RWA put out an equality statement – it’s definitely a step in the right direction, although they really need to change “sexual preference” to “sexual orientation.”

Two 2012 m/m romance conferences.

Better book title for The Hunger Games?

Smart Bitches couldn’t figure out what the heck was going on with this book cover, so they held a caption contest – here are the winners.

Ebookity

How ebooks (specifically Kindle sample chapters) have changed plot structure.

Ereading might affect our memories of what we read – but that might not be a big deal.

Should publishers be adapting to an abundance model instead of their former scarcity model?

PDFs – a dead end for digital publishing? (Yet still they persist…)

Do, Think, Make, Learn

Retail gas prices over the last decade.

Scientists have figured out how to stop guys from going bald.

10 exercise myths debunked.

Red meat’s definitely been in the news lately – will it kill you? Or make you happy? And here’s a post that breaks down the dubious science behind some of these studies.

Meteorologists think our early warm weather is weird, too.

Turn a single sheet of paper into a cd case. (via Lifehacker)

Keep your old cell phone and car charger in your car for emergencies.

Turn mason jars into wall planters.

Cookity

Vegan Girl Scout cookies. (via The Kitchn)

Cadbury cream cookie cups. (via The Kitchn)

Inside out Chinese spring roll salad. (via The Kitchn)

5 affordable dinners for one person.

10 early spring salads.

10 unusual spaghetti recipes.

10 eggs-for-dinner recipes.

15 sweet-potatoes-for-dinner recipes.

15 vegan dinner recipes.

Lots and lots of gluten-free spring recipes.

Pink grapefruit margaritas. (via The Kitchn)

Crafty

Realistic knitted bees. (via CRAFT)

Bam! Pow! fingerless gloves. (via Bron’s Pinterest)

Pint of beer mittens or socks. (via CRAFT)

Grow portrait gourds. (via CRAFT) (I can’t be the only one with a dirty mind re: some of the shapes you could grow, right?!)

Cool

Crocheted crew of Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Geeky engagement pictures.

Firefighters in drag fighting a car fire. (If I read an m/m romance with this scene in it, I would shake my head at the implausibility…)

Dad and daughter in Wonder Woman costumes.

An artist who makes really large scale sand paintings. (via Gizmodo)

If you have a 3D printer, you can print a set of adapters that will let you use LEGOs and Lincoln Logs together.

Cool or Wha…?

The intersection of art and giant butcher knives.

Wha…?

Two men on a gay cruise ship were arrested for having sex with each other…

Yet another reason I’m glad I don’t have a Facebook account. (Although the US Senate is working on a bill to prevent employers from asking for such information.)

Men on Cape Cod can get a free pizza when they get a vasectomy.

Tattoos that alert you to phone calls and text messages?!

ASCII art wallpaper.

Lurid LED dress. Fashion?!

Snow globes can burn down your house – or at least start your couch on fire.

Someone cut in line at a gas station pump and caused an explosion…

Titanic candle.

LOL

Awkward family photos. (Thanks, Jase!)

Typos can make things more fun! (HoverÂ your mouse pointer over the comic for additional text.)

Speaking of typos – 10 autocorrects from last week.

Some belated St. Patrick’s Day humor.

This could involve a long wait.

Dress your kitty up as the internet for Halloween!

Just further proof that I’m a cat person…

Entitled kittehs feel entitled.

Hee hee!

Teh Cute

Kittens! Baby tigers! Baby lion! Lioness and baby! Lioness and baby! Lioness and baby! Lion and baby! Baby tiger! Baby tiger vs pumpkin! Kittens! Baby cougar! Baby cougar! Baby white jaguars! Lambs! Ferret! Baby cheetahs! Bunny! Sugar glider! Mongoose! Dormouse! Baby raccoons! Kitten!

