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“The glimpses of their drunken night were such a tease!!!” Review: Will & Patrick Wake Up Married by Leta Blake & Alice Griffiths

 

“This was such a cute start to the series! I liked Will & Patrick and cannot wait to meet more of the characters of Healing! I hope we get some hot scenes too! The glimpses of their drunken night were such a tease!!!”

via Zanne, Goodreads

“This story was beautifully told and touched me deeply. It will stay with me for a long time.” Review of The River Leith by Leta Blake

“This story was beautifully told and touched me deeply. It will stay with me for a long time. It treated the subject matter with honesty and dignity while still delivering a believable love story. All in all a damn fine read!!”

via Goodreads | Kerry sullivan Rotherham, South Yorkshire, The United Kingdom’s review of The River Leith.

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Memory is everything. 

After an injury in the ring, amateur boxer Leith Wenz wakes to discover his most recent memories are three years out of date. Unmoored and struggling to face his new reality, Leith must cope anew with painful revelations about his family. His brother is there to support him, but it’s the unfamiliar face of Zach, a man introduced as his best friend, that provides the calm he craves. Until Zach’s presence begins to stir up feelings Leith can’t explain.

For Zach, being forgotten by his lover is excruciating. He carefully hides the truth from Leith to protect them both from additional pain. His bottled-up turmoil finds release through vlogging, where he confesses his fears and grief to the faceless Internet. But after Leith begins to open up to him, Zach’s choices may come back to haunt him.

Ultimately, Leith must ask his heart the questions memory can no longer answer.

 

“This book was every bit as outstanding as the original!” Review: Leta Blake – Training Complex – Hearts on Fire Reviews

“Sometimes it’s hard for a sequel to live up to the expectations of a first book that leaves such a lasting impression, but I’m thrilled to say that this book was every bit as outstanding as the original – *happy grin*!”

via Review: Leta Blake – Training Complex – Hearts on Fire Reviews.

 

“I don’t think any fans of Training Season will be disappointed in [Matty & Rob’s] continued journey. Leta Blake is a story goddess!” – 3 Chicks After Dark Reviews
“I just can’t get enough of Matty and Rob and love them so much.” – Jay, Joyfully Jay Reivews
“These two love like no others. Leta brings that all consuming, old fashioned, From Here to Eternity feel to the love they have. Of course on a hotness scale it just explodes. SO HOT!” – Diverse Reader Reviews
“This sequel gave me a book hangover of the best kind!” – Rainbow Gold Reviews

Buckle up – Matty’s back!

Figure skater Matty Marcus didn’t capture Olympic gold, but he won rancher Rob Lovely’s heart.

After Rob sold his ranch and Matty hung up his skates, they started a new life together in New York City. Now Matty has taken on a fresh challenge as a figure skating coach, and Rob’s second career as a physical therapist should be everything he’s dreamed of. But in the brutal heat of their third summer in the city, Rob yearns for the wide-open country, and the intensity of city life awakens Matty’s demons.

Matty asks for increasingly intense BDSM scenes, and his disordered eating and erratic behavior ramp up the stakes. Rob struggles to stay in control, and after a well-intentioned anniversary gift goes awry, he still thinks he can handle the fallout. But the concrete jungle is closing in and his coping skills are unraveling.

Their love is deep, but Rob will have to admit the truth about what he really wants before they both tumble into chaos.

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“What really surprised me was the emotional punch to what could have been simply a silly story.” Review: Wake Up Married Serial Episodes 1-3

 

“These men are both tangled messes of contradictions and self-defeating misconceptions; and yet they are also (at least to me) irresistible. What really surprised me was the emotional punch to what could have been simply a silly story.

A new episode is promised in January of 2016, and I definitely want to read more about Will and Patrick.”

— Ulysses, Prism Book Alliance Review

À l’ombre de Smoky Mountain | Leta Blake 5 / 5 Coup de cœur #gay #romance

“EN BREF – C’est un coup de cœur. Pour l’histoire à la fois douloureuse, mais heureuse. Pour la façon dont leur relation s’installe malgré les problèmes aux alentours. Pour l’écriture de l’auteur qui est une vraie merveille. Et surtout pour l’espoir que dégage l’histoire. Une vraie pépite !” L’encre des livres

 

Parfois, s’accrocher veut dire lâcher prise.

