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Just A Cowboy and His Baby by Carolyn Brown

December 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment

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Just A Cowboy and His Baby by Carolyn Brown
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Genre: Contemporary, Holiday
Length: Full Length (324 pgs)
Heat Level: Spicy
Rating: 4 stars
Reviewed by Nymphaea

She’s Got Her Eyes on the Prize…

Gemma O’Donnell wasn’t the first woman to win the ProRodeo buckle for bronc riding, but she was darn well going to be the second. What she didn’t count on was her main competition sweeping her off her feet.

He’ll Do Whatever It Takes To Win…

Trace Coleman isn’t really after a title—he needs the cash prize to buy his dream ranch. But one sexy, determined cowgirl keeps getting in his way. In his effort to take her out of the running, he risks losing both the title—and his heart.

They’re Both in For a Little Surprise…

Everybody’s world is turned upside down when a pint-sized bundle of joy gets dropped right into Trace’s lap…and suddenly all the stakes are higher.

Anything you can do, I can do better… or at least when it comes to bronc riding.

I know when I read a book by Carolyn Brown, I’m in for a treat. The writing flows and the words leap from the pages. I’m immersed in the world of the characters and tend to finish the book in one sitting. The same was the case for Just a Cowboy and His Baby. I devoured this book in what seemed like no time at all and thought about the characters after I put the book down.

Here’s my quandary. I liked this book. I did. But for me there were aspects that tripped me up. I love animals and I tend to talk to all four of mine. When Trace talked to his dog like it was a person, I got him. Totally. But there were moments when he went on a long time. Was this bad? Not really, but it stuck with me and temporarily ripped me out of the story. Another thing was Gemma. She talked to herself a lot, too. Seeing as how I tend to talk myself through things, I could relate to her. What I had a hard time with was her overwhelming determination to be the best. Be the best, by all means, but she went overboard. Everything had to be her way and she had to win. I like strong women, but there’s strong, then there’s so strong I wanted her to break a bit.

Still, this book has lots of good points. The writing is solid and the storyline is fantastic. I felt the connection between Gemma and Trace and rooted for them to have their HEA. The scenes in the arena are vivid. I’ve never been to a bronc riding show, but I feel like I have.

If you want a book that’s the right mix of sugar, spice and broncs, then this might be the book for you!

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Taking Inventory by Sean Michael

December 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment

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Taking Inventory by Sean Michael
Publisher: Torquere Press
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Short Story (16 pgs)
Other: M/M, Anal sex, spanking, BDSM, toys
Rating: 4 stars
Reviewed by Nymphaea

Marcus is getting ready for a leather convention and Jim is helping his Master take inventory. There’s nothing better than the smell of leather and his Master nearby, and Jim is happy as a clam. Happy enough that even Marcus pushing can only bring joy.

This short story packs a punch!

Ever read a story where you thought one thing would happen, but in all reality, something totally else happened–and it was so worth the ride? That’s what happened when I opened Taking Inventory by Sean Michael. I know when I pick up a book by Sean Michael I’m in for a hot time. This story was no exception. The heat started early on and didn’t let up until the last page. The words flowed well and while I couldn’t see exactly what Jim and Marcus looked like, I felt everything they felt.

I’m not sure if they are part of another story, but that didn’t matter in this case. Being plunked into their story right where I was worked well. I didn’t need a bunch of backstory. I wanted heat and two guys showing how much they cared about each other. That’s what I got.

I will say that Sean Michael’s work isn’t for the faint of heart. If you’re new to BDSM, this might not be the one you want to go for. Marcus and Jim have an intense relationship. The things they do, while done out of love, are hot and guaranteed to make the ice in your glass melt. If you like characters that go for the gold in the bedroom and want heat over your lunch break, then this might be the book for you.

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Letting Jack Watch by Kathryn Wallis

December 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment

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Letting Jack Watch by Kathryn Wallis
Publisher: Ellora’s Cave
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Short Story (100 pgs)
Other: M/F, M/F/M, Ménage, Voyeurism
Rating: 4 stars
Reviewed by Dahlia

Edmonton cop Jack has one rule for dating—don’t get emotionally involved. A string of short-term flings leaves him dissatisfied, though, and he starts to envy his partner, Jeremy, who’s been dating curvy redhead Caitlin for a year.

