Recommended Reads for Aug. 2015

Title: White Lies Author: Jack Byrne Publisher: Dreamspinner Publishing Release Date: August 12, 2015 Genre(s): Contemporary Page Count: 89 Reviewed by: Gigi Heat Level: 3 flames out of 5 Rating: 2 stars out of 5 Blurb: Brent Winton is doing all the wrong things for all the right reasons. Since the death of their parents years ago, Brent is helping his younger brother Zach through law school in sunny Queensland, Australia. The boys share a cheap flat, and Brent works two jobs to support them, but Zach thinks the second job is merely bar tending. In reality Brent has turned…

Title: Ruin Porn Author: S.A. McAuley & S.J.D. Peterson Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Release Date: August 28, 2015 Genre(s): Contemporary Page Count: 252 Reviewed by: Brooklyn Heat Level: 4 flames out of 5 Rating: 5 stars out of 5 Blurb: There is underlying beauty in destruction…. Miah Thade, Finn Reese, and Ritchie Meyer are Resonator, an indie rock band with an edge—best friends turned rock stars, known as the Detroit 3. When Evin Rene appears in their life none of them can deny he belongs with Rez. They may have named their first album Ruin Porn because people get off on…

Title: Lovers & Fighters Author: Nash Summers Publisher: Dreamspinner Publishing Release Date: September 9, 2015 Genre(s): Contemporary Page Count: 127 Reviewed by: Gigi Heat Level: 3 flames out of 5 Rating: 5+ stars out of 5 Blurb: Scott Halleck and Julian Reeves are polar opposites in almost every way. Scott, a modern arts curator at a museum in Chicago, relishes the finer things in life. Julian is a strange photographer whose hair color changes as frequently as his mood. As far as Scott can see, Julian is an erratic know-it-all who lives his life one day to the next. To…

Title: Return (Davlova #2) Author: A.M. Sexton Publisher: Self Published Release Date: August 31, 2015 Genre(s): Dystopian Fiction Page Count: 324 Reviewed by: Jewel Heat Level: 4 flames out of 5 Rating: 4 stars out of 5 Blurb: The exciting conclusion to Release Fire rages through Davlova in the wake of a bloody revolution. The tyrannical upper class has been overthrown. In the midst of the chaos, Misha and Ayo escape on Miguel Donato's boat and flee across the sea to the distant city of Deliphine. All his life, Misha has dreamed of leaving Davlova behind, but now the only…

Title: Scorched Edges (Tales from The Edge #6) Author: L.M. Somerton Publisher: Pride Publishing Release Date: August 11, 2015 Genre(s): Contemporary/BDSM/Firefighters Page Count: 127 Reviewed by: Gigi Heat Level: 3 flames out of 5 Rating: 2 stars out of 5 Blurb: Love forged in fire is unassailable. Fireman Salter Beauman, Beau to his friends, has had his eye on cute Marty Standish ever since he helped rescue Marty and his boss from the bombed out rubble of Temple Church. An analyst for the security services, Marty is cute, geeky and submissive through and through—even if he doesn’t know it yet.…

Title: Rattlesnake Author: Kim Fielding Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Release Date: August 31, 2015 Genre(s): Contemporary Page Count: 240 Reviewed by: Renee Heat Level:  3 flames out of 5 Rating:  4.1 stars out of 5 Blurb: A drifter since his teens, Jimmy Dorsett has no home and no hope. What he does have is a duffel bag, a lot of stories, and a junker car. Then one cold desert night he picks up a hitchhiker and ends up with something more: a letter from a dying man to the son he hasn’t seen in years. On a quest to deliver the letter,…

Title: Vespertine Author: Leta Blake, Indra Vaughn Publisher: Ledra Release Date: September 10, 2015 Genre(s): Contemporary Page Count: 420 Reviewed by: Jewel Heat Level: 4 flames out of 5 Rating: 5 stars out of 5 Blurb: Can a priest and a rock star obey love's call? Seventeen years ago, Jasper Hendricks and Nicholas Blumfeld's childhood friendship turned into a secret, blissful love affair. They spent several idyllic months together until Jasper's calling to the Catholic priesthood became impossible to ignore. Left floundering, Nicky followed his own trajectory into rock stardom, but he never stopped looking back. Today, Jasper pushes boundaries…

Title: Healed Hearts (Heartland #1) Author: Logan Meredith Publisher: Dreamspinner Press LLC Release Date: August 24th 2015 Genre(s): M/M Contemporary Romance Page Count: 200 pages Reviewed by: Belen Heat Level: 4 flames out of 5 Rating: 3 stars out of 5 Blurb: Even men afraid of donuts deserve a happy ending. Second-grade teacher Seth Ray has experienced more than his fair share of heartbreak. On his own since his mother’s death, Seth remains burdened by frequent anxiety, which he manages by steadfastly avoiding anything that might set it off—including men whose names start with the letter J and donuts. Unfortunately,…

Title: Rattlesnake Author: Kim Fielding Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Release Date: August 31st 2015 Genre(s): M/M Contemporary Romance Page Count: 240 pages Reviewed by: Belen Heat Level: 3 flames out of 5 Rating: 4 stars out of 5 Blurb: A drifter since his teens, Jimmy Dorsett has no home and no hope. What he does have is a duffel bag, a lot of stories, and a junker car. Then one cold desert night he picks up a hitchhiker and ends up with something more: a letter from a dying man to the son he hasn’t seen in years. On a quest…