Après avoir abandonné sa carrière comme chanteur de country à Nashville, Christopher Ryder est assez heureux de se produire dans le parc à thème de Smoky Mountain Dreams dans le Tennessee. Mais alors que sa bien-aimée grand-mère l’aime tel qu’il est, Christopher se sent douloureusement invisible pour le reste du monde. Même lorsqu’il est au centre de la scène, il désire ardemment que quelqu’un voit le véritable ‘lui’.

Le bisexuel Jesse Birch n’a pas de place dans sa vie pour les amourettes. Élevant deux enfants et se battant pour sa famille après un accident tragique qui a pris la mère de ses enfants, il ne veut plus que des coups d’un soir occasionnels. Et il ne veut certainement pas craquer pour son chanteur local préféré. Mais quand Christopher entre dans son atelier de bijoux, Jesse entend une nouvelle chanson dans son cœur.

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A l’ombre de Smoky Mountain de Leta Blake

Merci! Lovely review of the French translation of Smoky Mountain Dreams!

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Date de sortie le 28 décembre 2015

Maison d’Edition : Juno Publishing

Catégorie : M/M

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Parfois, s’accrocher veut dire lâcher prise.

Après avoir abandonné sa carrière comme chanteur de country à Nashville, Christopher Ryder est assez heureux de se produire dans le parc à thème de Smoky Mountain Dreams dans le Tennessee. Mais alors que sa bien-aimée grand-mère l’aime tel qu’il est, Christopher se sent douloureusement invisible pour le reste du monde. Même lorsqu’il est au centre de la scène, il désire ardemment que quelqu’un voit le véritable ‘lui’.

Le bisexuel Jesse Birch n’a pas de place dans sa vie pour les amourettes. Élevant deux enfants et se battant pour sa famille après un accident tragique qui a pris la mère de ses enfants, il ne veut plus que des coups d’un soir occasionnels. Et il ne veut certainement pas craquer pour son chanteur local préféré. Mais quand Christopher entre…

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My Top Seven M/M Reads for 2015! #gay #amreading

The rules for this list were simple: books I read in 2015, loved like whoa, and didn’t beta read.

Without further ado, posted in the order I read them! Click on the book cover to purchase! 

The blurb doesn’t do this book justice. It’s full of yummy tropes and hot scenes. It’s a good length too, justifying the price tag. I think about parts of it months later and felt sort of bummed when it was over. Always a good indication that I loved the world/characters! I totally recommend this book.

 

I’m just going to flat out state that I disliked the first book in this series (The Winter Courtship Rituals of Fur-Bearing Critters). Like, I seriously, very much did not like it. (The reasons were: under-developed, super-rushed, basically love at first sight, didn’t really feel the couple, etc.) After reading the first one, I was baffled as to why this was such a popular series. I actually read Book 1 in 2014 and didn’t plan to read any more. But, for some reason, in early 2015 I decided to read Book 2. Maybe it was “free” on Scribd and I thought I’d just give it a go? I’m not sure why I chose to look past how much I really disliked the first book and go on to the second, all that I know is that I did. AND I LOVED EVERY OTHER BOOK IN THE SERIES SO MUCH OMG. Like the rest of the series pushed every last button I have and I was a pile of goo. I’m not sure you have to read the first one to enjoy the others. To be honest, I might skip it. But if you go in with lower expectations than I had for the first book, maybe you’ll like it more than I did. Regardless, the rest of the series is all gooey, feel-good magic.

This book is only $1.99 right now! Again, I’m going to be flat out honest with you and tell you there are some editing issues with this book. It was put out by Kensington, a respectable house, so I don’t know what their deal was, but that’s on the publisher, not the author. The book concept is really fun: reality tv show competition that gets super-duper hot. There are some incredibly sexy scenes, too, some of the dirtiest/hottest I read this year. The relationship isn’t all about the sex, though. There’s sweetness and personal growth, too. The psychological exploration of the more conservative main character and the family expectations that bind him are so well done. I’ve thought about this book a lot since reading it and am looking forward to the next installment in this series (Love Me Tenor) coming soon. I also enjoyed Status Update by Ms. Albert, and it was better edited (put out by Carina, by the way), but I loved Treble Maker and these characters just a little bit more.

 

I am a huge Ginn Hale fan, so it’s no surprise that I loved the continuation of the Cadeleonian series. I love thick, lush world-building and characters that make me love them from the moment they appear on page. These books can probably be read alone, but there’s no doubt they would be more enjoyable if you’ve read the other Cadeleonian books (Lord of the White Hell Books 1 & 2) first.

