Review: The Dinner Guest - B.P Walter - May 2021 I have been in a big reading slump the last two days and I hated it so much, every book I tried was just not grabbing me at all and over the past two days I have put more physical books in my donate pile and Kindle books have been deleted as just nothing was grabbing me at all. I finally this morning found one that kept my interest "The Dinner Guest". The book starts with a punch with Matthew being stabbed at dinner by his partner and the other dinner guest taking the blame. The book then jumps back to a year before the Dinner Party and Matthew's death. I didn't realize until the bookstore scene that our two main characters Matthew and Charlie are in a gay marriage and have a 15-year-old son named Titus. Rachel "our dinner guest" meets Charlie first in the bookstore and then the supermarket and gets herself invited along to Matthew's book club.  Charlie can't quite pinpoint what it is but he feels li...

The Mechanics of Lust Jay Hogan (Mackenzie Country, #2) Publication date: October 19th 2023 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance, Western I broke the rules and fell in love with my best friend. Newsflash—he didn’t feel the same. I had to stand by and watch him fall for someone else. Moving on hasn’t been easy since we all live and work on the same high country sheep station, but I’m finally getting there. I’m building a new life, a new set of dreams, planning a different future, just me and my dogs. The last thing I need is Luke Nichols, the sexy, enigmatic, ex-husband of my nemesis, filling my head with a laundry list of cravings. Talk about complicated. Luke is only in Mackenzie Country for a few months and I’m not about to put my heart on the line again just for a little fun. But the more I’m around Luke, the harder it is to remember exactly why Luke and I are a bad idea, the worst idea. Things between us are about to go nuclear. Maybe I’m wrong. Maybe we can keep it ...

The Unlikely Heir Jax Calder Publication date: August 24th 2023 Genres: Adult, Comedy, Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance What happens when the Prince of Wales falls in love with the Prime Minister? My boring life working in an insurance call center in sunny California just took an unexpected turn. Thanks to my misbehaving relatives, I’ve leapt from obscurity to royalty as the new heir to the British throne. But my welcome in England is about as warm as the weather. I arrive to discover a country horrified at the thought of an American version of Prince Charming and ready to revolt against the monarchy. I vow to my grandmother, the Queen, that I will do everything possible to help her save the crown. Unfortunately, royal life isn’t easy. From bewildering traditions, traitorous friends, and malevolent swans, the only thing I’m succeeding in is providing entertainment for the tabloids and social media trolls. And then the broodingly handsomePrime Minister, Oliver Hartwell, bursts...

This is my stop during the book blitz for A Case of Madness by Yvonne Knop. In A case of Madness, a world-weary Sherlock Holmes scholar loses his job and his sanity when the great detective materializes in his flat to help solve a mystery that involves a handsome male stranger. This book blitz is organized by Lola's Blog Tours. The book blitz runs from 3 till 16 April. See the tour schedule here . A Case of Madness By Yvonne Knop Genre: Romantic Comedy Age category: Adult Release Date: 20 March 2023 Blurb: Andrew Thomas just got sacked. He's permanently drunk. He's got cancer. Is inescapably gay. Was hit by a bus. And he's fallen in love with a stranger whose life he saved. As a newly-unemployed Sherlock Holmes scholar, Andrew knows only Holmes can help him untangle the madness his life has become, but Holmes isn't real. Except he absolutely appeared in Andrew's house, told him he's in love with a man he just met…and then in a fit of pique And...

The Mixtape to the Real Me Jake Martinez Publication date: March 24th 2023 Genres: LGBTQ+, Romance, Young Adult After a crazy summer of teenage drama and newfound love, Justin Ortega and Dominic Mendoza have decided to take things slower in order to really get to know each other. Both have dreamt of being with someone who truly understands them, but neither teen thought it would be this hard, especially when you have to keep your relationship a secret from the whole world. Just when they think their lives will always be filled with sneaking around, along comes a new student who opens their eyes to some wonderful new possibilities. But the road to a bright future has some harsh realities, and not everyone is pleased to see the new couple roam the halls of Garza High. Things get especially tense for Dominic when an unwanted figure shows up wanting to see him. Will Justin and Dominic be able to find a happy ending, or will their past and future collide in ways they never expect...

A Draught of Ash and Wine Kristin Jacques (Midnight Guardians, #2) Publication date: January 31st 2023 Genres: Adult, LGBTQ+, Paranormal, Romance Johnathan Newman is a changed man, and he has the claws to prove it. Following their bloody confrontation in Cress Haven, Vic and Johnathan flee the town in search of answers. Johnathan’s human life has ended, but his journey has just begun. Grappling with violent instincts and a supernatural bond to the vampire he’s falling for is complicated enough, but a dangerous new enemy is hot on their heels. The machinations of the Society reach farther than either of them realized. Their foe’s dogged pursuit forces the pair to seek sanctuary. Vic brings Johnathan to the Estate, a haven for creatures nestled in the wilderness of upstate New York. Taken in by the Estate’s unusual proprietors, Johnathan soon learns not even sanctuary is safe for one of his ilk. This haven provides the pair an opportunity to explore their burgeoning relationsh...

The Wrong Man A.S. Kelly (From Connemara With Love, #5) Publication date: November 15th 2022 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance Silas Leo and I have been so many things. We’ve been rivals, classmates, teammates. Friends. Friends you watch from afar each day, and dream of each night. Then we were… Well, we were just us. We didn’t ask ourselves too many questions – not even when I pretended not to be hurt by the distance he placed between us. We made each other no promises. I waited, hoped, believed, right up until the day I realised that everything we had was merely an illusion. My illusion. My name is Silas Kylemore, and I’ve learned an important lesson: never fall in love with your best friend. Not if he’ll never be able to love you back. Leo Silas and I have been through so many phases. We’ve been close, far, just a hair’s breadth apart. Each bound to the other. I’m talking about that kind of bond you’re never quite able to recreate. We were young...

Just One Night Felice Stevens Publication date: November 9th 2022 Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance In the rough and tumble world of New York City, these men don’t mind getting down and dirty—in business or each other. It isn’t every day a gorgeous stranger shows up in my bedroom wearing not much more than an arrogant smile. When I discover he’s a high-priced escort and a surprise birthday present from my sister…now she’s gone too far. Except I haven’t been able to stop kissing him long enough to tell him to leave. No one has to know he’s spent the night. And when we’re done, he’s gone and out the door. Never to be seen again. Well, not exactly. Because for some crazy reason, I can’t quite forget Archer Strong. It’s a job like all the others. Another evening of million-dollar seduction and fake desire that’s made me the most exclusive escort in New York City. But after one kiss from billionaire real-estate mogul Madden Steele, I’m not pretending anything. And when...