Tender Mercies (Men of Lancaster County #2) by Eli Easton

Reviewed by Christine

TITLE: Tender Mercies

SERIES: Men of Lancaster County #2

AUTHOR: Eli Easton

PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press

LENGTH: 216 pages

RELEASE DATE: October 27, 2017

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A Men of Lancaster County Novel

Eddie Graber’s dream of a sanctuary for rescued farm animals was about to come true when his partner backed out at the last minute. Now Eddie risks losing the twenty-five acre property in Lancaster County—and all the hopes he held for it—before the project even gets off the ground. He needs help, he needs money, but most importantly, he needs to rediscover the belief in a higher purpose that brought him here in the first place.

Samuel Miller worked hard to fit into his Amish community despite his clubfoot. But when his father learns Samuel is gay, he is whipped and shunned. With just a few hundred dollars to his name, Samuel responds to an ad for a farmhand and finds himself employed by a city guy who has strange ideas about animals, no clue how to run his small farm, and a gentle heart.

Samuel isn’t the only lost soul to serendipitously find his way to Meadow Lake Farm. There’s Fred and Ginger, two cows who’d been living in a garage, a gang of sheep, and a little black pig named Benny who might be the key to life, love, money—and even a happily ever after for two castoffs. Read More »

Lucky Days (Boystown #9) by Marshall Thornton

Reviewed by Becca

TITLE: Lucky Days

SERIES: Boystown #9

AUTHOR: Marshall Thornton

PUBLISHER: Kenmore Books

LENGTH: 207 Pages

RELEASE DATE:  January 13, 2017

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In the ninth book of the bestselling mystery series, a young man wakes up covered in blood and no memory of the previous night. When hypnotism doesn’t help, he turns to private investigator Nick Nowak. Meanwhile, the trial of Outfit kingpin Jimmy English begins. Quickly the case begins to unravel when an important witness goes missing and Nick must put his other cases, and his home life, on hold while he goes to Las Vegas to find him. Read More »

The Lies That Bind (Boystown #8) by Marshall Thornton

Reviewed by Becca

TITLE: The Lies That Bind

SERIES: Boystown #8

AUTHOR: Marshall Thornton

PUBLISHER: Kenmore Books

LENGTH: 244 Pages

RELEASE DATE:  February 16, 2016

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The eighth book of the best-selling Boystown Mystery Series begins with a phone call in the middle of the night. Private investigator Nick Nowak is pulled into the troubled world of freelance journalist, and all around pain-in-the-ass, Christian Baylor. When Christian can’t stop lying about the corpse in his bathroom things slip slowly out of control. Meanwhile, Nick’s relationship with former priest Joseph Biernecki takes an unexpected turn and the Federal case against Jimmy English proceeds toward trial. Read More »

How to Heal a Life (The Haven #2) by Sloan Parker

Reviewed by Donna

TITLE: How To Heal A Life

SERIES: The Haven #2

AUTHOR: Sloan Parker

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: Pages

RELEASE DATE: October 24, 2017

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Seth Fisher has been to hell and back, but he has no intention of letting the torment of his past destroy his future. He thinks he’s doing good. He’s working again, talking, laughing, living. But everyone else still sees him as broken.

Except for one man. Raymond Vargas.

If only Seth could leave his apartment alone without a panic attack, then he could prove to everyone he’s going to be okay. And he could tell the one man who has never let him down that he wants him.

Raymond Vargas has spent the past two years trying to make up for what happened to six young men who were tortured at the hands of a member of his club. He’d do anything to keep them safe, to help them heal and move on, to help them forget they ever set foot inside the Haven.

If only he hadn’t fallen in love with one of them.

If only Seth wasn’t still in danger. Read More »

Out (Camassia Cove #6) by Cara Dee

Reviewed by Amber

TITLE: Out

SERIES: Camassia Cove #6

AUTHOR: Cara Dee

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 299 Pages

RELEASE DATE: October 19th, 2017

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“I guess I always figured coming out was something you did for friends and family, and maybe it is, but it’s personal too, you know? The person I was last night is new. I wanna get to know him.”

