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Title: The Unforgiving Minute
Author: Sarah Granger
Cover Artist: L.C. Chase
Publisher: Dreamsinner Press
Buy Link: Publisher, Amazon
Genre: Contemporary
Length: 236 pages
Rating: 3 stars out of 5
A Guest Review by Andrea
Review Summary: A nice sports related romance. It’s not particularly remarkable, but it’s definitely an enjoyable read.
Title: In Sunshine or in Shadow: Collected Short Stories, Volume I
Author: Josh Lanyon
Cover Artist: Kevin Burton Smith
Publisher: Just Joshin’
Amazon Buy Link: In Sunshine or in Shadow:: Short Stories: Volume I
Genre: Collections/Contemporary/Paranormal
Length: Shorts
Rating: Individual ratings per story
A Guest Review by Aunt Lynn
Review Summary: Love shorts? Love Josh Lanyon’s writing? Love the feel of paper between your fingers? No brainer, then.
Title: The Au Pair Affair
Author: Bonnie Dee
Cover Artist: Lou Harper
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Buy Links: Amazon, Publisher
Genre: Contemporary M/M
Length: Category (182 pages)
Rating: 2.5 stars out of 5
A Guest Review by jeayci
Review Summary: A classic, Harlequinesque story of the billionaire and the nanny, that didn’t quite work for me.
Title & buy link: The King’s Mate
Author: Ashavan Doyon
Cover Artist: Catt Ford
Publisher: Dreamspinner
Amazon buy link: here
Genre: M/M contemporary
Length: Novella (64 pages)
Rating: 2 stars out of 5
A guest review by Leslie S
Review summary: Lacklustre May/December romance with chess used more as a throwaway plot device than anything integral.
Title: Keeping Sweets
Author: Cate Ashwood
Cover Artist: Brooke Albrecht
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Buy Link: Publisher, Amazon
Genre: contemporary
Length: 206 pages
Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5
A Guest Review by Andrea
Review Summary: Seeing a sweet and innocent young man falling in love with a jaded porn star was both nerve wracking and exciting. Continue reading
Title and Link: The Door into Spring
Author: Missy Welsh
Cover Artist: Fiona Jayde
Publisher URL: Loose id
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Genre: Contemporary M/M
Length: Fling (short story) 3800 words (approximately) /16 PDF pages
Rating: 4 stars out of 5
Review Summary: A wonderful finale to My Summer of Wes
Title and Link: Raining Men
Author: Rick R. Reed
Cover Artist: Anne Cain
Publisher URL: Dreamspinner Press
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Genre: Contemporary M/M
Length: Novel/314 PDF pages
Rating: 5+ stars out of 5, DIK
Review Summary: Only an incredible writer could have made Bobby, who had such loathsome character traits, into someone I would root for, and Rick Reed did just that. A masterful job!
Title: Flexibiity
Author: Maja Rose
Cover artist: Catt Ford
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Amazon Buy Link: Flexibility
Genre: Contemporary romance
Length: 27 pages
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Guest review by Orion
Review summary: A sweet but underdeveloped short romance.
Title: Learning To Love: Evan and Daniel
Author: KC Wells
Cover Artist: Paul Richmond
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Buy Links: Amazon, Publisher
Genre: m/m contemporary romance
Length: Novel (332 pages)
Rating: 3.75 stars out of 5
A Guest Review by J.K. Hogan
Review Summary: This was a good book that had a few issues that kept it from being great; a sweet, heartfelt story of love and friendship.
Caution: Here be (possible) spoilers. It would be hard to explain what worked and what didn’t without revealing some possibly spoiler-y information. Read at your own risk!
Title: The Competitive Edge (Appetite #2)
Author: Talya Andor
Cover Artist: Aisha Akeju
Publisher: Less Than Three Press
Buy Link: Publisher, Amazon
Genre: contemporary
Length: 84,000 words
Rating: 4.25 stars out of 5
A Guest Review by Andrea
Review Summary: The continuing enemies to lovers saga of two rising star chefs, which focuses more on the food than the romance.
Title: Sole Support
Author: Kaje Harper
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Cover Art: Lou Harper
Buy Links: Publisher, Amazon
Genre: contemporary m/m romance
Length: Plus Novel (390 pdf pages)
Rating: 4.75 out of 5 rating stars
A Guest Review by Feliz
Summary Review: A very much character-driven story, quiet, poignant and beautiful.
Title and Link: Texas Pride
Author: Kindle Alexander
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services/The Kindle Alexander Collection
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Length: 306 pages
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
A guest review by Lasha
Summary Review: An interesting tale of a Texas cowboy and a Hollywood actor falling for each other, marred by some POV problems, bad editing and the “surprise” plot point that goes nowhere.
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Title: The Sky is Dead
Author: Sue Brown
Cover Artist: Christine Griffin
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Buy Link: Publisher, Amazon
Genre: contemporary
Length: 232 pages
Rating: 4 stars out of 5
A Guest Review by Andrea
Review Summary: Dark and emotional, but the prologue gave me a glimpse of the light at the end of the tunnel.
Title and Link: The Red Heart
Author: Isabelle Rowan
Cover Artist: Anne Cain
Publisher URL: Dreamspinner Press
Buy Link: Amazon Publisher
Genre: Contemporary M/M
Length: Novella/113 PDF pages
Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5
Review Summary: A beautifully written story that moved me, as the MCs and the world building shone.
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Title: Fight for Identity (The Good Fight 3)
Author: Andrew Grey
Cover Artist: Anne Cain
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Buy Links: Amazon ; Publisher
Genre: contemporary romance
Length: novel (200 pages)
Rating: 5 stars out of 5
A Guest Review by Larissa
Review Summary: a moving story with a not so black and white conflict