Sharp Love by Ava March (Gambling on Love #2) Historical M/M Released: June 9, 2014 Carina Press Reviewed by Mandi In a rare turn of events, this Ava March book didn't work for me. I am usually captivated by her emotional depth and sultry love stories but I found Sharp Love to be flat and I didn't connect with the characters. William and Jack grew up poor together. Both orphans, they beg, stole and survived on the streets as children. As adults, their life took separate courses. Jack Continue Reading
Review: Strangers on the Shore by Josh Lanyon
Stranger On The Shore by Josh Lanyon Romance Suspense/MM E book, 226 Pages May 5, 2014 Carina Press Reviewed by Tori Twenty years ago, four year old Brian Arlington was kidnapped from his home in the middle of a night and never seen again. Though the suspected kidnapper was eventually caught and sentenced for his crime, he has maintained his innocence from the beginning and nothing could tie him to the crime but a ransom note. Griffin (Griff) Hadley, an investigative journalist, has Continue Reading
Review: The River Leith by Leta Blake
The River Leith by Leta Blake Contemporary Romance/MM E book, 173 pages May 15, 2014 Self Published Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “It was awkward dealing with people who had emotional attachments to him that he didn’t even know how to return them.” Leith Wentz, an amateur boxer, wakes up after a championship fight only to discover an illegal blow to his head has resulted in him losing his memories for the last three years. Struggling to cope with his new reality, Leith deals with Continue Reading
Review: Nothing But Smoke by Daisy Harris
Nothing But Smoke by Daisy Harris (Fire and Rain #3) M/M Romance June 10, 2014 Samhain Reviewed by Helyce Blurb: Sometimes good boys do bad things. Michael Larson considers himself one of the good guys. He recycles, eats mostly vegan, and volunteers. But one night, while on a jog through a Seattle park, he encounters a sexy man on a motorcycle he wants to be bad with. Firefighter Nicky O’Brian barely has time to even think about a sex life. Between his job and caring for his Continue Reading
Review: Perfect Imperfections by Cardeno C.
Perfect Imperfections by Cardeno C. Released: May 5, 2014 M/M Contemporary Romance Dreamspinner Press Reviewed by Mandi Blurb: Hollywood royalty Jeremy Jameson has lived a sheltered life with music as his sole focus and only friend. Before embarking on yet another international concert tour, he wanders into a bar in what he considers the middle of nowhere and meets a man who wins him over with his friendly smile and easy-going nature. Accountant slash bartender slash adventure-seeker Continue Reading
Review: Stuff by Josephine Myles
Stuff by Josephine Myles (The Bristol Collection #2) M/M Romance May 27, 2014 Samhain Reviewed by Helyce Goodreads Blurb: Tobias “Mas” Maslin doesn’t need much. A place of his own, weekends of clubbing, a rich boyfriend for love and support. Too bad his latest sugar daddy candidate turns out to be married with kids. Mas wants to be special, not someone’s dirty little secret. When he loses his job and his flat on the same day, his worlds starts unraveling…until he stumbles across a Continue Reading
Review: Only Love by Garrett Leigh
Only Love by Garrett Leigh M/M Romance April 11, 2014 Dreamspinner Reviewed by Helyce Blurb from Goodreads: The diagnosis of a chronic stomach condition leaves thirty-two-year-old Sergeant Jed Cooper with little choice but to call time on his Army career. Then on the dusty streets of Kirkuk, an ambush gone tragically wrong decimates his team, and he returns to the US with a shattered leg and the memory of his best friend dying in his arms. Life in his sleepy hometown proves Continue Reading
Review: Enlightened by Joanna Chambers
Enlightened (Enlightenment, #3) by Joanna Chambers Historical Romance/MM E book, 230 pages May 6, 2014 Samhain Publishing Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Nothing about you could ever be ugly to me.” The third and final installment of Joanna Chamber’s historical M/M romance brings a conclusion to this poignant and sensual love story between two men who defy convention and society’s edicts to be together. Lush emotional scenes and heartfelt declarations only serve to remind us that no Continue Reading
Review: Spencer by JP Barnaby
Spencer by J.P. Barnaby (Survivor Stories #3) M/M Romance March 21, 2014 Dreamspinner Reviewed by Helyce I remember thinking at the end of the first book, Aaron, that the author left things so open-ended that a sequel must be planned so when I happened upon Spencer I had to read it. In the first book, the focus is on Aaron and the aftermath of the brutal attack on him and his friend Juliette, where they were kidnapped, tortured and raped and left for dead. Juliette dies, but Aaron Continue Reading
Review: I Survived Seattle by J.K. Hogan
I Survived Seattle (Coming About, #1) by J.K. Hogan Romance Contemporary, M/M E book, 161 pages March 19, 2014 Wilde City Press Reviewed by Tori Justice Crawford has many problems. As a severely closeted gay southern man with a debilitating anxiety disorder, Justice knows his trip to Seattle for his best friends wedding is asking for trouble. Disowned by his family and unable to come out to his friends, Justice has given up on love and foresees his future being nothing more than a series Continue Reading