Posts Tagged With: work partners

Book Review: Two Man Station by Lisa Henry

Posted on February 16, 2018 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Two Man Station
Author: Lisa Henry
Series: Emergency Services #1
Heroes: Gio Valeri/Jason Quinn
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 273 Pages
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Release Date: January 22, 2018
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
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Blurb: Gio Valeri is a big city police officer who’s been transferred to the small outback town of Richmond with his professional reputation in tatters. His transfer is a punishment, and Gio just wants to keep his head down and survive the next two years. No more mistakes. No more complications.

Except Gio isn’t counting on Jason Quinn.

Jason Quinn, officer in charge of Richmond Station, is a single dad struggling with balancing the demands of shift work with the challenges of raising his son. The last thing he needs is a new senior constable with a history of destroying other people’s careers. But like it or not, Jason has to work with Gio.

In a remote two man station hours away from the next town, Gio and Jason have to learn to trust and rely on each another. Close quarters and a growing attraction mean that the lines between professional and personal are blurring. And even in Richmond, being a copper can be dangerous enough without risking their hearts as well.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2018, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: Angst, Australian English, bisexual, Bullying, Child Abuse, Coming Out, Contemporary, Cops, disability, Domestic Violence, enemies to lovers, Family Drama, Grief, HFN, Hurt/Comfort, injury/recovery, Italian, Law Enforcement, Lisa Henry, Location - Australia, M/M, Men with kids, Mental Illness, Police, politics, PTSD, Riptide Publishing, Road Trips, Series - Emergency Station, Single Parent, slow burn, small town, Suspense/Thriller, The Blogger Girls, trust issues, Two Man Station, Violence, work partners | Leave a comment

Book Review: Barrel Proof by Layla Reyne

Posted on August 6, 2017 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

Title: Barrel Proof
Author: Layla Reyne
Series: Agents Irish and Whiskey #3
Heroes: Aidan “Irish” Talley/Jameson “Whiskey” Walker
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 189 Pages
Publisher: Carina Press
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
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Blurb: FBI agents Aidan “Irish” Talley and Jameson “Whiskey” Walker can’t get a moment’s peace. Their hunt for the terrorist Renaud seems to be nearing an end, until a fire allows him to slip through their fingers—and puts Jamie’s life in danger. When Jamie is nearly killed, Aidan learns how many forms loss can take.

Aidan says I love you just moments before learning that Jamie’s been keeping a devastating secret about Aidan’s late husband. How quickly trust and love can go up in flames. When Aidan requests a solo undercover assignment, Jamie hopes Aidan will find a way to forgive him.

But the explosions are far from over. Aidan’s cover lands him in the heart of the terrorist’s conspiracy, and Jamie will have to put his life, his career and his freedom on the line to save the man who has become his entire world. Partners, always is a promise he intends to keep.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2017 | Tags: Barrel Proof, betrayal, Carina Press, Contemporary, Family, FBI, injury/recovery, Kidnapping, Law Enforcement, Layla Reyne, M/M, Mystery/Suspense, Series - Agents Irish and Whiskey, Terrorists, The Blogger Girls, undercover, work partners | Leave a comment

Book Review: Promises Part 3 by A.E. Via

Posted on June 23, 2017 by justjenbo

Reviewed by JustJen

Title: Promises Part 3
Author: A.E. Via
Series: Bounty Hunters #3
Heroes: Dana/Ford
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 260 Pages
Publisher: Via Star Wings Books
Release Date: June 23, 2017
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
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Blurb: A bounty hunter’s partners to lovers’ story.
The hunt is on… and he’s the prey.

Bradford (Ford) King was sure he had the rest of his life mapped out. Though he was no longer a SEAL Lieutenant, his brother was home safe and he had a job that still allowed him to satisfy his hunger for hunting bad guys. Life was simple, no distractions or complications – at age forty-six – that’s all Ford wanted. What he didn’t want was his work partner, sniper/watchman, Dana, giving him s**t all the time.

Dana Cadby had grown up labeled a roughneck from the wrong side of the tracks. He’d fought, scrounged, and survived despite a father that constantly told him he couldn’t. Dana pulled himself up by his own boot straps and made a name for himself in the marksman community. He’d been Duke’s bounty watchman for five years. It was his job to ensure their safety, watch their backs. At thirty-three, he was trusted, well respected by his peers, his bosses, his friends… so why couldn’t he earn the same respect from his partner?

