemporary, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, no sex, Recluse Artist, Series - Celebrate! - 2014 Advent Calendar, sweet, The Blogger Girls, unrequited, Venona Keyes | Leave a comment

Book Review: Wait for Me by T.S. Morgan

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Wait for Me
Author: T.S. Morgan
Series: Celebrate! – 2014 Advent Calendar
Heroes: TJ & Jamie
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 21 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: To fulfill his grandfather’s final request, TJ Barclay travels to Scotland over Christmas to bury his ashes next to his lost love, so they can be together at last. While there, he meets Jamie, the orphaned grandson of the man his grandfather loved sixty years ago, before circumstances tore them apart. Concerned for Jamie, TJ can’t leave Scotland without knowing he’s all right. Neither man expected a love story from the past to ignite a new one in the present.

A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2014 Advent Calendar package “Celebrate!”.

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Categories: 2.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: artists, Dreamspinner Press, GFY, Holiday - Christmas, Series - Celebrate! - 2014 Advent Calendar, T.S. Morgan, The Blogger Girls, Wait for Me | Leave a comment

Book Review: A Snowman Made of Sand by J.J. Carroll

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: A Snowman Made of Sand
Author: J.J. Carroll
Series: Celebrate! – 2014 Advent Calendar
Heroes: Ethan & Tristan
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 37 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Last year in England, Australian Ethan Harvey not only met his “perfect” man in Tristan Lewin-Jones, Ethan shared a wonderful Christmas with Tristan’s “perfect” family—an ideal British holiday full of genteel good cheer and all the traditional trimmings.

Now Tris and Ethan are living in Sydney, and Tris wants the quintessential Australian beach Christmas, with sun, sand, surf, seafood… and the Harveys. But Ethan didn’t mention the Harveys are politically incorrect, rude, crude, and loud. He worries his family will drive Tris away. Giving Tris the perfect beach Christmas with the imperfect Harveys is going to take a holiday miracle.

A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2014 Advent Calendar package “Celebrate!”.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: A Snowman Made of Sand, artists, Australia, Contemporary, cute, Dreamspinner Press, existing relationships, Holiday - Christmas, J.J. Carroll, M/M, no sex, Series - Celebrate! - 2014 Advent Calendar, sweet, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: The Holiday Hoax by Skylar M. Cates

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: The Holiday Hoax
Author: Skylar M. Cates
Heroes: Evan Goodman/JD Laurens
Genre: M/M Contemporary/Holiday
Length: 83 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 12, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press and Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: I’m Evan Goodman, budding actor, future star, college freshman. Oh, and let’s not forget—recently dumped. If only my family wasn’t expecting to meet my new boyfriend over the holiday break. Enter JD Laurens—a sweet and quiet science major who mostly keeps to himself. When he gathers the courage to come out, poor JD gets abandoned by his only family right in front of me, and now he has nowhere to go for Christmas. But I have a proposition for him: pretend to be my boyfriend for the holidays so I can take him home. It’s a win-win. What could go wrong?
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: artists, College, Contemporary, cute, deception, Dreamspinner Press, Geeks, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, Nerd, Novella, Skylar M. Cates, sweet, The Blogger Girls, The Holiday Hoax, virgins | Leave a comment

Book Review: A Bowl Full of Cherries by Raine O’Tierney

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Bowl Full of Cherries
Author: Raine O’Tierney
Heroes: Crowley Fredericks/Averell Lang
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 214 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press and Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Porker, Fatty, Tons-of-Fun: Crowley Fredericks has heard it all. He’s dropped a lot of weight since his high school days, but he’s still a big guy, and the painful words and bullying follow him. Rejected—again—because of his size, Crowley is starting to think that maybe love just isn’t meant for huskier men.

