As I’m sure you know by now, JMS-Book is turning 10 years old and the last piece of the celebrations is a sale. Through the second of August, all ebooks are 30% off, and that includes pre-orders.
Banger Challenge
Black Bird
Crazy Joe
Cup o’ Sugar
Elevator Pitch
Jaeger’s Lost and Found
Nine Stones
Pine Tree Mary
Legendary Loves vol 1 (including Pine Tree Mary)
Turing Wood
When Skies Are Gray
Happy reading!
Food for Thought (Tales of the Curious Cookbook #2) by Amy Lane
I needed an F for my A-Z Title Challenge, and while Fs aren’t that hard to come by, I’ve been in a reading slump lately so I went searching for a familiar name. Usually, Mary Calmes is my go-to author when I’ve been in a reading slump simply because I know what I get, but then I saw Food for Thought by Amy Lane, and Ms Lane is often a safe bet.
This is cute. If you’ve read Amy Lane you know she’s a master of torturing her characters, and while this isn’t angsty like many of her other stories, it’s an emotional rollercoaster.
Emmett grew up with his father – his very quiet father. He knew he was loved, and he thinks his dad would’ve been okay with him liking boys instead of girls, but he died before Emmett could tell him.
All alone in the world, Emmett looks at his best friend Vinnie who has a big family, a family where he’s always felt at home and decides he needs to get himself a big family. So, he starts dating an amazing girl, a girl he loves even if he isn’t in love with her, a girl he maybe one day could consider sleeping with if it gave him children. And it would all have worked out fine if it hadn’t been for Keegan.
Keegan is his super hot, super-nice, most-awesome-person-in-the-whole-wide-world neighbour who never judges Emmett for anything. But Emmett needs that big family, and how can he ever come out when he didn’t come out to his dad?
Food for Thought is from the Tales of the Curious Cookbook series, and I’ve read two other stories in that series – Lost Along the Way by Marie Sexton, and Just Dessert by Mary Calmes – so I knew there would be some magic recipes.
books2read.com/Food-for-Thought
Emmett Gant was planning to tell his father something really important one Sunday morning—but his father passed away first. Now, nearly three years later, Emmett can’t seem to clear up who he should be with—the girl with the apple cheeks and the awesome family, or his snarky neighbor, Keegan, who never sees his family but who makes Emmett really happy just by coming over to chat.
Emmett needs clarity.
Fortunately for Emmett, his best friend’s mom has a cookbook that promises to give Emmett insight and good food, and Emmett is intrigued. After the cookbook follows him home, Emmett and Keegan decide to make the recipe “For Clarity,” and what ensues is both very clear—and a little surprising, especially to Emmett’s girlfriend. Emmett is going to have to think hard about his past and the really important thing he forgot to tell his father if he wants to get the recipe for love just right.
A – All I See
B – Bearly Dating
C – Champagne Kisses
D – The Dark Horse
F – Food for Thought
G – A Gentle Shove of Human Kindness
H – Howl
I – I Will Meet You at Asphodel’s Pit
J
K – Killer Cassava!
L – Landslide
M – Misunderstanding His Mate
N
O – Out For Delivery
P – Purrfect Harmony
Q – Quill Me Now
R
S – Set Up
U
V
W – Words
X – Xavier
Y
Z – Zippadacious
I started a Pinterest board for M/M books sorted by title, if you need help finding a title on a certain letter.
Misunderstanding His Mate (Paranormals of Rockydale 1) by Ezra Dawn
I picked this up for free during the last Smashwords sale – not the current one, but there is one going on right now – because I needed an M for my A-Z Title Challenge and I do like a fated mate story as much as the next person.
Roman is in love with his best friend, Teague, but instead of telling him, he starts dating his sister. They tell their families that they’ll have a bonding ceremony, and Teague, who knows Roman is his mate, decides to leave town since he can’t stand the thought of Roman and his sister together.
Misunderstanding His Mate is just a short story, around 10k, so there isn’t much room to play with, but I would’ve wanted a little more character development. While fated mate stories give you a headstart on the romance, I wished there would’ve been more emotions at play. I never really felt connected to any of the characters.
I fear I misunderstood parts of it. This is a fated mates story, both guys are shifters (I thought one was human at first), and yet only one of them know they’re mates. Why?
As I said, I got it for free, and I read it in one go with a glass of wine in my hand, so it’s not like I suffered in any way, but I don’t think I’ll continue the series.
books2read.com/MisunderstandingHisMate
(Paranormals of Rockydale Book One. This is a short story. It can be read as a standalone but is part of a series. There’s no drawn out villain plot in this series it simply focuses on the love of fated mates.)
Roman Johnson has been in love with his best friend for longer than he can remember. Born to unmated shifter parents, he’s grown up hearing stories about fated mates and wants a love like that for himself. Doubtful that someone as average as him would ever catch his friend’s eye romantically he teams up with Teague’s sister in order to find out exactly how Teague feels.
Teague Jackson has a secret. His best friend is his fated mate and he’s hidden that fact from the man for years. There were legitimate reasons for it at the time but now, Teague is at the end of his rope. He’ll have to either tell Roman the truth or let him go. With his wolf pushing him for control, Teague’s time for telling is beginning to run out.
Can Roman fix the mess his plan has made? Will Teague finally come clean to his mate? Or have their choices already decided their fate?
(Warning: Contains graphic sexual content, Man on Man action, and explicit language. Not recommended for those under the age of 18.)
A – All I See
B – Bearly Dating
C – Champagne Kisses
D – The Dark Horse
F
G – A Gentle Shove of Human Kindness
H – Howl
I – I Will Meet You at Asphodel’s Pit
J
K – Killer Cassava!
L – Landslide
M – Misunderstanding His Mate
N
O – Out For Delivery
P – Purrfect Harmony
Q – Quill Me Now
R
S – Set Up
U
V
W – Words
X – Xavier
Y
Z – Zippadacious
I started a Pinterest board for M/M books sorted by title, if you need help finding a title on a certain letter.
Ofelia Grand 