Reading Update
The Epic Love Story of Doug and Stephen by Valerie Z. Lewis. free ebook. Doug is straight, not too bright, and a former mechanic who’s now a male model on staff at a gay magazine in New York City, where he decides he’s gay for miserable and sort of scary editor Stephen. This romance manages to be funny, touching, and memorable.
Between the Bars by Carson Shepherd. free online. Very good kinky m/m romantic suspense about a romance writer who hooks up with a guy in town on business, with no idea that his life is about to change forever. Other than a little too much story time devoted to sex at one point and some bits of past progressive tense that I found odd, this was one of the better romantic suspense books I’ve read in a while.
The Luck of the Irish by Megan Reddaway. free ebook short. Very good short and fun m/m romance about a Dubliner, cursed by a leprechaun to have bad luck, who meets an intriguing guy at a training seminar on St. Patrick’s Day.
Owen’s Home and Garden by Evie Kiels. ebook. Very good m/m romance about a guy with a crush on his slutty and oblivious best friend – his best friend who vanishes after a very, very messed up day. Be warned that part of this taking place in northern Minnesota (albeit near a fictitious town) probably weighted my rating. 🙂
Facing Fitz by Kim Dare. ebook short. Sweet short kinky m/m romance about a submissive who’s convinced his severe claustrophobia will make it impossible for him to submit to the dominant he finds attractive.
Fortune’s Favor (PowerUp! #4) by Marie Harte. ebook. Good m/m paranormal romantic suspense about two psychics trying to resist their attraction to each other as they hunt a crazed killer.
On Thin Ice (Ariel Estates #1) by Jessica Lee. ebook. Good paranormal m/m romance about a lone wolf shifter/doctor in the Alaskan wilderness who rescues the amnesiac sole survivor of a plane crash. Who and what is the man he rescued… and was he responsible for the crash?
The Mask of Narcissus by Vincent Lardo. Good gay mystery (originally published in 1987) about a successful society reporter still trying to recover from the suicide of his lover, a closeted cop, the previous year. When he tries to figure out the truth behind why one of his good friends murders her husband and his young girlfriend, he slowly realizes that nothing is quite what it seems. Unfortunately, I found the title to be something of a spoiler for the mystery.
Brass Balls by Mia Watts. ebook short. Pretty good short m/m romance about a cop who’s had a crush on his dad’s best friend, now the captain of police, for years but didn’t think the guy was gay. Wish the ending hadn’t felt so rushed.
Tapping Darkness (Kavanagh #1) by Kracken. ebook. Ok yaoi-themed romantic suspense about a goodhearted private detective who is hired by a gorgeous painter’s model worried about a missing artist. This moved slowly and never fully engaged me.
The Set Up by JP Bowie. ebook short. Ok short m/m romantic suspense about a movie extra who gets set up for murder. Let’s just say I didn’t achieve suspension of disbelief on this one.
Cam’s Best Friend by Jaxx Steele. ebook short. Ok short paranormal m/m romance about a wizard who’s punished by being turned into a dog and set loose in New Orleans. While this had potential, the execution felt really awkward.

*drowsing* -Chaos

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Another episode of linkity in which there are no explosions

March 18, 2011 Chris 31 Comments

Congrats to Dianna, who won Accidentally His by Shawn Lane! Accidentally His will be released by Amber Allure on March 20.

Congrats to Tracey D, who won Trust, Love, Submit by Kim Dare!Â Trust, Love, Submit will be released by Total-E-Bound on March 21.

Congrats to Sandy Jay, who won Treacherous Sun (Nu Hayven, Book 1) by Jade Archer! Treacherous Sun will also be released on March 21 by Total-E-Bound.

Minneapolis made the news yesterday for a huge gas main explosion! Amazingly, no one was hurt, but if you look at the photo gallery in the linked article, you’ll see a melted vehicle and a huge crater. (This was about 50 blocks away from me, so the kitties were in no danger while I was at work.)

Contests

Blodeuedd’s giving away two print and four ebook copies of different Lori Brighton books as part of the Lucky Leprechaun Giveaway Hop. Comment by March 20 to enter.

Blodeuedd’s also giving away a copy of Kara Louise’s Only Mr. Darcy Will Do. Contest closes March 21. US & Canada only.

Patti’s giving away an ebook copy of Summer’s Road by Kelly Moran. Comment by March 22 to enter.

Fiction Vixen’s giving away an ebook copy of JP Barnaby’s gay coming of age story, Enlightened (Little Boy Lost, Book 1). Comment by March 24 for your chance to win.

Novel Addiction’s giving away a copy of Insight by Jamie Magee. Fill out the form by 11:59 pm March 24 to enter. US only.

Sweet Vernal Zephyr’s giving away Masquerade (A Blue Bloods Novel) by Melissa de La Cruz. To enter, comment before March 25.

Book Lovers Inc is giving away winner’s choice of a signed copy of Backstage Pass or Rock Hard by Olivia Cunning. Leave a meaningful comment by April 2 to enter.

