Posts Tagged With: College

Book Review: A Casual Thing by Annabelle Jacobs

Posted on July 9, 2015 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: A Casual Thing
Author: Annabelle Jacobs
Heroes: Patrick Mason/Will Adams
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 138 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Patrick Mason travels to Bristol to spend the summer with his brother, Ben. He’s cat sitting for the first two weeks while Ben goes on holiday. But Ben neglected to tell him he wouldn’t be doing it alone. Will Adams—Ben’s mate and Patrick’s long-time crush—is staying in Ben’s guest room while he waits to move into his new house after a breakup.

Against his better judgment, Patrick convinces Will that a little no-strings fun is just what they need. Patrick doesn’t want to get involved with a guy on the rebound, and Will isn’t interested in starting something serious with a student. But Patrick’s never been good at separating sex from feelings, and this time is no exception. As their weeks together draw to a close, they need to decide if they have something worth pursuing or if it’s really just a casual thing.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2015, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: A Casual Thing, Age Gap, Annabelle Jacobs, College, Coming-of-Age, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Friends to Lovers, Hurt/Comfort, M/M, sweet, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: A New Man by P.D. Singer

Posted on February 13, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Gyn

Title: A New Man
Author: P.D. Singer
Heroes: Chad/Warren
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 276 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: February 9, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Senior year of college is for studying, partying, and having fun before getting serious about life. Instead, Chad’s days are filled with headaches and exhaustion, and his fencing skills are getting worse with practice, not better. Then there’s his nonexistent love life, full of girls he’s shunted to the friend zone. Is he asexual? Gay?

Grad student Warren Douglas could be out clubbing, but his roommate is better company, even without kisses. He’s torn up watching Chad suffer, gobbling ibuprofen and coming home early on Friday nights. If Chad weren’t straight, Warren would keep him up past midnight. They’re great as friends. Benefits might answer Chad’s questions.

A brief encounter with lab rats reveals Chad’s illness—he needs surgery, STAT, and can’t rely on his dysfunctional parents for medical decisions. Warren’s both trustworthy and likely to get overruled—unless they’re married. “You can throw me back later,” Warren says, and he may throw himself back after his husband turns out moody and hard to get along with, no matter how much fun his new sex drive is. Surgery turns Chad into a new man, all right…

…but Warren fell in love with the old one.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: A New Man, College, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Family Drama, Guest Reviewer - Gyn, Illness, M/M, Nerds, P.D. Singer, roommates, Sports - Fencing, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: In Too Deep by Kate Sherwood

Posted on January 7, 2015 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: In Too Deep
Author: Kate Sherwood
Heroes: Cade/Aiden
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 234 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: At first glance, Cade and Aiden hardly seem like a match made in heaven. Their worlds couldn’t be further apart. Cade is quiet, serious, and determined to succeed; Aiden’s a party-loving frat boy. Cade comes from a rough home and worked hard to get the scholarships that make it possible for him to attend college; Aiden’s had it all thrown in his lap by supportive, kind, and wealthy parents. Cade wants nothing to do with Aiden, but from the moment they meet, Aiden is determined to find a way to bring their different worlds together.

Aiden manages to persuade Cade he’s a decent guy, and a tentative friendship becomes much more. But a trip to Aiden’s family cottage puts Cade in the path of a ghost from his past, and a dark secret he never expected to face again. Cade did what he had to do to escape his dead-end life, but now he sees he didn’t leave it as far behind him as he thought.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2014, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: Alcohol Abuse, Barely Legal, College, Coming-of-Age, Contemporary, dark, Depression, Domestic abuse, Dreamspinner Press, Dub-Con, Family Drama, Hurt/Comfort, In Too Deep, Kate Sherwood, M/M, Rich Man/Poor Man, Road trip, slow burn, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Thunder Snow by Owen Keehnen

