Posts Tagged With: yearning

Book Review: Star-Crossed Lover by Liv Olteano

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Star-Crossed Lover
Author: Liv Olteano
Series: Dreamcatchers #2; Dreamspun Beyond #25
Heroes: Ginger & Taka
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 210 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: August 7, 2018
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: A love worth crossing the stars for.

Taka has been a dreamcatcher and part of Team 32 for over six decades, but nobody has tempted him like Ginger—a dancer at club Zee. Too bad dreamcatchers aren’t allowed to have meaningful relationships with regular people. His willpower proves a finite resource, though, when a mission at the club means spending much more time around Ginger.

Ginger’s infatuation with Taka is unwavering. When he proves to have some paranormal skills of his own, he earns himself a place on the team—if he wants it. His decision will change his life—not to mention Taka’s—irrevocably.

But living in the now could prove an issue for a man who has as much history as Taka. Can Ginger’s determination help him make his way into Taka’s heart? Continue reading →

Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2018 | Tags: cute, deception, Dreamspinner Press, Ginger-lovin, injury/recovery, Liv Olteano, M/M, paranormal, series, Series - Dreamcatchers, Series - Dreamspun Beyond, Star-Crossed Lover, sweet, The Blogger Girls, warriors, working together, yearning | 1 Comment

Book Review: Alpha Unit One, New York by Chris T. Kat

Posted on July 27, 2018 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Alpha Unit One, New York
Author: Chris T. Kat
Heroes: Nicholas & Sam
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 161 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: July 27, 2018
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: The cat’s out of the bag….

In a world that accepts shifters as normal and thinks nothing of human/shifter couples, baby shifters and small shifters are treated as subpar. They are not allowed into the more dangerous professions, and their mates have legal control over what they can and cannot do.

Nicholas Reed is about to challenge the established rules. At twenty-eight, Nick has just been accepted into New York’s Alpha Unit One—an elite law enforcement team, composed equally of humans and shifters, that specializes in drug crimes. It is Nick’s dream job. But if they find out what he’s hiding, his career could be destroyed.

Enter a huge complication in the form of Sam Black, an older lion shifter who is the leader of the unit… and Nick’s mate. Nick wants Sam, and he wants to keep his job, but he can’t have them both. He also can’t choose between them. Continue reading →

Categories: 4.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2018 | Tags: Alpha Unit One New York, cat shifters, Chris T. Kat, co-workers, cute, deception, Dreamspinner Press, injury/recovery, Law Enforcement, M/M, mates, paranormal, sweet, The Blogger Girls, yearning | Leave a comment

Audio Review: The Eagle and the Fox by Nya Rawlyns

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: The Eagle and the Fox
Author: Nya Rawlyns
Narrator: Nick J. Russo
Series: A Snowy Range Mystery #1
Heroes: Josiah & Marcus
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
Publisher: Jade Horse Publishing
Release Date: December 29, 2016
Available at: Amazon & Audible
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Josiah Foxglove is given a second chance when he takes over his family’s spread in the shadow of the Snowy Range. A veteran of the Gulf War, he came back broken in body and spirit.

Marcus Colton buried his long-time lover and best friend three years ago. Lonely and still grieving, Marcus finds solace in protecting Petilune, a pretty girl with learning difficulties, who will surely become a victim of abuse and neglect without his help. But that doesn’t help him get through the long, dark nights.

When violence wracks the small community of Centurion, WY, it’s easy to place blame on Petilune’s mysterious new boyfriend, Ojibwe teen Kit Golden Eagle. It looks open and shut, but for Josiah and Marcus the facts simply don’t add up.

