Posts Tagged With: Homophobia

Book Review: Noah by Catherine Lievens

Posted on September 26, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Noah
Author: Catherine Lievens
Series: Gillham Pack #4
Heroes: Noah/Duncan
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: 128 Pages
Publisher: Extasy Books
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Noah has lived in isolation most of his life. He’s a demon, and demons keep to themselves. He’s not satisfied with his life, though. One night he sneaks out and meets Duncan. He likes the man, but he knows he can’t be with him because it would mean losing everything.

Duncan knows what he wants, and he wants Noah. He doesn’t care—much—about his homophobic parents’ reaction. He knows he has the support of his friends and most of the pack, and that’s enough for him. Will it be enough for Noah, though?

As Noah and Duncan get to know each other, Noah has to make a decision—his parents, or his mate? Choosing his parents means he’ll have to marry a woman and have children, even if he’s gay. Choosing Duncan means he’ll lose everything he’s ever known. Or not?
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Categories: 2.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: bisexual, Catherine Lievens, demons, Extasy Books, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Homophobia, M/M, mates, Noah, paranormal, Series - Gillham Pack, Shifters, Tail Sex, The Blogger Girls, Twink, Werewolves, YA | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Canning the Center by Tara Lain

Posted on September 21, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Canning the Center
Author: Tara Lain
Narrator: Jean-Paul Barrel
Series: Long Pass Chronicles #2
Heroes: Jamal Jones/Trevor Landry
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 9 hours, 17 minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Available at: Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Six foot seven inch, 300 pound Jamal Jones loves football, so when he finds out the ultra-conservative owner of his new pro football team fired their current center because he’s gay, bisexual Jamal decides to stay in the closet and hang with the females. Then, at a small drag show, he comes face-to-face with his sexual fantasy in the form of Trixie LaRue, a drag queen so exquisitely convincing she scrambles Jamal’s hormones — and his resolve to nurse his straight side.

Trevor Landry, aka Trixie LaRue, hides more than his genitals. A mathematician so brilliant he can’t be measured, Trevor disguises his astronomical IQ and his quirk for women’s clothes behind his act as a gay activist undergrad at Southern California University.

To Trevor, Jamal is the answer to a dream — a man who can love and accept both his personas. When he discovers Jamal’s future is threatened if he’s seen with a guy, Trevor becomes Trixie to let Jamal pass as straight. But Trevor risks his position every time he puts on a dress. Is there a closet big enough to hold a football pro and a drag queen?
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Athletes, audio book, Bi-Sexual, Canning the Center, Closeted, College Student, Contemporary, Cross dressing, Drag Queen, Dreamspinner Press, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Homophobia, Jean-Paul Barrel, M/M, Nerd/Jock, Series - Long Pass Chronicles, Sports - Football, Tara Lain, The Blogger Girls, transgender | Leave a comment

Book Review: First by K.C. Wells

Posted on September 20, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: First
Author: K.C. Wells
Heroes: Tommy Newsome/Mike Scott
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 296 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: It’s taken Tommy Newsome a while to get his head around being gay.

Growing up in a small town in Georgia, hasn’t prepared him for the more liberal life of a student at the university in Athens. Add to that the teachings of his parents and his church, and you have one shy young man who feels out of his depth. Working on his daddy’s farm hasn’t given him any chance of a social life, certainly not one like the clubs of Atlanta have on offer. Not that Tommy feels comfortable when he gets to sample it—Momma’s lectures still ring loudly inside his head.

All that changes when he goes to his first gay bar and sets eyes on Mike Scott.

When Mike’s not behind the bar at Woofs, he’s busy with his life as adult entertainer Scott Masters. Twenty years in the industry and the times, they are a-changing. Mike’s not had much luck in the relationship department, but as his mom is fond of telling him, you keep fishing in the same pond, you’re gonna reel in the same kind of fish. Maybe it’s time for a change.

