Author Archive
April 5th, 2011 by Kassa / 358 views
Title: A Good Bargain 
Author: DC Juris
Publisher: Breathless Press
Length: Short Story (18 pgs)
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Blurb:
David ends up with more than he bargained for when a hot, young stud-muffin named Brandon catches his eye!
Awkward and unsure, David has finally reentered the dating scene. A hot, young stud-muffin named Brandon seems like the perfect start, but things get complicated when Brandon makes a startling confession. Is Brandon the right choice for David, or did David just get way more than he bargained for?
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Posted in 2.5 stars, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Reviews, Romance | No Comments »
March 31st, 2011 by Kassa / 785 views
Title: Dutch’s Boy 
Author: Xavier Axelson
Publisher: Seventh Window Publications
Length: Novella / 88pgs
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Blurb:
Fulfilling your dream isn’t easy, especially if you’re the son of well-known rodeo rider Dutch Reynolds. Dutch doesn’t want to see his son Harry leave the family ranch until he feels Harry is ready. But for Harry, his dream of riding broncos at the rodeo seems to be passing him by. With the moral support of his best friend Reb, Harry takes his life in his own hands and leaves the ranch before Dutch can stop him. Chance encounters, sex and love soon teach the young cowboy life lessons that he will not forget.
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Posted in 2 stars, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Reviews, Romance, Western | No Comments »
March 29th, 2011 by Kassa / 843 views
Title: Death by Misfortune 
Author: AM Riley
Publisher: MLR Press
Length: Novel (370 pgs)
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Blurb:
After a glamorous studio party, “Psychic to the Stars” Sylvie Black is found murdered in her fortune telling booth, a blood soaked tarot reading spread out before her. Shortly afterwards, the high-profile director who was about to produce Ms. Black’s ‘tell-all’ Hollywood screenplay, is found murdered as well.
Closeted Homicide detective, Bill Turner, and his partner, Kate Crandall, find themselves sorting through a cast of likely suspects, who all seem to have secrets worth killing for. They soon run up against the studio rumor mill, and Jeremy Reilly, a young studio AD determined to protect their prime suspect.
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Posted in 4.5 stars, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Mystery, Reviews | 4 Comments »
March 10th, 2011 by Kassa / 690 views
Title: Nowhere Ranch 
Author: Heidi Cullinan
Publisher: Loose Id
Length: Novel / 130 pgs
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Blurb:
Roe Davis is a man who works hard, keeps to himself, and never mixes business with pleasure — until he takes a weekend away from his new job at Nowhere Ranch and runs into the owner at the only gay bar for two hundred miles. Getting involved with the boss is a bad idea, but Travis Loving is hard to say no to, especially when it turns out their kinks line up like a pair of custom-cut rails. As Loving points out, so long as this is sex on the side, no interfering with the job, they could make it work.
The truth is, there’s good reason Roe never settles down and always spends his birthdays and holidays celebrating alone. Shut out in the cold by his family years ago, Roe survived by declaring he didn’t need a home. As his affair with Loving grows into more than just sex, Roe finds out what happens when he stays put a little bit too long: the past always catches up with you. Eventually, even a loner gets lonely, and home will grow up through whatever cracks you leave open for it — even in a place called Nowhere.
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Posted in 4 stars, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Reviews, Romance | 2 Comments »
March 8th, 2011 by Kassa / 364 views
Title: I Once Had a Master 
Author: John Preston
Publisher: Cleis Press
Length: Collection, 220 pgs
Buy the book: Amazon
Blurb:
John Preston brings it back to the basics: a hand on a neck, a boot that needs a spit shine, a trick who leaves with bruises and sweet memories. In books such as the S/M classic Mr. Benson, Preston explored power exchange in all its battered beauty. The sex stories in I Once Had a Master combine a hard-core sensibility with rare psychological insight.
In “Authenticity,” a top turns down two fawning bottoms in full leather regalia in favor of the sweet-faced novice who offers genuine surrender. In “Pedro,” a college boy has a summer affair with a truck driver and finds himself flirting with other men just to provoke his lover’s rage. The lonely bottom in “Interludes” develops his body to perfection, then seeks out the Daddy who will cherish this gift.
