Posts Tagged With: Orphans

Dual Book Review: Trial by Fire by B.A. Tortuga

Posted on March 13, 2016 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by Morgan and Nikyta

Title: Trial by Fire
Author: B.A. Tortuga
Heroes: Lachlan McCoughney/Holden Sheffield
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 228 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: One Aussie. One Texan. One baby. One hell of a fight.

When his sister and her husband are killed in an accident, Aussie cattle station owner Lachlan McCoughney rushes to Texas to rescue their infant daughter, Chloe. He expects to find his niece living in squalor with the Sheffields, a rodeo family.

Instead, Lachlan finds Holden Sheffield, a salt-of-the-earth cowboy running a huge business operation. They want to explore their mutual attraction despite the many problems thrown their way, and together, they must find a way to give Chloe a new family and find a love that spans thousands of acres and two continents.
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Morgan's Reviews, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2016 | Tags: Australian, B.A. Tortuga, Contemporary, Cowboys/Ranchers, danger, Dreamspinner Press, Dreamspun Desires, enemies to lovers, Family Drama, Family Feud, Grief, insta love, Kidnapping, Location - Texas, Loss of a Loved One, M/M, Men with kids, Orphans, Rodeo, Single Parent, The Blogger Girls, Trial by Fire | 2 Comments

Book Review: Go Tell It On the Mountains by Nick Wilgus

Posted on February 20, 2016 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Go Tell It on the Mountains
Author: Nick Wilgus
Series: Sugar Tree #3
Heroes: Wiley Cantrell/Jackson Ledbetter
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 336 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Years have gone by since the death of Noah, his special needs son, and Wiley Cantrell realizes it’s time to move on. He and his husband, Jackson Ledbetter, try to adopt little Tony Gorzola, a deaf boy with HIV who is emotionally traumatized.

Difficulties quickly set in. Tony is a sweet boy but very damaged by abuse and neglect. And Tony’s mother, in prison, is unwilling to relinquish her parental rights. No sooner do they get the go ahead to foster Tony when another child they had considered becomes available—the daughter Jackson always wanted.

With two children on their hands, life is complicated—wonderfully so. But just as things begin to settle down, Tony, his immune system compromised, falls ill with pneumonia—and Wiley and Jackson find their little family faced with crisis once again.

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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2016, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: Contemporary, death, Dreamspinner Press, Existing Couple, Family Drama, Go Tell It on the Mountains, Grief, Heartbreaking, HIV, Homophobia, humor, Hurt/Comfort, Illness/Disease, Loss of Child, M/M, Men with kids, Nick Wilgus, Orphans, Second Chance, Series - Sugar Tree, The Blogger Girls | 2 Comments

Book Review: More Than Life by Garrett Leigh

Posted on June 5, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

Title: More Than Life
Author: Garrett Leigh
Heroes: Mikail/Isa
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 75 Pages
Publisher: eXtasy Books
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Available at: eXtasy Books
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: A love forged in war, and saved by the shadows of death.

Set in the Kosovan war, Mikail fights in the depleted underground resistance, smuggling intelligence and precious cargo out of war torn Pristina. Isa, an enigmatic CIA operative becomes an unlikely ally, and when a secret mission brings them together, heat, passion and a love they’ve never known consumes them. They forge a deep bond, but the war around them continues to rage, and as Serbian forces close in on Pristina, Isa makes the ultimate sacrifice to save his young lover.

Four years later, Mik lives in the shadow of the Albanian mountains, trying to rebuild his life with what remains of his family. His grief for Isa weighs heavily on his young shoulders and their time together feels like nothing more than a stolen dream.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: Capture/Torture, CIA, Contemporary, Extasy Books, Garrett Leigh, HEA, M/M, military, More Than Life, Novella, Orphans, The Blogger Girls, War Zone | 1 Comment

Posts Tagged With: Orphans

Dual Book Review: Trial by Fire by B.A. Tortuga

Book Review: Go Tell It On the Mountains by Nick Wilgus

Book Review: More Than Life by Garrett Leigh

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