His Horizon (His #1) by Con Riley

 

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Temperatures rise when there are two cooks in Jude’s kitchen...

Jude’s drowning in guilt when he can’t save his family business single-handed. The last person he expects to throw a lifeline is Rob, a rival chef who once beat him to first place in a cooking contest.

Two chefs working together won’t be easy. Not when Rob is everything Jude isn’t—popular, extroverted, and a one-time hook-up. What’s worse is that Rob wears his heart on his sleeve while Jude’s still in the closet.

Jude’s dilemma doesn’t end there. Rob’s rescue package comes with conditions that mean sharing everything from the profits to Jude’s sleeping quarters. Sleeping with the enemy will either be a disaster or signal a much brighter future, but only if Jude can meet Rob’s final condition and love him in the open.

Featuring opposites who attract, rivals to lovers, and an out-for-you storyline dripping with hurt-comfort feelings, His Horizon is the first in a shared-world series of standalone MM romance novels from Con Riley. 

My Rating - 4.5 Stars!

His Horizon is a wonderful book by Con Riley. I was pleasantly surprised by the depth of the storyline.

Rob and Jude are two cooks who were once competitors, yet are now business partners. Upon being reunited, they are also exploring their continued attraction to one another.

Jude's story is depressing from the start. He's back home to help his sister, having given up hope of finding his parents alive. What he finds is a struggling business and an awkward situation with Rob being in town.

Jude and Rob have a past that consists of one kiss. But the attraction is there and their connection is strong. Their slow burn romance is full of tension, need, and want. There's heat, a sprinkling of humor, and plenty of emotion.

The whole story revolves around Jude's parents being lost at sea. It's heartbreaking throughout, including Jude's issues with being closeted and having never come out to his parents. In general, Jude is weighed down by guilt, grief, and a whole lot of frustration. He's living with expectations, fears, and confusion.

The characters fully come to life in this British romance. It's a beautiful story of regrets, secrets, and acceptance. There's a family secret that comes to light, as well as some good twists and turns. In addition, there's a good mystery.

There's a whole lot to love about this tender, heart-felt read. The writing is beautiful, although definitely more descriptive than I normally prefer. The author excels in writing with a poetic feel, yet never overwhelming me. Written in alternating 3rd person pov, the reader is able to fully understand each man and their emotions.

His Horizon is wonderful in the end. I adore this heart warming second chance romance. I am excited for more in this Con Riley series.

Wild for You by Liam Livings

Title: Wild for You Author: Liam Livings Length: 52k Series: ​standalone Genre: contemporary

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Take one grieving widower...

William promised his husband they’d rewild a farm. Now his husband’s gone, William’s clueless about how to bring wildlife back to the farm, and can no longer write romance.

Add one bodybuilding farmer...

Since his parents’ failed marriage, Luke’s sceptical of love; it’s as old-fashioned and unnecessary as a relationship. Social media attention is better than real life.

And you have a friendship slowly turning into lovers...

William’s romantic heart and desires fight with guilt and grief as his attraction to Luke grows. Luke's connection with William melts his jaded heart.

My Rating - 3 Stars!

Liam Living's Wild For You is a good neighbors romance. 

William and Luke are new neighbors. William is new to town, still grieving the loss of his ex husband and hoping to fulfill a dream. Luke and sister Charlotte live next door. 

This is a story that starts with assumptions and a man who's not wanted in town. It's a story full of stubbornness, frustration, and pride. William's inability to ask for or accept help is maddening. But I enjoy the way Luke sets out to help William, despite the neighbors not wanting him and the change he's bringing. 

Several things lead this story. William is trying to make changes to his farm that the town doesn't want. And then there's the issue of the developing feelings between him and Luke. It all adds up to be an interesting story with some good conflict. 

Wild For You is a slow burn romance as one struggles to accept a second chance at love. Liam Livings entertains in this tale of facing fears and grabbing onto love. 

His Horizon (His #1) by Con Riley

 

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His Horizon by Con Riley

 

Temperatures rise when there are two cooks in Jude’s kitchen...

Jude’s drowning in guilt when he can’t save his family business single-handed. The last person he expects to throw a lifeline is Rob, a rival chef who once beat him to first place in a cooking contest.

