His Heart’s Desire by Penny Brandon (2nd Edition)

Title: His Heart’s Desire (2nd Edition)

Series: The Looking Glass 03

Author: Penny Brandon

Genre: Fantasy, Contemporary, Paranormal

Publisher: Penny Brandon (14th June 2018)

Length: Novella (182pgs)

Heat Level: Low

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥ 4 Hearts

Blurb: As the keeper of a magic mirror that shows those lucky few their one true love, Simon dreams of the day it will show him his, but he never dreamt of a punk-assed kid with ripped jeans and rainbow colored hair. Devastated, Simon tries to push Alex away, refusing to tell him they were fated, but Alex keeps coming back, showing all the signs of a man drawn to his soulmate. Realizing he’s made a terrible mistake, Simon figures the only way to fix it is to be the man Alex wants because Alex is the man Simon needs if he’s ever to have a future.

Never before has Alex fallen so hard for a man who obviously doesn’t like him, but Alex is sure there’s a passionate man beneath Simon’s prickly exterior. Peeling away Simon’s layers is like ripping off a bandaid, but it’s worth it when Alex finally has Simon in his arms. The problem is, though he may have Simon’s body, he doesn’t have his heart, and that’s the part Alex wants most. Until he finds out Simon has lied to him.

ISBN: B07D8TLTV3

Product Link: Amazon US | Amazon UK

Reviewer: Lisa

Review: Each book in The Looking Glass collection features a new romantic couple. To enjoy the overall story arc and crossover characters, I would recommend reading the series in sequential order.

For many years Simon has been the keeper of the magic mirror. A mirror that showed one their true love, but for Simon it just seemed empty. He wanted someone to love him and a chance to finally be let out of his duties. Then in walks a man, who takes one look in the mirror and see’s Simon.

Alex owns a security company that protects buisness from shoplifters. He was out in his punk look searching for new business that needed help. He had not expected to meet Simon, a very sexy young man who definitely didn’t want anything to do with him.

This is a cute little story but it was also very long winded to me. I almost put the book down, because it just seemed like it was never going to end. There is a connection to the guys, but I just didn’t feel it like a reader should. I guess I could see why Simon was pissed, but the man acted like an idiot though. He knew his job, but he also expected to been shown, and it bit him on the ass, so to speak. He didn’t trust and was snarly towards Alex, but in the end it was pretty good. I just wished it didn’t seem to long a step to get there.

Other than my issues with this story, it is well written with a magical touch. It is also a very unique type of story that will draw a reader in and keep them captivated. I also liked the little twists that seemed to happen for one of the other characters. I didn’t much care for the story, but it is a pretty good read.

First Kiss by Penny Brandon (2nd Edition)

Title: First Kiss (2nd Edition)

Series: Looking Glass Book 02

Author: Penny Brandon

Genre:  Fantasy, Paranormal

Length: Novella (176 Pages)

ISNB:B07D8Y2BFS

Publisher: Penny Brandon (14th June 2018)

Heat: Low

Heart: ♥♥♥♥♥ 5 Hearts

Reviewer: Lisa

Blurb: The second Brenn saw Joey’s image in the magic mirror, he was hooked. The moment he saw him in real life, Brenn knew Joey was going to be his forever. Joey was flirty, and fun, and he had the most gorgeous smile, but then Joey told him he was dying. Though devastated, Brenn didn’t want to give up on Joey, so he offered to look after him and make his last few days as comfortable as possible, but was that going to be enough when all Brenn really wanted was for Joey to live?

Brenn was everything Joey could have wished for; strong, built, and with amazing eyes, and Brenn was in love with him. That would have given Joey something to live for, if it hadn’t been too late. He had about three weeks left, but that didn’t seem to matter to Brenn. Brenn wanted to take him home, and Joey was willing to go with him, but on two conditions. He wanted Brenn to make love to him before he died, but no kissing.

Purchase Link: Amazon US | Amazon UK

Review: This is book two in this series and they need to be read in order. Usually it gives you an insight into the characters and their world, but in this particular series it tells you about the mirror. A mirror that shows someone their one true love. Simon is the keeper of the mirror and he guides the ones who come stumbling in, not sure why but they do and gives them the answers. Brenn is not like anyone I have ever met. He walked into the store and Simon showed him the mirror. It shows him a young man that will be his.

