Tag: LeeAnn’s Reviews

Looking After Joey by David Pratt

21863254Title: Looking After Joey
Series: N/A
Author: David Pratt
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Novel (255 Pages)
ISBN: 978-1-925931-93-5
Publisher: Wilde City Press (April 2nd, 2014)
Heat Level: Explicit
Blurb: Wouldn’t it be great if a porn character stepped out of the TV, into your life? Well, be careful what you wish for. Because that’s how Calvin and Peachy end up looking after Joey. And teaching him everything he needs to know to be a gay man in New York City. His final exam? A fabulous Labor Day party on Fire Island. But first, they all have to get invited. This will involve a rogues’ gallery of eccentric Manhattanites, including portly, perspiring publicist Bunce van den Troell; theatrical investor Sir Desmond Norma; studly thespian Clive Tidwell-Smidgin; lubricant king Fred Pflester; and a mysterious young man named Jeffrey. Tender, wise, witty, and often utterly deranged, Looking After Joey will make you wish that you, too, had a porn character at your kitchen table asking, “So, when can I have sex?”

Purchase Link: http://www.wildecity.com/books/gay-mainstream/looking-after-joey/#.U31uByiAOwU

LeeAnn’s Review: ♥♥♥ 3 Hearts

This story took you inside, literally of the porn world. Seriously Calvin somehow gets sucked, no pun intended, well maybe a little, into the porn world where all they do is have sex. Need your pool cleaned? Oops the pool boy won’t have change for when you go to pay him…oh let’s have sex…you know the bartering system. This is awesome for a while, as Calvin looks for Joey, his favourite porn star EVER. However, Calvin realizes that although it is fun to have sex with all these random people, they really have no point other than the sex. And that if anything is not done correctly “them”, the ones who watch, will not be happy!
This story brings, what I always thought about the porn industry, to life. There is a lot of humor, some angst, anger, sadness and want for revenge in this story. You get a little surprise in the book, which I refuse to reveal. You will need to read it to find out what it is. I believe it is worth your time. But don’t take my word for it. Go ahead, buy this, you know you want to. Who wouldn’t with promises of porn with hot sexy guys in it? In the pool, among other various places. So go ahead buy and enjoy your ride…again, pun intended? Maybe…maybe not.

Lisa’s Review: ♥♥♥2.5Hearts

Well I am not really sure what to say about this book. It is way out there in a way I never thought possible. Calvin really didn’t have a life it would seem. However, he has always loved this one character in a porn that he watches. What he had not expected was to get drawn into the porn. One minute he is at home watching it, the next he was having sex with everyone he came across. Sounds like a blast however he was wanting one guy and then he realized all he wanted to do was get back home.

Calvin even manages while doing this amazing porn thing to call his best friend Peachy for help. So he decides to throw in a little attitude and maybe they will kick him out of the movie so he could get home. He did want to take Joey with him but he didn’t think that was possible.

That is until he wakes up to find Joey in his apartment looking completely lost. He has never had anything other than sex, pizza, and beer. Never seen darkness and no women, he was really lost in this world. So Calvin and Peachy try their hardest to show Joey what life will be like here in reality.

It is a funny if not quirky book but it is missing something vital for me to really like it and get into it. I did laugh threw out most of the book, I mean when someone ask you constantly when can I have sex it gets to be a big laugh. I just need a bit more of a plot and story line to really get into it. I did get caught in the beginning but did have a bit of trouble staying with it. It just did not come off as something real to me.

A Possum Christmas by S. Allen

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Author: S. Allen
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Novella (104 Pages)
Asin: B00GRA3FWW
Publisher: S. Allen (November 16th, 2013)
Heat Level: Explicit
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ 5 Hearts
Reviewer: LeeAnn
Blurb: Ollie was finishing the last of his juice box when he noticed Christopher watching him. “Do you want one? I have another box.”

“You do know that’s not real fruit juice, right? It even states so on the box.” Christopher scrunched up his nose in distaste.

“This is a really yummy fruit flavored beverage, do you want one or not?” Ollie offered again.

