Book Review: Listening To Dust by Brandon Shire
Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: Listening To Dust
AUTHOR: Brandon Shire
PUBLISHER: TPG Books
LENGTH: 143 pages
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Murder touched Stephen Dobbins when he was a young boy and left him living in a void of aching loneliness. A chance meeting with a young American chased away the fear that he would always be alone...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Arctic Absolution by Lynn Kelling
Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: Arctic Absolution
AUTHOR: Lynn Kelling
PUBLISHER: Fantastic Fiction Publishing
LENGTH: 240 pages
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Dixon Rowe is a good man and a good cop who keeps finding himself in bed with the enemy. After he picks up a young ex-con named Jaye Larson for stealing food, Dixon is seduced by the...Read More »
Advent Calender Book Review: Hummingbird House by Kenzie Cade
Day 24
Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: Hummingbird House
AUTHOR: Kenzie Cade
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 51 pages
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To honor his grandmother’s final request, Trenton Appleton drops everything to visit the family’s ancestral home: Hummingbird House, where he experienced his first kiss and first heartbreak with Callum Eason.
Eight years ago,...Read More »
Advent Calendar Book Review: The Swag Man Delivers by Sean Michael
Day 22
Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: The Swag Man Delivers
SERIES: Dreamspinner Advent Calendar 2014 Celebrate
AUTHOR: Sean Michaels
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 31 pages
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Orpheus “O” Drummond, a recent Ph.D. graduate, is visiting Australia after defending his thesis, and being dumped by his boyfriend. While alone on the beach...Read More »
Book Review: After The End by Sara York
Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: After the End
AUTHOR: Sara York
PUBLISHER: Self Pub
LENGTH: 279 pages
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With international flights crisscrossing the skies on an hourly basis, are we ever really safe?
When a strain of the Ebola virus mutates; it spreads quickly leaving the medical community shattered. People are dropping in the streets and...Read More »
Release Day Review: The Working Elf Blues by Piper Vaughn
Reviewed by Amber Curry
TITLE: The Working Elf Blues
AUTHOR: Piper Vaughn
PUBLISHER: Less Than Three Press
LENGTH: 53 pages
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Garnet Evergreen has never heard of an elf abandoning the North Pole for a human, but he yearns to be the first. Ever since he saw Wes, the boy with sorrowful eyes, Garnet...Read More »
Book Review: A Walk Through Fire by Felice Stevens
Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: A Walk Through Fire
AUTHOR: Felice Stevens
PUBLISHER: Loose Id
LENGTH: 239 pages
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Years after running away from an abusive foster family, Asher Davis still struggles with the guilt of leaving his foster brothers behind. He’s climbed to unimaginable heights as...Read More »
Book Review: Outing the Quarterback (Long Pass Chronicles #1) by Tara Lain
Reviewed by Amber
SERIES: The Long Pass Chronicles #1
TITLE: Outing the Quarterback
AUTHOR: Tara Lain
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 216 pages
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Will Ashford lives in two closets. He meets his wealthy father’s goals as both the quarterback for the famous SCU football team and a business major, but...Read More »
Release Day Review: The Right Words (Right and Wrong #1) by Lane Hayes
Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: The Right Words
SERIES: Right and Wrong #1
AUTHOR: Lane Hayes
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 204 pages
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Escaping an abusive relationship left Luke Preston anxious and spouting panic-induced poetry. Desperate for a fresh start, Luke accepts a job remodeling a tired old beach house for a professional soccer player and...Read More »
Book Review: Les faits accomplis by Anna Martin
Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: Les faits accomplis
AUTHOR: Anna Martin
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 234 pages
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Adam Hemlock rules the elite New Harbor Academy. With his mother in Paris, he throws hedonistic, alcohol- and drug-fueled parties for his equally rich, desperately bored classmates. How’s a guy who lives life to the extreme to...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Jace's Justice by Sydney Presley
Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: Jace’s Justice
AUTHOR: Sydney Presley
PUBLISHER: Totally Bound
LENGTH: 94 pages
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Finding yourself isn’t always easy—unless your true mate helps you along the way…
Jace has always felt as though he doesn’t belong, that he’s surplus to requirements, alone and destined to stay that way for the rest of his...Read More »
Recent Release Review: All's Fair in Mate Bonds and Publishing by Alana Ankh
Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: All’s Fair in Mate Bonds and Publishing
AUTHOR: Alana Ankh
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 112 pages
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For Killian Marsden, werewolf romance is overrated. After all, he should know, since he’s a half-werewolf and an editor for a romance-publishing house. He’s tired of reading mate bond fairytales, because real life...Read More »
Book Review: The Lifeguard and the Geek by Jamie Urban
Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: The Lifeguard and the Geek
AUTHOR: Jamie Urban
PUBLISHER: Liquid Silver Books
LENGTH: 78 pages
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If a sexy, straight lifeguard and a closeted, virginal geek can get past their fears they might have a shot to turn their unlikely friendship into a scorching-hot chance at true love. The...Read More »
Release Day Review: Candy Man by Amy Lane
Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: Candy Man
AUTHOR: Amy Lane
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 118 pages
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Adam Macias has been thrown a few curve balls in his life, but losing his VA grant because his car broke down and he missed a class was the one that struck him out. One relative away from...Read More »
Book Review: In The Middle of Nowhere by Brandi Evans
Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: In The Middle of Nowhere
AUTHOR: Brandi Evans
PUBLISHER: Loose Id
LENGTH: 118 pages
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Homeless, plagued by nightmares from an abusive childhood, nineteen-year-old Tyler Bishop does whatever he can to escape his pain. Drugs, alcohol, everything’s game–at least until handsome Dean Henderson struts into his...Read More »
Book Review: Davis's Magic by Lisa Clarke
Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: Davis’s Magic
AUTHOR: Lisa Clarke
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 60 pages
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When a chance encounter after a night of celebration brings Davis Anderson unexpectedly crashing into Jamie Greene’s life, Davis knows the universe has delivered the man of his dreams. Unfortunately,...Read More »
Book Review: The Love of Wicked Men (The Love of Wicked Men #1) by Brandon Shire
Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: The Love of Wicked Men
SERIES: The Love of Wicked Men #1
AUTHOR: Brandon Shire
PUBLISHER: TPG Books
LENGTH: 75 pages
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Sid Rivers and Jack Brown are two sides of the same coin. One is a lawyer with his own...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Primal Desire by Lupa Garneau
Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: Primal Desire
AUTHOR: Lupa Garneau
SERIES: Children of Shairobi Book 1
PUBLISHER: Totally Bound
LENGTH: 173 pages
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After a century of vengeance, Nexhan, clan leader of the Rune Fangs returns home to find his people teetering on the edge of extinction. Still plagued by his past and sense of failure,...Read More »
Theme Week Food, Book Review: Just Desserts by Scarlet Blackwell
Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: Just Desserts
SERIES: Table For Two Book #1
AUTHOR: Scarlet Blackwell
PUBLISHER: Samhain Publishing
LENGTH: 47 Pages
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The pen is mightier than the cleaver…
French chef Luc Tessier is five-star successful. His cookery program on TV is rated as high as his restaurant, and casual flings are his specialty. The only...Read More »
Release Day Review: Off Course by Bailey Bradford
Reviewed by Amber
TITLE: Off Course
AUTHOR: Bailey Bradford
PUBLISHER: Totally Bound
LENGTH: 164 pages
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Gideon’s worst night ever starts out with a bang that will change his whole life.
Gideon Wells has been cast out of his bear shifter clan for being a curse, and he’s inclined to believe they’re right. After all,...Read More »