 

Absolutely adorable fluff fantasy with lots of tropes and laughs. Highly recommended. I’ll probably buy this one in paperback. In fact, maybe I already pre-ordered that? I can’t remember. Regardless, super duper adorable, fun, charming, laugh-inducing, and just an all-around fantastic read.

Absolutely the most unusual book I’ve read in a long time. I will just c/p my Goodreads review here. “I wish they would make this into a mini series. One of my favorite reads this year.” I feel like I should give a heads up that there is some anachronistic modern language tossed in at times that would momentarily me jerk me out of the story, but for the most part I was able to get immersed in this and visualize every scene like something on a movie/tv screen. The descriptions were perfection. Another thing I enjoyed about this book was how many questions it raised for me: what was William Shakespeare truly like, was this a portrayal that I could buy into (for the purposes of this book, yes), and so much more. Highly recommend, but I can tell you now that it’s not your typical m/m read, not even your typical historical. Imagine a gay BBC Merlin-esque Shakespeare story and go with that.

Highly recommended! Megan Derr has expanded on a freebie novella and turned it into a long, satisfactory read. I absolutely loved it and have thought about it nearly every day since finishing it. My only wish is for even more of this universe and more of this couple. Unf. Loved it so much.

I’m excited to see what books I read and love in 2016! I’ll let you know next year! :D LOL! Happy New Year’s Eve! May this year bring us all some good reading!

À l’ombre de Smoky Mountain de Leta Blake, Traduction Juno Publishing, Romance, m/m #gay

“Un livre poignant qui m’a fait pleurer, rire… En. Faite je suis passer par toutes les émotions! Une vrai pépite!!! A lire absolument!!! :-)”

Parfois, s’accrocher veut dire lâcher prise.

Après avoir abandonné sa carrière comme chanteur de country à Nashville, Christopher Ryder est assez heureux de se produire dans le parc à thème de Smoky Mountain Dreams dans le Tennessee. Mais alors que sa bien-aimée grand-mère l’aime tel qu’il est, Christopher se sent douloureusement invisible pour le reste du monde. Même lorsqu’il est au centre de la scène, il désire ardemment que quelqu’un voit le véritable ‘lui’.

Le bisexuel Jesse Birch n’a pas de place dans sa vie pour les amourettes. Élevant deux enfants et se battant pour sa famille après un accident tragique qui a pris la mère de ses enfants, il ne veut plus que des coups d’un soir occasionnels. Et il ne veut certainement pas craquer pour son chanteur local préféré. Mais quand Christopher entre dans son atelier de bijoux, Jesse entend une nouvelle chanson dans son cœur.

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“Read it for Joe.” Review of Smoky Mountain Dreams #gay #amreading

“I wish I knew the exact thing to say to recommend this book. I guess I’ll just go with: Read it for Joe. You don’t know it yet, but you really need Joe in your life. Sure read this book if it appeals to you, but if you’re on the fence or think you don’t care about Smoky Mountain boys, or jewelers and singers or whatever, then just read it for Joe. Trust me you’ll thank me later. Really though, Leta knocks it out of the park again, sweet, realistic main characters who make you care about what they care about. She sets up an entirely believable world with moral complications and real moral concerns and makes no judgment on her characters or her readers as the characters feel their way through hard choices.And the sex is hot, so if real characters with hard burdens aren’t enough, if you don’t believe me about Joe, then just read it for the sex, okay? You won’t be sorry.”

via Amazon.com: flickerjax’s review of Smoky Mountain Dreams.

Sometimes holding on means letting go
Christopher Ryder and Jesse Birch are two men hanging on to the past. While Christopher has let go of his failure as a country singer in Nashville, he’s still trying to please his narrow-minded, non-accepting family. His beloved Gran loves him the way he is, but Christopher feels painfully invisible to everyone else. He’s happy enough performing at the Smoky Mountain Dreams theme park in Tennessee, but even when Christopher is center stage he aches for someone to see the real him.
There’s more than meets the eye when it comes to bisexual Jesse. He’s raising two kids and fighting with family after a tragic accident took his children’s mother. There’s no room in his life for dating, his kids are his priority, and he doesn’t want more than an occasional hook-up. He sure as hell doesn’t want to fall hard for his favorite local singer, but when Christopher walks into his jewelry studio, Jesse hears a new song in his heart.

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