Posts Tagged With: Mary Calmes Week

Mary Calmes Week Review: Heart of the Race

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Heart of the Race
Author: Mary Calmes
Heroes: Varro Dacien & Brian Christie
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 91 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Available at: Dreamspinner, Amazon, All Romance eBooks & Barnes and Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads & Booklikes

Blurb: Varro Dacien spends his life riding toward the next adventure. Brian Christie, his best friend and touchstone, the one person who’s always truly seen him, plays sidekick on these madcap adventures and subsequent trips to the hospital until he can’t take it anymore. While Brian can see Varro, Varro has never caught on that he’s breaking his best friend’s heart.

Without Varro, Brian builds himself a life that’s all about just getting by, doing his best to ignore the hole in his heart and his life. Without Brian to balance him, Varro pushes harder and takes more risks to reach that ultimate high. His job racing high-octane bikes on suicide-level courses makes it easy to get that rush… until it’s no longer enough and Varro realizes it’s not the race, but who’s waiting at the finish line that truly matters. Now he just has to convince Brian to be there. Continue reading

Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Author Week, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2013 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

GIVEAWAY: Old Loyalty, New Love by Mary Calmes!

Old Loyalty, New LoveIn honor of our first Author Week, Mary Calmes has graciously offered up an eBook copy of one of her recent releases, Old Loyalty, New Love!

About Old Loyalty, New Love:

When jackal shifter Quade Danas was banished from his pack for being gay, he spent years in the military escaping his father’s prejudice before returning to civilian life as a bodyguard for Roman Howell, the teenage son of a very rich man. After Roman is in an accident that leaves him physically scarred and emotionally distant, Quade is the only one who can get through to him. As Roman becomes a man, he realizes what he wants—his bodyguard by his side and in his bed. Unfortunately, Quade can’t seem to see past the kid Roman once was to the man he has become, certain Roman’s feelings are merely misplaced gratitude. But Roman knows a lot more than Quade realizes, and he’s used to persevering, no matter how many impediments life throws his way. He wants the chance to prove to Quade that he’s strong enough for a jackal alpha to call mate.

Despite the decades Quade has been away, and the heartache of his father’s rejection, his inborn loyalty to the pack remains, and his abrupt departure left the jackal shifters without an alpha heir. As a psychopath shifter staking claim as alpha draws Quade back home, and Quade feels compelled to heed the call, he may be forced to make a choice he never anticipated. But doing so means he must leave Roman behind… unless somehow they find a way to make loyalty and love work together.

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The giveaway starts now and will end next Saturday, February 1, 2014, at 11:59 pm EST. After which the lucky winner will be randomly picked.

All you have to do to enter is leave a comment below with your email address and you’re in! Please note, the winner will need to have an account at Dreamspinner Press to be able to claim their prize.

Make sure to follow the blog for the winner’s announcement post or check back next Sunday, February 2, 2014, to see if you’ve won!

And if you can’t wait a week to read it, Old Loyalty, New Love is available now at Dreamspinner Press!

Have a great Sunday!

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Mary Calmes Week Review: Change of Heart

Guest Review by Gyn

Title: Change of Heart
Author: Mary Calmes
Series: Change of Heart #1
Heroes: Jin Rayne & Logan Church
Genre: M/M Paranormal Romance
Length: 260 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: November 8, 2009
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, All Romance eBooks & Barnes and Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads & Booklikes

Blurb: As a young gay man—and a werepanther—all Jin Rayne yearns for is a normal life. Having fled his past, he wants nothing more than to start over, but Jin’s old life doesn’t want to let him go. When his travels bring him to a new city, he crosses paths with the leader of the local were-tribe. Logan Church is a shock and an enigma, and Jin fears that Logan is both the mate he fears and the love of his life. Jin doesn’t want to go back to the old ways, and mating would irrevocably tie him to them.

But Jin is the mate Logan needs at his side to help him lead his tribe, and he won’t give Jin up so easily. It will take time and trust for Jin to discover the joy in belonging to Logan and how to love without restraint. Continue reading

Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Author Week, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published Before 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Mary Calmes Week!

With every day that goes by, no doubt dozens of authors publish their first book. Even when these authors become more ‘experienced’ and have a few titles under their belt, they might not always get the recognition that they deserve.

One of the things we’ve decided to do at TBG is ‘Author Week’ which is a main focus on one particular author for an entire week. Whether that author is a newbie, moderately published or been around the block for years, we want to feature one author a month.

Now, this author can be a favorite to one of us, a person with a lot of books, that ‘hidden gem’ that needs a little bit of pimping or just someone that we want to read.

This week, we are happy to announce that Mary Calmes is our featured author! And we’ve got loads of reviews to post, an interview, a recipe and even a giveaway!

We are doing a mix of old Mary and new Mary books, as well as, favorites and… well, more favorites. LOL.

So, stick around, sit back and enjoy the ride fun because we have a week stuffed full of Mary awesomeness just waiting to go live!

~The Blogger Girls

Categories: Author Week, LGBT | Tags: , | 10 Comments