The Bookkeeper

Clyde, a chain smoking, snarky, misanthropic secretary falls slowly and against his will in love with Sam who worms his way into Clyde’s life. The story is told completely in first person from Clyde’s POV and in present tense. Clyde doesn’t change that much in the course of the book, he’s still the guy who [...]

Tags: 2009, contemporary, free e-books, gay

I wasn’t too thrilled with it. I liked Brandon’s character, but Ramon’s shilly-shallying really grated on me. He wanted to, but couldn’t go through, and that went back and forth for ages. I can’t exactly put my finger on it, but I just didn’t connect with the story at all. When Brandon couldn’t have Ramon, [...]

Tags: 2009, contemporary, gay

  A really sweet story. The office atmosphere was pretty realistic. All the secretaries being hot for Tim, yeah, those UPS guys have something going for them. Mark was so shy and self-conscious, you just had to love him. Again, as I already said in my review for Fool for love, two guys take it [...]

Tags: 2009, C. Gold, contemporary, Freya's Bower, gay

You would think that this story has a lot of potential for conflict. A middle-aged, blind businessman and a young rent-boy hired as a reader. There is an age gap, difference in backgrounds, outside pressure. All those could make both their lives miserable, but there are almost no problems whatsoever. A slight disturbance with the [...]

Tags: 2009, age-gap, contemporary, gay, Sean Michael, Torquere

  Second chances is always something I enjoy reading about. I liked the characters and how they interacted. What I could have done without was the love scene right at the beginning. I don’t care very much for scenes like this without context and without knowing the relationship between the characters. In fact I skipped [...]

Tags: 2009, contemporary, dreamspinner, gay

Cody was a great character with all his conspiratory planning to get Seth to meet him. Seth’s qualms to get together with Cody were understandable, so the story made perfect sense. I think Ariel can write whatever she wants and I’ll like it. Available at Dreamspinner Press

Tags: 2009, A. Tachna, age-gap, contemporary, dreamspinner, gay

A rather short historical. However, I thought the time in between Duncan’s leaving and Sir William finding him was way too rushed. Duncan left furtively and disappeared. The next scene is set a few weeks later and Sir William turns up to look for Duncan at the place Duncan is working at. Even though I’m [...]

Tags: 2009, Amber Allure, gay, historical

This is the sequel to Need. There are a few situations where I thought, right, now the conflict is starting to break out but it never did – not really. Bast and Trick are having sex so often, it’s amazing they have time for anything else at all. Bast’s friends got on my nerves towards [...]

Tags: 2009, gay, paranormal, Sean Michael, Torquere, vampires

I found Aidan’s qualms about starting a relationship with Nate somewhat exaggerated. The situation was totally different from the one that made him keep his distance. But I don’t know enough about life at US universities, so I might be totally wrong about this. Other than that I liked the story a lot. Nate’s declaration [...]

Tags: 2009, Amber Allure, contemporary, gay, ML Rhodes

I’m not too fussed on anything religious, so the references to a higher being etc. were not for me. However, who can resist angels and their wings? I liked how Emmanuel forgot his duties and went with the flow. His two angel buddies were equally nice, not on their high horse, but supportive and encouraging. [...]

Tags: 2009, A. Tachna, dreamspinner, gay, paranormal