Bookity

New releases and more: Lily (m/m romance), AAR (April romance releases), Literary Escapism (UF/PNR release dates, news, etc), Smexy Books (March romance/UF), Smokinhotbooks (much-anticipated PNR), Book Lovers Inc (booklandia news), and KB (forthcoming books that intrigue her)

TeddyPig on last weekend’s author/review kerfuffle. Kris on another aspect of the same event – how many pseudonyms does an author need?

Gorgeously repurposed books.

Cool drawing of an unusual bookcase. (Rest of site is very NSFW.)

Great bookstore graffiti. (Thanks, CursingMama!)

Janna had a great post about the seven different types of arguments and how they relate to reviewing books.

Paperback Writer: If Manuscripts Were Lovers and Math for Writers.

Ebookity

This week’s free ebook at MLR Press is the very funny Sno Ho by Ethan Day.

Interesting post against DRM by the founder of Smashwords.

The two very different sorts of ebook pirates.

Ebook lending sites.

An American Editor on the lack of quality control in indie ebooks.

Diane Duane on quality and self-publishing.

Famously self-published author Amanda Hocking clears up some misconceptions.

Carolyn Jewel talks about her experience putting one of her backlist titles out as an ebook.

There are plenty of parallels between the introduction of mass-market paperbacks and the introduction of ebooks.

The American Library Association speaks out on ebook lending restrictions.

Do, Think, Learn, Make

How to donate to help Japan without getting scammed.

Curious about which door locks are the most sturdy? Consumer Reports tests them for you…

Hmm. Now it’s back to we really should turn off portable electronic devices while flying.

Cast your own mechanical chocolates – this has definite potential for Father’s Day gifts.

Make a hidden doortop stash for small valuables or cash.

Gluten sensitivity seems to be a distinct condition, different from celiac disease.

Controversy about privacy at Etsy.

Great. Now cars can get malware.

Have you checked Unclaimed.Org to see if you have money due to you?

Crafty

TARDIS socks! (Thanks, Juni!)

Dalek and R2D2 cross stitch. (Rest of site is very NSFW.)

Knitted Dalek! (via CRAFT)

Knit chairs and stools! (Thanks, Juni!)

Scientists have gotten silkworms to spin colored and luminescent silk.

Crochet Cthulhu mask.

Crochet a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle!

Knitting linkity from knittyBlog.

Cool

Have you seen the Cut out and Keep blog? It features all sorts of fun things, like chocolate LEGO minifigs and beer mug cupcakes. (Thanks, Juni!)

Great quote from Kurt Vonnegut.

Shamrock ninja!

Cute dragon cake.

Steampunk art and craft.

Pallet coasters.

Old cameras turned into lamps.

If you’ve ever tried to carry a six-pack on a bicycle, you’ll appreciate this.

LEGO minifig USB sticks!

MrsPao has more fun linkity – make sure you check out the first video and the panda bread!

Cool or Wha…?

A bottle opener that stores the bottle caps.

Glass heart in a jar.

Fake spaghetti and meatball cupcakes.

If you’ve always wanted to dine atop the famous buildings and mountains of Europe, you might be able to do so.

Wha…?

You can make a tampon toupee… (Thanks, Juni!)

Toilet-themed restaurant?! (Thanks, Juni!)

French fry ear muffs.

Giant shoes in a corral…

Gene Simmons embroidery…

LOL

St. Patrick/knitting humor from Franklin.

Some gluten-free humor!

Social media explained via pee.

When humans want to play with kitties vs when kitties want to play.

“Kitty vs The Red Dot and How This Battle Almost Caused the World to End“

Kitties can be private investigators…

Eeep!!

Teh Cute

Kittens! Coendou! Kittens! Leopards! Kitten! Bunnies! Kittens! Sleepy koala! Baby Charlene Butterbean! Plovers! Kittens! Ferret! Kitten! Tree kangaroos! Kitten! Bitty bun! Kitten! Sugar glider! Kitten! Squee-inducingly cute baby penguin! Kitten!

