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Release Blitz ~ The Art of Husbandry by Jay Hogan (Reviews)

06/01/2023

Title: The Art of Husbandry

Series: Mackenzie Country #1

Author: Jay Hogan

Genre: MM Romance

Tropes: Hurt comfort | Opposites attract | Forced proximity | Healing, grief, and loss | Small town | Country versus city | Fish out of water

Release date: June 1st, 2023

Amazon Universal: https://geni.us/A9e8LB

 

A world shattered. A hope kindled. A love ignited.

 

Synopsis: 

When life drowns you in lemons, to hell with making lemonade. I wanted to burn the whole world. But eighteen months from the day my life was torn apart, I’m tired of the anger. Tired of the nightmares. Tired of putting one foot in front of the other just trying to survive. Three months on a high country sheep station in the middle of nowhere is precisely the reboot I need. A chance to break free. To breathe again. To find a way forward.

I put my entire life on hold and head south to Mackenzie Country. But falling for the captivating young station boss was never part of the plan. Holden Miller might be smart and sexy and push all my dusty buttons, but we come from two different worlds. I’m not looking for a relationship. I’m not interested in love. I’m done with all that.

But Holden doesn’t care about my rules. Nestled safely in the arms of the spectacular Southern Alps, on an isolated sheep farm at the top of the world, Holden begins knitting my battered heart together one careful stitch at a time. And with every pass of the thread, every braid of the river on our doorstep, I catch a tantalising glimpse of something I’d almost given up on.

Happiness, and maybe even love.

If I have the courage to reach out and grab them.

Note: This book contains references to the past death of a child and PTSD

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Release Blitz ~ Don’t Date a DILF by DJ Jamison (Reviews + Excerpt + Giveaway)

05/29/2023

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Book Title: Don’t Date A DILF (Rules We Break, Book 1)

Author: DJ Jamison

Publisher: Must Love Books LLC

Cover Artist: Morningstar Ashley

Release Date: May 25, 2023

Genre: Contemporary M/M Romance

Tropes: Single dad, teacher/parent, fake dating, small town

Themes: Small town life, family, starting over, bi/pan awakening

Heat Rating: 5 flames

Length: 95 000 words

This is Book 1 in a new series. It does not end on a cliffhanger.

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I have one rule to live by: Don’t Date a DILF.

I’ve seen the consequences of blurring the boundaries between teaching and dating, and I am not about to take that kind of risk.

But I didn’t count on Hunter Rhodes walking into my school. Never expected that the broad-shouldered, stubble-jawed, absolute glory of a man would be such a sweet and caring father. Or that as a seemingly straight man, he might decide he wants me.

If my Nana has her way…I’ll be in love with someone by the end of the school year, but there’s only one man who tempts me.

With her matchmaking becoming overwhelming and half the single women in Granville setting their sights on Hunter, we’re both feeling the pressure. Faking a relationship could get everyone off our backs.

It seems like fun and games for Hunter, but separating pretend feelings from real won’t be so simple for me. And then there’s that rule…

Can I date a DILF without disaster—or will all my fears come true?

Don’t Date a DILF is Book 1 of Rules We Break, a spin-off series from Games We Play, set in the small, quirky town of Granville, where nosy residents meddle in one another’s lives, great friendships are made, and silly innuendos are a way of life.

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Release Blitz ~ This Will Hurt Part I by Cara Dee (Reviews)

05/09/2023

 

This Will Hurt I by Cara Dee

Series: This Will Hurt I of II
Genre: MM Contemporary Romance

Release Day: Tuesday, May 9th, 2023


Tags:#caradeewrites #elizaraeservices #ThisWillHurt #JakeandRoe #MMRomance #FriendstoLovers #Awakening #FoundFamily #SlowBurn #SingleDad #BearistheCutest #ComingOutStory #Angst


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Standalone | Part I of II | Angst | Awakening | Friends to Lovers | Single Dad | Slow Burn

 

Maybe the heart needs to break before one can put together the pieces correctly. This is Jake and Roe’s story.

I used to think leaving the Marines and moving to LA was the defining moment that changed my life. I was gonna become a documentary filmmaker and see the world through my camera. Then I met Roe Finlay.

