Posts Tagged With: Contemporary

Audio Review: The Marrying Kind by Jay Northcote

Posted on December 9, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: The Marrying Kind
Author: Jay Northcote
Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies
Series: Owen & Nathan #2
Heroes: Owen/Nathan
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 3 hours, 10 minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: November 11, 2015
Available at: Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Nathan wants to put a ring on it, but is Owen the marrying kind?

Two years from their first date, Owen and Nathan are living together and life is good – except they’re not on the same page about marriage.

A traditionalist at heart, Nathan wants it all: the wedding, the vows, and a pair of matching rings. Owen, on the other hand, believes marriage is old-fashioned and unnecessary. They don’t need a wedding to prove their commitment to each other. Love should be enough on its own.

All it takes is one moment of weakness on a night out to force the issue. Owen finds himself engaged after a half-drunk proposal, and Nathan’s enthusiasm sweeps him along. But as the big day approaches, the mounting tension finally combusts.

If he’s going to save their relationship, Owen will need to decide once and for all if he’s truly the marrying kind.

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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: audio book, British, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Existing Couple, Gay Marriage, M/M, Matthew Lloyd Davies, Miscommunication, sequel, Series - Owen & Nathan, The Blogger Girls, The Marrying Kind | Leave a comment

Book Review: Easy Evenings by Mary Calmes

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Easy Evenings
Author: Mary Calmes
Series: Mangrove Stories #4
Heroes: Laz & Britton
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 77 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: November 18, 2015
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Lazlo Maguire doesn’t do relationships—he does transactions. Six months of the year, he’s an expensive rent boy in Manhattan, and he moves so fast that settling down could not, would not, ever enter his mind… except for once. Britton Lassiter he meets man to man, not as hustler and mark, and it’s too good to be true when the lawyer wants to keep Lazlo even if he has to share him with the job.

But Lazlo has his reasons to walk away from the man he’s grown to love. The other six months of the year, he is laid-back Laz, a shopkeeper in the sleepy coastal town of Mangrove, Florida, where the artist he never allows himself to be in the Big Apple shines through. He lives for his time by the ocean, the place he hides his secrets and nurses his broken heart.

Then fate intervenes, and Laz gets the surprise of his life when he spies Britton in Mangrove—but it’s not meant to be… not until Britton sees the change in him and wants to be a part of Laz’s new life so that every evening can be easy… together. Hopefully the secrets that tore them apart won’t come back to haunt them.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2015 | Tags: artists, Contemporary, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Easy Evenings, escorts, ex-lovers, kids, M/M, Mary Calmes, series, Series - Mangrove Stories, sweet, The Blogger Girls, unrequited | Leave a comment

Book Review: Say It With Ink by C.C. Dado

Posted on December 8, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Say It With Ink
Author: C.C. Dado
Series: The Seattle Chronicles
Heroes: Levi/Jamie
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 61 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 2, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Levi can remember the exact moment the projection of his life changed entirely, from homeless dropout to college graduate. It was the day he found Jamie Donovan standing on his front porch—the boy Levi had secretly drooled over from afar would become the best friend he secretly drooled over up close.

When Levi gets a full ride scholarship but Jamie doesn’t, Jamie becomes an exotic dancer to help pay his tuition. Watching Jamie perform is pure torture for Levi, and hiding how he really feels starts to take its toll. And when the hot new guy from his Econ class hits on him, Levi has to decide just how long he’s going to stay devoted to his straight best friend.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: bisexual, C.C. Dado, College Students, Coming Out, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Friends to Lovers, GFY, GoGo Dancers, M/M, NA, Nerd/Jock, PNW, Say It With Ink, Series - The Seattle Chronicles, Short Story, tattoos, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: For Want of a Christmas Miracle by Olley White

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: For Want of a Christmas Miracle
Author: Olley White
Series: Holiday Hopes #1
Heroes: Toby & Rhys
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: Novella
Publisher: NineStar Press
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Available at: NineStar Press
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: When one down-on-his-luck gardener and one garden centre owner meet, neither could predict the attraction they’d feel towards each other. Toby is just about turning round the business he’d inherited from his dad, and it’s all going well—until a risk he took looks like it might not pay off. Rhys’s employment at Toby’s garden centre is temporary, just to cover the Christmas sales, and frankly he’d much rather be outside gardening. And avoiding Christmas.