Then Jack glimpses something forbidden—and realizes a glimpse is not enough.

For Caitlin and Jeremy, letting Jack watch began as an accident and became a game. But they soon realize the game has high stakes—and threatens to tear them apart forever.

Jeremy doesn’t want to lose his best friend, but what will he have to sacrifice to keep Jack around? Caitlin knows what she wants, but getting it might destroy everything. And Jack may have come second, but he won’t settle for second best. He started out just watching. Now he wants it all.

What if the one you’ve been looking for has been standing right in front of you, but belongs to someone else?

A betrayal in his last serious relationship left Jack wanting nothing more than no-strings attached affairs with women who wouldn’t get emotionally involved. This worked for a while until Jack started noticing his friends’ relationships and the companionship he was missing. When asked to describe his perfect girl Jack didn’t have to look any further than Caitlin, his best friend’s girlfriend. Problem is Jack doesn’t want someone like Caitlin, he wants Caitlin and after being invited to taste the forbidden there’s no going back. The womanizer has finally found his forever, but at what cost?

Jeremy and Caitlin are still in the honeymoon stage of their relationship and loving every minute of it. This is it for them and they couldn’t be happier, but when it becomes clear that their friend Jack has hit a dry spell, they decide to help him out. However, after the lust fueled adrenaline fades, they realize they may have made an irrevocable mistake that may not be fixable without someone getting hurt. They can’t go back, but can they go forward?

Within the first few pages, it is clear this is would be a very sexy, steamy read. Not only are we the readers treated to scenes of delicious voyeurism courtesy of Caitlin and her hunky police officer boyfriend, but they also gradually take on an exhibitionist approach that lands them both in bed with Jack. Caitlin and Jeremy have a healthy sexual relationship, but when Jack comes clean about his witnessing a portion of their private moment, Caitlin and Jeremy discover that perhaps they could take sex to the next level and indulge a little. What started out as a kinky exhibitionist game soon becomes emotionally tangled for Jack and Caitlin. Regardless of the best friend status, it seemed a bit far-fetched that Jeremy would so easily step aside in his emotional relationship with Caitlin to let Jack in. I think there needed to be more time for all parties to consider the personal consequences of entering into a ménage relationship. Of course Caitlin benefits greatly by having not one but two men in uniform vying for her affections, but considering Jeremy’s prior claim on Caitlin, is it strong enough to add a third?

What I liked most about the story is how relatable the setting and characters are. They work hard and they play hard, but loyalty among the friends is incredibly strong. Caitlin is down to earth and isn’t afraid to take what she wants sexually; Jeremy is the gentle giant who’s always out to please and try new things; and then there’s the womanizing Jack who just needs to be loved.

There were a few instances where the details in a particular scene felt out of place and not really important to the set-up, but that was quickly overlooked. Also, there were times where the POV was inconsistent and would briefly jump to one character and then jump back. This created a few hiccups in the flow, but again easily overlooked.

For my first read by this author, I am impressed with how much was packed in and how very much I enjoyed the voyeuristic and exhibitionist aspects of the story. I will absolutely read more by this author and will recommend this story to any erotic romance reader who likes equal parts sex and romance with a touch of angst in their story.

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Marked by Grief by Caitlin Ricci

December 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment

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Marked by Grief by Caitlin Ricci
Publisher: Silver Publishing
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Short Story (130 pgs)
Other: M/M, Anal Play, BDSM
Rating: 2.5 stars
Reviewed by Cactus

Kit is struggling after his brother’s tragic death and the man he loves hasn’t spoken to him since the funeral. When a broken Kit comes back into Jason’s life, will love be enough to heal them both?

Six months after Kit lost his big brother to a drunk driver, he’s alone and feeling like everyone has left him behind. He struggles to get out of bed, to feed himself, to talk to his parents. Worst of all the man that he loves, his brother’s best friend, hasn’t spoken to him since the funeral.

Jason always assumed he’d have time to tell Kit his feelings someday, after the younger man had more experience and maturity. Bear’s death changed all of that. He isolated himself, thinking he was giving Kit space to heal. He couldn’t have imagined how wrong he was.