Posted on December 20, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

Title: Thunder Snow
Author: Owen Keehnen
Heroes: Jim/Glenn
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 43 Pages
Publisher: Wilde City Press
Release Date: November 18, 2014
Available at: Wilde City Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Thunder Snow is a gay love story set in academia during the 1980s. When Jim Franklin goes away to Windsor College, he is hoping to leave his former life, and lifestyle, behind. Jim has had enough of feeling like an outsider. By all practical purposes he is succeeding at Windsor, at least until his third year. Jim has joined a fraternity and is dating a nice sorority girl. Love blindsides him when Jim meets Glenn who has relocated to the town of Windsor from New York City. Glenn has come to town as the kept lover of wealthy Windsor resident Raymond Channing. Bored by the lack of stimulation in small town, Glenn soon enrolls in college at the university and meets Jim in a Romantic Literature class. When Jim asks for assistance with an assignment, Glenn agrees. Sparks soon ignite and passion ensues. Despite their respective situations, both men fall madly in love, but will it be enough to sustain them in the long run.
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Categories: 3 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Closeted, College, Contemporary, Holiday, Infidelity, M/M, Owen Keehnen, romance, Short Story, The Blogger Girls, Thunder Snow, Wilde City Press | 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: Cold Feet by Jay Northcote

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Heather C

Reviewed by Heather C

Title: Cold Feet
Author: Jay Northcote
Heroes: Sam and Ryan
Genre: MM Contemporary Romance
Length: 32,000 words
Publisher: Self Published
Release Date: December 8, 2014
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Best friends snowed in together. When the heat rises, will they get cold feet?

Getting snowed in at a remote cottage in Wales with someone he’d fancied for ages isn’t exactly how Sam expected to spend Christmas. His feelings for Ryan are pointless. Ryan’s straight—or so he thought.

Until now, Ryan’s kept his feelings for Sam buried. Why ruin a friendship over what might only be gay experimentation? Playing it cool seems safer, until a cold snap makes sharing body heat vital. In their Welsh safe haven, anything seems possible.

As Ryan’s reserve melts away, Sam wants more than stolen kisses under the mistletoe. But a sudden thaw means making decisions. They could face the New Year together—unless one of them gets cold feet.

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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Heather C's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Cold Feet, College, Europe, Friends to Lovers, Gay for you, Holiday - Christmas, Jay Northcote, M/M Contemporary Romance, New Adult, out for you, Self-Published, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Review: The Christmas Throwaway by R.J. Scott

Posted on December 7, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: The Christmas Throwaway
Author: R.J. Scott
Narrator: Sean Crisden
Heroes: Zachary Weston and Ben Hamilton
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: Book – 73 Pages / Audio – 3 Hours, 2 Minutes
Publisher: Love Lane Books
Release Date: Book – November 24, 2012 / Audio – October 17, 2014
Available at: Love Lane Books, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Christmas is a time for giving – what do you do when no one gives a damn?

For Zachary Weston Christmas means sleeping on a churchyard bench in the freezing snow with nothing better in his future. Thrown out of his home for being gay, he is left without money or, it seems, anywhere to go.

Until a stranger shows him that some people do give a lot more than a damn.

Ben Hamilton is a rookie cop in his small home town. He finds a young throwaway, fresh from the city, sleeping on a bench in the churchyard on a snowy Christmas Eve. Can he be the one to give Zachary his own Christmas miracle?
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Abuse, Age Gap, Audio Review, College, Contemporary, Cop, Criminal, death, Friends to Lovers, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Holiday - Christmas, Love Lane Books, M/M, Pray the Gay Away, Prison, R.J. Scott, Runaway, Sean Crisden, small town, The Blogger Girls, The Christmas Throwaway | Leave a comment

Book Review: His Roommate’s Pleasure by Lana McGregor

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Heather C

Reviewed by Heather C

Title: His Roommate’s Pleasure
Author: Lana McGregor
Heroes: Adam and Josh
Genre: MM Contemporary Romance
Length: 30,000 words
Publisher: Carina Press
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Available at: Carina Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: It started with an accidental click…but where will it end?

