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Buddy Review: Rake I’d Like to F… Anthology

Nov 30, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Anthology Rake I’d Like to F… is a collection of five stories set between the 1700s and 1800s. They all feature a rake that falls hard for the person(s) that completes their world. With mixed...

FILED UNDER: 3.5 stars, Buddy Review, Historical, Kris' Reviews, Menage/Polyamory, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: Adriana Herrera, anthology, artist, best friend's sister, BIPOC, boxing, criminal, Daddy/boy, Eva Leigh, geek, hurt/comfort, Joanna Shupe, kidnapping, M/M/F, mild kink, Nicola Davidson, orphan, playwright, Sierra Simone, veteran, virgin, wealthy character, widow/widower

Review: Blue Jay by A. Zukowski

Nov 21, 2019 | 1 comment

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Former boxer and, now, former convict, Alex Whale, is struggling on the outside. His former agent and his own family would jump at the chance to see Alex “Blue” Whale back in the ring—if only for...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Camille's Reviews, Contemporary
TAGGED: A. Zukowski, bisexual, boxing, depression, ex con, gender fluid, London Stories series, opposites attract, sex worker, slow burn

Review: Working It by Christine d’Abo

Feb 7, 2017 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Zach Anderson may be many things, but no one will ever call him patient or kind. As CTO of a growing company, he has no time for handholding or fools who question him. His reputation and temper are...

FILED UNDER: 4.75 stars, Contemporary, Sue's Reviews
TAGGED: anxiety, boss/employee, boxing, Christine d’Abo, PTSD, Ringside Romance series, Riptide Publishing

Review: In the Ring by Rie Warren

Dec 9, 2016 | 3 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | All Romance | Amazon UK Length: Novel Liam Shaughnessy is a survivor. When he was bullied in school, he learned how to defend himself. When his father was a drunk and his mother worked two jobs, he took care of his younger...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: athlete, boxing, cheating, coming out, Rie Warren, self published, The Boxer series

Review: Won’t Back Down Anthology

Jul 14, 2014 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.25 stars Buy Link: Amazon | All Romance Length: Anthology This anthology is twelve rounds of non-stop action. It features stories full of characters willing to fight for what they believe in, the ones they love, or just for survival. No matter what the...

Review: Torquere Charity Sips (part 1)

Oct 18, 2012 | 0 comments

Torquere annually releases a set of short stories called Charity Sips with proceeds going to a GBLT charity. This year the theme of the stories is “leather bound” and the charity is NOH8, whose mission is to promote marriage, gender and human equality...

FILED UNDER: 3.25 stars, 4 stars, 4.25 stars, 4.5 stars, Contemporary, Crissy's Reviews, Fantasy, Historical
TAGGED: A. Catherine Noon, boxing, Charlie Cochet, magic, Nancy M. Griffis, NOH8, Rachel Wilder, Torquere Press, Winnie Jerome, wizard

Review: Knockout by Leora Stark

Sep 6, 2012 | 0 comments

Rating: 3 stars Buy Links: Amazon | All Romance Length: Novella Tyler Morris has not had an easy life. Growing up in a home where his brother ran away at an early age and his father abused him caused Tyler to be angry early on. After the physical abuse was...

FILED UNDER: 3 stars, Contemporary, Crissy's Reviews
TAGGED: abuse, boxing, Dreamspinner Press, foster care, Leora Stark

Review: Counterpunch by Aleksandr Voinov

Mar 14, 2012 | 2 comments

Buy Link: Counterpunch Author: Aleksandr Voinov Publisher: Storm Moon Press Length: Novel Rating: 5 Brooklyn Marshall is a boxer on the slave circuit. Two years ago he was a freeman, but after being convicted of a violent crime he was sentenced to a life of slavery....

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Alternate World, Jay's Reviews
TAGGED: athlete, Belonging Universe, boxing, master/slave, Storm Moon Press

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