Category: Do You Want To Read It?

Friday Reads | Picture Us

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There is something about cameras… I saw the cover of Picture Us by Shayla Mist and just had to read it. There really should be more photographers in our books, and more cameras on our covers. I can only think of two books apart from this with cameras on the cover – Watching Elijah Fall by Amy Spector and Take My Picture by Giselle Ellis, I loved both.

But now to the story! Picture Us is an M/M Romance novelette about Chance who has been in love with his neighbour forever and Terrance, the neighbour. Chance is a nature photographer who has been away for several years but after having lost the aunt and uncle who raised him in a car accident he arrives home and there is Terrance.

It’s a sweet story about overcoming hang-ups, dealing with grief, and daring to believe in a better future. Light and yet not.

Check it out if you’re in the mood for some camera fun!

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Book cover Picture Us by Shayla MistChance has lost two things in the past year: his only remaining family and his passion for photography. He didn’t expect to get any of them back or to gain anything new, until he finds out his childhood crush, Terrance, is gay. But either Terrance isn’t interested in him or he has a real hang-up about dating younger men. Can Chance make him change his mind?

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Friday Reads | Embraced Chained in Darkness

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I like dark and gritty, I don’t necessarily crave erotica or BDSM, but I read it every now and then. My favourite reads are dark, so I keep an eye on The Dark Arts M/M Erotica, a blog that reviews dark M/M books. A while back I saw a post about Embraced: Chained in Darkness by Nicholas Bella, a free dark erotica novelette. I downloaded it, and now I’ve finished it.

This was not for me. I see that many readers out there love this little story, but it did not work for me. I was too caught up in the speech tags and epithets to feel anything at all for the MC I’m afraid, and simply because someone says fuck/fucking every other sentence doesn’t mean they’re all that tough. I’m quite generous with the curses when I write (and speak) but this is the first time I’ve wished a story had been kept ‘cleaner’, and it made me wonder how many times my editor rolls her eyes while editing out the offensive parts in my writing LOL.

If you like your characters to cuss a blue streak while being turned into a reluctant vampire sub give this a try. There is a whole series out there so check it out. I have a feeling there’ll be some bloody fun in the following ones.

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Book cover Embraced Chained in Darkness by Nicholas BellaI’ve been betrayed by someone I trusted. Because of him, I was captured by my loathed enemy: The vampires. Right now, the sun is still high in the sky, but I know when it sets, I’m as good as dead. They can’t wait to get their fangs into me. I guess some would say I have it coming. I did raise a lot of hell with my Resistance crew, and I was planning on raising a hell of a lot more at dawn before I was sold out by Jonah. The vampires, werewolves and dragons, have been trying to track me down for months and I’d always been two steps ahead of them.
*Laughs* I guess my number is up. I just hope they make it quick. You see, the vampires in my reality aren’t the romantic lot you read about in books. They don’t sparkle or hang out at high schools with their teenage girlfriends. Hell no, vampires are brutal, calculating, sadistic and bloodthirsty. As a matter of fact, all of the monsters are! That’s how they were able to take over the world so easily and change an entire civilization to suit their needs. Whatever happens, I know it’s not going to be pretty, so I’m preparing myself for the worst. May God help me.
Warning: This novelette series contains hardcore sexual situations between men, not meant for sensitive eyes. I’m talking crude, lewd and full of attitude. This series will most likely either offend you or get ya revved up. This series isn’t going to be pulling any punches whatsoever, so you’ve been warned. Mature Adult Content meant for readers looking for something dark, taboo, sexy, and unapologetic in their paranormal erotica. This is NOT a romance. This novelette is approximately 13300 words.

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Friday Reads | In the Middle of Somewhere

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Oh My God! In the Middle of Somewhere is so good. I feel like apologising to Roan Parrish because I didn’t expect it to be. I filed it away as another one of those romantic stories, and it is romantic, but I couldn’t put it down. Makes me ashamed to make light of lumberjacks really because this was a real story, with real problems, and a lot of pop cultural references. I kept thinking ‘Oh Amy (Spector) should totally read this, she’d probably get all the horror references I only vaguely get’.

After having binge read Jordan Castillo Prince’s PsyCop Series I thought I’d read In the Middle of Somewhere. I don’t have nearly as much time to write these days so I can’t really afford to become completely hooked on books—I wouldn’t get a word down.

So I thought this would fit me, interesting enough to read but not really taking over my life. I was wrong. The dishes have formed a mountain in the kitchen and my word count is embarrassingly low because instead of using K’s naps for writing I’ve been reading. And I don’t know if it is because I’ve been reading a lot of JCP lately but in my mind Daniel was the model on the Body Art cover.

But, it doesn’t matter, now I have to read Out of Nowhere (Middle of Somewhere #2). I just have to.

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Daniel Mulligan is tough, snarky, and tattooed, hiding his self-consciousness behind sarcasm. Daniel has never fit in—not at home in Philadelphia with his auto mechanic father and brothers, and not at school where his Ivy League classmates looked down on him. Now, Daniel’s relieved to have a job at a small college in Holiday, Northern Michigan, but he’s a city boy through and through, and it’s clear that this small town is one more place he won’t fit in.

Rex Vale clings to routine to keep loneliness at bay: honing his muscular body, perfecting his recipes, and making custom furniture. Rex has lived in Holiday for years, but his shyness and imposing size have kept him from connecting with people.

When the two men meet, their chemistry is explosive, but Rex fears Daniel will be another in a long line of people to leave him, and Daniel has learned that letting anyone in can be a fatal weakness. Just as they begin to break down the walls keeping them apart, Daniel is called home to Philadelphia, where he discovers a secret that changes the way he understands everything.

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