Recent Release Review: Knight of Ocean Avenue (Love in Laguna #1) by Tara Lain
Reviewed by Marieke
TITLE: Knight of Ocean Avenue
AUTHOR: Tara Lain
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 254 pages
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How can you be twenty-five and not know you’re gay? Billy Ballew runs from that question. A high school dropout, barely able to read until he taught himself, Billy’s life is driven by his...Read More »
Recent Release Duo Review: Wrong Turn (The Shenandoah Pack #1) by Taylor Law
Reviewed by Dan & Marieke
As you can see from this Duo-Review, even we reviewers don’t always agree with each other!
TITLE: Wrong Turn
SERIES: The Shenandoah Pack #1
AUTHOR: Taylor Law
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 98 Pages
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After a long, hard year filled with stress and heartache, Jessie Rohen decides...Read More »
Blog Post: Duo Recent Release Review & Giveaway: The Marrying Kind (Owen & Nathan #2) by Jay Northcote
Title: The Marrying Kind
Series: Owen & Nathan – part 2
Author: Jay Northcote
Genre: contemporary m/m romance
Length: 35,000 words approx
Release date: Friday 17th April 2015
Publisher: self-published (Jaybird Press)
Editor: Sue Adams
Cover artist: Garrett Leigh
Series info:
The Marrying Kind is a sequel to The Dating Game. It continues Owen and Nathan’s story, so I...Read More »
Recent Release Review: To Touch the Sky (Leap of Faith #2) by M.A. Church
Reviewed by Marieke
TITLE: To Touch The Sky
SERIES: Leap Of Faith, book two
AUTHOR: M.A. Church
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 214 pages
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He can run, but he can’t hide…
Centuries ago, Hawk made a terrible mistake which has haunted him since. Fear of responsibility and feelings of unworthiness leads him to denying the...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Family of Lies: Sebastian by Sam Argent
Reviewed by Marieke
TITLE: Family Of Lies: Sebastian
AUTHOR: Sam Argent
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 324 pages
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Sebastian Orwell did the only thing a smart wizard could do when he stumbled upon the wounded Crown Prince: he healed him and dumped him in a tavern where he could continue not being Sebastian’s problem....Read More »
Advent Calendar Book Review: Neighbors by Emma Wilson
Day 23
Reviewed by Marieke
SERIES: Advent Calendar 2014, Celebrate
AUTHOR: Emma Wilson
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 39 pages
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Ever since he moved to London, shy editor Eric has been watching his neighbor, Crooked Smile, jog every morning. Aspiring restaranteur Rhys eats breakfast by the window...Read More »
Audio Book Blog Tour : Spotlight,Review & Giveaway Cardeno C - McFarlands Farm
by Cardeno C
Audio Book Tour
McFarland’s Farm: Hope, Book 1
- Narrated by:
- Length: 2 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged...Read More »
Advent Calendar Book Review: The Eve That Finally Happened by Diana Lennox
Day 21
Reviewed by Marieke
TITLE: The Eve That Finally Happened
AUTHOR: Diana Lennox
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 34 pages
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After seven years in Canada, Korean native Jae-ho Kim still hasn’t had the special Christmas Eve date night that he would have enjoyed back home—a fact that has...Read More »
Book Review: Private Performance (Performance Series #1) by Sibley Jackson
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Reviewed by Marieke
TITLE: Private Performance
SERIES: Performance Series #1
AUTHOR: Sibley Jackson
PUBLISHER: Self pub
LENGTH: 33 pages
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Jason had sworn to never care for a guy again before taking it slow and easy when it came to the relationship department. He’d chosen poorly once. By the time he walked away his...Read More »
Recent Release Review: The Last Guy Breathing (The Guy Series) by Skylar M. Cates
Reviewed by Marieke
TITLE: The Last Guy Breathing
SERIES: The Guy Series
AUTHOR: Skylar M. Cates
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 268 pages
BLURB:
Henry Clueley doesn’t want to be in Glamour, not after moving far away to overcome a difficult, if privileged, childhood. He’s no longer that pudgy kid desperate to escape his hometown,...Read More »
Recent Release Review & Giveaway: Blue Mountain (Pack Collection #1) by Cardeno C.
