Thursday 31 January 2013

The Betrayal Knows My Name by Hotaru Odagiri

The Betrayal Knows My Name by Hotaru Odagiri
Story 1: Time, Set in Motion to Story 11: Scars
OT, Paranormal

Abandoned as a baby and raised in an orphanage, the kind-hearted high-schooler Yuki Sakuragi is driven by a need to find the reason for his existence. Plagued by mysterious dreams, Yuki also possesses the strange ability to read the deepest, darkest thoughts of anyone he touches. As both the dreams and his powers intensify, there appears before him a beautiful young man named "Zess," whose face tugs on Yuki's memory. He warns Yuki not to venture outside on Walpurgis Night, the eve of the blood-red moon, which invites death. But when Yuki's compassion leads him to disobey Zess's order, has Yuki carelessly thrown his life away before he's even given himself the chance to find out the very reason for it?


Hadn’t the Pleasure # 37

The books that have been collecting dust for so long they have become stained from it

 

Two men, Rafe de Lorca and Steele Reid, are committed as deeply to their job as they are in their love for each other. Trained in espionage, they are killers by necessity and patriots by choice. Betrayed by the very people they work for and on the run, will they manage to survive or will those who are after them prevail?Espionage agent Anders must protect Grant Eastman and his son, Nicky, after Grant discovers information vital to national security. Teamed with a third man they attempt to get the information into safe hands while trying to elude those who would kill them to retrieve it

 
Shadow Men by Edward Kendrick
First published February 2012 by Silver Publishing
iBook, 186 pages
Contemporary Romance, m/m

Wednesday 30 January 2013

Waiting in Wednesday #36

A meme hosted by Breaking the Spine

 

Dominic Novak left more than a legacy for conservation and an instinctive love for animals behind when he died.

He left a son, Jamie, who craved the instinct for animals that his father had... and a pupil, Mitchell, whose life changed after hearing Dominic Novak speak in a lecture.

Jamie is hiding, scared of people finding the real him, hiding his identity from the world.

Could working together at a placement in Khutzeymateen, a grizzly bear sanctuary in British Columbia be the making of them, or will it end up destroying Jamie?


Spirit Bear by RJ Scott
Expected publication 2 February 2013 by Love Lane Books
Paranormal Romance, m/m
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Tuesday 29 January 2013

Stuck in Your Head # 32

So, I justread this, again, and it still gets to me. maybe it needs more context but it’s the line, the picture. And just one reason you can’t help but fall in love with the series.
 




No matter what happens from here on, our left arms will bear….
….the sign of our fellowship.


Vol. 23 paperback

 
Vivi’s Adventure by Eiichiro Oda
(One Piece vol. 23)
First Published April 2002 by Shonen Jump
Pirates, Teen

As a child, Monkey D. Luffy dreamed of becoming the King of the Pirates. But his life changed when he accidentally gained the power to stretch like rubber?at the cost of never being able to swim again! Now Luffy, with the help of a motley collection of pirate wannabes, is setting off in search of the "One Piece," said to be the greatest treasure in the world!

Vivi's Adventure: With all the Officer Agents defeated, only Crocodile and his final plan to destroy the palace stands in the way of peace. While Luffy battles it out with the evil Croc in the royal tombs, Vivi and the rest of the Straw Hats have to find the bomb before it blows up the capital--with everyone in it!

Monday 28 January 2013

The Dark Angels: Tied Together by Z. Allora

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Tied Together
Series: the Dark Angels #2
Pub: January 2012 by MLR Press, LLC
Author: Z. Allora
Genre: Contemporary Erotic lite BDSM Romance, m/m
Format: iBook; 190p w/ 21 chapters
Whose: Josh & Robin

                        Synopsis
As part of the rock sensation, The Dark Angels, Josh and Robin Strider have the fans calling them "The Twins". Although they're not blood brothers, growing up together has given them a special bond that was challenged when they were thrown out of their home. Surviving and being saved from life on the streets makes Robin cling to brotherly ties that don't exist.

One night with friends opens the doors to what Josh has always wanted — Robin's body and heart. If Josh learns to master Robin's inner submissive, he'll be able to give Robin the security he craves. But can rumors from Josh's father unravel the ties between Robin and Josh or will a collar and love be enough to tie them together?


Sunday 27 January 2013

Read by Wont Review #26

These are the books I read and won’t be reviewing anytime soon.
(not because they weren’t good, just because)

*By Your side by Willa Okati
*A Christmas for Ava (Lost Shifters #21) by Stephani Hecht
Handcuffs and Glory Holes (Rowlings Men #2) by Kim Dare
*Cards on the Table by Josh Lanyon
Saint’s Curse: Luke by Lee Brazil

Saturday 26 January 2013

Happy Aussie Day, mates

It may be a little late, but I found these and couldn’t stop myself—really, it’s an Aussie thing right? And I’m feeling as if I haven’t done nothing a good ol’ Aussie is meant to do
Yeah know, I don’t drink VB, the crap taste like shit (beer in general dose, but that shit…yuck!—horse piss)
It was bloody raining, and at the moment my man can’t eat meat—so no BBQ
The V8’s weren’t racing, and I can’t stand the Cricket—really people, talk a bore.