“Yes, but do you have an actual cup I can drink it out of?”

When Ollie had asked Christopher out for coffee, he had no expectations of gaining a boyfriend right before Christmas. Ollie had no interest in committing to a relationship, but he had no way of predicting the impact that one prickly man could have on his life.

Christopher had a solid three-month expiration date on all of his previous boyfriends. Could Ollie be the exception?

Purchase Link: http://www.amazon.com/A-Possum-Christmas-S-Allen-ebook/dp/B00GRA3FWW
Review: I really enjoyed this book.

Ollie is a very carefree, fun-loving guy, on the outside but he has been hurt in the past and doesn’t want to be hurt again. He has many friends but has never been in love with any of his previous boyfriends, nor has he introduced any to his close circle of friends.

Christopher has also been hurt in the past and has a bad reputation as a mean and unfeeling man. When these two meet and become close however, they feel a change in their attitudes towards a committed relationship. Soon, however, just when they start to feel the other could be the one, life interferes and things are said that nearly tear them apart.

I highly recommend this book. So do yourself a favor and get this…I wasn’t sure what this would be about but I am so glad I read this. I believe this is the second book but I am not sure what the name of or when the third comes or came out. A perfect read alone book though. Stands very well on its own.

Three's a Crowd by Kassandra Cox

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Author: Kassandra Cox
Genre: Contemporary Ménage/ MMF
Length: Short (40 pages)
ISBN: 978-1-77130-754-3
Publisher: Evernight Publishing (March 12th, 2014)
Heat Level: Medium
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥5Hearts
Reviewer: LeeAnn
Blurb: Adam has played a role for so long that he lives half a life, burying the need within for the sake of appearances. Paul knows and accepts the man he is, but is gun-shy and not willing to risk his heart again too soon. Janine cares for them both and is determined to help them by arranging a ménage that is nothing short of pure hedonistic pleasure. Will love conquer all, or is each too afraid to reach for more?
Be warned: ménage sex (MMF), m/m sex, anal sex
Purchase Link: http://www.evernightpublishing.com/threes-a-crowd-by-kassandra-cox/
Review: Adam enjoys men more than he enjoys women, although he has dated women more than he has dated men. But, due to his job, he is afraid to go after what really does it for him. His “friends with benefits” Janine is his go to when he needs relief, as he is hers. One night Janine decides to add her friend Paul into the mix. She knows how Adam feels and wants to help both men. Maybe they were “the one” for each other. She was willing to orchestrate to see what might happen.

Let’s just say it was an amazing success. However, Adam was still unsure how his partners in the firm he worked for would react to him being in a relationship with a man.

This was a short story, but I enjoyed it very much. The relationship between Paul and Adam turns out to be…oops…can’t tell you what happens exactly or what would be the point of you reading it? So go ahead, buy the book. You won’t be disappointed. Not a lot of sex in here, but what is VERY nice for sure.

Serving Love at Carnival by T.A. Chase and Devon Rhodes

20800113Title: Serving Love at Carnival
Series: International Men of Sports
Author: T.A. Chase and Devon Rhodes
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Novel (168 pages)
ISBN: 9780857156631
Publisher: Totally Bound
Heat Level: Explicit
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ 5 Hearts
Reviewer: LeeAnn
Blurb: Anything goes during Carnival, and two men are about to discover just how hot the nights can get in Rio.
A long-time member of a samba school, Pablo knows that Carnival in his hometown of Rio de Janeiro is always hot, and the tall, sexy man he hooks up with during the festivities is even hotter. He usually doesn’t go back for repeats, but something about Diego has him working harder than he ever has to try to meet up again.

Diego travels all over the world on the pro beach volleyball tour, but has found that the sexiest man he’s ever met lives right there in Rio. After a few false starts, they finally seem to hit a groove, but as time goes on, ghosts from Pablo’s past begin to affect their present.

It’s tough being the partner of a professional athlete, competing with travel, fans, and training for their limited time. Pablo’s always been let down by people who found it easy to leave him behind. Is he prepared to accept what Diego can offer?

