Posts Tagged With: Contemporary

Audio Review: On the Rocks by Ari McKay

Posted on December 28, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: On the Rocks
Author: Ari McKay
Narrator: Michael Stellman
Heroes: Mal and Aidan
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: Book – 73 Pages / Audio – 1 Hour, 46 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – December 1, 2012 / Audio – November 10, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: For years, Mal has given Aidan a little piece of the world for special occasions in the form of unique rocks and fossils—until the year he gives Aidan a piece of the moon instead. Aidan has treasured every gift: in a world of impersonal relationships, they’re the one reminder he has that somebody out there cares about him for who he really is. Then through a twist of fate, their relationship goes beyond personal and into intimate, leaving Aidan shocked and set to run the other way. Despite his feelings for Mal, past experiences have convinced Aidan that he’s a failure at relationships, and he’s afraid to trust his heart. It just might take a Christmas miracle for Aidan to find the courage to love.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Ari McKay, audio book, Commitment Phobia, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Friends to Lovers, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Holiday, Hurt/Abuse, M/M, Michael Stellman, On the Rocks, Short Story, The Blogger Girls, Therapy | Leave a comment

Book Review: Neighbors by Emma Wilson

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Neighbors
Author: Emma Wilson
Series: Celebrate! – 2014 Advent Calendar
Heroes: Eric & Rhys
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 39 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Ever since he moved to London, shy editor Eric has been watching his neighbor, Crooked Smile, jog every morning. Aspiring restaranteur Rhys eats breakfast by the window so he can see his neighbor, Bed Head, help the old woman downstairs clean off her car. When Eric’s roommate unexpectedly returns home for the holidays, she realizes their idiocy and, with the help of Rhys’s business partner, Andreas, tries to help both men see there might be more in their futures than they’re seeing through their windows.

A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2014 Advent Calendar package “Celebrate!”.

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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: Contemporary, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Emma Wilson, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, neighbors, Nerds, no sex, Series - Celebrate! - 2014 Advent Calendar, sweet, The Blogger Girls, yearning | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Criss Cross by Jordan Castillo Price

Posted on December 27, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Criss Cross
Author: Jordan Castillo Price
Narrator: Gomez Pugh
Series: PsyCop #2
Heroes: Vic and Jacob
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: Book – 163 Pages / Audio – 4 Hours, 9 Minutes
Publisher: JCP Books, LLC
Release Date: Book – November 11, 2008 / Audio – November 5, 2014
Available at: Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Criss Cross finds the ghosts surrounding Victor getting awfully pushy. The medications that Victor usually takes to control his abilities are threatening to destroy his liver, and his new meds aren’t any more effective than sugar pills.

Vic is also adjusting to a new PsyCop partner, a mild-mannered guy named Roger with all the personality of white bread. At least he’s willing to spring for the Starbucks.

Jacob’s ex-boyfriend, Crash, is an empathic healer who might be able to help Victor pull his powers into balance, but he seems more interested in getting into Victor’s pants than in providing any actual assistance.
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: audio book, Contemporary, Cops, Crime, Criss Cross, Executions, Ghost TV, ghosts, Gomez Pugh, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Hauntings, JCP Books, Jordan Castillo Price, Kidnapping, M/M, mediums, paranormal, possession, Series - Psycop, The Blogger Girls | 1 Comment

Book Review: All That Heaven Will Allow by D.W. Marchwell

Posted on December 27, 2014 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: All That Heaven Will Allow

Author: D.W. Marchwell

Heroes: Jimmy Campbell/Derek Roberts

Genre: MM Contemporary

Length: 200 Pages

Publisher: Dreamspinner Press

Release Date: November 21, 2014

Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble

Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Jimmy Campbell has owned his own bar for the past twenty years. While his past is troubled, his present and future make life worth living. He has good friends, more than enough money, and he volunteers—along with his Yorkie, Bozo, and his Maine coon cat, Miss Alicia—at the local hospital every Friday. He couldn’t ask for more. That is, until he meets Derek “Dizzy” Roberts.

Derek is a musician who tours the country with his band. He’s an ex-cop, was married once, and has the bitter ex-wife and two spoiled children to prove it. He’s finally living his dream, and that includes bedding all the groupies who think he’s every bit as good as his music. He doesn’t worry much about the future, until he meets Jimmy.

