Finding His Place (Memories with the Breakfast Club) by Nic Starr

Reviewed by Tammy

TITLE: Finding His Place

SERIES: Memories with The Breakfast Club

AUTHOR: Nic Starr

PUBLISHER: Kindle Worlds

LENGTH: 100 pages

RELEASE DATE: June 20, 2017 

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Sometimes finding your place in the world can lead to love.

Kieran Walters is the illegitimate son of a successful businessman. Despite striving to win his father’s affection, a confrontation that has been years in the making leaves Kieran devastated to realize he will never be good enough. Jealous of the half-brother he’s never met, and who most likely doesn’t know of his existence, Kieran vows to find out what makes his brother so special in their father’s eyes.

Darius Jensen manages a nightclub. He loves his job, but is reluctant to commit when given the opportunity to become a partner. His previous foray into business ownership with a boyfriend had disastrous results, and Darius is still paying the price, both financially and emotionally.

When Kieran starts working with Darius at Sparks, Darius shows him it’s not too late for Kieran to realize his dreams, the fulfilling career, a loving family, and someone who loves him for who he is. If only Kieran can convince Darius of the same thing. But before Kieran’s and Darius’s dreams can come true, Kieran needs to come clean with his brother and deal with the resulting fallout… which threatens his relationship with Darius. Read More »

…And All Shall Fade to Black by Layla Dorine

Reviewed by Donna

TITLE: …And All Shall Fade to Black

AUTHOR: Layla Dorine

PUBLISHER: Encompass Ink

LENGTH: 370 Pages

RELEASE DATE: May 31, 2017

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Moving into his new apartment, Jax never expected to have to break up a fight between his new neighbors, resulting in a physical altercation and a visit from the cops. Never in his wildest dreams did he imagine that it would lead to him meeting Danny, the cute theater manager and playwright that lived next door. Unfortunately, his first impression of Danny and the way he’d cowered away in the fight with his ex, wasn’t exactly a favorable one. Jax already has his own issues to deal with, between his past problems with his mother and the chain of men who’ve floated in and out of her life, his new job as a piercer in his sister’s tattoo shop and his struggles with an eating disorder; the last thing he plans to add to it is a relationship. Yet Danny isn’t so easy to ignore and when they find themselves bonding after Danny shows him around town, and more when Jax offers to help with sets for his latest play, it becomes harder and harder for him to ignore the connection forming between them. As Jax’s insecurities and food issues grow more and more out of control, he find himself turning to Danny for help, rather than his longtime friends Callum and Max who lives just downstairs. Danny’s mix of patience, stubbornness and tough love make it harder and harder for Jax to keep his distance, and somewhere in the course of their daily lives, they find themselves moving from being friends, to being more. Read More »

The Druid Next Door (Fae out of Water #2) by E.J. Russel

Reviewed by PizzyGirl

TITLE: The Druid Next Door

SERIES: Fae Out of Water #2

AUTHOR: E.J. Russel

PUBLISHER: Riptide Publishing

LENGTH: 360 pages

RELEASE DATE: August 21, 2017

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Professor Bryce MacLeod has devoted his entire life to environmentalism. But how effective can he be in saving the planet when he can’t even get his surly neighbor to separate his recycling?

Former Queen’s Enforcer Mal Kendrick doesn’t think his life could get any worse: he’s been exiled from Faerie with a cursed and useless right hand. When he’s not dodging random fae assassins in the Outer World, he’s going toe-to-toe with his tree-hugging neighbor. And when he discovers that the tree hugger is really a druid, he’s certain the gods have it in for him—after all, there’s always a catch with druids. Then he’s magically shackled to the man and expected to instruct him in Supernatural 101.

All right, now things couldn’t possibly get worse.

Until a mysterious stranger offers a drunken Mal the chance to gain back all he’s lost—for a price. After Mal accepts, he discovers the real catch: an ancient secret that will change his and Bryce’s life forever.

Ah, what the hells. Odds are they won’t survive the week anyway. Read More »

Blood Relations by Zev de Valera

Reviewed by Sarina

TITLE: Blood Relations

AUTHOR: Zev De Valera

PUBLISHER: MLR Press

LENGTH: 243 pages

RELEASE DATE: July 3, 2017

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Six years into a ‘together but separate’ relationship, Simon Melville is engaged to be married. Almost. While Simon’s lover is making wedding plans, Simon has yet to say ‘yes’.

Following the death of his father — a man who cut himself off from his family at the age of seventeen — Simon is stunned when he receives a letter informing him that he is now heir to the Melville fortune and the historic southern estate known as Melville Hall.

