Posts Tagged With: Dreamspinner Press

Book Review: The Storm’s Gift by A.D. Ellis

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: The Storm’s Gift
Author: A.D. Ellis
Series: 2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers
Heroes: Rory & James
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 34 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Snowed in together in their college dorm, two men share a quick connection that creates enough heat to spar with the blizzard outside.

Rory Blackwell plans to rejuvenate his mind and repair his battered heart after his world is shaken by an unexpected breakup. James Austin’s freshman-year plans of improving his social life crashed and burned, leaving him feeling as alone and outcast as he did back home.

One man is hurting while the other is eager to provide comfort. One is a virgin, the other experienced with other men. Both are looking forward to Winter Break, but can they take full advantage of their situation—or will the passion ignited between them fizzle out with the storm? Continue reading →

Categories: 3 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2017 | Tags: A.D. Ellis, Christmas, cute, Dreamspinner Press, M/M, Series - 2017 Advent Calendar Daily - Stocking Stuffers, sweet, The Blogger Girls, The Storm's Gift, too much sex | Leave a comment

Book Review: Pining for Perfect by Ki Brightly

Posted on December 9, 2017 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Pining for Perfect
Author: Ki Brightly
Series: 2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers
Heroes: Asher & Stokely
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 61 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Stokely leads a solitary life, trying to do all the right things. He has a solid, respectable job, a properly decorated, respectable apartment, and goes to work every single day, no matter what. But it’s Christmas, and he hates Christmas, especially since his one guilty pleasure, listening to Asher Banks on the radio, is ruined with upbeat, holiday garbage.

Asher is the polar opposite—he loves Christmas to a fault and schedules himself into the ground with fundraisers to help the local community. When Asher and Stokely meet during one of the holiday spectacles Asher has thrown together, sparks fly, but neither one of them has ever had a real Christmas—or a real home. Will they be able to make one with each other? Continue reading →

Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2017 | Tags: Christmas, cute, Dreamspinner Press, emotionally damaged, Holiday - Christmas, Ki Brightly, M/M, Pining for Perfect, radio hosts, Series - 2017 Advent Calendar Daily - Stocking Stuffers, sweet, The Blogger Girls, yearning | Leave a comment

Book Review: Red Popcorn Strings and Gumball Rings by Nell Iris

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Red Popcorn Strings and Gumball Rings
Author: Nell Iris
Series: 2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers
Heroes: Casey & Ellis
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 46 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Christmas is coming, and young couple Casey and Ellis are very much in love. Unfortunately, they’re also the definition of dirt poor, and they don’t have the money for nonessentials like decorations. Or a turkey. Or gifts. Between the recent death of Casey’s beloved momma and Ellis’s estrangement from his family, all they have is each other.

When Ellis finds the saddest-looking Christmas tree south of the Mason-Dixon Line thrown away outside his workplace and brings it home to Casey, things look up. Life is still a struggle, but wealth isn’t always measured in money, and what seems worthless to others is often invaluable to the people who love it. Continue reading →

Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2017 | Tags: artists, Christmas, Contemporary, cute, Dreamspinner Press, existing relationships, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, Nell Iris, Red Popcorn Strings and Gumball Rings, Series - 2017 Advent Calendar Daily - Stocking Stuffers, sweet, The Blogger Girls | 1 Comment

Book Review: O Hell, All Ye Shoppers by Louisa Masters

Posted on December 7, 2017 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Ami

Title: O Hell, All Ye Shoppers
Author: Louisa Masters
Series: 2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers
Heroes: Ethan/Ty
Genre: MM Holiday
Length: 28 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Ethan Hall plans to fill Saturday, December 23, with junk food and bad TV, a day just for him amid the holiday chaos… until his baby sister calls and begs him to go collect a present for her. At the biggest shopping center in Australia. On the busiest shopping day of the year. Hell no. Right?

