Category: Contemporary

  • REVIEW: The Family We Make by Dan Wingreen

    REVIEW: The Family We Make by Dan Wingreen

    The Official Description: Spencer Kent gave up on love a long time ago. As a twenty-eight-year-old single father with a fourteen-year-old son, Connor, he knows his appeal to the average gay man is limited, and when you factor in his low self-esteem and tendencies towards rudeness and sarcasm, it might as well be nonexistent. But…

  • REVIEW: Blue Umbrella Sky by Rick R. Reed

    REVIEW: Blue Umbrella Sky by Rick R. Reed

    The Official Description: Lambda Literary Award Finalist for Gay Romance Milt Grabaur has left his life, home, and teaching career in Ohio to start anew. The Summer Winds trailer park in Palm Springs, butted up against the San Jacinto mountain range, seems the perfect place to forget the pain of nursing his beloved husband through…

  • REVIEW: Burn Zone (Hot Shots #1) by Annabeth Albert

    REVIEW: Burn Zone (Hot Shots #1) by Annabeth Albert

    The Official Description: Introducing Annabeth Albert’s Hotshots series—the emotions and intensity of Chicago Fire with the raw, natural elements of Man vs. Wild. Danger lurks everywhere for Central Oregon’s fire crews, but the biggest risk of all might be losing their hearts… Smoke jumper Lincoln Reid is speechless to see Jacob Hartman among his squad’s…

  • REVIEW: Happy Place by Jay Northcote

    REVIEW: Happy Place by Jay Northcote

    The Official Description: A first kiss from a younger man leads to a sexual awakening… George’s strict upbringing has left him ashamed of his sexuality. In his forties now, he’s yet to come out or even kiss a man—until he meets Quentin. Quentin has had enough of bad relationships with men who won’t commit. Still…

  • REVIEW and giveaway!: Falling For My Roommate by Garrett Leigh

    REVIEW and giveaway!: Falling For My Roommate by Garrett Leigh

    The Official Description: Falling for his roommate gives ex footballer Micah the second chance he deserves, and what could be better than loving your best friend? Micah I’m a broke ex-football player with a bum leg and PTSD. Last summer, I had two choices: the streets, or find a cheap room to rent in the…

  • REVIEW: Mud & Lace by Jay Northcote

    REVIEW: Mud & Lace by Jay Northcote

    There’s a new installment in the Rainbow Place series coming on March 18!! Follow along as I read and review the first five books in the series!  Book 4: Mud & Lace Official description: When Wicksy falls for drag queen Charlie, they discover that both sexuality and gender can be fluid. Simon Wicks—Wicksy to his…

  • REVIEW, Release blitz and GIVEAWAY!: Work-Love Balance by Allison Temple

    REVIEW, Release blitz and GIVEAWAY!: Work-Love Balance by Allison Temple

    The Official Description:The customer always comes first, but IT consultant Brady Jansen loves to hate Nash O’Hara. Except the fine line between hate and attraction means sometimes Brady can’t help it when he crosses the boundary between professional and personal. Recently divorced, workaholic Nash knows he’s hard to please. When the smart-mouthed IT consultant he…

  • REVIEW: Better Place by Jay Northcote

    REVIEW: Better Place by Jay Northcote

    There’s a new installment in the Rainbow Place series coming on March 18!! Follow along as I read and review the first five books in the series!  Book 3: Better Place Official description: Joe deserves better. Meeting Dylan helps him see that. After a recent redundancy, Joe takes a few months off to try and…

  • REVIEW: Safe Place by Jay Northcote

    REVIEW: Safe Place by Jay Northcote

    There’s a new installment in the Rainbow Place series coming on March 18!! Follow along as I read and review the first five books in the series!  Book 2: Safe Place Official description: Where do you go when your home is no longer a safe place? Alex is about to turn eighteen and is firmly…

  • REVIEW: The Rainbow Place by Jay Northcote

    REVIEW: The Rainbow Place by Jay Northcote

    There’s a new installment in the Rainbow Place series coming on March 18!! Follow along as I read and review the first five books in the series!  Book 1: Rainbow Place Official description: Can Jason find the courage he needs to be the man Seb deserves? When Seb Radcliffe relocates to a seaside town in Cornwall,…

  • REVIEW: On The Kalalau Trail by Robin Reardon

    REVIEW: On The Kalalau Trail by Robin Reardon

    The Official Description: Self-discovery. Sounds simple, right? After all, you’re already there. You’re already you. So it can surprise us that it takes so much time, and so much effort. It surprises Nathan Bartlett. In the first Trailblazer book (On Chocorua), Nathan’s adored older brother had died a tragic death. Two years later, during this…

  • REVIEW: Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

    REVIEW: Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender

    The Official Description: From Stonewall and Lambda Award–winning author Kacen Callender comes a revelatory YA novel about a transgender teen grappling with identity and self-discovery while falling in love for the first time. Felix Love has never been in love—and, yes, he’s painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what it’s like and…