The two men begin a long-distance romance, sneaking weekends here and there, until a tragedy forces them to realize they might lose the only thing they both want–a future together. Now, they’re asking for everything heaven will allow.

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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2014, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: All That Heaven Will Allow, Bi-Sexual, Contemporary, D.W. Marchwell, Dreamspinner Press, Ex-Cop, Family Drama, Illness/injury, Long-Distance Romance, M/M, Men Over 40, Men with kids, Men with pets, Musician, Road trip, Romantic, The Blogger Girls | 1 Comment

Audio Review: Shiny! by Amy Lane

Posted on December 25, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Shiny!
Author: Amy Lane
Narrator: Tyler Stevens
Heroes: Will Lafferty and Kenny Scalia
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: Book – 200 Pages / Audio – 6 Hours, 15 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – February 21, 2014 / Audio – December 8, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Will Lafferty and Kenny Scalia are both having sort of a day. Will gets fired for letting fifth graders read Harry Potter, and Kenny finds his boyfriend and his sex toys in bed with a complete stranger. When Will knocks over Kenny’s trash can-and strews Kenny’s personal business all over the street-it feels like the perfect craptastic climax to the sewage of suckage that has rained down on them both.

But ever-friendly, ever-kind Will asks snarky Kenny out for a beer-God knows they both need one-and two amazing things occur: Kenny discovers talking to Will might be the best form of intercourse ever, and Will discovers he’s gay.

Their unlikely friendship seems like the perfect platonic match until Will reveals how very much more he’s been feeling for Kenny almost since the beginning. But Kenny’s worried. Will’s newfound sexuality is bright and glittery and shiny, but what happens when that wears off? Is Will’s infatuation with Kenny strong enough to stay real?
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Amy Lane, Audio Review, Cheating Exes, comics, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, First-Time, Friends to Lovers, GFY, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, M/M, Religion, Shiny!, Teacher, The Blogger Girls, Tyler Stevens, virgin, Weddings | Leave a comment

Audio Review: McFarland’s Farm by Cardeno C.

Posted on December 24, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: McFarland’s Farm
Author: Cardeno C.
Narrator: Paul Morey
Series: Hope #1
Heroes: Lucas Reika/Jared McFarland
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: Book – 56 Pages / Audio – 2 Hours, 34 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – September 10, 2014 / Audio – November 11, 2014
Available at: Amazon and Audible
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Wealthy, attractive Lucas Reika treats life like a party, moving from bar to bar and man to man. Thumbing his nose at his restaurateur father’s demand that he earn his keep, Lucas instead seduces a valued employee in the kitchen of their flagship restaurant, earning himself an ultimatum: lose access to his father’s money or stay in the middle of nowhere with a man he has secretly lusted over from afar.

Quiet, hard-working Jared McFarland loves his farm on the outskirts of Hope, Arizona, but he aches to have someone to come home to at the end of the day. Jared agrees to take in his longtime crush as a favor. But when Lucas invades his heart in addition to his space, Jared has to decide how much of himself he’s willing to risk and figure out if he can offer Lucas enough to keep him after his father’s punishment is over.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Audio Review, Bear, Cardeno C., Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Family Friend, Farm, Friends to Lovers, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Loss of Parent, M/M, McFarland's Farm, Paul Morey, Series - Hope, Short Story, small town, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Hummingbird House by Kenzie Cade

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Hummingbird House
Author: Kenzie Cade
Series: Celebrate! – 2014 Advent Calendar
Heroes: Trenton & Callum
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 57 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: To honor his grandmother’s final request, Trenton Appleton drops everything to visit the family’s ancestral home: Hummingbird House, where he experienced his first kiss and first heartbreak with Callum Eason.

Eight years ago, confused by his attraction to Trent, Callum reacted badly. But with help he never expected, Callum found himself and learned to accept who he was.

Now Trent is back at Hummingbird House, and Callum has his opportunity to salvage their friendship, at least. But Trent is less receptive than he was all those years ago. Still, Callum is determined to show Trent he has changed and keep his promise to Trent’s grandmother. When past mistakes repeat themselves, Callum must break the cycle before his last chance with Trent passes him by.

A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2014 Advent Calendar package “Celebrate!”.