Something’s rotten in Centurion, something that smacks of a hate crime…. Continue reading →

Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Audio Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2016 | Tags: Age Gap, audible, audio book, audiobook, closet cases, Contemporary, cowboys, disability, emotionally damaged, injury/recovery, Jade Horse Publishing, kids, M/M, mystery, Nick J. Russo, Nya Rawlyns, PTSD, PubRight Manuscript Services, series, Series - Snowy Range, slow burn, suspense, The Blogger Girls, The Eagle and the Fox, warriors, yearning | Leave a comment

Audio Review: A Beginner’s Guide to Wooing Your Mate by R. Cooper

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: A Beginner’s Guide to Wooing Your Mate
Author: R. Cooper
Narrator: Robert Nieman
Series: Being(s) in Love #3
Heroes: Zeki & Theo
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: October 20, 2016
Available at: Dreamspinner Press, Amazon & Audible
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Zeki Janowitz has returned to his hometown of Wolf’s Paw to start his wizarding career. Unfortunately, Wolf’s Paw, a werewolf refuge, follows centuries of tradition and shuns human magic and a very human Zeki. He knows he’s in for a struggle, but a part of him has always belonged in the mountain town, or rather belonged to Theo Greenleaf. Years away at school haven’t lessened Zeki’s crush on the quiet werewolf. When town gossip informs him Theo still suffers from his mate’s rejection and does not date, it does little to ease Zeki’s embarrassing feelings. He decides now’s the time to get the man he’s always wanted.

Werewolves usually don’t recover from losing their mates, and Theo barely pulled through by focusing on his love of baking. It’s a daily struggle, and Zeki’s return to Wolf’s Paw shatters his peace. Theo doesn’t know what to think when Zeki attempts to woo him, talking about his wizarding business and settling in town for good. It’s like Zeki doesn’t have a clue how his words years before left Theo a shell of a werewolf.

Beginners in love, Theo and Zeki must seduce each other with a bit of heavenly baking and magic. Continue reading →

Categories: 3 Star Ratings, Audio Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2016 | Tags: A Beginner's Guide to Wooing Your Mate, audio book, bakers, cute, Dreamspinner Press, emotionally damaged, firefighters, M/M, magic, mates, paranormal, R. Cooper, Robert Nieman, second chances, series, Series: Beings in Love, slow burn, sweet, The Blogger Girls, unrequited, wolf shifters, yearning | Leave a comment

Book Review: Lost in Indigo by V.L. Locey

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Lost in Indigo
Author: V.L. Locey
Series: Colors of Love #1
Heroes: Mathieu & Indigo
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 233 pages
Publisher: Self Published
Release Date: July 8, 2018
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Mathieu Beresford was so close to seeing his dream come true.

The thirty-eight-year-old captain of the Buffalo Surge had led his team to the final round of the playoffs with his aggressive defensive play and leadership. During the first game of the championship series, he was taken down, and his leg snapped upon impact with the boards. From his hospital bed, Mathieu watched his team go on to win it all.

Adrift in anger, resentment, and the new direction of his life, he returns to his mansion along the St. Lawrence River. Alone and sulking, Mathieu is not prepared for Indigo Neu to enter his life. The genderflux twenty-year-old botany major signs on to play nursemaid, confidant, and groundskeeper over the summer and slowly leads Mathieu out of his confusion––one tender smile and touch at a time.

The deeper Mathieu falls, the more he wonders if being lost might not be so bad after all.
Continue reading →

Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2018 | Tags: Age Gap, betrayal, Closeted, Contemporary, famous, Hockey, injury/recovery, just barely legal, lies, Lost in Indigo, M/M, OFY/GFY, separated for a bit, series, Series - Colors of Love, Sports, The Blogger Girls, V.L. Locey, yearning | Leave a comment

Book Review: The Wulf Chronicles by Wulf Francú Godgluck

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: The Wulf Chronicles
Author: Wulf Francú Godgluck
Series: WulfChron #1
Hero: Michael
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 523 pages
Publisher: Self Published
Release Date: June 11, 2018
Available at: Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: What if werewolves were real?
What if one of them was different?
What if you were a defective werewolf?

This is not the story of how one night I got bitten and my life changed. Nor is it the story of how I went on a savage killing spree that left me tormented with guilt and dread the next morning.
No.

