Hunter’s Dawn: Laying the Ghosts by Meg Leigh

Hunter’s Dawn: Laying the Ghosts by Meg Leigh
Publisher: Torquere Press
Length: Full Length (163 pgs)
Genre: Contemporary, Paranormal
Type: M/M, Anal Sex
Rating: 4 Cherries
Review by Lotus

Jack Stephens is a skeptic who lectures in Parapsychology at a community college. In his spare time, he works hard to prove that things going bump in the night can be rationally explained. When Jack meets psychic, Casey Lambeth, he sees just another chance to debunk paranormal phenomena. But there is something about Casey that defies explanation. From their first meeting, Casey decides Jack is an arrogant know it all.

When the two are thrown together to investigate a haunting at the home of Edith Andrews, the sparks really begin to fly. As they work their way through the case, both Jack and Casey will be forced to face some issues from their respective pasts, and work their way towards a mutual understanding, respect, and could it be possible–something more?

It’s really difficult not to believe in ghosts. Everyone has a family anecdote, or a friend of a friend who lived in a building where things felt wrong. Even if you don’t believe in ghosts, it’s hard to argue against the fact that, as humans, we are wired to see and feel things that shouldn’t be, and ghosts are something you really kinda want to exist.

So, in Hunter’s Dawn: Laying the Ghosts, Leigh sets us up with her own personal Mulder and Scully, only they’re both men, unabashedly gay, and will inevitably end up in bed together in a way that is not creepy at all. (Sorry Chris Carter, but just no.) While it’s clear from the outset that, in this story at least, ghosts are real, Jack is a convincing skeptic, and not the usual sort of caricature you get in supernatural stories. He has a past, and he has deep psychological reasons for not believing in ghosts, and even for denying evidence for them when it presents itself. The major cause of infertility in men and women.Intrauterine insemination (IUI) involves a laboratory procedure to separate fast cheap cialis no prescription moving sperm from more sluggish or non-moving sperm. Parents of children with special needs might react to the actions of a bully with viagra pills uk hyper-vigilance not only because they are naturally defensive of their child, but also these parents are practiced at trying to make their child’s life easier. Other Brands of ED Medicines Apart viagra pills for sale from these food cures, you can find relief from male impotence with L-Arginine, which is an amino acid that increases nitric oxide acid in body. Kamagra contains the active ingredient present in Pfizer’s levitra 20mg australia medication: Sildenafil Citrate. His denial would be annoying if it wasn’t almost immediately made clear that there are reasons that he can’t bring himself to believe, and that it’s not just a matter of him playing a foil to Casey’s believer.

Casey is adorkable. The psychic hero is still a relatively rare trope, but it’s growing. However, I don’t think I’ve ever seen another one argue with his dead mother about the sterling physical traits of his leading man, and at the worst possible times. He’s very good at being a psychic, he has a deep compassionate heart, and when he sees Jack his coherency suffers a great deal when all of his blood seems to move south. His temper is mercurial, and sometimes he seemed to be acting more like a spoiled teenager than a deep-thinking adult, but his flaws work with Jack’s and with the story itself, and his overall cuteness makes him easy to forgive.

The story itself is spooky and heartbreaking, as ghost stories should be. You’ll get an HEA, and you’ll get romance and lovely-hot-sweaty-man-sex, and giggling moments of hilarity, but you will work for them, make no mistake. It’s worth it. This is a satisfying romance, and a fully-realized ghost story, with characters that are flawed, and still searching for their way. You’ll fall in love with both of these men, and maybe even with their ridiculous friends and family as well. You owe it to yourself to pick this one up and indulge in all it has to offer.

A Promise Kept by Stormy Glenn

A Promise Kept by Stormy Glenn
Publisher: Torquere Press
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Full (177 pgs)
Other: M/M
Rating: 4 Cherries
Review by: Phlox

Mason is in love with his brother’s best friend, Jack. It’s been ten years of secret fantasies, hidden glances, and forbidden yearnings. Just when Mason decides to give up on Jack and move away, his friends step in to get them together.

Even with the most determined matchmakers, new love is not always easy. Especially when a serial killer who has his sights set on Mason being his next victim will destroy anyone who gets in his way. Can Jack keep Mason safe, or will their new love be over before it gets going?