Two chefs working together won’t be easy. Not when Rob is everything Jude isn’t—popular, extroverted, and a one-time hook-up. What’s worse is that Rob wears his heart on his sleeve while Jude’s still in the closet.

Jude’s dilemma doesn’t end there. Rob’s rescue package comes with conditions that mean sharing everything from the profits to Jude’s sleeping quarters. 

Sleeping with the enemy will either be a disaster or signal a much brighter future, but only if Jude can meet Rob’s final condition and love him in the open.

Featuring opposites who attract, rivals to lovers, and an out-for-you storyline dripping with hurt-comfort feelings, His Horizon is the first in a shared-world series of standalone MM romance novels from Con Riley.

CONTENT ADVISORY: Grief-related angst, Off-page peril & British-English spelling/grammar.

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My Rating - 4.5 Stars!

His Horizon is a wonderful book by Con Riley. I was pleasantly surprised by the depth of the storyline. 

Rob and Jude are two cooks who were once competitors, yet are now business partners. Upon being reunited, they are also exploring their continued attraction to one another.

Jude's story is depressing from the start. He's back home to help his sister, having given up hope of finding his parents alive. What he finds is a struggling business and an awkward situation with Rob being in town.

Jude and Rob have a past that consists of one kiss. But the attraction is there and their connection is strong. Their slow burn romance is full of tension, need, and want. There's heat, a sprinkling of humor, and plenty of emotion. 

The whole story revolves around Jude's parents being lost at sea. It's heartbreaking throughout, including Jude's issues with being closeted and having never come out to his parents. In general, Jude is weighed down by guilt, grief, and a whole lot of frustration. He's living with expectations, fears, and confusion.

The characters fully come to life in this British romance. It's a beautiful story of regrets, secrets, and acceptance. There's a family secret that comes to light, as well as some good twists and turns. In addition, there's a good mystery. 

There's a whole lot to love about this tender, heart-felt read. The writing is beautiful, although definitely more descriptive than I normally prefer. The author excels in writing with a poetic feel, yet never overwhelming me. Written in alternating 3rd person pov, the reader is able to fully understand each man and their emotions. 

His Horizon is wonderful in the end. I adore this heart warming second chance romance. I am excited for more in this Con Riley series. 

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It was beyond dark in the boatyard, clouds covering the moon leaving the way deeply shadowed. Rob held out his phone, flashlight app a white beam that sliced through the darkness, his other hand in Jude’s, fingers laced as they walked in silence to the boatshed. It lit the ceiling when he placed it at the head of the bed, the portholes dark circles above them. He stayed quiet until Jude lay flat on his bunk. “One thing,” he then said, after kneeling over him. “Just to check.” Rob dipped down for a kiss, lips barely touching Jude’s before he pulled back a scant inch. “You didn’t help yourself to a finger or two of cognac from the bar before coming to find me, did you?” His knees were so close to the edge of Jude’s bunk that he slipped after straddling him. 

Jude grabbed him with one hand on each of his hips, raising his knees to keep Rob steady. Once he was, Jude slid both hands under Rob’s T-shirt, hands travelling up and around to appreciate where his back broadened. “You think I’d need to be drunk to want this? Why?”

Rob’s gaze skittered away. 

It wasn’t easy to switch position. “Jesus, you’re a lump.” Jude pushed up while twisting, rolling them over so Rob was beneath him. “Why, Rob? You really think my judgement needs to be impaired to want you?”

“No… I… well, yes.” Rob’s hands skimmed Jude’s hips, his waist, the curve of pectorals that were more pronounced after a year’s sailing. “To be fair, I have had months of Lou telling me about how you never do this.”

“This?”

“It’s nothing.” Rob’s touch was distracting, but Jude stayed on topic.

“Tell me. What did Lou say I never do?”

Even in the dim light, Rob’s mask slipping again was visible. “Let people get close.” He squirmed, awkward before adding, “Besides, have you seen you?” He pushed Jude’s shirt higher. “Some people might say I’m punching a teensy bit above my weight.” He glanced down at that last word to where Jude had one hand on his belly. Rob’s skin was soft and giving. “Too many second breakfasts.”

“You’re gorgeous,” Jude said, and he meant it. Had done from their first meeting. “Annoying, but gorgeous.”

