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Book Review: Confessions: Robbie (vol 1) by Ella Frank

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Release Date:  March 4, 2018 Publisher:  Createspace Format:  ebook Pages:  296 pages Genre:   LGBT, Erotica, Romance m/m Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis: Relationships are complex. Love ever-changing. And when it comes to rules of the heart, they were made to be broken… That's what Robert Antonio Bianchi was telling himself, anyway. Otherwise, he really had no excuse for what-or who-he'd done. No excuse, except for his lonely heart, a pitcher of margaritas, four Bitter Bitches, and the apparent need to confess all his weaknesses to the two men he knew would bring him nothing but trouble. But trouble was nothing new. Just ask his crazy sisters or any of his friends, and they'd be the first to tell you: If there was a bad decision to be made, Robbie always had a knack for making it. And thus begins the story of the priest, the princess, and the prick. Review: Robbie is the much loved bar manager from the Popped Cherry, Logan and Tate...

ARC Book Review: The Little Clan by Iris Martin Cohen

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Release Date:  April 17, 2018 Publisher:  Park Row Format:  ebook Pages:  333 pages Genre:   Fiction/Contemporary Buy:  Kindle  |  Hardcover Review:  Ava Gallanter is the librarian in residence at the Lazarus Club, an ancient, dwindling Manhattan arts club full of eccentric geriatric residents stuck in a long-gone era. Twenty-five-year-old Ava, however, feels right at home. She leads a quiet life, surrounded by her beloved books and sequestered away from her peers. When Ava’s enigmatic friend Stephanie returns after an unplanned year abroad, the intoxicating opportunist vows to rescue Ava from a life of obscurity. Stephanie, on the hunt for fame and fortune, promises to make Ava’s dream of becoming a writer come true, and together they start a Victorian-inspired literary salon at the Lazarus Club. However, Ava’s romanticized idea of the salon quickly erodes as Stephanie’s ambitions take the women in an unexpected—and precarious—dir...

Audio Book Review: The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer

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Release Date:  August 16, 2016 Publisher:  Simon & Schuster Audio Format:  Audio Length:  8 hours 6 minutes Narrator:  Amy Schumer Genre:  Biography/Essays Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis:  The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo , Amy mines her past for stories about her teenage years, her family, relationships, and sex and shares the experiences that have shaped who she is - a woman with the courage to bare her soul to stand up for what she believes in, all while making us laugh. Down to earth and relatable, frank and unapologetic, Amy Schumer is one of us: She relies on her sister for advice, still hangs out with her high school pals, and continues to navigate the ever-changing boundaries in love, work, and life. Ranging from the raucous to the romantic, the heartfelt to the harrowing, this highly entertaining and universally appealing collection is the literary equivalent of a night out with your...

ARC Review: Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman

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Release Date:  April 10, 2018 Publisher:  Del Rey Format:  ebook Pages:  384 pages Genre:   Fiction Buy:  Kindle  |  Hardcover Synopsis:  Carol Evers is a woman with a dark secret. She has died many times . . . but her many deaths are not final: They are comas, a waking slumber indistinguishable from death, each lasting days. Only two people know of Carol’s eerie condition. One is her husband, Dwight, who married Carol for her fortune, and—when she lapses into another coma—plots to seize it by proclaiming her dead and quickly burying her . . . alive. The other is her lost love, the infamous outlaw James Moxie. When word of Carol’s dreadful fate reaches him, Moxie rides the Trail again to save his beloved from an early, unnatural grave. And all the while, awake and aware, Carol fights to free herself from the crippling darkness that binds her—summoning her own fierce will to survive. As the players in this drama of life and d...

