Posts Tagged With: Bears

Book Review: Silver Silence by Nalini Singh

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Silver Silence
Author: Nalini Singh
Series: Psy-Changeling Trinity #1 & Psy-Changeling #16
Hero/Heroine: Silver/Valentin
Genre: M/F Fantasy
Length: 456 pages
Publisher: Berkley
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Control. Precision. Family. These are the principles that drive Silver Mercant. At a time when the fledgling Trinity Accord seeks to unite a divided world, with Silver playing a crucial role as director of a worldwide emergency response network, wildness and chaos are the last things she needs in her life. But that’s exactly what Valentin Nikolaev, alpha of the StoneWater bears, brings with him.

Valentin has never met a more fascinating woman. Though Silver is ruled by Silence–her mind clear of all emotion–Valentin senses a whisper of fire around her. That’s what keeps him climbing apartment buildings to be near her. But when a shadow assassin almost succeeds in poisoning Silver, the stakes become deadly serious…and Silver finds herself in the heart of a powerful bear clan.

Her would-be assassin has no idea what their poison has unleashed…
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Book Review, M/F, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2017 | Tags: Alpha Male/Female, Bears, Berkley Books, crazy meddling family, fantasy, favorites, grieving, kids, m/f, mates, Nalini Singh, Psychic Abilities, Recovery, separated for a bit, series, Series - Psy-Changeling, Series - Psy-Changeling Trinity, Silver Silence, sweet, The Blogger Girls, warriors, working together | Leave a comment

Book Review: The Beary Best Holiday Party Ever by B.G. Thomas

Posted on December 6, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: The Beary Best Holiday Party Ever
Author: B.G. Thomas
Series: Sleigh Ride – 2015 Advent Calendar
Heroes: Ron Corbin/Paddy Brennan
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 81 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Before he discovered the Heartland Bear Clan, Ron Corbin figured no one could ever love a “fatass” like him. But the big group of big men accepts him, and likes him just the way he is. Having finally found a place he belongs, he works hard to get elected president of the club—and wins. He’s the happiest he’s ever been.

But Paddy Brennan, a sexy bear cub who blew into town and became Mr. Popular overnight, is elected vice-president. Ron doesn’t think Paddy has earned the honor, and now he’ll have to work shoulder to shoulder (and belly to belly) with the guy for a year.

Ron will do what’s best for the club even if that means setting his personal feeling—that Paddy is a jerk—aside. But then as the two men get to know each other, Ron reluctantly finds he not only likes the guy, but is growing more and more attracted to him.

Deep down, Ron still worries he isn’t good enough, but maybe Paddy can show him there’s a beary happy ending waiting for them after all.

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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: B.G. Thomas, Bears, Body Issues, Contemporary, Drag Queens, Dreamspinner Press, enemies to lovers, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, Misunderstanding, Series - Sleigh Ride - 2015 Advent Calendar, Short Story, The Beary Best Holiday Party Ever, The Blogger Girls, Weight Issues | 1 Comment

Book Review: IVAN vs. IVAN by Princess S.O.

Posted on October 18, 2015 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

Title: IVAN vs. IVAN
Author: Princess S.O.
Series: The Teddy Bear Collection #3
Heroes: Ivan Voloshyn/Ivan Blažević
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 80 Pages
Publisher: Proud Indy
Release Date: August 13, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Out here in the North Sea love usually passes a man by like a ship in the night. So it’s a nice surprise when the captain of the ship hired to transport Ivan’s platform rig into port for the winter might actually offer some unexpected non-business type amenities as well.

Ivan Voloshyn owns and operates the Marianna Shoal, a deep sea oil rig. It’s hard work and long days out in harsh weather. And he loves it that way. Because that’s what he knows. Seabeds— rigs— oil— and bad weather. He’s also about to find out the Norse Gods have a sense of humor. For who should it be to come riding in on the Sea Dock Heavy Lift ship? Another Ivan.