Desperate to turn in a paper, Adam borrows his roommate’s computer and mistakenly opens a folder that contains Josh’s collection of porn. Adam had no idea that his jock roommate was gay–and into leashes, paddles and domination. And Adam, an inexperienced virgin who’s only ever kissed one guy, is surprised to find himself curious about submitting…

Josh can’t believe that his roommate discovered his spank bank–and he can’t believe that Adam is so turned on by the thought of giving up control to someone. Taking a chance, he offers to look through the photos with Adam…and maybe try acting some of them out.

Night after night, the boys delve into their darkest fantasies of domination and submission. And as lust and experimentation grow into the promise of something deeper, Adam must decide if he’s brave enough to tell Josh how he feels.

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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, Heather C's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2013 | Tags: BDSM, Carina Press, College, D/s, Dominant/Submissive, First-Time, His Roommate's Pleasure, humilation, Lana McGregor, M/M Contemporary Romance, New Adult, opposites, out for you, roomates, The Blogger Girls, virgin | Leave a comment

Audio Review: More Than Friends by Aria Grace

Posted on December 2, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: More Than Friends
Author: Aria Grace
Narrator: Douglas Dale
Series: More Than Friends #1
Heroes: Zach and Ryan
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: Book – 76 Pages / Audio – 1 Hour, 26 Minutes
Publisher: Aria Grace
Release Date: Book – December 2, 2013 / Audio – November 17, 2014
Available at: Amazon and Audible
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Tired of moping around after the breakup of his long term girlfriend, Ryan knew he needed a hookup to get him out of his funk. When he met Drea, he hoped she might be the one. But when he felt more chemistry with her gay cousin Zach, Ryan felt more confused and terrified than he had in his life. He wasn’t gay but he wanted to be with Zach. How could it possibly work?
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Categories: 2.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Aria Grace, audio book, College, Contemporary, Douglas Dale, Friends to Lovers, GFY, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, M/M, More Than Friends, NA, Self-Published, Series - More Than Friends, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Teach Me by Sloan Johnson

Posted on December 1, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

Title: Teach Me
Author: Sloan Johnson
Heroes: Austin Pritchard/David Becker
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 245 Pages
Publisher: Sloan Johnson
Release Date: November 25, 2014
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Two words stripped Austin Pritchard of the privileged life he’s used to. The moment he uttered the words, “I’m gay,” he realized there is no such thing as unconditional love. Now, he’s gone from traveling the world with his family to living on the streets trying to figure out how he’s going to stay in school.

A chance opportunity changes everything. Austin impresses the foreman and lands a job, but even more, he catches the eye of David Becker, who is determined to teach him that true love doesn’t come with strings.

The only thing David had as a child was love. His family struggled to keep food on the table and a roof over their heads. That has driven him to stay focused on his goals; become a tenured professor at a university and save enough money to build a home of his own. It’s not until he sees an insecure college student working on his new house that he realizes that he hasn’t planned on someone to share his life with. He’s about to learn that everything he’s already accomplished is nothing compared to the task of making Austin see that he is worthy of love.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Age Gap, College, Construction, Contemporary, Family Drama, First-Time, Friends to Lovers, Homeless, Homophobia, M/M, Professor, Self-Published, Sloan Johnson, Teach Me, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Posts Tagged With: College

Book Review: A Casual Thing by Annabelle Jacobs

Book Review: A New Man by P.D. Singer

Book Review: In Too Deep by Kate Sherwood

Book Review: Thunder Snow by Owen Keehnen

Book Review: The Holiday Hoax by Skylar M. Cates

Book Review: Cold Feet by Jay Northcote

Audio Review: The Christmas Throwaway by R.J. Scott

Book Review: His Roommate’s Pleasure by Lana McGregor

Audio Review: More Than Friends by Aria Grace

Book Review: Teach Me by Sloan Johnson

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