Posts Tagged With: Holiday – Christmas

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

Book Review: Business or Pleasure by Michael Cross and Emma Michaels

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Business or Pleasure
Author: Michael Cross and Emma Michaels
Series: Celebrate! – 2014 Advent Calendar
Heroes: Ian & Alex
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 36 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: When American Ian lands a secretarial job in the United Kingdom, he thinks he’s set for life. Admittedly, he’s still a bachelor living in a small apartment and working for a complete jackass, but other than that, his life is everything he ever hoped for in an enticing city full of beautiful people. When Alistair Security is robbed during the Christmas Fundraiser, the last thing Ian expects is to end up locked in with his boss, Alex Alistair, and to realize he might have mistaken his resentment for something else. The two men find common ground throughout the night, but when morning comes and the news hits the headlines, their connection will be tested. Ian might find himself at the start of a hot office romance—or he’ll spend the holidays browsing the classifieds.

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

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Categories: 3 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: assholes, Business or Pleasure, closet cases, Contemporary, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Emma Michaels, Holiday - Christmas, hostage, M/M, Michael Cross, OFY, Series - Celebrate! - 2014 Advent Calendar, sweet, The Blogger Girls, unrequited, Unrequited Love | Leave a comment

Book Review: Stardust by Andrew Grey

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Stardust
Author: Andrew Grey
Series: Celebrate! – 2014 Advent Calendar
Heroes: Duncan & Georg
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 62 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Duncan is an ocean from home over the holidays and expects to spend them alone. To his pleasant surprise, one of his European co-workers, Georg, befriends him and includes Duncan in the holiday traditions of his homeland: cutting a Christmas tree under starry skies at Georg’s country estate, decorating it at the family’s city home, and shopping at the Christmas market in Munich. Both men are lonely and realize they have much in common. But Georg’s life is in Germany and Duncan’s is in Boston. With the project they’re working on nearing completion, any chance for more than a holiday fling seems as elusive as stardust.

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

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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: Andrew Grey, Contemporary, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, Series - Celebrate! - 2014 Advent Calendar, Stardust, sweet, The Blogger Girls, working together | 2 Comments

Book Review: The Working Elf Blues by Piper Vaughn

Posted on December 18, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: The Working Elf Blues
Author: Piper Vaughn
Heroes: Garnet Evergreen/Wes
Genre: MM Fantasy
Length: 53 Pages
Publisher: Less Than Three Press
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Available at: Less Than Three Press and Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Garnet Evergreen has never heard of an elf abandoning the North Pole for a human, but he yearns to be the first. Ever since he saw Wes, the boy with sorrowful eyes, Garnet felt an undeniable kinship. Over the years, he’s watched that boy grow into a man, and now he’s determined to give Wes a Christmas he’ll never forget. If only Garnet had thought to test his father’s sleigh before leaving…

Orphaned as a child, Wes spends every Christmas alone at his cabin. When he’s woken by a suspicious boom and finds a wrecked sleigh and an unconscious elf, he doesn’t know how to react. Wes isn’t fanciful. He doesn’t give much credence to the stories about Santa Claus and flying reindeer. But a part of him wants desperately to believe when Garnet promises forever, even if life has taught him that no one ever stays…
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: elves, fantasy, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Holiday - Christmas, Less Than Three Press, M/M, Piper Vaughn, Santa, Short Story, Sleighs, The Blogger Girls, The Working Elf Blues | Leave a comment

Book Review: Wait for Me by T.S. Morgan

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Wait for Me
Author: T.S. Morgan
Series: Celebrate! – 2014 Advent Calendar
Heroes: TJ & Jamie
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 21 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: To fulfill his grandfather’s final request, TJ Barclay travels to Scotland over Christmas to bury his ashes next to his lost love, so they can be together at last. While there, he meets Jamie, the orphaned grandson of the man his grandfather loved sixty years ago, before circumstances tore them apart. Concerned for Jamie, TJ can’t leave Scotland without knowing he’s all right. Neither man expected a love story from the past to ignite a new one in the present.

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

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Categories: 2.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: artists, Dreamspinner Press, GFY, Holiday - Christmas, Series - Celebrate! - 2014 Advent Calendar, T.S. Morgan, The Blogger Girls, Wait for Me | Leave a comment

Book Review: A Snowman Made of Sand by J.J. Carroll

Posted on December 16, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: A Snowman Made of Sand
Author: J.J. Carroll
Series: Celebrate! – 2014 Advent Calendar
Heroes: Ethan & Tristan
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 37 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Last year in England, Australian Ethan Harvey not only met his “perfect” man in Tristan Lewin-Jones, Ethan shared a wonderful Christmas with Tristan’s “perfect” family—an ideal British holiday full of genteel good cheer and all the traditional trimmings.

Now Tris and Ethan are living in Sydney, and Tris wants the quintessential Australian beach Christmas, with sun, sand, surf, seafood… and the Harveys. But Ethan didn’t mention the Harveys are politically incorrect, rude, crude, and loud. He worries his family will drive Tris away. Giving Tris the perfect beach Christmas with the imperfect Harveys is going to take a holiday miracle.

