The Bookkeeper

Blurb: Four years ago Ryan’s parents disowned him for being gay. To escape their threats, he ran away to Canada. Now his twin sister Nicole is getting married to his best friend Peter, and Ryan will risk anything to attend. Help arrives in the most unexpected form: Peter’s older brother Daniel, the man Ryan had [...]

Tags: 2009, contemporary, dreamspinner, gay, m-m romance challenge

  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

Blurb: Heading to his country home after a long week of work, Matthew Janssen meets a young man on the train – a startlingly handsome young man named Albin, who claims he can read Matthew’s mind and show him his most hidden desires.  But when he wakes at his stop, he’s alone.  Leaving the terminal, [...]

Tags: 2009, age-gap, contemporary, dreamspinner, gay, m-m romance challenge, paranormal

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

Blurb: Jaded and hurting from a recent breakup, Larry’s not exactly having the time of his life in Vegas for his best friend’s wedding. But his luck begins to change at the Love Me Tender Wedding Chapel, where The King not only marries his friends, but takes on the challenge of teaching Larry to Viva [...]

Tags: 2009, contemporary, dreamspinner, gay, m-m romance challenge

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

Blurb: Jack Christensen has everything he ever wanted. He’s a rising star in US Diplomacy, the youngest man to have been appointed as an Ambassador of the United States.  A career diplomat who’s just been sent to a politically interesting Embassy in Europe, he has the perfect wife, speaks five languages and has all the [...]

Tags: 2009, contemporary, dreamspinner, gay, m-m romance challenge, Z. Owens

Synopsis: Mark meets his high school crush Dylan in a bar. He has never been able to forget Dylan, even though Dylan never even noticed him enough to remember his name. The two hit it off immediately this time and Mark is planning for more than just a quick one night stand. Review: Mark & [...]

Tags: 2009, contemporary, dreamspinner, gay, m-m romance challenge

Blurb: Stone Caldwell has always been a good boy; the nerd in high school, you know the one. The one with the thick glasses, nose stuck in a book, with the tall lanky body. Even after he’s grown up and gets himself a brand new body, he still drives the speed limit, pays his taxes [...]

Tags: 2009, contemporary, dreamspinner, gay, m-m romance challenge

Blurb: As the Alliance wizard-vampire partnerships grow stronger, the dark wizards feel the effects and become increasingly desperate to find enough information to counter them, unaware of the growing strain of the blood-magic bonds on the wizards and vampires alike. The conflict is spreading. The strife of uncomfortable relationships, both personal and professional, is threatening [...]

Tags: 2009, A. Tachna, dreamspinner, favourites, gay, m-m romance challenge, paranormal, vampires, wizards/witches