Ethan’s soft heart gets the best of him. He battles through the parking lot, and in the main shopping concourse, he’s trampled, elbowed, and bombarded with terrible holiday music. Then he enters hell itself, a specialty store aimed at women… where he meets Ty. They bond in a sea of estrogen and manic shoppers, fighting together to attain freedom, only to find they’re not quite ready go their separate ways..
Continue reading →

Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Ami's Reviews, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2017 | Tags: Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Holiday - Christmas, Location - Australia, Louisa Masters, M/M, O Hell All Ye Shoppers, Series - 2017 Advent Calendar Daily - Stocking Stuffers, Short Story, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: An Open Window by Rick R. Reed

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: An Open Window
Author: Rick R. Reed
Series: 2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers
Heroes: Henry & Jim
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 21 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Two men. One Christmas Eve that changes the courses of both their lives.

Henry’s homeless and only wants a warm place to sleep on the coldest night of the year. A forgotten open window in a darkened house entices Henry inside with the promise of warmth and comfort. He knows it’s bad, but he promises himself he’ll be out before the owner wakes on Christmas morning. Except he oversleeps and the homeowner, Jim, discovers a bearded stranger sawing logs under his dining room table. When the shock and the drama that ensues dies down, Henry and Jim discover that they might have found, quite unexpectedly, the Christmas miracle they’d both been longing for—love and home. Continue reading →

Categories: 3 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2017 | Tags: An Open Window, Christmas, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Flashbacks, Holiday - Christmas, Homeless, M/M, no sex, older couple, Rick R. Reed, Series - 2017 Advent Calendar Daily - Stocking Stuffers, sweet, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Early Review: Kairos by Mary Calmes

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Kairos
Author: Mary Calmes
Heroes: Kade & Joe
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 137 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 15, 2017
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Sometimes the best day of your life is the one you never saw coming.

Joe Cohen has devoted the past two years of his life to one thing: the care and feeding of Kade Bosa. His partner in their PI business, roommate, and best friend, Kade is everything to Joe, even if their relationship falls short of what Joe desires most. But he won’t push. Kade has suffered a rough road, and Joe’s pretty sure he’s the only thing holding Kade together.

Estranged from his own family, Joe knows the value of desperately holding on to someone dear, but he never expected his present and past to collide just as Kade’s is doing the same. Now they’ve stumbled across evidence that could change their lives: the impact of Kade’s tragic past, their job partnership, and any future Joe might allow himself to wish for…. Continue reading →

Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2017 | Tags: bisexual, Dreamspinner Press, emotionally damaged, Friends to Lovers, Kairos, Mary Calmes, Past Drug Use, sweet, The Blogger Girls, unrequited, working together | Leave a comment

Book Review: Salvaging Claus Day by J. Alan Veerkamp

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Salvaging Claus Day
Author: J. Alan Veerkamp
Series: 2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers
Heroes: Filo & Luz
Genre: M/M Sci-Fi
Length: 34 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: For three years, Filo has reveled in silence and solitude as the sole occupant of a space station, where he maintains the communication satellite.

Everything changes with the appearance of Luz Espina’s lifepod. Filo shares many interests with the flirtatious Luz, though Filo’s isolation has strained his communication skills. Still, Luz pushes all his buttons… and reminds him of the last man he was attracted to—an attraction that ended in disaster because the man was straight. When Luz learns Filo has never celebrated a holiday, he vows to cobble together a Claus Day celebration for them to share. But is it merely a friendly gesture… or something more? Continue reading →

Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2017 | Tags: Dreamspinner Press, Friends to Lovers, Holiday, J. Alan Veerkamp, M/M, Salvaging Claus Day, sci-fi, Series - 2017 Advent Calendar Daily - Stocking Stuffers, space, The Blogger Girls, warriors, yearning | Leave a comment