Rob pulled him closer and Jude sank into it, lying instead of kneeling, kissing instead of thinking about what might come tomorrow. With his eyes closed, and Rob’s arms around him, Jude was back in London, after the contest semi-finals, only this time—now—he wasn’t about to stop at kissing. No, if he’d learned anything this year, it was to take as much as he could, because tomorrow could get washed away without any warning.

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Con Riley lives on the wild and rugged Devonshire coast, with her head in the clouds, and her feet in the Atlantic Ocean.

Injury curtailed her enjoyment of outdoor pursuits, so writing fiction now fills her free time instead. Love, loss, and redemption shape her romance stories, and her characters are flawed in ways that makes them live and breathe.

When not people watching, or wrangling her own boy band of teen sons, she spends time staring at the sea from her kitchen window. If you see her, don't disturb her—she's probably thinking up new plots.

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Gay on a Train by K.C. Wells

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I’m straight. So when a gay guy on the train asked me out on a date, why in the hell did I say yes? And why am I excited about seeing him again?

Okay, let’s start again…
I thought I was straight for all of my twenty-six years. I dated women. I slept with women. And yeah, occasionally I’d wondered what it would be like to experiment with a guy. We’ve all done it, right? A couple of times at least? Only, I never did more than wonder.
But after one conversation with him...
I still don’t know why I said yes. It wasn’t as if he was flirting with me - well, not much.  All we did was talk. And then he asked me out.
Okay, so it would be a new experience. I can roll with that. But what if he wants to sleep with me? How about that?
I’m nervous. I’m confused. And as for the whole ‘I’m straight’ thing?
Yeah. I’m rethinking that. Big time.
And I can’t wait for Saturday till I see him again.

* low angst

* out-for-you

* bisexual

* British lol

* sweet

My Rating - 5 Stars!

Gay on a Train is a feel good, charming romance by KC Wells. 

When Daniel and Lee meet on a train one morning, Daniel asks Lee out on a date. Despite having never been attracted to a man before, Lee says yes. What follows is the story of Lee and the journey of his bisexual awakening. 

As for Lee and Daniel, their relationship is full of desire, need, and want. There are some intense first times and plenty of humor to keep the reader entertained.

One of my favorite parts of Lee's experiences are the little clues he ignored throughout the years that he was attracted to men.

The writing is fantastic, with a delightful storyline, great dialogue, and some sweet and tender moments. The author includes plenty of humor to this British romance as well as some secondary characters who tremendously add to the fun.

Overall, Gay on a Train is an extremely delightful read. This KC Wells tale will satisfy for sure. I definitely recommend it the next time you are looking for a sweet bisexual romance. 

Between the Lines (New Milton #2) by Sally Malcolm

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“I loved this book. It’s a reading highlight of this past year…gentle and lyrical but also engrossing and sexy.” —Cat Sebastian, author of A Gentleman Never Keeps Score

Theo Wishart has given up on finding love.

Luca Moretti doesn’t want to find it.

A handful of summer days may change their lives forever—if they’re brave enough to look between the lines.

Eyes might be windows to the soul, but for Theo Wishart they’re all shuttered. His dyspraxia makes it hard to read people. He doesn’t do relationships and he certainly doesn’t do the great outdoors. Two weeks spent “embracing beach life” while he tries to close the deal on a once great, now fading seaside hotel is a special kind of hell.

Until Luca. Gorgeous, unreachable Luca.

Luca Moretti travels light, avoiding all romantic entanglements. Estranged from his parents, he vows this will be his last trip home to New Milton. His family’s hotel is on the verge of ruin and there’s nothing Luca can do to save it. He’s given up on the Majestic, he’s given up on his family and he’s given up on his future.

Until Theo. Prickly, captivating Theo.

No mushy feelings, no expectations, and no drama—that’s the deal. A simple summer fling. And it suits them both just fine. But as the summer wanes and their feelings deepen, it’s clear to everyone around them that Theo and Luca are falling in love. What will it take for them to admit it to themselves—and to each other?

This book is approximately 73,000 words



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Review 

My Rating - 5 Stars!

Sally Malcolm's Between The Lines is an amazing read. 

Luca comes home to his mom and homophobic step-father for one last time. And I fell in love with him and his plight from the start. The small town of New Milton immediately comes to life, easily placing the reader in the setting.