When a broken Kit comes back into Jason’s life, will love be enough to heal them both?

Sometimes getting what you need comes with a price. Kit is still reeling from his brother’s death six months ago. Losing not only his best friend but his brother’s best friend, Jason, as well has left Kit feeling alone and unwanted. When Kit finally forces himself to see Jason, Jason realizes how much pain Kit is in. Although the attraction is clear, Jason has a few rules and tests Kit must pass for them to finally be together. It’s not the relationship Kit ever thought they’d have but the rewards are worth the price.

Marked by Grief is a decent enough book. The plot relies heavily on the already established relationship between Kit and Jason to make sense of their lightning fast relationship. They basically get together in the span of hours and after sleeping together the first night, they’re in love and committed for all time. Unfortunately the reader doesn’t get to see any of their friendship or the foundation that this new relationship is undoubtedly based on. Instead all we see is Jason bossing Kit around all day and later on in bed, much to Kit’s initial confusion then acceptance. This isn’t necessarily bad but it keeps the relationship shallow without any of the depth of watching a couple get to know each other and fall in love.

Part of this is that the book introduces a BDSM element somewhat offhanded. Jason is supposedly very into bondage and BDSM, thus requiring Kit to be as well. The story goes from nothing to a lot pretty quickly and doesn’t give a lot of context or background. In some places, it’s almost a how-to manual with formal dialogue and instructions. That said, the sex scenes gradually build heat and action in a nice way and there is obvious chemistry between the men.  Nothing wrong with the physical in this story.

Marked by Grief is a nice read but I didn’t think it was great. It has some emotion with Kit and his brother’s death but leaves a lot of issues unresolved. Jason and Kit make a well-matched couple but I would have liked to seen more. The story seems too rushed to really explore everything – a new relationship, lingering emotion over Bear’s death, the BDSM angle. It’s a decent story for something quick and easy but not necessarily a memorable one.

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Alabaster by Nick Hirsch

December 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment

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Alabaster by Nick Hirsch
Publisher: Prizm Books
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Contemporary
Length: Short Story (15 pages)
Age Recommendation: 12+
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Reviewe by Astilbe

Alan turned to stone as a boy, and now he’s started cracking. His father left when he was a kid, his mother is impossible to talk to, and he’s always been bullied at school. One day he meets a boy on the bus named Luke, and things start to change. Will his feelings for Luke finally cure him, or will he simply fall to pieces?

For some people the passage of time does not heal all wounds. If anything it makes them worse!

The idea of love transforming us into better versions of ourselves has long been a cliche. By pushing this concept from metaphor to a literal act Mr. Hirsch breathed new life into this concept. Alan’s emotional trauma is evident in every inch of his cold, grey skin and he has lived with the effects of it for so long that he’s forgotten what life is like for people without his affliction.

Magical realism is a slippery genre. Inject too much magic into an otherwise ordinary setting and one risks distracting the characters (and audience) from what might happen by the peculiar things going on right now. If too little time is spent on the mystical elements, though, the reader will be left wondering if the narrator is a reliable witness to what is happening. Happily Alabaster strikes a good balance between these two extremes. While I wondered why no one in Alan’s life comments on the condition of his skin this can easily be explained away by the long period of time that elapsed between him turning to stone and the beginning of his relationship with Luke.

I had some trouble determining an appropriate age recommendation for this story. It contains offensive language and includes a briefly violent scene. Although the altercation is not described in great detail and the slurs were necessary in order to explain why Alan finds certain memories so painful they do make this selection inappropriate for younger or sensitive readers.

Repeated punctuation errors were only reason why this book didn’t receive a much higher rating. So many sentences included misplaced commas and spelling and grammar errors that I had trouble understanding the meaning of some of them.

Alabaster has a heart of gold, though. I’d highly recommend it to anyone interested in a sweet tale of a boy’s first taste of love.

