ex con

Review: The Boss by J. Calamy

Jan 26, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Nelson Graves has more money than a man should and a black market empire large enough to ensure the money keeps rolling in. He also has enemies and some of them seem determined to bring him down,...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Sue's Reviews
TAGGED: drug addict, drug use, ex con, J Calamy, NineStar Press, organized crime, PTSD, road rage, Under Red Sky Series, wealthy hero

Audiobook Review: Redemption by Eden Winters

Dec 24, 2020 | 0 comments

Story Rating: 4.25 stars Audio Rating: 4.25 stars Narrator: Darcy Stark Length: 8 hours, 41 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks Redemption, the fifth book in Eden Winters’ Diversion series, wraps up a three-story...

FILED UNDER: 4.25 stars, Audiobook, Contemporary, Jay's Reviews
TAGGED: Darcy Stark, Diversion series, drug addict, Eden Winters, established relationship, ex con, law enforcement, self published

Review: A Long Way Back by Barbara Elsborg

Nov 23, 2020 | 1 comment

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Note: While it may not be imperative to read The Making of Jonty Bloom prior to reading this connecting novel, A Long Way Back, author Barbara Elsborg definitely crosses over between the two during...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Contemporary, Sammy's Reviews
TAGGED: Barbara Elsborg, coming out, ex con, friends to lovers, hurt/comfort, self published, Unfinished Business series

Review: Wood by A.E. Via

Aug 18, 2020 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel A lot can change in 17 years and when those years are spent behind bars, the outside world can seem radically different. But Herschel Wood, Jr. is willing to do whatever it takes to stand on his own...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Camille's Reviews, Contemporary
TAGGED: A.E. Via, age gap, coming out, enemies to lovers, ex con, roommates, slow burn, tattoo artist, True Lovers series, Via Star Wings Books

Review: Redemption by Garrett Leigh

Jun 25, 2020 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.25 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Luis Pope lived by his brother’s rules for a long time. When things went bad, Luis went to prison for six years. He did his time, has the scars to prove it, and now he’s back. While Luis isn’t sure...

FILED UNDER: 4.25 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: Darkest Skies series, deaf/hard of hearing, ex con, gangs, Garrett Leigh, self published, violence

Review: A Sweet Man by Jaime Reese

Jun 19, 2020 | 0 comments

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Ben is too embarrassed to return to Matt and Julian’s for his final four months of probation. His stupidity at not following his own gut, but instead trusting a person he thought was a friend, landed...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Contemporary, Sammy's Reviews
TAGGED: age gap, attempted rape, baker, bisexual, bodyguard, deaf/hard of hearing, ex con, hurt/comfort, Jaime Reese, law enforcement, physical abuse, self published, The Men of Halfway House series

Review: Outside by Nicky James

Mar 18, 2020 | 2 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel It’s been twenty years since Bishop was convicted of a crime he didn’t commit. After two decades in prison, part of that time on death row, Bishop has been exonerated and released. When Anson took a...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: BIPOC, Death Row Chronicles, ex con, Nicky James, prison guard, self published, violence

Review: Hard Ride by A.M. Arthur

Feb 18, 2020 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Derrick Massey has visited Clean Slate Ranch a number of times and he’s there now to celebrate a double wedding. When his sister-in-law, Sophie, goes into labor, Derrick is...