The Burnt Toast B&B (Bluewater Bay #5) in Riptide Publishing

Aug 11, 2014 Adam rated it really liked it

Shelves: age-gap, read-for-review, mm-contemporary, little-or-no-sex-content-on-page, wrote-a-review, need-to-dropkick-mc

We (finally) have a winner!

There may be spoilers below.

'The Burnt Toast B&B was the book that caught my eye and brought the Bluewater Bay series to my attention. So it makes some sense that this would be the only book, so far at least, from the series that I've really enjoyed.

Ginsberg Sloan is a stuntman who's temporarily out of work due to an on-set injury. He's also a gay transman, which comes with its own stereotypes and complications. Looking for some cheap housing to recuperate in, he ends ...more

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Jan 09, 2015 Susan Laine rated it it was amazing

Shelves: joyfully-jay-reviews

I loved this book. There was nothing I didn’t like about it. Everything rang true. Each bit of dialogue, each action taken, every sliver of personality revealed, each hot and heavy moment brought to life.

Ginsberg was a gem. His upbeat, super-bright personality was a hoot, and I couldn’t wait to see how he reacted to Derrick’s grumbling, morose ways. Ginsberg is transgender, female-to-male. He’s gone through the whole process, giving him a firm chest and a dick. I waited to see how this topic wou ...more

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Nov 17, 2016 Lillian Francis rated it really liked it

Shelves: trans-mc

I wanted to give this 5 stars I really did. I love a gruff mountain man who can't express himself and is insecure in his own skin. And I loved Ginsberg who was FTM and seemed so much more together than Derrick. But see I said seemed there, not was. Because Ginsberg had issues too and yet they weren't addressed (view spoiler) I wanted to give this 5 stars I really did. I love a gruff mountain man who can't express himself and is insecure in his own skin. And I loved Ginsberg who was FTM and seemed so much more together than Derrick. But see I said seemed there, not was. Because Ginsberg had issues too and yet they weren't addressed (view spoiler)

FYI, 'kid' annoyed me for a long time especially once we knew there was only 4 years between them and Derrick still used it. ...more

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