Summary:
Thanks to an elderly spinster sleuth and her ingenious cat, Christopher Holmes has enjoyed a celebrated career as a bestselling mystery writer. Until now. Sales are down and his new editor is allergic to geriatric gumshoes.
On the advice of his agent, he reinvents his fortyish, frumpy, recently dumped self into the sleek, sexy image of a literary lion, and heads for a Northern California writers conference to try and resurrect his career. A career nearly as dead as the body he stumbles over in the woods.
In a weirdly déjà vu replay of one of his own novels, he finds himself stranded in an isolated lodge full of frightened women—and not a lawman in sight. Except for J.X. Moriarity, former cop and bestselling novelist. The man with whom he shared a one-night stand—okay, maybe three—long ago. The man who wants to arrest him for murder.
A ruthless, stalking killer, or a hot, handsome ex-lover. Which poses the greater danger? It’s elementary, my dear Holmes!
Review:
The characters were interesting and they were very easy to either love or hate, there really was no middle line but that was okay because it worked perfectly for the genre and the setting. Christopher Holmes is your everyday kind of guy that you really can't help but love. I couldn't help but love others even though you're never quite sure who is guilty or another possible victim.
I won't deny that I was a little disappointed in that it wasn't as enjoyable a read as the author's Adrien English or Dangerous Ground series but that by no way took away from the story. I found myself still captivated by the characters and couldn't wait to find out what happened on every page. The author, as always, is still among my favorites and cannot wait to start the next in this series, which I will be doing tonight.
Rating: 4 Stars
Author Bio:
Over the past decade, multi-award-winning author Josh Lanyon has written numerous novels, novellas and short stories as well as a definitive M/M writing guide. In June 2009 Somebody Killed His Editor, the first book in a brand new mystery-romance series, will be published through Samhain. Josh is a Lambda Literary Award finalist.
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Saturday, April 19, 2014
Monday, April 14, 2014
Ball and Chain (Cut & Run #8) by Abigail Roux
Summary:
Home from their unexpected deployment, the former members of Marine Force Recon team Sidewinder rejoin their loved ones and try to pick up the pieces of the lives they were forced to leave behind. Ty Grady comes home to Zane Garrett, only to find that everything around him has changed—even the men he went to war with. He barely has time to adjust before his brother, Deuce, asks Ty to be his best man. But that isn’t all Deuce asks Ty to do, and Ty must call for backup to deal with the business issues of Deuce’s future father-in-law.
Nick O’Flaherty and Kelly Abbott join Ty and Zane at the wedding on an island in Scotland, thinking they’re there to assuage Deuce’s paranoia. But when bodies start dropping and boats start sinking, the four men get more involved with the festivities than they’d ever planned to.
With the clock ticking and the killer just as stuck on the isolated island as they are, Ty and Zane must navigate a veritable minefield of family, friends, and foes to stop the whole island from being destroyed.
Review:
I'm already having withdrawal symptoms now that I've got all 8 books read. Ty and Zane really grab hold of your heart and you don't want to ever let them go.
Being joined by Nick & Kelly only added to the amazing appeal and intrigue of their latest adventure. Once again, the mystery seems to find the boys even at a family wedding. Ty and Zane knew there was a little something that needed their special brand of attention going in but never expected it to become what it does.
There's still some emotional fallout from Touch & Geaux between Ty and Nick, and even though it's heartbreaking at times, it was definitely necessary for the believable evolution of their friendship.
Rating: 5 Stars
Check out my previous post for author bio & links: Author Info
Reviews for Cut & Run series:
Cut & Run #1
Sticks & Stones #2
Fish & Chips #3
Divide & Conquer #4
Armed & Dangerous #5
Stars & Stripes #6
Touch & Geaux #7
Home from their unexpected deployment, the former members of Marine Force Recon team Sidewinder rejoin their loved ones and try to pick up the pieces of the lives they were forced to leave behind. Ty Grady comes home to Zane Garrett, only to find that everything around him has changed—even the men he went to war with. He barely has time to adjust before his brother, Deuce, asks Ty to be his best man. But that isn’t all Deuce asks Ty to do, and Ty must call for backup to deal with the business issues of Deuce’s future father-in-law.
Nick O’Flaherty and Kelly Abbott join Ty and Zane at the wedding on an island in Scotland, thinking they’re there to assuage Deuce’s paranoia. But when bodies start dropping and boats start sinking, the four men get more involved with the festivities than they’d ever planned to.
With the clock ticking and the killer just as stuck on the isolated island as they are, Ty and Zane must navigate a veritable minefield of family, friends, and foes to stop the whole island from being destroyed.
Review:
I'm already having withdrawal symptoms now that I've got all 8 books read. Ty and Zane really grab hold of your heart and you don't want to ever let them go.