Audio Book Review: Walk of Shame (full series) by Victoria Ashley

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Release Date:  November 22, 2016 Publisher:  Audible Studios Format:  Audio Length:  15 hours 22 minutes Narrator:  Alexandra Shawnee & Beckett Greylock Genre:  Romance Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis:  Slade My name is Slade Merrick and I'm a f--king sex addict... I've been told it's a problem. But I see it as a passion; something that I'm good at. And who the f--k stops something that they're good at? They want me to seek help; get my cock in check. Don't judge my lifestyle. You're no better than me. Just admit it, you like to f--k too. Sex is what I do best; my own personal high, so I embrace it instead of being ashamed. When I'm not f--king, I'm slinging drinks at Walk Of Shame or stripping my way into your bed; another thing I'm good at. Every woman's darkest fantasy brought to life. So, am I stopping? F--k no. Sex is beautiful, raw, and erotic and I get off knowing I can have it with anyone ...

Audio Book Review: Tricked by Kevin Hearne

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Release Date:  April 24, 2012 Publisher:  Random House Audio Format:  Audio Length:  10 hours 41 minutes Narrator:  Luke Daniels Genre:  Fantasy/ Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis:  Druid Atticus O'Sullivan hasn't stayed alive for more than two millennia without a fair bit of Celtic cunning. So when vengeful thunder gods come Norse by Southwest looking for payback, Atticus, with a little help from the Navajo trickster god Coyote, lets them think that they've chopped up his body in the Arizona desert. But the mischievous Coyote is not above a little sleight of paw, and Atticus soon finds that he's been duped into battling bloodthirsty desert shape-shifters called skinwalkers. Just when the Druid thinks he's got a handle on all the duplicity, betrayal comes from an unlikely source. If Atticus survives this time, he vows he won't be fooled again. Famous last words. Review: Better than the last book th...

Book Review: Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson

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Release Date:  August 9, 2016 Publisher:  Amistad Format:  ebook Pages:  197 pages Genre:   Fiction Buy:  Kindle  |  Paperback   Synopsis: Running into a long-ago friend sets memory from the 1970s in motion for August, transporting her to a time and a place where friendship was everything—until it wasn’t. For August and her girls, sharing confidences as they ambled through neighborhood streets, Brooklyn was a place where they believed that they were beautiful, talented, brilliant—a part of a future that belonged to them. But beneath the hopeful veneer, there was another Brooklyn, a dangerous place where grown men reached for innocent girls in dark hallways, where ghosts haunted the night, where mothers disappeared. A world where madness was just a sunset away and fathers found hope in religion. Review: This is not your average coming of age story.  This is written more like poetry, or stream of consciousness.  You can...

ARC Book Review: The Girl I Used to Be by Mary Torjussen

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Release Date:  April 24, 2018 Publisher:  Berkley Publishing Format:  ebook Pages:  197 pages Genre:   Mystery/Thriller Buy:  Kindle | Paperback  Synopsis: The morning after real estate agent Gemma Brogan has dinner with a prospective client, she's furious at herself for drinking so much. But there will be more to regret than a nasty hangover. She starts receiving mementos from that night: A photo of a hallway kiss. A video of her complaining about her husband. And worse...much worse. The problem is she doesn't remember any of it. As the blackmailing and menace ramp up, Gemma fears for her already shaky marriage. The paranoia, the feeling that her life is spiraling out of control, will take her back to another night--years ago--that changed everything. And Gemma will realize just how far the shadows from her past can reach... Review: This is a fast paced mystery.  Gemma works day and night while her husband stays home wit...

Audio Book Review: True (temptation series 6) by Ella Frank

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Release Date:  July 2, 2015 Publisher:  Audible Studios Format:  Audio Length:  9 hours 8 minutes Narrator:  Shannon Gunn Genre:  LGBT/Romance/Erotica Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis:  True - adjective: That which is accurate or exact.  I dare you to try.  I think you're my truth. Terrify me.  Marry me.  Marry me.  Marry me... Four years ago, Logan Mitchell walked into Tate's life and challenged him to see it differently.  He dared Tate to try a kiss when normally he wouldn't have. He begged him to take a chance when he probably shouldn't have. But most importantly, he asked Tate to trust that he would love him, and he did. From that moment on, Tate realized exactly what his life had been missing - Logan. Happily ever afters come in many different forms. But for Tate Morrison, there's only one ending he wants. The one where the guy marries the guy and t...

