I’m pleased to say that book reviews will be back from tomorrow! They will be in a slightly different format and will be shorter as I work my way through my TBR pile. As I still have a lot to read, I won’t be reopening review requests for the foreseeable future but I will sure to do so as soon as I can!
Author: sharisakurai
Shari Sakurai is a British author of paranormal, horror, science fiction and fantasy novels that almost always feature a LGBT protagonist and/or antagonist. She has always loved to write and it is her escape from the sometimes stressful modern life!
Aside from writing, Shari enjoys reading, watching movies, listening to (loud!) music, going to rock concerts and learning more about other societies and cultures. Japanese culture is of particular interest to her and she often incorporates Japanese themes and influences into her work.
Shari loves a challenge and has taken part and won the National Novel Writing Month challenge ten times!
Book Blast: Bridge at the Beach by Garrick Jones
BOOK BLAST
Book Title: Bridge at the Beach (A Clyde Smith Mystery #4)
Author and Cover Artist: Garrick Jones
Publisher: Moshpit Publications
Release Date: April 12, 2024
Genre: Crime Thriller
Themes: Sowing one’s oats; Finding Mr. Right; Acceptance in community; Historical fiction; Crime Fiction; Detective Fiction
Heat Rating: 2 flames
Length: 134 000 words/ 392 pages
It is part of the Clyde Smith Mystery Series, but does not end on a cliffhanger.
Buy Links
Amazon US | Amazon AU | Amazon UK | Smashwords
Blurb
Clyde’s idyllic afternoon in the surf with his mates is interrupted by the news that there’s been a quadruple suicide in an apartment overlooking the beach.
Two of the deceased are the parents of Barry Wilkinson, one of Clyde’s childhood friends, a man he hasn’t seen since Clyde donned the khaki and left for war. Wilkinson engages Clyde to discover the identity of a mysterious woman who has been left a huge sum of money in his father’s will.
On the surface, what appears to be a straightforward case evolves into a complex story of deception, lies, violence and murder. Relationships are tested, new ones formed and Clyde discovers that those connections that seem unrelated are closely linked behind a veil of secrecy.
The early summer of 1957 is a time in which Clyde nearly loses everything he holds dear—his own life included—all because of two couples who died while playing bridge at the beach.
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New Release: Jagged Ends by Thom Collins
NEW RELEASE
Book Title: Jagged Ends
Author: Thom Collins
Publisher: Pride Publishing
Cover Artist: Kelly Martin
Release Date: April 30, 2024
Genre. Contemporary M/M Romance
Tropes: Suspense, thriller, small town
Themes: Second chance, revenge
Length: 61 912 words/ 248 pages
Heat Rating: 4 flames
It’s a standalone romance that forms part of a wider series
and does not end on a cliffhanger.
Buy Links
Publisher | Universal Amazon Link | Kobo
Jerico is about to meet two figures from his past.
One filled with love, the other consumed by vengeance.
Blurb
The coastal town of Nyemouth is the perfect location for celebrity chef Jerico Osman to fulfil a lifetime ambition. With it’s stunning harbour and brisk holiday trade, there’s no better place for him to open his first restaurant. It’s a dream that has been a decade in the making. But there’s another attraction in Nyemouth, one Jerico was completely unaware of.
Andy Quinn is content with his life. He has a great job managing Quay House, the popular waterfront hotel, and a peaceful home with a cat called Patches. Andy spent his twenties working in the cruise industry, exploring the world and has finally settled in his home town of Nyemouth. Those years at sea were a time of adventure and discovery, including a ship bound romance with a young Jerico. After fifteen years, Andy doubts the famous chef will even remember him, but from the moment they reconnect, the time they spent apart falls away.
Andy isn’t the only figure from Jerico’s past. A week before the restaurant is due to open, an act of reckless sabotage puts everything he cares about in danger, including Andy. Jerico has made an enemy, someone who will stop at nothing to see his long-realised dream become a nightmare. As a plan for vengeance is played out, who will survive until the end?
Fall in love with compelling new characters and rediscover some old favourites in the fifth and final instalment of the Jagged Shores series.
Blog Tour: Last Resort (Treasure Trail Book 3) by Morgan Brice
BLOG TOUR
Book Title: Last Resort (Treasure Trail Book 3)
Author: Morgan Brice
Publisher: Darkwind Press
Cover Artist: Lou Harper
Release Date: March 6, 2024
Genres: MM paranormal romance & supernatural suspense
Tropes: moving in together, second chance at love, healing from the past, dealing with past issues, hurt/comfort
Themes: evolving relationship, learning to trust, forgiving yourself, letting go of the past
Heat Rating: 4 flames
Length: 216 pages
It’s the third book in the series, but can be read as a standalone It does not end on a cliffhanger
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Can Ben and Erik put the pieces together to solve the case, or when the cards are dealt, will they be left holding the dead man’s hand
Blurb
Weird things are happening again in Cape May and the ghosts of old mobsters never rest easy.