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Posted in 4.5 stars, BDSM, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Reviews | 2 Comments »
March 3rd, 2011 by Kassa / 541 views
Title: Putting Out Fires 
Author: Marie Sexton
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Length: Short Story / 30 pgs
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Blurb:
A Coda Valentine’s Day Story
Matt Richards has never given much thought to Valentine’s Day, but when his lover of almost three years, Jared Thomas, hints that he feels unappreciated, Matt realizes he needs to do something. He’s determined to make this Valentine’s Day special, but nothing is going to turn out the way Matt plans. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in 4 stars, Fiction, Gay, Reviews, Romance | No Comments »
March 1st, 2011 by Kassa / 740 views
Title: Waterways 
Author: Kyell Gold
Publisher: The Sofawolf Press
Length: 200 pgs
Buy the book: ebook
Blurb:
Kory was having enough trouble in high school. His girlfriend just dumped him, his poetry made him a target for ridicule, and college applications were looming. The very last thing he needed was to fall in love with another boy.
Waterways is the complete novel from award-winning author Kyell Gold in his universe of anthropomorphic animal characters that includes his beloved story “Aquifers.” Join Kory the otter as his feelings and faith collide, washing away the life he knew. His brother Nick, friends Samaki the fox and Malaya the bat, and Father Joe are there to help, but it’s Kory who has to navigate the thrills and perils of the new waterways that make up his life.
At stake? Nothing much — just a chance at true love and happiness. And he still has to graduate from high school… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in 4 stars, Fiction, Gay, Reviews, Romance, Young Adult | No Comments »
February 26th, 2011 by Kassa / 1,314 views
The Year in Review
So TDB officially opened its doors on 1/18/2010 and has had a pretty solid year. At least we think so. Although as with any venture we started with our ideas bigger than our reading time, we’ve been steadily plugging along reviewing we hope a wide variety of books in the GLBTQ genre. We didn’t hit all of the goals we set for ourselves but we also never wanted to be a massive site. We’re happy to be a quiet corner of solid reviews that span the genre with thoughtful, careful reviews. So let’s see how we did in accomplishing that goal.
In the past year we’ve published 21 “rambling” posts and 223 reviews by 10 different reviewers.
Of those reviews, they break down the following way:
1 star reviews – 4
1.5 star reviews – 1
2 star reviews – 8
2.5 star reviews – 7
3 star reviews – 27
3.5 star reviews – 45
4 star reviews – 77
4.5 star reviews – 38
5 star reviews – 16
The average rating on TDB is 3.7.
We’ve reviewed:
8 bisexual titles
193 gay titles
24 lesbian titles
2 queer titles
7 transgendered titles
Erotica still makes up the majority of books coming in at 138 out of 222 reviews – we all like our porn – but we do offer nearly 40% of non-erotica book reviews. Hopefully we can get this even higher and more diverse in the coming year.
One of the goals starting this site was to offer reviews for books that are outside the m/m erotica romance genre. While we still have to work on that, I think TDB balances both the guilty pleasure books we love and those gems that may be overlooked.
So where do we improve? We have several ideas about what we’d like to improve upon and work on in the coming year but this is a perfect time to get some feedback from our readers.
Feel free to take the anonymous poll or leave us some feedback (which we love!).
Thank you and here’s to another successful year.
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February 24th, 2011 by Kassa / 955 views
Title: First Impressions 
Author: Josephine Myles
Publisher: Torquere Press
Length: Short Story
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Blurb:
When ugly socks attract.
Surly artist Jez just can’t help staring at the brightly colored socks of the businessman who sits opposite him on the train every day. He weaves a whole history for the mysterious stranger in a vain attempt to stave off his attraction, but it only ends up feeding his bizarre obsession. Then one hot morning, Jez finally snaps and starts sketching… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in 4 stars, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Reviews, Romance | 9 Comments »
February 17th, 2011 by Kassa / 463 views
Title: Dead End Job 
Author: Clancy Nacht
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Length: Short Story
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Blurb:
Theo works day in and day out at the office, the lone live manager of the zombie crew. Then a new worker comes in, and Theo begins to suspect that the employee might actually be alive—because there’s no way Theo could find himself irresistibly and frighteningly attracted to a zombie.
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Posted in 2.5 stars, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Reviews, Romance | 2 Comments »
