Recent Release Review: The Winter Spirit by Indra Vaughn
Reviewed by Vicki
TITLE: The Winter Spirit
AUTHOR: Indra Vaughn
PUBLISHER: Indra Ink
LENGTH: 125 pages
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Nathaniel O’Donnelly likes his life quiet, his guests happy, and his ghosts well-behaved.
Although a boyfriend wouldn’t go amiss. Someone to share his beautiful B&B with, even if it is in the middle of nowhere and he’s long past the wrong side...Read More »
Series Book Review: Summit City Books 1 and 2 by Ethan Day
Reviewed by Vicki
SERIES REVIEW: Summit City Books 1 and 2
AUTHOR: Ethan Day
PUBLISHER: Self Published
BOOK ONE TITLE: Sno Ho
LENGTH: 98 pages
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Boone Daniels seems to have trouble finishing things. Along with the half dozen or so novels he’s started, only to abandon mid-way through, his love life could be best described as a...Read More »
Release Day Review: Prickly By Nature (Portland Pack Chronicles #2) by Piper Vaughn & Kenzie Cade
Reviewed by Vicki
TITLE: Prickly By Nature
SERIES: Portland Pack Chronicles
AUTHORS: Piper Vaughn & Kenzie Cade
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 260 pages
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In the four months since hedgehog shifter Avery Babineaux started investigating the disappearance of a young female werewolf from the Portland Pack, he’s discovered his life’s passion. Now he’s apprenticing under established PI Corbin Reid. Avery...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Bound, Vol. 1 (Little Goddess Book 3) by Amy Lane
Reviewed by Vicki
TITLE: Bound Vol. 1
SERIES: Little Goddess #3
AUTHOR: Amy Lane
PUBLISHER: DSP Publications
LENGTH: 325 pages
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Humans have the option of separation, divorce, and heartbreak. For Corinne Carol-Anne Kirkpatrick, sorceress and queen of the vampires, the choices are limited to love or death. Now that she is back at...Read More »
Recent Release Book Review: Night's Templar (Vampire Queen #13) by Joey W. Hill
Reviewed by Vicki
TITLE: Night’s Templar
SERIES: Vampire Queen #13
AUTHOR: Joey W. Hill
PUBLISHER: Story Witch Press
LENGTH: 453 pages
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Lord Uthe, a member of the Vampire Council, was a Templar Knight centuries ago. Even up to the present day, he has attempted to honor the spirit of the Rule, despite the volatile and highly sexual nature...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Winter Wonderland (Minnesota Christmas #3) by Heidi Cullinan
Reviewed by Vicki
TITLE: Winter Wonderland
SERIES: Minnesota Christmas #3
AUTHOR: Heidi Cullinan
PUBLISHER: Samhain Publishing
LENGTH: 205 pages
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Finding Mr. Right can be a snow lot of fun.
Paul Jansen was the only one of his friends who wanted a relationship. Naturally, he’s the last single man standing. No gay man within a fifty-mile...Read More »
Release Day Review: A Solitary Man by Shira Anthony and Aisling Mancy
Duo Review by Kat and Vicki
TITLE: A Solitary Man
AUTHOR: Shira Anthony & Aisling Mancy
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 304 pages
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Sparks fly when Chance meets tall, sexy Xav at a Wilmington bar and they have the hottest one-nighter of their lives. But Chance doesn’t do repeats, Xav seems detached, and they go their...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Books, Bulls, And Bacchanals (Brandywine Investigations #4) by Angel Martinez
Reviewed by Vicki
TITLE: Books, Bulls, And Bacchanals
SERIES: Brandywine Investigations #4
AUTHOR: Angel Martinez
PUBLISHER: Amber Allure
LENGTH: 67,000 words
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(Part of the Brandywine Investigations series)
Everyone assumes life’s one big party for Dionysus, but even the god of wine and orgies has problems. His anger management issues are out of control, and his siblings suggest a visit...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Between the Devil and the Pacific Blue by Charlie Cochet
Reviewed by Vicki
TITLE: Between the Devil and the Pacific Blue
AUTHOR: Charlie Cochet
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 60 pages
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For the last six months, Detective James Ralston has worked the nightshift as security for the Pacific Blue Hotel, and every night at 2 a.m. his rounds lead him to the radio room where the handsome...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Climbing the Savage Mountain by T.A. Chase
Reviewed by Vicki
TITLE: Climbing the Savage Mountain
AUTHOR: T.A. Chase
PUBLISHER: Pride Publishing
LENGTH: 171 pages
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After conquering the world’s tallest mountain, loving Toby shouldn’t be so scary.