Reading Update
Time To Do (Perfect Timing #3) by Kim Dare. ebook. reread. Excellent m/m romance about two guys – one gay, one straight – who have been best friends since they were small and are now roommates at college. The gay guy’s been quietly in love with his best friend for years, but has been resigned to never being able to touch him… until he finds his friend’s list of things to experience, which segues from kissing and having sex with women (all checked off) to kissing a man (not checked off)… This was my first Kim Dare book, and remains my very favorite. 🙂
Settling the Score by Eden Winters. ebook. Very good m/m romance about a small-town mechanic whose formerly small-town, now Hollywood actor boyfriend dumps and outs him on national television. A Pygmalionesque story unfolds after that, as the mechanic goes to work for a bestselling author with his own axe to grind. My only real problem with the book was a personal one – I always get frustrated by books that use dialect; instead of immersing me, the dialect kept jolting me out of the book.
Sebastian’s Wolves by Valentina Heart. ebook. Excellent, intense paranormal m/m romance about a wolf shifter who turns wolf for a long time when his mate dies. I had a hard time putting this one down to do anything else!
Of Cocoa and Men by Vic Winter. ebook short. Delightful short paranormal m/m romance about a lone wolf shifter addicted to hot chocolate, even though it’s not good for wolves. He becomes fascinated by the scent of the new baker in town, who smells like chocolate to him.
Surviving the Change by Cari Z. ebook. Very good paranormal m/m romance about a lone wolf shifter who can only stay in one place for a few weeks before other shifters force him to move on. Right after he arrives in Denver, he becomes fascinated with an elusive law student bartending in a shifter bar.
Sunrise by Elizabeth Jewell. ebook short. Very good short paranormal m/m romance about a guy with a mysterious lover who shows up every few years and always has to leave by sunrise.
An Assassin’s Touch (Lost Shifters #9) by Stephani Hecht. ebook. Good paranormal m/m romance about Leopard shifter and assassin Shane and Panther shifter Trevor, whose lives are much complicated by an evil Cobra shifter.
Shane’s Fury (Lost Shifters #10) by Stephani Hecht. ebook. Good paranormal m/m romance about Leopard shifter and assassin Shane trying to find his kidnapped mate.
Tool for Change by P.D. Singer. ebook short. Good short m/m encounter between the nerdy facilities supervisor at a convention center and a sexy electrician. I wanted just a little bit more story…
Herbs de Provence by Jenna Jones. ebook. Good m/m romance about a chef with wanderlust who discovers that his friend’s ward has grown up into a gorgeous young man while getting his MBA.
Everyone’s Man by Edward Kendrick. ebook. Ok m/m romance about a rent boy who is brutally gang raped and left to die. The ER doctor who treats him realizes he’s not safe in the hospital and takes steps to keep him safe. With better editing, this could’ve been a very good book… presumably editing would’ve removed such silliness as being able to reach the prostate with a tongue.
Touch My Wolf (My Wolf, Book 2) by Eden Cole. ebook short. So-so short paranormal m/m romance with a dash of m/m/m tossed in. This story about beta wolf Blaine finding out that his mate is one of his pack’s enemies was definitely nowhere near as good as the first book. The whole thing was choppy and felt rushed and incomplete.
Make Me (KinKaid Wolf Pack, Book 2) by Jessica Lee. ebook short. Disappointing short paranormal m/m romance that’s basically two sex scenes between the couple from Bloodlines, strung together by a bit of plot that was left unresolved.
Heads or Tails by Jenna Byrnes. ebook short. So-so short m/m romance about an accountant, engaged to the boss’s daughter, who’s been in denial about his attraction to men until he keeps running into the sexy new guy. Warning: This book contains infidelity and graphic m/f sex.

“It’s been a long week. I’m hiding!” -Mayhem

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Long ago, in a linkity land…

January 28, 2011 Chris 29 Comments

Contests

Cecile’s giving away an ebook copy of Strange Familiar by Cassidy Hunter. Contest closes January 29.

Tracy’s giving away a copy of books 10 and 11 in the Virgin River series by Robyn Carr. Contest closes 11:49 PST, January 31.

Larissa’s giving away a signed copy of Catch Me If You Can (Romano & Albright, Book 1) by L.B. Gregg. Contest closes February 4.

Blodeudd’s giving away two copies of Yours for the Taking by Robyn Kaye. Contest closes Feb 3. Patti’s also giving away two copies of Yours for the Taking and her contest closes February 4. (US & Canada)

Juniper Moon Farm is holding a fundraiser to help a Vermont organic vegetable farmer who basically lost his entire business to a barn fire. There are many, many fibery prizes to help encourage people to donate! Donations will be accepted until February 6. (Thanks, Seanna!)