Purchase Link: https://www.totallybound.com/serving-love-at-carnival
Review: From the very beginning, I liked Pablo and Diego…a lot. I love how they met when neither was looking for anything more than a one-night stand. What they found was so much more than that. Their love grew over time. Whether they were texting each other or calling on the phone you see “see” a connection developing between these two men.

They had to learn to go to each other with their problems not a friend they have had for years. Building that trust was crucial and they did it very well. There was a great deal of lovemaking in this book. I could have said sex but not long after they, “hooked up” you could see it was more than sex for these two guys. I rooted for them to have a HEA and I was thrilled with how the authors worked it out. Here is to hoping Thi, Pablo’s best friend since his teens finds his HEA.

This is the sixth book in the International Men in Sports series. However, it is a standalone book. But I suggest, if you can, to get them all. The three I have now read are all wonderful stories.

Burning Up the Ice by T.A. Chase and Devon Rhodes

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Series: International Men of Sport, #5
Author: T.A. Chase and Devon Rhodes
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Novella (207 pages)
ISBN: 9781781847473
Publisher: Totally Bound (February 7th, 2014)
Heat Level: Moderate
Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ 5 Hearts
Reviewer: LeeAnn
Blurb: two men, two very different sports, and one rink—sharing ice has never been so hot.
Olivier ‘Big Bang’ St Pierre is back in his hometown while he recovers from being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Hockey’s a contact sport—still, he didn’t count on the locker room being dangerous. As a professional hockey player, he also didn’t count on it being hard to find ice time. But when a rink shuts down unexpectedly in a winter-sport-crazy town, even being a big name won’t help as people scramble for whatever they can get.
The first time Ethan Campbell hears from the local hockey legend he knew as a kid, Olivier manages to insult both his family’s rink and his new sport—curling. So he’s not exactly receptive when Olivier shows up in person to plead his case. He makes a sarcastic offer…and is shocked when Olivier takes him up on it. Ethan’s bad experience with hockey had left him cold. But soon he and Olivier are burning up the ice.
Ethan is tied to his town, job, and family, while Olivier will be going back to Chicago to rejoin his team as soon as he’s able. It can’t possibly last…can it?
Purchase Link: https://www.totallybound.com/burning-up-the-ice-print?search=burning%20up%20the%20ice
This is book five in the International Men of Sports series. See the full series listing here
Review: I really enjoyed this story. Oliver is in need of a private place to practice, to try to get his knee back into shape after having had major surgery on it. Ethan’s family owns an ice rink facility that, due to the closing of a major one due to repairs, is overflowing with requests for ice time. Somehow, Ethan finds himself offering Oliver use the rink after hours. The fun soon begins thanks to Oliver’s obsession with learning to drive the Zamboni, much to Ethan’s amusement.

Soon time together becomes more than time on the ice and working Oliver’s leg out. Their feelings for each other are real and seem to complete each other. They found in each other that missing part and begin a romance that, given time and dedication will become the best it can be. Yes so there is sex on the Zamboni, countertop and in the office but that just adds to the already great chemistry between the two. Add in the possibility of a romance for Ethan’s sister Chelsea. Meeting Ethan’s parents and nephew and hearing about Oliver’s relationship with his parent’s rounds this story out very nicely. NOT to mention seeing into the world of NHL teams and what makes a person become an athlete in a sport that is very dangerous at times.

So I have no problem saying this…if you like hockey and sex and love all rolled into a great story…then buy this book!

A Different Dawn by George Keegan

18304439Title:  A Different Dawn

Author: George Keegan

Genre: Contemporary (M/M)

Length:  Short (39 pages)

Publisher:  George Keegan (August 4th, 2013)   

Heat Level: Moderate

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥ 3 Hearts

Reviewer: LeeAnn

Blurb: Over thirty and at a crossroads in his life, freelance writer Chris Thorne is searching for himself. At odds with his traditional family and chafing from the expectations of a close female friend, Chris faces more than the isolation of a life spent in front of his laptop, it is more the loneliness of his true self-struggling for acceptance against the judgment of those around him.

