Posts Tagged With: Christmas

Book Review: And to All a Good Night by Felicitas Ivey

Posted on December 17, 2016 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: And to All a Good Night
Author: Felicitas Ivey
Series: 2016 Advent Calendar – Bah Humbug
Heroes: Kobbi & Wytt
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 50 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Kobbi Aackers was excited to have a traditional family Christmas with his younger sister Franzi, a famous rock star. But instead of the peaceful holiday he had planned, she’s turning it into a televised musical extravaganza, in a desperate bid for publicity.

Kobbi can adapt, especially since the show’s host Wytt Kanard is easy on the eyes and easy to work with, even if he doesn’t believe in Christmas at all. Wytt is alternatively amused and horrified at the simplicity that is Kobbi’s life and the enthusiasm he has for the holiday, all while taking care of his houseful of unexpected guests.

Maybe Kobbi can convince the cynical Wytt that Christmas isn’t an event to be managed, but something special to be shared. Maybe he can muster the courage to confess his attraction and offer Wytt a surprise present.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2016 | Tags: And to All a Good Night, Christmas, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, famous, Felicitas Ivey, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, Pets, Series - 2016 Advent Calendar - Bah Humbug, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Guardian Angels by Geneva Vand

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Guardian Angels
Author: Geneva Vand
Series: 2016 Advent Calendar – Bah Humbug
Heroes: Jake & Eli
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 36 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: One snowy evening, a car wreck in front of his toy store triggers terrible memories for Jake. Suddenly, he is in the midst of another winter storm—and another accident, one that not everyone walked away from. When he returns to the present, Jake is on the ground, being watched over by a guardian angel in the form of a kind man named Eli. Eli is no stranger to panic attacks and PTSD, and he’s happy to help Jake get home—where the weather forces him to remain for the night. For Jake, it could be the first step toward a life free from fear and loneliness.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2016 | Tags: Angst, Christmas, Contemporary, cute, Damaged Characters, Dreamspinner Press, emotionally damaged, Geneva Vand, Guardian Angels, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, Series - 2016 Advent Calendar - Bah Humbug, sweet, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Dual Book Review: Traditions by Ann Anderson

Posted on December 10, 2016 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Ami and Nikyta

Title: Traditions
Author: Ann Anderson
Series: 2016 Advent Calendar – Bah Humbug
Heroes: Marcus & James
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 35 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: When Marcus and James started dating a few years ago, James invited Marcus home to spend the holidays with his close, Christmas-loving family. Marcus quickly realized once was enough, and since then, he’s stayed behind.

But this year will be different. Though the festivity and chaos make Marcus uncomfortable, he loves James, and he’s decided to put aside his unease so they can spend Christmas together—even if it means losing his hotel room to one of James’s siblings, braving the cold to go caroling, and battling the crowds so the children can visit Santa. It’ll all be worth it if Marcus can take his place in the family’s traditions—and maybe begin a new tradition for the two of them.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, 4 Star Ratings, Ami's Reviews, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2016 | Tags: Ann Anderson, Christmas, Contemporary, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Established couple, existing relationships, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, Series - 2016 Advent Calendar - Bah Humbug, Short Story, sweet, The Blogger Girls, Traditions | Leave a comment

Book Review: Of Mooning Santas and Penis Lights by Thianna Durston

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Of Mooning Santas and Penis Lights
Author: Thianna Durston
Series: 2016 Advent Calendar – Bah Humbug
Heroes: John &Kaden
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 39 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Former US Marine John Ving hates everything about holiday displays: they’re tacky, they waste energy, and they’re an eyesore. So what does his new neighbor do? He sets up the holiday spectacle from hell, and he doesn’t seem to care which holiday—he has a menorah, a baby Jesus, a Santa, and everything in between. Not to mention it’s swathed in enough lights his house is probably visible from space.

High-school teacher Kaden Melling loves the holidays, and huge light displays on his lawn make his heart glow. He’d love to share some cheer—and maybe some kinky fun—with his smoking hot neighbor John. Odd things start to happen to his displays, but just as he begins to think life is going his way, with the holidays and with John, a Grinch destroys everything.

