Book Review: Perfect Match by Pandora Pine (Amore Matchmaking #4)
Reviewed by Cindy
TITLE: Perfect Match
SERIES: Amore Matchmaking Book Four
AUTHOR: Pandora Pine
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 175 Pages
RELEASE DATE: December 13, 2022
BLURB:
Brando Lombardi has successfully matched all three of his brothers with their soulmates, gifting them each with a lifetime of love and happiness. The problem is, Brando himself is always...Read More »
Book Review: 911 Vampire by Caleb James
Reviewed by Cindy
TITLE: 911 Vampire
AUTHOR: Caleb James
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 368 Pages
RELEASE DATE: June 7, 2022
BLURB:
A vampire succubus created during the Black Plague, Godfrey works as a Boston paramedic and battles loneliness and exhaustion as he fights to keep humanity safe from twin COVID and opioid epidemics.
He has always...Read More »
Book Review: Love Match (Amore Matchmaking #3) by Pandora Pine
Reviewed by Cindy
TITLE: Love Match
SERIES: Amore Matchmaking Book Three
AUTHOR: Pandora Pine
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 166 Pages
RELEASE DATE: September 9, 2022
BLURB:
Six years after a panic attack on stage ended Nero Lombardi’s Broadway career, a comeback is in the wings. Everything’s coming up roses—and second chances—when he’s cast as Sky Masterson...Read More »
Love Bytes Reviews "Best of 2022" Day #13 - Cindy
Welcome to the Love Bytes Reviewers’ Best of 2022
Another year has passed in which books have brought all of us a much needed escape and sense of comfort. Our Love Bytes team reviewed approximately 1,300 LGBTQ+ books in 2022, from contemporary romance to fantasy, paranormal, historical,...Read More »
Book Review: Chrismyths by Amy Lane
Reviewed by Cindy
TITLE: Chrismyths
AUTHOR:Amy Lane
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 158 Pages
RELEASE DATE: December 6, 2022
BLURB:
After courtship, cohabitation, and learning about love and each other, Andy and Eli face the ultimate test: being separated at Christmas.
Eli’s seen the propaganda—the country boy goes home from the city and realizes his heart is back...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Until We Sort This Out by Mere Rain
Reviewed by Cindy
TITLE: Until We Sort This Out
AUTHOR: Mere Rain
PUBLISHER: JMS Books
LENGTH: 84 Pages
RELEASE DATE: November 26, 2022
BLURB:
Cato and Roy have lived in the same dorm all through college. They know each other, but they’re not quite friends. Roy is hard-working and responsible. Cato likes parties, pranks, and...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Devil May Care by Lark Taylor (The Reckless Damned Book 2)
Reviewed by Cindy
TITLE: Devil May Care
SERIES: The Reckless Damned Book 2
AUTHOR: Lark Taylor
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 341 Pages
RELEASE DATE: November 9, 2022
BLURB:
One life-altering kiss sets our whole world on fire.
Harlow
I’ll tell you what isn’t on my agenda for this century: finding my fated mate only to have...Read More »
Book Review: Fire and Sand (Carlisle Troopers #1) by Andrew Grey
Reviewed by Cindy
TITLE: Fire and Sand
SERIES: Carlisle Troopers Book 1
AUTHOR: Andrew Grey
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 226 Pages
RELEASE DATE: July 5, 2022
BLURB:
Can a single dad with a criminal past find love with the cop who pulled him over?
When single dad Quinton Jackson gets stopped for speeding, he thinks he’s lost both...Read More »
Recent Release Review: M.M. Scrooge: An MM retelling of A Christmas Carol (Murder & Mayhem)
Reviewed by Cindy
TITLE: M.M. Scrooge: An MM retelling of A Christmas Carol
SERIES: Murder and Mayhem
AUTHOR: Lee Colgin
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 220 Pages
RELEASE DATE: November 4, 2022
BLURB:
Marley Jacobs is dead, and Max Masters Scrooge has no time for the sob story of the grieving son. Even if Jacobs Jr. is...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Holy Hell by KC Wells and Parker Williams
Reviewed by Cindy
TITLE: Holy Hell
AUTHOR: K.C. Wells and Parker Williams
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 224 Pages
RELEASE DATE: October 15, 2022
BLURB:
Carter Lathan is nineteen, raised in an uber-religious household, and gets the guilts when he even thinks about approaching a guy who might be willing to bend Carter over. So when...Read More »
Book Review: Lightning Born (Monsters & Mayhem #1) by Sam Burns
Reviewed by Cindy
TITLE: Lightning Born
SERIES: Monsters & Mayhem Book 1
AUTHOR: Sam Burns
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 177 Pages
RELEASE DATE: September 23, 2022
BLURB:
He wakes with fire in his veins, and at first, that pain is all he knows. He is born of obsession, magic, and the storm raging above his creator’s laboratory.
