I’m fascinated by contemporary takes on the classic Pride and Prejudice novel, especially those that don’t feel obligated to stick chapter by chapter to the book. For this reason, I was excited when I saw a gay romance version. If the classic could be changed to include sci-fi elements, why not an m/m take on…
Stuff, The second Bristol Collection novel after Junk, celebrates the artfully quirky as an ultra-outgoing optimistic British commoner and an upper-class recluse find love over an odd collection of stuff. When Tobias “Mas” Maslin ducks into Perry Cavendish-Fiennes’ Cabbages and Kinks hodgepodge emporium in order to elude a another store’s security guard bent on capturing…
A story about the love of a father and his son as much as one about romantic love between two men, this is a superb example of Grey’s command of the extraordinary in the everyday ordinary. For readers who wonder what gay romance is all about, this is an excellent place to start reading. Single…
The fifth in the Theta Alpha Gamma (TAG) fraternity series is a delicious romp with the frat boys in France, taking classes and causing hilarious concern as they forget the problems back home Calapooya College where their frat house burned down. TAG member Tank’s brother Jock, a gifted hockey player, was outed at his former…
Tucker Springs, Colorado, might be a really beautiful, nice place to live, but as the title of this latest addition to the series suggests, relationships often get just a little too complicated to enjoy life in this tranquil setting. Take for example, the up-and-down relationship of Brad Sweeney and Jeff Hayden who routinely break up…
The old saying “Nice guys finish last” seems to be Mason Lawrence’s fate in life until he decides to take his fate his own hands and be bold in this delightful gay romance fairy tale. Mason is at the top of his game, a workaholic who owns his own company and has friends with whom…
Eli Gaither is a good ole Georgia boy in the best sense of the description. He works hard, plays hard, and loves even harder. But Ortiz is quick to remind readers that even good ole boys who look like they have life by the tail need true love, and sometimes it’s harder for them to…
Magical realism pops up in Thomas’ latest and adds a different type of spice to an already heady romance. The magic of one man brightens and enlivens the life of another whose reliable steadfastness helps ground his flighty lover. H. D. Fisher, nicknamed Hound Dog, is something of a dog whisperer in Four-Footed Friends, the…
Reed effortlessly slides from his gritty, brutal Raining Men to this nearly chaste look at true love, proving that he not only has depth as an author but also can span the width of the romance genre. Again he takes a fairly unlikeable character from a previous novel and turns her into someone to respect…
Can a teacher and lifelong reader really love a severely dyslexic man? The second of the Grime and Punishment series about the men who clean up scenes of the crime and other potentially toxic sites successfully grapples with this question of essential personalities and established lifestyles. Eddie “Cha-Cha” Vasquez, the organizer and manger at Brothers…