Recommended Reads for Aug. 2015

Title: Sense of Place (Thomas Elkin #3) Author: N.R. Walker Publisher: Pride Publishing Release Date: August 18, 2015 Genre(s): M/M Contemporary Erotic Romance Word Count: 37,251 Reviewed by: Belen Heat Level: 4 flames out of 5 Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5 Blurb: Designing homes is easy. Finding home is something else entirely. Thomas Elkin and Cooper Jones finally have the support of their families, and their love grows stronger every day. Now living together, they think nothing can stand in their way. But there are outside influences trying to pull them apart. Cooper encounters a man, closer to his…

Title: Endangered Species Author: Cheyenne Meadows Publisher: Fireborn Publishing Release Date: August 14, 2015 Genre(s): Paranormal Romance Page Count: 184 Reviewed by: Minnie Heat Level: 3 flames out of 5 Rating: 3.5 Stars out of 5 Blurb: Injured, exhausted, and on his last leg, lynx shifter, Jordan, all but gives up hope. After weeks confined in a research lab against his will, he manages to escape only to become hunted and is on the run. His will to survive is strong...if only he can keep going. Noble finds a ragged, bloody shifter on his doorstep in desperate need of attention.…

Title: A Fortunate Blizzard Author: L.C. Chase Publisher: Riptide Publishing Release Date: Nov 2, 2015 Genre(s): Contemporary Page Count: 175 Reviewed by: Lili Heat Level: 4 flames out 5 Rating: 5 Stars out of 5 Blurb: There are worse things than being stranded in a blizzard. Artist Trevor Morrison has always appreciated the little things in life, treating each day as a gift. And with good reason: he’s been on the transplant-recipient list for too long now. When he learns just how numbered his days truly are, he resolves not to take them for granted. But he won’t be unrealistic,…

Title: Shaken Author: Jenna Jones Publisher: Torquere Press Release Date: August 26, 2015 Genre(s): Contemporary Page Count: 101 Reviewed by: Renee Heat Level:  3 flames out of 5 Rating:  3.1 stars out of 5 Blurb:     One year ago, Sebastian and Patrick got married so that Patrick would have full legal rights to be with Sebastian during his treatment for testicular cancer. A year later, Sebastian learns his cancer is in remission. Patrick wants to celebrate with a dream vacation, the honeymoon they were unable to take when they were first married. But Sebastian has been shaken to his foundations,…

Title: The Windup (The Rainbow League #1) Author: Kate McMurray Publisher: Dreamspinner Release Date: April 24, 2015 Genre(s): Contemporary/Baseball Page Count: 241 Reviewed by: Gigi Heat Level: 3 flames out of 5 Rating: 2.5 stars out of 5 Blurb: Ian ran screaming from New York City upon graduating from high school. A job offer too good to turn down has brought him back, but he plans to leave as soon as the job is up. In the meantime he lets an old friend talk him into joining the Rainbow League, New York’s LGBT amateur baseball league. Baseball turns out to…

Title: Bowerbirds (Nested Hearts #2) Author: Ada Maria Soto Publisher: Dreamspinner Press LLC Release Date: August 26th 2015 Genre(s): M/M Contemporary Page Count: 200 pages Reviewed by: Belen Heat Level: 3 flames out of 5 Rating: 3 stars out of 5 Blurb: Two very different men have a chance at happiness, but only if they can let go of their painful pasts and allow love to take precedence. After spending his teens and twenties raising his son, James Maron is now dating Gabriel Juarez, the wealthy and sophisticated CFO of the TechPrim technology empire. But after a life of proudly…

Title: Empty Nests (Nested Hearts #1) Author: Ada Maria Soto Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Release Date: June 12th 2015 Genre(s): M/M Contemporary Page Count: 214 pages Reviewed by: Belen Heat Level: 3 flames out of 5 Rating: 3 stars out of 5 Blurb: Neither James nor Gabe has ever had a real relationship. They might make a connection if they can get past their differences—and their fears. At age fourteen, James Maron decided to prove he wasn’t gay despite vast evidence to the contrary. Now at thirty-two, he’s getting ready to send his son to college and wondering what he’s supposed…

Title: Try (Temptation #1) Author: Ella Frank Publisher: Self Published Release Date: November 12th 2013 Genre(s): M/M Erotica Page Count: 353 pages Reviewed by: Lili Heat Level: 5 flames out 5 Rating: 5 stars out of 5 Blurb: Try – verb: to make an attempt or effort to do something or in this case…someone. Sex. Logan Mitchell loves it, and ever since he realized his raw sexual appeal at a young age, he has had no problem using it to his advantage. Men and women alike fall into his bed—after all, Logan is not one to discriminate. He lives by…

Title: Take (Temptation #2) Author: Ella Frank Publisher: Self Published Release Date: July 8th 2014 Genre(s): M/M Erotica Page Count: 265 pages Reviewed by: Lili Heat Level: 5 flames out 5 Rating: 5 stars out of 5 Blurb: TAKE – verb: to reach for and hold in one’s hands or get into one’s possession, power or control. Logan Mitchell is a man who’s always been more than happy to take what he wants. It’s a philosophy that’s proven lucrative in both his business and personal life, and never was it more apparent than the night he laid eyes on Tate…

Title: Trust (Temptation #3) Author: Ella Frank Publisher: Self Published Release Date: May 2nd 2015 Genre(s): M/M Erotica Page Count: 401 pages Reviewed by: Lili Heat Level: 5 flames out of 5 Rating: 3.5 stars out of 5 Blurb: TRUST – verb: to believe in the reliability, truth, or strength of another. Up until now, Logan Mitchell has never had much of a reason to trust anyone. Having struggled with a self-identity crisis throughout college, he’s spent the years since then creating a sophisticated facade to present to the world. It’s an armor he thought was impenetrable—until he met Tate…