Recommended Reads for Jan. 2017

Title: Gardens of Hope : A Novel Author: Michael Holloway Perronne Publisher: Chances Press, LLC Release Date: December 23, 2016 Genre(s): M/M Historical Page Count: 236 Reviewed by: Crabbypatty Heat Level: 2 flames out of 5 Rating: 5 stars out of 5 Blurb:Can two men from the same city but segregated worlds maintain a connection during a time in US history that not only brands one of them as the enemy but denies that a love such as theirs exists? On the surface, Jack appears to have all a man in World War II era 1941 could want with his…

Title: Zero at the Bone Author: Jane Seville Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Release Date: April 6, 2009 Genre(s): Contemporary/Thriller Page Count: 308 Reviewed by: Gigi Heat Level: 5 flames out of 5 Rating: 5+ stars stars out of 5 Blurb: After witnessing a mob hit, surgeon Jack Francisco is put into protective custody to keep him safe until he can testify. A hitman known only as D is blackmailed into killing Jack, but when he tracks him down, his weary conscience won't allow him to murder an innocent man. Finding in each other an unlikely ally, Jack and D are soon…

Title: Trust Trade (Gem City Grit #1) Author: Ki Brightly Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Release Date: 27th Jan, 2017 Genre(s): Broken/Damaged Hero, Contemporary, Abuse, Healing Page Count : 340 Reviewed by: PIU Heat Level: 3.5 flames out of 5 Rating: 5 stars out of 5 Blurb: Life hasn’t been good to Jeb Birchman. When he attempted to escape his abusive, zealot father, he found himself on the streets, making a living the only way he knew how, the victim of more violent men—one of whom orchestrates a series of vicious attacks that leave Jeb deaf. Now that he’s aged beyond his…

Title: Shades of Gray Author: Brooke McKinley Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Release Date: October 19, 2009 Genre(s): Contemporary Page Count: 310 Reviewed by: Gigi Heat Level: 5 flames out of 5 Rating: 5+ stars out of 5 Blurb: Miller Sutton, a by-the-book FBI agent, is starting to see some troubling shades of gray in his black-and-white world. He comes face-to-face with his doubts in the person of Danny Butler, a mid-level drug runner Miller hopes to use to catch a much larger fish: Roberto Hinestroza, a drug lord Miller has pursued for years. Danny has no interest in being a witness…

Title: Friends with Benefits Author: Cheyenne Meadows Publisher: Dreamspinner Press Release Date: January 28, 2015 Genre(s): Paranormal / Shifters Page Count: 124 Reviewed by: Ariel Heat Level: 3.5 flames out of 5 Rating: 5 stars out of 5 Blurb:   Playboy wolf shifter Wiley can’t duck out of his pack’s biggest annual event, despite knowing his grandmother has possible suitors lined up and waiting. Wiley has no intention of settling down, and the situation dangles just above disaster. Thankfully, Wiley’s best friend, lion shifter Ram, agrees to pose as Wiley’s boyfriend for the weekend. They find out fate has other…

Title: Hard Wired (Cyberlove #3) Author: Santino Hassell, Megan Erickson Publisher: Self Published Release Date: February 13th 2017 Pages: 260 Genre(s): Contemporary Reviewed by: Ele Heat Level: 4 flames out of 5 Rating: 5+ stars out of 5 Blurb: My FallenCon agenda is simple: sit on a couple of panels and let people meet the real me. Jesse Garvy—mod of a famous Twitch channel and, if I ever come out of my shell, future vlogger. I definitely didn’t plan to sleep with a moody tattooed fan-artist, but he’s gorgeous and can’t keep his hands off me. There's a first time…

Title: Hard Wired (Cyberlove #3) Author: Megan Erickson and Santino Hassell Publisher: Megtino Press Release Date: February 13th 2017 Genre(s): Contemporary, New Adult Page Count: 260 pages Reviewed by: Lili Heat Level: 3 flames out of 5 Rating: 5 stars out of 5 Blurb: My FallenCon agenda is simple: sit on a couple of panels and let people meet the real me. Jesse Garvy—mod of a famous Twitch channel and, if I ever come out of my shell, future vlogger. I definitely didn’t plan to sleep with a moody tattooed fan-artist, but he’s gorgeous and can’t keep his hands off…

Title: And Call Me in the Morning Author: Willa Okati Publisher: Release Date: Genre(s): Contemporary/Friends-to-Lovers Page Count: Reviewed by: Heat Level: 4 flames out of 5 Rating: 5+ stars out of 5 Blurb: Take two, and call me in the morning. Eli and Zane. Colleagues at work and close friends, though on the surface it's an unexpected friendship between an odd couple. While Zane took the "high school to college to med school" track, medicine is Eli's second career and the best choice he ever made. He has work that he loves, an extended second family of colleagues and friends,…

Title: The Cowboy Poet Author: Claire Thompson Publisher: Romance Unbound Publishing Release Date: November 5, 2010 Genre(s): Contemporary/BDSM Page Count: 254 Reviewed by: Gigi Heat Level: 5 flames out of 5 Rating: 5 stars out of 5 Blurb: Tyler Sutton can run all he wants from his past, but he’s still got himself to contend with. Dark secret dreams of sexual submission continue to haunt the magazine reporter. The embers of his hidden yearnings burst into a bright flame of reality when Tyler meets Clint Darrow, the cowboy poet. Clint, the foreman on a West Texas bull ranch, hides his…