This is the story of a boy, a boy who’s spent his life running from the shadows of monsters. A boy who never understood why the world hated him with so much odium. Why his mother would throw away her only life to protect his. Why he was never allowed to have friends. Why he never had the childhood every child should. Why he was never allowed to cherish happiness.

This is the story of a boy becoming himself, embracing his vulnerability and learning to accept and love.

This is a story about a werewolf, trying to find the answers to why he was born defective.

And maybe that’s the very reason I become the main course on the menu.
Continue reading →

Categories: 3 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2018 | Tags: against all odds, Age Gap, Alphas, Angst, assholes, betrayal, Coming-of-Age, crazy, cruelty/abuse, dark, death, deception, emotionally damaged, grieving, injury/recovery, M/M, magic, mates, New Adult, Non-HEA, paranormal, psychotic, Psychotic Wolves, royalty, school, series, Series - The Wulf Chronicles, Series - WulfChron, The Blogger Girls, The Wulf Chronicles, warriors, wolf shifters, Wulf Francu Godgluck, YA, yearning | 2 Comments

Book Review: Nobody Else’s by Nell Iris

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Nobody Else’s
Author: Nell Iris
Heroes: Levi & Beckett
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 19k words
Publisher: JMS Books
Release Date: June 30, 2018
Available at: JMS Books & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Mars enters Pisces, giving Beckett Cooper the opportunity to assert himself when it comes to a secret infatuation; his best friend’s younger brother Levi. But can Beckett trust what’s in front of him and be brave enough to take what he wants?

With Venus in Virgo, people usually become more reserved, but Levi Byrne always takes the opposite road of what’s expected of him. So, instead of pulling back, he reaches out for a man he’s been interested in for years; Beckett Cooper.

Is it the celestial bodies aligning to bring together two people destined for each other? Or is it a simple tale of boy meets boy, boy likes boy, and boy wants to kiss boy? Do Beckett and Levi even care, or are they too busy getting to know each other … and falling in love?
Continue reading →

Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2018 | Tags: Accountants, Best Friend's Brother, Bi-Sexual, brother's best friend, Contemporary, cute, Friends to Lovers, JMS Books, M/M, Nell Iris, Nobody Else's, sweet, The Blogger Girls, unrequited, yearning | 2 Comments

Book Review: Speed Dating the Boss by Sue Brown

Posted on June 27, 2018 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Speed Dating the Boss
Author: Sue Brown
Series: Cowboys and Angels #1
Heroes: Dan & Gideon
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 204 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: June 26, 2018
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: Will a mix of privilege and blue collar be a recipe for love… or disaster?

Dan’s pretty satisfied with his job at the working-class bar Cowboys and Angels. He enjoys his simple life, his apartment, and his cat, but he could do without the fights that break out in the bar, his boss’s meddling daughter, Ariel… oh, and a brutal, unrequited crush on his straight alpha boss, Gideon.

When Dan’s friend prepares to tie the knot, everyone insists that Dan needs a date for the wedding. Before he can protest, Ariel arranges a gay speed-dating event at the bar with Gideon as a participant. The unforeseen revelation that Gideon is bisexual raises Dan’s hopes, especially when Gideon announces that he wants to accompany Dan to the wedding. Could Gideon really be interested in Dan?

When Dan needs someone most, Gideon offers his unconditional support, and with genuine commitment, he shows Dan the kind of man he really is. Teaming up to save the wedding from a hungover groom and intolerant parents, can Gideon convince Dan they’re the best match since beer and pizza? Continue reading →

Categories: 4 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2018 | Tags: Age Gap, Boss/Employee, Boss/Employee Relationship, Contemporary, cute, dependent family, Dreamspinner Press, Friends to Lovers, injury/recovery, M/M, Pets, series, Series - Cowboys and Angels, Speed Dating the Boss, Sue Brown, sweet, The Blogger Girls, working together, yearning | Leave a comment

Book Review: The Lone Rancher by Andrew Grey

Posted on June 24, 2018 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: The Lone Rancher
Author: Andrew Grey
Series: Dreamspun Desires #4
Heroes: Aubrey & Garrett
Genre: M/M Contemporary
Length: 192 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: February 15, 2016
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: He’ll do anything to save the ranch, including baring it all.

