Tag: Cassandra Gold

Fool for Love, 2nd edition by Cassandra Gold

18306478Title: Fool for Love, 2nd Edition

Series:  N/A

Author: Cassandra Gold

Genre:  Contemporary/May-December Romance

Length: Novella (132 pages)
Publisher: Loose ID (August 2013)

Heat Level:  Moderate

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥3.5 Hearts

Blurb: Forty-five-year-old college professor Vincent Norton expects to spend the rest of his life alone. After all, he had more than twenty years with the love of his life before losing him to an accident. When he meets his 21-year-old neighbor, Vince is shocked and upset to find himself once again attracted to someone, but this time, it’s a man half his age. College student Rob Bridges has always liked older men, but even he’s a little surprised at how attractive he finds his much older neighbor. Once he realizes he wants Vince, Rob sets his mind on catching him. Will Vince let himself be caught, or will his indecision ruin their chance at happiness?

Product Link:  http://www.loose-id.com/fool-for-love.html

Reviewer:   GiGi

Review: I enjoyed this sweet boy next-door romance even with the age difference. Young student falls for hot older neighbor who is a professor, who happens to be 25 years his senior. Of course, the usual age difference drama occurs, but the loss of Vincent’s lover and partner of 20 years tends to soften my heart towards him. Add all those elements to a budding relationship, throw in an ailing father and you have stacked the odds against them. I must admit being in a relationship myself where my spouse is 15 years older; I can’t wrap my mind around a 25-year age gap. I tend to plant myself in the sisters’ camp and hang on to concerns for Rob. Different milestones we hit in life should be shared otherwise when we hit those crossroads alone we tend to go in separate directions. I digress, enough soapbox. This is a sweet read, hot smexy scenes, touching emotions situations, and well written. I love how hard Rob works to catch Vince’s attention!

Trust by Cassandra Gold

TrustTitle: Trust

Author: Cassandra Gold

Genre: Contemporary/BDSM

Length: Novella (59 pages)

Publisher: Amber Quill Press

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥4Hearts

Heat Level: Explicit

Blurb:  Detective Zach Davis has always prized his iron control. Life has taught him that emotions and trust are things to be avoided at all costs. Then his lover leaves him, citing the distance between them, and Zach realizes something has to change.

Could a night at a BDSM club be the perfect way for him to show Lane he really can let go and build an equal relationship?

NOTE: This story was previously published in an anthology entitled Broadly Bound (ISBN-13: 978-1-60659-970-9). This reissued version of the story, now published for the first time on its own, has been reedited.

Product Link: http://www.amberquill.com/AmberAllure/Trust.html

Reviewer: Cat

Review: Zach has control and commitment issues stemming from abuse as a child. When he

meets Lane he finds he wants more with him, but it’s a little too late. Can he win Lane back? His is a very sweet story of a man overcoming his past and trying to move on. The story is interesting and very hot and sexy. Totally swoon-worthy.

Recommendation: If you like, stories about overcoming fears, changing your life, and gaining trust and some mild sexy BDSM this is for you!

 

 

Always a Groomsman by Cassandra Gold

cg_alwaysagroomsmanTitle:  Always a Groomsman

Series:  N/A

Author:  Cassandra Gold

Genre:  Contemporary Romance

Length:  Novella (80 pages)

Publisher:  Loose ID (June 11th 2013)

Heat Level:  Moderate

Heart Rating:  ♥♥♥♥4Hearts

Blurb:   Photographer Skyler Spencer comes to Key West for his brother’s wedding expecting to take some pictures, act as best man, and maybe spend a little time getting to know his brother’s fiancée and her twin sister. Then he learns that not only is the twin a man rather than a woman, but it’s a man he’s met before–under less than appropriate circumstances.

Casey Baker doesn’t expect the guy he once had a memorable encounter in a club bathroom with to turn up as his brother-in-law to be, but he’s able to deal with the surprise. Dealing with the strong attraction they feel for each other is a lot more difficult, but Casey figures a short, hot fling will take care of that. Too bad he’s not good at staying detached, and Skyler’s not good at commitment.

When Mother Nature and the past combine to put the wedding in jeopardy, Skyler and Casey have more than just their own confused feelings to deal with. Will the weekend end with two sets of broken hearts?

Product Link:  http://www.loose-id.com/always-a-groomsman.html

Reviewer:   Tams

Review:  Perfect for a bit of light reading. Skylar Spencer heads to Key West when his baby brother calls him to be his best man. Take some pictures, stand up for his brother, and meet his soon to be sister-in-law and her twin sister. Easy peasy, right? Well, said twin turns out to be a guy and not just any guy, but a guy Skylar has history with.

The story flows well from beginning to end with likeable characters and a cute storyline of the past, present and future coming together. The history that Skylar and Casey share, albeit brief, makes them comfortable with each other. There is a lot of content wrapped up in just a few pages. From the impending wedding of their siblings to their own budding romance and Gold manages to bring everything full circle in the end.

Predictable, but fun read with a definite HEA. Perfect story for hopeless romantics, with the added M/M twist.

 

The Institute: Healer by Cassandra Gold

Title:  The Institute:  Healer

Author:  Cassandra Gold

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Length:  Novel

Publisher: Amber Allure (October 30, 2011)

Heat Level:  Explicit

Heart Rating:  ♥♥♥♥♥5Hearts

Blurb:  For years, Dr. Tristan Matheson has hidden his unusual healing abilities, pretending to be an ordinary doctor instead. And he’s eluded detection–until now. When Tristan’s targeted, a mysterious shapeshifter named Cam becomes his only means of escape.

A member of the Delphic Institute, Cam is capable of taking the shape of anyone he’s ever seen. Retrieving Tristan was supposed to be an ordinary mission, but the feelings the doctor stirs in Cam are surprising and unwelcome.

Unfortunately, Tristan and Cam have a bigger problem than their mutual attraction. A war brewing between groups interested in “recruiting” people with special talents could tear them apart before they ever get together…

Product Link:  http://amberquill.com/AmberAllure/Institute_Healer.html

Reviewer:  Portia

Review:  I absolutely loved the first book in Cassandra Gold’s new Series, The Institute.  Basically, this is the X-men for grown-ups.  And like the most recent X-men offerings, between a bunch of action scenes, there’s a steamy romance with more than a touch of angst.

Now the Title character, Tristan, is a sweetie; a heart of gold and off-the chart healing abilities.  It takes him a while to get used to not having to hide his abilities, when he first gets to the Institute, but it doesn’t take long for him to get with the program.  Having a hottie like Cam no doubt made settling in even easier.  Speaking of Cam, he is without par my favorite character in this story.  Watching him fall in love was like seeing a car wreck in slow motion.  What’s that saying?  The bigger they are, the harder they fall.  Definitely applies to our jaded Shapeshifter.

There are also a heap of neat secondary characters that are introduced .  Hopefully, Ms. Gold won’t feel the need to just stick with just MM romance, in this series.  I would love to see Dixon fall.

So, like I said, The Institute:  Healer is a fabulous beginning.  Nice world-building, realistic plotting and excellent pace for both the romance and the action.  I look forward to book #2.