Jensen Brockhoff wins his way back into Toby Schwartzel’s heart, but it won’t be that easy to erase the pain of the past. He has two more mountains to...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Truth and Consequences (The Sixth Sense #3) by Sarah Madison
Reviewed by Vicki
TITLE: Truth and Consequences
SERIES: The Sixth Sense #3
AUTHOR: Sarah Madison
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 240 pages
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When FBI agent Jerry Lee Parker wakes from a coma after a murderous attack on his life, he has no memory of his immediate past. In the blink of an eye, he has gone from having a nearly...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Spirit (Gothika #4) by Jamie Fessenden, Kim Fielding, Eli Easton, & B.G. Thomas
Reviewed by Vicki
TITLE: Spirits
SERIES: Gothika #4
AUTHORS: Jamie Fessenden, Kim Fielding, Eli Easton, & B.G. Thomas
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 260 pages
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Gothika: Volume Four
Seeing dead people. Haunting and being haunted. Ghosts and those trying to deal with them add a supernatural flair to these four tales of romance.
In Among the Dead, Neil Gaven sees...Read More »
Book Review: Better Than Safe (Better Than #4) by Lane Hayes
Reviewed by Vicki
TITLE: Better Than Safe
SERIES: Better Than #4
AUTHOR: Lane Hayes
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 244 pages
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Paul Fallon is a fashion advertising guru. He’s a genius at dealing with difficult editors, art directors, and designers alike. He thrives on the chaotic atmosphere and constant challenges. But in his personal life, he’s hoping for...Read More »
Release Day Review: Dogwood Days by Poppy Dennison
Reviewed by Vicki
TITLE: Dogwood Days
AUTHOR: Poppy Dennison
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 156 pages
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Small town heroes and big town hearts.
Jefferson Lee Davis is happy with his life in the city until his favorite uncle has a bad fall and he rushes to Holly Creek to make sure Uncle Sherman is okay. Jefferson Lee knows how...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Love is for the Living (Albion Rising #1) by Nicholas Kinsley
Reviewed by Vicki
TITLE: Love is for the Living
SERIES: Albion Rising #1
AUTHOR: Nicholas Kinsley
PUBLISHER: Fantastic Fiction Publishing
LENGTH: 246 pages
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Novel (80,000 words)
Genres: Gay Romance Horror/Adventure
The zombies have arrived, and Blaine needs to escape. He’d always thought of his London neighborhood as a place of safety, but then his infected neighbors tried to...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Let the Wrong Light In by Avon Gale
Reviewed by Vicki
TITLE: Let the Wrong Light In
AUTHOR: Avon Gale
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 210 pages
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Avery Hextall, a junior architect at a prestigious firm, is thrilled when his design is chosen for a new performing-arts center—even if it means working closely with his insufferably uptight project manager, Malin Lacroix. When a chance encounter in...Read More »
Release Day Review: Who Knows the Dark (The Vigilante #2) by Tere Michaels
Reviewed by Vicki
TITLE: Who Knows the Dark
SERIES: The Vigilante #2
AUTHOR: Tere Michaels
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 230 pages
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A wanted man after the destruction of the Iron Butterfly Casino, Nox Boyet must flee the island of Manhattan—the only home he’s ever known. Together with Cade, Sam, and the rest of their ragtag group, Nox must find...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Rough Road (Lake Lovelace #2) by Vanessa North
Reviewed by Vicki
TITLE: Rough Road
SERIES: Lake Lovelace #2
AUTHOR: Vanessa North
PUBLISHER: Riptide Publishing
LENGTH: 185 pages
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Eddie Russell is many things: A wealthy pillar of the community. An outrageous flirt. A doting best friend. A masochist with a kink for brawling with his bedmates. But he is definitely not a man who invites intimacy. His...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Texas Wedding (Texas #7) by R.J. Scott
Reviewed by Vicki
TITLE: Texas Wedding
SERIES: Texas #7
AUTHOR: R.J. Scott
PUBLISHER: Love Lane Books
LENGTH: 216 pages
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Sometimes Riley and Jack have to be the ones to fight other people’s battles and stand up for what is right.
Faced with the life changing prospect of a yes vote from SCOTUS on the issue of same sex marriage,...Read More »
Book Review: Taking Him On (Checking Him Out #2) by Debbie McGowan
Reviewed by Vicki
TITLE: Taking Him On
SERIES: Checking Him Out #2
AUTHOR: Debbie McGowan
PUBLISHER: Beaten Track Publishing
LENGTH: 250 pages
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It’s almost a year since Noah told Matty they needed to cool it, believing it was the sensible thing to do. After all, they were too intense, and they were both failing uni.
Now, with Matty just weeks...Read More »