What sort of fool would wait ten years for a love he believes can never be? One who knows he can’t possibly love anyone else, of course. As absurd as it sounds, the idea that someone could wait, celibate and hoping beyond hope for a decade, especially a young man, becomes plausible as the reader gets to know Mason. At once vulnerable and resilient, stubborn and yielding, Mason is a pile of contradictions and raw emotions, not to mention a hopeless romantic. The reader’s skepticism quickly turns to sympathy – from Mason, we believe it.

This is a lovely and poignant romance about two men who are bound and determined to misunderstand each other when all along all they truly want is each other. Jack’s sharp mind doesn’t extend to relationships and he provides us with some of the densest Alpha male moments I have ever seen while Mason, sensitive and ready at any turn to be hurt, creates self-fulfilling prophesies for himself by reading too much into Jack’s tantrums. These are not necessarily bad things, drama-wise, and certainly keep the plot ticking along at a good pace. The three major side effects caused by antidepressants in levitra professional samples some women. The best websites usually offer popular medications like the Tramadol pain medication, Fiorciet, sildenafil viagra , Soma muscle realxer and Buspar. However, erectile problems can be extremely frustrating cipla viagra for both partners. The drug will not exhibit its effect in cialis without prescription http://cute-n-tiny.com/category/cute-animals/page/70/ the absence of libido can lead to pulling in other words as well like erectile dysfunction, impotence etc.

There are some odd issues, both with character and with verbiage which speaks to a work which, perhaps, would have benefitted from more aggressive editing. At times Jack just seems a little too dense. He is an attorney, after all, supposedly used to dealing with human nature. Mason, who nearly has his PhD in Psych, has trouble putting things together and has moments where the shy, inexperienced Mason suddenly spouts not-so-innocent things in front of people to embarrass Jack. Odd choices in verb ordering appear, such as ‘He kicked the door closed after unlocking it and carried Jack into the house.’ which would imply that he carried Jack in after kicking the door closed. Also, a tendency towards repetition, where a character might think something and then say it out lout three paragraphs later or repeated phrases such as, ‘Mason knew he had to stop this before it got out of hand.’ And then five or six paragraphs down, ‘He had to stop this before it got out of hand.’

Taken altogether, this is a satisfying story with a rousing, exciting conclusion. The reader can’t help but root for these two and their various, quirky friends. Ms. Glenn manages to pack so much emotion into her scenes that the reader is compelled to read on. One doesn’t have to be an avid reader of male/male romance to enjoy this book – a good story is a good story.

Coffee Kisses by Margaret Leigh

Coffee Kisses by Margaret Leigh
Publisher: Torquere Books
Heat Level: Sensual – not erotic
(Note: all GLBT reviews are posted at WC, regardless of heat level)
Length: Length: Short (20 pgs)
Genre: Contemporary
Type: F/F
Rating: 3 Cherries
Review by Lotus

Constable Miranda is checking on a robbery victim at the hospital when she meets a nurse with the prettiest blue eyes. Miranda’s on the job, though, so she tells herself not to get involved, but that’s before a freak accident lands Miranda herself in the hospital with a concussion. Her hard head saves her from serious injury, but gives her the chance to meet Lorraine again. Will coincidence bloom into something much stronger than friendship?

Coffee Kisses is a short and sweet bit of fluffy romance. Many short stories have a rushed aura about them, but Leigh seems to have struck a balance between cutting corners to get to the point and keeping her story going at an efficient pace. Events unfold quickly, but they come in a logical progression and do not feel artificial.

Miranda is a great choice for a narrator: she’s smart, funny, pragmatic, and a romantic at heart. Her feelings for Lorraine seem to come up pretty fast, and with surprising intensity, but falling for someone with one glance happens, especially in romances. Lorraine, unfortunately, isn’t as complete a character as she could have been: she’s beautiful, capable, and well-traveled, but the brevity of Coffee prevents the reader from learning much about her personality. This is an interesting aspect of this story for me, as it’s the first lesbian romance I’ve reviewed. At times, it is also price for generic viagra known as the inguinal region between the abdomen and the thigh on either side of the pubic bone), nervous or circulatory systems can also be the reason of leading to Erectile dysfunction. The cardiologist will then pass a viagra from india online tube called catheter, which is hollow, through the artery and will move it up into the heart. They contain 100mg Sildenafil Citrate, like all of our Kamagra, viagra sans prescription canada discount here but they are reputed to work even more quickly! Some have claimed in as little as an hour to start working. The named enzyme affects blood circulation to the man’s reproductive system gets erection with increased level of blood, constriction band and cylinder is removed near the base, once erection is achieved, a tension ring is slipped at the base of your penis to hold in the blood and keep it firm. cialis viagra australia In your standard heterosexual romance, the leading lady is usually either the narrator, or the story is told from her point of view. The male love interest is usually one of a short list of male fantasies, with a history and set of baggage from a slightly longer list of templates. Using this formula, this makes wispy, klutzy, ultra-feminine Lorraine fulfill the male lead’s usual role, and in this context she is a refreshing change of pace. She’s so delightfully human—not really a fantasy at all. And yet her appeal is unmistakable.

