Title: Who Moved My Holepunch?
Author: Anne Brooke
Cover Artist: Trace Edward ZaberTrace
Publisher & Buy Link : Amber Quill Press
Amazon Buy Link: Who Moved My Holepunch?
Genre: M/M Contemporary Romantic Comedy / Erotica / BDSM light
Length: 20,000 words / Novella
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 rating stars
A Guest Review by Raine
Summary Review: A piece of gentle and funny erotica set inside the routine of the work place which left me smiling.
Title: Grime and Punishment
Author: Z. A. Maxfield
Cover Artist: Valerie Tibbs
Publisher: Loose Id
Publisher Buy Link
Amazon Buy Link: Grime and Punishment (The Brothers Grime)
Genre: M/M Contemporary Romance
Length: Short Novel
Rating: 4.25 out of 5 rating points
A Guest Review by Raine
Summary Review: Very engaging portrait of a damaged guy dealing with a tough time and involving gritty unusual crime scene clean up business but this just felt a little off the mark on some character motivations for me.
Title: Community Service (Broken Mirrors 3)
Author: Vaughn R Demont
Cover Artist: Angela Waters
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Publisher Buy Link
Amazon Buy Link: Community Service (Broken Mirrors)
Genre: M/M Urban Fantasy
Length: Novel
Rating: 4.75 out of 5 rating stars
A Guest Review by Raine
Summary Review: This Spencer and James double act – balancing on the frenetic edge of disaster – works the trick.
Title: The Hellfire Legacy (The Night Wars 3 )
Author: Missouri Dalton
Cover Artist: BSClay
Publisher: Torquere Press
Publisher Buy Link
Amazon Buy Link: The Hellfire Legacy
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: 46,600 words
Rating: 3 out of 5 rating stars
A Guest Review by Raine
Summary Review: This third visit with the Night Watch was the least successful for me with much frantic running around and too many new characters I didn’t connect with.
Title: Masked Riders
Author: Lucius Parhelion
Cover Art: BSClay
Publisher : Torquere Press
Publisher Buy Link
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Genre: M/M historical / romance / western
Length: Novella 25,600 words
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 rating stars
A Guest Review by Raine
Summary Review: Intelligent, interesting and unusual……must be a Parhelion historical.
Title: Master of Ghouls ( SPECTR 2 )
Author: Jordan L. Hawk
Cover Art: Author
Self Published Buy Link
Amazon Buy Link: Master of Ghouls (SPECTR)
Genre: M/M Paranormal Romance / Horror
Length: Novella
Rating: 3.75 out of 5 rating stars
A Guest Review by Raine
Summary Review: Fun characters still having an action packed time but this episode’s plot felt a touch heavy handed to me.
Title: The Good Boy
Author: Lisa Henry & J. A. Rock
Cover Artist: Fiona Jayde
Publisher: Loose Id
Publisher Buy Link
Amazon Buy Link: The Good Boy
Genre: Contemporary M/M Romance / BDSM / Fetish
Length: Novel
Rating: 4.75 out of 5 rating stars
A Guest Review by Raine
Summary Review: Sometimes an uncomfortable read, always compelling, eventually heart warming – the cast of characters reveal varying and realistic degrees of being good, bad and ugly.
Title: Hunter of Demons (Spectr Series #1)
Author: Jordan L. Hawk
Cover Art: Author
Self Published Buy Link
Amazon Buy Link: Hunter of Demons (SPECTR)
Genre: M/M Paranormal Romance
Length: Novella
Rating: 4.25 out of 5 rating stars
A Guest Review by Raine
Summary Review: Fun and lively start to spirit possession romance with interesting alphabetic agency action.
Title: Iron Eyes
Author: Vivien Dean
Cover Artist:Trace Edward Zaber
Publisher: Amber Quill Press
Publisher Buy Link
Amazon Buy Link: Iron Eyes
Genre: M/M Romance, Steam Punk, Fantasy
Length: Extended Novella 36,000 words
Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars
A Guest Review by Raine
Summary Review: Sometimes even when done well, less is just not enough- for me these fully imagined characters would have been better served by a full length novel and a more detailed steampunk world.
Title: Hainted
Author: Jordan L Hawk
Cover Art: Elaine Corvidae
Self Published Buy Link
Amazon Buy Link: Hainted
Genre: M/M contemporary romance, paranormal , horror
Length: Novel
Rating: 4.75 out of 5 rating stars
A Guest Review by Raine
Summary Review: Appalachian horror romance with compelling tragic rural folk song atmosphere and great action scenes.
Title: Once a Brat ( Kinky Cupid series )
Author: Kim Dare
Cover Artist: L.C. Chase
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Buy Link:Once a Brat (Kinky Cupid)
Genre: M/M Contemporary Romance / Bdsm / humour
Length: 25,400 words
Rating: 3.75 out of 5 rating stars
A Guest Review by Raine
Summary Review: A competent bread and butter BDSM story with sugar sprinkles.
Title: Claimings, Tails and Other Alien Artifacts
Author: Lyn Gala
Cover Artist: Mina Carter
Publisher: Loose Id
Buy Link: Claimings, Tails, and Other Alien Artifacts
Genre: M/M Science Fiction / Bdsm
Length: Novel
Rating: 4.75 out of 5 rating stars
A Guest Review by Raine
Summary Review: An out of the ordinary, careful examination of what it means to be submissive in an imaginative and unexpectedly tender relationship between a human and a very alien, alien.
Title: Silver/Steel ( Arcada 2 )
Author:Belinda McBride
Cover Artist: Fiona Jayde
Publisher: Loose Id
Buy Link: Silver/Steel (Arcada)
Genre: M/M Paranormal
Length: Long Novel
Rating: 3.75 out of 5 rating stars
A Guest Review by Raine
Summary Blurb: Overextended sequel which weighed down what could have been a haunting story straight out of a traditional folk ballad.
Title: How to Save a Life (The Haven / Book 1)
Author: Sloan Parker
Cover Artist: April Martinez
Publisher: Loose Id
Buy Link: How to Save a Life (Haven)
Genre: M/M Contemporary Romance / Mystery / Suspense
Length: Long Novel
Rating: 3.50 out of 5 rating stars
A Guest Review by Raine
Summary Review: An over excited plot and deliberately out of balance characters interfered with the flow of this story for me.
Title: Need
Author: Todd Gregory
Cover Artist: unknown
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corps.
Buy Link: Need
Genre: M/M Paranormal, Vampires, Erotica
Length: Novel
Rating: 2 out of 5 rating stars
A Guest Review by Raine
Summary Review: Disappointing as descriptive writing services a selfish main character revelling in tedious vampiric erotica.