It’s gonna take the display-hating John to set things right—and what he has planned might blow Kaden’s mind.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2016 | Tags: Christmas, cute, Dreamspinner Press, ex-military, Holiday - Christmas, kids, M/M, neighbors, Of Mooning Santas and Penis Lights, Series - 2016 Advent Calendar - Bah Humbug, sweet, teachers, The Blogger Girls, Thianna Durston | 2 Comments

Book Review: Matthew’s Present by Sarah Hadley Brook

Posted on December 6, 2016 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Matthew’s Present
Author: Sarah Hadley Brook
Series: 2016 Advent Calendar – Bah Humbug
Heroes: Matthew & Tyler
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 23 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Matthew Blick is almost thirty years old, and he hates the thought of another holiday alone. He has become a bit of a wet blanket when Christmas rolls around every year. So much so that even his five-year-old niece, Hannah, knows something needs to change. She asks the department store Santa to bring her uncle a man to love, and when Santa sees her uncle, he formulates a plan to set that possibility in motion.

Santa shows up at Matthew’s house and at first Matthew can’t place him, but then the memories of his first kiss flood his mind and he is shocked to find that Santa is the man he has carried a torch for since high school. Will this twist of fate help Matthew change his view on the holidays? Only a kiss can tell.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2016 | Tags: Christmas, Contemporary, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Holiday - Christmas, kids, M/M, Matthew's Present, Sarah Hadley Brook, Series - 2016 Advent Calendar - Bah Humbug, sweet, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Dual Book Review: Krampus Hates Christmas by Andi Van

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Ami and Nikyta

Title: Krampus Hates Christmas
Author: Andi Van
Series: 2016 Advent Calendar – Bah Humbug
Heroes: Karl & Lewis
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 104 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Karl Kringle hates the modern-day Christmas. He was born to be Krampus, but the Holiday Council refuses to let him help his brother Nick—aka Santa Claus—with the Naughty List until he finds his holiday spirit. To meet that challenge, he’s turned human and dumped in a strange apartment.

Lewis Weatherby loves the holidays and always has. Not only do his parents own a pumpkin patch and tree farm, he’s also inherited a Christmas-themed shop. All he wants from Santa is the man of his dreams, and the Big Guy might’ve just delivered. Lewis’s new neighbor Karl is gorgeous, sweet, and has a fantastic sense of humor—if his jokes about being Krampus are any indication.

Soon getting home is less important to Karl than what will happen when Lewis inevitably realizes the truth behind his jokes. He’s finally starting to understand the real joy of the season—now he just has to figure out how to hold on to it.

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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Ami's Reviews, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2016 | Tags: Andi Van, Christmas, cute, Dreamsinner Press, favorites, Holiday - Christmas, Krampus, Krampus Hates Christmas, M/M, magic, paranormal, Series - 2016 Advent Calendar - Bah Humbug, Shifters, sweet, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: The Fortune Cookie by Matt Burlingame

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: The Fortune Cookie
Author: Matt Burlingame
Series: Series – 2016 Advent Calendar – Bah Humbug
Heroes: Laurence & Nick
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 49 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Thirty-three-year-old technical writer Laurence Hart is a modern-day Scrooge when it comes to the holiday season—and the rest of the year too. He doesn’t like most people, they don’t like him, and he’s happy to keep it that way. Over lunch with his best friend, he receives a fortune cookie promising him true love. The next day, forced to work on a holiday charity committee or lose his job, he meets Nick, a jolly ginger giant who loves all things Christmas. Together they face numerous obstacles to put together a holiday fair to raise money for children in foster care in only four days. While Laurence has to mend his curmudgeonly ways to make the event a success, Nick’s holiday magic might mend Laurence’s heart.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2016 | Tags: Christmas, Coworkers, cute, emotionally damaged, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, Matt Burlingame, Pets, Series - 2016 Advent Calendar - Bah Humbug, sweet, The Blogger Girls, The Fortune Cookie | 1 Comment

Audio Review: Snowed In by Teodora Kostova

Posted on December 1, 2016 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Snowed In
Authors: Teodora Kostova
Narrators: Dan Rider
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 3 hours and 7 mins
Publisher: Teodora Kostova
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Available at: Amazon and Audible
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Nate has been in love with Quinn, his brother’s best friend, for as long as he can remember. But when he finally gets the chance to show Quinn how he feels, his heart gets broken in the most unexpected way.

