Bold Strokes Books

Review: Roux For Two by Aurora Rey

May 26, 2023 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel “I really am an idiot.” “I prefer the term ‘wounded.’” Chelsea flinched. “That’s way worse.” “No, it’s not. It’s acknowledging that sometimes bad things happen and they’re out of our...

FILED UNDER: 3.5 stars, Contemporary, Elizabeth's reviews
TAGGED: Aurora Rey, Bold Strokes Books, chef, small town, transgender

Review: The Speed of Slow Changes by Sander Santiago

Feb 14, 2023 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Alexander Jefferson has a busy life. He has a business, a wife, seven daughters, multiple siblings, lots of nieces, a father with health concerns, and an estranged mother. Still, when Lucas...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Menage/Polyamory, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: bisexual, Bold Strokes Books, homophobia, kids, nurse, open relationship, racism, Sander Santiago, small town

Review: The Fiend in the Fog by Jess Faraday

Sep 22, 2021 | 19 comments

Rating: 2.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel In an alternate nineteenth-century London, a young nurse is hurrying home with a strange potion hidden in her valise. A group of boys lurks on a corner, looking for a likely mark. A doctor...

FILED UNDER: 2.5 stars, Alternate World, Elizabeth's reviews, Historical, Paranormal
TAGGED: bisexual, Bold Strokes Books, crossdressing, found family, genderqueer, Jess Faraday, occult, Reading Challenge Month 2021

Review: His Brother’s Viscount by Stephanie Lake

Feb 3, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Hector Sommerville is the third son of an entailed estate in England. He’s no hope of inheriting, and he has little interest in being a burden. Hector has known his whole life that he has unnatural...

FILED UNDER: 3.5 stars, Historical, Veronica's Reviews
TAGGED: best friend's brother, Bold Strokes Books, Second Chances series, Stephanie Lake

Review: Every Summer Day by Lee Patton

Jun 16, 2020 | 0 comments

Rating: 3 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Luke Devlin is a history teacher working on his thesis. When school vacation starts, Luke buys himself a new journal and is determined to record his days in the summer. Living in Denver, he can’t wait...

FILED UNDER: 3 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: Bold Strokes Books, death of family member, homophobia, Lee Patton, ranch, teacher

Review: Spellbound by Jean Copeland and Jackie D

Feb 17, 2020 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Raven is cursed. Cursed to never love, to never feel joy or belonging. She will never have a family, a wife, or children. She is alone, and will always be alone. She is a shadowhunter, bound to serve...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Elizabeth's reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: Bold Strokes Books, friends to lovers, Jackie D, Jean Copeland, magic, master/slave, time travel, witch

Review: Faux Ho Ho by Nathan Burgoine

Dec 10, 2019 | 1 comment

Rating: 4.25 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Silas Waite does not get along with his super conservative family, aside from his sister, Elisha, and he is just as happy living all the way across the country from them. When his parents try to...

FILED UNDER: 4.25 stars, Contemporary, Holiday, Jay's Reviews
TAGGED: 'Nathan Burgoine, Bold Strokes Books, Christmas, fake relationship, Little Village universe, roommates, Thanksgiving

Review: In Case You Forgot by Frederick Smith and Chaz Lamar

Sep 6, 2019 | 22 comments

Rating: 4.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Zaire James initially enjoyed jet setting and hobnobbing with his husband. However, as his thirtieth birthday looms closer, Zaire has taken stock of his relationship and discovered that, at best,...

FILED UNDER: 4.75 stars, Camille's Reviews, Contemporary
TAGGED: BIPOC, Bold Strokes Books, Chaz Lamar, divorce, Frederick Smith, grief/loss, Reading Challenge Month 2019