He looks for him, and finds the sexiest man he had ever seen. However he realizes Joey is in a wheelchair, and then Joey drops the bomb on him. Joey is dying of a disease that no one understood and there was no cure. Brenn decides right then and there that he wanted this man for however long he could have him. He goes to the hospital and brings him home with him. He shows him the love that he has for him and helps him. He loves this man more than anything in the world, but it was tearing him apart to know he only had a few weeks with him.

Joey was falling in love with Brenn but he was so scared. He was scared because he didn’t want to die and he didn’t want to leave Brenn alone. He got so scared one night that he had called his friends to come get him, because he didn’t want to hurt Brenn even more than he already knows he has. What he doesn’t realizes is his very first kiss would be the man who can save him. That was the only thing he never let anyone do, he had never been kissed.

This story made me cry more than I have at any other time. I felt the pain that both of these men felt. The pain of losing someone that you love would tear anyone apart, and knowing that Brenn would feel this way when Joey died just about made me loose it. And Joey had been young and vibrant, a life guard at one time to find out that he was dying and none of the medicine or treatment would save his life. He had given up and was just waiting, but he looked at life around him like a child at a fare. He still saw goodness in the things around him. He wished that he had Brenn with him before he had made the choice to stop all the treatments, and now he was scared to try again. To know all that would break any ones heart.

I loved this book and I can guarantee that you will too. It gives you two very sexy men who love each other, tenderness, compassion, feisty young men, and a touch of pain, but in the end there is a happiness that will steal your breath.

I loved it and cannot wait to get my hands on the next book in this series. It caught my attention from the moment I started reading it and kept it all the way to the end.

Choices by Penny Brandon (2nd Edition)

Title: Choices *5o% off at Smashwords at time of posting*

Series: Looking Glass 01

Author: Penny Brandon

Genre: Contemporary, Fantasy, Paranormal

Length: Novella (155pgs)

ISNB: 9780463677797

Publisher: Penny Brandon (14th June 2018)

Heat Rating: Low

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ 5 Hearts

Reviewer: Lisa

Blurb: Marc’s straight, always has been and thought he always would be, but when he’s shown his true love in a magic mirror he’s shocked to find out his true love is a man. Not only that, it’s up to him to convince his true love they’re meant to be together. All bad enough, but after finding Liam, the only way he’s able to persuade Liam to go out with him is to offer him sex — even though that’s something Marc’s definitely not ready for.

Liam thinks Marc is crazy. Marc’s straight but he’s talking about true love and making a life together. Liam doesn’t believe in love and he certainly isn’t going to fall in love with a crazy straight guy regardless of how sexy he is. But he hasn’t reckoned on Marc’s pushy attitude or his offer of sex which, no matter how much he knows he should, Liam can’t turn down.

Purchase Link: Amazon US | Amazon UK | Smashwords

Review: Penny Brandon just blew my mind. This story came off so possible and real that I was amazed with it. Well not the looking in a mirror and being told about a true love part but the difficulties that Liam had with it. He didn’t believe in love and never dated any man. He just had hook-ups and right after wards he left them.

His mother had loved his father, did everything the man wanted even though her husband, his father did everything he could do to destroy her and her love. He would not leaver her but he cheated on her at every turn. Liam had tried everything to get his mother to leave, but wouldn’t. He knew that to love someone would place your self in the path of being hurt. He would not take the chance ever.

That was until a man comes up to him and tells him of a story. A story that made him think the man was insane. Marc tells him about walking into a store and looking in a mirror and being showed his true mate. The fact that Marc was straight also made him wonder if the man shouldn’t get help. But he realizes that Marc is serious. The problem was he did not want to hurt this man.

Marc knew what Liam thought about what he had told him, but he had to take the chance. He had to show Liam that he could and would love him. He found out why Liam didn’t believe in love, so he sets out to show him and prove to him that he could have it.

This story absolutely blew my mind. For so long I believed the same thing Liam believes. That love doesn’t exist, but in this story it shows you how it can happen and that it does happen. I can not wait to get my hands on the next book in this series. It captured my attention with the first sentence and kept it all the way to the end. Once you read this, you won’t be able to wait till the next book. I can guarantee that once you read it you will fall in love with these two men as I have. It gives you two sexy and quirky men, tenderness, a fantasy, excitement, adventure and a love that will draw you in.