Audio Book Review: Tate (temptation series 5) by Ella Frank.

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Release Date:  October 12, 2017 Publisher:  Audible Studios Format:  Audio Length:  8 hours 41 minutes Narrator:  Shannon Gunn Genre:  LGBT/Romance/Erotica Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis:  William Tate Morrison – The man who came into my life and turned my entire world—and me—on its ass. Logan Mitchell has always been a man with a plan. One for work. One for his relationship. And one for his life. Which is exactly the way he liked it—until recently. Now with words like marriage and weddings floating around his head, Logan’s plans have suddenly changed course, and where they want him to go has him feeling somewhat distracted. Tate Morrison knows Logan better than anybody else—or so he thinks. So when his lawyer is finding it hard to sleep at night, he chalks it up to the craziness that has recently descended on their lives. Never in a million years would he guess what’s really on Logan’s mind. Tate is th...

Audio Book Review: Tease (Temptation Series 4) by Ella Frank

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Release Date:  July 25, 2017 Publisher:  Audible Studios Format:  Audio Length:  8 hours 44 minutes Narrator:  Shannon Gunn Genre:  LGBT/Romance/Erotica Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis:  Tease - verb: to tantalize especially by arousing desire or curiosity often without intending to satisfy it...unless your name is Tate Morrison.  It's been four years since Logan Mitchell walked into Tate's life and irrevocably changed it. Four years since the sexy as sin lawyer dared him to try, and four years since Tate won his love. Now, as they approach the next chapter of their lives Logan is determined they won't end up like many of their friends. Settled. Domestic. Boring. However, that's easier said than done. With busy careers and working odd hours, finding time for one another is becoming increasingly difficult.  But that sh*t isn't going to fly with Logan or Tate. The two of them are deter...

Audio Book Review: Trust (Temptation Series 3) by Ella Frank

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Release Date:  July 2, 2015 Publisher:  Audible Studios Format:  Audio Length:  11 hours 2 minutes Narrator:  Shannon Gunn Genre:  LGBT/Romance/Erotica Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis:  TRUST – verb: to believe in the reliability, truth, or strength of another. Up until now, Logan Mitchell has never had much of a reason to trust anyone. Having struggled with a self-identity crisis throughout college, he’s spent the years since then creating a sophisticated facade to present to the world. It’s an armor he thought was impenetrable—until he met Tate Morrison. The gorgeous, headstrong bartender he’d sat across from only months ago has taken a tight hold of his heart, and Logan is discovering that it’s time to let go. It’s time to let someone inside. After years of placing his dreams on hold for his family, Tate has finally chosen to do what makes him happy and follow his heart. The one thing he ne...

Audio Book Review: Take (The Temptation Series 2) by Ella Frank

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Release Date:  September 26, 2014 Publisher:  Audible Studios Format:  Audio Length:  9 hours 17 minutes Narrator:  Shannon Gunn Genre:  LGBT/Romance/Erotica Buy:   Audible  |  Kindle  |  Paperback Synopsis:  verb : to reach for and hold in one's hands or get into one's possession, power, or control. Logan Mitchell is a man who's always been more than happy to take what he wants. It's a philosophy that's proven lucrative in both his business and personal life, and never was it more apparent than the night he laid eyes on Tate Morrison. After pulling out all the stops and convincing the sexy bartender to give him a try - he's hooked. Now, Logan finds himself in a predicament that demands more from him than a smart-ass answer and his innate ability to walk away when things get too deep. He has a choice to make, and it'll force him to do something he's never done before - take a chance. Tate Morrison knows all about taking ...