Intent on liquidating his assets and returning to civilization as soon as the ink is dry on the paper; Simon finds his plans altered when he discovers clues to his family’s past and his own secrets — long buried — begin to haunt him.

Can Simon resign himself to marriage? Or will he rise to the challenge of a new relationship with his handsome cousin and risk the consequences of the Melville family curse? Read More »

Rockstar Baby (Bodyguards and Babies #2) by S.C. Wynne

Reviewed by Becca

TITLE: Rockstar Baby

SERIES: Bodyguards and Babies #2 (mpreg romance)

AUTHOR: S.C. Wynne

PUBLISHER: Self Published

LENGTH: 270 Pages

RELEASE DATE: August 15, 2017

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Riley West is an alpha whose music career is exploding. While he has millions of adoring fans, he also has a secret that makes it impossible to live his life how he’d like; he’s still reluctantly in the closet at the urging of his longtime manager. Three years of a grueling tour schedule have made him lonely and yearning for something more than just stolen one night stands. He wants to come out and take a chance that his fans will still support him.
Colin Robinson is a solar eclipse omega and also a bodyguard for Shield. He doesn’t really know anything about Riley when they first meet, but sparks fly and the two men enjoy a passionate night together. When Colin realizes Riley is in the closet, he makes it clear he’d never have been with him if he’d known. It’s a hard decision because he truly feels a connection to
Riley and he wants more.
Riley doesn’t want to say goodbye to Colin, so he hires Colin to be his bodyguard while on tour. Colin agrees, but makes it clear their relationship must remain professional as long as Riley is in the closet and his employer.
But sometimes things are easier said than done. Mistakes happen. The problem is, when you’re a solar eclipse omega, one night of weakness usually means the pitter-patter of little feet won’t be far behind. Read More »

Magnetic (Treacherous Chemistry) by Avylinn Winter

Reviewed by Dan

TITLE: Magnetic

SERIES: Treacherous Chemistry

AUTHOR: Avylinn Winter

PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing

LENGTH: 45 Pages

RELEASE DATE:  August 29, 2017

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Magnetic is a companion book to the Treacherous Chemistry series and should be read after Volatile to appreciate the story.

He’d been afraid of me, and I had used fear to keep him away until I couldn’t stand to be anywhere but close.

Dante Heron has lived a life surrounded by pointless affection and impossible demands. Driven to the brink by his parents in pursuit of fame and fortune, he has learned to circumvent anything that would force him to feel more than he can stand. Until Chris. But then, he drove away Chris just as surely as he’d chased off everyone else.

Lost and afraid of the truth of that rejection, Dante pines from afar—more used to suffering than facing his problems. However, his feelings continue to torment him and no matter how many times he wants to leave the past behind, it won’t let go. Read More »

Midlife Crisis by Audra North

Reviewed by Donna

TITLE: Midlife Crisis

AUTHOR: Audra North

PUBLISHER: Riptide Publishing

LENGTH: 221 Pages

RELEASE DATE: August 28, 2017

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Cam McGhee grew up like any other small-town Texas farm boy: he played football, went to church every Sunday, and married his high school sweetheart. But thirty-five years after he said “I do,” Cam finds himself nursing a beer in a gay bar, thinking about what might have been.

Dave Montoya is confident, self-assured, and cautiously single. But when he meets shy, uncertain, and clearly-still-not-out Cam in a coffee shop in Austin, his reservations about getting seriously involved again disappear. Cam is everything he’s looking for in a partner . . . almost, anyway.

No matter how much Dave wants him, and how good they are together, Cam can’t bring himself to openly embrace the life he was meant to live. After all, when his secret finally gets out, he faces the very real possibility of losing everything that kept him going for the first fifty years of his life, just like he’s feared for so long. But with a little faith–and a lot of love–his dream of living fully, truly, as himself might finally be within reach. Read More »

All that Shatters (Sons of Outlaws Book ) By James Cox

Reviewed by Roberta

TITLE: All That Shatters

SERIES: Sons of Outlaws Book 5

AUTHOR: James Cox

PUBLISHER: Evernight Publishing

LENGTH: 69 Pages

Release Date: May 29th, 2017

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Sons of Outlaws, 5

This is the end of the Outlaw MC on Mars. 

Elric is the classic good guy, always doing the right thing and always coming in last. An attack from a trusted friend leaves Elric broken, shot and on the verge of death. His biggest regret is not warning his club that a rat is heading toward Earth, about to kill a member of the Outlaw MC.

Max is a simple mechanic with a big problem. He’s afraid of flying so when the ships leave for Earth he stays behind, content to die with the big red planet. But then he finds an injured Outlaw member.

Now it’s a race to get off the dying planet and save the club. Can they return home before all they love is shattered? Read More »