They...Read More »
Release Day Review: The Rising Tide by Amy Lane (The Luck Mechanics)
Reviewed by Cindy
TITLE: The Rising Tide
SERIES: The Luck Mechanics Book 1
AUTHOR: Amy Lane
PUBLISHER: Dreamspinner Press
LENGTH: 291 Pages
RELEASE DATE: October 4, 2022
BLURB:
The tidal archipelago of Spinner’s Drift is a refuge for misfits. Can the island’s magic help a pie-in-the-sky dreamer and a wounded soul find a home in...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Chasing Shadows by M.A. Church
Reviewed by Cindy
TITLE: Chasing Shadows
SERIES: Daemons of San DeLain
AUTHOR: M.A. Church
PUBLISHER: Self Publised
LENGTH: 364 Pages
RELEASE DATE: September 2, 2022
BLURB:
The monster: They say I am powerful. They say I am the darkness. They say I instill fear in the minds and hearts of many.
They’re right.
I am powerful. I
Release Day Review: Won't You be my Master? by Jacqueline Grey
Reviewed by Cindy
TITLE: Won’t You be my Master?
AUTHOR: Jacqueline Grey
PUBLISHER: J. Grey Books
LENGTH: 232 Pages
RELEASE DATE: September 15, 2022
BLURB:
What do you do when you find a naked pup in a box? Take him home, of course.
Harold had never heard of pup play before he met Taylor, but he’s...Read More »
Recent Release Review: The Button Man by Davidson King
Reviewed by Cindy
TITLE: The Button Man
AUTHOR: Davidson King
PUBLISHER: Self published
LENGTH: 278 Pages
RELEASE DATE: August 30, 2022
BLURB:
A visit from Button Man means only one thing: someone wants you dead.
Duke is born into the world a hired killer. It’s his birthright—all he knows, all he thinks he’ll ever be. Then...Read More »
Recent Release Review: Stray by Lee Colgin
Reviewed by Cindy
TITLE: Stray
SERIES: Outcast Mates book 3
AUTHOR: Lee Colgin
PUBLISHER: Colgin Enterprise
LENGTH: 243 Pages
RELEASE DATE: August 25, 2021
BLURB:
Leonas is a cranky panther shifter set in his ways. He handles security for an exclusive brothel and takes the safety of the staff at The Twig and Berries seriously, to...Read More »
Release Day Review: Cash by K.L. Hiers
Reviewed by Cindy
TITLE: Cash
SERIES: Ruthless Daddies
AUTHOR: K.L. Hiers
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 389 Pages
RELEASE DATE: August 12, 2022
BLURB:
Cho “Brick” Brixton enjoys cooking, working in his yard, and binge-watching television while living as an out and proud gay man in the heart of downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. His parents had the...Read More »
Release Day Review: I am God's Dagger by K.A. Merikan (Virtuous Sinners)
Reviewed by Cindy
TITLE: I am God’s Dagger
SERIES: Virtuous Sinners
AUTHOR: K.A Merikan
PUBLISHER: Acerbi & Villani Ltd.
LENGTH: 301 Pages
RELEASE DATE: August 11, 2022
BLURB:
“I know what’s been done to you, and I will see you avenged.”
Gabriel. Broken. Lonely. Scarred. Delusional?
Abaddon. Lord of Locusts. Master of the Bottomless Pit. Angel...Read More »
New Release Review: Devil's Mark by Lark Taylor
Reviewed by Cindy
TITLE: The Devil’s Mark
SERIES: The Reckless Damned book 1
AUTHOR: Lark Taylor
PUBLISHER: Self Published
LENGTH: 324 Pages
RELEASE DATE: July 20, 2022
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Recent Release Review: This Time for Always by Andrew Grey
Reviewed by Cindy
TITLE: This Time For Always
AUTHOR: Andrew Grey
PUBLISHER: Andrew Grey Books
LENGTH: 114 Pages
RELEASE DATE: June 21, 2022
BLURB:
Police officer Finnigan Pettaprin’s life is his job. He’s driven to be the best, always. Past relationships have largely been heartbreaking, so he keeps to himself. The last thing he...Read More »