Never in a million years could I have imagined…well, everything we went through. I sucked at expressing how I felt—which was emotionally stunted most of the time—but Roe seemed to get me. I became…dependent. Attached. Not in a sexual way or anything—I wasn’t gay. Far from it. Or bisexual like Roe, for that matter. No, this was different. I just wanted to be close to him. He made me laugh like no other. We were a fantastic team. We lived together. Worked together. He was my best friend.

He was everything. He was my defining moment.

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Release Tour ~ Free Me by Beck Grey (Reviews + Excerpt + Giveaway)

05/08/2023

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Release Tour, Excerpt & Giveaway:
Free Me
By Beck Grey

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Love in the Pacific Northwest, Book 4

A gender-fluid cutie, a workaholic hottie, and a hookup gone right.

Blake

No romantic relationship could ever compete with my dream job. Sure, it gets lonely, but that’s what occasional hookups are for. Work-life balance? Who cares? I certainly don’t. Until chest pains bring me to my knees and land me in the emergency room.

It’s a wake-up call I can’t afford to ignore.

When my well-meaning family encourages me to make some major life changes, like hiring a meditation and physiotherapist, whatever that is, I’m worried enough to agree.

Imagine my surprise when my practitioner turns out to be the hookup I haven’t been able to forget.

Stef

What’s a fabulously vivacious gender-fluid beauty to do when stress is high and Prince Charmings aren’t lined up at their door? Head to the club to recharge my sparkle on the dance floor. I have no intention of hooking up with anyone. Hookups are not my thing.

Then I see the slightly older hottie in the Tom Ford suit, and all my self-restraint goes up in a blast of glitter.

When it turns out he’s my new meditation client and my friend’s older brother, I’m sure the universe is messing with me.

Because mixing business with pleasure is a huge no-no.

So why does my heart keep shouting yes?

Free Me is a low-angst, opposites attract, worlds collide, LGBTQ contemporary romance. It contains no cheating, and a guaranteed HEA.

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Release Blitz ~ Pretty F*cked by J.R. Gray (Reviews)

04/27/2023

PRETTY F*CKED BY J.R. Gray

Release Dates: Book 1: April 27th

Genre/Tropes: Rock Star / Hurt/comfort / Secret Relationship / Lead singer/Guitarist / Friends to lovers / Second Chance/First Love / Forbidden / Emotional scars / Broken / Forced proximity

PRETTY F*CKED, BOOK 1 IN THE DUET WITHIN THE PRETTY BROKEN ROCK STAR SERIES, BY JR GREY IS NOW LIVE!!.

 

BLURB:

Caspian Locke

I don’t think we even begin to understand love until we’ve lost the one we thought we’d spend the rest of our life with.

I don’t think we begin to understand ourselves until we realize that it’s most likely our fault.

And I don’t think we begin to understand life until we understand it comes in so many shades of gray.

You can be a good person and still do irrevocable harm.

Life is messy, so fucking messy.

I hate it.

Or maybe I hate myself.

I thought for a long time I hated him.

But I can’t hate Iris.

No matter how much he hurts, I still carry this little fucking wish in the depths of my soul that one day he’ll forgive me and admit he still loves me.

Part of life is living with the burden of what I’ve done and waiting for a day that will never come.

This is that life.

And we all come out Pretty F*cked.

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Release Blitz ~ Asking for a Friend by JJ Harper (Reviews + Excerpt + Giveaway)

04/25/2023

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Release Blitz, Excerpt & Giveaway:
Asking For A Friend
By JJ Harper

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Lando writes about romance for a living yet shuns it in his life.

After too many failed relationships, Lando Hardwick has enough. No more dates for him. His taste in men is abysmal. He always falls for the ones who are only looking for fun.

Hesketh Trent has stopped searching for a boyfriend. They only see him as a walking cash machine, only care what he can buy them. What has happened to romance, love?

Getting soaked by scolding coffee is the worst way to start the day, but hell’s bells, the man is divine. Even though the man ticks all his boxes, no way is Lando giving him his phone number. He’ll be like all the rest: one hot night and he kicks him out the door.

But Hesketh doesn’t give up so easily. The cute redhead with no brain-to-mouth filter intrigues him as no man has ever done.

A cat and mouse chase is on, with Lando as the mouse. Once Lando is caught, they can’t stay away from one another.

Until Hesketh makes a mistake.

Thank god for mutual friends who won’t give up on them and push them together when they’re both too stubborn to take the next step.