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The Boy Who Called God “She” by Nancy Springer

December 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment

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The Boy Who Called God “She” by Nancy Springer
Publisher: Untreed Reads
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Contemporary
Length: Short Story (10 pages)
Rating: 3 Stars
Reviewed by Astilbe

Derek relishes being the bully of his Catholic school, and when Julian arrives with his purple hair, he seems like an easy target. When Julian starts asserting that God might actually be a woman, Derek is immediately enraged and becomes determined to get Julian to recant his thought, no matter the price. It soon becomes apparent that perhaps Julian has some strength Derek isn’t quite prepared for, and that the boy with the purple hair knows something more than he’s telling.

Does God change? How can you know what he or she really thinks about humanity?

I’d never thought about viewing society through the eyes of a bully before. Derek is definitely not an easy guy to like. He seems to know exactly how to sniff out the weaknesses in others and manipulate them to to best suit his agenda. In Derek’s mind there is no space for vulnerability, creativity or admitting that you’re wrong in any circumstances. The world is a dualistic beast and the only way one survives is by staying one step ahead of everyone else. It must be terrible to be confronted with someone, then, who defies all of the rules you thought applied to everyone.

This is where the story grows even more interesting. A freethinker and budding intellectual, Julian disrupts all of Derek’s assumptions about how life should work. It is through the clash of their ideas that I ended up finding sympathy for Derek. Bullies gather strength through fear, silence and intimidation. It is only when this illusion of agreement is broken that everyone sees their true faces.

Derek’s eventual reaction to his interactions with Julian seemed disingenuous. In my experience most people retain the same personality, character strengths and flaws throughout their lives. Barring serious emotional trauma the core of who someone is and how he or she interacts with the world at fifteen is almost always the same twenty, forty or sixty years later. As much as I wanted to believe the ending I kept waiting for Derek’s true self to emerge once again.

The Boy Who Called God “She” contains more questions than answers. If you like asking questions and following each inquiry as far as it will go this is a good book to spark your imagination.

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Stein & Candle: Cold Wars by Michael Panush

December 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment

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Stein & Candle: Cold Wars by Michael Panush
The Stein & Candle Detective Agency Volume 2
Publisher: Curiosity Quills
Genre: Action/Adventure, Historical, Paranormal, Suspense/Mystery
Length: Full Length (221 pages)
Rating: 4.5 stars
Reviewed by Orchid

A wealthy Hawaiian hotelier is chewed to death by sharks – in his penthouse office.

A traveling salesman goes missing – in a shady New England town full of monstrous fishmen.

A new casino gets supernaturally good luck in Vegas – thanks to ancient Egyptian magic.

These are the cases taken by Morton Candle and Weatherby Stein. Mort’s a hardboiled ex-paratrooper turned two-gun shamus. Weatherby’s a fourteen-year-old wiz kid and heir to the greatest family of European sorcerers.

They met in the fury of WWII, when Weatherby and his parents were being held hostage by the Third Reich and Mort’s squad was sent to bust them out. Now they’re a pair of private detectives specializing in the paranormal, the supernatural and the just plain weird.

But sometimes, arcane evil goes back a long way and a dangerous force from deep in the past of Stein’s family is about rise. Weatherby and Mort will put everything they have into stopping it – and it might not be enough.

This is an unusual book. Set in the 1950s, it has the air of old detective cartoon books about secret agents. The book follows the careers of Morton Candle, a retired army sergeant turned detective and Weatherby Stein, genius of the supernatural and inheritor of his father’s knowledge of the supernatural.

Their reputation is for solving cases of the unusual kind and each section covers a different crime for the two intrepid heroes to solve. First is the case of a man killed by a shark – in the penthouse office. Other similar strange cases come their way and they attempt to solve them with their usual combination of investigative experience and supernatural expertise.

The two main characters are fun. Mort knows Weatherby is still a child as far as maturity goes, but he treats him with respect. Most of the time Weatherby goes along with Mort, but when he feels strongly about something he digs his heels in and goes his own way.

Weatherby’s sister, Selena, makes a few brief appearances much to Mort’s irritation. Due to the fact it’s separated into different stories (or cases) it’s a book that can easily be put down and picked up again as time permits. Maybe it was the 1950s style of writing, but I found although I enjoyed it, this book didn’t grab me enough to want to make me read more of the series. On the whole the book is lighthearted despite the paranormal aspect and I read it with enjoyment.

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