A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2014 Advent Calendar package “Celebrate!”.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: A Snowman Made of Sand, artists, Australia, Contemporary, cute, Dreamspinner Press, existing relationships, Holiday - Christmas, J.J. Carroll, M/M, no sex, Series - Celebrate! - 2014 Advent Calendar, sweet, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Ilya and the Wolf by Rory Ni Coileain

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Ilya and the Wolf
Author: Rory Ni Coileain
Series: Celebrate! – 2014 Advent Calendar
Heroes: Ilya & Volyk
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 25 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Ilya, the youngest son of a Moscow oligarch, is so deep in the closet he’d find Narnia if that weren’t a decadent Western story. On Christmas Eve, his brothers lure him into the forest, intending to murder him and erase the shame he inflicts on their family by existing. However, the attempt is interrupted by Volyk, a wolf who carries the blood of the ancient oboroten’ —shapeshifters. Ilya never imagined a Christmas gift like the handsome wolf, but accepting what Volyk offers will have consequences that change both of their lives forever.

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: closet cases, Dreamspinner Press, Holiday, Holiday - Christmas, Ilya and the Wolf, M/M, mates, paranormal, Rory Ni Coileain, Series - Celebrate! - 2014 Advent Calendar, The Blogger Girls, wolf shifters | Leave a comment

Ariel Tachna Week Review: Home for Chirappu

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Home for Chirappu
Author: Ariel Tachna
Series: Celebrate! – 2014 Advent Calendar
Heroes: Nik & Trent
Genre: M/M Contemporary/Holiday
Length: 53 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Nikhilesh (Nik) Sharma hasn’t been home to Alappuzha, India, since he came out to his family ten years ago. Now that his relationship with them is less strained, he’s bringing his boyfriend Trent along to celebrate the winter holidays. As excited as he is to see everyone again, he worries the foreign culture, religious differences, and disapproval might shock Trent. At the same time, Trent worries Nik’s big, close-knit family won’t accept an American—much less a man—as Nik’s partner and that his presence will impede the otherwise happy reunion. Whether the trip leads to misunderstandings that will drive them apart or to a new understanding that will draw them closer than ever, it’s sure to be an experience they’ll never forget.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Author Week, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: Ariel Tachna, Author Week - Ariel Tachna, Contemporary, cute, Dreamspinner Press, Existing Couples, Holiday - Christmas, Home for Chirappu, M/M, Series - Celebrate! - 2014 Advent Calendar, sweet, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Snow Globe by L.E. Franks

Posted on December 14, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Snow Globe
Author: L.E. Franks
Narrator: Dave Gillies
Series: Dreamspinner Press Advent 2013 Advent Calendar
Heroes: Kris Hamilton and Tyr Tollefson
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: Book – 44 Pages / Audio – 58 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – December 1, 2013 / Audio – November 10, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Kris Hamilton escaped the rat race in LA to live his dream of owning an art studio and making snow globes in a Christmas-themed town in northern Minnesota. But life in a tiny town isn’t as peaceful as advertised, and being treated like an outsider is making Kris’s Tourette’s flare up. When he inadvertently offends Tyr Tollefson—a beautiful blond giant of a man—Kris is ready to chuck it all. But he strikes up an unlikely friendship with Tyr’s cousin Bun, who shows them the magic of Christmas and gives them both a lesson in love and acceptance.

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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Audio Review, Bigotry, Bullying, Contemporary, Dave Gillies, disability, Dreamspinner Press, Dwarf, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Holiday - Christmas, L.E. Franks, M/M, Series - Dreamspinner Press Advent 2013 Advent Calendar, Short Story, Snow Globe, The Blogger Girls, Tourette's | Leave a comment

Book Review: The Holiday Hoax by Skylar M. Cates

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: The Holiday Hoax
Author: Skylar M. Cates
Heroes: Evan Goodman/JD Laurens
Genre: M/M Contemporary/Holiday
Length: 83 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 12, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press and Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: I’m Evan Goodman, budding actor, future star, college freshman. Oh, and let’s not forget—recently dumped. If only my family wasn’t expecting to meet my new boyfriend over the holiday break. Enter JD Laurens—a sweet and quiet science major who mostly keeps to himself. When he gathers the courage to come out, poor JD gets abandoned by his only family right in front of me, and now he has nowhere to go for Christmas. But I have a proposition for him: pretend to be my boyfriend for the holidays so I can take him home. It’s a win-win. What could go wrong?
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: artists, College, Contemporary, cute, deception, Dreamspinner Press, Geeks, Holiday - Christmas, M/M, Nerd, Novella, Skylar M. Cates, sweet, The Blogger Girls, The Holiday Hoax, virgins | Leave a comment

Posts Tagged With: Holiday – Christmas

Book Review: Coming of Age by Venona Keyes

Book Review: Business or Pleasure by Michael Cross and Emma Michaels

Book Review: Stardust by Andrew Grey

Book Review: The Working Elf Blues by Piper Vaughn

Book Review: Wait for Me by T.S. Morgan

Book Review: A Snowman Made of Sand by J.J. Carroll

Book Review: Ilya and the Wolf by Rory Ni Coileain

Ariel Tachna Week Review: Home for Chirappu

Audio Review: Snow Globe by L.E. Franks

Book Review: The Holiday Hoax by Skylar M. Cates

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