Asking For a Friend is a stand-alone MM novel with a group of sassy men, a larger-than-life ginger cat called Flanaghan, a stubborn writer, and a man who can plan events but not his own life.

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New Release Reviews ~ Love Song by Christina Lee

04/20/2023

🎵♥️LOVE SONG by Christina Lee🎵♥️

🎵Release Date: April 20th

🎵Order links:
🎵Amazon (KU): https://mybook.to/LoveSong_Lee
🎵Universal Link: http://bit.ly/40dHs2g 

BLURB:

Thirtysomething bandmates, Nolan Metcalf and Ellis Bloom, have been there for each other through thick and thin. So when a life-changing event sends Ellis to the safety of Nolan’s apartment, he’s grateful for the comfort his best friend provides. They’ve never done anything resembling cuddling and sleepovers before, but Ellis finds he needs it just the same.

Soul-deep conversations and tender moments transform into a passion that shocks them both. Since neither has ever entertained the idea of being with another man, they attribute their confusing feelings to their established nightly routine. Determined to spend time apart, they resume their solo lives. But the desperate, achy neediness only returns, and soon enough they’re back in each other’s arms—and beds.

Before they have time to work through it, the real world intrudes. Admitting their secret status would change not only the chemistry of their band but the trajectory of their lives. Plus, their newfound feelings seem as fragile as the beginning notes of a new melody. They’ll need to rely on the solid foundation of their friendship, and even then, it could all fall apart. Will they become a one-hit wonder or a love song that endures the test of time?

*TW: Discussions of past child abuse and a home invasion involving weapons

♥️best friends to lovers ♥️double bi-awakening
♥️bandmates ♥️hurt-comfort

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New Release Review ~ Cufflinks and Claws (Billion Dollar Wolf) by Megan Slayer

04/04/2023

Book one in the Billion Dollar Wolf series

He’s got a billion dollars, but he wants priceless love to last a lifetime. It’s not impossible to have love and money, right?

Dixon Meade made his fortune buying and selling property to create a haven for his pack. He doesn’t let many in on his secret. He’d give his riches to have the one man who makes him whole, but that man has no idea Dixon isn’t just another brilliant businessman—he’s a wolf shifter. He’s also got less than forty-eight hours to claim his mate and accept his role as the alpha of his pack. The question is, will Sidney accept the various sides of Dixon?

Sidney Ayers has worked alongside Dixon Meade for the last ten years. He’s been secretly in love with him since he hired on at the brokerage firm. All he wants is to be with Dixon. When Dixon proposes marriage, Sidney can’t turn him down. There’s just the tiny matter of Dixon being a wolf.

What’s a guy to do when the man of his dreams sprouts fur and has fangs? Run the other way…or accept a forever love?

Reader advisory: This book contains scenes of violence.

 

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Release Blitz ~ Prowl (The Game Series #12) by Cara Dee (Review + Excerpt)

03/28/2023

Prowl by Cara Dee

Series: The Game Series #12 (Sequel to Apex Predator)
Genre: Gay Romance/BDSM Romance

Release Day: Tuesday, March 28th, 2023

Tags: #Secondchances #Ex-girlfriendsdad #Agegap #Ethicalnonmonogamy #TheGameSeries #VanillaDynamic #ADHDinRomance #BDSMromance #Angstyromance #gayromance #kinkyromance #HighProtocol #HEA


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The Game Series | Book 12 | ADHD in Romance | MM+MM | D/s 

The vacation is over for the four men you met in Apex Predator, and now it’s time for Ty and Walker to be on the prowl to secure their happily ever afters.

What do you do when you come home from a vacation that changed your life? 

Walker McKenna was finally back with his husband and beloved submissive, Macklin. They had their work cut out for them, and they were ready. Walker had spent four years trying to get over the love of his life, and it just wasn’t happening. He couldn’t go back to that life-sucking void of an existence. But that didn’t mean his new path was paved with roses and unwavering confidence. When the ghosts of past hurt and insecurities grabbed hold of both men, Walker had to go on a hunt once more—and this time was different. This time, he found support in a new friend. A man with a fresh take on life, devilish charm, and a mission of his own.

Ty Madison returned home to DC and the blizzard of the year. He had one goal. To make Lane his—permanently. Ty couldn’t just write off the insane week they’d shared down south as a vacation fling. They belonged together. But before he went after the young man, who had his reasons for avoiding attachments at all costs, they had a storm to weather, and Ty found himself alone in his house with Walker. A man with insight, incredible charisma, and troubles of his own.