When Tony Costanzo, the handsome son of Chris’s Italian neighbors, comes for a two-week vacation from New York to help his father with renovations, Chris and Tony form a close bond that extends beyond mere friendship. Discovering that they are two souls constrained by tradition, they take the first step in moving beyond the isolation of their lives.

Purchase Link:  http://www.amazon.com/A-Different-Dawn-George-Keegan-ebook/dp/B00ECB8HKI

Review:  Wasn’t sure about this book. The author did tend to ramble a bit and give more description of people and things than necessary. However, I did like how he described what Chris was feeling about Tony and gave a little background information about his experiences that helped him to discover his sexuality. I loved the chemistry between Tony and Chris and how Tony just took control and swept Chris away.

The ending left an opening for a possible relationship between the two. I liked that also. Rooting for them if there is another book 

Holy: The Awakening by Peter Jason Payne

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Author: Peter Jason Payne

Genre: Young Adult M/M Paranormal Romance

Length: Short (23 pages)

Publisher:  Peter Jason Payne (February 21st, 2014)

Heat Level: Low

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥5 Heart

Reviewer: LeeAnn

Blurb:Ambriel’s father died in a car wreck, leaving him the man of the house. It’s a heavy responsibility for a teen still in high school. 

To make matters worse, Ambriel has a deep, closeted secret that sets him apart from his carefree peers.

When Ambriel finds a kindred soul in his fellow classmate Jack, his difficult life takes a turn for the better.

However, there are dark forces at work in Ambriel’s hometown. Witchcraft and demonology have taken root and demons have been summoned, their infernal presence a threat to everyone. Ambriel is particularly vulnerable, because he isn’t just an average teen boy.

Ambriel is an angel.

What is holiness? What is goodness? Are they false constructs created by an hypocritical society? Or are they real, powerful virtues deep inside of us, waiting to be unleashed?

Holy is an M/M paranormal romance that explores the concepts of righteousness and wickedness, and seeks to challenge our preconceived notions of what is good and bad, right and wrong. At 6,000 words, this YA micro-novelette is the first entry of the Angels & Demons series.

Purchase Link: http://www.amazon.com/Holy-The-Awakening-Angels-Demons-ebook/dp/B00IL6NKJI

Review: OH my!  This book had me right from the start! Ambriel is an angel. He is drawn to Jack who is also one but doesn’t know it until Ambriel shows him. They connect instantly and are drawn to each other. Samael is a Demon or a God and is called forth by Jude. Although Jude doesn’t believe it until he, himself is revealed to be a Demon. Just when it’s getting to where we will be told what Jude’s true name is…..the book ends!  So good. Even though I was left hanging…will have to look for another book connected to this 

Lenny for Your Thoughts by Anyta Sunday

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Author:  Anyta Sunday

Genre: Contemporary

Length:  Novel (316 pages)

Publisher: Anyta Sunday (January 2nd, 2014)

Heat Level: Low

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥ 3 Hearts

Reviewer:  LeeAnn

Blurb: Lenny’s life in the small village of Waldau hasn’t changed in years. 

Now it’s time to make a change: a new life, a new city, and a chance to forget his cousin Julien–the boy he . . . well, the boy who left him behind. 

But just as Lenny’s future looks like it’s becoming reality, Julien returns, bringing with him all the sweet, wonderful, and painful memories of their past. 

What does his cousin want? 

And is it something Lenny can give him? 