And then a beautiful young man asks Mike to be his first….
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Age Gap, Bartender, Closeted, College Student, Coming Out, Coming-of-Age, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Family Drama, First, First-Time, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, HEA, Homophobia, K.C. Wells, M/M, May/December, Sex Workers, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Shotgun by Marie Sexton

Posted on September 19, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Shotgun
Author: Marie Sexton
Narrator: Paul Morey
Series: Coda Books #7
Heroes: Dominic Jacobson/Lamar Franklin
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 8 hours, 31 minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: August 31, 2015
Available at: Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: As a young man, Dominic Jacobsen already suspects he’s gay, and he gets all the confirmation he needs when a rich boy from out of town climbs into the back seat of Dominic’s GTO. One night with Lamar Franklin is all it takes to convince Dominic he’s found the man of his dreams. Unfortunately, that one night is all he’ll get before Lamar returns to Tucson.

Fifteen years later Lamar returns to Coda, Colorado, after ending the latest in a string of bad relationships. He’s alone, depressed, and plagued by late-night phone calls from an unidentified caller. Lamar’s ready to give up when he comes face-to-face with his past.

Since he was seventeen, Dominic has dreamed of a reunion with Lamar, but that doesn’t mean he’s ready for it now. Facing small-town rumors and big-family drama is bad enough, but Dominic won’t risk losing custody of his teenage daughter, Naomi. The only solution is to make sure he and Lamar remain friends and nothing more. Clothes stay on, no matter what.

It seems simple enough. But for better or worse, Lamar has other ideas.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: audio book, Bi-Sexual, Bigoted, Closeted, Coming Out, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Existing Couples, Family Drama, Friends to Lovers, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Homophobia, Location - Colorado, M/M, Marie Sexton, Men with kids, Paul Morey, Reunited, Series - Coda Books, Shotgun, stalker, The Blogger Girls, Young Love | Leave a comment

Book Review: Get Your Shine On by Nick Wilgus

Posted on September 15, 2015 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Get Your Shine On
Author: Nick Wilgus
Heroes: Henry/Sam
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 350 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: September 24, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: When his mother goes out to party one Saturday night and doesn’t come back, seven-year-old Ishmael Hood is taken in by his estranged uncle Henry and Henry’s live-in boyfriend, Sam. As this unlikely trio begins to build a new life together, they encounter both support and hostility in the small Mississippi town where they live. Seems like just about everybody has an opinion on the matter—and they’re not shy about expressing it.

While this blossoming little family finds its feet, outside forces—and ghosts from the past—threaten to tear it apart. Henry, still trying to deal with the tragic death of his parents, finds himself hard-pressed to open his heart to this needy child.

Just as a little shine begins to come back into their lives, Ishmael’s mother returns, and their world is thrown into chaos.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2015, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: addiction, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Established couple, Family Drama, Get Your Shine On, Grief, Homophobia, Humorous, Hurt/Comfort, M/M, Men with kids, Nick Wilgus, Religion, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Review: My Hero by Max Vos

Posted on September 2, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: My Hero
Author: Max Vos
Narrator: Jared Bradford
Heroes: Rich Miller/Johnny Milloway
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 6 hours, 3 minutes
Publisher: Max Vos
Release Date: August 13, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Audible
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: When he was sixteen years old, Rich Miller saved a young man from drowning at his local pool. Little did he know that years later, as a senior in college and Olympic diving hopeful, Rich would meet up once again with Johnny Milloway, now a big football player – and when Rich says big, he really means ‘bear’. The shy jock remembers his saviour, and the two men become friends.

