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Audio Review: Choices & Changes by K.L. Belanger

Posted on October 29, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Choices & Changes
Author: K.L. Belanger
Narrator: Jonathan Waters
Heroes: Bo Sanford/Erick
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: Book – 253 Pages / Audio – 6 hours, 43 minutes
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: Book – Feburary 1010, 2013 / Audio – September 22, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: On the cusp of his twenty-fifth birthday, Bo Sanford grows frustrated with his directionless life. Slaving away at his father’s construction company all week and partying every weekend leaves him little time for introspection, but he knows it’s time for a change. When his best friend, Mac, drags him to a college party, Bo catches sight of a girl. But not just any girl—the girl of his dreams: a delicate blonde-haired beauty with a pink scarf and a smile that promises warmth and humor. There’s just one problem: she isn’t a girl.

Even after Bo discovers the truth, he keeps seeing Erick, and the choice to follow his heart despite the obstacles has profound repercussions on not only his sense of self but his relationship with his family and even his job. Being with Erick makes him all the more determined to be his own man and claw his way out from under his father’s thumb.

But Erick faces choices of his own: the choice to get involved with someone redefining his sexuality, the choice to trust again, and even the choice to believe love can last beyond the temporary.(
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Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Debut Authors, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Abuse, audio book, Choices and Changes, Coming Out, Construction, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Friends to Lovers, gfy/ofy, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Jonathan Waters, K.L. Belanger, Little to No Sex, M/M, Psychology, Suicide, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Cutting Out by Meredith Shayne

Posted on October 27, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Cutting Out
Author: Meredith Shayne
Heroes: Shane Cooper/Lachlan Moore
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 222 Pages
Publisher: Bottom Drawer Publications
Release Date: October 11, 2014
Available at: Bottom Drawer Publications, Amazon and Barnes & Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: A twenty-year veteran of the shearing shed, Aussie Shane Cooper loves his job, and the home he’s made for himself in New Zealand. If he’s a little lonely, he’s got good mates to keep his spirits up. When a hot, cocky young shearer named Lachlan Moore catches his eye at a competition, he’s content to look but not touch, knowing the young man is out of his league.

Lachie wouldn’t mind a piece of Shane, but the gorgeous gun shearer from Australia is soon forgotten when the Christchurch earthquake hits, and tragedy strikes Lachie’s family. Lachie deals with it the best he can, cutting himself off from all he knows. A year later and he’s back in the shearing shed, out of practice and lacking confidence. That Shane’s there to watch him flounder doesn’t help his nerves.

As Lachlan struggles to re-acclimatise, Shane can’t resist giving him a hand to get back on his feet. As they move from friends to something more, Shane finds himself wanting to know everything he can about Lachie. But Lachie’s got secrets he desperately wants to keep, and when things come to a head, those secrets might just mean the end of them before they’ve truly begun.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Bottom Drawer Publications, Contemporary, Cutting Out, death, Depression, Earthquake, Friends to Lovers, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, Location - New Zealand, M/M, Maori, May/December, Meredith Shayne, Sheep Shearing, Suicide, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Let Love Live by Melissa Collins

Posted on September 17, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Reviewed by JustJen

Title: Let Love Live
Author: Melissa Collins
Series: Love #5
Heroes: Dylan Hopkins/Conner Michelson
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 298 Pages
Publisher: Melissa Collins
Release Date: July 5, 2014
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Who would you become if you lost the only person who ever mattered?

For twenty-six year old Dylan Hopkins, the answer is easy. He’s become no one. Memories of the happier times are all he has left as he finds himself meandering numbly through his now dull life. Though he cares about his work and family dearly, he’s yet to let himself find love again. Afraid of letting go of what he once had, Dylan chooses to keep his heart buried, where it belongs, having died a long time ago.

Conner Michelson is about to change everything Dylan knows. He’s every bit the bad boy persona – tatted up, ex-MMA fighter, but after an injury leaves him unable to fight, he has to rethink his goals. Having just opened his own gym, Conner can cross his first major life accomplishment off his very short list. Next up: find a man he can settle down with and build a family. Seems simple enough – a dream most people have, but when he meets Dylan, his carefree, easy-going life is thrown into a tailspin.

