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Review: Deliverance by Garrett Leigh

May 20, 2021 | 0 comments

Rating: 4.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Benito Martell’s life is not what he wants it to be. He’s trying to get out of the gangster lifestyle, but that’s not something you can decide to move on from whenever you want. He has a...

FILED UNDER: 4.5 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: addiction, agoraphobia, bisexual, child abuse, Darkest Skies series, dyslexia, gangs, Garrett Leigh, hurt/comfort, self published, violence

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: Remember Me by Avril Ashton

May 27, 2020 | 2 comments

Rating: 4.75 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Eddie and Bishop are an unlikely pair, or are they? Their relationship was a secret, but their love was real. One moment, one night, and one bullet took it all away. Bishop now carries the memories...

FILED UNDER: 4.75 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: amnesia, Avril Ashton, BIPOC, Dread+Terrible series, found family, gangs, mental health issues, self published, stalker, violence

Review: King of Sin by Temple Madison

May 18, 2020 | 2 comments

Rating: 1.5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novella Lathe “Lucifer” Bronson is a detective who moonlights as a PI in the (possibly) sentient city of Hell New York, who strikes fear in the hearts of all the thugs, gangs, and fiends on the rough...

FILED UNDER: 1.5 stars, Alternate World, Jovan's Reviews, Paranormal
TAGGED: gangs, JMS Books, law enforcement, private investigator, Temple Madison, violence, wealthy hero

Review: Bleeding Like Me by Riley Parks

Jan 18, 2018 | 0 comments

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Evan and Jackson are gang members—rival gang members. Jackson has been in for years while Evan was just initiated into his gang. There is no room for error and there is certainly no room to be gay....

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Michelle's Reviews
TAGGED: addict, Boroughs Publishing Group, drug addict, gangs, Riley Parks, violence

Review: Vice City by S.A. Stovall

Sep 22, 2017 | 1 comment

Rating: 4 stars Buy Link: Amazon | iBooks | Amazon UK Length: Novel Nick Pierce has spent two decades as head enforcer for the Vice Family. It isn’t a pretty job, but Pierce hasn’t worried about his morals in a long time. At least not until he is forced to...

FILED UNDER: 4 stars, Contemporary, Sue's Reviews
TAGGED: DSP Publications, gangs, organized crime, S.A. Stovall, Vice City Series

Review: Yakuza Pride by H.J. Brues

Sep 14, 2016 | 21 comments

Rating: 5 stars Buy Link: Amazon | All Romance | Amazon UK Length: Novel I don’t think I could have chosen a better book for our Reading Challenge Month Around the World category than Yakuza Pride by H.J. Brues. This was an incredible novel steeped in Japanese culture...

FILED UNDER: 5 stars, Contemporary, Sammy's Reviews
TAGGED: BIPOC, Dreamspinner Press, gangs, graphic violence, H.J. Brues, kidnapping, organized crime, Reading Challenge Month 2016, The Way of the Yakuza series, torture

Review: Crashing Blue by Della Boynton

Mar 15, 2016 | 0 comments

Rating: 3.25 stars Buy Link: Amazon | All Romance | Amazon UK Length: Novel Francisco Gerald Cabot had everything stolen from him as a kid. Nowadays, he works as an undercover narc for the police where he is no better than the monsters who he takes down. Moving from...

FILED UNDER: 3.25 stars, Contemporary, Wendy's Reviews
TAGGED: Della Boynton, gangs, law enforcement, Loose Id