City Mouse by Amy Lane & Aleksandr Voinov (Country Mouse #2) M/M Contemporary Romance March 18, 2013 Riptide Reviewed by Helyce Malcolm Kavanagh took a big risk when he went after Owen Watson, professed his feelings and asked him to stay with him in London. He really had no clue what he was getting himself into, but at that moment he just knew he couldn’t let Owen leave. It would have been the biggest mistake of his life. Owen agreeing to stay with him was the easy part, Continue Reading
Review: Captive Prince Volume One and Volume Two by S.U. Pacat. AKA–Mandi’s New Favorite Series
I received a recommendation to read Captive Prince Volume one and two by S.U Pacat from both Janine at Dear Author and Brie and Romance Around the Corner (and if you follow those two links you can read their reviews). Huge thanks to them, as I’m sure I would not have picked up this series on my own. Before I continue I will say there are some rape scenes and some pretty brutal treatment of slaves in volume one. Was it hard to read? Oh yes. But those scenes have a great impact on the overall Continue Reading
Review: Velocity by Amelia C. Gormley
Velocity by Amelia C. Gormley (Impulse #3) Released: March 2, 2013 M/M Contemporary Self Published Reviewed by Mandi I’m very pleased at this last installment in the Impulse trilogy, which follows the shy, handyman Derrick, and his accountant lover, Gavin. When these two first met in book one, they couldn’t have been more different. Derrick had been celibate for ten years, gay but never having been with a man. He was a shy, awkward loner. Gavin was coming out of a controlling, Continue Reading
Guest Review: Quid Pro Quo by L.A. Witt and Aleksandr Voinov
Quid Pro Quo (Market Garden) by L.A. Witt & Aleksandr Voinov Erotic M/M Novella January 7, 2013 Riptide Publishing Today I am so happy to have Book Huntress here for a guest review. You can find her on Goodreads and Twitter. Synopsis: For the past six months, Jared’s been selling sex at Market Garden, a London club that caters to the better-off. But business is slow in the run-up to Christmas, when businessmen and bankers are too busy bickering over bonuses to Continue Reading
Review: Screwing the System by Josephine Myles
Screwing the System by Josephine Myles M/M Contemporary Romance February 12, 2013 Samhain Reviewed by Helyce The most important thing to Cosmo Rawlins is his music. It consumes him, so much so that he doesn’t have time for a regular job, choosing instead to live off government benefits. He has to appear as if he’s trying to get a job, but Cosmo has that figured out as well. Little tricks he’s come up with to put off the interviewer to guarantee they won’t find him a suitable hire. Continue Reading
Review: Dirty Laundry By Heidi Cullinan
Dirty Laundry by Heidi Cullinan (Tucker Springs #3) M/M Romance January 28, 2013 Riptide Publishing Reviewed by Helyce From Goodreads: Entomology grad student Adam Ellery meets Denver Rogers, a muscle-bound hunk of sexy, when Denver effortlessly dispatches the drunken frat boys harassing Adam at the Tucker Springs laundromat. Thanking him turns into flirting, and then, much to Adam’s delight, hot sex over the laundry table. Though Denver’s job as a bouncer at a gay bar means he Continue Reading
Guest Author Heidi Cullinan: Small Town, Gay Bar
Welcome and thanks for joining us along the virtual book tour for Dirty Laundry, the latest release in the Tucker Springs series! Leave a comment below and you’ll be entered to win a $10 gift card to Riptide Publishing! Turning it over to Heidi Cullinan now! Small Town, Gay Bar Tucker Springs is a small town, and it has a gay bar. It has two, actually, as referenced in the first novel in the series (Where Nerves End by LA Witt). In Dirty Laundry Denver works Lights Out, the bar featured in Continue Reading
Review: Don’t by Jack L. Pyke
Don’t...by Jack L. Pyke Erotic M/M Romance Suspense December 13, 2012 Fantastic Fiction Publishing Reviewed by Tori Don’t is an intense erotic romance M/M suspense that centers around a young man whose abusive past is being slowly revealed when he begins to receive messages from his past. Jack uses BDSM to control his dark impulses of OCD/ODD. He plays sub to the man who saved him and offered him an outlet for his pain. When he begins to receive these messages, Jack finds himself Continue Reading
Review: Sacred Hearts by Dev Bentham
Sacred Hearts by Dev Bentham (Tarnished Souls #3) M/M Contemporary December 18, 2012 LooseID Reviewed by Mandi David Schwartz is devastated to discover his partner has not only started gambling again, but has wiped out their joint bank accounts in the process. This means that David has no money to keep his beloved restaurant open, and must close and sell of everything in it. Kicking his partner out of his life is only the beginning of what is ahead for David. He moves in with his Continue Reading
Review: Sinner’s Gin by Rhys Ford
Sinner’s Gin by Rhys Ford M/M Romantic Suspense December 24, 2012 Dreamspinner Press Reviewed by Helyce NOTE: if sexual abuse is a trigger for you, this may not be the story for you. It is not explicit, but shown in the form of photos and flashback memories. Miki St. John has checked out from the world. Following a horrific car accident he is the only surviving member of the band Sinner’s Gin. Now, he lives his reclusive lifestyle in the remodeled warehouse he owns. He keeps to Continue Reading