Posts labeled Contemporary
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 - 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 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 - A Boy Called Rainbow by Robin Knight
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Miles is a respected art appraiser who’s about to realize his dream of opening his own gallery with his boyfriend, until he finds out said boyfriend is cheating on him with their main investor, and that’s just the latest of a long history of affairs. Feeling defeated, Miles takes a lucrative commission to evaluate the work of a recently deceased eccentric painter in coastal Georgia. The only hitch is that Miles must contend with the artist’s reclusive grandson, who goes by Rainbow.
Tags: Contemporary Rom-Com
Review - Finding the Way Home by Sean Michael
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Jim lost an arm in an IED attack, so after a long stay in the hospital to recover, he’s leaving the army. At least it will give him more time to spend with his long-term boyfriend, Andy. Unfortunately, Jim arrives home to find that Andy has dumped him and moved on. With nowhere else to go, Jim calls up his dependable old army buddy “Horse” to see if he can stay with him until he figures things out.
Tags: Contemporary Novella
Review - I'll Have What He's Having by Adib Khorram
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Farzan dreamed of being a teacher as a child. Once he grew up and became one, he was so good at it he burned out quickly. Now, he gets by substituting. It wouldn’t be so bad if his love life wasn’t also a disaster. David was a high flier in Chicago’s financial world, but he realized that wasn’t what he really wanted to do, so he quit and pursued his passion for wine.
Tags: Contemporary Rom-Com
Review - Infernal Hearts by Danny Haliwell
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After losing his mother in a terrible accident, Jason decides to leave his father’s practice where he treats supernatural creatures and set up as an ordinary veterinary doctor. Levi is an incubus, possibly one of the last of his kind now that his maker is dead. The maker’s last act was to extract a promise from Levi to find the only other surviving incubus. If Levi doesn’t fulfill his promise, he faces oblivion.
Tags: Fantasy Contemporary
Review - Rom-Com for Dummies by Tom Diggs
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Gabe is the head writer for a long-running television soap opera. It’s a demanding job that doesn’t leave any time for relationships. Gabe scratches the occasional itch using a hook-up app. What nobody knows is that the secret to Gabe’s continued success at coming up with story lines is his weekly calls to his mother in the small upstate New York town where he grew up. She fills him in on all the local gossip and Gabe transforms it into clever plots for the show.
Tags: Contemporary Rom-Com
Review - Red Ruby Booty Shorts and a Louisville Slugger by Lexi Ander
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Diego has “known” things since he was a young boy, and his grandmother encouraged it along with telling him stories of vampires, witches, and werewolves. But when Diego was 12, his older brother got involved in a dangerous gang and disappeared. Diego turned his back on his fantasies and took up parkour with his best friend, Denise. He goes to college, meets Beck, who becomes his best friend, and leaves the Los Angeles neighborhood where gangs dominate.
Tags: Fantasy Contemporary
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