I had two things on my list when I arrived in Los Angeles. One, track down Henry Bennington, the uncle and guardian of my little brother’s best friend, and tell him to get his ass back to Washington. He needed to do something about his nephew, who was turning into a douchebag. And two, figure out just how non-straight I was. For the past two years, I’d had all these fantasies, and now was the time to explore them, far away from my sleepy little town.

Nowhere on this list did it say, “Get Ty’s uncle into bed and fall for him.” I wasn’t supposed to fall in love with another city either. But between brunch, making new friends, and discovering the man I was meant to be, I lost sight of the future that had once seemed pretty damn vivid. How the hell was I supposed to merge my old life and who I used to be with the new dreams Los Angeles and Henry had awakened in me? Read More »

Bloodlines (Boystown #7) by Marshall Thornton

Reviewed by Becca

TITLE: Bloodlines

SERIES: Boystown #7

AUTHOR: Marshall Thornton

PUBLISHER: Kenmore Books

LENGTH: 194 Pages

RELEASE DATE:  March 6, 2015

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In the seventh book of the best-selling Boystown Mystery series, Private Investigator Nick Nowak finds himself simultaneously working two cases for his new client, law firm Cooke, Babcock and Lackerby. A suburban dentist has been convicted of murdering her adulterous husband. Nick is asked to interview witnesses for the penalty phase of the trial—and possibly find the dead man’s mistress. At the same time, he’s deeply involved in protecting Outfit underboss Jimmy English from a task force out to prosecute him for a crime he may not have committed. While juggling these cases Nick slowly begins to rebuild his personal life. Read More »

Kiss the Girl by Melissa Brayden

Reviewed by Dee

TITLE: Kiss the Girl

SERIES: Soho Loft Book 1

AUTHOR: Melissa Brayden

PUBLISHER: Bold Strokes Books

LENGTH: 264 pages

RELEASE DATE:  July 15, 2014

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Sleeping with the enemy has never been so complicated.

Twenty-eight-year-old Brooklyn Campbell is having a bad day. A speeding ticket, a towed car, and a broken heel are all working against her laid-back vibe. To top it all off, her birth mother, whom she’s never met, has requested contact. The only bright spot is an impromptu date with a beautiful and mysterious brunette.

Jessica Lennox is what you would call a high-powered executive. She’s the head of a multimillion-dollar advertising firm in New York City, and it didn’t happen by accident. But when the blonde head turner from the wine bistro turns out to be her number one competitor, her life gets infinitely more complex.

Is New York big enough for both Brooklyn and Jessica? Maybe it’s just time they experienced it together… Read More »

The Curse (The Witches of Salem #1) by T.S. McKinney

Reviewed by Sarina

TITLE: The Curse

SERIES: The Witches of Salem #1

AUTHOR: T.S. McKinney

PUBLISHER: Painted Hearts Publishing

LENGTH: 166 pages

RELEASE DATE: August 3, 2017

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Witches. Warlocks. Hocus Pocus.

I didn’t believe in any of those things. To be honest, the only thing I really believed in….really had faith in its existence, was bad luck. There was too much proof of it in my life to deny it.

As it turns out, the bad luck that accompanies me wherever I go escalated to a heightened level following a visit form a long-lost relative I didn’t even know existed. She starts spouting nonsense about my parents really loving me (even though they committed suicide a few days after my birth), how my mother tried using witchcraft to save their lives…and how there is a curse hanging over my head that requires my death on my twenty-fifth birthday. Supposedly all the Bailey men commit suicide on their twenty-fifth birthdays due to this curse.

Total craziness, right?

Wrong.

A small dash of intrigue and a heaping-helping of fear cause me to pack up and head to Salem, Massachusetts – where it all started. Here’s my biggest problem: my twenty-fifth birthday is only a couple of weeks away and I’m having these very sensual dreams about a man I don’t know.

I might not know him, but I sure want him. Read More »