Posts Tagged With: mates

Book Review: All’s Fair in Mate Bonds and Publishing by Alana Ankh

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: All’s Fair in Mate Bonds and Publishing
Author: Alana Ankh
Series: Confessions of a Werewolf Editor #1
Heroes: Killian Marsden/Brett Wolfe
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 112 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: December 3, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press and Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: For Killian Marsden, werewolf romance is overrated. After all, he should know, since he’s a half-werewolf and an editor for a romance-publishing house. He’s tired of reading mate bond fairytales, because real life doesn’t work that way. In the real world, Alphas abandon their half-breed children. Not that Killian’s jaded or anything. Simply realistic. So when werewolf Alpha Brett comes knocking, demanding explanations on a rejected manuscript, Killian reels away, or at least tries to.

Brett is a walking, talking Alpha cliché: big, possessive, and growly. His last name is Wolfe, for crying out loud. But Brett is also trustworthy, devoted to his pack, and a little silly when in love. Soon, Killian discovers that maybe, just maybe, he might love Brett in return.

Unfortunately, Killian is not the only one who wants to claim Brett. He will have to set aside his beliefs about mate bonds and deadbeats if he wants his own happily ever after werewolf romance.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: Alana Ankh, All's Fair in Mate Bonds and Publishing, alpha male, betrayal, cute, Dreamspinner Press, humor, M/M, mates, paranormal, series, Series: Confessions of a Werewolf Editor, sweet, The Blogger Girls, Werewolves, wolf shifters | Leave a comment

Book Review: Protector of the Alpha by Parker Williams

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Protector of the Alpha
Author: Parker Williams
Series: Shifting Needs
Heroes: Jake Davis/Zakiya Incekara
Genre: M/M Paranormal/New Adult
Length: 195 Pages
Publisher: Parker Williams
Release Date: November 10, 2014
Available at: Amazon, Smashwords and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Adopted at an early age by a wealthy family, Jake Davis has always seemed to have an easy life. Even in college he was blessed with good grades and an apparently clear path to a pro football career. Good thing his best friend keeps hanging around to keep his head from getting too swollen.

Zakiya Incekara has always been…odd. Being fluent in six languages and having a flair for international cooking should open the world to him, but those skills leave him isolated.

When Jake sees Zak for the first time, with water beading down his slender form, something inside him shifts, and it hungers for Zak. To have him. To claim him. And Jake knows that whatever it is, it won’t be denied.

When they are approached by a man who claims knowledge of a secret past they share, Jake and Zak are thrust into a world they would never have believed existed. The forests of Alaska might seem an odd place to find your destiny, but these men will meet the challenges head on, as they learn that sometimes you have to make sacrifices to be Protector of the Alpha.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: cat shifters, cute, injury/recovery, M/M, magic, mates, New Adult, paranormal, Parker Williams, Protector of the Alpha, Self-Published, series, Series - Shifting Needs, Shifters, sweet, taken, The Blogger Girls, virgins | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Sunday’s Child by Lex Valentine

Posted on November 30, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Sunday’s Child
Author: Lex Valentine
Narrator: Chip Wood
Heroes: Randall Wise and Brendan Thorne
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: Book – 98 Pages / Audio – 3 Hours, 16 Minutes
Publisher: Lex Valentine
Release Date: Book – October 1, 2013 / Audio – October 21, 2014
Available at: Amazon and Audible
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Bi-sexual wizard Randall Wise is the quintessential good guy. Still single at thirty, he’s never had a relationship or even a brush with love. Rand is convinced that good guys finish last at love and decides he needs to change if he’s ever going to find a mate of his own. Then he looks out his bedroom window to find that the sexiest guy he’s ever laid eyes on has moved in next door.

Brendan Thorne is gay, klutzy, and to his thinking, ordinary. At twenty-six, he’s got a baby face that makes men treat him as they would an innocent little brother. Determined to at least get laid, Brendan sexes up his appearance and finds his hot new neighbor ready and willing to do the dirty with him. The sex is amazing and both Rand and Brendan sense it’s the start of something more. But is it real love or just magic?
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: audio book, Chip Wood, demons, Familiar, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Lex Valentine, M/M, mates, paranormal, Self-Published, Sunday's Child, The Blogger Girls, Wizard/Witch | Leave a comment

Book Review: Blue Mountain by Cardeno C.