Averell Lang and his twin are so different they might as well not even be related. So when Rell’s brother brings his roommate home to snowy Susset for the holidays, Rell expects the worst—another uptight, pretentious hipster. What he discovers instead is Crowley. Nerdy, fascinating, attractive, Crowley. Rell never expected to look at a man this way, and what he sees in Crowley Fredericks is something he didn’t even know he was looking for. If both men can overcome their hang-ups, they might unwrap more than presents this holiday season.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: artists, Bowl Full of Cherries, brother's best friend, Contemporary, crazy family, crazy meddling family, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Gay for you, GFY, Holiday - Christmas, Humorous, M/M, Raine O'Tierney, separated for a bit, sweet, The Blogger Girls, unconventional characters, yearning | 3 Comments

Book Review: Bewitched at the Pumpkin Patch by Jackie Nacht

Posted on November 2, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Bewitched at the Pumpkin Patch
Author: Jackie Nacht
Series: Holiday Jobs That Don’t Suck #1
Heroes: Lawson/Hayden
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 42 Pages
Publisher: Extasy Books
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Available at: Extasy Books, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Pumpkins and corn mazes—can Lawson stick it out long enough in his hellish holiday job for a chance to be with Hayden?

College football player Lawson’s funds are starting to get a little thin for him to make it to the end of the semester. Finding the flyer to work at the Pumpkin Patch seems to be the answer to his empty pockets, until he starts working there. Now he finds himself stuck in a job from hell. The only motivation he has is hoping that the pumpkin artist—art major Hayden—will notice him before the season ends.

Can he stick it out long enough to ask Hayden out? And will Hayden run screaming for the door when he finds out where he lives?
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2012 | Tags: artists, Athletes, Bewitched at the Pumpkin Patch, College, Contemporary, cute, Extasy Books, football, fraternity, Holiday - Halloween, Jackie Nacht, M/M, Series - Holiday Jobs That Don't Suck, Short Story, sweet, The Blogger Girls, unrequited, working together | Leave a comment

Book Review: For a Reason by Jessie G.

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: For a Reason
Author: Jessie G.
Series: The Sizzling Miami #2
Heroes: Bull Connor/Ian “Red” Jones
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 297 Pages
Publisher: Jessie G. Books
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Available at: Jessie G. Books and Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Former Marine and full time big brother, Bull Connor spends his days helping those in need of a second chance and his nights fighting the inner demons that won’t let go. During a routine tow he comes face to face with the only person who refuses to need him and the one man he wishes would.

As a throw away, Ian Jones is used to being alternately overlooked or ridiculed but hasn’t given up on the idea that with just one chance he could turn it all around. Rescued by the one person who neither overlooks nor ridicules him, he longs to be seen as more than just a man in need.

Ian isn’t pining for the family he’s never known but when they descend, unwanted and uninvited, Bull must prove that he’s the man who will protect Ian’s long neglected heart by sharing the demons that torment his wounded soul.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: artists, bad situations, Contemporary, cute, Dominance, emotionally damaged, ex-military, favorites, For a Reason, Ginger-lovin, Jessie G., Jessie G. Books, long lost family, M/M, PTSD, Self-Published, series, Series - The Sizzling Miami, sweet, The Blogger Girls, virgin, working together | Leave a comment

Book Review: Outing the Quarterback by Tara Lain

Posted on September 16, 2014 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Outing the Quarterback
Author: Tara Lain
Series: Long Pass Chronicles #1
Heroes: Will Ashford/Noah Zajack
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 216 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspiner Press
Release Date: September 19, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Will Ashford lives in two closets. He meets his wealthy father’s goals as both the quarterback for the famous SCU football team and a business major, but secretly he attends art school and longs to live as a painter. And he’s gay. But if he can win the coveted Milton Scholarship for art, he’ll be able to break from his father at the end of his senior year.

In a painting master class, Will meets his divergent opposite, Noah Zajack. A scarred orphan who’s slept on park benches and eaten from trash cans, Noah carefully plans his life and multiple jobs so he has money and time to go to art school. Will’s problems seem like nothing compared to Noah’s. Noah wants the scholarship too and may have a way to get it since the teacher of his class has designs on him, a plan Will isn’t happy about.

