One Wish by Robyn Carr (Thunder Point #7) Contemporary Romance February 24, 2015 Mira Reviewed by Helyce Grace Dillon moved to Thunder Point to get away from her old life and start a new one. She took over the town’s flower shop and has a successful little business going. For the first time in her life, she is calling the shots and she is happy with her independence. Though she’s made some friends, she’s a bit lonely at times, and she’s just not quite sure what to do about it. Troy Continue Reading
Review: Storm by Carian Cole
Storm by Carian Cole (Ashes & Embers #1) Contemporary Romance Released: September 28, 2014 E-book, 244 pages Self Published Reviewed by Helyce Blurb: The calm before the storm… I lived in the quiet stillness. I felt the wind rustle, warning me, telling me to get out of its path. But I didn’t. I never stood a chance. A series of weather and road mishaps leaves me trapped in the middle of a blizzard with a complete stranger. In the back of a pickup truck. For Continue Reading
Review: Bringing Home the Bad Boy by Jessica Lemmon
Bringing Home The Bad Boy by Jessica Lemmon (Second Chance #1) Contemporary Romance January 27, 2015 Forever Reviewed by Helyce From Goodreads: Evan Downey needs a new beginning. Since the death of his wife five years ago, the brilliant tattoo artist has shut himself away in a prison of grief that not even his work can break him out of-and what's worse, Evan knows his son Lyon is bearing the brunt of his seclusion. Moving back to the lake town of Evergreen Cove where he spent his Continue Reading
Review: #1 Crush by Kaia Bennett
#1 Crush by Kaia Bennett (Loose Ends #1) Erotic Romance December 1, 2014 Self Published Reviewed by Helyce From Goodreads: Nicole Langley’s #1 Crush has always been Gabriel Roberts, but settling for being a friendly acquaintance has had to be enough. Gabriel has always seen Nicole as his good friend’s very pretty, but extremely off limits baby sister. Then a hot summer day and an even hotter discovery pushes them over the lines of friendship, over the lines of unrequited desire, Continue Reading
Review: Montana Actually by Fiona Lowe
Montana Actually by Fiona Lowe Contemporary Romance January 6, 2015 Berkley Reviewed by Helyce From Goodreads: City doctor Josh Stanton and his sports car don’t suit the country, but with his medical school debt about to bury him, Josh has to make the best out of a bad situation. Adjusting to his new job and life in the middle of nowhere isn’t easy, but at least the views of the mountains—and one distractingly attractive local—are stunning… After eight years away, Katrina McCade is Continue Reading
Review: Down and Dirty by Rhys Ford
Down and Dirty by Rhys Ford (Cole McGinnis ) MM Romance January 2, 2015 Dreamspinner Reviewed by Helyce From Goodreads: From the moment former LAPD detective Bobby Dawson spots Ichiro Tokugawa, he knows the man is trouble. And not just because the much younger Japanese inker is hot, complicated, and pushes every one of Bobby’s buttons. No, Ichi is trouble because he’s Cole McGinnis’s younger brother and off-limits in every possible way. And Bobby knows that even before Cole threatens to Continue Reading
Review: Back to Before by Tracy Solehim
Back to Before by Tracy Solheim (Second Chances #1) Contemporary Romance January 6, 2015 Berkley Reviewed by Helyce Gavin McAlister is back home in Chances Inlet, North Carolina to star in a new home restoration reality television show which will showcase the restoration of Dresden House, the town’s historical landmark. It’s absolutely the last thing he’d ever thought he’d be involved in, but when certain facts about the financial stability of the family’s construction company came to Continue Reading
Review: Bad Behavior by K.A. Mitchell
Bad Behavior by K. A. Mitchell (Bad In Baltimore #5) M/M Romance December 16, 2014 Samhain Reviewed by Helyce David “Beach” Beauchamp has been a delightful and colorful character since the beginning of this series and I was excited to read his book in spite of the fact that I’d been a tad disappointed in the last couple of Baltimore books. Rich, handsome, intelligent and funny, Beach comes off as a carefree, no troubles playboy-but in reality it’s a bit of a facade. Behind the pretty Continue Reading
Helyce’s Top Reads of 2014
I can’t believe 2014 is nearing it’s end. Seems like just yesterday I was trying to put together my list for 2013! Once again, I struggled to pull together a listing to publish here. Life, work, my family--made reading time extremely rare this year. While you will see two books that are likely to top many reader lists this year, the rest of my choices were books that spoke to me or touched my heart in some way and gave me all the feeeelz! Here we go in no particular order: Heart by Continue Reading
Review: Heart by Garrett Leigh
Heart by Garrett Leigh M/M Romance October 27, 2014 Dreamspinner Reviewed by Helyce Favorite quote: “I just want to be where you are.” Garrett Leigh has fast become my crack for M/M romance with pain and angst to the Nth degree. Her stories pull me in, drag me down, break my heart, make me cry and then slowly put it all back together. She never fails to bring forth characters, so very broken, that you wish you could somehow crawl into the book so that you can hold them and love Continue Reading