Behind Every Cloud by Penny Brandon

18395716Title: Behind Every Cloud

Series:  N/A

Author: Penny Brandon

Genre: Contemporary

Length: Novel (204 pages)

Publisher: Loose Id (August 27th, 2013)

Heat Level: Explicit

Heart Rating:
♥♥♥♥3.5Hearts

Blurb: Forced to live behind a lie because of a promise he made to his sister, Kurt’s been celibate for twelve years. It’s not so much the sex he misses, but the chance at a family like the one his parents brought him up to expect. Then he meets Sasha, and it becomes all about the sex. Though he tries hard to resist, Sasha’s just too damn gorgeous, and Sasha wants him. So why not just give in?

Throwing himself with abandon into the Sydney gay scene, millionaire Sasha Harrison becomes playboy celebrity known to everyone as “Silver.” It was fun at first, but after five years of being the media’s meal ticket, he now just wants to be left alone. Hounded by reporters, he hides out with Kurt, the one guy who has no idea who he is, or was. But that’s the problem. Kurt doesn’t realize Sasha’s not used to being turned down, and Sasha’s not used to being with nice guys.

Product Link: http://www.loose-id.com/behind-every-cloud.html

Reviewer:   GiGi

Review: The start is interesting and lays a foundation for many possible directions with this book, but becomes a bit predictable further in. I like the character of Sasha but there is so much more room for further character building with him. An interesting story of attraction, closet cases, and the little rich boy fantasy, but I wanted to know more about Sasha’s back story, more drama, more angst. There’s a lot of smexy scenes, and some odd turns and twists. I thought we were going to read more of Sasha becoming more of an assistant to Kurt, weaving himself further into Kurt’s life, and seeing more develop between Kurt, his sister and Sasha’s role. There was a wealth of possibility for deeper layers to this story with Sasha’s parents, his past, and his future with Kurt that just wasn’t mined. I think I’d describe this as more of the fantasy genre.  Overall, an entertaining read.

Murphy's Law by Penny Brandon

Title: Murphy’s Law

Series: N/A  

Author: Penny Brandon

Genre: Contemporary

Length: Novel

Publisher: Loose Id (July 31st, 2012)

Heat Level: Explicit

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥3Hearts

Blurb:  Fed up of trying to fly under his step family’s radar, David sets off to Australia to get away from their constant harassment. Maybe there he can be himself, be free, be with someone who can help him forget about his problems for a while. Meeting Scott, who not only thinks he’s sexy but shows him how much over and over again, is perfect. And Scott doesn’t care that he’s accident prone. Well, David is everything prone; what can go wrong does. And falling in love with someone he nearly kills is about as wrong as it can get.

Scott likes his sex uncomplicated, preferably with someone just passing through, but his family wants him to settle down with some nice young man. To get away from their meddling he heads to Bondi Beach. That’s where he meets David, a man who just pushes his buttons, and the fact that he’s looking for the same thing Scott is, makes him ideal. However, he falls in love with David–sassy attitude, accidents, and adorable accent included. But how is Scott going to persuade David to stay with him, especially as David’s seriously upset about nearly getting him killed?

This book contains explicit sexual situations, graphic language, and material that some readers may find objectionable: male/male sexual practices.

Product Link:  http://www.loose-id.com/murphy-s-law.html

Reviewer:   Cat

Review:   This story is really cute and funny. Nicely fast paced, one twist after another. The sex is hot and the things that happen are funny and some are suspenseful.

You can’t help but fall in love with David, and also sympathize with him for being so accident prone. I really related, since I seem to have the same fate. Scott is also likeable and so hot. What’s not to like about him? What all can go wrong in an Australian paradise? You wouldn’t believe half of it!! But I am not telling you will have to read this!!

Some of the things are really out there! Also it’s a bit hard to believe that someone just meeting another person falls so in love in such a short time. Seems like a normal person would run the other direction when these things happen. We aren’t talking spilled paint or stubbed toes here. But this is fiction, and it’s fun to escape to these places especially of love at first sight and ever enduring.

I recommend this book to anyone that loves, love at first sight, sweet funny romance, and some pretty hot mansex.