Johnny isn’t put off by the fact that Rich is gay. In fact, the more time he spends with Rich, the more curious he becomes. Johnny wants to know all kinds of things – what it’s like to kiss a guy, for instance. Only it doesn’t stop there…

Rich finds it difficult to believe that this relationship can go anywhere. Johnny is straight, and Rich isn’t prepared to deal with the heartache he knows will come his way in the future. He has enough on his plate as it is – the Worlds are just around the corner, his father would rather watch a football game than spend time watching his son dive…. What he doesn’t count on is Johnny, who can be very determined. And having Johnny in his life proves to be a catalyst for some pretty earth-shattering changes.
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, LGBT, Published in 2015, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: Athletes, audio book, College Kids, Coming Out, Coming-of-Age, Contemporary, Diving, Family Drama, football, Homophobia, Jared Bradford, M/M, Max Vos, My Hero, Self-Published, Sports, The Blogger Girls | 2 Comments

Book Review: Fame and Fortune by T.M. Smith

Posted on September 2, 2015 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

Title: Fame and Fortune
Author: T.M. Smith
Series: All Cocks Stories #2
Heroes: Victor/Andrew/Matthew
Genre: MMM Contemporary
Length: 175 Pages
Publisher: TTC Publishing
Release Date: August 29, 2015
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Victor Dimir moved to America with his traditional Romanian parents when he was just a child. His Romani parents taught him their traditions and how to be a shrewd business man. But it was the attention of a classmate at school that taught a teenage Victor about his sexuality. When he came out to his parents he knew it would be difficult for them to understand, but he never expected them to disown him.

Andrew Jones grew up with a single mom and his grandmother teaching him about life, he had an absentee father at best. The only thing the man ever did for Andy that stuck was buy him a camera for his thirteenth birthday. When Andrew went off to college on a scholarship to study photo journalism, he wound up falling in love with his Romanian roommate.

They became inseparable and wound up starting their own business together; a gay porn website where people could go and watch romantic gay porn instead of the rough and tough, or wham bam thank you man crap that was flooding the internet at that time. After ten years together they were still perfectly happy, they didn’t even realize something was missing, until they met a broken young man that needed a family.

Matthew Carlson was homeless, jobless and broken. He’d been on his own since he was sixteen when he ran away from home after being brutally assaulted by several other young men that he thought were his friends, and then being told he brought it on himself for being gay by his parents. Matthew has done a lot of things these last few years just to get by. When he finds the flyer for All Cocks, he decides to call and see where it leads. What has he got to lose?

Matthew has deep rooted scars that aren’t usually visible on the outside. But when he walks into All Cocks, both Victor and Andrew see them, they also see him. Can three men that didn’t even realize they needed each other get past the stigma of society to find a place of happiness, together?
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Businessmen, Contemporary, Fame and Fortune, Family Drama, HEA, Homophobia, Hurt/Comfort, injury/recovery, M/M/M, Menage, Past Abuse, past rape, Series All Cocks Stories, Sex Workers, T.M. Smith, The Blogger Girls, TTC Publishing, Wedding | 1 Comment

Book Review: Double Heat by Lynn Kelling

Posted on August 25, 2015 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Double Heat
Author: Lynn Kelling
Series: Twin Ties #3
Heroes: Evan/Brennan/Alek/Luka
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 299 Pages
Publisher: Forbidden Fiction
Release Date: August 25, 2015
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: When Evan and Brennan moved in with their boyfriends, Alek and Luka, they knew things would be complicated, but as their privacy gets eroded, and people around them begin to notice the tangled nature of the four-way relationship, coping becomes a struggle. After Brennan leaves on a brief trip home, and Evan remains behind to enjoy the full attention of both Alek and Luka, the careful balance of things gets thrown off.

