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Book Review ~ Oz (Finding Home Series #1) by Lily Morton (Review + Giveaway)

03/30/2023

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Book Review: Oz
(Finding Home Series #1)
By Lily Morton

Book 1: Oz

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What happens when temporary becomes forever?

Oz Gallagher does not do relationships well. Bored and jobless after another disastrous hook up, he decides to leave London for a temporary job in the wilds of Cornwall. Surely managing a stately home on a country estate will be easier than navigating the detritus of his relationships at home. Six months there will alleviate a bit of his wanderlust and then he can come back to London as footloose and fancy free as the day he left it.

However, when he gets there he finds a house in danger of crumbling to the ground and a man who is completely unlike anyone he’s ever met. An earl belonging to a family whose roots go back hundreds of years, Silas is the living embodiment of duty and sacrifice. Two things that Oz has never wanted. He’s also warm and funny and he draws Oz to him like a magnet.

Oz banks on the fact that they’re from two very different worlds to stop himself falling for Silas. But what will he do when he realises that these differences are actually part of the pull to one another? Will falling in love be enough to make him stop moving at last and realise that he’s finally home?

From bestselling author, Lily Morton, comes a romantic comedy about two very different men and one very dilapidated house.

This is the first book in the Finding Home series but it can be read as a standalone.

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Audiobook Review ~ Fairy Cakes in Winter by Lane Hayes (Excerpt + Giveaway)

03/25/2023

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Audiobook Review, Excerpt & Giveaway:
Fairy Cakes in Winter
By Lane Hayes

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Narrated by Michael Dean

A grumpy baker, a quirky ad man, and a recipe for forever…

Scott

So this cute guy sits next to me on the plane and proceeds to talk my ear off for hours. Not good. I don’t like talking and I don’t like strangers. But Theo’s sweet, smart, and sexy—the perfect distraction from business woes and personal worries.

Okay, things got overly friendly, but we’re adults and we know the score. I’m too old, he’s too nice, and we live on different continents.

Then, out of the blue, he shows up at my bakery with that pretty smile and a list of wacky marketing ideas—like how to make fairy cakes a thing.

I don’t like fairy cakes.

But I do like Theo, so…maybe?

Theo

The new me takes risks. The new me is brave and confident. The new me flirts with hunky, imposing bears on planes while traveling to a foreign country.

It’s going well, thank you.

However, my plans to do some sightseeing, drink tea, and eat my weight in biscuits every day get derailed when I realize there might be a way to help Scott and prove a few things to myself.

Don’t worry. I won’t fall for the grumpy baker. No way. He’s complicated and broody and—

Uh oh…it might be too late. Help!

Fairy Cakes in Winter is a bisexual, age-gap, grumpy/sunshine MM romance featuring a sexy baker, a sunny tourist, and a few dozen fairy cakes.

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Blog Tour ~ The Good Liar by CP Harris (Reviews + Giveaway)

03/22/2023

THE GOOD LIAR

Infidelity #1

by C.P. Harris

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Release Date: March 15, 2023

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Genre: M/M Romance

Trope: Stepbrothers, second chance, cheating, jealous & possessive MC’s, pining, bondage, hurt/comfort, HEA

Synopsis

Six years ago, Jasper Des Moines traded in the only life he knew. In order to keep a promise and a secret, he walked from the only man he’d ever loved.

Now, he has a career in need of constant defending, a best friend who knows nothing about his past, and a husband he should love. He has the life he believes he deserves.

Until one day, the unfinished business he’d left behind catches up with him, and he’s faced with the one man he’d never been able to resist or forget.

Cole Kincaid arrives in New York City with ulterior motives, but good intentions. He simply wants a place in Jasper’s world again. And if Jasper is happy, then so is he. But as the truth of Jasper’s new life unfolds, the role Cole wants to play in it begins to shift.

He soon reminds himself that Jasper belongs to him, and no promises made before God to a man who isn’t him will ever change that.

Cole’s presence threatens the carefully constructed life of penance Jasper has created. And while Jasper is focused on maintaining the existence he’d rightfully earned, Cole tempts him with the existence he actually wants.

Tragedy might have torn them apart, but lies will bring them together again.

**The Good Liar is Book 1 in the Infidelity series. Each book features a new couple, can be read as a stand-alone, and ends with a HEA. Themes include possessiveness, jealousy, and second chances. Both MCs are consenting adults. Please use the “Look Inside” feature for a full list of tropes and trigger warnings.

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Book Review ~ Be Mine, Bloody Valentine by Skyler Snow

03/20/2023

Book Title: Be Mine, Bloody Valentine

Author and Publisher: Skyler Snow

Release Date: February 16, 2023

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He left me.

Alec Sanborne abandoned me when I was nothing but a scared teenager. He deserted me in a house with a monster. Now, he’s prancing around NYU as a professor, pretending he’s normal.

