Posts labeled Book Reviews
Review - Lost and Found by Jack Cartland
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It’s the height of the Great Depression and Mike is lucky to have a job fixing train engines. It doesn’t pay much but he has a roof over his head and can put food on the table. Mike does get lonely since his last lover moved back east to take over the family farm. When he’s in the mood for company, Mike visits Eddie’s, an underground bar selling bootleg liquor.
Tags: Erotica Novella Depression Era
Review - The Silent Paths of Night by David R. Slayton
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Warning: This book is hard to review without discussing the ending. I’ve tried to keep the spoilers to a minimum, but you have been warned. Raef has freed the goddess Phoebe so the moon once again is in the night skies, driving the tides and carrying the dead away to the underworld. But the world is still out of balance. The Hierarch of the sun god Hyperion still seems determined to plunge the world into chaos.
Tags: Fantasy
Review - Holly and Oak by R. Cooper
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Chester has known Will since they both were in their early teens. The two have grown into the small town’s most powerful witches and now personify the two seasonal deities. Chester is the Holly King, ruling the winter months from June to December, while Will is the Oak King. Yet, the two have been kept apart by the coven and their families, because, in Chester’s mind, he is gay and weird.
Review - The Wounded Warrior by BA Tortuga
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Luke joined the navy to escape life on the farm. When the SEAL is injured in an IED explosion, Luke has no choice but to return to the farm his twin brother runs. He is, at least temporarily, confined to a wheelchair and has no idea what the future holds for him. Rory is the small town’s lone out and proud resident. He’s a lawyer with a sideline in real estate.
Tags: Western Contemporary
Review - Animated by Kim Fielding
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Frank was a paratrooper in World War II, but he was injured in a drop shortly after the D-Day landings. The injury left him with a bad foot and the need to use a cane to get around. Although he had dreams of being an artist, Frank found work as an animator for a Hollywood film company, and he’s very good at it. He’s now the lead animator for the frog character of a cartoon version of The Frog Prince.
Review - Once Upon You and Me by Timothy Janovsky
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Ethan and his wife Amy created a highly successful fairy tale themed resort in New York’s Catskills. Ethan was happy with what they had, but Amy had ambitions to build a hospitality empire. The two part ways, with Amy taking control of the business while Ethan continues to manage the original resort. Years later, the sixteenth birthday of their daughter approaches and a big celebration is planned for it at the resort.
Tags: Contemporary Rom-Com
Review - Greymalkin by Chris Quinton
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Professional rugby player Jesse is licking his wounds after being wrongly convicted of assault when he turned the tables on four gay bashers that attacked him. His team has released him so Jesse’s agent suggest he spend some time out of the public eye to write an autobiography to put his version of events on the record. Jesse decides to rent a cottage in a small village near the coast.
Tags: Fantasy Contemporary UK Setting
Review - The Most Unsuitable Prince by Lisa Oliver
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Crown Prince Rupert is in an impossible situation. He has delayed marriage for so long, his aging father is refusing to let him return home without a marriage contract. Rupert doesn’t want to get married. He doesn’t want to change anything about his life of hunting parties. At a ball celebrating the marriage of another royal, Rupert spots Winter across the room. The diminutive young prince is opulently dressed and flitting from one seemingly frivolous conversation to the next, a veritable “peacock” of a man.
Tags: Fantasy
Review - The Accidental Italian by Michael Hartwig
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When Theo’s best friend has to cancel her vacation, he agrees to use her hotel reservation in Positano. Theo needs some time away after breaking up with his husband. Despite having an Italian father, Theo has had a problematic relationship with his Italian heritage. Still, the scenery is beautiful, and that includes the very handsome, if apparently straight, man on the beach lounge next to him. When Theo overhears two criminals plotting in a nightclub, he discovers his beach crush is really a police officer named Raffaelo, and perhaps less straight than Theo thought.
Tags: Contemporary
Review - Talos by D.G. Carothers
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The vampyr Talos has ruled over what was the western United States for over a hundred years, ever since the supernaturals wrested control of the planet from humans before they destroyed it. There is, of course, an organized human resistance to supernatural rule, but Talos’ spies are always at least one step ahead of them. It’s come to light that the resistance plans to assassinate Talos during one of the Roman gladiator style games the king enjoys.
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