Posts Tagged With: Christmas

Book Review: Trading Tridents by C.M. Taylor

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Trading Tridents
Author: C.M. Taylor
Series: 2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers
Heroes: John & Derek
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 32 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Available at: Deramspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: DecemberCon 2017. John Perlan, aka YouTuber “SmileyNibor,” has come to the con for one reason and one reason only: to see his idol, actor Derek Kitow. And since Derek has announced he’ll be dressed as the original Aquaman, Perlan decides to come as the Aquaman reboot. It helps that he already has the beard and the bod to make a convincing Momoaman.

But when Derek Kitow makes his entrance, he recognizes Perlan from his tiny YouTube channel and wants him onstage! Has Kitow been following him online? Could SmileyNibor’s hero also be a fan? And what exactly does Kitow have in mind by inviting Perlan to meet him after the panel? Continue reading →

Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2017 | Tags: Actors, BDSM, C.M. Taylor, Christmas, Dreamspinner Press, famous, Holiday - Christmas, kink, M/M, Series - 2017 Advent Calendar Daily - Stocking Stuffers, The Blogger Girls, Trading Tridents | Leave a comment

Book Review: An Unexpected Sanctuary by Cassie Decker

Posted on December 16, 2017 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: An Unexpected Sanctuary
Author: Cassie Decker
Series: 2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers
Heroes: Tobin & Kyle
Genre: M/M Fantasy
Length: 33 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: An aggressive super-flu pandemic wipes out a majority of the population over the course of one Christmas holiday—and brings Tobin and Kyle together. For almost a year, they’ve been trekking across the country from Colorado toward a sanctuary in upstate New York. Kyle’s survival skills have kept them alive, and Tobin wants to repay the man he loves with a very special gift of his own making. He sneaks off in search of the last few pieces… only to get himself and Kyle kidnapped by a desperate stranger. With their journey to New York on hold—possibly indefinitely—they’ll need to accept that home isn’t always defined by a place as much as the person you’re with.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2017 | Tags: against all odds, An Unexpected Sanctuary, artists, Cassie Decker, Christmas, cute, Dreamspinner Press, dystopian, engineers, existing relationships, fantasy, geniuses, Holiday - Christmas, injury/recovery, M/M, pandemic, post apocalyptic, Series - 2017 Advent Calendar Daily - Stocking Stuffers, sweet, The Blogger Girls, world ended | Leave a comment

Book Review: The Probability of Mistletoe by E.J. Russell

Posted on December 13, 2017 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: The Probability of Mistletoe
Author: E.J. Russell
Series: 2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers
Heroes: Keith & Parker
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 43 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: When software engineer Keith Trainor decides to start his own company, he knows exactly who he wants as his partner: Parker Mulvaney, his best friend from high school. But in the ten years since graduation, their contact has dwindled to nothing, and it’s all Keith’s fault. If he hadn’t tried to kiss Parker under the mistletoe at the winter formal their senior year, Parker wouldn’t have bolted. At their ten-year reunion, Keith intends to do everything in his geeky power to make amends.

Parker should have known that scheduling the reunion the day before Christmas Eve was a recipe for a headache of monster proportions. But when Keith sends a text that he’ll be attending, the evening doesn’t look so bleak. Can an unnecessary makeover, a nostalgic breakfast, an abortive shopping trip, and a whole lot of mistletoe culminate in a long-overdue first kiss? Continue reading →

Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2017 | Tags: Blast from the Past, Christmas, Contemporary, cute, Dreamspinner Press, E.J. Russell, friends from the past, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, no sex, Series - 2017 Advent Calendar Daily - Stocking Stuffers, sweet, The Blogger Girls, The Probability of Mistletoe, unrequited | Leave a comment

Book Review: The Storm’s Gift by A.D. Ellis

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: The Storm’s Gift
Author: A.D. Ellis
Series: 2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers
Heroes: Rory & James
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 34 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Snowed in together in their college dorm, two men share a quick connection that creates enough heat to spar with the blizzard outside.

Rory Blackwell plans to rejuvenate his mind and repair his battered heart after his world is shaken by an unexpected breakup. James Austin’s freshman-year plans of improving his social life crashed and burned, leaving him feeling as alone and outcast as he did back home.

One man is hurting while the other is eager to provide comfort. One is a virgin, the other experienced with other men. Both are looking forward to Winter Break, but can they take full advantage of their situation—or will the passion ignited between them fizzle out with the storm? Continue reading →

Categories: 3 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2017 | Tags: A.D. Ellis, Christmas, cute, Dreamspinner Press, M/M, Series - 2017 Advent Calendar Daily - Stocking Stuffers, sweet, The Blogger Girls, The Storm's Gift, too much sex | Leave a comment

Book Review: The Puzzle Box by C.C. Bridges

Posted on December 10, 2017 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: The Puzzle Box
Author: C.C. Bridges
Series: 2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers
Heroes: James & Cole
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 31 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Elementary school art teacher Cole Peters is expecting a lonely Christmas this year while his longtime boyfriend, James Carducci, is on deployment with the Army. However, a box from James contains puzzles that lead Cole on a scavenger hunt through the greatest moments of their relationship. Together with his best friend Liz, Cole works his way through each clue.

The final puzzle could lead Cole to a gift beyond his wildest expectations. Continue reading →

Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2017 | Tags: Army, artists, C.C. Bridges, Christmas, Contemporary, cute, deployment, existing relationships, Holiday - Christmas, Long-Distance Relationship, M/M, military, sweet, teachers, The Blogger Girls, The Puzzle Box, yearning | 2 Comments

Book Review: Pining for Perfect by Ki Brightly

Posted on December 9, 2017 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Pining for Perfect
Author: Ki Brightly
Series: 2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers
Heroes: Asher & Stokely
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 61 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Stokely leads a solitary life, trying to do all the right things. He has a solid, respectable job, a properly decorated, respectable apartment, and goes to work every single day, no matter what. But it’s Christmas, and he hates Christmas, especially since his one guilty pleasure, listening to Asher Banks on the radio, is ruined with upbeat, holiday garbage.