Posted on November 21, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen and Nikyta

Title: Blue Mountain
Author: Cardeno C.
Series: Pack #1
Heroes: Simon Moorehead/Mitch Grant
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 110 Pages
Publisher: The Romance Authors, LLC
Release Date: November 21, 2014
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Exiled by his pack as a teen, Omega wolf Simon Moorehead learns to bury his gentle nature in the interest of survival. When a hulking, rough-faced Alpha catches Simon on pack territory, he tries to escape what he’s sure will be imminent death. But instead of killing him, the Alpha takes Simon home.

A man of action, Mitch Grant uproots his life to support his brother in leading the Blue Mountain pack. Mitch lives on the periphery, quietly protecting everyone, but always alone. A mate is a dream come true for Mitch, and he won’t let little things like Simon’s rejections, attacks, and insults get in their way. With patience, seduction, and genuine care, Mitch will ride out the storm while Simon slays his own ghosts and Mitch’s loneliness.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: Alpha/Omega, Blue Mountain, Bonded, captured, Cardeno C., cute, emotionally damaged, Ginger-lovin, grieving, M/M, mates, paranormal, Self-Published, series, Series - Pack, Shifters, sweet, The Blogger Girls, The Romance Authors LLC, Werewolves, wolf shifters | 1 Comment

Audio Review: Wake Me Up Inside by Cardeno C.

Posted on October 24, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Wake Me Up Inside
Author: Cardeno C.
Narrator: Charlie David
Series: Mates #1
Heroes: Zev Hassick/Jonah Marvel
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: Book – 250 Pages / Audio – 7 hours, 20 minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – August 15, 2012 / Audio – August 19, 2013
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Zev Hassick is surprised and confused when he finds himself attracted to his best friend. His very human, very male best friend. Zev is the son of the pack Alpha, regarded as the strongest wolf in generations, born to lead. And everyone knows a male shifter has to mate with a female of his own kind to keep his humanity. So shifters can’t be gay, right?

Jonah Marvel wants a relationship with Zev, his best friend, the man he has loved since childhood. It wasn’t easy to maintain that relationship over years spent living apart while Jonah studied to become a doctor. And then things grow more difficult when Jonah becomes his own patient. Before he can make a life with Zev, he has to understand his past and cure the unexplained ailments that plague him.

Zev and Jonah know they’re destined for each other, but they’re facing traditions ingrained over generations and long-buried secrets that may threaten any future together.

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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2013 | Tags: alpha, Alpha Mate, audio book, Charlie David, College, Doctor, Dreamspinner Press, Friends to Lovers, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Kidnapping, M/M, mates, Murder, paranormal, Series - Mates, Shifters, The Blogger Girls, Wake Me Up Inside, Werewolves | Leave a comment

Book Review: The Last Wolf by Sue Brown

Posted on October 22, 2014 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: The Last Wolf
Author: Sue Brown
Series: Sapphire Ranch Wolves #1
Heroes: Joe Lowther/Callum Pope
Genre: MM Paranormal
Length: 162 Pages
Publisher: Love Lane Books
Release Date: September 5, 2014
Available at: Love Lane Books, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: The only good predator is a dead one, as far as Joe Lowther is concerned.

That is until the day he shoots a wolf, only to watch the animal turn into a naked Callum Pope. Cal is being hunted by a group of humans who eradicate shifter packs for sport.

Joe makes a decision to help Cal and discovers a deeper connection with the young shifter. One which he’d like to explore. If they live that long.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2014, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: action, Bonded, cliffhanger, Cops, Family Drama, Hurt/Comfort, Illness/injury, Love Lane Books, M/M, mates, paranormal, Professor, Ranchers/Cowboys, Series - Sapphire Ranch Wolves, Shifters, Sue Brown, The Blogger Girls, The Last Wolf, Werewolves | Leave a comment

Vampire Week Review: Venomoid by J.A. Kossler

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Venomoid
Author: J.A. Kossler
Series: Book One of the Night Code Saga
Heroes: Lorin/Lex
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 280 Pages
Publisher: Riverdale Avenue Books
Release Date: June 9, 2014
Available at: Riverdale Avenue Books, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: In Book One of The Night Code Saga, Venomoid, paranormal creatures are governed by the IPO, a secret police force that ensures vampires, zombies, and others follow all required public safety regulations. Among the officers is 17 year-old Lorin, the IPO’s most skilled cadet. His co-workers distrust him, however, and in extreme cases barely tolerate him. As a vampire, he must follow the rules — including turning a blind eye to the IPO’s practice of torturing prisoners — or face death by sunlight exposure.