Aubrey Klein is in real trouble—he needs some fast money to save the family ranch. His solution? A weekend job as a stripper at a club in Dallas. For two shows each Saturday, he is the star as The Lone Rancher.

It leads to at least one unexpected revelation: after a show, Garrett Lamston, an old friend from school, approaches the still-masked Aubrey to see about some extra fun… and Aubrey had no idea Garrett was gay. As the two men dodge their mothers’ attempts to set them up with girls, their friendship deepens, and one thing leads to another.

Aubrey knows his life stretching between the ranch and the club is a house of cards. He just hopes he can keep it standing long enough to save the ranch and launch the life—and the love—he really hopes he can have. Continue reading →

Categories: 3.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2016 | Tags: Andrew Grey, closet cases, Closeted, Contemporary, cowboys, cute, deception, Dreamspinner Press, Dreamspun Desires, Friends to Lovers, gfy/ofy, In-the-Closet, M/M, Strippers/Dancers, sweet, The Blogger Girls, The Lone Rancher, yearning | Leave a comment

Book Review: Letting Lier and Finding Pax by Harper Moon

Posted on June 23, 2018 by Nikyta

Reviewed by Nikyta

Title: Letting Lier and Finding Pax
Author: Harper Moon
Series: The Solar Sailors Saga
Heroes: Lier & Rze
Genre: M/M Fantasy
Length: 200 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date: April 21, 2014
Available at: Dreamspinner Press & Amazon
Add it to your shelf: Goodreads

Blurb: For refusing the crown and renouncing his title, Prince Lier was eternally banished from the planet of Arden. After finding asylum in a Deep Space colony, he took a position in a bordello as the Master of Ceremonies. During Lier’s exile, Emperor Sardius I conquered Arden and slaughtered Lier’s people. From the destruction arose a new species dependent on blood. Seizing the opportunity, Sardius praises vampirism and blueprints mass blood manufacturing with Lier’s blood as the key. Lier is not only the last of his kind, but his blood is strangely addictive.

On a mission to capture Lier, Commander Raze, son of Sardius, can’t help but try it for himself. When he does, he experiences strange flashbacks of himself with Lier. Tense relations between captor and captive blur the line between past and present.

During the perilous journey to Arden, forces opposed to Sardius attempt to rescue their lost prince. Raze’s mission changes from retrieval to survival. Soon it becomes clear that, although neither man recognizes what the other has become, this meeting is not their first. And by no means will it be their last.

Continue reading →

Categories: 2.5 Star Ratings, Book Review, LGBT, Nikyta's Reviews, Published in 2014 | Tags: against all odds, assholes, betrayal, blood play, cruelty/abuse, deception, Dreamspinner Press, drug addicts, emotionally broken, emotionally damaged, ex-lovers, fantasy, Harper Moon, illnesses, injury/recovery, kidnapped, Letting Lier and Finding Pax, lies, M/M, magic, master/slave, obsession, otherworld, Psychic Ability, Psychopath, royalty, separated for a bit, series, Series - The Solar Sailors Saga, sex outside the main couple, smut, The Blogger Girls, unrequited, vampires, warriors, Way Too Much Honey, yearning | Leave a comment

Posts Tagged With: yearning

Book Review: Star-Crossed Lover by Liv Olteano

Book Review: Alpha Unit One, New York by Chris T. Kat

Audio Review: The Eagle and the Fox by Nya Rawlyns

Audio Review: A Beginner’s Guide to Wooing Your Mate by R. Cooper

Book Review: Lost in Indigo by V.L. Locey

Book Review: The Wulf Chronicles by Wulf Francú Godgluck

Book Review: Nobody Else’s by Nell Iris

Book Review: Speed Dating the Boss by Sue Brown

Book Review: The Lone Rancher by Andrew Grey

Book Review: Letting Lier and Finding Pax by Harper Moon

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