Archive for the ‘3.5 stars’ Category

« Older Entries

Daywalker Legacy by Amanda Young

Monday, June 28th, 2010 / 183 views

Title: Daywalker Legacy
Author: Amanda Young
Publisher: Createspace
Length: 295 pages
Buy the book: Amazon & Createspace

Blurb:

Secrets and Lies
After the near genocide of his race, Teague Johnson now spends his life hiding in plain sight. In a city populated by humans and Nightfeeders alike, he and his brother are forced to cloak themselves in forged histories in order to blend in among the hierarchy of society.

Teague’s weekly trysts with Kyle Drake give him a reason to anticipate the future — until Kyle unexpectedly disappears. Afterward, Teague’s life is thrust under a microscope, endangering everything he holds dear. Allegiances are tested, and the lines of friendship blur in a race to stop an inhuman killer. Kyle’s fate hinges on Teague’s ability to untangle the intricate web of secrets and lies before it’s too late.

The Hard Truth
Blackmailed into claiming a birthright he doesn’t want, Cadge Johnson is thrust into a world of politics and intrigue. His only ally is old friend and former lover, Red Taylor — a Nightfeeder he has kept at arm’s length for decades. The sordid past they share is nothing compared to the trials ahead. After nearly a century of love, loss, murder, and deception, only the cold, hard truth will finally set them free.

(more…)

Tags: ,
Posted in 3.5 stars, Erotica, Gay, Paranormal, Reviews, Romance | 3 Comments »

The Unborn Spouse Situation by Matt Rauscher

Thursday, June 17th, 2010 / 210 views

Title: The Unborn Spouse Situation
Author: Matt Rauscher
Publisher: Lethe Press
Length:: Novel/310 pages ebook
Buy the book: Giovanni’s Room / ebook

Blurb:

Augie Schoenberg is twenty-two, an aspiring filmmaker at a school without a film school, and desperately single. He’s just moved into the Harley Hutt, the wildest party house on campus, and has fallen hard for his roommate Victor Radhakrishna, a campus political activist who is, for Augie, ”a practical demi-god: a crusader for justice in skateboarding shoes.” The problem is, Augie is the only gay one in the house – or so he thinks. Set in a raucous Midwestern college town, The Unborn Spouse Situation is a darkly comic novel of sex, betrayal, and cultural clashes. Augie’s search for love takes him from the cornfields of Illinois, to the gay beach and underground clubs of Chicago, and finally to the ecstasy-fueled nightlife of London, where Victor’s secret threatens to keep the two apart forever. Whether in this relationship, or in two other doomed romances – one with a deeply closeted Mexican-American frat boy, and the other with a Cuban pro baseball player – Augie finds that the deceptively free Midwestern environment holds more obstacles to these relationships than even he had thought. Written in a raucous, voyeuristic style, Augie’s story won’t disappoint readers looking for a wild, sexy ride.

(more…)

Tags: ,
Posted in 3.5 stars, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Reviews | 3 Comments »

The Delaneys and Me by Anne Brooke

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010 / 208 views

Title: The Delaneys and Me
Author: Anne Brooke
Publisher: Amber Allure
Length: Short Story (8K words)
Buy the book: Publisher, Amazon, All Romance eBooks

Blurb:

When Liam makes a scene in the middle of a restaurant after his boyfriend, Brandon, dumps him, he knows Brandon’s cousins, the Delaney twins, will be after him. The Delaneys head up the local gangster scene and are not to be messed with. Liam knows their retribution is imminent, especially since, in the heat of the moment, he threatened to take what he knows (and, really, he doesn’t know much) to the police.

It’s a recipe for disaster.

But when the Delaneys confront Liam, they give him a choice between being shot, or having sex with both of them and Liam senses that his evening might turn out to be rather more interesting than originally expected…

(more…)

Tags: ,
Posted in 3.5 stars, Erotica, Gay, Reviews | 4 Comments »

The Boy I Love by Marion Husband

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010 / 186 views

Title: The Boy I Love
Author: Marion Husband
Publisher: Accent Press Ltd
Length:: Novel/ 304 pgs
Buy the book: Amazon / ebook

Blurb:

Love and loyalty set in WWI

(more…)

Tags: ,
Posted in 3.5 stars, Fiction, Gay, Historical, Reviews | No Comments »

The Englor Affair by J L Langley

Monday, May 24th, 2010 / 184 views

Title: The Englor Affair
Author: J L Langley
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Length: Novel/298 pages
Buy the book: eBook

Blurb:

In hiding who he was, Payton found himself-and the man he would grow to love.

After his brother is kidnapped, Prince Payton Townsend masquerades as an Admiral’s assistant in order to track the culprits through the tangled mysteries of the planet Englor. He finds way more than he bargained for in the form of Marine Colonel Simon Hollister.

Simon is no ordinary soldier. He is heir to Englor and his life is mapped out for him: throne, bride, and eventually an heir. He never expected a dalliance with Payton to blossom into love, or that the organization that taught him to lead would threaten that love-and their lives.

Danger and intrigue abound as they learn more about their shared enemy, and about each other. What they learn could help them rise above to an enduring love-or pull them apart.

Publishers Warning: Hot sweaty manlove of the interplanetary kind.

(more…)

Tags: ,
Posted in 3.5 stars, Erotica, Gay, Orientation, Reviews, Romance, Science Fiction | 2 Comments »

Little Japan by Reno MacLeod and Jaye Valentine

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 / 215 views

Title: Little Japan
Author: Reno MacLeod and Jaye Valentine
Publisher: Noble Romance Publishing
Length: Novel/229 Pages
Buy the book: Noble Romance, Amazon

Blurb:

Japan. Land of honor and beauty, crowded streets with neon signs, and exotic markets where ancient traditions still hold fast in modern-day society. As Japanese business people rush about their busy lives, there exists a place in Osaka, Japan where a modern take on the ancient tradition of the geisha thrives.