Asher is the polar opposite—he loves Christmas to a fault and schedules himself into the ground with fundraisers to help the local community. When Asher and Stokely meet during one of the holiday spectacles Asher has thrown together, sparks fly, but neither one of them has ever had a real Christmas—or a real home. Will they be able to make one with each other? Continue reading →

Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2017 | Tags: Christmas, cute, Dreamspinner Press, emotionally damaged, Holiday - Christmas, Ki Brightly, M/M, Pining for Perfect, radio hosts, Series - 2017 Advent Calendar Daily - Stocking Stuffers, sweet, The Blogger Girls, yearning | Leave a comment

Book Review: Red Popcorn Strings and Gumball Rings by Nell Iris

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Red Popcorn Strings and Gumball Rings
Author: Nell Iris
Series: 2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers
Heroes: Casey & Ellis
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 46 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Christmas is coming, and young couple Casey and Ellis are very much in love. Unfortunately, they’re also the definition of dirt poor, and they don’t have the money for nonessentials like decorations. Or a turkey. Or gifts. Between the recent death of Casey’s beloved momma and Ellis’s estrangement from his family, all they have is each other.

When Ellis finds the saddest-looking Christmas tree south of the Mason-Dixon Line thrown away outside his workplace and brings it home to Casey, things look up. Life is still a struggle, but wealth isn’t always measured in money, and what seems worthless to others is often invaluable to the people who love it. Continue reading →

Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2017 | Tags: artists, Christmas, Contemporary, cute, Dreamspinner Press, existing relationships, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, Nell Iris, Red Popcorn Strings and Gumball Rings, Series - 2017 Advent Calendar Daily - Stocking Stuffers, sweet, The Blogger Girls | 1 Comment

Book Review: An Open Window by Rick R. Reed

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: An Open Window
Author: Rick R. Reed
Series: 2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers
Heroes: Henry & Jim
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 21 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Two men. One Christmas Eve that changes the courses of both their lives.

Henry’s homeless and only wants a warm place to sleep on the coldest night of the year. A forgotten open window in a darkened house entices Henry inside with the promise of warmth and comfort. He knows it’s bad, but he promises himself he’ll be out before the owner wakes on Christmas morning. Except he oversleeps and the homeowner, Jim, discovers a bearded stranger sawing logs under his dining room table. When the shock and the drama that ensues dies down, Henry and Jim discover that they might have found, quite unexpectedly, the Christmas miracle they’d both been longing for—love and home. Continue reading →

Categories: 3 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2017 | Tags: An Open Window, Christmas, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Flashbacks, Holiday - Christmas, Homeless, M/M, no sex, older couple, Rick R. Reed, Series - 2017 Advent Calendar Daily - Stocking Stuffers, sweet, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Hope Is the Thing with Feathers by Brandon Witt

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Hope Is the Thing with Feathers
Author: Brandon Witt
Series: 2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers
Heroes: Samuel & Raymond
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 48 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Fifty-six-year-old Samuel Phipps is all alone on his small farm in the Ozarks, with nothing but a menagerie of chickens, pheasants, turkeys, and other birds as company—which is just the way he likes it. In fact, if Samuel had his way, he’d tear down his neighbor’s house so his solitude could be absolute. One day Faloola, his favorite turkey, escapes, forcing Samuel to make the trek next door. When Raymond Webber—sixty-seven—answers the door as naked as the day he was born, Samuel doesn’t know whether he’s more annoyed… or attracted. The two men are opposites in every way—Samuel is serious, while Raymond believes in free love and herbal relaxation. The weeks leading up to Christmas are rocky to say the least, but some holiday spirit might help them get past their differences….
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Categories: 2 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2017 | Tags: Brandon Witt, Christmas, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Holiday - Christmas, Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, M/M, neighbors, older couple, Pets, Series - 2017 Advent Calendar Daily - Stocking Stuffers, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: The Peppermint Schnapps Predicament by Clare London

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: The Peppermint Schnapps Predicament
Author: Clare London
Series: 2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers
Heroes: Frankie & Bill
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 39 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Frankie Faraday is a promising young salesperson at Mason’s Emporium. Bill Mason is his boss, the son of the store’s founder, and the object of Frankie’s long-suffering, deeply devoted crush. Bill is steady and sober; Frankie is frivolous and flaky. Or so they seem to each other, until the night of the annual inventory, when they’re trapped together in the Seasonal Gifts storeroom, with nothing but candy and peppermint schnapps to sustain them until they’re rescued. And then the real truths—and something definitely more intimate—emerge!
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2017 | Tags: Christmas, Clare London, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, Series - 2017 Advent Calendar Daily - Stocking Stuffers, sweet, The Blogger Girls, The Peppermint Schnapps Predicament, working together | Leave a comment

Posts Tagged With: Christmas

Book Review: Trading Tridents by C.M. Taylor

Book Review: An Unexpected Sanctuary by Cassie Decker

Book Review: The Probability of Mistletoe by E.J. Russell

Book Review: The Storm’s Gift by A.D. Ellis

Book Review: The Puzzle Box by C.C. Bridges

Book Review: Pining for Perfect by Ki Brightly

Book Review: Red Popcorn Strings and Gumball Rings by Nell Iris

Book Review: An Open Window by Rick R. Reed

Book Review: Hope Is the Thing with Feathers by Brandon Witt

Book Review: The Peppermint Schnapps Predicament by Clare London

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