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A unique approach to a romance plot that really works

Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid

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This is a slow burn love story, the kind that takes eight years to finally come together, the kind that has both main characters taking years to realize that the “casual” thing they started when they were teens is, in fact, the most important relationship in their lives. Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov meet in December 2008, when they are both 17, at the world junior hockey tournament. They’re both the best players on their respective teams, sure to be drafted by the NHL that spring, and destined to be rivals. Shane and Ilya have nothing in common, other than […]

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6/12/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:20 |

Romantic Comedies are my favorite genre, and these ones are good

Rule Breaker by Lily Morton

Deal Maker by Lily Morton

Risk Taker by Lily Morton

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A couple of weeks ago I discovered a new contemporary LGBTQ romance writer, Roan Parrish, whose work I really enjoyed. Finding a new author is always exciting for me, as I have a tendency to read everything by the authors I like. I’ve been working my way through Roan Parrish’s work, but her books tend towards the heavy and serious, and I found myself looking for something light and romantic…enter this series. Lily Morton’s Mixed Messages series consists of three books: the first book is about Dylan and Gabe, the second is about Dylan’s best friend Jude, and the third […]

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3/19/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:17 |

“Even things that needed you could hurt you in the taking.”

Riven by Roan Parrish

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This book surprised me. Ostensibly it’s a contemporary LGBTQ romance, but I’ve read quite a few m/m romance novels and this one stands out, in a good way. Riven is about two musicians, Theo and Caleb, falling in love. Theo is a 25(ish) year-old rock star, the lead singer and songwriter of a popular rock band. Theo loves music but hates everything about being a rock star- his bandmates were a group long before he showed up and while they need him to be successful, they resent his presence in the band. When we meet Theo he’s wrapping up a […]

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2/26/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:14 |

The best LGBTQ romance series I’ve read, despite all the hockey (dear god, so much hockey)

Breakaway by Avon Gale

Save of the Game by Avon Gale

Power Play by Avon Gale

Empty Net by Avon Gale

Coach’s Challenge by Avon Gale

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I’ve been a lifelong romance reader (I started reading my mother’s Jude Deveraux and Judy Garland paperbacks when I was 13), but for the past few months I’ve been really into reading LGBTQ romance, specifically m/m romance. I started with the gold standards, Sarina Bowen/Elle Kennedy’s “Him,” N.R. Walker’s “The Weight of It All,” Christina Lauren’s “Autoboyography,” and then Sarina Bowen’s “The Understatement of the Year” before I started searching out other authors/books. Kindle Unlimited has a lot of options, and most of them are…not great. I read the entire catalogue of N.R. Walker and then tried some new authors: […]

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2/20/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:13 |

Do you like romantic men who fall in love VERY fast and then live happily ever after? Then Lucy Lennox might be for you!

Borrowing Blue: Made Marian Book 1 by Lucy Lennox

Taming Teddy: Made Marian Book 2 by Lucy Lennox

Jumping Jude: Made Marian Book 3 by Lucy Lennox

Grounding Griffin: Made Marian Book 4 by Lucy Lennox

Moving Maverick: Made Marian Book 5 by Lucy Lennox

Delivering Dante: Made Marian Book 6 by Lucy Lennox

A Very Marian Christmas: Made Marian Book 7 by Lucy Lennox

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Lucy Lennox is a prolific ebook author of m/m gay romance. She has written two series, Made Marian and Forever Wilde, about two huge families filled with gay men. She has also collaborated with other authors on several standalone series. I’ve read them all, and rather than review them individually I decided to just review each series. This is her first series, Made Marian. It centers on the Marian family from San Francisco. The Marians have six biological children, three of whom are gay. When their sons came out, the Marian parents began volunteering at a gay youth shelter and […]

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2/15/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:8 |

Murder with Political Consequences in Steampunky World Equals Cutest Romance Story Ever

Witchmark by C.L. Polk

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I don’t like romance novels; they’re just not my thing. Unless the love story is mixed in with something else. In the case of Witchmark, that something else is a rather steam-punk/gas-lamp setting medical/political mystery. It’s Edwardian England sort of, and post some kind of nasty war effort that the protagonist Dr. Miles Singer had some role in. Because of his war experience he decided to work as a psychiatrist at a local hospital where he apparently specializes in treating veterans. The hospital is being forced to push patients out to make room for the newly arrived home, funding is […]

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7/17/2018 's CBR10 Review No:43 |

You can never go home again

Pansies by Alexis Hall

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This is book four in the Spires series but they are only very loosely connected and can be read in any order. This is my favorite of the series and actually one of my favorite romances ever, I’m not even sure why, but it connects with me on every level and it is just so stinking charming. From the Amazon description: Alfie Bell is . . . fine. He’s got a six-figure salary, a penthouse in Canary Wharf, the car he swore he’d buy when he was eighteen, and a bunch of fancy London friends. It’s rough, though, going back […]

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9/5/2017 's CBR9 Review No:25 |

Sweet Dom Wins Me Over

For Real by Alexis Hall

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This book surprised me. I would not have picked it up on its own (BDSM, contemporary, May/Decemberish)  but it was part of a loose series (Spires) that I had really enjoyed up to this point, and I have started trusting Alexis Hall in general, so I read it and really kind of loved it. Laurie is a sub in the bedroom but out of it he is a successful doctor in his late thirties (I think he is thirty nine but I might not be remembering correctly). He has been single for years after his first love left him. And […]

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7/26/2017 's CBR9 Review No:25 |


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