Bookity

New releases and more: Tor.com (YA paranormal; UF/PNR; fantasy; scifi), Katiebabs (books she’s looking forward to), and Literary Escapism (UF/PNR).

Via Dear Author, a post from Ursula LeGuin mocking the new morality clause HarperCollins has added to its author contracts. Definitely read the comments on the post!

Neil Gaiman on seeing words he wrote in an unexpected place.

Eric Arvin shares some writing wisdom.

Ten websites Paperback Writer would love to see on the internet.

Paperback Writer would also like a checklist for returning ideas to her muse.

Ebookity

Trying to get pdfs to fit on your ereader’s screen better? Briss might help.

Ebooks are now outselling paper books at Amazon.

Tired of your Kindle? Microcosm Publishing will trade you paper books and magazines for it.

Publishers need to decide whether they’re selling ebooks (providing full ownership rights for the purchase price) or providing a rental (at rental prices). Another, longer opinion piece on the same topic. Dear Author weighs in, too.

The first all-indie ebookstore in Australia is called SPUNC. *ahem*

Make, Think, Do, Learn

Writing helps you learn better than typing does.

If you need help visualizing how big the internet is…

How to modify your google searches to give you better results.

Do you need a mouse that works on your couch?

Eighty percent of US divorce lawyers say that social media is now mentioned by their clients as one of the reasons the marriage failed.

Use an old gift card as a headphone cable wrapper.

ModernCat’s odor elimination survival guide could come in handy.

How to determine the cost of clutter.

Check out The Kitchn’s tips for removing baked-on food from pots and pans.

Make some spicy dark hot chocolate to drink!

McGyver would be proud of you for modifying a hand-crank flashlight with a usb port so you can manually charge your tech gear.

Try a 15-minute no-equipment workout developed in 1904! Or you could use Craigslist to put together a home gym.

Cool

Jase and Juni started a blog called Happiness Is Shy! (NSFW)

Last week, The Kitchn blog focused on gluten-free foods and concerns. Recommended! (Thanks, Jodi!)

Tape art – way better than you expect.

ThinkGeek has a Molecular Cuisine Starter Kit.

A 1:35200 scale toy train set is very, very small.

Maybe a child you know needs a homemade TARDIS.

Geek jewelry links from EPBOT.

Extemely geeky tote bag.

Turn a soda can into an embossed box.

These yarn words are pretty nifty.

I have a very similar fabric keychain that I love.

Kristi’s got crafty, photography, and food linkity.

Print free US Patent Valentine’s cards.

Amazingly, this fun short action film (Lazy Teenage Superheroes) was made for $300.

Gorgeous animated short film about a little girl on a carousel.

Huh

You can’t even take a three-inch toy gun through airport security…

Using bombs for snow removal instead of shoveling – not recommended.

I hope that this isn’t really what Lady Gaga’s forthcoming fragrance will smell like.

Now you can buy frozen pizza and frozen cookies in a single handy package.

The L cup bra size just debuted.

T-shirt fail.

Air pollution monitoring t-shirt…

MeatWater. Just say no.

LOL

I’m a fast listener, too. (Thanks, CursingMama!)

Bronwyn Green on dropping off her son at a birthday party with an apology… and more.

Fun video mashup of the Minnesota-Wisconsin December 2010 blizzard, including a cute song.

Toni Andrews on how to excavate a buried car “using only a small hand shovel and your own wits”.

Guillotine by Gillette.

Infographic humor.

The Oatmeal’s State of the Web, Winter 2010 edition.

Bottled water addicts should skip this link.

Not kitty treats!

Kitty law #1?

I’ll pass on the skwerls, but the rest sounds good to me.

I’m sure many kitty boys have this same question.

Yeah, I can picture Chaos saying that.

Teh Cute

Kitten pile! Baby flying squirrel! Kitten! Baby polar bear! Red panda! Wee hedgehog! Bunny! Panda! Fennec fox! Baby skunk! Kitten and bunnies! Red panda! Lynx kittens!

