Melissa reviews One-Eyed Royals (Seven of Spades #4) by Cordelia Kingsbridge published September 10th 2018 by Riptide Publishing, 366 pages. Spoiler Alert! The following blurb contains spoilers for Cash Plays, book three of Seven of Spades. Shattered by their devastating breakup, Detective Levi Abrams and PI Dominic Russo find themselves at war right when they need each…
Melissa reviews Hard Line (The Woodbury Boys #2) by Sidney Bell published April 2nd 2018 by Carina Press, 352 pages. Premed student Tobias Benton is making amends for his past. He keeps his head down, mouth shut and colors within the lines. But when his close friend Ghost goes missing, Tobias will do whatever it takes to get answers—including…
Melissa reviews Trick Roller (Seven of Spades #2) by Cordelia Kingsbridge published January 29th 2018 by Riptide Publishing, 299 pages. It’s the height of summer in Las Vegas. Everyone believes the serial killer Seven of Spades is dead—except Levi Abrams and Dominic Russo—and it’s back to business as usual. For Levi, that means investigating…
Wendy and Melissa review ‘Wild’ by Adrienne Wilder. Self published September 1, 2017, 326 pages. August Vallory had it all. A modeling career, a man he loved, and the extended family he’d acquired in the business. Then the world he knew was torn away when the plane he was on crashed en route to a…
Melissa reviews books 1 (Queer Magick) and book 2 (Fairy Tales) of LC Davis’s Queer Magick series. Published June 2017. Book 1 An LGBT+ fantasy of apocalyptic proportions. Twenty-something Holden Adams never asked to be the harbinger of the apocalypse, or for the seven lovers who come with the job. All he wanted in Stillwater, Vermont…
Melissa reviews Sightlines (The Community #3) by Santino Hassell published October 9th 2017 by Riptide Publishing, 257 pages. Chase Payne is a walking contradiction. He’s the most powerful psychic in the Community, but the least respected. He’s the son of the Community’s founder, but with his tattoo sleeves and abrasive attitude, he’s nothing like his charismatic family.…
Melissa reviews Oversight (The Community, #2) by Santino Hassell Published June 26th 2017 by Riptide Publishing, 242 pages. Spoiler Alert! The following blurb contains spoilers for Insight, book one of The Community. Holden Payne has it all . . . or so he thinks. As heir to the founder of the Community—an organization that finds, protects, and…
Melissa reviews Salvation (The Protectors, #2) by Sloane Kennedy Audiobook, Published May 1st 2017 by Sloane Kennedy. 7hrs 56min Trauma surgeon Ronan Grisham lost everything the day the man he loved was stolen from him in a brutal attack. Driven by a thirst for vengeance, he turns his hatred into building an underground group that can…
Melissa reviews Strays (Urban Soul #2) by Garrett Leigh Published March 25th 2017 by Riptide Publishing, 249 pages. Work, sleep, work, repeat. Nero’s lonely life suits him just fine until his best friend, Cass, asks him to take on a new apprentice—a beautiful young man who’s never set foot in a professional kitchen. Despite his irritation…
Melissa reviews Insight (The Community #1) by Santino Hassell. Published March 13th 2017 by Riptide Publishing, 264 pages. Growing up the outcast in an infamous family of psychics, Nate Black never learned how to control his empath abilities. Then after five years without contact, his estranged twin turns up dead in New York City. The…
Melissa reviews Enemy Within (The Executive Office #3) by Tal Bauer Published March 28th 2017 by Tal Bauer, 445 pages. The White House, infiltrated. The president, running for his life. A traitorous general, intent on burning the world to the ground. When everything falls apart, who do you trust? President Jack Spiers fled Washington DC on…
Melissa reviews Fair Chance (All’s Fair #3) by Josh Lanyon Expected publication: March 13th 2017 by Carina Press. Elliot Mills comes face-to-face with evil in this follow-up to Fair Game and Fair Play from bestselling author Josh Lanyon One final game of cat and mouse… Ex–FBI agent Elliot Mills thought he was done with the…
Melissa reviews Loose Cannon (The Woodbury Boys #1) by Sidney Bell Expected publication: April 3rd 2017 by Carina Press, 327 pages. Don’t miss this brand-new male/male romance series from Sidney Bell, author of Bad Judgment Released after five years in the system for assault, streetwise Edgar-Allen Church is ready to leave the past behind and finally…
Melissa reviews Murder Once Seen (The Oddities #1) by J.T. Hall Published December 12th 2016 by Riptide Publishing, 352 pages. In the city of Nis, things often aren’t what they seem. Derwin is a bounty hunter gifted with the Oddity of superhuman strength and agility—perfect for hunting down fugitives and demons who roam the streets. One…
Melissa reviews Rogue Magic by Kit Brisby Expected publication: January 30th 2017 by Riptide Publishing, 310 pages. A copy of the book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley. While trapped in a stalled subway train on his morning commute, PR rep Byron Cole flirts with Levi, a young waiter with adorable curls. But Byron’s…
Melissa reviews Puppet Boy by Christian Baines Published November 16th 2015 by Bold Strokes Books, 314 pages. A school in turmoil over its senior play, a sly career as a teenage gigolo, an unpredictable girlfriend with damage of her own, and a dangerous housebreaker tied up downstairs. Any of these would make a great plot for…
Melissa reviews Devil’s Slave (American Monsters #1) by Lola Hale Expected publication: December 5th 2016 by Carina Press, 188 pages. I thought I knew what hell was. After years as a cop, I was sure I’d seen the worst humanity had to offer. I had no f*cking idea. Now I know I’ve seen hell. Hell is…
Melissa reviews Enemy of My Enemy (The Executive Office #2) by Tal Bauer, Published October 24th 2016 by NineStar Press, 287 pages. Fifteen years from now, an affair rocks the world. Two men commit to their impossible love. One general is determined to destroy them both… President Jack Spiers and former Secret Service Agent Ethan Reichenbach…
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