But I found these….the Australia Day 2013 published by MLR Press
Nothing but some gay Aussie meet, right?

It’s Not Me—It’s You


this is from the lovely people of Red Hot Books, The Book Nymphs & Parajunkee’s view, I really like the idea, and I’m going to go ahead and do my own. (if either of you want me to take it down, tell me and I will)

Anyway, this is a great point. I love it. And I have been thinking of the same thing, since it’s another year, and the series are about to pop back up. So what’s on the chopping block?
Though I don’t actually have a lot of series that I read, I’m not a fan of first person running series, in any genre—really, you have to have a POV that I can fall in love with, or it’s gone
Saying this.....

Memoirs of this Delusional Writer #15

Starting paragraph
Taking a large drink of his beer, Eamon looked around the pub. It was one of his favourite things to do, people watch. It wasn’t Patricks; he liked to be in the crowd. Liked meeting new people, seeing new things, whereas Eamon was content to sit by himself and watch the world around him.
Taking Control of my Werewolf (Moonlit Wolves #4) op

Friday 25 January 2013

Somebody Killed his Editor by Josh Lanyon

The road to bestsellerdom can be deadly

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Somebody Killed his Editor
Series: Holmes & Moriarity #1
Pub: 2010 by Samhain Publishing
Author: Josh Lanyon
Genre: Contemporary Mystery, m/m
Format: paperback; 268p w/ 29 chapters
Whose: Kit & JX

                        Synopsis
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!

Adults Corner—Blog Story 3

This posting is for ADULT AUDIENCES ONLY.
It contains substantial sexually explicit scenes and graphic language which may be considered offensive by some readers.

Thursday 24 January 2013

Hadn’t the Pleasure #36

The books that have been collecting dust for so long they have become stained from it

 

If you love someone, love them enough to let them go. Wait and see if they'll come back to you. Country-boy Paul has been waiting twenty years for Max to return home. Max might just have had enough of the limelight this time.

Enough to Let You Go
First published October 2007 by Loose Id
Contemporary Romance

[Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Male/male sexual practices.]

Wednesday 23 January 2013

Waiting in Wednesday #35

A meme hosted by Breaking the Spine


Sports medicine specialist Alicia Riley has the job of her dreams, until she's assigned to star pitcher Garrett Scott. Undergoing shoulder rehab, it's make it or break it time for Garrett, and he needs to focus to get back on the mound in time for opening day. But close proximity and combustible chemistry is a dangerous combination, and both Alicia and Garrett have a lot to lose if this doesn't work.

Thrown by a Curve by Jaci Burton
 (Play by Play #5)
Expected publication 5 March 2013
Contemporary Sports Erotic Romance
Series includes
The Perfect Play, Changing the Game, Taking a Shot, Playing to Win
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Tuesday 22 January 2013

Stuck in Your Head #31

I'm going to give you the line from the books I've read that make my mind crave the rest like coke.


There was a long silence. Then Rhage’s hand landed on Butch’s shoulder. “Besides, you don’t look a thing like him. I mean…hello? You’re this beefy Irish white boy. He’s like…bus exhaust or some shit.”
Page 449, mass paperback

Lover Revealed by JR Ward
(Black Dagger Brotherhood #)
First Published March 2007 by Onyx
mass paperback, 2010 by Piakus Books
Paranormal Romance

In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York, there's a deadly war raging between vampires and their slayers. And there exists a secret band of brothers like no other - six vampire warriors, defenders of their race. Now, an ally of the

Black Dagger Brotherhood
will face the challenge of his life and the evil of the ages.


Butch O'Neal is a fighter by nature. A hard-living ex-homicide cop, he's the only human ever to be allowed in the inner circle of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. And he wants to go even deeper into the vampire world-to engage in the turf war with the lessers. His heart belongs to a female vampire, Marissa, an aristocratic beauty who's way out of his league. And if he can't have her, then at least he can fight side by side with the Brothers.

But fate curses him with the very thing he wants. When Butch sacrifices himself to save a civilian vampire from the slayers, he falls prey to the darkest force in the war. Left for dead, he's found by a miracle, and the Brotherhood calls on Marissa to bring him back, though even her love may not be enough to save him.

Series includes
Dark Lover, Lover Eternal, Lover Awakened, Lover Revealed, Lover Unbound, Lover Enshrined, Lover Avenged, Lover Mine, Lover Unleashed, Lover Reborn, Lover at Last

Monday 21 January 2013

Cherish by Tere Michaels

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Cherish
Series: Faith, Love & Devotion #4
Pub: Nov 2012 by Loose Id
Author: Tere Michaels
Genre: contemporary romance, m/m
Format: iBoook; 106p w/ 14 chapters
Whose: Matt & Evan

                        Synopsis
Several years after the end of Duty & Devotion, Matt and Evan are living quietly in their Brooklyn home with the twins, Danny and Elizabeth. The older girls - Katie and Miranda - are off at college, Evan is about to be promoted to captain and things are calm.