But my step-brother is far from normal. I know all of his dirty little secrets, the ones he tries so carefully to hide. I plan to expose him, to strip everything away that he loves until he has nothing but me.

One look and I can see the love and desire in his eyes. He says he wants nothing to do with me, that I can’t be in his class. But how could I abandon the man I’ve fantasized about all these years?

Alec Sanborne is mine. My bloody valentine.

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New Release Review ~ All I Want by Abrianna Denae

03/19/2023

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🗡All I Want by Abrianna Denae 

🗡Series: All’s Fair, book 1

 

🗡Release Date: March 16, 2023

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When Carter Russo accepted a position in the Amato Organization, he never expected to get close to the man at the top—let alone end up in his bed. 

Cristian Amato is cunning and ruthless, he rules the Family with an iron fist. He never expected to find someone who could be his equal in all things. Yet Carter is one of the few able to see the man beneath the title of Boss. 

What should be the best day of their lives is shattered by a betrayal that’s closer than anyone could have predicted.

As secrets are revealed and cracks form in the foundation of their lives, Carter and Cristian must put duty above their hearts. Is their love strong enough to survive, or will it prove to be nothing but lies…

 

*All I Want is the first book in the All’s Fair series. This is a dark mafia romance book with violence and intense sexual situations. Please see the TW page for details.* 

All I Want was previously published in the O Deadly Night Anthology. It has been significantly expanded. 

 

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Release Blitz ~ Heartstring by Ana Ashley (Reviews)

03/14/2023
Title: Heartstring
Series: Dads of Stillwater #4
Author: Ana Ashley
Genre: MM Romance
Tropes: Childhood Friends to Lovers/Rock Stars
Small Town/Second Chance
Release Date: March 14, 2023
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Mik
If I had a dollar for every mistake I made… But there’s only one mistake I regret.
Breaking my promise to the only person who ever understood my need to get away from a future I didn’t want…Tyler.
I’ve reached many hearts through my music, but the only one I’ve ever wanted might be lost to me forever.
Tyler
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice…
Mik broke a promise a long time ago.
What he doesn’t know is that he also broke my heart.
I won’t be fooled or charmed again because his promises aren’t worth the sheet music they’re written on.
His resourceful teenage daughter’s skills at matchmaking may be charming, but I’m not ready to forgive or forget.
Heartstring is book 4 in Ana Ashley’s series, Dads of Stillwater. This story contains two older guys who were always destined for each other, a know-it-all teenager on a mission, and a labrador with short-term memory loss. Plus the usual hearts and all the small town romance you’d expect from Ana Ashley.
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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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Review Tour ~ Boomer by Marie James

03/03/2023
 Release Date: March 2

Secrets are poison.
They eat away at you from the inside.
I doubt there’s a single person in the club that would have a problem with who I am.
Keeping my mouth shut is all about my own shame.
Who I am isn’t acceptable.
That’s what my Fundamentalist family raised me to believe, but even after leaving home, I couldn’t be myself.
Fighting against it never really became a struggle until the flirty bartender set his eyes on me.
He made me wish for things I couldn’t have.
Resisting him was easy until that first kiss.
Now there’s a very real chance my shame will ruin us both.

 

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Review Tour ~ The New Guy by Sarina Bowen (Review + Excerpt)

03/02/2023

RELEASE DATE: FEBRUARY 28TH, 2023

A new male / male hockey romance from 24-time USA Today bestseller Sarina Bowen!

My name is Hudson Newgate, but my teammates call me New Guy.

That was my nickname in Chicago, too. And Vancouver. That’s what happens when you keep getting traded. Brooklyn is my last chance, especially after my poor performance last season.

But I can make this work. The new guy knows to keep his head down and shoot the puck. The new guy puts the game first.

What he doesn’t do is hook up with the other new guy—a hot athletic trainer who lives in my building. Gavin needs this job with my team. He’s a single dad with responsibilities.

We can’t be a couple. My arrogant agent–who’s also my father–will lose his mind if I’m dating a dude. And my team needs me to score goals, not whip up a media circus.

Too bad Gavin and I are terrible at resisting each other…

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Release Blitz ~ Lockpick by Amy Thorn (Review)

02/24/2023
Title: Lockpick
Series: Hell Dwellers MC #1
Author: Amy Thorn
Genre: MM Motorcycle Club Romance
Release Date: February 24, 2023
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Lockpick
Everything changed the day Malice walked out on me. He was the love of my life, the man I thought I was going to grow old with. Then he was gone and I was alone. I threw myself into my club and into my work until Malice is gunned down and left for dead.
Malice
Returning to Unity Creek was never part of my plan. I ran far and fast after my actions made me question whether I deserved to wear the Hell Dwellers MC patch.
But someone is gunning for me, and the only place I know I can run to is my old chapter. The problem is returning means facing my old life, and I’m not sure everyone is going to be happy to see me, especially Lockpick. I broke his heart when I left, but coming home might be the only way to save my life.
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Blog Tour ~ The Husband Hoax by Saxon James (Review + Giveaway)

02/16/2023

 

THE HUSBAND HOAX

Accidental Love #1

by Saxon James

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Release Date: February 9, 2023

 

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Genre: M/M Romance

Trope: Fake relationship, friends with benefits to lovers, found family

Synopsis

Christian

Being invited to my cousin’s wedding really shouldn’t be such a big deal except, oh yeah, I haven’t seen my family for a decade.