Book Review: Hope Is the Thing with Feathers by Brandon Witt

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Hope Is the Thing with Feathers
Author: Brandon Witt
Series: 2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers
Heroes: Samuel & Raymond
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 48 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Fifty-six-year-old Samuel Phipps is all alone on his small farm in the Ozarks, with nothing but a menagerie of chickens, pheasants, turkeys, and other birds as company—which is just the way he likes it. In fact, if Samuel had his way, he’d tear down his neighbor’s house so his solitude could be absolute. One day Faloola, his favorite turkey, escapes, forcing Samuel to make the trek next door. When Raymond Webber—sixty-seven—answers the door as naked as the day he was born, Samuel doesn’t know whether he’s more annoyed… or attracted. The two men are opposites in every way—Samuel is serious, while Raymond believes in free love and herbal relaxation. The weeks leading up to Christmas are rocky to say the least, but some holiday spirit might help them get past their differences….
Continue reading →

Categories: 2 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2017 | Tags: Brandon Witt, Christmas, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Holiday - Christmas, Hope Is the Thing with Feathers, M/M, neighbors, older couple, Pets, Series - 2017 Advent Calendar Daily - Stocking Stuffers, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Thirty-One Days and Legos by S.A. Stovall

Posted on December 3, 2017 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Ami

Title: Thirty-One Days and Legos
Author: S.A. Stovall
Series: Ranger Station Haven #2
Heroes: Carter/Owen
Genre: MM Holiday
Length: 57 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: A Ranger Station Haven Christmas Novella

Park rangers Carter and Owen Williams have decided to expand their family and adopt two brothers—boys they rescued a year before when they tried to escape the foster system and flee to Canada. After completing their parenting classes, Carter, a reserved man who enjoys the simple life, swears he’ll be the best father possible. His patience is tested, however, when one brother adopts a cat out of the snowy Voyageurs National Park and the other brother refuses to talk about what’s bothering him.

Owen wants to make sure their first Christmas together is a special one, and he decides all of December should be a celebration. He has an activity planned for each of the thirty-one days, but none of them seem to go off without a hitch. The cat has fleas, the boys need to attend a court hearing, and Carter is more than a little overwhelmed.

But Carter is 100 percent determined to make his new family work. He just has no idea how….
Continue reading →

Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Ami's Reviews, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2017 | Tags: Adoption, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Established couple, Family, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, Men with kids, Men with pets, park rangers, S.A. Stovall, Series - Ranger Station Haven, Short Story, The Blogger Girls, Thirty-One Days and Legos | Leave a comment

Book Review: The Peppermint Schnapps Predicament by Clare London

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: The Peppermint Schnapps Predicament
Author: Clare London
Series: 2017 Advent Calendar Daily – Stocking Stuffers
Heroes: Frankie & Bill
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 39 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Frankie Faraday is a promising young salesperson at Mason’s Emporium. Bill Mason is his boss, the son of the store’s founder, and the object of Frankie’s long-suffering, deeply devoted crush. Bill is steady and sober; Frankie is frivolous and flaky. Or so they seem to each other, until the night of the annual inventory, when they’re trapped together in the Seasonal Gifts storeroom, with nothing but candy and peppermint schnapps to sustain them until they’re rescued. And then the real truths—and something definitely more intimate—emerge!
Continue reading →

Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2017 | Tags: Christmas, Clare London, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, Series - 2017 Advent Calendar Daily - Stocking Stuffers, sweet, The Blogger Girls, The Peppermint Schnapps Predicament, working together | Leave a comment

Posts Tagged With: Dreamspinner Press

Book Review: The Storm’s Gift by A.D. Ellis

Book Review: Pining for Perfect by Ki Brightly

Book Review: Red Popcorn Strings and Gumball Rings by Nell Iris

Book Review: O Hell, All Ye Shoppers by Louisa Masters

Book Review: An Open Window by Rick R. Reed

Early Review: Kairos by Mary Calmes

Book Review: Salvaging Claus Day by J. Alan Veerkamp

Book Review: Hope Is the Thing with Feathers by Brandon Witt

Book Review: Thirty-One Days and Legos by S.A. Stovall

Book Review: The Peppermint Schnapps Predicament by Clare London

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