Posts Tagged With: Contemporary

Book Review: Sixty Five Hours by N.R. Walker

Posted on September 21, 2015 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Sixty Five Hours
Author: N.R. Walker
Series: Sixty Five Hours #1
Heroes:Cameron Fletcher/Lucas Hensley
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 174 Pages
Publisher: N.R. Walker
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Available at: Amazon, Smashwords and All Romance Ebooks
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: **FREE READ**

Cameron Fletcher and Lucas Hensley are advertising executives who have Sixty Five Hours to pull together the campaign of their careers.

Sixty Five Hours to get along. Sixty Five Hours to not kill each other. Sixty Five Hours to fall in love.

Disclaimer: This is a re-written fanfiction, available only as a free read. Do not pay to download.

Also, as stated on her blog, this book has not been professionally edited.
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2012, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: Coming Out, Contemporary, enemies to lovers, Executives, Family Drama, Free Story, Humorous, Hurt/Comfort, M/M, N.R. Walker, Self-Published, Series - Sixty Five Hours, sexual tension, Sixty Five Hours, sweet, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Canning the Center by Tara Lain

Posted on September 21, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Canning the Center
Author: Tara Lain
Narrator: Jean-Paul Barrel
Series: Long Pass Chronicles #2
Heroes: Jamal Jones/Trevor Landry
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 9 hours, 17 minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Available at: Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Six foot seven inch, 300 pound Jamal Jones loves football, so when he finds out the ultra-conservative owner of his new pro football team fired their current center because he’s gay, bisexual Jamal decides to stay in the closet and hang with the females. Then, at a small drag show, he comes face-to-face with his sexual fantasy in the form of Trixie LaRue, a drag queen so exquisitely convincing she scrambles Jamal’s hormones — and his resolve to nurse his straight side.

Trevor Landry, aka Trixie LaRue, hides more than his genitals. A mathematician so brilliant he can’t be measured, Trevor disguises his astronomical IQ and his quirk for women’s clothes behind his act as a gay activist undergrad at Southern California University.

To Trevor, Jamal is the answer to a dream — a man who can love and accept both his personas. When he discovers Jamal’s future is threatened if he’s seen with a guy, Trevor becomes Trixie to let Jamal pass as straight. But Trevor risks his position every time he puts on a dress. Is there a closet big enough to hold a football pro and a drag queen?
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Athletes, audio book, Bi-Sexual, Canning the Center, Closeted, College Student, Contemporary, Cross dressing, Drag Queen, Dreamspinner Press, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Homophobia, Jean-Paul Barrel, M/M, Nerd/Jock, Series - Long Pass Chronicles, Sports - Football, Tara Lain, The Blogger Girls, transgender | Leave a comment

Book Review: First by K.C. Wells

Posted on September 20, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: First
Author: K.C. Wells
Heroes: Tommy Newsome/Mike Scott
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 296 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: It’s taken Tommy Newsome a while to get his head around being gay.

Growing up in a small town in Georgia, hasn’t prepared him for the more liberal life of a student at the university in Athens. Add to that the teachings of his parents and his church, and you have one shy young man who feels out of his depth. Working on his daddy’s farm hasn’t given him any chance of a social life, certainly not one like the clubs of Atlanta have on offer. Not that Tommy feels comfortable when he gets to sample it—Momma’s lectures still ring loudly inside his head.

All that changes when he goes to his first gay bar and sets eyes on Mike Scott.

When Mike’s not behind the bar at Woofs, he’s busy with his life as adult entertainer Scott Masters. Twenty years in the industry and the times, they are a-changing. Mike’s not had much luck in the relationship department, but as his mom is fond of telling him, you keep fishing in the same pond, you’re gonna reel in the same kind of fish. Maybe it’s time for a change.

And then a beautiful young man asks Mike to be his first….
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Age Gap, Bartender, Closeted, College Student, Coming Out, Coming-of-Age, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Family Drama, First, First-Time, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, HEA, Homophobia, K.C. Wells, M/M, May/December, Sex Workers, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Shotgun by Marie Sexton

Posted on September 19, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Shotgun
Author: Marie Sexton
Narrator: Paul Morey
Series: Coda Books #7
Heroes: Dominic Jacobson/Lamar Franklin
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 8 hours, 31 minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: August 31, 2015
Available at: Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: As a young man, Dominic Jacobsen already suspects he’s gay, and he gets all the confirmation he needs when a rich boy from out of town climbs into the back seat of Dominic’s GTO. One night with Lamar Franklin is all it takes to convince Dominic he’s found the man of his dreams. Unfortunately, that one night is all he’ll get before Lamar returns to Tucson.