My parents turned their backs on me and I’ve done everything since to become successful and show them what they lost. Only, it’s kinda hard to be a success when you’re a walking trainwreck.

So I’m going to fake it. Hire a guy with an online presence so impressive they’ll be desperate to welcome me back into the elitist fold, and roll into the wedding with the kind of confidence I’ve never felt a day in my life.

The plan’s a knockout.

Until my fake date cancels minutes before the ceremony.

Émile

One letter from my dearly departed grandfather, and suddenly I’m on a husband hunt.

He’s reworked his entire will so I’m set to inherit far more than I’m entitled to, and all because he’s asked me to use that money for “good”.

In order to get that inheritance, though, there’s one stipulation: marriage.

Even with his request, I’m tempted to stick to my original plan of getting as far from my wretched family as possible, and letting them fight it out.

But then I run into a tall drink of scattered mess outside of a wedding who’s in desperate need of a date, and the pieces click into place.

I help him, he helps me.

Marriage, money, then go our separate ways.

Easy.

Now all I have to do is stop myself from actually falling for the guy.

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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!

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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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Release Blitz ~ Prince of Lies by Lucy Lennox (Reviews)

02/14/2023
Title: Prince of Lies
Author: Lucy Lennox
Genre: MM Romance
Tropes: Billionaire/Mistaken Identity
Release Date: February 14, 2023
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Rowe Prince is a lying liar who windmills into my life in full color, claiming to be Sterling Chase, a quirky, eccentric billionaire… and founder of the company I created.
Two can play at the lying game, though, and I’m not about to let some burrito-delivering, floppy-haired virgin from Indiana best me at a game I was born to play.
So I do him one better and pretend to be Sterling Chase’s new assistant. I’ll teach him a lesson that will hopefully wind us both up in bed… with nothing but the truth between us.
But it turns out his shameless lies are enchanting… unintentionally hilarious… and make it all too easy to forget the truth…
Until I learn that this cutie’s intent is to defraud the company I’ve spent years building. I have to choose: risk the company or say goodbye to the man I’m falling for. A guy who just might be…
The Prince of Lies

Blog Tour ~ Twilight Heist by Katherine McIntyre (Review + Giveaway)

02/07/2023
 Title: Twilight Heist
Genre: M/M Romantic Suspense
Series: Outlaws #2
Release Date: January 19, 2023
Cover Designer: BookSmith Design
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Heist rule number two? Never fall for a lone wolf.
A blast from Tuck’s circus past draws Tuck and the charming lone-wolf hacker, Leo, into a dizzying web of passion, secrets, and betrayal.
When the circus comes calling, Tuck is helpless to the lure, and this time, his old troupe’s in trouble. Their attempt to leave Reynauld Industries ended with a hit on them, courtesy of the deadly mercenary group, the Stockyard. Tuck can’t sit idly by, and as the resident stealth operator for the Outlaws, he’s in a unique position to help.
Leo’s a lone wolf hacker, and no amount of his best friend’s pleading, Tuck’s flirty smiles, or interesting jobs will sway him into working with the Outlaws. At least, until they land this one. After growing up in the hellish Stockyard, he’s wanted to take them down for years, and this is the Holy Grail of opportunities. Only problem? The Outlaws can never know about his history with them.
When Leo and Tuck start working together, a chemistry emerges that neither of them can deny. Leo’s mantra of “one and done” falters the moment Tuck shows him a care and steadfastness he’s never experienced before, and the more time they spend with each other, the more he doesn’t want to give up the first man he’s started to fall for. However, if the Outlaws discover his past or the Stockyard finds him first, Leo will end up one of the bloated corpses they’ve left lining the Chicago River.
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Release Tour ~ Light My Way Home by Morgan Brice (Reviews + Giveaway)

02/06/2023

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Light My Way Home
By Morgan Brice

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A shy lighthouse keeper who can talk to ghosts. A lonely ghost mourning the losses of the past and hoping for justice. A love strong enough to transcend death.

Monty Clark is the new park ranger for the Cape May Light. He hoped to find someone to love who can accept his ability as a psychic medium.

Jon Richards was a movie stuntman who was murdered on the beach in the 1950s. When the new lighthouse keeper strikes up a conversation and invites him in to watch TV, Jon discovers that a beating heart isn’t required to fall in love.

Light My Way Home is MM paranormal romance with a shy park ranger, a protective ghost, unsolved murders, a dangerous shipwreck, supernatural ninja nuns, vintage movies, old secrets, and love bigger than life or death.

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