Posts Tagged With: Mary Calmes

Audio Review: Parting Shot by Mary Calmes

Posted on October 22, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Parting Shot
Author: Mary Calmes
Narrator: Tristan James
Series: A Matter of Time #7
Heroes: Duncan Stiel/Aaron Sutter
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: Book – 266 Pages / Audio – 8 hours, 2 minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – July 19, 2013 / Audio – March 7, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Life has never been easy for Duncan Stiel. His childhood was the stuff of nightmares, and his day job as an undercover police officer forces him to hide his true self and occasionally lands him in the hospital. So when he finally meets the perfect man, it comes as no surprise that everything falls apart around him. What Duncan doesn’t expect is that the hardest hurdle to get over before he can make a life with Aaron Sutter is the one inside himself.

Everyone thinks Aaron has it all – looks, money, fame, and success beyond measure. Everyone, that is, except Aaron. At the end of the day, the cameras stop flashing, friends go back to their own lives, company business is handled, and Aaron is always alone. The moment he meets Duncan Stiel, Aaron knows he’ll do anything to hold onto the larger-than-life detective. But when he realizes money won’t buy him the ultimate happiness, Aaron needs to find the strength to give Duncan something much more important – his heart.
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: alpha male, audio book, Billioanire, Coming Out, Contemporary, Cops, Dreamspinner Press, Drug Lord, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, M/M, Mary Calmes, Mystery/Suspense, Parting Shot, Series - A Matter of Time, Sex Spa, The Blogger Girls, torture, Tristan James, undercover, Vice | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Frog by Mary Calmes

Posted on October 20, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Frog
Author: Mary Calmes
Narrator: K.C. Kelly
Heroes: Weber Yates/Cyrus Benning
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: Book – 178 Pages / Audio – 5 Hours, 23 Minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – April 25, 2012 / Audio – September 16, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Weber Yates’s dreams of stardom are about to be reduced to a ranch hand’s job in Texas, and his one relationship is with a guy so far out of his league he might as well be on the moon. Or at least in San Francisco, where Weber stops to see him one last time before settling down to the humble, lonely life he figures a frog like him has coming.

Cyrus Benning is a successful neurosurgeon, so details are never lost on him. He spotted the prince in a broken-down bull rider’s clothing from day one. But watching Weber walk out on him keeps getting harder, and he’s not sure how much more his heart can take. Now Cyrus has one last chance to prove to Weber that it’s not Weber’s job that makes him Cyrus’s perfect man, it’s Weber himself. With the help of his sister’s newly broken family, he’s ready to show Weber that the home the man’s been searching for has always been right there, with him. Cyrus might have laid down an ultimatum once, but now it’s turned into a vow—he’s never going to let Weber out of his life again.
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: audio book, Bull Rider, Contemporary, cowboys, Divorce, Doctor, Dreamspinner Press, Dude Ranch, Frog, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, K.C. Kelly, Location - San Francisco, M/M, Male Nanny, Mary Calmes, Sister, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Old Loyalty, New Love by Mary Calmes

Posted on October 6, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Old Loyalty, New Love
Author: Mary Calmes
Narrator: Tristan James
Heroes: Quade Danas and Roman Howell
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 246 pages / 8 hours
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – December 13, 2013 / Audio: September 22, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: 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, 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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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Alpha Males, audio book, betrayal, Dreamspinner Press, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Jackal shifters, M/M, Mary Calmes, mates, May/December, Old Loyalty New Love, paranormal, Rich, The Blogger Girls, Tristan James | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Nexus by Mary Calmes

Posted on September 16, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Nexus
Author: Mary Calmes
Narrator: Paul Morey
Series: Warder #5
Heroes: Marcus Roth/Joseph Locke
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: Book – 164 Pages; Audio – 4 Hours, 1 Minute
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – October 26, 2011; Audio – March 8, 2012
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Marcus Roth is a top criminal lawyer by day and demon-slaying warder by night, but he is simply one of five warders—not really important to anyone but Joseph Locke, his hearth. Or so Marcus mistakenly believes.

On a trip to Lexington, Kentucky, to celebrate Joe’s grandfather’s birthday, that belief changes as Marcus unwittingly uncovers a paranormal dilemma and ends up revealing his identity as a warder to Joe’s family. Faced with a traitor, demons, and the return of an old enemy, Marcus must put his own needs aside to save his friends—though in so doing he may lose the man he loves forever. Even living through the ordeal might not be enough if Marcus can’t forgive himself and learn that his hearth and the rest of his clutch can’t do without him.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2012 | Tags: audio book, Battles, demons, Dreamspinner Press, Established couple, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Inter-racial, Location - Southern U.S., M/M, Mary Calmes, Nexus, paranormal, Paul Morey, Series - Warder, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Timing by Mary Calmes

Posted on September 6, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Timing
Author: Mary Calmes
Narrator: Sean Crisden
Series: Timing #1
Heroes: Stefan Joss/Rand Holloway
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 5 hours and 41 minutes
Publisher: Hudson Audio Publishing
Release Date: Book – March 1, 2010; Audio – June 7, 2011
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Stefan Joss just can’t win. Not only does he have to go to Texas in the middle of summer to be the man of honor in his best friend Charlotte’s wedding, but he’s expected to negotiate a million-dollar business deal at the same time. Worst of all, he’s thrown for a loop when he arrives to see the one man Charlotte promised wouldn’t be there: her brother, Rand Holloway.

Stefan and Rand have been mortal enemies since the day they met, so Stefan is shocked when a temporary cease-fire sees the usual hostility replaced by instant chemistry. Though leery of the unexpected feelings, Stefan is swayed by a sincere revelation from Rand, and he decides to give Rand a chance.

