Recommended Reads for July 2015

Title: In the Middle of Somewhere (Middle of Somewhere #1) Author: Roan Parrish Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Release Date: July 10, 2015 Genre(s): Contemporary Page Count: 350 Reviewed by: Gigi Heat Level: 5 flames out of 5 Rating: 5+ stars out of 5 Blurb: DANIEL MULLIGAN is tough, snarky, and tattooed, hiding his self-consciousness behind sarcasm. Daniel has never fit in—not at home with his auto mechanic father and brothers, and not at school where his Ivy League classmates look down on him. Now, Daniel’s relieved to have a job at a small college in Northern Michigan, but, a city boy…

Title: Kick at the Darkness (Kick at the Darkness #1) Author: Keira Andrews Publisher: KA Books Release Date: May 28, 2015 Genre(s): Post-Apocalyptic/Shifters Page Count: 265 Reviewed by: Gigi Heat Level: 5 flames out of 5 Rating: 5+ stars out of 5 Blurb: To live through the zombie apocalypse they have to survive each other first. College freshman Parker Osborne is having the worst day ever. He humiliated himself trying to pick up a cute guy, he hasn't made any friends at school, and his stupidly hot jerk of a TA gave him a crappy grade on his paper. He’s…

Title: Misfits Author: Garrett Leigh Publisher: Self Published Release Date: March 16, 2015 Genre(s): Contemporary, Ménage Page Count: 277 Reviewed by: Jewel Heat Level: 5 flames out of 5 Rating: 5 stars out of 5 Blurb: Restaurant owner Tom Fearnes has loved his partner Cass for as long as he can remember, but their work often keeps them apart. When he meets a striking young man named Jake on the vibrant streets of Camden Town, their heady first encounter takes an unexpected turn. Jake Thompson can hardly believe his luck when he wakes up in Tom’s bed. Tom is gorgeous,…

Title: Carry the Ocean (The Roosevelt #1) Author: Heidi Cullinan Publisher: Self Published Release Date: April 7, 2015 Genre(s): M/M Contemporary Page Count: 268 pages Reviewed by: Belen Heat Level: 2 flames out of 5 Rating: 5+ stars out of 5 Blurb: Normal is just a setting on the dryer. High school graduate Jeremey Samson is looking forward to burying his head under the covers and sleeping until it’s time to leave for college. Then a tornado named Emmet Washington enters his life. The double major in math and computer science is handsome, forward, wicked smart, interested in dating Jeremey—and…

Title: Knight of Ocean Avenue (Love in Laguna #1) Author: Tara Lain Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Release Date: May 1, 2015 Genre(s): Contempery Page Count: 254 Reviewed by: Gigi Heat Level: 5 flames out of 5 Rating: 5 stars out of 5 Blurb: How can you be twenty-five and not know you’re gay? Billy Ballew runs from that question. A high school dropout, barely able to read until he taught himself, Billy’s life is driven by his need to help support his parents as a construction worker, put his sisters through college, coach his Little League team, and not think about…

Title: The Art of Breathing (Bear, Otter, and the Kid Chronicles #3) Author: T.J. Klune Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Release Date: June 16, 2014 Genre(s): Contemporary Page Count: 350 Reviewed by: Jewel Heat Level: 2 flames out of 5 Rating: 5 stars out of 5 Blurb: Tyson Thompson graduated high school at sixteen and left the town of Seafare, Oregon, bound for what he assumed would be bigger and better things. He soon found out the real world has teeth, and he returns to the coast with four years of failure, addiction, and a diagnosis of panic disorder trailing behind him.…

Title: Beneath the Stain Author: Amy Lane Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Release Date: October 17, 2014 Genre(s): Contemporary Page Count: 350 Reviewed by: Jewel Heat Level: 5 flames out of 5 Rating: 5+ stars out of 5 Blurb: In a town as small as Tyson, CA, everybody knew the four brothers with the four different fathers-- and their penchant for making good music when they weren't getting into trouble. For Mackey Sanders, playing in Outbreak Monkey with his brothers and their friends—especially Grant Adams--made Tyson bearable. But Grant has plans for getting Mackey and the Sanders boys out of Tyson, even…

Title: When I Grow Up (Tales From Foster High, #8) Author: John Goode Publisher: Dreamspinner Press LLC Release Date: June 19th 2015 Genre(s):M/M Contemporary Page Count: 284 pages Reviewed by: Belen Heat Level: 3 flames out of 5 Rating: 5 stars out of 5 Blurb: A Tales from Foster High Story After graduation, Kyle Stilleno and Brad Graymark move to California to pursue their dreams. But high school sweethearts are called that for a reason, and their love rarely stands up to the test of time. As money, school, sex, and jealousy test their relationship to the breaking point, Kyle…

Title: For Real: A Spires Story Author: Alexis Hall Publisher: Riptide Publishing Release Date: June 1, 2015 Genre(s): Contemporary/BDSM Page Count: 362 Reviewed by: Gigi Heat Level: 5 flames out of 5 Rating: 5 stars out of 5 Blurb: Laurence Dalziel is worn down and washed up, and for him, the BDSM scene is all played out. Six years on from his last relationship, he’s pushing forty and tired of going through the motions of submission. Then he meets Toby Finch. Nineteen years old. Fearless, fierce, and vulnerable. Everything Laurie can’t remember being. Toby doesn’t know who he wants to…

Title: Forging the Future (Change of Heart #5) Author: Mary Calmes Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Release Date: June 29th 2015 Genre(s): M/M Paranormal Romance Page Count: 174 Pages Reviewed by: Belen Heat Level: 5 flames out of 5 Rating: 5+ stars out of 5 Blurb: A Change of Heart Novel Jin Church is back where he started, alone, wandering, and uncertain of his path. It’s not by choice but by circumstance, as he remembers he’s a werepanther… but not much else. He knows one thing for sure—he needs to find the beautiful blond man who haunts his dreams. Logan Church is…