On one intense dragon-hunting mission, Lorin encounters Lex, a handsome but flesh-eating paranormal who is quickly intrigued by the young vampire. Lorin fears this hunter, but as an unexpected friendship unfolds between the two, an even more unlikely romance blossoms. The problem is Lex is on the IPO’s radar, and when they capture him for scientific experimentation, Lorin must risk his life to overthrow the organization he’s always feared in order to save his love.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014, Theme Week | Tags: against all odds, cruelty/abuse, enemies to lovers, Ginger-lovin, injury/recovery, J.A. Kossler, M/M, mates, no sex, paranormal, Riverdale Avenue Books, Secret agents, series, Series - Night Code Saga, taken, teenage angst, The Blogger Girls, Theme Week - Vampires, underage, vampires, Venomoid, warriors, yearning, zombies | Leave a comment

Book Review: Forgiving Thayne by J.R. Loveless

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Forgiving Thayne
Author: J.R. Loveless
Series: True Mates #2
Heroes: Nicholas Cartwright/Thayne Whitedove
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 290 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Nicholas Cartwright has done everything in his power to forget that night six months ago in Senaka, when his true mate rejected him, leaving him shattered and disillusioned. Burying himself in his work, he pushes himself to the point of exhaustion while finding the touch of another unbearable. Suddenly his mate needs his help, and he may be asking for more than Nicholas can find it in himself to give.

Thayne Whitedove has always been a wanderer, spending his days on the road and his nights wrapped in the arms of whatever random hookup he meets, until a fateful mistake sends him rushing for the comforts of home. To his utter dismay, the only way to correct his error in judgment is to accept the one thing he’s never wanted… his mate. Thayne must decide whether to keep running or to stay and fight for Nick’s forgiveness.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: Alcohol use, Angst, assholes, deception, Dreamspinner Press, emotionally damaged, Forgiving Thayne, Hurt/Injury, J.R. Loveless, M/M, mates, Mystery/Suspense, paranormal, second chances, series, Series - True Mates, sex outside the main couple, Shifters, The Blogger Girls, warriors, Werewolves, wolf shifters, yearning | 3 Comments

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

Book Review: Mating Balance by Gina A. Rogers and Kyle Adams

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Mating Balance
Authors: Gina A. Rogers and Kyle Adams
Series: Love’s Landscapes
Heroes: Seth & Troy
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 68 Pages
Publisher: Goodreads M/M Romance Group
Release Date: July 11, 2014
Available at: Goodreads M/M Romance Group
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Dear Author,
I am a shifter looking for my mate and need to satisfy the overwhelming animal urge that dwells within me.

After many years prowling the globe looking for him, I believe my search is over.
I can smell him near me, I can feel him near me but, I want to feel him inside me!

Photo Description: A man standing alone and naked in the woods next to a tree looking into the distance. He has messy, finger-length, brown hair. His sleek, well-defined muscular body, looks quick and flexible. Tan skin, pouty lips, high cheekbones, and a straight nose. Broad bulky shoulders and a defined V leading down to close cropped crotch and thick thighs.

This story was written as a part of the M/M Romance Group’s “Love’s Landscapes” event. Group members were asked to write a story prompt inspired by a photo of their choice. Authors of the group selected a photo and prompt that spoke to them and wrote a short story.

This story may contain sexually explicit content and is intended for adult readers. It may contain content that is disagreeable or distressing to some readers. The M/M Romance Group strongly recommends that each reader review the General Information section before each story for story tags as well as for content warnings.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: cat shifters, cute, emotionally damaged, enemies to lovers, free, Free Story, Gina A. Rogers, Ginger-lovin, Goodreads MM Romance Group, grieving, Kyle Adams, M/M, mates, Mating Balance, paranormal, Pets, separated for a bit, Series - Love's Landscape, Shifters, Short Story, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Posts Tagged With: mates

Book Review: All’s Fair in Mate Bonds and Publishing by Alana Ankh

Book Review: Protector of the Alpha by Parker Williams

Audio Review: Sunday’s Child by Lex Valentine

Book Review: Blue Mountain by Cardeno C.

Audio Review: Wake Me Up Inside by Cardeno C.

Book Review: The Last Wolf by Sue Brown

Vampire Week Review: Venomoid by J.A. Kossler

Book Review: Forgiving Thayne by J.R. Loveless

Audio Review: Old Loyalty, New Love by Mary Calmes

Book Review: Mating Balance by Gina A. Rogers and Kyle Adams

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