Maybe some missions were best executed as a team.

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The Game Series is a BDSM series where romance meets the reality of kink. Sometimes we fall for someone we don’t match with, sometimes vanilla business gets in the way of kinky pleasure, and sometimes we have to compromise and push ourselves to overcome trauma and insecurities. No matter what, one thing is certain. This is not a perfect world—and maybe that’s why the happily ever after feels so good.

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Release Tour ~ Road Rules by Brigham Vaughn (Reviews + Excerpt + Giveaway)

03/27/2023

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Release Blitz, Excerpt & Giveaway:
Road Rules
By Brigham Vaughn

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Rules of the Game, Book 1

Rule #1: Hockey Comes First

As NHL team captain, Zane Murphy’s goal for the upcoming season is simple: take the Evanston River Otters all the way to the Stanley Cup.

Rule #2: Only On the Road

But an unexpectedly hot night with his best friend and teammate Ryan Hartinger throws Zane’s carefully laid plans and his sexuality into disarray.

Rule #3: Don’t Fall in Love with Your Best Friend

When feelings begin to creep in, Zane will have to decide if he’s willing to throw out the rules and risk his career and his friendship for a chance at winning it all.

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Release Blitz ~ Revenge is Sweet by Felice Stevens (Reviews)

03/08/2023

Title: Revenge is Sweet

Author: Felice Stevens
Genre: MM Romance
Release Date: March 6, 2023
Cover Design: Reese Dante
 
What do you do when your best friend runs off with your fiancée on your wedding day?
If you’re me, Lyon Elliot, you don’t get mad.
You get even.
Which means seducing my ex–best friend’s younger brother, Miles Halloran.
The quiet one.
The man I’ve known all my life but never paid attention to.
The one I was told to stay away from because he’s way too nice for someone like me. Maybe they’re right.
But see, this is where it gets a little more complicated.
Because the more time I spend with Miles, the more I like him.
Want him.
Now I need him and his sweet smiles in my life.
If this is still a game I’m playing…who’s fooling whom?
 
“Pretty sure it could have been another 200 pages and I would have been happy” Temberly-GR reviewer
“I didn’t want this to end. I loved Lyon and Miles and was invested in their journey. A must read!” Beverly-GR reviewer
“The romance itself is a perfect blend between the spice and the heart-filled awakening of two people who bring out the best in each other.” Cadiva-Goodreads reviewer
“ Felice’s characters always have so much depth and it’s a pleasure to see them get their well-earned HEA.” Louise, GR reviewer

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Release Blitz ~ Unrivaled by Ashlyn Kane & Morgan James (Review + Excerpt)

02/27/2023

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Book Title: Unrivaled

Author: Ashlyn Kane & Morgan James

Publisher: Dreamspinner Press

Cover Artist: LC Chase

Release Date: February 21, 2023

Genre: M/M Contemporary Sports Romance

Tropes: Rivals to lovers, professional athletes, fling to love, opposites attract

Themes: Found family, opening yourself up to love, old grief, letting people in, reinventing yourself

Heat Rating: 4-5 flames

Length: 100 000 words / 288 pages

It is book 3 in a series, but the story is independent of the other books in the series. (There are some cameo appearances but no real plot crossover)

The book does not end on a cliffhanger.

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Love doesn’t pull its punches.

 

Blurb

People say there’s a fine line between love and hate. If you ask Grady Armstrong, the line’s as obvious as the one across the middle of a hockey rink.

So he can’t explain why he doesn’t walk away when his Grindr hookup—a guy who accused him of impersonating himself—turns out to be Max Lockhart, a rival player Grady once punched in the face. Apparently Max can goad him just as well off the ice as he can on it.

Max Lockhart showed up thinking he was going to expose a fake. Instead he hooks up with a guy who claims to hate him. And has a good time. A really good time. But that doesn’t mean players from different teams can be together.

Max has always wished Grady would relax a little. When the season starts and Grady accepts Max’s offer of help with finding someone to date for real, Max gets his wish. But he should’ve been careful what he wished for, because now that he knows Grady is a big softie under that prickly shell, he’d rather keep Grady for himself.