Reading Update
The Tourist by Clare London. ebook. Excellent paranormal m/m romance told from the perspective of a tourist, a spirit who can head hop, albeit with limited control. Usually he just stays for the sex and then moves on… but something’s different for him this time. This totally sucked me in and I couldn’t go to bed until I finished it. To be released 2/28.
Another Enchanted April by Eric Arvin. ebook. Excellent and cleverly written m/m romance about three friends on vacation in a seaside town, staying at an Italianate villa with intoxicatingly lovely gardens. Each of them will be profoundly changed… but not necessarily in the ways they expected. (And I may have gotten sniffly whilst reading this. I can neither confirm nor deny.)
A Strong Hand by Catt Ford. ebook. Very good kinky m/m romance about a famous photographer of erotica who’s shooting a catalog of high-end sex toys when he begins to realize he’s attracted to his assistant after his assistant models for the shoot.
Ruby Slippers by Alexi Silversmith. ebook. Very good m/m romance about a police detective who thinks that men shouldn’t wear makeup or do anything feminine, so when he finds out what his boyfriend does for a living, things get ugly. I enjoyed the chance to see James and Ethan from What They Say About Love as secondary characters.
Boystown: Three Nick Nowak Mysteries by Marshall Thornton. ebook. Very good collection of three m/m mysteries featuring Chicago PI Nick Nowak. Set in 1980 before AIDS devastated the gay community, these gritty stories reminded me of Sara Paretsky’s V.I. Warshawski mysteries, only with a lot more sex. 🙂
Boystown 2: Three Nick Nowak Mysteries by Marshall Thornton. ebook. Another very good collection of three mysteries featuring Chicago PI Nick Nowak. I really, really hope that the author is busily working on Boystown 3, because the final story ended on a surprising (but sadly realistic) dark note.
Out on the Net by Rick R. Reed. ebook short. Very good short m/m romance about a guy who finally accepts that he’s gay 20 minutes before he’s supposed to get married to a woman. The story is told via his blog as he tries to figure out being gay and meeting guys in his small town.
Bloodlines by Jessica Lee. ebook. Very good (and smokin’ hot) paranormal m/m romance about a wolf shapeshifter, supposed to be the next alpha of his pack, who’s kicked out of his pack when his father discovers he’s gay.
Red Hot by Kate Roman. ebook short. Very good short m/m romance about a straight guy who breaks up with his girlfriend because he can’t stop thinking about his male roommate.
Brush with Desire by Chrissy Munder. ebook short. Very good steamy m/m short that starts with an exhausted IT guy drooling over a hot man in a suit he sees in the grocery store and ends with a smoking hot (and humorous!) encounter between them.
Hearts and Flowers by Chrissy Munder. ebook short. Good short m/m romance about an accountant, a found puppy, classified ads, and quite a bit more. While I enjoyed the story, I felt there was just too much going on for the story’s length.
Driven to Distraction by Anah Crow & Dianne Fox. ebook. Good m/m romance about a professor who inherited his grandfather’s collection of classic cars. When he damages one of the cars, he has the chance to get to know his mechanic much, much better…
Possession (Devlin Island, Book 1) by S.W. Vaughn. ebook. Good paranormal m/m romance about an unfortunate vacationer who runs aground on Devlin Island with the worst possible timing, then meets a crabby male witch trying to figure out if there’s a demon loose on the island.
Where He Belongs by D.C. Juris. ebook short. Good kinky short m/m/m romance about a sub who left his two masters and now has to try to convince them to take him back.
Sandpipers’ Secrets (Sandpipers, Book 1) by Jade Archer. ebook. Good m/m/m romance about a guy who desperately needs a job to keep he and his brother off the streets and so is happy to get a kitchen job at Sandpipers, despite the attraction he feels to the couple who own the restaurant.
Xavier’s Way by Diana DeRicci. ebook. Good m/m romance about a guy who realizes that his now ex-fiance was siphoning money out of his business. But what are these strange feelings he has for the handsome auditor he’s hired to gather evidence of his ex’s wrongdoing?
A Measure of Discipline by Diane Adams. ebook short. Ok m/m short about a guy who’s leaving his university number crunching job and needs to train two student workers to take his place. I haven’t read the two previous stories and, alas, this was just confusing as a standalone.
Best Man by Shelley Munro. ebook short. Ok short m/m romance about two closeted rugby players and teammates, neither of whom knows the other is gay, who’ve been lusting after each other.
Work of Art by Rob Knight. ebook short. Ok short m/m romance about a neurotic artist and a guy who manages musicians. This was basically just a little slice of their life together and I couldn’t really see a point to it.
Tryst by Stone Richards. ebook. Meh m/m romance about a PI who gets sent to London to investigate a prominent businessman for a company considering a deal with the man. The whole thing was so implausible…