When an accident means Toby can’t be at work at a crucial time, it’s time for Rhys to step up to the mark. But can the Christmas Scrooge make the difference required for the man he’s starting to love?
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2015 | Tags: Contemporary, cute, For Want of a Christmas Miracle, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, Olley White, series, Series - Holiday Hopes, sweet, The Blogger Girls, working together | Leave a comment

Book Review: The Final Round – Jane Davitt and Alexa Snow

Posted on December 7, 2015 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

Title: The Final Round
Authors: Jane Davitt and Alexa Snow
Series: The Square Peg #4
Heroes: Shane/Ben
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 298 Pages
Publisher: Loose Id
Release Date: November 17, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Reeling from the news of his mother’s death, Shane heads back to England to face a hostile father. Benedict’s with him every step of the way, providing a shoulder to cry on and an escape from sorrow by way of their increasingly powerful and intense scenes.

Grieving and guilty, seeking a reconciliation with his father, Shane makes a hasty decision that brings him peace of mind, but at a heavy cost to his relationship with the man he loves. Is it time to call it quits or time to grow closer still? In the wake of his loss, Shane finds that question doesn’t have a simple answer — but questions of the heart never do.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: alcoholism, Alexa Snow, Contemporary, Family Drama, Grief, Guilt, Hurt/Comfort, Jane Davitt, Loss of a Loved One, M/M, Road trip, Series - The Square Peg, The Blogger Girls, The Final Round | Leave a comment

Book Review: Christmas Miracles of a Recently Fallen Spruce by Brandon Witt

Posted on December 7, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Christmas Miracles of a Recently Fallen Spruce
Author: Brandon Witt
Series: Sleigh Ride – 2015 Advent Calendar
Heroes: Paxton Peterson/Logan Charles
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 25 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Paxton Peterson’s favorite day of the year is his annual Gay Boy Christmas dinner. He’s checked and double-checked his to-do list, because nothing stresses him out like the unexpected. Confident everything will run smoothly, Paxton embarks on his yearly snowshoed hike through the Rocky Mountains near his home. His perfectly planned evening is cut short by Logan Charles’s careless enjoyment of his brother’s snowmobile, and Paxton is stranded in the woods. It’s the worst thing that could’ve possibly happened to him—or maybe the best.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Christmas Miracles of a Recently Fallen Spruce, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Geek/Jock, Hiking, Holiday - Christmas, humor, Location - Colorado, M/M, Series - Sleigh Ride - 2015 Advent Calendar, Short Story, Snow, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Cross & Crown by Abigail Roux

Posted on December 6, 2015 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Cross & Crown
Author: Abigail Roux
Narrator: Brock Thompson
Series: Sidewinder #2
Heroes: Nick O’Flaherty/Kelly Abbott
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 6 Hours, 50 Minutes
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Release Date: November 18, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Audible
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: When Nick O’Flaherty arrives at the scene of a double homicide to find he has a witness to the crime, he thinks it’s his lucky day. But when he realizes his witness is suffering from amnesia and can’t even remember his own name, Nick wishes he’d gone with his gut and put in for vacation time.

Then Nick’s boyfriend and former Recon teammate, Kelly Abbott, joins him in Boston, and Nick finds his hands a little too full as the case and his personal life collide. The witness he’s dubbed “JD” is being tailed by Julian Cross, a retired CIA hitman. To complicate matters further, JD forms an attachment to Nick that Nick struggles not to respond to as they search for the key to JD’s identity.

Trying to determine whether JD is friend or foe as they investigate the crime puts them on the trail of a much older mystery. When multiple attempts are made on their lives, Nick is forced to turn to old enemies and new allies to solve a centuries-old crime before he and Kelly get added to the history books.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, LGBT, Published in 2015, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: Abigail Roux, Amnesia, audio book, Brock Thompson, Contemporary, Crime, Cross & Crown, ex-military, Existing Characters, Existing Couple, Hitman, kidnapped, M/M, Murder/Mystery, Riptide Publishing, Series - Sidewinder, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: The Beary Best Holiday Party Ever by B.G. Thomas

Posted on December 6, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: The Beary Best Holiday Party Ever
Author: B.G. Thomas
Series: Sleigh Ride – 2015 Advent Calendar
Heroes: Ron Corbin/Paddy Brennan
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 81 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Before he discovered the Heartland Bear Clan, Ron Corbin figured no one could ever love a “fatass” like him. But the big group of big men accepts him, and likes him just the way he is. Having finally found a place he belongs, he works hard to get elected president of the club—and wins. He’s the happiest he’s ever been.

