Recommended Reads for August 2015

Our favorite books for August 2015


No Matter What (Sex & Mayhem, #4)

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Title: No Matter What (Sex & Mayhem, #4) Author: K.A. Merikan Publisher: Acerbi & Villani ltd Release Date: April 25th 2015 Genre(s): Contemporary Page Count: 176 Reviewed by: Ele Heat Level: 5 flames out of 5 Rating: 5 stars out of 5 Blurb: --- A gentle heart has no place in an outlaw’s chest --- Ghost. Not a member of the Coffin Nails MC. Not a doctor anymore. Not gay. Luca. Bent, not broken. Will not let go of Ghost. No matter what. Ghost finds out the hard way that people you meet online aren’t always who they seem to…
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Tags: 5 Stars, Bi-sexual, Contemporary, Dark, K.A. Merikan, Self Published

Winter Kept Us Warm

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Title: Winter Kept Us Warm Author: Robert Gerdes Publisher: Wilde City Press Release Date: July 25, 2015 Genre(s): Literary Fiction, Historical Page Count: 97 Reviewed by: LenaRibka Heat Level: 0 flames out of 5 Rating: 3 stars out of 5 Blurb: In 1964 Bob, an inexperienced young man, begins college in Washington, DC. He plans to follow in the footsteps of JFK. Instead, he is drawn into the Vietnam War. Early on Bob befriends Paul, an intellectual and anti-war activist. He sees Paul as a kindred spirit. Both Bob and Paul grope in the dark, trying to figure out how…
Categories: Review
Tags: 3 Stars, Historical, Literary Fiction, Robert Gerdes, Wilde City Press

Redemption (Diversion #5)

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Title: Redemption (Diversion #5) Author: Eden Winters Publisher: Rocky Ridge Books Release Date: August 8, 2015 Genre(s): Contemporary, Suspense Reviewed by: Renee Heat Level: 2.5 flames out of 5 Rating: 4.2 stars out of 5 Blurb: Living is the easy part. Agent Lucky Lucklighter and his partner escaped Mexico alive, only to plunge into bureaucratic fallout from their mission. Hell, maybe Lucky should have stayed south of the border. Especially when the Southeastern Narcotics Bureau places Bo into rehab, and Lucky’s facing both therapy and an inquiry into a fatal shooting. Watching over his shoulder for a vengeful drug lord…
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Categories: Review
Tags: 4.5 Stars, Diversion Series, Eden Winters, Rocky Ridge Books

Against the Grain (THIRDS #5)

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Title: Against the Grain (THIRDS #5) Author: Charlie Cochet Publisher: Dreamspinner Press LLC Release Date: August 3rd 2015 Genre(s): M/M Paranormal Romance Page Count: 220 pages Reviewed by: Belen Heat Level: 3 flames out of 5 Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5 Blurb: Sequel to Rise & Fall THIRDS: Book Five As the fiercest Defense Agent at the THIRDS, Destructive Delta’s Ash Keeler is foul-mouthed and foul-tempered. But his hard-lined approach always yields results, evident by his recent infiltration of the Coalition. Thanks to Ash’s skills and the help of his team, they finally put an end to the murdering…
Categories: Review
Tags: 3.5 Stars, Cat Shifters, Charlie Cochet, Dreamspinner Press, Humor, Paranormal, THIRDS Series

Redemption Cover Reveal and Excerpt

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Redemption Blurb Living is the easy part. Agent Lucky Lucklighter and his partner escaped Mexico alive, only to plunge into bureaucratic fallout from their mission. Hell, maybe Lucky should have stayed south of the border. Especially when the Southeastern Narcotics Bureau places Bo into rehab, and Lucky’s facing both therapy and an inquiry into a fatal shooting. Watching over his shoulder for a vengeful drug lord or a cartel don calling in favors leaves him scarcely able to imagine a future for them as agents, or as a couple. Bo Schollenberger once had a vision for their life together, but…
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Categories: Cover Reveal
Tags: Diversion Series, Eden Winters

Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts

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Title: Beware of Geeks Bearing Gifts Author: Charlie Cochet Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Release Date: August 19th 201 Genre(s): Contemporary Page Count: 68 pages Reviewed by: Lili Heat Level: 2 out of 5 Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Blurb: Julian “Quinn” Quintero, a gruff, tough Miami SWAT officer, has been injured on the job, and all he’s looking for is a little peace and quiet to recover—difficult to achieve with his large Cuban family. An adventure in picking up his prescriptions puts him in the path of his geeky, brownie-baking neighbor, Spencer Morgan. Spencer sweeps into Quinn’s life like a tropical…
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Categories: Review
Tags: 4.5 Stars, Charlie Cochet, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Humor, Law Enforcement, Nerd, Opposites Attract

Charlie’s Hero (Hero’s #1)

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Title: Charlie’s Hero (Hero’s #1) Author: Nic Starr Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Release Date: June 17, 2015 Genre(s): Contemporary Page Count: 200 pages Reviewed by: Kristin Heat Level: 3 flames out of 5 Rating: 3.2 stars out of 5 Blurb: Schoolteacher Charlie Matthews returns to his hometown, looking to regain a sense of community, reconnect with friends, and settle down. It looks like his dreams have come true when paramedic Josh Campbell attends an accident at the school. It’s love at first sight, and a romance begins. But Josh’s reluctance to come out to the brother who raised him, puts pressure…
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Categories: Review
Tags: 3.5 Stars, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, EMT, Nic Starr

Overly Dramatic

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Title: Overly Dramatic Author: Rebecca Cohen Publisher: Dreamspinner Press LLC Release Date: August 19th 2015 Genre(s): M/M Contemporary Page Count: 131 Pages Reviewed by: Belen Heat Level: 2 flames out of 5 Rating: 2.6 stars out of 5 Blurb: A Treading the Boards Novella Andy Marshall moves to London looking for a fresh start after breaking up with his long-term boyfriend. To stave off boredom from his day job as an accountant and to meet new people, Andy joins a local amateur dramatics society called the Sarky Players based in Greenwich, South London. Despite his best efforts to avoid it,…
Categories: Review
Tags: 3 Stars, Actors, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Rebecca Cohen

Redesigning Max

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Title: Redesigning Max (Foothills Pride #2) Author: Pat Henshaw Publisher: Dreamspinner Press LLC Release Date: July 29th 2015 Genre(s): M/M Contemporary Page Count: 98 Pages Reviewed by: Belen Heat Level: 2 flames out of 5 Rating: 3.2 stars out of 5 Blurb: A Foothills Pride Story Renowned interior designer Fredi Zimmer is surprised when outdoorsman Max Greene, owner of Greene’s Outdoors, hires Fredi to revamp his rustic cabin in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Fredi is an out-and-proud Metro male whose contact with the outdoors is from his car to the doorway of the million-dollar homes he remodels, and Max is…
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Tags: 3 Stars, Contemporary, Dreamspinner Press, Foothills Pride Series, Pat Henshaw

Against the Grain (THIRDS #5)

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Title: Against the Grain (THIRDS #5) Author: Charlie Cochet Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Release Date: August 3, 2015 Genre(s): Shapeshifters/Paranormal/Urban Fantasy Page Count: 220 Reviewed by: Renee Heat Level:  3 flames out of 5 Rating: 4.2 stars out of 5 Blurb: As the fiercest Defense Agent at the THIRDS, Destructive Delta’s Ash Keeler is foul-mouthed and foul-tempered. But his hard-lined approach always yields results, evident by his recent infiltration of the Coalition. Thanks to Ash’s skills and the help of his team, they finally put an end to the murdering extremist group for good, though not before Ash takes a bullet…
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Categories: Review
Tags: 4.5 Stars, Charlie Cochet, Dreamspinner Press, Paranormal, Shape Shifter, THIRDS Series
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