Grady only goes on a handful of dates before he realizes he has a lot more fun with Max. But he can’t be falling for a rival player… can he?

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Release Blitz ~ Pretty Wreck by J.R. Gray (Reviews)

02/16/2023

PRETTY WRECK by J.R. Gray

Release Date: February 16th

Genre/Tropes: MM / Rock Star / Enemies to Lovers / Second Chance / Hurt / Comfort / Forced Proximity / Bisexual for you / Sleep Sex / Playboy / Emotional Scars / Injury

PRETTY WRECK by JR Gray is NOW LIVE!

Grab this all-new MM, rockstar, enemies-to-lovers romance TODAY!

Blurb:

The pretty boy. The loner. Old Hollywood. I had all kinds of names as the least known member of the most famous band in the world.

Behind all the hype and masks, I’m just a Pretty Wreck.

No one knows the disaster I am, my secrets hidden behind style and a smile.

I’ve been running for as long as I can remember, but I can’t get away from the gilded cage of fame. I don’t know how much longer I’ll be able to keep it together.

I’m forced to go back on tour to play the summer concert circuit, and so is the guy I’ve avoided for two years.

Ten years older than me, he’s the bassist for the hottest punk band. He beds a different girl every night, but while the rest of the world slept, he’d crawl into my bed.

He’s the only person who has ever felt safe, but he’s straight, so I ran from him, too.

Now I have to face him and it’s all unraveling. I’m afraid I’ll be the first to break, bringing our fame crashing down.

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New Release Reviews ~ Undone by Christina Lee

01/30/2023

♥️Release Date: January 30th
♥️Pre-order:
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🤎Universal:  https://mybook.to/UNDONE_Lee
🤎 Add it to Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75672102

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Shae Shanahan has no idea how to sew a button or steam a shirt. How he ends up as the assistant to the famous wardrobe stylist Rowan Abernathy is beyond him. But his need for stable employment in an expensive city is as dire as Rowan’s need for an assistant to actually stick around. Or maybe an assistant he can order around and mold to his ridiculous standards. So much so that Shae has threatened to quit dozens of times—at least in his head. Is maiming your boss with a satin hanger a crime?

Rowan might be an expert when it comes to selecting the perfect looks for his celebrity clients, but his love life is as much a disaster as his desk. He needs Shae to organize his schedule but keeps him at arm’s length regarding anything personal. When the cracks begin to show and Shae sees the generous, vulnerable man beneath the arrogant, sarcastic exterior, it makes him beyond curious to know more.

When a fake kiss leads to even hotter encounters, they have trouble keeping their relationship strictly professional. Shae sees just how gentle the man can be and feels cared for when it’s only the two of them. But Rowan’s defenses are hard to break, and he makes his boundaries more than clear. When Shae finally has enough and needs to protect his own heart—and his sanity—will Rowan finally see what’s been right in front of him all along?

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Release Tour ~ Come From Behind by Ariella Zoelle (Review + Excerpt + Giveaway)

01/26/2023

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Release Tour, Excerpt & Giveaway:
Come From Behind
By Ariella Zoelle

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Is it possible that Tavish’s fender-bender on a snowy day will lead to him getting romantically rear-ended?

Having a car accident turn into a meet-cute? That definitely wasn’t how I saw my day going.

Because as soon as I collide into the back bumper of a fancy German SUV that costs more than a year of my college tuition, I’m pretty sure my life is over. Nightmares of getting yelled at and sued for what little I’m worth flash before my eyes.

But I somehow lucked out by hitting the nicest guy in Wintervale. Leith is more concerned about me being okay than the state of his ride. Having a stranger care more about my well-being than my last two exes combined has me blubbering in a way that merits getting called “kid” by the older man.

Instead of leaving me for dead on the side of the road like I deserve, Leith is my knight in shining armor who comes to my rescue—albeit on a slightly banged-up white stallion after our little run-in.

If the wreck wasn’t enough incentive for us to get together, the cosmic universe practically shoves me into his arms when we get snowed in, with nothing else to do besides getting to know each other.

Maybe if I’m lucky, he’ll be the one “rear-ending” me in bed tonight.

Come from Behind is a Suite Dreams series standalone side story novella. It’s a super sexy, incredibly swoony, age gap, forced proximity, no angst romance set in the small town of Wintervale that is as sweet and funny as it is hot and steamy.

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