Being joined by Nick & Kelly only added to the amazing appeal and intrigue of their latest adventure. Once again, the mystery seems to find the boys even at a family wedding. Ty and Zane knew there was a little something that needed their special brand of attention going in but never expected it to become what it does.
There's still some emotional fallout from Touch & Geaux between Ty and Nick, and even though it's heartbreaking at times, it was definitely necessary for the believable evolution of their friendship.
Rating: 5 Stars
Check out my previous post for author bio & links: Author Info
Reviews for Cut & Run series:
Cut & Run #1
Sticks & Stones #2
Fish & Chips #3
Divide & Conquer #4
Armed & Dangerous #5
Stars & Stripes #6
Touch & Geaux #7
Friday, April 11, 2014
Touch and Geaux (Cut & Run #7) by Abigail Roux
Summary:
After having their faces plastered across the news during a high-profile case, FBI Special Agents Ty Grady and Zane Garrett have become more useful to the Bureau posing for photo ops than working undercover. Just as Zane is beginning to consider retirement a viable option, Ty receives a distress call from a friend, leading them to a city rife with echoes from the past.
New Orleans wears its history on its streets, and it’s the one place Ty’s face could get him killed. Surrounded by trouble as soon as they land, Ty and Zane are swiftly confronted with a past from which Ty can’t hide—one with a surprising connection to Zane’s.
As threats close in from all directions, both men must come to terms with the lives they’ve led and the lies they’ve told. They soon discover that not all their secrets are out yet, and nothing lasts forever.
Review:
Can I just start by saying "WOW!" As usual I am completely blown away with Ty and Zane but I have to admit this one had something extra special that really puts the reader through an emotional ringer.
We learn a few things about both of the men's pasts through truthful flashback storytelling. Unfortunately, a couple of those revelations threaten the peaceful relationship between the partners that just might be unfixable. My heart was breaking as these truths came to light as I could understand both sides of the wall that was being built between Ty and Zane.
Since I don't do spoilers all I'll say is that I immediately purchased book number eight and started reading it right away.
Rating: 5 Stars
Check out my previous post for author bio & links: Author Info
After having their faces plastered across the news during a high-profile case, FBI Special Agents Ty Grady and Zane Garrett have become more useful to the Bureau posing for photo ops than working undercover. Just as Zane is beginning to consider retirement a viable option, Ty receives a distress call from a friend, leading them to a city rife with echoes from the past.
New Orleans wears its history on its streets, and it’s the one place Ty’s face could get him killed. Surrounded by trouble as soon as they land, Ty and Zane are swiftly confronted with a past from which Ty can’t hide—one with a surprising connection to Zane’s.
As threats close in from all directions, both men must come to terms with the lives they’ve led and the lies they’ve told. They soon discover that not all their secrets are out yet, and nothing lasts forever.
Review:
Can I just start by saying "WOW!" As usual I am completely blown away with Ty and Zane but I have to admit this one had something extra special that really puts the reader through an emotional ringer.
We learn a few things about both of the men's pasts through truthful flashback storytelling. Unfortunately, a couple of those revelations threaten the peaceful relationship between the partners that just might be unfixable. My heart was breaking as these truths came to light as I could understand both sides of the wall that was being built between Ty and Zane.
Since I don't do spoilers all I'll say is that I immediately purchased book number eight and started reading it right away.
Rating: 5 Stars
Check out my previous post for author bio & links: Author Info
Cover Reveal for Hunger by B.L. Wilde
Hunger (The Seductors Series #2)
Cover Design: Jo Matthews
Genre: Romance/Erotica/Suspense
Expected Release Date: June 6, 2014
When Jade walked out on Oliver six months ago, she left her heart behind. Little did she know her mission was far from over. Given a new mission—to secure a secret nuclear power core—she’s thrown back into his world and has to earn his trust once more. The only problem is that she’s competing directly with another Seductor that she despises, who has already been on the mission for two months.
Oliver was devastated when he discovered Jade had left him, so he closed himself off to the world, focusing solely on his job. Everything is thrown into chaos when she resurfaces, working for an old friend of his.
Will Jade be able to win Oliver back while fighting her jealously that another Seductor might steal the mission from her? Consumed with love, controlled by a hunger she has never known, can she protect her heart a second time around if Oliver takes her back?
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Desire (The Seductors Series #1)
Summary:
Jade has worked as a Seductor in a secret organization for five years now. Her main job? To earn the trust of her targets and secure the object or information her company was hired to steal—by any means necessary. She’s damn good at it, too.
With five years left on her contract, she is handed an assignment that turns her world upside down.
Oliver Kirkham is the attractive, young CEO of Kirkham Industries, a weapons manufacturing company, and is currently in possession of some very important blueprints—blueprints that could change the way war, as we know it, works. He’s extremely focused and doesn’t have time to date, at least until he comes to the rescue of a shy but very alluring Jade Gibbs.
