Recent Release Review: Clean Slade (Mayberry Protectors #4) by Rhys Everly

Reviewed by Dan

TITLE: Clean Slade

SERIES: Mayberry Protectors Book 4

AUTHOR: Rhys Everly

PUBLISHER: Self-Published

LENGTH: 418 Pages

RELEASE DATE:  July 25, 2023

BLURB:

“I told you I wouldn’t let anything happen to you and I intend to keep my promise”

Slade
Our first encounter took my breath away.
Ten years later, he’s acting as if...Read More »

New Release Review: Guarding Axel (Dark Forest Pack #3) by Annabelle Jacobs

Reviewed by Dan

TITLE: Guarding Axel

SERIES: Dark Forest Pack, Book 3

AUTHOR: Annabelle Jacobs

PUBLISHER: Self-Published

LENGTH: 275 Pages

RELEASE DATE:  May 30, 2023

BLURB:

A silver-haired fae with a shattered heart—a green-eyed shifter with enough love to heal him.

Axel

Burnt by a past betrayal, I’ve learnt the hard way to keep my heart locked up...Read More »

Recent Release Review: It Spells Trouble (Mages and Mates, Book Two) by Andy Gallo

Guestreview by Dan

TITLE: It Spells Trouble

SERIES: Mages and Mates, Book Two

AUTHOR: Andy Gallo

PUBLISHER: Gallorious Readers, LLC

LENGTH: 291 Pages

RELEASE DATE:  May 23, 2023

BLURB:

Mage Jannick Pederson thought it was a simple assignment: help the gryphon leader find some missing human children and then go home. A noble cause, even if...Read More »

Book Review: Redeeming Nick (Dark Forest Pack #2) by Annabelle Jacobs

Reviewed by Dan

TITLE: Redeeming Nick

SERIES: Dark Forest Pack #2

AUTHOR: Annabelle Jacobs

PUBLISHER: Self-Published

LENGTH: 312 Pages

RELEASE DATE:  January 31, 2023

BLURB: 

A witch with a secret, a fae guard with a job to do.

Nick
As the new manager of paranormal club, Midnight, Nick Parker has his hands full. What he doesn’t...Read More »

Recent Release Review: Bad Joey (Mayberry Protectors #3) by Rhys Everly

Reviewed by Dan

TITLE: Bad Joey

SERIES: Mayberry Protectors Book 3

AUTHOR: Rhys Everly

PUBLISHER: Self-Published

RELEASE DATE:  December 6, 2022

BLURB:

Joey

The whole world is against me.

Everyone’s turned their back on bad, evil Joey.

They all believe the lies.

Until him. Santiago.

The man I can’t stop thinking of.

He believes me and in me.

He doesn’t care a damn what the world...Read More »

Release Day Review: Break the Spell (Mages and Mates #1) by Andy Gallo

Reviewed by Dan

TITLE: Break the Spell

SERIES: Mages and Mates, Book One

AUTHOR: Andy Gallo

PUBLISHER: Gallorious Readers, LLC

LENGTH: 324 Pages

RELEASE DATE:  November 22, 2022

BLURB:

Bartholomew Hollen, professor of defensive magic at Utrecht University, just wanted a no strings, no feelings, no attachment hook up. Nothing messy like when his ex-boyfriend tried...Read More »

Book Review: In Light's Shadow by Warren Rochelle

Reviewed by Dan

TITLE: In Lights Shadow

AUTHOR: Warren Rochelle

PUBLISHER: JMS Books LLC

LENGTH: 330 Pages

RELEASE DATE:  August 31, 2022

BLURB:

Gavin Booker, a school librarian, leads an orderly, normal life. Work, jogging, friends from work, his son every other weekend. Gavin is also a secret. He is a hybrid, or part-fairy. And...Read More »

Book Review: Seaspray by Rick R. Reed

Reviewed by Dan

TITLE: Seaspray

AUTHOR: Rick R. Reed

PUBLISHER: NineStar Press

LENGTH: 209 Pages

RELEASE DATE: July 12, 2022

BLURB:

Winslow Birkel is a sweet young man in his first relationship. But his boyfriend, the charming and fiery Chad Loveless, has become increasingly abusive to the point where Winslow fears for his life.

Everything changes...Read More »

Recent Release Audio Book Review: Stories of the Boy with the Yellow Socks by J. Carter Swift (Author) and Raedyn N. Vidal (Narrator)

Reviewed by Dan

TITLE: Stories of the Boy with the Yellow Socks

AUTHOR: J. Carter Swift

NARRATOR: Raedyn N. Vidal

PUBLISHER: Stan D. Jensen

LENGTH: 6hrs, 51 minutes

RELEASE DATE: August 19, 2022

BLURB:

With sensitivity and a teenager’s ability to find humor even in disaster, Jan Blixen tells of his life growing up gay in...Read More »

Release Day Review: Sundowners by R.L. Merrill

Reviewed by Dan

TITLE: Sundowners

AUTHOR: R.L. Merrill

PUBLISHER: Celie Bay Publications LLC

LENGTH: 311 Pages

RELEASE DATE:  September 13, 2022

BLURB:

Vampire Creed Lowell drifts from town to town working with the elderly as a night nurse and looking to avenge his harrowing past. His youth and vitality make him a favorite of his...Read More »

Recent Release Review: Mother Parker (Mayberry Protectors #2) by Rhys Everly

Reviewed by Dan

TITLE: Mother Parker

SERIES: Mayberry Protectors #2

AUTHOR: Rhys Everly

PUBLISHER: Self-Published

LENGTH: 406 Pages

RELEASE DATE:  August 1, 2022

BLURB:

Divorced. Beaten down. A failure. Until a ray of sunshine comes into my life…

People call me Officer Grumpypants, but wouldn’t you be if life kept knocking you down?