Both Luca and Theo have a complex relationship with their parents. Both men are multi-layered who come together with a quick connection. What follows is an emotional journey as they deal with their trust issues. The men butt heads at the start, but they definitely end up being perfect for one another. Unfortunately, they don't live near one another, which is just one more issue they have to face.

Overall, Luca's self discovery/awareness is a stellar issue that pulls the plot along. I love it, both in it's subject matter and it's development. It's something we see way too often, and witnessing someone coming to terms with their issues, and making amends is inspirational. The character growth is stellar!

Theo's dyspraxia is wonderfully written, full of understanding and care. The author perfectly illustrates the physical and emotional effects.

The following quote is my favorite. Both poignant and thought-provoking, it's well worth repeating it. 

'"People lie all the bloody time. I mean, they call it sarcasm or good manners or irony or horsing around, but when you can't tell the difference...?"...It's easy to make mistakes."'

It's no surprise that the writing is fabulous, as the author excels in bringing settings and characters to life.

The storyline is definitely predicable, but never disappointing. It's full of denial, confusion, and coming to terms with one's feelings. The family elements are amazingly well developed.

And if you've read Perfect Day, which I loved, you'll enjoy getting to witness Josh and Finn's wedding.  

Between the Lines is a beautiful story of fear, as Luca struggles with taking a chance on love. It's a stunning story of finding what one truly wants out of life. This Sally Malcolm book is a fantastic read. 



 

REVIEW TOUR - Shake the Stars by VL Locey

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Length: 100,000 words approx.

Cover Design: Sloan J Designs

Publisher: Gone Writing Publishing

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Blurb

Spending time in the Poconos with his family was the last thing Dane Forrester wanted to do over the summer. He had dreams of spending his last break touring Europe and gathering story ideas for his upcoming creative writing classes before heading to college. Maybe even finding that elusive first love in a small café in Paris, or along the Rhine, or even in a sultry villa in Italy. But no, he was stuck at the Silver Fir Lodge with his family where his dreams of romance and passion would wither and die a slow painful death, or so he imagined.

When all seemed lost, the budding wordsmith is saved—in more than one sense—by Khalid Novak, a lifeguard at the lodge’s pool. Khalid is two years older, a bit more sophisticated, and the most incredibly alluring thing Dane has ever seen. The two young men find themselves joyously wound in a searing romance that teaches Dane that love can be wildly intense yet fleeting so one should revel in it when the discovery is made.

Can this summer romance survive the chill of autumn as well as the winds of time? 

Review 

My Rating - 5 Stars!

VL Locey's Shake the Stars is an amazing first love book. Raw and gutsy, it's a fantastic young adult, second chances romance.

An insta-love story, Dane and Khalid fall in love at summer camp. The long summer is spent together exploring both their worlds and each other. With a Dirty Dancing type feel, these two young men are caught in the web of first love and coming out.

Dane and Khalid have a complicated relationship with many issues thrown their way, including religious homophobia, as well as religious bigotry. There are
some amazing quotes; some fantastic conversations about religion. My favorite theme though is that of faith. The author perfectly explores the fact that faith is a personal thing. And even better yet, the fact that God doesn't hate, humans do. I love this. Absolutely love it. The discussions are important and relevant. 

Dane's fear of water is an impressive aspect of this story. Well written, I love the way Khalid helps him with his fear. It's wonderfully emotional, both tender and beautiful.

Their tale also includes the weight of family expectations and the painful lesson that first love doesn't always last. Their long journey towards love is full of angst as well as love. Theirs is a tale of sacrifices and compromises.

Overall, Shake the Stars is one hell of an impressive romance. VL Locey's one of my favorite authors, with this one holding up to her reputation. Basically, if you love VL Locey, be sure to check out this YA romance. It's an emotional journey that is beautiful in both it's story and it's storytelling.

USA Today Bestselling Author V.L. Locey – Penning LGBT hockey romance that skates into sinful pleasures.


V.L. Locey loves worn jeans, yoga, belly laughs, walking, reading and writing lusty tales, Greek mythology, Torchwood and Dr. Who, the New York Rangers, comic books, and coffee. (Not necessarily in that order.) She shares her life with her husband, her daughter, one dog, two cats, a pair of geese, far too many chickens, and two steers.


When not writing spicy romances, she enjoys spending her day with her menagerie in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania with a cup of fresh java in one hand and a steamy romance novel in the other.

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