Title: Love’s Trials

Series: Revolutionary Hearts 02

Author: Janice Jarrell

Genre: Contemporary

Length: Novel (287pgs)

Publisher: Janice Jarrell (October 12, 2018)

Heat Level: Moderate

Heart Rating: 💖💖💖💖 3.75 Hearts

Blurb: Colin and Joshua faced the most harrowing ordeal of their lives with love and courage. Believing they’d survived their trial, they looked forward to a future filled with happiness only to discover that the worst was yet to come. Sometimes surviving is the toughest trial of all.

After half a lifetime spent in short-term liaisons that allowed no intimacy, charismatic Irish police officer, Colin Campbell, found the love of his life. Dark-eyed, steady Joshua Abrams burned through Colin’s emotional barriers and taught him to look at life through new eyes, eyes that made room for the love and closeness he had always denied himself. Deeply in love and completely happy, their life together remains idyllic and their fiery passion for each other seems limitless.

They survive the Charlottesville ‘Unite the Right’ riots, though not without scars. But later that month Colin’s position with the campus police force places him in charge of an informant program designed to crack a dangerous drug ring. Fully aware of the risks, he swears to Joshua that he will oversee the program without becoming directly involved. But Colin’s promise shatters when he becomes the only thing standing between a young Nigerian exchange student and a deadly drug lord.

ISBN: B07H9H8STS

Product Link: Amazon US | Amazon UK

Reviewer: Shorty

Review: Colin and Joshua’s relationship continues but not without a whole heap of trouble. If they had just talked things out I think it would have made a world of difference. But alas that was not the case and so miscommunications here and there lead to troubled times.

Colin for his part finds himself standing between an exchange student and a drug lord. Not a place you want to be in my opinion. But given that Colin is a cop I understood his desire to help the young man.

This was an emotionally charged story with a lot tense scenes, tender moments and some laughs. Colin and Joshua are still new at their relationship so problems were bound to arise from time to time. If only they had talked more maybe some could have been avoided.

All in all it was a good read.

Title: Love’s Magic

Series: Revolutionary Heart 01

Author: Janice Jarrell

Genre: Contemporary

Length: Novel (256pgs)

Publisher: Janice Jarrell (May 8, 2018)

Heat Level: Low – Moderate

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥ 3 1/2 Hearts

Blurb: If you love gay romance that contains both heated passion and steadfast love, Love’s Magic is for you!

Professor Nate Reese rushes to protect a female student and is severely injured at the hands of her assailant. Traumatized by the attack, Nate sets his feet on a no-holds-barred path of activism designed to force university officials into addressing the issue of on-campus assault. At the same time, terrified of losing his hard-won status at the university, his partner, David Gardener, a veteran of 12 years as a very popular Professor, is reluctant to support Nate’s militant efforts. Seemingly abandoned by his partner, Nate sees David’s aversion to his activism as indifference to the trauma he suffered. Day by day they watch as their relationship disintegrates, while still struggling to resolve the disruptive issues engulfing the school they love.

In the meantime, Irishman Colin Campbell, handsome and charismatic Sergeant for the campus police force, fights his own on-going war against campus assault. But behind his obsessive desire to gain justice for victims lies a devastating secret which could forever destroy his fiercely independent facade and expose his deepest fear. Ultimately, it is Colin’s powerful connection to a steady, dark-eyed Title IX consultant which threatens to tear down his defenses and shatter the barriers protecting his heart.

Cocky and irresistible, the dynamic police officer was everything Joshua Abrams had ever longed for in a man, but Colin simply didn’t ‘do’ relationships. Unless Joshua would settle for a one night stand, or a very short-term liaison, there was no room for him in Colin’s life. Yet even knowing this, he couldn’t keep himself from falling hopelessly in love with his ‘magic man’. Despite the passion between them, he knew his quiet, reclusive nature could never hope to entice the vibrant, freedom-loving Irishman, so eventually he begins to back slowly away.

Eventually, a disagreement over an oddly disturbing case causes Colin’s hot Irish temper to erupt and their relationship is irrevocably shattered. Heartbroken, and convinced that Colin is gone forever, Joshua flees Charlottesville without a word, leaving Colin adrift and inconsolable.

But Joshua Abrams hadn’t merely stepped over the indelible line Colin had drawn between his heart and the dangers of real love, he had burned through it like hot lava. Finally forced to acknowledge his love for Joshua and his desperate need to have the quiet, Jewish man by his side, Colin must now face the dark and long-suppressed memories which are irrevocably linked to his love for the handsome consultant. Without even a forwarding address to guide him, he vows to find Joshua and bring him home. Colin’s struggle to conquer his pride and fear in order to find the love of his life and achieve their happily ever after will touch your heart.

Four lives in turmoil fighting for the relationships they cherish, and at the heart of the struggle, a great university struggles to survive its most harrowing challenge.

Please Note: This book contains adult language & steamy adult activities, it is intended for 18+ Adults Only.

ISBN: B07CZNLPJ1

Product Link: Amazon US | Amazon UK

Reviewer: Shorty

Review: This story is about two couples, Nate and David and Colin and Joshua. Nate is attacked by a guy trying to hurt a female and is stabbed. Colin as campus police is called to investigate what happened. Joshua offers to help on Colin’s cases.

Both couples struggle with issues as the story progresses. I found that most of the story is drama based and about the couples issues and the way they deal with certain things. I really felt for both couples as one party in each have deeper things to deal with and at times they seem to push their other half away.

Although this was an emotional, drama driven book it was not for me. I found myself waiting for an action scene that never happened because I kept forgetting that I was reading a contemporary rather than a fantasy, sci-fi or paranormal story as I was asked to review this book. I think anyone who loves contemporary with deep issues and the aftermath of said issues will love this story.

However, for me it was not to my tastes and I found myself having to force myself to keep reading despite the fact that I wanted to stop altogether. Sorry but I did not care for it myself.