My life is an endless...Read More »

Recent Release Review: Get It Together (The Undead Detective Agency #1) by Shelby Rhodes

Reviewed by Dan

TITLE: Get It Together

SERIES: The Undead Detective Agency #1

AUTHOR: Shelby Rhodes

PUBLISHER: Self-Published

LENGTH: 254 Pages

RELEASE DATE:  July 20, 2022

BLURB: 

Hello, there! I’m Octavius Evander. And this is the beginning of my story—well…sort of. It’s not the very beginning. As a vampire, that story would be way too...Read More »

Recent Release Review: Claiming Rys (Dark Forest Pack #1) by Annabelle Jacobs

Reviewed by Dan

TITLE: Claiming Rys

SERIES: Dark Forest Pack #1

AUTHOR: Annabelle Jacobs

PUBLISHER: Self-Published

LENGTH: 291 Pages

RELEASE DATE:  July 27, 2022

BLURB: 

All that time apart and yet the pull between them is as strong as ever…

Rys
Ten years ago Gabriel Mason betrayed me in the worst way. He made me question...Read More »

Book Review: Cross Current (Olympic Cove #4) by Nicola Cameron

Guestreview by Dan

TITLE: Cross Current

SERIES: Olympic Cove Book 4

AUTHOR: Nicola Cameron

PUBLISHER: Belaurient Press

LENGTH: 240 Pages

RELEASE DATE:  December 29, 2020

BLURB:

And Matt thought being a high school teacher was tough…

Fresh from a divorce, history teacher Matt Taber decides to rent a cottage on Olympic Cove and relax before school starts...Read More »

New Release Review: Borderland by F.E. Feeley Jr. and Jamie Fessenden

Reviewed by Dan

TITLE: Borderland

AUTHOR: F.E. Feeley Jr & Jamie Fessenden

PUBLISHER: Beaten Track Publishing

LENGTH: 230 Pages

RELEASE DATE:  June 1, 2020

BLURB:

They were young.

In the prime of life and recently married.

And then the diagnosis came.

Cancer.

George and Jason make arrangements to travel back to George’s home state of Vermont so he may...Read More »

Release Day Review: Hallelujah by Kim Fielding and F.E. Feeley, Jr.

Reviewed by Dan

TITLE: Hallelujah

AUTHOR: Kim Fielding & F.E. Feeley, Jr.

PUBLISHER: Self-Published

RELEASE DATE:  March 31, 2020

BLURB:

Can you hear it?

Whispering in the dark.

Secrets only the dark knows.

Joseph Moore, choir director for the First Baptist Church of Lenora, Nebraska, has secrets of his own. Terrible, lonely secrets. One that involves...Read More »

Book Review: Ghost House: A Fairy Tale by Jacqueline Grey

Reviewed by Dan

TITLE: Ghost House: A Fairy Tale

AUTHOR: Jacqueline Grey

PUBLISHER: Self-Published

LENGTH: 244 Pages

RELEASE DATE:  September 24, 2019

BLURB:

One night in a haunted house thrusts Andrew Hollenbeck into the center of a sixty-year-old curse. In his dreams, he meets a mysterious stranger named Caius. With each recurring dream, the...Read More »

Book Review: Stop at Nothing (Chosen One - Book Five) by Macy Blake

Reviewed by Dan

TITLE: Stop at Nothing

SERIES: Chosen One – Book Five

AUTHOR: Macy Blake

PUBLISHER: Self-Published

LENGTH: 246 Pages

RELEASE DATE:  February 4, 2020

BLURB:

Series Finale

With all of his mates assembled, Sawyer Smith should be ready for his own version of the end game. He must defeat the god of air and restore...Read More »

Recent Release Review: Guns n' Boys: Black Lies (Guns n' Boys #10) by K.A. Merikan

Reviewed by Dan

TITLE: Guns n’ Boys: Black Lies

SERIES: Guns n’ Boys Series – Book 10

AUTHOR: K.A. Merikan

PUBLISHER: Acerbi & Villani Ltd.

LENGTH: 226 Pages

RELEASE DATE:  February 20, 2020

BLURB:

“That man is not your fairytale ending.”

Griffith has spent two of the most amazing years with his boyfriend Mark, who is undoubtedly The...Read More »

Book Review: The Night (Love in O'Leary - Book 5) by May Archer

Reviewed by Dan

TITLE: The Night

SERIES: Love in O’Leary – Book 5

AUTHOR: May Archer

PUBLISHER: Self-Published

LENGTH: 212 pages

RELEASE DATE:  December 6, 2019

BLURB:

One night in Vegas I gave him my heart… one day later, he broke it.

Look, I’ve never claimed to be a nice guy. I don’t do pretty words, I...Read More »