Quinn doesn’t believe in miracles, especially not Christmas ones. When he decides to win Nate back he knows it won’t be easy. The last thing he expects is a health scare, a road trip and a vicious snow storm to work in his favor. In the end, a cabin in the woods turns out to be not only the shelter they desperately need, but also Quinn’s very own Christmas miracle.

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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Morgan's Reviews, Published in 2016 | Tags: audio book, brothers bff, Christmas, Colorado, Dan Rider, Friends to Lovers, Gay, Holiday, M/M, New Adult, Novella, scorned lover, second chance at love, Self-Published, Snow Storm, snowed in, Teodora Kostova, The Blogger Girls, virgins | 1 Comment

Book Review: Bite Night by Clare London

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Bite Night
Author: Clare London
Series: 2016 Advent Calendar – Bah Humbug
Heroes: Benny & Irwin
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 25 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Creatures of the Night and Santa’s Christmas duties don’t mix. Every myth and bedtime story tells you so.

But on Christmas Eve, when the Elves walked off the job over pension rights, it was time for me—Irwin, the only vampire on Santa’s payroll, despite recent diversity initiatives—and my trusty team to help out. Just deliver a few parcels, Santa asked me. Just help out on your local patch. Just for one night.

Armed with my reluctance to face all that human sentimentality, and accompanied by a wise-cracking werewolf and an unruly fairy with a taste for vodka, I did my best. Honest.

But we were heading for disaster until I came face-to-face with cute babysitter Benny. It’s Santa’s Number One Rule—no interaction with the clients. But Benny somehow managed to upset my appetite, inflame my libido, and restore my faith in the Christmas spirit, with one cheeky smile and a tasty body piercing.

It’s Christmas, and the show must go on!
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2016 | Tags: Bite Night, Christmas, Clare London, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, magic, paranormal, Series - 2016 Advent Calendar - Bah Humbug, sweet, The Blogger Girls, vampires | Leave a comment

Book Review: Holiday Hotel Hookup by Jeff Adams

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Holiday Hotel Hookup
Author: Jeff Adams
Series: 2015 Advent Calendar – Sleigh Ride
Heroes: Martin & Jose
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 38 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Ho Ho Ho! Working over the holidays may be the best Christmas present ever!

San Francisco-based IT consultant Martin Bell is called to Dallas two days before Christmas to calm a nervous client. When he checks into the hotel he’ll call home for the holidays, he can’t help but notice the attractive man behind the front desk.

While checking Manhunt for possible hookups, Martin is surprised to discover he’s chatting up Jose, the hot front desk guy. After an amazing night together and a sexy Xbox marathon, Martin and Jose find they might be headed toward something more than just a holiday fling.
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Categories: 2 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2015 | Tags: Christmas, Contemporary, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Holiday Hotel Hookup, Jeff Adams, M/M, Nerds, Series - Sleigh Ride - 2015 Advent Calendar, smutty, sweet, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Posts Tagged With: Christmas

Book Review: And to All a Good Night by Felicitas Ivey

Book Review: Guardian Angels by Geneva Vand

Dual Book Review: Traditions by Ann Anderson

Book Review: Of Mooning Santas and Penis Lights by Thianna Durston

Book Review: Matthew’s Present by Sarah Hadley Brook

Dual Book Review: Krampus Hates Christmas by Andi Van

Audio Review: Snowed In by Teodora Kostova

Book Review: Bite Night by Clare London

Book Review: Holiday Hotel Hookup by Jeff Adams

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