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Book Review: Captive Prince: Volume One by S.U. Pacat

Posted on April 17, 2015 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Gyn

1Title: Captive Prince: Volume One
Author: S.U. Pacat
Series: Captive Prince #1
Heroes: Damen/Damianos and Prince Laurent
Genre: MM Fantasy
Length: 241 Pages
Publisher: Berkley
Release Date: April 7, 2015 (3d Ed.)
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb:  “This was Vere, voluptuous and decadent, country of honeyed poison”
Damen is a warrior hero to his people, and the truthful heir to the throne of Akielos, but when his half brother seizes power, Damen is captured, stripped of his identity and sent to serve the prince of an enemy nation as a pleasure slave.

Beautiful, manipulative and deadly, his new master Prince Laurent epitomizes the worst of the court at Vere. But in the lethal political web of the Veretian court, nothing is as it seems, and when Damen finds himself caught up in a play for the throne, he must work together with Laurent to survive and save his country.

For Damen, there is just one rule: never, ever reveal his true identity. Because the one man Damen needs is the one man who has more reason to hate him than anyone else…
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Book Review: The Errant Prince by Sasha L. Miller

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

The Errant Prince [PREORDER]Title: The Errant Prince
Author: Sasha L. Miller
Heroes: Myron & Tamsen
Genre: M/M Fantasy
Length: 38k words
Publisher: Less Than Three Press
Release Date: February 17, 2015
Available at: Less Than Three Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Myron’s task is easy enough on the surface: locate the runaway Prince Tamsen and bring him home. But Tamsen is not merely a talented wizard, he’s an exceptionally stubborn one, and dozens of others have already failed at the task. When he manages to find the cabin where Tamsen is hiding, Myron isn’t foolish enough to mistake the find for a victory.

Instead of attempting to drag the prince home by force, Myron tries a different tact: patience. He might not be able to best Tamsen magically or physically, but Myron can certainly out-stubborn him. He’s nothing if not used to doing what other people say he can’t.

But neither prince nor soldier expected stubbornness to be the crack in armor they’ve both become adept at wearing…
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Book Review: Radiance by Grace Draven

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

24473763Title: Radiance
Author: Grace Draven
Series: Wraith Kings #1
Hero/Heroine: Brishen & Ildiko
Genre: M/F Fantasy
Length: 297 pages
Publisher: Self-published
Release Date: January 11, 2015
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: THE PRINCE OF NO VALUE

Brishen Khaskem, prince of the Kai, has lived content as the nonessential spare heir to a throne secured many times over. A trade and political alliance between the human kingdom of Gaur and the Kai kingdom of Bast-Haradis requires that he marry a Gauri woman to seal the treaty. Always a dutiful son, Brishen agrees to the marriage and discovers his bride is as ugly as he expected and more beautiful than he could have imagined.

THE NOBLEWOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE

Ildiko, niece of the Gauri king, has always known her only worth to the royal family lay in a strategic marriage. Resigned to her fate, she is horrified to learn that her intended groom isn’t just a foreign aristocrat but the younger prince of a people neither familiar nor human. Bound to her new husband, Ildiko will leave behind all she’s known to embrace a man shrouded in darkness but with a soul forged by light.

Two people brought together by the trappings of duty and politics will discover they are destined for each other, even as the powers of a hostile kingdom scheme to tear them apart.
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Book Review: Songs of the Earth by Lexi Ander

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Songs of the Earth [Print]Title: Songs of the Earth
Author: Lexi Ander
Series: Sumeria’s Sons #2
Heroes: Tristan & Ushna
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 49k words
Publisher: Less Than Three Press
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Available at: Less Than Three Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Thrust into the role of Prince of the Lycans, Tristan strives to find his footing in a life suddenly rife with secrets and lies—and danger. Betrayed by a Goddess meant to safeguard him, desperate to protect his consort and their growing tribe, he can only prepare for the worst and struggle to hope.

And then the worst comes to kill them…
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Book Review: Twin Flames by Lexi Ander

Posted on January 25, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Twin Flames [Ebook]Title: Twin Flames
Author: Lexi Ander
Series: Sumeria’s Sons #1
Heroes: Tristan & Ushna
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 40k words
Publisher: Less Than Three Press
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Available at: Less Than Three Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: A Lycan descendant of Gilgamesh and Enkidu, Tristan is not as extraordinary as his ancestors. He is an average warrior, unremarkable throughout. But this fact does not trouble him because he has found his Twin Flame, the one person destined to be his, who will love him unconditionally, life after life.

Then his Flame betrays him, leaving him shattered and dying. Brokenhearted, Tristan dissolves the sacred bond and leaves. His best friend, Ushna, accompanies him, vowing to guard and protect him, and Tristan slowly comes to realize that love does not require a sacred bond.

But if he hopes to keep the love he chooses, they will first have to survive ancient secrets, lies, mythical creatures, and the return of absent gods…
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Book Review: Lukos Heat by Megan Derr

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

22877491Title: Lukos Heat
Author: Megan Derr
Series: Heart of Fire #1
Heroes: Najlah & Barkus
Genre: M/M Fantasy
Length: 19k words
Publisher: Less Than Three Press
Release Date: October 22, 2014
Available at: Less Than Three Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Najlah is on the hunt for the traitorous coward who attempted to assassinate the king and nearly killed Najlah’s brother in the process. But the hunt has taken his team deep into the Shide, the treacherous, freezing mountains controlled by the mysterious Lukos, feral wolf shifters who do not tolerate trespassers.

When the Lukos come upon them, Najlah is reluctantly intrigued. The Lukos, especially the one called Barkus, are nothing like the soft humans he spends most of his time around. They thrive in the brutal cold the way he thrives in volcanic fire. For the first time, it feels like Najlah may have found someone who can equal the fierceness of dragons, and see them as more than demons.

But if he hopes to explore the bond forming with the Lukos, he must first survive the enemy—and the Shide.
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Vampire Week Review: The Circle Unbroken by Belinda Burke

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

https://www.totallybound.com/image/cache/data/Covers/C/thecircleunbroken_exlarge_PNG-210x336.pngTitle: The Circle Unbroken
Author: Belinda Burke
Series: Eight Kingdoms #2
Heroes: Macsen Cadoc/Bran Fionnan
Genre: M/M Fantasy
Length: 55k+ words
Publisher: Totally Bound
Release Date: October 24, 2014 (Now available for early download)
Available at: Totally Bound
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Blurb: A prince, a king, an oath to bind and an oath to break. Can something begun in darkness survive the light? Or does the shape of that oath define love…and the circle unbroken?

Three months have passed since Macsen Cadoc’s rescue of Bran Fionnan—three mortal months, three days in Macsen’s Red Kingdom. Bran has begun to seek a place for himself—as sidhe, as Summer’s Prince and as Macsen’s consort. The Red King has begun to balance the thirst of his own nature with the love that now moves him just as much. Yet when Bran is reminded of an oath that was made between them when he was just a child, that which has so far held them together may end up tearing them apart.

While the strength of their love is tested, a mortal enemy is once more in motion. Focused only on their destruction, Dealla seeks to step into the place of her dead father–to rule over the Milesians and fulfil the oaths of crown and country. To do so, she must find a way to hurt two foes…one new and openly deadly, the other ancient and its enmity long asleep. Allies appear in unlikely places, armed by their own motives to seek the same destruction Dealla desires…but the price of success may be higher than the cost of failure—higher than any plot or plan allows.

What is the price of an oath fulfilled? Is love born from nothing, or does it wear a path that can be traced?
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