Captain Ivan Blažević knows who he is and what he wants. Problem is, he also knows he can’t have it. Just because the rest of the world is coming out of the closet doesn’t mean every gay man can or should. Out here on the seas the weather can change in an instant. He needs to trust his crew to do their job, and their hostility towards gays would get in the way of that if he was ever found out.

Ivan-the rig-owner’s very presence threatens Blažević’s closet doors, nevertheless it’s hard to turn that away, because he wants him to keep doing so.

Out here, the North Sea can change a man’s life— but hatred can take it away.

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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Alpha Males, Bears, Closeted, Coming Out, Contemporary, Depression, Grief, injury/recovery, IVAN vs. IVAN, M/M, Men with Tattoos, Oil Rigs, older men, Princess S.O., Sea Captains, Self-Published, Series - The Teddy Bear Collection, Short Story, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Safe in His Arms by Renae Kaye

Posted on January 3, 2015 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Safe in His Arms
Author: Renae Kaye
Heroes: Lon/Casey
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 208 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: November 28, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: In the late-night quiet of the caravan park shower room, Lon Taylor washes away the filth of the Western Australian mines. He’s not looking for anyone, but when Casey offers, Lon doesn’t turn him down.

Welcoming the young man in his big, hairy arms, Lon provides a safety to Casey that he has never known, and Casey wants to stay forever. Still reeling from the breakup of his family years ago, Lon’s not sure he’s ready for the responsibility of the comfort and security Casey craves.

But perhaps Lon can risk opening his heart again and hoping for a brighter future. Casey has some pretty big skeletons in his past to deal with. And Lon wonders what Casey will do when he finds out how badly Lon failed at protecting the ones he loved eight years ago.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2014, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: Age Gap, alpha male, Barely Legal, Bears, Contemporary, Domestic abuse, Dreamspinner Press, Family Drama, Grief, Hurt/Comfort, M/M, Past Abuse, past rape, Renae Kaye, Safe in His Arms, The Blogger Girls, Twinks | Leave a comment

Book Review: Big Spoon & Teddy Bear by Princess S.O.

Posted on December 28, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

Title: Big Spoon & Teddy Bear
Author: Princess S.O.
Series: Teddy Bear Collection #2
Heroes: Gage/Boomer
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 113 Pages
Publisher: Princess S.O.
Release Date: December 4, 2014
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble, Smashwords
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: For years Gage has been turning men into steel, athletes into warriors of strength, competitors into medalists. But Gage isn’t looking for any more empty trophies, he’s looking for something far more meaningful.

When Gage takes a new job at an old gym, he doesn’t expect his entire life to get a workout, just a change of pace. At first it doesn’t seem like much and about the only plus is the endless view of rugged and well worked man-candy in the form of weightlifters and Strongman competitors that he’d be training and working with. He figures he has it made the minute he walks in the front door in that sense. But in truth, it isn’t enough. He wants a place to set down roots. More importantly, he wants someone to take root with.

Because he’s gay, Gage had always been told to just be happy with what he got, but there’s something about Boomer. A quiet, towering mountain of a Bear that was the gym’s manager who has Gage hoping for more than just daydreaming about the large physique. And that alone promises to put a spark back into the life of a lonely, freckled ginger.
You’re never too old for a teddy bear, right?
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews | Tags: Bears, Big Spoon & Teddy Bear, Contemporary, Down Syndrome Characters, ginger, Grief, Gym, M/M, Personal Trainers, Princess S.O., Self-Published, Series - Teddy Bear Collection, The Blogger Girls, Working Out | Leave a comment

Audio Review: When Love Gets Hairy by Jacob Z. Flores

Posted on August 26, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: When Love Gets Hairy
Author: Jacob Z. Flores
Narrator: TJ Jamesin
Series: Provincetown #3
Heroes: Teddy Miller and Nino Santos
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: Book – 240 Pages/Audio – 7 Hours, 55 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – December 13, 2013/Audio – August 8, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: As vain as he is beautiful, Nino Santos happily lives life waiting for the next ferry full of fairies to bring him new conquests. As long as they aren t hirsute, he s all in. So he’s shocked to wake up after a beach party he cannot remember with a hairy naked man lying next to him.