Erik Mitchell gets a strange delivery of antique poker chips with odd markings tied to a casino that burned a century ago. Ben Nolan finds a dead guy in one of his rental units—turns out the guy’s been missing for twenty years and is linked to a long-lost treasure.
The ghostly energy of the old Commodore Wilson hotel juices up all the town’s spirits, and a stranger shows up with an unhealthy interest in both cases. Ben and Erik have just moved in together, and they’re still navigating the next step as partners and blending their lives.
Murder, missing persons, hidden treasure, and haunted poker chips. Can Ben and Erik put the pieces together to solve the case, or when the cards are dealt, will they be left holding the dead man’s hand?
Last Resort is a suspenseful MM paranormal romance mystery-adventure filled with second chance love, hurt/comfort, true soulmates, old curses, hidden treasure, dangerous secrets, restless ghosts, psychic visions, powerful witches, angry mobsters, and a very haunted hotel.
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Series Tour: Jagged Shores by Thom Collins
SERIES TOUR
for the
Jagged Shores Series by Thom Collins
Book 1: North Point
Book 2: Safe Harbour
Book 3: Deep Waters
Book 4: Cold Day Dawning
Book 5: Jagged Ends releases on April 30.
Amazon US Series Link | Amazon UK Series Link
Genres: Contemporary M/M Romance
Themes: Murder, Thriller, and Suspense, set in the UK
Heat Rating: 4 flames
Each book can be read as a standalone story.
*SPECIAL OFFER*
For the length of this tour the books will be priced as follows:
Deep Waters – 99c/99p
North Point, Safe Harbour, Cold Day Dawning – $2.99
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Series Tour: The Christopher Books by Stephen G Hardy
SERIES TOUR
THE CHRISTOPHER BOOKS
by
Stephen G Hardy
Follow Christopher as he explores various types of relationships and the impact he has on the lives of others.
The books need to be read in order.
Overall Heat Rating for the series: 1 flame
BOOK DETAILS
BOOK 1
Book Title: Search for Complete
Cover Artist: Ryan Mulford
Length: 80 127 words /335 pages
Release Date: June 4, 2023
Genres: Contemporary LGBTQ+ Fiction with speculative elements.
Tropes: Friends to Platonic lovers
Themes: Interpersonal relationships, Conversations as Catalyst for Change
It is a standalone story and does not end on a cliffhanger.
Buy Links – Available in Kindle Unlimited
Blurb
“Why do I get the feeling that Christopher is the type of man that would make the perfect husband for any woman and, at the same time, the perfect wife for any man?” Laura says shortly after Christopher begins his new job at the TV station. Laura’s statement would turn out to hold more truth than she could imagine. No one who meets Christopher, especially not Laura, as well as David, a gay man he meets at a party, understands what it is about him that draws them to him. They also don’t realize that Christopher is searching for something, a search complicated by their desires for him.
BOOK 2
Book Title: The Price of Happiness
Length: 84 447words/330 pages
Release Date: November 24, 2023
Genres: LGBTQ+ Contemporary Literary Fiction
Tropes: Love and loss
Themes: Parenthood, interpersonal relationships, finding oneself.
It is not a standalone story and end on a cliffhanger.
Buy Links – Available in Kindle Unlimited
Blurb
As Search for Complete left off, the birth of his twins had just completed Christopher. However, though he has what he had searched so long for, he now must deal with the associated costs, namely the unraveling of his relationship with Laura, the mother of his twins. The birth of the twins should have brought Laura joy, yet, instead, she finds herself on an intense emotional rollercoaster. Laura resents Christopher’s happiness—resents that he is a better mother than she is. But most of all, Laura resents that the twins are Christopher’s spitting image—nowhere does she see herself in them. Christopher fears his happiness in becoming a father has become Laura’s undoing. As he tries to help her adjust to the reality of their situation, Laura struggles to find herself in the tangled mess of their relationship.
In The Price of Happiness, Stephen Hardy has created a profound and moving novel on the themes of parenthood, identity, love and loss—and the cost of getting what we want.
BOOK 3
Book Title: When the Sun and Moon Touch
Length: 87 639 words/353 Pages
Release Date: March 29, 2024
Genres: LGBTQ+ Contemporary Literary Fiction
Tropes: M2M relationships
Themes: Finding oneself, forgiveness, love
The stories need to be read in order. This book does not end on a cliffhanger.
Buy Links – Available in Kindle Unlimited
Blurb
Christopher has settled into life as a single father to his twins, Loren and Christine. Content with his life, he is contemplating the imminent return of their mother Laura, who has been traveling through Europe for nearly a year, when he meets Benjamin, a direct descendant of the sun. Suddenly, his contentment is upended as he tries to understand the reason for their meeting. Despite what Benjamin says, that they are meant to be together, Christopher initially tries to hold
Benjamin at arm’s length, believing that he is only to be for Benjamin what Joseph was to him—a friend and mentor.
