Title: Paid Leave
Author: Hayley B. James
Cover Artist: Paul Richmond
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
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Genre: Contemporary Romance/Police Procedural-ish
Length: Novel (230 pages)
Rating: 3.25 stars out of 5
A Guest Review by Aunt Lynn
One Sentence Review: While I liked some of the characters, there were numerous issues that prevented me from rating it higher.
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Title: The Gifted One
Author: Jacob Z. Flores
Cover artist: Reese Dante
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Amazon Buy Link:The Gifted One
Genre: fantasy/ mm romance
Length: 350 pages
Rating: 3.25 stars out of 5
A guest review by Sirius
Summary: Archangels, fallen angels and a Gifted One—oh my. Unfortunately, while I loved the idea, I thought the execution of the story could have been better.
Title: Gay As Mardi Gras
Author: Lily Velden
Cover Artist: Lily Velden
Publisher: Dreamspinner
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Amazon Buy Link:Gay as Mardi Gras
Genre: Contemporary
Length: 77 pages
Rating: 3.25 stars out of 5
A Guest Review by Cryselle
Review Summary: Cute and sweet, but I had issues with a couple of characters. Continue reading
Title: Locke and Blade
Author: Lynn Lorenz
Cover artist: Trace Edward Zaber
Publisher: Amber Allure
Buy Link: Locke And Blade
Genre: Gay Romance, Fantasy
Length: 27,000 words
Rating: 3.25 out of 5.0 stars
A guest review by Val Kovalin
Summary Review: This enemies-to-lovers story that humorously combines fantasy and police procedural elements is underdeveloped but still fun.
Title: The Tinkered Pinkerton
Author: Helen Louise Caroll
Cover Art: Trace Edward Zaber
Publisher: Amber Allure
Buy Link: Amazon, Publisher
Genre: M/M Romance/Steampunk/Action /Adventure
Length: Short Story/74 PDF pages/17,000 words
Rating: 3.25 stars out of 5
A guest review by LadyM
Review summary: Good idea, very good setting, but the format didn’t allow sufficient character development.
Title: Say a Little Prayer
Author: Clare London
Cover artist: Aisha Akeju
Publisher: Less Than Three Press
Buy Link: Say a Little Prayer
Genre: Paranormal, Contemporary
Length: 12,800
Rating: 3.25 out of 5.0 stars
A guest review by Val Kovalin
Summary Review: A romantic, summer-flavored treat with a touch of paranormal that will put a smile on your face.
Title & buy link: Weight of a Gun 2
Authors: Gryvon, Scarlet Blackwell, Cornelia Grey
Cover Artist: Nathie
Publisher: Storm Moon Press
Genre: M/M contemporary, M/M fantasy
Length: Anthology (88 pages)
Rating: 3.25 stars out of 5
A guest review by Leslie S
Review summary: A mixed bag of stories ranging from fantasy to erotica to vaguely steampunk, all linked by the common thread of gun kink.
Title: The Mayfield Speakeasy
Author: LA Witt
Cover artist: Trace Edward Zaber
Publisher: Amber Allure
Buy Link: The Mayfield Speakeasy
Genre: Mystery, Historical (1930s era)
Length: 19,000 words
Rating: 3.25 out of 5.0
A guest review by Val Kovalin
Summary Review: Smoothly written and enjoyable, but the short word-count makes for shallow emotions and indistinguishable characters. A mixed recommendation.
Title: Tumbling Blindly
Author: Sue Brown
Cover Artist: Posh Gosh
Publisher: Total E-Bound
Buy Link: n/a
Genre: Contemporary
Length: 63 pages
Rating: 3.25 stars out of 5
A Guest Review by Cryselle
Review Summary: A Brit-flavored story of finding one’s balls. Continue reading
Title and Link: Show and Tell
Author: Kate McMurray
Cover Artist: Valerie Tibbs
Publisher URL: Loose id
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Genre: Paranormal M/M
Length: Novel/260 PDF pages/79.6 K words
Rating: 3.25 stars out of 5
Review Summary: While I love the concept of past life regression, its execution in Show and Tell as well as one protagonist left me a bit disappointed.
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Title: Measure of a Man
Author: Maggie Lee
Cover artist: Reese Dante
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
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Genre: historical lite mm romance
Length: 206 pages
Rating: 3.25 stars out of 5
A guest review by Sirius
Summary: I liked the writing and the characters as much as I liked them in the first story in this series, but unfortunately it still did not quite work for me as a historical.
Title: Broken Silence
Author: Jade Buchanan
Cover Artist: Deana C. Jamrozs
Publisher: MLR Press
Buy Link: Amazon
Genre: Contemporary M/M
Length: Novel (228 pages / 64,000 words)
Rating: 3.25 stars out of 5
A Guest Review by jeayci
Review Summary: A pastel sort of story, colorful and enjoyable but surprisingly bland.
Title: Theory of Attraction
Author: Cleon Lee
Cover Artist: Reese Dante
Publisher: Silver Publishing
Buy Link: Theory of Attraction
Genre: Contemporary M/M Romance
Length: Novella
Rating: 3.25 stars
A Guest Review by Sammy
Review Summary: Two opposite worlds collide and realize that each has a great deal to learn about their potential for love.
Title: His Gift
Author: Clare London
Publisher: JMS Books
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Genre: paranormal
Length: Novella (47 pdf pages)
Rating: 3.25 out of 5 rating stars
A Guest Review by Feliz
Summary Review: An interesting, well-written, somewhat halloween-y story with an overall dreamlike feeling to it and a fittingly vague ending that still didn’t work for me mainly due to a strong dislike of one main character.
Title: Back Soon
Writer/Director: Rob Williams
Starring: Matthew Montgomery, Windham Beacham
Distributers: TLA Releasing/Guest House Films
Amazon Buy/Watch Link
Genre: Drama/Paranormal/Romance
Country of Origin/Language: USA/English
Rating: R/Unrated
Released: 2007
Length: 83 minutes
Rating: 3.25 out of 5 stars
Summary: Two “straight” men who seemingly have nothing in common meet and are drawn to each other…as they start to fall in love, what are the forces bringing them together and could those same forces tear them apart?