Ex-boyfriends surface, haunting Evan and Brennan in similar ways as regret for poor choices threatens their happiness, and the sexual freedom displayed earlier in their lives draws predators willing to use violence, coercion, mind-games and force to take what they want. Though Luka and Alek struggle to protect those they love, it soon becomes clear that the dangers surrounding them will find ways to rush in, trying to take what belongs to them.
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2015, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: Abuse, Age Gap, Alpha Males, Contemporary, Double Heat, Dub/Con, Established Couples, Family Drama, Graphic Violence, Homophobia, Hurt/Comfort, Illness/Disease, incest, Lynn Kelling, M/M/M/M, Non/Con, Polyamory, Rapte, Reunited, Revenge, Road trip, Series - Twin Ties, the-blogger-girls Forbidden Fiction, Twincest, Twins | Leave a comment

Book Review: In the Middle of Somewhere by Roan Parrish

Posted on August 23, 2015 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

Title: In the Middle of Somewhere
Author: Roan Parrish
Series: In the Middle of Somewhere #1
Heroes: Daniel Mulligan/Rex Vale
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 350 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: July 10, 2015
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: DANIEL MULLIGAN is tough, snarky, and tattooed, hiding his self-consciousness behind sarcasm. Daniel has never fit in—not at home with his auto mechanic father and brothers, and not at school where his Ivy League classmates look down on him. Now, Daniel’s relieved to have a job at a small college in Northern Michigan, but, a city boy through and through, when Daniel arrives in Holiday, Michigan, it’s clear that this small town is one more place he just won’t fit in.

REX VALE clings to routine to keep loneliness at bay: honing his large, muscular body until it can handle anything, perfecting his recipes, and making custom furniture. Rex has lived in Holiday for years, but his shyness and imposing size have kept him from connecting with people. Though he loves the quiet and solitude of his little cabin in the woods, Rex can’t help but want someone to share it with.

When Daniel arrives in Holiday, they are smitten with each other, but though the sex is intense and explosive, Rex fears that Daniel will be one more in a long line of people to leave him, and Daniel has learned that letting anyone in could be a fatal weakness. Just as they begin to break down the walls that have been keeping them apart, Daniel is called home to Philadelphia where a secret is revealed that changes the way he understands everything.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2015 | Tags: Bear, Bullying, Carpenter, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Family Drama, Homophobia, In the Middle of Somewhere, Location - Michigan, M/M, Men with pets, Professor, Roan Parrish, Series - In the Middle of Somewhere, tattoos, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Teach Me by K.C. Wells

Posted on August 8, 2015 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Teach Me
Author: K.C. Wells
Series: Lightning Tales #1
Heroes: Nick Tremantle/Alex Nordmann
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 80 Pages
Publisher: Island Tales Press
Release Date: April 20, 2015
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Nick Tremantle has had a rough ten months. His professional life took a nosedive, and then his mom’s health took a turn for the worse. In a short space of time, everything changed. So when he spies the young man hitchhiking, Nick pulls over – he needs all the Karma he can lay his hands on. But when the identity of the young man is revealed, it sets in motion a chain of events that unfold quickly, changing Nick’s life completely.

Alex Nordmann’s life has definitely not gone the way he’d planned. Gone are his dreams of an education and living his life ‘his’ way. He’d thought the worst was over, until the morning he decided to come out to his parents. It just goes to show, people will surprise you every time. For instance, who could have foreseen that the man who gives him a ride – and an unexpected lifeline – would have been Alex’s first crush all those years ago?

Alex has no idea what’s coming at him….

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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2015, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: Age Gap, Closed, Contemporary, Friends to Lovers, Homeless, Homophobia, Hurt/Comfort, Island Tales Press, K.C. Wells, M/M, OFY/GFY, Rejection, Series - Lightning Tales, sweet, Teach Me, teacher/student, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Posts Tagged With: Homophobia

Book Review: Noah by Catherine Lievens

Audio Review: Canning the Center by Tara Lain

Book Review: First by K.C. Wells

Audio Review: Shotgun by Marie Sexton

Book Review: Get Your Shine On by Nick Wilgus

Audio Review: My Hero by Max Vos

Book Review: Fame and Fortune by T.M. Smith

Book Review: Double Heat by Lynn Kelling

Book Review: In the Middle of Somewhere by Roan Parrish

Book Review: Teach Me by K.C. Wells

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