Fifteen years later Lamar returns to Coda, Colorado, after ending the latest in a string of bad relationships. He’s alone, depressed, and plagued by late-night phone calls from an unidentified caller. Lamar’s ready to give up when he comes face-to-face with his past.

Since he was seventeen, Dominic has dreamed of a reunion with Lamar, but that doesn’t mean he’s ready for it now. Facing small-town rumors and big-family drama is bad enough, but Dominic won’t risk losing custody of his teenage daughter, Naomi. The only solution is to make sure he and Lamar remain friends and nothing more. Clothes stay on, no matter what.

It seems simple enough. But for better or worse, Lamar has other ideas.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: audio book, Bi-Sexual, Bigoted, Closeted, Coming Out, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Existing Couples, Family Drama, Friends to Lovers, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Homophobia, Location - Colorado, M/M, Marie Sexton, Men with kids, Paul Morey, Reunited, Series - Coda Books, Shotgun, stalker, The Blogger Girls, Young Love | Leave a comment

Book Review: Fit to be Tied by Mary Calmes

Posted on September 18, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Fit to be Tied
Author: Mary Calmes
Series: Marshals #2
Heroes: Miro Jones/Ian Doyl
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 228 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: September 18, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Deputy US Marshals Miro Jones and Ian Doyle are now partners on and off the job: Miro’s calm professionalism provides an ideal balance to Ian’s passion and quick temper. In a job where one misstep can be the difference between life and death, trust means everything. But every relationship has growing pains, and sometimes Miro stews about where he stands with his fiery lover. Could the heartstrings that so recently tied them together be in danger of unraveling?

Those new bonds are constantly challenged by family intrusions, well-intentioned friends, their personal insecurities, and their dangerous careers—including a trial by fire when an old case of Miro’s comes back to haunt them. It might just be enough to make Ian rethink his decision to let himself be tied down, and Miro can only hope the links they’ve forged will be strong enough to hold.
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: BDSM, Contemporary, Dirty Talk, Dreamspinner Press, Established couple, Fit to be Tied, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Hurt/Comfort, Law Enforcement, M/M, Mary Calmes, Men with pets, Mystery/Suspense, Series - Marshals, The Blogger Girls | 1 Comment

Audio Review: Lost Along the Way by Marie Sexton

Posted on September 17, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Lost Along the Way
Author: Marie Sexton
Narrator: Jeff Gelder
Series: Tales of the Curious Cookbook
Heroes: Daniel Whitaker/Landon Kushner
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 4 Hours, 41 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: august 11, 2015
Available at: Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Three months after losing his parents in a car crash, Denver weatherman Daniel Whitaker returns to Laramie, Wyoming. It’s bad enough dealing with the death of his parents and his failing relationship of fifteen years, but when he finds his childhood home full of clutter, Daniel is at a loss. He enlists Landon, his parents’ sexy neighbor, to help him sort through the mess. Landon Kushner is a study in contradictions. He builds wind sculptures out of scrap metal and loves the outdoors, but he also rides a mint-green Vespa and has an affinity for knitting and fortune-telling. He’s been friends with Daniel’s parents for years, and he’s more than willing to lend a hand.

Their plan is simple: clean the house so Daniel can sell it and get back to his life in Denver. But when a strange cookbook comes into Landon’s possession, Daniel begins to realize that the universe–and Granny B–may have other plans.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Artist, audio book, Baking, Cheating, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Friends to Lovers, Grief, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Hurt/Comfort, Husband, Infidelity, Jeff Gelder, Location - Wyoming, Lost Along the Way, M/M, Magic/Fantasy, Marie Sexton, neighbors, paranormal, Rebound, Series - Tales of the Curious Cookbook, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Love Turned Blue by Evan Gilbert

Posted on September 16, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Love Turned Blue
Author: Evan Gilbert
Heroes: Slade/Bruno
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 73 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: September 16, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: After a strained and unfulfilling marriage to a woman, contractor Slade Thompson has had some very hot sex with some very hot men. But none of them have come close to giving Slade what he really wants—love and commitment. When he meets auto mechanic Bruno Ross, Slade finally finds a man who desires a dedicated relationship as much as he does. But Slade’s thirteen-year-old son Kent is spiraling out of control as he struggles through the emotional fallout from the divorce. It’s too bad Bruno doesn’t like kids, and isn’t at all sure he wants to be around a hostile boy who blames his gay dad for tearing his family apart.

Bruno has baggage of his own. He broke up with Davis, his partner of eleven years, only five months before he met Slade. It quickly becomes obvious that, despite his strong feelings for Slade, Bruno hasn’t quite broken his emotional ties to his past with Davis. Mutual desire—no matter how strong—might not be enough to hold their budding romance together.

