The Bookkeeper

Blurb: Although Jesse McIntyre slings drinks in a gay bar, up until recently, he kept to himself and stuck to his rule never to hook up with customers. He’d been down that road before and bore the physical and emotional scars from it. The last thing he’d wanted was to fall for Robert Bauer, the [...]

Tags: 2010, Amber Allure, contemporary, gay, m-m romance challenge, ML Rhodes, read 'n' review challenge

Blurb: Stan Gordon, M.D., is well aware of the unwritten code forbidding sexual liaisons between a physician and those in his charge, but when he provides intimate care for Brian Storm, a seriously injured police detective, he comes dangerously close to crossing the line. When he does, he’s shocked to find desire is forbidden, not [...]

Tags: 2009, Amber Allure, contemporary, gay

Blurb: When Rowan Lee arrived in the small, liberal Provincetown, he heard tales of the eccentric, brilliant, possibly insane Finnegan Clark. A world-famous mystery writer, Finnegan’s been to the top of the bestseller list more times than anyone can count. It’s about the only place he goes, sequestered away in his mansion by the sea. [...]

Tags: 2009, age-gap, Amber Allure, contemporary, 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

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

Synopsis: Martyn inherits one half of an antiques shop from his uncle. Because of certain stipulations he cannot sell it on as planned but is forced to work together with the owner of the other half, Simon. Martyn and Simon, the son of the former partner of Martyn’s uncle, have known each other for a [...]

Tags: 2009, Amber Allure, contemporary, gay, m-m romance challenge

Synopsis: Jesse Winter goes to Europe for business reasons and leaves Keith, a fifteen year old neighbourhood boy, behind. The trip lasts a lot longer than planned because he’s involved in a very bad accident and takes years to even be able to get back home. Keith, who is now eighteen, has changed a lot [...]

Tags: 2009, Amber Allure, contemporary, favourites, gay, m-m romance challenge, paranormal

Synopsis: After his parents’ death Charlie shut everybody out of his life and lived like a hermit. His only casual friend that remained with him was Noah who was in love with Charlie all along. It seems that their friendship has reached a point now where it will either become more or will break completely. [...]

Tags: 2009, Amber Allure, contemporary, favourites, gay, m-m romance challenge

Synopsis: Robert, a successful businessman, has been ogling Jesse, the bartender in the local GLBT run bar for some time now. Jesse has noticed Robert as well, but never let on to any customers that he’s gay. He wants to leave his past behind and is not interested in any sort of relationship or even [...]

Tags: 2009, Amber Allure, contemporary, gay, m-m romance challenge, ML Rhodes

Synopsis: Ethan has given up hope to find a partner by going out and looking around in real life, so he decides to give it a go in the cyberworld. Not a bad idea, however, with his user picture, nobody seems to have interest in him. He finds a quick remedy for this by just [...]

Tags: 2009, Amber Allure, contemporary, gay