What happens when one night of passion turns into more? Will Jade allow her feelings for Oliver to get in the way of her mission? Or will she do what she was hired to do and secure the steal?
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Author Bio:
B.L. Wilde is a British author obsessed with many things, including heated love stories. Supported fully by her husband, she can often be found at her desk working on her next project.
Her journey into the world of erotica began when she started writing online stories over three years ago, and she hasn’t looked back since.
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Cover Reveal for Re-release of Second Chances by NJ Cole
Summary:
Calla Moretti married her college sweetheart, Bill. Married life was great at first, but as his career had her dropping out of college and moving away from her family and friends, Calla struggled with her role as a wife and homemaker. Stress, due to infertility and Bill's affairs, had the marriage on the brink of failure. When she drives home in the middle of a thunderstorm and spots first a broken down motorcycle, then the sexy rider, she decides to take a chance and offer him assistance. Realizing fate brought her together with a man who could give her the one thing her husband couldn't -- a baby -- Calla decides to take a chance.
One romantic night, one big lie, will it save her marriage or fill her heart wit more emptiness? Will this be the answer to her prayers? In life, are there truly second chances?
Excerpt:
Staring into my eyes, he lowered his head. I could have moved, spoken, coughed . . . anything, but instead I lifted my chin and allowed him to kiss me.
At first it was chaste, it really was, but when I didn't pull away, he didn't either. I felt his tongue poke from between his velvet lips and lick over my lower one. I gasped, and he used that opportunity to find his way into my mouth. As my body began to shake, I groaned. I had to stop this. If I didn't, I'd end up having sex with him -- a total stranger. I knew that because I was ovulating, if I did sleep with him, there was a good chance that I'd become pregnant.
I'd become pregnant.
I had stiffened up at my epiphany, causing him to pull back. "Oh, shit. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that."
My mind was racing with the possibility of becoming pregnant tonight. I could go home to Bill in the morning and he and I could have sex. He'd think the baby was his, and maybe it would be, I reasoned with myself. He'd never know and our marriage would be fixed.
About the Author:
NJ Cole is a mid-western girl with a kinky side. She works by day and writes by night, all while being a mother to her wonderful boys and serving her Sir. Unlike many of today's authors, she chooses to write in first person, allowing the readers to experience life through the eyes of the unique characters and respect for their stories come through loud and clear in her writing. Reaching Amazon's top 100 list in Erotica with Midnight Caller and Landslide, NJ Cole promises to entertain and excite the reader with her newest tales o love, romance, and as always, hot, steamy sex.
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Tuesday, April 8, 2014
Stars and Stripes (Cut & Run #6) by Abigail Roux
Summary:
Special Agents Ty Grady and Zane Garrett have managed the impossible: a few months of peace and quiet. After nearly a year of personal and professional turmoil, they're living together conflict-free, work is going smoothly, and they're both happy, healthy, and home every night before dark. But anyone who knows them knows that can’t possibly last.
When an emergency call from home upsets the balance of their carefully arranged world, Ty and Zane must juggle family drama with a perplexing crime to save a helpless victim before time runs out.
From the mountains of West Virginia to a remote Texas horse ranch harboring more than just livestock and childhood memories, Ty and Zane must face their fears—and their families—to overcome an unlikely enemy and bring peace back into their newly shared world.
Review:
Seeing both Ty and Zane in their family environments certainly give some hints to the whys and hows to some of their unique and intriguing personality traits. As you know I don't give spoilers but I have to admit, I do not like Zane's mother but I sure love his dad and sister. As for Ty's family, we met them in Sticks & Stones, and I wasn't real fond of his grandfather or his father to be honest, but they certainly redeemed themselves in my eyes in this story.
They both have a chance to see not only the kind of atmosphere the other grew up in but also, they are given a chance to be open about their relationship. I can't imagine how difficult it will be for them to go back to Baltimore and have to hide again.
Rating: 5 Stars
Check out my previous post for author bios & links: Author Info
Special Agents Ty Grady and Zane Garrett have managed the impossible: a few months of peace and quiet. After nearly a year of personal and professional turmoil, they're living together conflict-free, work is going smoothly, and they're both happy, healthy, and home every night before dark. But anyone who knows them knows that can’t possibly last.
When an emergency call from home upsets the balance of their carefully arranged world, Ty and Zane must juggle family drama with a perplexing crime to save a helpless victim before time runs out.
From the mountains of West Virginia to a remote Texas horse ranch harboring more than just livestock and childhood memories, Ty and Zane must face their fears—and their families—to overcome an unlikely enemy and bring peace back into their newly shared world.
Review:
Seeing both Ty and Zane in their family environments certainly give some hints to the whys and hows to some of their unique and intriguing personality traits. As you know I don't give spoilers but I have to admit, I do not like Zane's mother but I sure love his dad and sister. As for Ty's family, we met them in Sticks & Stones, and I wasn't real fond of his grandfather or his father to be honest, but they certainly redeemed themselves in my eyes in this story.