Teddy Miller doesn t remember the Bear Week party either, much less the Abercrombie & Fitch model wannabe next to him. Teddy doesn t give two cents about appearances, but guys like Abercrombie don t return the favor. That s why he prefers men with extra fur and padding over carbon copy clones of perfection a type of man Teddy is far too familiar with.

When Nino and Teddy glimpse each other the next morning, it s loathing at first sight. Instead of exchanging phone numbers, they exchange insults and vow never to see each other again. In Provincetown, however, escaping a trick best forgotten isn t easy. Mutual friends and chance circumstances keep Nino and Teddy in each other s orbit. But are they fighting each other or the attraction growing between them? The answer lies amid Provincetown s windswept dunes and the night neither of them can recall.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: audio book, Beach Town, Bears, Cross dressing, Dreamspinner Press, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Jacob Z. Flores, Lesbian, Long-Distance Relationship, Men with pets, Model, Old Flames, Series - Provincetown, The Blogger Girls, TJ Jamesin, When Love Gets Hairy | Leave a comment

SJD Peterson Week Review: Conner’s Courage

Posted on August 22, 2014 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Conner’s Courage
Author: SJD Peterson
Series: Whispering Pines Ranch #4
Heroes: John Price/Conner Burnett
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 198 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: August 3, 2012
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: John Price and Conner Burnett have been part of the Whispering Pines Ranch for the past thirty-seven years. A loving couple who have overcome every obstacle thrown at them, John and Conner are a testament to the strength of true love. But now John is in the hospital with a diagnosis of cancer, fighting for his very life.

As his lover struggles, Conner looks back on when they first met. The early seventies wasn’t an easy time to be a gay man, especially in a small country town. Considering John’s pride, Conner’s need to be himself, shame, bitterness, and two stubborn natures, their love story almost wasn’t written. But they beat the odds, and Conner will be damned if he’ll let anyone take John from him now. He had the courage to stand up for what he wanted in 1974. If need be, he’ll go toe to toe with God himself to keep the man he fought so hard to love.

Authors Note:
Please note that I am a firm believer in safe sex practices. However, this novel was set in 1974 with no AIDS in sight, and most venereal diseases treated with a simple shot, it was “The golden age of Gay sexuality.”
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Author Week, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2012, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: Alpha Males, Author Week - SJD Peterson, Bears, Closeted, Coming Out, Conner's Courage, Contemporary, cowboys, Dreamspinner Press, Established couple, Flamboyant, Homophobia, Hurt-Comfort, Illness-disease, In-the-Closet, M/M, Rancher, Series - Whispering Pines Ranch, SJD Peterson, The Blogger Girls, Western | Leave a comment

Book Review: Upside Down by Andrew Grey

Posted on August 18, 2014 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Upside Down
Author: Andrew Grey
Series: Broncos Boys #2
Heroes: Lowell Cartwright/Jeremy Hodgson
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 200 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon and All Romance Ebooks
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Lowell Cartwright’s life as a mercenary problem solver has taken its toll, and after one more difficult job, he wants out. For help, he turns to Bull, a soldier of fortune turned club owner—not exactly a friend, but the best chance Lowell has. He visits Bull’s club to scope it out and meets Jeremy Hodgson. The twink captures his attention in a big way. Bull tells Lowell to stay away from the club until he decides whether he can help, so Lowell stays in town. When he spots Jeremy passed out on the floor of a convenience store, he goes to Jeremy’s aid.

Lowell piques Jeremy’s interest immediately, pushing all the right buttons. Then, when Jeremy needs help, Lowell’s kindness turns interest into something more.

