Contact by Tatum Throne

23206369Title: Contact
Series: Titan Year 1, #1
Author: Tatum Throne
Genre: Sci-fi
Length: Short (42 pages)
Publisher: Luminosity Publishing (September 12th, 2014)
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥3.75Hearts
Blurb: What would you do if they contacted you?

NASA scientist Cooper Hart is dying. He’s determined to spend his final days hoping to hear a signal from a far away world. When the encryption first comes in, he quickly discovers that this isn’t a prank. They want to meet.

Elian Moten has spent the last four years searching for a life form compatible to his. His world is dying from the lack of ability to reproduce. They need males to repopulate. After researching the planet within the Benidi Region, also known as Earth, he chooses Cooper Hart to bring back to the royal family. He isn’t prepared for the intense attraction he feels for Cooper or the overpowering urge to claim him.

After three months aboard the Titan, Cooper wakes up to discover he isn’t dead. He’s been given a second chance, but he’s not sure if he’s prepared to take it. When he looks at Elian, he only knows how to say yes.

Reader Advisory: Sci-Fi MM erotic romance, containing consensual relationship between human and alien. Light BDSM, spanking.

Product Link: http://luminositypublishing.com/product/contact/
Reviewer: Shorty
Review: Cooper is elated to finally meet an alien before he dies of stage four cancer. He is not expecting to be asked to go with the alien but he accepts. I loved the difference between Elian and Cooper. Was very happy that with Elian’s treatment that Cooper was cured of cancer. Cooper and Elian make a great couple.

I hope that Elian’s home world doesn’t retaliate for him keeping Cooper as his instead of taking him to the Royal family to mate with one of them to help repopulate their world. The sex was hot. Good read.

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No Straight Boys by Cecil Wilde

81BoCyEkfYL._SL1500_Title: No Straight Boys
Author: Cecil Wilde
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Short (49 pages)
ISBN: 9781622101290
Publisher: Liquid Silver Books (August 10th, 2014)
Heat Level: Medium
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥ 3.5 hearts
Reviewer: Zane
Blurb: Find out what happens when refusing to date straight boys means turning down the man of your dreams! No Straight Boys by Cecil Wilde is a heart warming story about friendship, love, and finding yourself via late-night text messages.

Not dating straight boys is a pretty good strategy for long-term relationships if you’re a gay man, but what happens when one particular straight boy turns out to be the man of your dreams?

Cute, funny, and sometimes borderline philosophical, No Straight Boys is about what happens when perfection isn’t what you think it is, and love is best found via late-night text message.

Purchase Link: http://www.lsbooks.com/no-straight-boys-p932.php

Review: I was enticed by the blurb, as vague as it was. Who wouldn’t want to read a story about “friendship, love, and finding yourself via late-night text messages”? That definitely caught my attention. Overall, this is well written with well-developed, layered characters. While I enjoyed this read very much, I do take exception to one thing – the beginning.

Without spoiling – the book starts mid-conversation and mid-situation; it takes a little bit to determine who is who and what has transpired. While that did not detract from the rest of the read, I would have much preferred an extra page or so of character/story building.

Moving past that, what do we have here? Two lonely men (for different reasons) with social issues. Ethan is shy and stuck in the closet with no idea how to navigate the maze out. Jace is socially inept with a propensity for insta-love (and therefore an easily broken heart). They’re the perfect example of two individuals whose own neuroses SHOULD make them inappropriate for one another. But of course, that is not the case in the world of romance and ‘happily ever afters’.

I enjoyed Ethan and Jace. I was drawn to their friendship, the path they had to take and the pitfalls they had to navigate. I absolutely loved that much of their initial bonding took place via late-night text messaging (so now, so believable, so fun).

Life is confusing. Finding love is messy. Those involved often don’t see what is right in front of them. So, yes, I did moan and groan at missed opportunity, confusion, misunderstanding, and bad choices. I did smile because throughout all of that there were so many good moments where their friendship and love shined through. I saw that, even if Ethan and Jace didn’t. And for all my eye rolling, I did get my HEA, so no complaints there.

This is a quick read, fun and sexy with a good amount of depth to both the storyline and the characters despite its brevity. I like Ethan and Jace. I think they (and their text messages) are absolutely fun and adorable. If you like a little bit of flirty goodness along the slightly bumpy road to happiness, then you should get to know them too.

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