They both have a chance to see not only the kind of atmosphere the other grew up in but also, they are given a chance to be open about their relationship. I can't imagine how difficult it will be for them to go back to Baltimore and have to hide again.
Rating: 5 Stars
Check out my previous post for author bios & links: Author Info
Friday, April 4, 2014
Armed and Dangerous (Cut & Run #5) by Abigail Roux
Summary:
Left alone in Baltimore after his unpredictable lover bails, Special Agent Zane Garrett takes his frustration out on everything in his path until he is ordered to Chicago to back up an undercover operative. When he gets there, though, he finds himself face to face with his wayward partner, Special Agent Ty Grady. They have to deal with the uncertainty lingering between them while they work to retrieve their intended mark, a retired hit man and CIA wet-works operative named Julian Cross.
Ty, once a marine and now an FBI hotshot, has a penchant for being unpredictable, a trait Zane can vouch for. Zane is a man who once lived for his job but has come to realize his heartbreaking past doesn’t have to overshadow his future. They're partners, friends, lovers, and the go-to team for unusual cases. With Cross and his innocuous boyfriend, Cameron Jacobs, in tow, Ty and Zane must navigate the obstacles of a cross-country trek, including TSA pat-downs, blizzards, their uncooperative prisoners, CIA kill teams, a desperate lack of sleep or caffeine, and each other. Ty and Zane are determined to get Julian Cross to DC in one piece, but it’s starting to look like it might be the last thing they do.
Review:
The author's first solo entry in the C&R series is a hit, in my honest opinion. I have to be honest, if I had been given this series with no author names and information, I really don't think I would have noticed the difference.
When Ty and Zane are told to bring Julian Cross in, they have no idea what they will be facing. If you thought Ty and Zane had an interesting beginning, wait till you read how Ty and Julian get along. When you throw in Julian's boyfriend, Cameron, who he insists come along, you have these four running the gamut of emotions and insults that you never knew could happen in one book.
The passion between Ty and Zane is as usual, extremely hot and incredibly loving. Now that they've decided to be completely open and honest with each other, I can't wait to see how they are able to handle all the truths as time goes forward.
Rating: 5 Stars
Author Bio:
ABIGAIL ROUX was born and raised in North Carolina. A past volleyball star who specializes in pratfalls and sarcasm, she currently spends her time coaching middle school volleyball and softball and dreading the day when her little girl hits that age. Abigail has a baby girl she calls Boomer, four rescued cats, one dog, a crazy ass extended family, and a cast of thousands in her head.
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Left alone in Baltimore after his unpredictable lover bails, Special Agent Zane Garrett takes his frustration out on everything in his path until he is ordered to Chicago to back up an undercover operative. When he gets there, though, he finds himself face to face with his wayward partner, Special Agent Ty Grady. They have to deal with the uncertainty lingering between them while they work to retrieve their intended mark, a retired hit man and CIA wet-works operative named Julian Cross.
Ty, once a marine and now an FBI hotshot, has a penchant for being unpredictable, a trait Zane can vouch for. Zane is a man who once lived for his job but has come to realize his heartbreaking past doesn’t have to overshadow his future. They're partners, friends, lovers, and the go-to team for unusual cases. With Cross and his innocuous boyfriend, Cameron Jacobs, in tow, Ty and Zane must navigate the obstacles of a cross-country trek, including TSA pat-downs, blizzards, their uncooperative prisoners, CIA kill teams, a desperate lack of sleep or caffeine, and each other. Ty and Zane are determined to get Julian Cross to DC in one piece, but it’s starting to look like it might be the last thing they do.
Review:
The author's first solo entry in the C&R series is a hit, in my honest opinion. I have to be honest, if I had been given this series with no author names and information, I really don't think I would have noticed the difference.
When Ty and Zane are told to bring Julian Cross in, they have no idea what they will be facing. If you thought Ty and Zane had an interesting beginning, wait till you read how Ty and Julian get along. When you throw in Julian's boyfriend, Cameron, who he insists come along, you have these four running the gamut of emotions and insults that you never knew could happen in one book.
The passion between Ty and Zane is as usual, extremely hot and incredibly loving. Now that they've decided to be completely open and honest with each other, I can't wait to see how they are able to handle all the truths as time goes forward.
Rating: 5 Stars
Author Bio:
ABIGAIL ROUX was born and raised in North Carolina. A past volleyball star who specializes in pratfalls and sarcasm, she currently spends her time coaching middle school volleyball and softball and dreading the day when her little girl hits that age. Abigail has a baby girl she calls Boomer, four rescued cats, one dog, a crazy ass extended family, and a cast of thousands in her head.
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