But their budding romance is threatened when Stefan’s business deal goes wrong: the owner of the last ranch he needs to secure for the company is murdered. Stefan’s in for the surprise of his life as he finds himself in danger as well.
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2011 | Tags: Advertising, audio book, Best Friend's Sister, Contemporary, cowboys, Crime/Mystery, Dreamspinner Press, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Hudson Audio Publishing, M/M, Mary Calmes, Sean Crisden, The Blogger Girls, Wedding | Leave a comment

Mobster Week Audio Review: Acrobat by Mary Calmes

Posted on August 7, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Acrobat
Author: Mary Calmes
Series: (Not officially in the Matter of Time Series, but related)
Narrated By: Sean Crisden
Heroes: Nathan Qells and Andreo Fiore
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 6 hrs, 34 minutes, Unabridged
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Audible Release Date: January 11, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Forty-five-year-old English professor Nathan Qells is very good at making people feel important. What he’s not very good at is sticking around afterward. He’s a nice guy; he just doesn’t feel things the way other people do. So even after all the time he’s spent taking care of Michael, the kid across the hall, he doesn’t realize that Michael’s mob muscle uncle and guardian, Andreo Fiore, has slowly been falling in love with him. Dreo has bigger problems than getting Nate to see him as a potential partner.

He’s raising his nephew, trying to leave his unsavory job, and starting his own business, a process made infinitely more difficult when a series of hits takes out some key underworld players. Still, Dreo is determined to build a life he can be proud of – a life with Nate as a cornerstone. A life that is starting to look like exactly what Nate has been seeking. Unfortunately for Dreo – and for Nate – the last hits were just part of a major reorganization, and Dreo’s obvious love for Nate has made him a target too. Continue reading →

Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014, Theme Week | Tags: Acrobat, Audio, Contemporary, Crime, Divorced, Dreamspinner Press, Family, Father, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, M/M, Mary Calmes, May/December, Mobster, Professor, Sean Crisden, Series - Matter of Time, The Blogger Girls, Theme Week - Mobsters, Younger Man/Older Man | Leave a comment

Book Review: All Kinds of Tied Down by Mary Calmes

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: All Kinds of Tied Down
Author: Mary Calmes
Heroes: Miro/Ian
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 290 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: July 4, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Barnes & Noble and All Romance eBooks
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Deputy US Marshal Miro Jones has a reputation for being calm and collected under fire. These traits serve him well with his hotshot partner, Ian Doyle, the kind of guy who can start a fight in an empty room. In the past three years of their life-and-death job, they’ve gone from strangers to professional coworkers to devoted teammates and best friends. Miro’s cultivated blind faith in the man who has his back… faith and something more.

As a marshal and a soldier, Ian’s expected to lead. But the power and control that brings Ian success and fulfillment in the field isn’t working anywhere else. Ian’s always resisted all kinds of tied down, but having no home—and no one to come home to—is slowly eating him up inside. Over time, Ian has grudgingly accepted that going anywhere without his partner simply doesn’t work. Now Miro just has to convince him that getting tangled up in heartstrings isn’t being tied down at all.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: Action/Suspense, All Kinds of Tied Down, co-workers, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Friends to Lovers, GFY, injury/recovery, Law Enforcement, M/M, Mary Calmes, military, omissions, separated for a bit, slow burn, sweet, The Blogger Girls, unrequited, US Marshals, yearning | 1 Comment

Early Review: Control by Cardeno C. & Mary Calmes

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Control
Author: Cardeno C. & Mary Calmes
Heroes: Vy & Robert
Genre: M/M Paranormal Romance
Length: 220 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: April 18, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Vy Aleknos is the leader of a hawk shifter flock. Openly gay since he was a teen, Vy is proud and self-assured on the outside, while secretly worrying he’ll be forced to spend his life alone because two males can’t be mates. When bear shifter Robert Cimino appears in Vy’s small town, Vy realizes his concerns were unfounded — he has a male mate, and a sexy, dominant one to boot.

Robert is a bear shifter who refuses to shift. Immediately attracted to Vy, he deviates from his normal pattern and seeks more than a one off with the powerful, bristly hawk. But Robert’s affections are rooted in his human form, and when Vy discovers Robert doesn’t recognize him as his mate, he pulls away. If Robert wants to stay with Vy, he must convince a man deeply ruled by his animal instincts to give their relationship as humans a chance. Continue reading →

Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: bear shifters, bird shifters, Cardeno C., Control, cute, Dreamspinner Press, injury/recovery, M/M, Mary Calmes, mates, paranormal, sweet, The Blogger Girls, wolf shifters | Leave a comment

Book Review: Floodgates by Mary Calmes

Posted on March 7, 2014 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Floodgates
Author: Mary Calmes
Heroes: Cord Nolan and Tracy Brandt
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 234 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: March 3, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, All Romance eBooks & Barnes and Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads & Booklikes

Blurb: Tracy Brandt considers himself a lucky man. He has a wonderful family, good friends, and a dependable job. His love life, however, features a cheating ex who, though out of the house, is not yet out of the picture—with a past that just might get Tracy killed.

Homicide inspector Cord Nolan wants nothing more than to show his best friend’s little brother that he’s a reliable man, but to do that he’ll have to get Tracy to look past the player he used to be. It’ll be a tough sell; reputation is everything, and Cord’s is tarnished by his past indiscretions.

Tracy and Cord have spent five years trying to suffocate their fiery attraction under a blanket of grudging antagonism. When Tracy finds himself with a target on his back, Cord finally has the chance to ride to the rescue and break through the dam of Tracy’s reserve. But he’d better be careful: if Cord is breaking the floodgates to wash away the past, he’s going to have to hold tight to Tracy to make sure they’re still standing when the tumult recedes. Continue reading →