When a gossipmonger with a popular YouTube channel finds evidence that Will is gay, the quarterback’s closet doors begin to crumble. Hounded by the press and harassed by other players, Will has to choose. Stay in the closet and keep his family’s wealth, or let the doors fall off and walk out with nothing. Nothing but Noah.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2014, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: artists, Athlete, Bi-Sexual, Closeted, Coing Out, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Family Drama, Homophobia, Hurt/Comfort, M/M, Outing the Quarterback, Series - Long Pass Chronicles, Tara Lain, The Blogger Girls, Young Adult | 1 Comment

Book Review: Life’s a Beach by Poppy Dennison

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Life’s a Beach
Author: Poppy Dennison
Series: Coconut Cove Episode #1
Heroes: Flynn & Seth
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 24,373 words
Publisher: Wilde City Press
Release Date: August 20, 2014
Available at: Wilde City Press & Amazon
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Blurb: Welcome to Coconut Cove where you’ll always find oiled beach bodies, palm trees, tropical drinks, and plenty of drama!

Coconut Cove is the hottest new sensation to sweep the nation — a gay teen drama filled to the brim with hot stars and even hotter action. It’s catching the public’s attention and winning their hearts. But all the drama, heartache, and life lessons aren’t just for the characters on the screen. The fledgling actors behind the scenes have more than their fair share of love and catastrophes. They may only play teens on TV but when it comes to romance, these twenty-somethings still have lessons to learn.

From the scheming ex determined to cash in on a rising star, to the hunky high school crush resurrected from ancient history—from the nice guy with a naughty past, to the snarky diva with attitude—there’s plenty of scandalous hidden affairs and seriously sexy demons hiding in just about everyone’s closet on Coconut Cove.

You just have to be ready to drink it in. Bottoms up … or should we say off?

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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: Actors, artists, Contemporary, famous, Life's a Beach, M/M, Novella, Poppy Dennison, romance, series, Series - Coconut Cove, The Blogger Girls, Wilde City Press | Leave a comment

Book Review: Nothing Special by Jay Northcote

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Nothing Special
Author: Jay Northcote
Heroes: Noah/Sol
Genre: M/M Contemporary Romance
Length: 184 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Noah thinks he’s nothing special. Average height, a bit on the skinny side, and cute but rather geeky, he’s relentlessly ordinary. He certainly doesn’t expect to be noticed by Sol, the gorgeous dark-haired stranger Noah sees on his commute home most days. But when Noah’s friend, Dom, persuades Noah to take a huge risk in a bid to get Sol’s attention, things turn out better than Noah dared to hope. Noah and Sol start dating, and much to Noah’s surprise, his feelings seem to be reciprocated.

But Noah’s insecurities make him doubt Sol. He doesn’t believe he’s interesting enough or sexy enough to hold Sol’s attention, and as Sol tries to get closer, Noah’s instinct is to pull away to protect himself. If their relationship is going to survive, Sol needs to convince Noah that he sees Noah very differently than Noah sees himself. Because to Sol, Noah is something very special indeed.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: artists, Contemporary, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Jay Northcote, M/M, Nothing Special, Novella, romance, sweet, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Posts Tagged With: artists

Book Review: Coming of Age by Venona Keyes

Book Review: Wait for Me by T.S. Morgan

Book Review: A Snowman Made of Sand by J.J. Carroll

Book Review: The Holiday Hoax by Skylar M. Cates

Book Review: A Bowl Full of Cherries by Raine O’Tierney

Book Review: Bewitched at the Pumpkin Patch by Jackie Nacht

Book Review: For a Reason by Jessie G.

Book Review: Outing the Quarterback by Tara Lain

Book Review: Life’s a Beach by Poppy Dennison

Book Review: Nothing Special by Jay Northcote

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