Briefly.
 
Evan accidently learns that Miranda has a new boyfriend and is talking marriage after just three months of dating. After peeling himself off the ceiling, he demands a conversation with his eldest daughter, which erupts into, as Matt calls it, “a steel cage match”.

Sunday 20 January 2013

Read by Wont Review #25

These are the books I read and won’t be reviewing anytime soon.
(not because they weren’t good, just because)

Saturday 19 January 2013

Are You Alice? 1,2&3 by Ikumi Katagiri & Ai Ninomiya

Are You Alice? vol. 1, 2 & 3
by: Ikumi Katagiri, original work by: Ai Ninomiya
Chapter 1, Down the Rabbit-Hole to chapter 17, fraidy-cat.
Older Teens, Fantasy

Volume 1
A boy who has forsaken his name and memories stumbles into the mysterious world of Wonderland. There, he is approached by the Cheshire Cat and the Mad Hatter who addresses him as ‘Alice’, and ordered by the Queen of Hearts to participate in a deadly game to kill the White Rabbit, or it’s off with his head! As the game unfolds, things are set to get curiouser and curiouser

Friday 18 January 2013

Adults Corner – Blog Story 2

This posting is for ADULT AUDIENCES ONLY.
It contains substantial sexually explicit scenes and graphic language which may be considered offensive by some readers.

Thursday 17 January 2013

Hadn’t the Pleasure # 35

The books that have been collecting dust for so long they have become stained from it

 
AN OBJECT AT REST

Quiet, down-to-earth Detroit handyman Derrick Chance has had enough loss for a lifetime and he has no intention of ever risking his heart again. Living alone in the old house his grandparents left him, with only his dog and a few close friends for companionship, he has written off the possibility of romance or even sex. He refuses to consider himself lonely, or wonder what he might be missing. His life is organized, predictable, and, best of all, risk-free.

Until the day he installs shelves for accountant Gavin Hayes. With his contradictory combination of confidence and self-doubt, Gavin draws Derrick in with an intensity he's never known. As undeniable as gravity, Derrick finds himself falling for Gavin in defiance of all his usual slow and methodical ways. But Gavin carries wounds of his own. Fresh from an emotionally abusive relationship that ended with a dangerous betrayal, his future is far from certain. Can Derrick choose passion over safety, and let himself believe that Gavin is worth the risk?


Inertia by Amelia C. Gormley
(Impulse #1)
 First published 19 July 2012 by
Contemporary Erotic Romance
Series includes: Acceleration

Wednesday 16 January 2013

With a Kiss by Kim Dare

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With a Kiss
Series: --
Pub: Oct 2011 by Resplendence Publishing
Author: Kim Dare
Genre: Paranormal Erotic BDSM Romance, m/m
Format: iBook; 218p w/ 14 chapters
Whose: Marcus & Liam

                        Synopsis
When Liam Bates volunteered to visit lonely patients at his local hospital, he expected them to be able to talk back when he chatted to them. But, when he’s assigned to visit a comatose man, he soon finds himself spilling out his whole life story in an effort to fill the silence. It’s not long before the peace and comfort he finds in the man’s hospital room becomes Liam’s refuge from an increasingly hostile world.

Waiting in Wednesday #34

A meme hosted by Breaking the Spine


Mahala: a city built in the dark depths of a valley. A city built up in layers, not across – where streets are built upon streets, buildings balance precariously upon buildings. A city that the Ministry rules from its lofty perch at the sunlit summit & where the forsaken lurk in the shadowy depths of the Pit.

Rojan is a bounty hunter trying to make his way in the city. Everyone knows he’s a womaniser, a shirker of all responsibility, but they don’t know he’s also a pain-mage: able to draw magic from his own & other people’s pain. He’s not keen on using it (not least because it’s outlawed), but when his niece is abducted and taken to the dark depths of the Pit, he may just be forced to unleash his power…
 
Fade to Black by Francis Knight
 (Rojan Dizon #1)
Expected publication February 7 2013 by Orbit
Fantasy
Series includes: Before the Fall
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Tuesday 15 January 2013

Stuck in Your Head # 30

I'm going to give you the line from the books I've read that make my mind crave the rest like coke.

 

Jamie’s mind flew over the cringing experience that was Lucy.
Perhaps he should just tell her.
Perhaps he should be honest.
Perhaps he should just say, I don’t fancy you, I don’t fancy anyone, I just wanna spend time with Daniel.
Just with Daniel.
 page 48 iBook

The Decisions We Make by RJ Scott
First Published
YA Contemporary Romance

Daniel Keyes is an orphan, fostered by the Walkers. The product of a lonely childhood, he is thrown into the chaos of the Walker family and into the life of his new foster brother Jamie.

This story is the journey of Daniel and Jamie finding their place in the world. Through Jamie being a victim of hate crime to coming out to family and friends, there are many decisions the boys have to make before they become men

Should check out her YA series Love Is….
Love is In the Title, Love Is In The Hallway, Love Is In The Message