Book of the Week Poll – June 6th – 12th, 2015
Welcome to the Love Bytes Book of the Week Poll. Here are the books which achieved a 4.5 or 5.0 review last week from our reviewers.
THIS WEEK WE ARE TRYING OUT A NEW FORMAT FOR THIS POST. LET US KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!
The poll will stay open until next Friday at Midnight. As a reminder, the top two books from each week’s poll will roll into our Book of the Month poll at month’s end. Happy Voting!
Book Review: A Tarnished Strength by April Kelley
Reviewed by Tammy
TITLE: A Tarnished Strength
SERIES: Pickleville #4
AUTHOR: April Kelley
PUBLISHER: eXtasy Books
LENGTH: 101 pages
BLURB:
Brad Flynn had a rough start to life. With an abusive father and an addiction problem, his life hasn’t been easy. He has always been the resident bad ass and the…Read More »
Recent Release Review: For Real by Alexis Hall
Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: For Real
AUTHOR: Alexis Hall
PUBLISHER: Riptide
LENGTH: 470 pages
BLURB:
Laurence Dalziel is worn down and washed up, and for him, the BDSM scene is all played out. Six years on from his last relationship, he’s pushing forty and tired of going through the motions of submission.
Then he meets…Read More »
Recent Release Book Review: Bachelors Party (A Brandt & Donnelly Caper: Case File Five) by Xavier Mayne
Reviewed by Roberta
TITLE: Bachelors Party
SERIES: A Brandt & Donnelly Caper: Case File Five
AUTHOR: Xavier Mayne
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 280 Pages
BLURB:
A Brandt and Donnelly Caper: Case File Five
Med student Oliver Mitchell has discovered a way to make more tips as a bartender—put on ripped workout gear and serve drinks…Read More »
Recent Release Short Story Review (incl Giveaway): Top Me Maybe? by Jay Northcote
Reviewed by Dan
TITLE: Top Me Maybe?
AUTHOR: Jay Northcote
PUBLISHER: Blanket Fort Press
LENGTH: 9,666 Word
BLURB:
Duncan has a secret fantasy, but is Tyler the right man for the job?
Tyler’s new policeman boyfriend, Duncan, is gorgeous. Tall, broad, and über-masculine, he’s the epitome of the dominant top—in appearance at least.
When…Read More »
Release Day Review: Cheeky Hipsters & Jocks by Posy Roberts
Reviewed by Jenna
TITLE: Cheeky Hipsters & Jocks
AUTHOR: Posy Roberts
PUBLISHER: Blanket Fort Press
LENGTH: 50 Pages
BLURB: Jack has a secret hidden in his pants. Eli thinks he knows what it is. Jack Cox has a secret he’s kept hidden for years until a fellow hokey player discovers…Read More »
Flashback Friday Book Review: The Cassini Mission (Galactic Conspiracies #2) by Rob Colton
Reviewed by Dan
TITLE: The Cassini Mission
SERIES: Galactic Conspiracies #2
AUTHOR: Rob Colton
PUBLISHER: Rob Colton
LENGTH: 138 Pages
BLURB:
The adventure continues in this action-packed sequel to The Degan Incident!
Dr. Aron Adler is ordered to take part in a rescue mission to a research colony located on an uninhabited planet in…Read More »
Recent Release Review: Trust Me (Lighting Tales #2) by K. C. Wells
Reviewed by Dan
TITLE: Trust Me
SERIES: Lightning Tales #2
AUTHOR: K.C. Wells
PUBLISHER: Island Tales Press
LENGTH: approx 90 pages
BLURB:
Ric Costanza and Connor Ferguson grew up together, friends all the way through high school – until Ric pushed Connor away when they were both sixteen. Self-preservation is a very…Read More »
Blog Tour: Release Day Review, Excerpt & Giveaway Sue Brown – Letters from a Cowboy (Morning Report)
Title: Letters From A Cowboy
Series: Morning Report
Author: Sue Brown
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover Artist: Garrett Leigh
Length: 154 Pages
Release Date: 10 June, 2015
Blurb:
A Morning Report Story
Simon Wood arrives at Tamar Ranch looking for a job after being fired from his last position for seducing the boss’s son. It…Read More »
Release Day Review: Life, Some Assembly Required by Kaje Harper
Reviewed by Donna
TITLE: Life, Some Assembly Required
SERIES: Sequel to The Rebuilding Year
AUTHOR: Kaje Harper
PUBLISHER: Samhain Publishing
LENGTH: 327 Pages
BLURB:
Finding love in the ashes was easy. Building a life together? Don’t make Fate laugh.
After spending the first part of his life chasing pretty girls, love has finally come to…Read More »
Recent Release Review: I’ll Still Be There by Keelan Ellis
Reviewed by Dan
TITLE: I’ll Still Be There
AUTHOR: Keelan Ellis
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 180 Pages
BLURB:
The summer after high school, Eli Dunn and Jess Early explore an abandoned brothel in the rural Florida Panhandle. They’ve always kept their mutual attraction unspoken, but in an upstairs room at the…Read More »
Recent Release Review: Lime Gelatin and Other Monsters (Offbeat Crimes #1) by Angel Martinez
Reviewed by Vicki
TITLE: Lime Gelatin and Other Monsters
SERIES: Offbeat Crime #1
AUTHOR: Angel Martinez
PUBLISHER: Amber Quill
LENGTH: 61 pages
BLURB:
What good is a squad of cops with psychic abilities if all of them are defective?
Officer Kyle Monroe’s encounter with a strange gelatinous creature in an alley leaves him scarred and forever changed, revealing odd abilities he…Read More »
Recent Release Review: The Storm Before the Calm by Cate Ashwood
Reviewed by Danielle
TITLE: The Storm Before The Calm
AUTHOR: Cate Ashwood
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 200 pages
BLURB:
Charlie has one passion in life: dancing. It’s his salvation when it feels like the world is swallowing him whole. When his mom secretly secures him a spot in the summer intensive at the…Read More »
Daily Dose Book Review: Don’t Wanna Lose Your Love by Kris T. Bethke
DAY 8
Reviewed by Carissa
TITLE: Don’t Wanna Lose Your Love
SERIES: Daily Dose–Never Too Late
AUTHOR: Kris T. Bethke
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 61 pages
BLURB:
As it often does, the bad news comes in the middle of the night.
When attorney Ben Winters’s close friend takes a bad…Read More »
Book Review: Gathering Storm (Firsts and Forever #4) by Alexa Land
Reviewed by Dan
TITLE: Gathering Storm
SERIES: Firsts and Forever #4
AUTHOR: Alexa Land
PUBLISHER: Self-Published
LENGTH: 364 Pages
BLURB:
Working as a gay porn star has brought twenty-two-year-old Hunter Storm fame and fortune, but it’s cost him a lot, too. He’s learned to think of his body as little more than a…Read More »
Great new layout, much preferable.
Thanks for the input! Epiphany moment. Found a way to make the post much easier from my end. Glad you like it!
I like the layout also. Nice being able to read a little bit about them.
I like the new layout too and I like the way you can read the reviews if you missed them.
With my browser and settings, the only way I could get to the poll was to click on the “4 responses” link. The main link didn’t work. The other BotW polls lower on the page linked fine. Might be just me, but if you get fewer votes than usual, you might look into it.
Actually scratch that – I see the poll is all the way at the bottom and I just didn’t scroll far enough – you might consider a “Jump to Poll” link in the top announcement for those who spot a top favorite (I adored “For Real”) and don’t want to read down.