Melissa reviews Between the Lines (New Milton #2) by Sally Malcolm Published December 10th 2018 by Carina Press, 73k words Theo Wishart has given up on finding love. Luca Moretti doesn’t want to find it. A handful of summer days may change their lives forever—if they’re brave enough to look between the lines. Eyes might…
Melissa reviews Hearts in Ireland (World of Love) by J.C. Long, narrated by John Steinkamp, ebook Published May 10th 2017 by Dreamspinner Press, 119 pages; audiobook 3 hrs and 45 mins, published June 25, 2018, When the future is shrouded and it’s hard to find direction, maybe it’s time to let the heart lead the way…. Ronan Walker…
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…
Dana and Melissa review Reaping Havoc (Reaping Havoc Book 1) by AJ Rose (Published by The Grim Writer Press, November 10, 2017, 282 pages) A copy was provided in exchange for an honest review. Why we read this: Dana: I read this book before because I am a big fan of AJ Rose. When I heard…
Wendy and Melissa review 63 Days Later: A Holiday Tail by Adrienne Wilder Published December 2nd 2017, 90 pages. 63 Days later takes place after the novel WILD. This can be read as a stand alone story. However, it might be more enjoyable if you read WILD first. Trigger Warning: Christmas music, trees, presents, and…
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 Silken by Isobel Starling , Published August 7th 2017 by Audible, 2hrs 27min. Matthew Fisher loved being a dancer, but his ten-year ballet career came to an abrupt end with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. He had to find a new job, and luckily, his sister was friends with Annabelle…
Melissa reviews Antisocial by Heidi Cullinan Published August 8th 2017 by Heidi Cullinan, 341 pages. A single stroke can change your world. Xander Fairchild can’t stand people in general and frat boys in particular, so when he’s forced to spend his summer working on his senior project with Skylar Stone, a silver-tongued Delta Sig with a…
Melissa reviews Illegal Contact (The Barons #1) by Santino Hassell Expected publication: August 15th 2017 by Berkley Publishing Group (InterMix), 251 pages. The rules of the game don’t apply off the field in this first Barons novel. New York Barons tight end Gavin Brawley is suspended from the team and on house arrest after a video…
Melissa reviews Controlled Burn by Erin McLellan Expected publication: August 14th 2017 by Riptide Publishing, 309 pages. At eighteen, Joel Smith’s life fell to pieces. His boyfriend died in a car crash while reading a sext from him, the local newspaper outed them both in the aftermath, and his parents got a divorce. Joel did everything…
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 The Master Will Appear by L.A. Witt Published May 16th 2017 by Self-Published, 364 pages. Dr. Mikhail “Misha” Budnikov takes one look at fellow fencer Ryan O’Connor and instantly knows his type. The undisciplined hothead is all ego with no finesse and even less control. In short, Misha’s pet peeves personified. To put…
Melissa reviews At Attention (Out of Uniform #2) by Annabeth Albert Expected publication: April 10th 2017 by Carina Press, 209 pages. Lieutenant Apollo Floros can ace tactical training missions, but being a single dad to his twin daughters is more than he can handle. He needs live-in help, and he’s lucky a friend’s younger brother needs…
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 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 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 Crime Wave (Jimmy McSwain Files #2) by Adam Carpenter with Joel Leslie (Narrator) Published December 7th 2016 by Linden Corners Press, Length: 7 hrs Jimmy McSwain returns to help his sister’s boyfriend fight a murder charge–and finds he may just have a lead on a cold case. Hell’s Kitchen private investigator Jimmy McSwain returns…
Melissa reviews Leo Loves Aries (Signs of Love #1) by Anyta Sunday Published December 4th 2016 by Anyta Sunday, 268 pages. A new person will enter your life in the early year, Leo. Look past any moments of frustration they might bring and laugh—this could be the start of a thriving friendship. Theo Wallace usually laughs…
Melissa reviews Spy Stuff by Matthew J. Metzger Published April 30th 2016 by Queerteen Press, 226 pages. Anton never thought anyone would ever want to date him. Everyone knows nobody wants a transgender boyfriend, right? So he’s as shocked as anyone when seemingly-straight Jude Kalinowski asks him out, and doesn’t appear to be joking. The…
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