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Sticky Fingers

Author: Davidson King

Contemporary romance, suspense, age-gap,

bisexual romance, M/M, LGBT

Standalone

Length: 60+K words

Release date: January 27, 2020

Cover design by: Designs by Morningstar

Synopsis

When the desperate needs of his family must come before his dream of finishing his degree, Kyle, feeling both guilt ridden and heartbroken, knows what he needs to do. But when his help isn’t enough, a shady idea offered by his even shadier friend proves the only saving grace.

Mergers, acquisitions, and philanthropy consume Maddox’s days and nights prompting an overdue visit to his best friend’s luxury resort. Finally enjoying some R&R, he meets an adorable botanist working there for the summer. But a surprise visit from his ex and a shocking theft from his suite turn Maddox’s trip into chaos.

Trusting his gut, Maddox strikes a deal to help Kyle make up for his sticky fingers. But when his heart gets involved and his ex refuses to let go, Maddox’s plan starts to unravel. A summer of romance, deceit, and greed have both men navigating emotional waters, leaving them to wonder if true love and their happy ever after will come to pass.

About the Author

Davidson King, always had a hope that someday her daydreams would become real-life stories. As a child, you would often find her in her own world, thinking up the most insane situations. It may have taken her awhile, but she made her dream come true with her first published work, Snow Falling.

When she's not writing you can find her blogging away on Diverse Reader, her review and promotional site. She managed to wrangle herself a husband who matched her crazy and they hatched three wonderful children.

If you were to ask her what gave her the courage to finally publish, she'd tell you it was her amazing family and friends. Support is vital in all things and when you're afraid of your dreams, it will be your cheering section that will lift you up.

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Release Day: The Impossible Boy by Anna Martin Re-release!! #Review #Giveaway

Title: The Impossible Boy
Re-release
Author: Anna Martin
Release date: January 5, 2020
Self-Published
Length: 219 pages

Reviewed by Sammy


Synopsis

This is not your average love story.

Ben Easton is not your average romantic hero. He’s a tattooed, badass, guitarist in a band, working in a perfectly horrible dive bar in Camden Town. His life is good, and he’s totally unprepared for how one man will turn it upside down.

Stan isn’t your average heroine. As a gender-fluid man, he proudly wears his blond hair long, his heels sky-high, and his makeup perfectly executed. A fashion industry prodigy, Stan is in London after stints working in Italy and New York City, and he quickly falls for Ben’s devil-may-care attitude and the warm, soft heart Ben hides behind it.

Beneath the perfect, elegant exterior, Stan has plenty of scars from teenage battles with anorexia. And it only takes the slightest slip for his demons to rush back in while Ben is away touring with his band, Ares. With Ares on the brink of a breakthrough, Ben is forced to find a way to balance the opportunity of a lifetime with caring for his beautiful, impossible boyfriend.

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Review

Ben didn’t mind working two jobs but the guitar and his band, Ares, was where his real passion lay. He just knew that they could be good enough to make it someday if their crazy schedules ever intersected enough to help them break into the big time. Till then he tended bar and tutored students and managed to sleep—a little bit. When the striking beauty walked into the bar Ben nearly tripped over himself to serve him. Though definitely feminine in many ways, Stan was all boy and liked it that way. Being gender fluid fit how he felt inside and when he saw the gorgeous bartender’s eyes light up he knew that somehow he would like to get to know the guy. A phone number scrawled on a napkin and a few days later, Ben and Stan go on their first date and slowly from there they begin to explore each other and the growing feelings they have. But Stan’s past is one fraught with demons including his battle with anorexia. Will Ben still want him when he discovers just how messed up Stan’s head really is?

Anna Martin offers up a very brave look at a man who lives with the disease of anorexia and has come to terms with his gender-fluidity in the re-release of her novel, The Impossible Boy. Stan had toyed in the past with hormone therapy but realized two things—one that the weight increase the drugs would make him undergo would drive him back into the throes of an illness he is managing to keep in check, and, more importantly, he liked being a man sometimes. So with his beautiful long hair and makeup that allows him to feel feminine and in control, Stan decides each day just how feminine he will be. It really comes down to how he feels at any given moment and that’s the way he likes it—as does Ben.