Kuri and Daichi work at Kingyo Club, a popular host club in the Dōtonbori district of Osaka. After sleeping their days away, the boys’ nights are owned by the host club lifestyle and anyone willing to pay the steep price for a few hours of hard drinking and flirtatious companionship. Kuri and Daichi are lovers and best friends, and along with their roommates Sora and Takumi, they look out for one another in an occupation fraught with both physical and emotional danger.

In addition to the endless bottles of fizzy champagne, expensive gifts, and confessions of false love courtesy of regular clients, every now and then comes a customer with even deeper pockets and much darker demands. Gabriel Hartley is one of these men. After a chance meeting, Gabriel targets the stunning Kuri to feed his obsession with seducing and dominating young Japanese men.

The relationship between Kuri and Gabriel dramatically changes when a traumatic event plunges them from the Land of the Rising Sun into the land of powerful sheikhs and servant boys in the dark underworld of exotic Dubai. As Kuri struggles with the heartache of having what’s most precious to him ripped away, he helps Gabriel learn important lessons about love, honor, and the power of self-forgiveness.

(more…)

Tags: , ,
Posted in 3.5 stars, Action Adventure, Erotica, Fiction, Gay, Reviews, Romance | 5 Comments »

Jocks: True stories of America’s gay male athletes by Dan Woog

Monday, May 3rd, 2010 / 362 views

Title: Jocks: True stories of America’s gay male athletes
Author: Dan Woog
Publisher: Alyson Books
Length: 230 pages, paperback
Buy this book: Amazon

Blurb:

What happens when the final closet door–that of men in sports–finally swings open?

Is there life for gay athletes after coming out to their teammates? Is there life before coming out? And how does being in the closet affect athletic performance? As gay athletes and coaches openly move onto the playing fields, many are still grappling with the subtle messages they received while growing up: that homosexuality is something to be mocked, avoided or feared and is completely incompatible with athletics. Journalist Dan Woog, himself an openly gay soccer coach, interviewed dozens of gay jocks and offers up over twenty-five inspiring stories of men who are truly today’s champions.

(more…)

Tags: ,
Posted in 3.5 stars, Anthology, Biography, Gay, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Reviews | 2 Comments »

Strings Attached by Nick Nolan

Thursday, April 29th, 2010 / 208 views

Title: Strings Attached
Author: Nick Nolan
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Length: Novel/320 pages
Buy the book: Ebook,  Paperback

Blurb:

Closeted teenager Jeremy is sent to live with wealthy relatives after his mother enters rehab. Struggling to fit into the posh world of Ballena Beach, Jeremy joins the high school swim team, dates a popular girl, and begins to think he may have landed in paradise—until his great aunt Katharine starts to dictate his every move … and a late-night phone call insinuates that his father’s accidental death was not so accidental after all.

As Jeremy grows accustomed to the veneer of a fabulous life, so grows his need for answers—as well as the danger of immeasurable harm. Weaving together a murder mystery, sexual ambiguity, and characters with hidden identities and agendas , Nick Nolan offers readers a deliciously witty page-turner about the “puppet” who wishes only to be a real boy. Strings Attached is also a surprisingly heartfelt story about coming-of-age and coming out—not necessarily in that order.

(more…)

Tags: ,
Posted in 3.5 stars, Fiction, Gay, Mystery, Reviews, Young Adult | No Comments »

Second Nature by Jae

Friday, April 9th, 2010 / 226 views

Title: Second Nature
Author: Jae
Publisher: L-Book ePublisher
Buy the Book: Publisher

Blurb:

Novelist Jorie Price doesn’t believe in the existence of shape-shifting creatures or true love. She leads a solitary life, and the paranormal romances she writes are pure fiction for her.

Griffin Westmore knows better — at least about one of these two things. She doesn’t believe in love either, but she’s one of the not-so-fictional shape-shifters. She’s also a Saru — an elite soldier, investigator, and if need be an assassin with the mission to protect the shape-shifters’ secret existence at any cost.

When Jorie gets too close to the truth in her latest shape-shifter romance, Griffin is sent to investigate — and if necessary to destroy the manuscript before it’s published and to kill the writer.

(more…)

Tags: ,
Posted in 3.5 stars, Erotica, Lesbian, Reviews, Romance | No Comments »

Not Quite the Same by Sheila Morris

Thursday, April 8th, 2010 / 173 views

Title: Not Quite the Same
Author: Sheila Morris
Publisher: Red Letter Press
Length:: Novel / 179 pages
Buy the book: Amazon

Blurb:

GCLS Literary Awards winner Sheila Morris continues her engaging stories as she leaves her Texas home breaking free from the ties of her childhood. Her travels take her from Seattle to South Carolina, and from youthful longings to grownup passions. Along the way, she unearths and understands herself, but rarely the women she loves.

From no-holds-barred workplace discrimination against women in the 60s to the deliberate deception of corporate America against lesbians in the 21st century, she survives and tells the stories that need to be told. She speaks honestly, but with humor that spices the narrative.

Finally, she hears the voices of her past calling her home again in her memories. They remind us all that we never really leave home or the people we love.

(more…)

Tags: ,
Posted in 3.5 stars, Lesbian, Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Reviews | No Comments »

« Older Entries
 
© 2010 Three Dollar Bill Reviews
WordPress Theme by Arcsin