But Paddy Brennan, a sexy bear cub who blew into town and became Mr. Popular overnight, is elected vice-president. Ron doesn’t think Paddy has earned the honor, and now he’ll have to work shoulder to shoulder (and belly to belly) with the guy for a year.

Ron will do what’s best for the club even if that means setting his personal feeling—that Paddy is a jerk—aside. But then as the two men get to know each other, Ron reluctantly finds he not only likes the guy, but is growing more and more attracted to him.

Deep down, Ron still worries he isn’t good enough, but maybe Paddy can show him there’s a beary happy ending waiting for them after all.

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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: B.G. Thomas, Bears, Body Issues, Contemporary, Drag Queens, Dreamspinner Press, enemies to lovers, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, Misunderstanding, Series - Sleigh Ride - 2015 Advent Calendar, Short Story, The Beary Best Holiday Party Ever, The Blogger Girls, Weight Issues | 1 Comment

Book Review: A Fine Romance by T. Neilson

Posted on December 5, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: A Fine Romance
Author: T. Neilson
Heroes: Benji Rao/Jamie Durham
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 121 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: November 25, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Benji Rao, a hard-working welder from the Pacific Northwest, is recovering from a life-threatening and life-changing injury at a posh California resort. Trouble is, he’s miserable. His friends are worried, his panic attacks are getting worse, and the guy in the bungalow next to his is none other than Jamie Durham—the kind of neighbor who plays music loud, blows everybody’s breakers, and doesn’t care what people think of him.

But there’s more to Jamie than late nights, a huge inheritance, and a wild reputation. After endless bad press, Jamie longs for a chance to live a normal life, without the rumors and innuendo, and without his growing concern that he might be going crazy.

When Ben finds himself desperate for a date and Jamie is the only option, Jamie can’t believe his luck—a date with Ben would be as normal as it gets. But when the date doesn’t exactly go as planned, Ben and Jamie must overcome their personal demons to find their way to love.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: A Fine Romance, actor, Blue-collar, Contemporary, crazy, Dreamspinner Press, enemies to lovers, Evil Family, HEA, Humorous, injury/recovery, Location - California, M/M, T. Neilson, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Never Too Early: Full Circle by Chris Owen and Tory Temple

Posted on December 4, 2015 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Never Too Early: Full Circle
Authors: Chris Owen and Tory Temple
Series: Never Too Early #3
Heroes: Jake/Tor/Chance/Tucker
Genre: MMMM Contemporary
Length: 223 Pages
Publisher: Torquere Press
Release Date: November 25, 2015
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: In the final book of the Never Too Early series, cowboys Jake and Tor and firefighters Chance and Tucker have more on their plates than they bargained for. What started out as friendship has developed into strong feelings, and the couples continue to grow and learn about each other. However, adding two and two is more than a simple math problem. Words and emotions can be a dangerous mix, as the four men discover, and jealousy and miscommunication threaten what they’ve built together.

When two of the four unexpectedly connect, it sends all of them reeling. Pride is bruised and feelings are wounded, although they try desperately to hold themselves together in order to navigate this new territory. The physical distance between them all is both a blessing and a curse. When one of them reveals something that can’t be taken back, it threatens the relationships of all four men. How do two separate couples blend themselves to become one unit? The doubts and fears threaten to overwhelm them all, and no one will emerge unscathed.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2015, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: Alpha Males, Chris Owen, Contemporary, Established Couples, firefighters, Hurt/Comfort, M/M, M/M/M/M, medics, Never Too Early: Full Circle, open relationship, piercings, Polyamory, ranchers, Reunited, Road trip, Series - Never Too Early, The Blogger Girls, Torquere Press, Tory Temple | Leave a comment

Posts Tagged With: Contemporary

Audio Review: The Marrying Kind by Jay Northcote

Book Review: Easy Evenings by Mary Calmes

Book Review: Say It With Ink by C.C. Dado

Book Review: For Want of a Christmas Miracle by Olley White

Book Review: The Final Round – Jane Davitt and Alexa Snow

Book Review: Christmas Miracles of a Recently Fallen Spruce by Brandon Witt

Audio Review: Cross & Crown by Abigail Roux

Book Review: The Beary Best Holiday Party Ever by B.G. Thomas

Book Review: A Fine Romance by T. Neilson

Book Review: Never Too Early: Full Circle by Chris Owen and Tory Temple

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