Purchase Link:  http://www.amazon.com/Lenny-Your-Thoughts-Anyta-Sunday-ebook/dp/B00CMRQEMM

Review:  It took me a long time to get into this story. It kept going back and forth between the past and the present. I have read other books that go back and forth but not as much as this one did. I loved all the characters in the story but I think I would have liked it much more had it started in the past and worked its way to the present.  It was a good story, don’t get me wrong, but I would have enjoyed it more had it been done a little differently. I was rooting for Lenny and Julien the entire time and knew about Ben’s crush before it was revealed 🙂

Hard Times Part 2: Harder For More by Eve Bliss

81BSjQQKEfL._SL1500_Title:  Hard Times Part 2: Harder For More

Author:  Eve Bliss

Genre: Contemporary

Length:  Novella (80 pages)

Publisher:  EB Publishing (January 10th, 2014)

Heat Level: Explicit

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ 5 Hearts

Reviewer: LeeAnn

Blurb: In installment 2 of Hard Times, Stuart Finch’s perpetually throbbing cock has made one thing obvious: the more sex he has, the more he wants because Stuart is constantly harder for more. 

When he interviewed for the banking apprentice position, Stuart told the demanding bank executive he would do anything to be hired and keep the job, and he meant every syllable. Stuart just had no idea the type of erotically exhilarating and arousing tasks his boss would ask him to perform when he made that declaration — or how much he would enjoy performing them. 

Up until now, Stuart Finch’s stimulating interactions with his new boss and a friendly neighbor have been but a prelude to the main event: losing his virginity. Before long, Stuart is overwhelmed with the penetrating duties he’ll perform for his boss during the day and the steamy hot nights he’ll spend in the hulking arms of his amorous neighbor. 

In fact, the non-stop sex is downright exhausting, but worth every tingling sensation, stimulating penetration, and sensational orgasm

Purchase Link: http://www.amazon.com/Hard-Times-Part-Harder-More-ebook/dp/B00HTSJURK/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1392507216&sr=1-1&keywords=hard+times+part+2

Review: OK wow! Let’s start with that.

In the first book, young Stuart was untouched…well pretty much. In this one he, well, let’s say he is virginal no more. What with between his boss and neighbour, and with the possibility of being with a co-worker, his dance card is full. Not to mention the waiter from the hotel! How he is not totally exhausted by the end of this book, I have no idea! So yeah, if this is the type of book you want to read…*wink* I say buy it…buy it NOW!

I enjoyed it although I was a little exhausted what with all the “relations” he was having throughout the book. Phew! So yeah, buy it. You won’t regret it J

Hard Times Part 1: Hard to Resist by Eve Bliss

Title:   Hard Times Part 1:  Hard to Resist

Author:  Eve Bliss

Genre:  Erotica

Length:  Novella (74 Pages)

Publisher:  E Publishing (Jan 9th, 2014)

Heat Level: Explicit

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ 5 Hearts

Reviewer: LeeAnn P.

Blurb: Carl Dempsey can’t wait to have Stuart Finch’s sensuous virginal lips wrapped around his cock. Training new apprentices to enjoy sexual pleasure and forbidden desires is better than any other financial or social gain his banking position provides and he plans on exploring every sensual dividend of the anxious handsome asset sitting before him. 

Stuart is surprised when he returns home from work to find his ruggedly handsome neighbor, Tobias “Mac” MacFarland, naked and waiting for him with a raging erection, surrounded by rose petals and candles setting the mood for Stuart’s last night as a virgin. 

Navigating his way through the carnal desires of two powerful sexy men that enflame his skin and libido will be hard for Stuart to resist. 

Purchase Link:    http://www.amazon.com/Hard-Times-Part-To-Resist-ebook/dp/B00HTSJN18/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1391213288&sr=8-2&keywords=hard+times+by+eve+bliss

Review:  All Stuart wants ….needs is a job to help him take care of his mom and three sisters. Since his father died and the stock market crash happened, jobs have been few and far between. So he goes to see his grandfather’s former protégé to get a job as the bank manager Carl Dempsey’s apprentice at Commerce Savings and Loan.

Now to say Stuart learns a lot from his boss is one thing. What he learns is not what a person would expect. Very interesting, intimate things. Then at the boarding house he is staying in, he meets Mac who has also taken an interest in Stuart. Let the fun begin in this first installment of three. I liked this story a lot. Was sad it stopped where it did but that will only fuel a person’s desire to by the next two books. So go out and get it…you will NOT be sorry you did.