Tart by Lauren Dane (Delicious #2) M/M/F Contemporary Romance Released: November 6, 2012 Berkley Reviewed by Helyce Juliet Lamprey is the owner of TART, a very successful bakery in town. Along with her good friends Mary and Daisy, she’s expanded the bakery to now include Mary’s catering business and provide a place for Daisy and other local artists to display their art. She’s enjoying life in general, and though she’s not dating anyone seriously that quickly changes when she runs into Continue Reading
Review: My Fair Dork by Daisy Harris
My Fair Dork by Daisy Harris (Men of Holsum College #8) M/M Contemporary Romance Released: October 13, 2012 Siren Reviewed by Helyce As we return to Holsum College we meet Harold Jacobs. On the outside, I imagine Harold would be easy to overlook in passing. He’d always been shy and awkward with people and if that wasn’t enough, he’s very uncomfortable with the size of his penis. You see, Harold has been blessed with a very large penis. So much so that he’s embarrassed by it. He fears Continue Reading
Review: Dirty Secret by Rhys Ford
Dirty Secret by Rhys Ford (A Cole McGinnis Mystery #2) M/M Romance September 28, 2012 Dreamspinner Press Reviewed by Helyce Cole and Jae Min have just settled into a somewhat comfortable exploration of their new relationship when Cole gets hired by Scarlet to try and find out what really happened to Park Dae-Hoon nearly 20 years ago when a Korean men’s club was raided. Dae-Hoon was a good friend of Scarlet and though they were both at the club that night, no one knows what became of Continue Reading
Review: Forbidden by Jacquelyn Frank
Forbidden by Jacquelyn Frank (The World of the Nightwalkers #1) Paranormal Romance Releases: October 30, 2012 Ballantine Reviewed by Helyce Docia Waverly’s life is forever changed when she is hit by a speeding van while walking to work one day. Thrown over the bridge as she was crossing it, she tumbles onto the rocks below, her death imminent. However, in the first seconds of her death, she hovers in the Ether and a woman comes to her and gives her a choice. She explains that Docia Continue Reading
Review: Phantom Shadows by Dianne Duvall
Phantom Shadows by Dianne Duvall (Immortal Guardians #3) Paranormal Romance Released: October 2, 2012 Zebra Reviewed by Helyce I was so excited to return to the world of Ms. Duvall’s Immortal Guardians that I started reading this book the moment it arrived from the publisher and I was not disappointed. It’s done so well, that I truly want to live in her world regardless of the threat of vampires! In this book, we get Bastian’s story. When we met him in a previous book, he was Continue Reading
Review: The Hot Floor by Josephine Myles
The Hot Floor by Josephine Myles M/M/M Contemporary Romance Released: September 25, 2012 Samhain Reviewed by Helyce Josh Carpenter is still getting over his last boyfriend. Since their break up, he’s had to move into a nearly windowless attic studio apartment. It’s stuffy and hot, and the only thing that makes living there somewhat bearable is that his friend Denise lives downstairs and he can hang out at her much larger flat. Then there is Rai and Evan. Josh has a huge crush on both Continue Reading
Review: Pride and Politics by Daisy Harris
Pride and Politics by Daisy Harris (Men of Holsum College #6) M/M Contemporary Released: August 25, 2012 Siren Reviewed by Helyce Hunter Ford comes from a well known and privileged family with a lot of political ties. He goes through his life taking and getting whatever he wants; his cocky persona oozing entitlement. When his uncle begins his campaign for vice-president, he tasks Hunter with coming along to be the face behind his “gay-friendly” tactic. It’s about the last thing Continue Reading
Review: Run the Risk by Lori Foster
Run The Risk by Lori Foster (Love Undercover #1) Contemporary Romance September 25, 2012 Harlequin Reviewed by Helyce I am a big fan of Lori Foster’s writing style. Her contemporaries are always written with just the right amount of everything I enjoy to make the story grab me from the first page, so much so that I do not want to put it down. Run The Risk starts her new Love Undercover series and introduces us to the leading men who will each get a book. Logan Riske is undercover Continue Reading
Review: No Flowers Required by Cari Quinn
No Flowers Required by Cari Quinn (Love Required #2) Contemporary Romance Released: August 23, 2012 Entangled Reviewed by Helyce Alexa Conroy inherited the upscale flower shop, Divine Flowers, from the previous owner, Roz, when she lost her battle with cancer. She was determined to make Roz proud, but when Value Hardware started adding things like flowers and plants to their inventory at budget friendly prices, her business tanked. Forced to sell her dream home to help with expenses, Continue Reading
Review: Silver Mine by Vivian Arend
Silver Mine by Vivian Arend (Takhini Wolves #2) Released: September 11, 2012 Paranormal Romance Samhain Reviewed by Helyce Chase “Silver” Johnson is a shifter with two forms. Able to shift into a wolf and a cougar, he never knows which form he’ll take when he calls on his body to shift. Being unable to control this made him an outcast of sorts and he’s taken to living way out in the bush, far away from civilization, with other shifter outcasts. Chase is the unofficial alpha Continue Reading