Reviewed by Marieke
TITLE: Blue Mountain
SERIES: Pack Collection #1
AUTHOR: Cardeno C
PUBLISHER: The Romance Authors, LLC
LENGTH: 148 pages
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Exiled by his pack as a teen, Omega wolf Simon Moorehead learns to bury his gentle nature in the interest of survival. When a hulking, rough-faced Alpha catches Simon on pack territory,...Read More »
Theme Week Food, Book Review: The Saucy Minx by Manda Olie
Reviewed by Marieke
TITLE: The Saucy Minx
AUTHOR: Manda Olie
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 60 pages
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With a touch of the magic that gives his recipes a culinary kick, Jack Killian has been running his restaurant, the Saucy Minx, for nearly a decade—almost as long as there’s been a spell out there promising...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Wolf Hall by Harper Fox
Reviewed by Marieke
TITLE: Wolf Hall
AUTHOR: Harper Fox
PUBLISHER: Fox Tales
LENGTH: 19,153 words
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Halloween is a wild, weird night in the lonely moorland towns of the north. It’s dark and cold, and cracks can open up in the fabric of the safest world.
Davey Bell has been trying to live safely....Read More »
Recent Release Review: Under the Stars by Geoff Laughton
Reviewed by Marieke
TITLE: Under The Stars
AUTHOR: Geoff Laughton
PUBLISHER: Harmony Ink Press
LENGTH: 180 pages
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Ethan Tanner is an out and proud, fastidious, and fashionable sixteen-year-old vegetarian who likes theater and musicals. This year, it’s his sister’s turn to pick the vacation destination, so he ends up on a dude...Read More »
Theme Week Paranormal: Book Review: Evolution by Sam Kadence
Reviewed by Marieke
TITLE: Evolution
AUTHOR: Sam Kadence
PUBLISHER: Harmony Ink Press
LENGTH: 230 pages
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Gene Sage has only ever wanted to sing, but his band, Evolution, is pushing him toward the big time. He finds it hard to focus on making musical history when he’s dreaming of graveyards and seeing ghosts....Read More »
Recent Release Review: Say Something by B. A. Tortuga
Reviewed by Marieke
TITLE: Say Something
AUTHOR: B. A. Tortuga
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 65,403 words
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Jenson has loved Mike his whole life, but he has never known how to tell Mike how he feels. After high school Mike leaves for college and his Hollywood dream, while cowboy Jenson stays behind in...Read More »
Release Day Review: The Half of Us (Family #4) by Cardeno C
Reviewed by Marieke
TITLE: The Half of Us
SERIES: The family series #4
AUTHOR: Cardeno C
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 206 pages
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Short-tempered, arrogant heart surgeon Jason Garcia grew up wanting a close-knit family, but believes he ruined those dreams when he broke up his marriage. The benefit of divorce is having as...Read More »
Recent Release Review: My Best Friend's Brother by C.R. Guiliano
Reviewed by Marieke
TITLE: My Best Friends Brother
AUTHOR: C.R. Guiliano
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 57 pages
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Every day has been a struggle for Brynn Davidson since his mother’s death. He dropped out of college to care for his sisters, but his father’s grief and rage-filled abuse is taking its toll. While...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Being True by Jacob Z. Flores
Reviewed by Marieke
TITLE: Being True
AUTHOR: Jacob Z. Flores
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 89,430 words
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Truman L. Cobbler has not had an easy life. It’s bad enough people say he looks like Donkey from Shrek, but he’s also suffered the death of his policeman father and his mother’s remarriage to a...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Temptations Of Desire (Desires Entwined #3) by Tempeste O’Reily
Reviewed by Marieke
TITLE: Temptations Of Desire
SERIES: Desires Entwined, book 3
AUTHOR: Tempeste O’Reily
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 62,235 words
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Alexander James Noble is a gender fluid gay man who gave up on finding Mister Right a long time ago. He’s not asking for much, though. He just wants a guy who...Read More »