Posts Tagged With: Contemporary

Book Review: Resurrecting Hope by Shell Taylor

Posted on January 3, 2016 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Resurrecting Hope
Author: Shell Taylor
Series: Home for Hope #2
Heroes: Adam Lancaster/Elijah Langley
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 200 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 25, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Adam Lancaster can’t imagine how his life could possibly get any better. He’s on the cusp of moving in with his boyfriend, Elijah Langley. Their charge, Kollin Haverty, finally has a loving, stable home environment, and Home for Hope is up and running, keeping over fifteen LGBT youth off the streets at night. But one phone call from his birth mother, Jessica Lancaster, is all it takes to unravel Adam’s carefully constructed new life.

Informing Adam his grandfather has died, Jessica expresses remorse for abandoning Adam to the state and begs him for a chance to be part of his life again. Jessica’s true colors eventually shine through her façade, and Adam is devastated all over again when he discovers she is only using him to get her hands on the valuable inheritance his grandfather left him. Jessica’s betrayal forces Adam so far inside his own hell, not even Elijah or Kollin can keep him from abandoning all of his responsibilities and running away. Adam will have to dig deep to find the strength to confront his birth parents, heal once and for all, and earn back his place with his new family.
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Morgan's Reviews, Published in 2015, Uncategorized | Tags: Children, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Established couple, established lovers, Family Drama, Homophobia, Low Steam, M/M, Resurrecting Hope, Series - Home for Hope, Shell Taylor, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Scars by Lynley Wayne

Posted on January 2, 2016 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Scars
Author: Lynley Wayne
Series: Scars #1
Heroes: Jace/Nathaniel
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 300 Pages
Publisher: MLR Press
Release Date: September 14, 2012
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Jace, an injured ex-soldier suffering from PTSD, saves Nathaniel, a nineteen-year-old street kid, from a beating. In doing so, he has no way of knowing that he will find his own salvation.

Jace came home from the war scarred in more ways than one. The physical scars that he carries are nothing compared to the mental ones. Struggling with PTSD, he has closed himself off from the rest of the world. The last thing that he ever thought to do was fall in love… Nathaniel has lived on the streets since he was thirteen. When he wakes up in a strange apartment after being badly beaten, he has no idea how he got there. Little does he know that his rescuer, the large man with scars crisscrossing his face, could hold the key to healing the scars that they both have.
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Categories: 2.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2012, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: Age Gap, Contemporary, disability, ex-military, Family Drama, Flashbacks, insta love, Lynley Wayne, M/M, Men with kids, PTSD, scars, Series - Scars, Street Kid, The Blogger Girls, Violence | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Jesse’s Diner by Cardeno C.

Posted on January 2, 2016 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Jesse’s Diner
Author: Cardeno C.
Narrator: Paul Morey
Series: Hope #2
Heroes: Tanner Sellers/Steve Faus
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 2 Hours, 49 Minutes
Publisher: The Romance Authors, LLC
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Audible
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Two men with a shared history and a mutual attraction must be honest with themselves and each other so both their dreams come true.

Quiet, unassuming Tanner Sellers spends his time running a diner in Hope, Arizona. Not particularly social, twenty-two-year-old Tanner keeps to himself and enjoys his simple life, but he longs for someone to call his own. In his most secret fantasy, that someone is sexy Steve Faus. But Steve is his friend’s father and mentor’s widower and therefore off-limits.

Despite some challenges, thirty-nine-year-old Steve Faus has had a good life. He’s extremely successful at work, has a great relationship with his college-age son, and lives in a wonderful town. Eighteen months after losing his partner, the one thing Steve lacks is someone to share his life. If Steve is honest with himself, that someone is the young man he has known and cared about for years. Steve and Tanner want one another, all they need is a little push in the right direction to make both their dreams come true.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, LGBT, Morgan's Reviews, Published in 2015 | Tags: Age Gap, audio book, Cardeno C., Contemporary, Crush, Disowned, HIV positive character, Homophobia, Jesse's Diner, M/M, May/December, Mentor, Orphan, Paul Morey, Series - Hope, Single Father, Small Town Romance, The Blogger Girls, The Romance Authors, The Romance Authors LLC, widower | Leave a comment

Early Book Review: Fixer-Upper by Meg Harding

Posted on December 31, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Ami

Title: Fixer-Upper
Author: Meg Harding
Heroes: Jake/Dakota
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 68 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: January 6, 2016
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Ex-business owner and soon to be ex-husband Jake has had some rotten luck of late. His world is tumbling down around him, but it’s time to dust himself off and move on. Buying and fixing up the most dilapidated home he can find might be just the thing to get him back on track.