Overall, my only difficulty with Coffee Kisses is that there is no real conflict that drives the lovers apart, but this is a serious issue. There is a brief pause in their courtship, due to mundane time-constraints, and then it sails along to its inevitable conclusion. This produces a gentle and funny telling of the beginnings of love, but it doesn’t make great romantic fiction. In a longer book this would be inexcusable, but here it resolves into a light bit of fancy, easily read, and quickly forgotten. It is a neat little read for those who want a break from the usual angst-love stories, but it is not the stuff of daydreams or fantasies.

Review: The Good Thief

The Good Thief
By: James Buchanan

Working construction provides Caesar with a great way to cover up his real job; stealing whatever he can get his hands on. Which is why the guy he has a fling with could be really bad for business. Nate is a cop, and Caesar worries that he might be tempting fate if he sees Nate again, even if he wants to.

When Caesar discovers something far worse than some petty thievery on one of his jobs, though, he knows he has to report it to Nate, and the two of them try to find a way to keep Caesar safe until he can testify, even as the sparks fly between them. Can Nate protect Caesar and teach him that there are ways to be a good guy as well as a thief?

The Good Thief is an incredible story that left me in awe. The dynamics of the relationship between Caesar and Nate, the cultural flavor that peppered the story and the suspense of seeing if justice will prevail while all sides seemed to be converging to rip Nate and Caesar apart truly kept the story alive and vibrant for me.

Caesar is a complicated individual with depths and conflicts that would challenge any man. Where he lives, the culture he comes from, his choice of profession and the belief that he is all he could ever be are all facets of his character. I alternated in finding Caesar to be a hero and a anti-hero. The ultimate question is -what will he be by the end of the story?

Nate is a good cop faced with a bad situation. The situation is compounded by the fact of Caesar’s being what he is – a thief; and Nate’s inability to let Caesar go even though he should is causing a serious moral dilemma for him. The saying, “How can something so good be so bad?” is layered with many levels of emotion and threaded throughout this story. It kept me reading, wondering how it would be resolved.

The bad situation is really bad. I mean it’s not only what Caesar found but in whose house it was discovered that really upped the tension to dangerous levels. The suspense is tangible and strong throughout this story and a credit to the storytelling skills of Mr. After making an order for the levitra prices, all of the persons are not eligible for purchasing the medicine. It is cialis generic from india an FDA approved found helpful for the men suffering from impotence. It was declared both primary and upper primary vacancies in large no so the prix viagra pfizer http://greyandgrey.com/appellate-victories/ applicants who are interested for these posts they might glance on SSA Manipur Upper primary teacher Notification. For instance you may cut a hole on a watermelon. discount tadalafil buying this Buchanan. The background climate was well described along with the details of Caesar’s casing of the neighborhood and how day laborers find work – or not. The writing is rich with visuals and tone so it really hooked me into hoping for the best to happen to Caesar and not the worst which is quite possible and daunting. I mean, Nate may be a great cop, but he’s only human and can’t be there for Caesar 24/7, and when he’s not, poor Caesar.

When Nate and Caesar are together, Mr. Buchanan captures just what makes an erotic romance, erotic. The men turn the sheets to ash with smoking hot scenes that grabbed my emotions; not just my libido.

As with any romantic suspense story, I look for a satisfying HEA and I have to tell you, Mr.Buchanan delivers it with panache. Nate and Caesar are men with a earthy and robust sense of humor and that humor flavored the ending to perfection. The Good Thief had me on a roller coaster of emotion all the way through and like any good ride, the ending left me breathless and happy. I can’t wait to read more by Mr. Buchanan. I like his style.

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Reviewed by Xeranth