Ben’s character not only accepts Stan’s style and fluidity but embraces it with love and support. Honestly this character could not have been nicer and his obvious care for Stan drives this story and shapes it into a beautiful romance that is lovely to read. Stan is so aware of how lucky he is to have found Ben and up until the band really begins to take off things seem good—Stan is super busy at his fashion job but still he and Ben find time for each other and life appears to be heading in the right direction for both of them. It’s when Ben must travel to gigs that the road becomes just a little less smooth and Stan slowly falls apart.

One of the things The Impossible Boy focuses on is the fact that like any other disease, anorexia is never really cured—rather the person afflicted with it learns how to manage it—control the urges to diet or simply stop eating altogether. The story then adds the layer of being a gender-fluid person which as we know is often difficult to be in today’s society. As Stan aptly explains he is not transgender and so doesn’t fit in the public’s scheme of “oh, you aren’t physically the sex you know you should have been born into? Well, then, we can fix you” mold. Instead he has more feminine days and less feminine days and Ben takes that all in stride and absolutely loves him for it. Add to that the battle with anorexia and you have an emotionally charged novel that grapples with some very big issues affecting so many in this world of ours.

The Impossible Boy is a beautiful romance, an ongoing battle to feel whole and in control and a fierce reminder that those who struggle with illness must take each day as it comes and accept the help of friends and loved ones if they are to make it through. I really look forward to the sequel to this book which will release later this month.

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Release Day Review: You Never Know by Mary Calmes #Review #Giveaway

Author: Mary Calmes
Book: You Never Know
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Publication date: July 21, 2017
Cover Artist: Reese Dante
Length: 200 pages

Reviewed by Meredith


Synopsis

Hagen Wylie has it all figured out. He’s going to live in his hometown, be everybody’s friend, explore new relationships, and rebuild his life after the horrors of war. No muss, no fuss is the plan. He’s well on his way—until he finds out his first love has come home too. Hagen says it’s no big deal, but a chance encounter with Mitch Thayer’s two cute sons puts him directly in the path of the only guy he’s never gotten out of his head.

Mitch returned for three reasons: to raise his sons where he grew up, to move his furniture business and encourage it to thrive, and to win Hagen back. Years away made it perfectly clear the young man he loved in high school is the only one for him. The problem? He left town and they have not talked since.

If Hagen’s going to trust him again, Mitch needs to show him how he’s grown up and isn’t going to let go. They could have a new chance at love… but Hagen is insistent he’s not reviving a relationship with Mitch. Then again, you never know.

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Review

I always know I’m going to laugh when I open a Mary Calmes book. I know I’m going to be entertained by witty banter and fabulous characters. There will always be that one character that will make me want to drink. The thing is, I’ll want to drink with that character.

I am a longtime fan of Mary Calmes. She has written all sorts of books. From contemporary romance to paranormal/fantasy. She’s versatile and pretty much great in everything she writes. Yes, I’m aware that is my opinion.

In You Never Know I really felt like I was reading the Mary I fell in love with from the days of Jory. Hagen is just an all-around amazing character. He had two gorgeous, rich, celebrity men pining for him. One with the best intentions and the other with an askew version of good intentions. Normally I’d be all, “Oh for heaven sake why is everyone going so out of their way for this guy?” But it won’t take you long to get why.

It’s told completely in Hagen’s POV and that was very beneficial to the story. You needed to really be in his head to get the appeal these other guys were desperate to want. He’s had a life not many come back from. He has had the best love there is and lost it. He’s had amazing parents, lives in a terrific nosy town that cares about him wholeheartedly. I get why having Hagen’s love would mean everything.

Like all of Mary’s books she utilizes her secondary characters. From Mitch’s kids, to the five page appearance of Ash’s assistant. She makes her characters all matter and all have a purpose.

This book was a hug for my heart. Not angsty, great dialog, and beautiful romance.

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