But Jake gets more than he bargained for when he meets former lawyer turned landscaper Dakota. Dakota is smart and ridiculously sexy—and Jake doesn’t have a clue how to act around him. After several gardening mishaps, Jake is sure Dakota thinks he’s completely inept.

Turns out Dakota is thinking something else entirely. And as Dakota gives Jake advice, an ear to listen, and helps him work through his issues, Jake realizes flowers aren’t the only thing blooming between them.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Ami's Reviews, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2016 | Tags: Contemporary, Divorced, Dreamspinner Press, Fixer-Upper, Friends to Lovers, Landscaper, Little to No Sex, M/M, Meg Harding, Novella, slow burn, The Blogger Girls | 1 Comment

Audio Review: Fit to be Tied by Mary Calmes

Posted on December 31, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Fit to be Tied
Author: Mary Calmes
Narrator: Tristan James
Series: Marshals #2
Heroes: Miro Jones/Ian Doyle
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 7 hours, 43 minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 6, 2015
Available at: Amazon, Audible and iTunes
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, Audio Review, LGBT, Morgan's Reviews, Published in 2015 | Tags: Action/Adventure, audio book, BDSM, Brutality, Contemporary, Cops, Crime, Dirty Talk, Dog, Dreamspinner Press, Established couple, Fit to be Tied, Hurt/Comfort, injury/recovery, Kidnapping, Law Enforcement, M/M, Mary Calmes, military, Reunited, Separation, Series - Marshals, The Blogger Girls, Tristan James | Leave a comment

Book Review: Not Safe For Work by L.A. Witt

Posted on December 30, 2015 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

Title: Not Safe For Work
Author: L.A. Witt
Heroes: Jon McNeill/Rick Pierce
Genre: MM Contemporary BDSM
Length: 341 Pages
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: They’re a match made in the dungeon…until their secret gets out.

Bored senseless in a meeting, architectural modeler Jon McNeill amuses himself with a kinky dating app on his phone. Then the app matches him with another user…who’s six feet away. Suddenly Jon finds himself on the same page as someone way above his pay grade: millionaire property developer Rick Pierce. His firm’s biggest—and hottest—client.

The app isn’t kidding either. They’re a perfect match. Jon’s a Dom, Rick’s a sub, and bondage is their thing. Both guys are well into their forties, know their way around the bedroom, and definitely appreciate a good suit. And the best part? They’re a match outside the bedroom too.

But office relationships aren’t easy to keep a secret. When the truth comes out, Jon is certain he’s about to get fired. Instead, his bosses throw him a curve ball—an ultimatum that puts both his job and his relationship in jeopardy.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: blackmail, Class Differences, Contemporary, Executives, Homophobia, L.A. Witt, light BDSM, M/M, Not Safe For Work, Office Affair, Older MCs, Samhain Publishing, Suits, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: No! Jocks Don’t Date Guys by Wade Kelly

Posted on December 30, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: No! Jocks Don’t Date Guys
Author: Wade Kelly
Series: Jock #2
Heroes: Chris Jackson/Alonzo Martin
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 294 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: What is a sexy soccer stud supposed to do when “following family tradition” falls 180 degrees opposite his closeted ideal?

From birth, Chris Jackson has been schooled on how to land a cheerleader. After all, his father married one, and his father’s father before him. Heck, even his older brother married a stereotypical cheerleader the summer before Chris went off to college. For two years, Chris dodges invasive questions about relationships by blaming his lack of female companionship on grueling practices and heavy course loads. But his lack of interest in girls should’ve given his family a clue. It isn’t until Chris mentions meeting a boy that his father’s synapses short-circuit.

Alonzo Martin is anything but a buxom blond. From his black hair, combat boots, and trench coat to his nail polish and guyliner, the mysterious introvert isn’t easily persuaded to date. Alonzo’s insecurities keep Chris at arm’s length, but Alonzo’s painful past might meet its match in the charismatic jock’s winning smile and sense of humor.

