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Review: The Loner by Riley Hart

Jan 23, 2023 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Declan knows he’s a loner. He has a group of three friends that he hosts a podcast with; they are his family and they all know how he is. His childhood was disruptive and lonely and Declan...

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: actor, bartender, found family, homophobia, Riley Hart, self published, The Vers Podcast series

Review: The Rest of the Story by Tal Bauer

Jan 9, 2023 | 5 comments

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Morgan is a veteran NHL player. He’s been in the league for over a decade and his stats are solid, but not impressive. He does his job for his team, but he doesn’t make a big splash, and Morgan...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: age gap, assault, athlete, found family, hockey, self published, suicide ideation, Tal Bauer, virgin

Audiobook Review: How to Hack a Hacker by A.J. Sherwood

Dec 29, 2022 | 0 comments

Story Rating: 4 stars Audio Rating: 3.75 stars Narrators: Iggy Toma and Antonio Amato Length: 6 hours, 25 minutes Audiobook Buy Links: Amazon/Audible | iBooks Book Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks For twelve years, Kyou has kept a digital eye on the children of the man who...

Review: Transfiguration by Lissa Kasey

Dec 19, 2022 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Links: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Con is one of the best trackers working for the Fellowship. He is highly skilled at unraveling a puzzle or following a trail to track down books and other magical artifacts. Con is on a job,...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Jay's Reviews, Menage/Polyamory, Urban Fantasy
TAGGED: BIPOC, established couple, found family, kids, Layer Kake Publishing, Lissa Kasey, magic, Pillars of Magic: Dark Awakening series, vampire, witch

Buddy Review: Kind Hearts at Christmas Anthology

Dec 7, 2022 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Anthology The Kind Hearts at Christmas anthology is published in support of HIV/AIDS charities. The spark for the idea is explained in the preface and dedication written by author Liam Livings,...

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Contemporary, Holiday, Kris' Reviews, Michelle's Reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: abuse, anthology, athlete, Christmas, college, cowboy, curse, death of a parent, enemies to lovers, fated mates, found family, friends to lovers, geek, homeless, homophobia, hurt/comfort, Jewish, kids, magic, opposites attract, second chance, snowed in

Review: A Holiday to Sustain Us by Michele Notaro

Nov 30, 2022 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Lion shifter Charlie Ono-Nai loves his pride and is happy it’s growing. With Christmas approaching, he’s determined to make it the best holiday yet. Not only because of the children that...

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Alternate World, Holiday, Kris' Reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: abuse, bisexual, Christmas, cross dressing, dystopian, found family, hurt/comfort, kids, magic, mates, Michele Notaro, self published, shifter, slow burn, Solstice, The Magi Accounts Series

Review: Always You by Trish Edmisten

Nov 22, 2022 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel At 14, Bailey’s mother passed and he became an orphan. His uncle refused to take him in because he was gay, so for two weeks, Bailey was in the foster care system and living in a group home....

FILED UNDER: 3.75 stars, Contemporary, Kris' Reviews
TAGGED: drug abuse, foster care, found family, hurt/comfort, injury, lovers reunited, self published, social worker, Trish Edmisten, veteran

Review: A Purpose That Restores Us by Michele Notaro

Nov 3, 2022 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel A Purpose That Restores Us is the third full-length novel in the Magic Accounts series and these books need to be read in order. As such, there may be mild spoilers for the previous books in...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Alternate World, Futuristic/Science Fiction, Kris' Reviews
TAGGED: abuse, dystopian, found family, kidnapping, kids, lion, Magi Accounts Series, magic, mates, Michele Notaro, self published, shifter, torture, violence

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