Recommended Reads for April, 2016

Title: Greenwode, Shirewode Author: J. Tullos Hennig Publisher: DSP Publications Release Date: 2013  Genre(s): Historical Fiction Page Count: 370, 390 Reviewed by: LenaLena Heat Level: 3 flames out of 5 Rating: 4.25 stars out of 5 Blurb: The Hooded One. The one to breathe the dark and light and dusk between.... When an old druid foresees this harbinger of chaos, he also glimpses its future. A peasant from Loxley will wear the Hood and, with his sister, command a last, desperate bastion of Old Religion against New. Yet a devout nobleman's son could well be their destruction—Gamelyn Boundys, whom Rob…

Title: Quillon’s Covert Authors: Joseph Lance Tonlet & Louis Stevens Publisher: JLT Publishing Release Date: December 18th 2015 Genre(s): M/M, Romance, Erotica, Taboo Page Count: 186 Pages Reviewed by: Lily G Blunt  Heat Level: 5 flames out of 5 Rating: 5 stars out of 5 Blurb: Martin is a guy’s guy, one who enjoys the simple things in life: baseball games with his son, family days, barbecues, and date nights with his lovely wife. Once a year for two weeks, Martin takes his son, Marty, to Quillon’s Covert, a rustic family cabin secluded in the beautiful California mountains. Since before those long days of learning to play ball, Marty has loved…

Title: Withered + Sere Author: TJ Klune Publisher: DSP Publications Release Date: April 19, 2016 Genre(s): Post-apocalyptic Page Count: 280 Reviewed by: Vallie Heat Level: 0 flames out of 5 Rating: 5+ stars out of 5 Blurb: Once upon a time, humanity could no longer contain the rage that swelled within, and the world ended in a wave of fire. One hundred years later, in the wasteland formerly known as America, a broken man who goes only by the name of Cavalo survives. Purposefully cutting himself off from what remains of civilization, Cavalo resides in the crumbling ruins of the…

Title: Spencer Cohen, Book Three (Spencer Cohen #3) Author: N.R. Walker Publisher: BlueHeart Press Release Date: April 21st 2016 Genre(s): Contemporary Romance Page Count: 189 pages Reviewed by: Lili Heat Level: 3 flames out of 5 Rating: 4 stars out of 5 Blurb: Learning to be in a committed relationship has been easy for Spencer. In fact, too easy. Andrew has fit into his life seamlessly. Spencer’s let go of his insecurities and hang-ups, and he and Andrew are enjoying where things are headed. For the first time in years, Spencer’s life is unbelievably perfect. Andrew overthinks everything. So when…

Author: NR Walker Publisher: Self-published Release Date: April 21, 2016 Genre(s): Contemporary Length: 189 Reviewed by: Vallie Heat Level: 5 flames out of 5 Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5 Blurb: Learning to be in a committed relationship has been easy for Spencer. In fact, too easy. Andrew has fit into his life seamlessly. Spencer’s let go of his insecurities and hang-ups, and he and Andrew are enjoying where things are headed. For the first time in years, Spencer’s life is unbelievably perfect. Andrew overthinks everything. So when Spencer gets a phone call from Australia, he’s certain Spencer will push…

Title: Complementary Colors Author: Adrienne Wilder Publisher: Self-published Release Date: June 20th 2014 Genre(s): Contemporary Page Count: 320 Reviewed by: Ele Heat Level: 3.5 flames out of 5 Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5 Blurb: My sister Julia manipulated my life into a prison to keep me silent about our dirty family secret. Her greed made me a slave and circumstance left me with no way to escape. Trapped, the only way I could silence the nightmares driving me to insanity was to wrap them in color, hold them with shadow, and stitch them to negative space with line. But…

Title: Lima Oscar Victor Echo and The Truth About Everything Author: Suki Fleet Publisher:  MM Romance Group Release Date: June 7th, 2015 Genre(s): Contemporary, New Adult Page Count: 83 Reviewed by: PrinCkhera Heat Level: 3.5 flames out of 5 Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5 Blurb: Dear Author, I saw this picture and would love to know their story. These two are either long-term friends or lovers, not sure which. They should be happy but for some reason they feel sad to me, maybe they have lost someone close or even a beloved pet. I don’t really know. One of them could be ill or going away. Could you please…

Author: Robert Karjel (author), Nancy Pick (translator) Publisher: HarperCollins Release Date: July 7, 2015 Genre(s): Mystery, Spy Thriller, Bisexual Page Count: 352 Reviewed by: LenaRibka Heat Level: 2 flames out of 5 Rating: 5 stars out of 5 Blurb: A Swedish security agent is summoned to interrogate a terror suspect held by the FBI —but the prisoner isn't the only one with something to hide. At a remote military base in the Indian Ocean, the FBI is trying to get a prisoner to confess. But the detainee, a suspect in an Islamist-inspired terror attack in the United States, refuses to…

Title: The Only Option Author: Megan Derr Publisher: Omnilit/All Romance eBooks, LLC Release Date: May 1, 2016 Genre(s): M/M Fantasy Page Length: 89 pages Reviewed by: Renée Heat Level:  4 flames out of 5 Rating:  4.3 stars out of 5 Blurb: A desperate dragon. A lonely necromancer. A marriage neither wants. When he is summoned to the royal castle, Rochus anticipates nothing more than a particularly difficult assignment. The bothersome journey is almost made worthwhile when he is propositioned by a young, beautiful dragon, Tilo, who seems untroubled by the fact that Rochus is a necromancer. When Rochus arrives at the castle he…

Title: Cookies Author: Teodora Kostova Publisher: Self Published Release Date: April 21st 2016 Genre(s): Contemporary Romance Page Count: 242 pages Reviewed by: Lili Heat Level: 3.5 flames out of 5 Rating: 4 stars out of 5 Blurb: I went to war, running away from myself. I came back in pieces to find out who I really was... It took me nearly ten years, two tours in Afghanistan and losing a leg to come to terms with who I really am. Two years after coming back from war, I can say that I’m finally content. I’m as fit as ever, my…