Dana knew he was bisexual before he graduated high school. He also knew he was attracted to the huge, 6’3”, SEAL from the moment he and his brother came to join their team. It wasn’t easy for him to tamp down his immediate reaction to Ford’s thick muscles, full beard, and dark eyes. Still, Dana exhibited nothing but professionalism towards him, not wanting to make his ‘straight’ partner uncomfortable. So why did Ford constantly give him hell?

After Dana took back his ex-girlfriend, he’d noticed an intensification in Ford’s bad attitude. One that turned aggressive and downright antagonistic, and Dana was damned if he’d just lay down and take it. He was gonna make that man respect him if it was the last thing he did.

When Duke sends Dana and Ford out to track down their most dangerous bounty yet, they both embrace the fact that they make one hell of a team… but they fight tooth and nail against the powerful intimacy brewing between them.

Beware: If Ford and Dana connect completely, god help the fugitive who’s in the sights of the hunter and his watchman.

This story is a part of a series but can stand alone. It does not end on a cliffhanger and has a HEA.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, JustJen's Reviews, LGBT, Published in 2017 | Tags: A.E. Via, bisexual, Bounty Hunters, Contemporary, danger, ex-military, Ex-SEAL, Law Enforcement, M/M, Older MCs, Promises Part 3, Self-Published, The Blogger Girls, Via Star Wings Books, work partners | Leave a comment

Book Review: Before You Break by K.C. Wells and Parker Williams

Posted on June 2, 2017 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: Before You Break
Authors: K.C. Wells and Parker Williams
Series: Secrets #1
Heroes: Ellis/Wayne
Genre: MM Contemporary BDSM
Length: 340 Pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: May 26, 2017
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
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Blurb: Six years ago Ellis walked into his first briefing as the newest member of London’s Specialist Firearms unit. He was partnered with Wayne and they became fast friends. When Wayne begins to notice changes—Ellis’s erratic temper, the effects of sleep deprivation—he knows he has to act before Ellis reaches his breaking point. He invites Ellis to the opening of the new BDSM club, Secrets, where Wayne has a membership. His purpose? He wants Ellis to glimpse the lifestyle before Wayne approaches him with a proposition. He wants to take Ellis in hand, to control his life because he wants his friend back, and he figures this is the only way to do it.

There are a few issues, however. Ellis is straight. Stubborn. And sexy. Wayne knows he has to put his own feelings aside to be what Ellis needs. What surprises the hell out of him is finding out what Ellis actually requires.
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Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Published in 2017, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: Alpha Males, BDSM, Before You Break, British, Club, Contemporary, Cops, D/s, disability, Dreamspinner Press, Family Drama...to the tenth degree, Friends to Lovers, Hurt/Comfort, injury/recovery, K.C. Wells, Law Enforcement, Location - London, M/M, OFY, Parker Williams, Public activity, Series - Secrets, The Blogger Girls, Violence, work partners | Leave a comment

Audio Review: All Kinds of Tied Down by Mary Calmes

Posted on June 1, 2017 by susan65coug Miss Behaving

Reviewed by Susan65

Title: All Kinds of Tied Down
Author: Mary Calmes
Narrator: Tristan James
Series: Marshals #1
Heroes: Mrio Jones/Ian Doyle
Genre: MM Contemporary
Length: 9 hours, 1 minute
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: September 24, 2014
Available at: Amazon, Audible and iTunes
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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: 3.5 Star Ratings, Audio Review, LGBT, Published in 2014, Susan65's Reviews | Tags: All Kinds of Tied Down, Annoying Friends, audio book, Best Friends, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Friends to Lovers, GFY, Law Enforcement, M/M, Mary Calmes, Men with pets, Mystery/Suspense, Series - Marshals, Soldier, The Blogger Girls, Tristan James, US Marshals, Violence, work partners | Leave a comment

Early Review: Forged by Desire by Bec McMaster

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Heather C

Reviewed by Heather C

Title: Forged by Desire
Author: Bec McMaster
Series: London Steampunk #4
Hero/Heroine: Garrett/Perry
Genre: MF Historical Romance, Steampunk
Length: 448 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca
Release Date: September 2, 2014
Available at: Amazon and Barnes & Noble
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Blurb: A FEAR SHE CAN’T ESCAPE

Ten years ago, Perry fled her thrall contract to find sanctuary among the Nighthawks. In that time, she’s become a respected woman of the Guard, and she’s wanted Garrett Reed for as long as she can remember. But when a new case takes a chillingly familiar turn, Perry finds herself once again in the path of a madman…only this time, there’s nowhere left to run.

A DESIRE THAT CAN’T BE TEMPERED

Out of their depth and racing against time, Perry and Garrett must learn to trust the desire sparking between them…or risk losing themselves forever to the darkness stalking London’s streets.

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