Happy Monday y'all, hope everyone had a wonderful weekend! What I read this week: To See the Sun by Kelly JensenM/M Sci/Fi RomanceAugust 13, 2018 by Riptide Favorite Quote: "I want to show you everything. One day, I'm going to show you everything." This is probably one of the most low-key science fiction romances I've ever read. I anticipated a whole lot of angsty conflict after reading the first chapter, but.. there really wasn't too much. The Continue Reading
Review: Soul to Keep by Garrett Leigh
Soul to Keep by Garrett Leigh Rented Heart, #2 Contemporary Romance/MM March 24, 2018 Riptide Favorite Quote: Getting clean had saved him, but in turn his so-called life had become a dedication to his addiction-a necessary homage that he’d never be free of. Reviewed by Tori Recovering addict Jamie Yorke has returned to England from California. With no home or family to speak of, he sticks a pin in a map and finds a small town in the Derbyshire Peak District. Matlock Bath is a quiet Continue Reading
Review: Infamous by Jenny Holiday
Infamous by Jenny Holiday Famous #2 Publication Date: November 27, 2017 Contemporary M/M Romance Riptide Publishing Reviewed by Kini Favorite Quote: "His sentences were short and clipped. He broke eye contact and ran his hands through his hair. “I didn’t know where to go,” he said to the pavement, his voice small in a way Jesse never wanted to hear again. It unstuck Jesse. He reached out and pulled Hunter over the threshold and into his arms. “You come here. That’s where you come. You Continue Reading
Review: The Other Five Percent by Quinn Anderson
The Other Five Percent by Quinn Anderson Genre: M/M Romance Published Date: July 10, 2017 Publisher: Riptide Publishing Reviewed by Tracey Blurb: Logan Vanderveer has a joke he’s been telling since college: he’s ninety-five percent straight. He did some experimenting in school, but none of the men he fooled around with inspired him to abandon “the plan”: meet a nice girl, get married, and settle down, just like his parents always said. None of them except Ellis Floyd, who aroused Continue Reading
Review: Chief’s Mess by L.A. Witt
Chief's Mess (Anchor Point #3) Released: June 19, 2017 M/M Romance Riptide Publishing Reviewed by Tracey Blurb: Anthony Talbot is in Anchor Point to visit family, but after two days of strife, he needs a break. A local gay bar is calling his name. When Chief Noah Jackson sees that red head stroll into the club, he immediately wants him. They’re perfectly matched, and before long, they’re burning up the sheets. Noah can’t get enough. Anthony can’t stay in Oregon for long, but as soon as he Continue Reading
Review: With This Bling by L. B. Gregg
With This Bling by L.B. Gregg Series: Romano & Albright, #3 Romance Suspense/MM December 7, 2015 Riptide Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Kiss me Caesar. I‘ve waited all day for you.” Caesar Romano and his sexy PI boyfriend, Dan Albright, have settled into somewhat domestic bliss as Caesar now spends most of his time with Dan at his Staten Island home and commutes to work aka civilization. While Caesar is happiest at Dan’s side there is still a hint of insecurity in their Continue Reading
Review: Base Instincts by Larissa Ione
Base Instincts by Larissa Ione Series: Demonica, #11.7 Paranormal M/M Romance Released: September 12, 2015 Riptide Publishing Reviewed by Tori Favorite Quote: “Fuck the guy, take the girl, save a soul” Raze is a medic for Underworld General and a supernatural night club. He is also a seminus demon (sex demon) who has a bit of a problem. He’s gay. Unfortunately, he can only obtain the sexual release he needs to survive with females. 30 years ago he met a succubus, Fayle, who saved Continue Reading
Review: Crash and Burn by Abigail Roux
Crash & Burn by Abigail Roux (Cut & Run #9) Released: March 30, 2015 M/M Romantic Suspense Riptide Reviewed by Mandi It's hard to say goodbye to my boys. My boys. Mine. Ty and Zane are one of my favorite couples. Their sarcastic humor paired with their passionate love for one another makes my obsession with them unhealthy. I'm not ashamed to admit it. I was nervous coming into this final book. I didn't love the previous book and felt like too much page time was spent with Continue Reading
Review: Misfits by Garrett Leigh
Misfits by Garrett Leigh Released: March 16, 2015 M/M/M Romance Riptide Reviewed by Mandi I haven't read a good male/male and oh yeah - one more male book in a while. I like this author's voice - there is a decent amount of sex and it kind of follows the predictable pattern of two of the guys hitting it off, then the third guy comes in, and then all three have hot sex. But there is more than sex to this story and I believed in the three-way HEA at the end. Tom and Cass (psst - Cass Continue Reading
Review: Starstruck by L.A. Witt
Starstruck by L.A. Witt (Bluewater Bay #1) Released: November 3, 2014 M/M Romance Riptide Reviewed by Mandi Welcome to Bluewater Bay! This quiet little logging town on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula has been stagnating for decades, on the verge of ghost town status. Until a television crew moves in to film Wolf’s Landing, a hit TV show based on the wildly successful werewolf novels penned by local author Hunter Easton. Wolf’s Landing’s success spawns everything from merchandise to Continue Reading