When opposites attract, only cheerleaders and gummy bears can help overcome fear and family tradition.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Abuse, Closeted, College Students, Coming Out, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Emo, Family Drama, GFY/OFU, Homophobia, humor, Hurt/Comfort, Jock/Nerd, M/M, NA, No! Jocks Don't Date Guys, Opposites Attract, Punk, Series - Jock, Sports - Soccer, Suicide, The Blogger Girls, Twins, Wade Kelly | 1 Comment

Book Review: An Assassin’s Holiday by Dirk Greyson

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: An Assassin’s Holiday
Author: Dirk Greyson
Series: Sleigh Ride – 2015 Advent Calendar
Heroes: Brick & Robin
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 54 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Decemember 1, 2015
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Brick Colton has been hired to kill Santa Claus—or at least the kindhearted accountant playing Santa for the kids in an orphanage. Brick grew up in an orphanage himself, but that isn’t the only thing bothering him about the contract on Robin Marvington’s life. The details don’t add up, and it’s looking more and more like someone has set Robin up. As Brick investigates, Robin brings some much-needed cheer into his life, the light in Robin’s soul reaching something in Brick’s dark one. But all of that will end if they can’t find the person who wants Robin dead.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2016 | Tags: An Assassin's Holiday, assassins, Contemporary, Dirk Greyson, Dreamspinner Press, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, Series - Sleigh Ride - 2015 Advent Calendar, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Review: How I Met Your Father by L.B. Gregg

Posted on December 29, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: How I Met Your Father
Author: L.B. Gregg
Narrator: Nick J. Russo
Heroes: Justin Hayes/Jack Bassinger
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 3 Hours, 47 Minutes
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Release Date: December 8, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Audible
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: The man of your dreams could be sitting right next to you.

Former boy band member Justin Hayes isn’t looking for a man. He just wants a quiet, scandal-free Christmas at home in Chicago, out of the public eye. But his best friend and bandmate is subjecting everyone to his destination wedding, and Justin can’t dodge the “best man” bullet. All he has to do is get to the island on time, survive the reunion, and get Chuck to the altar with as little drama as possible. What could possibly go wrong?

Jack Bassinger’s own plans for a quiet Christmas have been dashed by the summons to his daughter’s hasty wedding with a man Jack has hardly met. On the bumpy flight to the island, he finds himself comforting a nervous—and extremely attractive—young man. One hasty sexual encounter in an airport bathroom later, they both feel much better. No one ever has to know, after all.

Now Justin and Jack must find a way to explore their attraction, despite the distractions of disapproving family members, unexpected announcements, an impromptu concert, and an island paradise that proves there’s no place like home.
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Categories: 3 Star Ratings, Audio Review, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Age Gap, audio book, Boy Band, Closeted, Coming Out, Contemporary, Doctor, Family Drama, Father of the Bride, gfy/ofy, Hidden Lovers, Holiday, How I Met Your Father, humor, Island Setting, L.B. Gregg, M/M, May/December, Musician, Nick J. Russo, Riptide Publishing, Road trip, The Blogger Girls, Vacation Romance | Leave a comment

Book Review: By My Side by Jennifer Wright

Posted on December 28, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by JustJen

Title: By My Side
Author: Jennifer Wright
Heroes: Noah/Shae
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 69 Pages
Publisher: Pride Publishing
Release Date: January 12, 2016
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Noah has suppressed his urges for other men for years, but when a sexy bartender comes crashing into his life, all bets are off.

Due to his career as a lawyer and his father’s strict ways, Noah has always ignored the side of him that craves the touch of another man, not wanting to upset the calm waters of his life. But when he’s out one night celebrating his friend’s first win in a courtroom, Noah is taken aback by the raw lust that consumes him when he meets Shea. He wants to ignore what he feels for the man, but when Shea introduces a tantalizing side of sex that Noah has been dreaming of, he finds it impossible to keep Shea out of his life.

Shea’s been heartbroken before by a man who wouldn’t come out of the closet for him, and he doesn’t think he can go through that again. Can Noah let go of his fears of coming out to the world? Will the pleasures Shea gives him in the bedroom have Noah seeing what really matters in the long run?
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2016 | Tags: Attorney, Bartender, By My Side, Closeted, Coming Out, Contemporary, First-Time, Jennifer Wright, light BDSM, M/M, Pride Publishing, Short Story, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Posts Tagged With: Contemporary

Book Review: Resurrecting Hope by Shell Taylor

Book Review: Scars by Lynley Wayne

Audio Review: Jesse’s Diner by Cardeno C.

Early Book Review: Fixer-Upper by Meg Harding

Audio Review: Fit to be Tied by Mary Calmes

Book Review: Not Safe For Work by L.A. Witt

Book Review: No! Jocks Don’t Date Guys by Wade Kelly

Book Review: An Assassin’s Holiday by Dirk Greyson

Audio Review: How I Met Your Father by L.B. Gregg

Book Review: By My Side by Jennifer Wright

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