Determined to keep Dylan in his life, Conner vows to resurrect Dylan’s long ago buried heart and let love live once more.
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Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Best Friends, Child Abuse, Contemporary, Damaged Characters, Depression, Family Drama, First-Time, Friends to Lovers, HEA, Homophobic, Hurt/Comfort, Injury/Illness, injury/recovery, Let Love Live, M/M, Melissa Collins, MMA, Self-Published, Series - Love, Sports, Starting Over, Suicide, tattoos, The Blogger Girls, Young Love | Leave a comment

Audio Review: Racing for the Sun by Amy Lane

Posted on August 8, 2014 by thebloggergirls

Guest Reviewed by Morgan

Title: Racing for the Sun
Author: Amy Lane
Narrator: Nick J. Russo
Heroes: Jasper “Ace” Atchison/Sonny Daye
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 8 hrs, 32 min
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Audible and iTunes
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: “I’ll do anything.” Staff Sergeant Jasper “Ace” Atchison takes one look at Private Sonny Daye and knows that every word on paper about him is pure, unadulterated bullshit. But Sonny is desperate, and although Ace isn’t going to take him up on his offer of “anything”, that doesn’t mean he isn’t tempted.

Instead, Ace takes Sonny under his wing, protecting him when they’re in the service and making plans with him when they get out. Together, they’re going to own a garage and build race cars and make their fortune hurtling faster than light across the desert. Together, they’re going to rewrite the past, make Sonny Daye a whole and happy person, and put the ghosts in Ace’s heart to rest.

But not even Sonny can build a car fast enough to escape the ghosts of the past. When Sonny’s ghosts drive them down and run their plans off the road, Ace finds out exactly what he’s made of. Maybe Sonny was the one to promise Ace anything, but there is nothing under the sun Ace won’t do to keep Sonny safe from harm.
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Categories: 5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, Guest Reviewer, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: Abuse, Amy Lane, audio book, car racing, Crime, Dreamspinner Press, Guest Reviewer - Morgan, mechanic, military, Nick J. Russo, Racing for the Sun, Rape, Suicide, The Blogger Girls | Leave a comment

Book Review: Breaking Free by Cat Grant

Posted on July 23, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

Title: Breaking Free
Author: Cat Grant
Series: A Guarded Novel
Heroes: Richard/Robert/Jase
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 204 Pages
Publisher: Cat Grant Books
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Available at: Cat Grant Books, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, All Romance eBooks and Smashwords
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Richard Carr has the kind of life most people would envy. Partner in a major Los Angeles law firm, married to the man of his dreams, Richard seems to have it made – except for the lie he’s been living for the past forty-odd years.

On special nights, in the company of kinky friends, Richard disappears inside Renee, his sexy, dominatrix alter-ego. Strong, sassy and flirtatious in her red and black corset, Renee is who Richard truly is on the inside – and who he longs to be outside of the dungeon.

But starting his – her – transition doesn’t provide the relief Renee had hoped for. Her business partners demand that she go back to dressing as a man at the office, while Robert, her husband and fellow Dominant, can’t conceal his shock as the man he married disappears a little bit more every day.

Their one true point of connection remains in the dungeon – in the person of Jase Hewitt, the submissive they both share. But when a devastating tragedy shatters Jase and sends him running to his Masters for comfort, it quickly becomes apparent that Robert’s love for Jase extends far beyond their Dom/sub roles…

And Renee faces a choice – abandon her journey toward becoming the person she truly is inside, or risk losing the man she loves.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2014 | Tags: A Charm of Magpies, addiction, BDSM, bisexual, Breaking Free, Cat Grant, Contemporary, Homophobia/Transphobia, lawyer, M/M, Musician, Series - Guarded, Suicide, The Blogger Girls, transgender | Leave a comment

Book Review: Guarded by L.A. Witt & Cat Grant

Posted on April 7, 2014 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

Title: Guarded
Author: L.A. Witt & Cat Grant
Heroes: Jordan Kane/Jase Hewitt
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 344 Pages
Publisher: Cat Grant Books
Release Date: April 7, 2014
Available at: Amazon, All Romance eBooks & Barnes and Noble
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads & Booklikes

Blurb: On the surface, rock star Jordan Kane has it all. His band No Rules is burning up the charts and headlining a world tour. His bodyguard doubles as a hot, kinky boyfriend who knows just how to push all his buttons. But behind the scenes, he’s suffocating.

Jase Hewitt never imagined he’d have a shot at bedding the larger than life rock star – never mind dominating him – but now he’s worried he’s in over his head. Jordan’s kinks run deep, dark, and sometimes dangerous, putting Jase’s desires to both pleasure and protect him at odds.

They might have a fighting chance at finding the safe, happy medium between what Jordan needs and what Jase is willing to give, but there’s one problem: Daniel, Jordan’s childhood best friend, the band’s talented guitarist — and a volatile, hard-partying drug addict. Jordan is determined to save Daniel from himself, but Jase has been there, done that, and desperately wants to protect Jordan from the inevitable heartache of watching an addict self-destruct.

When Daniel goes off the rails again, Jordan calls off the tour to get him help. Tension within the band skyrockets and pressure from the record label sends Jordan into a dark spiral. Now his band — and his life — are balanced on a knife’s edge, and Jase is the only one who can pull him back… but only if the echoes of his own tragic past don’t push him over first.

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