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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Blue-collar, Contemporary, Divorced, Dreamspinner Press, Evan Gilbert, Family Drama, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, interracial, Location - Chicago, Long-Term Commitment, Love Turned Blue, M/M, Men with kids, Novella, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: The Gift by Andrew Grey

Posted on September 16, 2015 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

Title: The Gift
Author: Andrew Grey
Series: Las Vegas Escorts #2
Heroes: Ember/Alejandro
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 225 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: August 10, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Ember is a drop-dead gorgeous Las Vegas escort. He notices Alejandro in some of the classes he teaches at his side business—a yoga studio. Then, color-blind Alejandro further captures Ember’s attention when he’s momentarily blinded by a quick change in light and needs Ember’s help at a club. What Ember doesn’t expect is the way Alejandro touches his heart.

Alejandro never intended to develop feelings for Ember. He’s in Las Vegas for a year to sow some wild oats. But Alejandro quickly sees more in Ember when he sets out to make some of Alejandro’s dreams come true—including a trip to the Grand Canyon and the beaches of LA. Alejandro’s wild oats could turn into something memorable.

Ember knows keeping his escort job from Alejandro isn’t the right thing to do, but he wants to be liked for who he is. Alejandro keeps his own secrets for the same reason. But Alejandro’s family obligations, along with Ember’s profession, could make it impossible for the two of them to stay together—unless they can figure out how to make the most of the gifts they’ve been given.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Andrew Grey, Coming Out, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Escort, Family Drama, HEA, Location - Las Vegas, M/M, royalty, Series - Las Vegas Escorts, Sex Workers, The Blogger Girls, The Gift, Yoga | Leave a comment

Book Review: Get Your Shine On by Nick Wilgus

Posted on September 15, 2015 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Get Your Shine On
Author: Nick Wilgus
Heroes: Henry/Sam
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 350 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: September 24, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: When his mother goes out to party one Saturday night and doesn’t come back, seven-year-old Ishmael Hood is taken in by his estranged uncle Henry and Henry’s live-in boyfriend, Sam. As this unlikely trio begins to build a new life together, they encounter both support and hostility in the small Mississippi town where they live. Seems like just about everybody has an opinion on the matter—and they’re not shy about expressing it.

While this blossoming little family finds its feet, outside forces—and ghosts from the past—threaten to tear it apart. Henry, still trying to deal with the tragic death of his parents, finds himself hard-pressed to open his heart to this needy child.

Just as a little shine begins to come back into their lives, Ishmael’s mother returns, and their world is thrown into chaos.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2015, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: addiction, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Established couple, Family Drama, Get Your Shine On, Grief, Homophobia, Humorous, Hurt/Comfort, M/M, Men with kids, Nick Wilgus, Religion, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Love Comes Unheard by Andrew Grey

Posted on September 15, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Love Comes Unheard
Author: Andrew Grey
Series: Senses #5
Heroes: Garrett Bowman/Wilson Haskins
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 200 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: September 14, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Garrett Bowman is shocked that fate has brought him to a family who can sign. He’s spent much of his life on the outside looking in, even within his biological family, and to be accepted and employed is more than he could have hoped for. With Connor, who’s included him in his family, Garrett has found a true friend, but with the distant Brit Wilson Haskins, Garrett may have found something more. In no time, Garrett gets under Wilson’s skin and finds his way into Wilson’s heart, and over shared turbulent family histories, Wilson and Garrett form a strong bond.

Wilson’s especially impressed with the way Garrett’s so helpful to Janey, Connor and Dan’s daughter, who is also deaf. When Wilson’s past shows up in the form of his brother Reggie, bringing unscrupulous people to whom Reggie owes money, life begins to unravel. These thugs don’t care how they get their money, what they have to do, or who they might hurt. Without the strength of love and the bonds of family and friends, Garrett and Wilson could pay the ultimate price.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Age Gap, Andrew Grey, blackmail, Children, Contemporary, Crime, danger, Deaf, disability, Dreampsinner Press, Existing Couples, Family Drama, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Kidnapping, Love Comes Unheard, M/M, Series - Senses, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Posts Tagged With: Contemporary

Book Review: Sixty Five Hours by N.R. Walker

Audio Review: Canning the Center by Tara Lain

Book Review: First by K.C. Wells

Audio Review: Shotgun by Marie Sexton

Book Review: Fit to be Tied by Mary Calmes

Audio Review: Lost Along the Way by Marie Sexton

Book Review: Love Turned Blue by Evan Gilbert

Book Review: The Gift by Andrew Grey

Book Review: Get Your Shine On by Nick Wilgus

Book Review: Love Comes Unheard by Andrew Grey

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