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Recent Release: An Odyssey of Shadows by Dion Marc
RECENT RELEASE
Book Title: An Odyssey of Shadows
Author, Cover Artist, and Publisher: Dion Marc
Release Date: April 1, 2024
Genre: 1940’s Period drama and Ancient Greek fantasy
Tropes/themes: Family Drama, Courage, Dealing with Loss, Hero’s Journey.
Length: 298 pages
Heat Rating: 0.5 out of 5
It is the first book in a new series. It ends on a cliffhanger.
Buy Links – Available in Kindle Unlimited
A Hero’s Journey is a Tale of Tragedy
Blurb
A Hero’s Journey Is a Tale of Tragedy.
In the wake of his brother’s death, Theodore’s world is irrevocably shattered. Now he stands alone against the shadows that dance at the whims of Gods. Clad in armour touched by magic and driven by a sharp mind, he faces a world of chaos and trials of unimaginable darkness all to save his brothers life. Each heartbeat of fear, each spark of hope, fuels his fight through a world where his bookish smarts may be his key to survival. Yet, Gods have never been known to play fair – especially the war god – Arēs
‘An Odyssey of Shadows’ is the first instalment of a new fantasy series set in the year 1945, penned by Amazon bestselling author and artist Dion Marc. This saga weaves queer protagonists and intricate plot lines into an unputdownable read.
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New Release Blitz: Belega by Dianne Hartsock
Title: Belega
Series: The Karthagans, Book One
Author: Dianne Hartsock
Publisher: NineStar Press
Release Date: 03/12/2024
Heat Level: 3 – Some Sex
Pairing: Male/Male
Length: 99600
Genre: Fantasy, fantasy, magic, sorcerers, mage, psychic powers
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Description
The Karthagans have regained their ancient powers of manipulating nature, but at the price of madness. In their lust for control, they’ve destroyed their island and most of their race. They come now to Belega, where one of them, Camron, seeks domination over the known world. The Mage has come from the northern continent of Sennia to bring peace, but finding his strength no match for the coming struggle, he passes his abilities on to Natan, who only desires a simple life.
Now only Natan has the ability to stop Camron, but the personal cost is more than he imagines. It is only with the combined strength of his friends, his Karthagan lover, Kavi, and his deep desire to bring lasting peace to the earth, that he finds the courage to overcome Camron and restore balance to the world.
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Series Tour: Bleed In The Night by S.J. Coles
SERIES TOUR
NEW RELEASE
Book Title: Bleed In The Night (Blood and Bonds #2)
Author: S. J. Coles
Publisher: Pride Publishing
Release Date: February 27, 2024
Genre: Paranormal/Vampire/Contemporary M/M Romance
Tropes: Enemies to Lovers/BDSM
Themes: Overcoming demons/identity
Length: 55 711 words/223 pages
Heat Rating: 4 flames
It is Book 2 in the ‘Blood and Bonds’ series.
This book ends on a series cliffhanger, but with a HFN for the couple in the story.
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It’s not just fear keeping Tyler up at night…and that’s what frightens him.
Blurb
Tyler Lomax met Lucien, supposedly the oldest haemophile in existence, on a dark night in the depths of winter. Tyler was protesting against Baron Emory Von Magnusson taking possession of a human child. He thought he’d been doing the right thing—fighting against evil, against fear.
Lucien had almost killed him for it. Now it’s months later, and Tyler hasn’t slept since. Tyler wants Lucien found. When the authorities fail him, he feels forced to take matters into his own hands.
Tyler’s contact ‘Damon’ doesn’t call himself a ‘vampire hunter’, but that is exactly what Tyler intends to pay him to be. What Tyler doesn’t bank on is having Lucien at his mercy, forcing him to confront what’s really consuming him.
Tyler will not only have to face what he is feeling but finally open his mind to a perspective other than his own. He just has to pray that opening up to Lucien won’t bleed him dry before he realizes the truth.
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New Release: The Locket’s Tale by R.J. Peterson
NEW RELEASE
Book Title: The Locket’s Tale
Author and Publisher: RJ Peterson
Cover Artist: Ron Perry Graphic Design
Release Date: February 21, 2024
Genre: Contemporary M/M Romance
Tropes: Older guys, small town
Themes: Just a hint of magic
Heat Rating: 3.5 flames (there are only a couple of sex scenes, but they are quite detailed)
Length: 22 600 words
It is a standalone story and does not end on a cliffhanger.
Buy Links – Available in Kindle Unlimited
Sometimes love is just lying there, waiting to be found.
Blurb
When Miles Wickford happens upon a locket one day during his morning walk, little did he realize how his life would change.
Elias Grafton is frantic when his beloved locket is taken from his antique shop. He fears it may be lost forever.
Miles is intrigued by the power the locket possesses but can’t in good conscience keep what doesn’t belong to him. Although it can’t hurt to try it once or twice, can it?
A locket brings these two men together. And fate, or the locket’s magic, leads to so much more.
Sometimes love is just lying there, waiting to be found.
A Locket’s Tale is a small town MM romance featuring older guys, a lost locket, and just a hint of magic.
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