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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: Contemporary, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Friends to Lovers, grieving, Holiday - Christmas, Hummingbird House, Kenzie Cade, M/M, Series - Celebrate! - 2014 Advent Calendar, sweet, The Blogger Girls, unrequited | Leave a comment

Book Review: My Cowboy Homecoming by Z.A. Maxfield

Posted on December 23, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Gyn

Title: My Cowboy Homecoming
Author: Z.A. Maxfield
Series: The Cowboys #3
Heroes: Tripp/Lucho
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 317 Pages
Publisher: Penguin/Intermix
Release Date: December 2, 2014
Available at: Penguin/Intermix, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Love can heal the deepest wounds…
A sense of duty brings a soldier home…but a passionate cowboy makes him want to stay.

After his brother’s tragic death, Tripp has to leave the army and return to New Mexico to take care of his mother while his father is in prison for arson. Seeking work at the J-Bar Ranch, Tripp is immediately drawn to injured cowboy Lucho Reyes, whose foot was accidentally crushed by a rescue horse. But will the sins of the father interfere with the desires of the son? Tripp’s father may be responsible for the death of Lucho’s grandfather. Now Tripp must balance caring for his mother, repairing his father’s damages, and trying to win the heart of a man who has every reason to hate him and his family…
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Contemporary, cowboys, enemies to lovers, Family Drama, Grief, Guest Reviewer - Gyn, Horse Whisperer, Hurt/Comfort, injury/recovery, M/M, My Cowboy Homecoming, Penguin/Intermix, ranchers, Series - The Cowboys, Soldier, The Blogger Girls, Z.A. Maxfield | 1 Comment

Audio Review: Feels Like Home by Rowan McAllister

Posted on December 23, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Feels Like Home
Author: Rowan McAllister
Narrator: Michael Stellman
Series: I’ll be home for Christmas
Heroes: Jeremy Porter and Paul McClellan
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: Book – 78 Pages / Audio – 1 Hour, 46 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – December 1, 2011 / Audio – November 10, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: It’s only three days ’til Christmas. Jeremy Porter is still grieving over his mother’s death, and Paul McClellan is a lonely divorcee just trying to make it home even though the only one waiting for him is his cat. It may seem like a miserable combination, but when Jeremy saves Paul from being hit by a car during a nasty snowstorm, their connection and chemistry are undeniable. It’s easy to cuddle up with a stranger when you’re snowed in but can a holiday affair turn into more if being together feels like home?
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Audio Review, Car Trouble, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Feels Like Home, Grief, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Holiday - Christmas, Loss of Loved One, M/M, Michael Stellman, Rowan McAllister, Series - I'll Be Home For Christmas, Short Story, Snow, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Coming of Age by Venona Keyes

Posted on December 23, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Coming of Age
Author: Venona Keyes
Series: Celebrate! – 2014 Advent Calendar
Heroes: Aero & Daniel
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 32 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Akiyoshi ‘Aero’ Kurokuma, author of the wildly popular manga, Ecos, lost his assistant when his best friend retired. After Aero collapses from exhaustion four years later, he is forced to run a contest for an assistant. Placing impossible rules on the contest, Aero is sure no one can win. But a winner emerges: a young man from America, Daniel Beck. The first time he lays eyes on Daniel, Aero realizes he’ll have a hard time hiding his attraction. Daniel is a perfect assistant, but it doesn’t help Aero see past the twenty-year age difference between them. It will take all of Daniel’s charm and the prayers offered at the shrine to make Aero take a chance on the romance they both want.

A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2014 Advent Calendar package “Celebrate!”.

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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: Age Gap, artists, Coming-of-Age, Contemporary, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, no sex, Recluse Artist, Series - Celebrate! - 2014 Advent Calendar, sweet, The Blogger Girls, unrequited, Venona Keyes | Leave a comment

Posts Tagged With: Contemporary

Audio Review: On the Rocks by Ari McKay

Book Review: Neighbors by Emma Wilson

Audio Review: Criss Cross by Jordan Castillo Price

Book Review: All That Heaven Will Allow by D.W. Marchwell

Audio Review: Shiny! by Amy Lane

Audio Review: McFarland’s Farm by Cardeno C.

Book Review: Hummingbird House by Kenzie Cade

Book Review: My Cowboy Homecoming by Z.A. Maxfield

Audio Review: Feels Like Home by Rowan McAllister

Book Review: Coming of Age by Venona Keyes

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