But trouble comes knocking when Jeremy’s place is bugged. Maybe Lowell’s past is catching up to him, or maybe the danger centers on Jeremy’s roommate Tristan’s mysterious boyfriend. Whatever the source of the problem, the future Lowell and Jeremy hope for doesn’t stand a chance unless they can find a way to protect themselves.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2014, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: action, Alpha Males, Andrew Grey, Bears, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, First-Time, Homophobia, Hurt/Comfort, Illness/injury, M/M, Mercenary, mystery, Road trip, Series - Bronco Boys, The Blogger Girls, Upside Down, Violence | Leave a comment

Book Review: Their Plane From Nowhere by Princess SO

Posted on May 11, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

Title: Their Plane From Nowhere
Author: Princess SO
Heroes: Earl Knox/Hank Grisset
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 92 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: May 7, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, All Romance eBooks & Barnes and Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads & Booklikes

Blurb: In their small town in the Pocono Mountains, Earl Knox and Hank Grisset have never been considered among the pretty ones to anyone but each other. As lucky as Hank and Earl consider themselves to have found each other, that’s about as far as luck has gone. All those Could’ah— Should’ah— Would’ah— moments a man never sees comin’, but that don’t stop him from regrettin’ them later in life.

When Earl makes a critical decision that ultimately outs him and Hank, a mysterious plane shows up at their lake house. Coming out in a small town can erase friendships in a heartbeat. But when a rift in the family leads to a life-threatening accident, only their love for each other is gonna get them through this—that, and their plane from nowhere. Continue reading →

Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Bears, Cheating, Coming Out, Dreamspinner Press, Family Drama, M/M, Mystery/Suspense, Over-age-40, paranormal, Princess SO, Short Story, The Blogger Girls, Their Plane From Nowhere | 4 Comments

Shifter Week Review: Tiger Tiger by Rachel Wilder & A. Catherine Noon

Posted on March 12, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

Title: Tiger Tiger
Author: Rachel Wilder, A. Catherine Noon
Series: Chicagoland Shifters #2
Heroes: Sasha/Neil/Steve/Carlos
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 276 pages
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Release Date: July 23, 2013
Available at: Samhain Publishing, Amazon, All Romance eBooks & Barnes and Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads & Booklikes

Blurb: When you grab a tiger by the tail, sometimes he bites back.

Veterinary trauma surgeon and animal empath Sasha Soskoff has found everything he ever wanted with his new partners Neal, Steve and Carlos. Life feels as safe and secure as it can be among a group of ex-Marine tiger shifters. Until a homeless man is found, gruesomely mauled and murdered, near Neal’s BDSM club.

When it’s determined a rogue tiger did the deed, the jaguars’ accusing eyes turn toward Sasha’s lovers. The precarious balance of peace tips dangerously toward war.

Neal knows damned well none of his tigers committed the crime. Someone must be in Chicago without his knowledge or permission, and they’d better find him fast before uncertainty and conflict rip the tight-knit band apart from the inside.

As Sasha struggles to heal the stress fractures forming among his tiger family, he begins to wonder if his dreams of a home, and love, were too good to be true. And it’s precisely that moment the killer strikes at the heart of the tiger clan—Sasha himself.

Product Warnings:
This continuing story contains more hot man-on-man and men-on-more-men ménage action than you can shake a cat at. Continue reading →

Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2013, Theme Week | Tags: A. Catherine Noon, Bears, Chicagoland Shifters Series, interracial, Jaguars, M/M, Menage, Ocelots, paranormal, Poly, Rachel Wilder, Samhain Publishing, Shifter Week, Tiger Tiger, Tigers | Leave a comment

Posts Tagged With: Bears

Book Review: Silver Silence by Nalini Singh

Book Review: The Beary Best Holiday Party Ever by B.G. Thomas

Book Review: IVAN vs. IVAN by Princess S.O.

Book Review: Safe in His Arms by Renae Kaye

Book Review: Big Spoon & Teddy Bear by Princess S.O.

Audio Review: When Love Gets Hairy by Jacob Z. Flores

SJD Peterson Week Review: Conner’s Courage

Book Review: Upside Down by Andrew Grey

Book Review: Their Plane From Nowhere by Princess SO

Shifter Week Review: Tiger Tiger by Rachel Wilder & A. Catherine Noon

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