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That week when linkity got so crazily out of hand, I don’t even know what to say

July 20, 2012 Chris 19 Comments

Congrats to Zanara, who won The Wish (2nd ed) by Eden Winters!Â The Wish is being released today by Dreamspinner Press. And don’t forget that a new edition of Valentine Wish (Wish #3) is available as a free read today!

Congrats to Majken, who won A Better Man by RJ Scott and Jaime Reese!Â A Better Man will be released by Silver Publishing on July 21.

Congrats to Erica, who won Daddio (Horizons #3) by Mickie B. Ashling!Â Daddio will be released by Dreamspinner Press on July 23.

Contests

Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words is giving away an ebook copy of Primal Red (Bellingham Mysteries #1) by Nicole Kimberling. Winner selected July 22.

Joyfully Jay is giving away the following ebooks: your choice from Katey Hawthorne’s Supowerpowered Love series;Â your choice of Ava March’s Bound series or her Convincing series; orÂ Player and the Prude (Holsum College #4) by Daisy Harris. All contests close at 11:59 pm EDT, July 22.

Pants Off Reviews is giving away an ebook of your choice. Closes 11:59 pm EDT, July 22.

Tracy’s giving away an ebook copy of Cold Steel and Hot Lead (How the West Was Done) by Karen Mercury. Closes 7 pm PDT, July 24.

Pants Off Reviews is giving away an ebook copy of A Life Without You (Boston Boys #1) by Erica Pike. Closes 11:59 pm EDT, July 24.

Pants Off Reviews is also giving away an ebook copy of Lucius’ Bite (Family of Misfits #1) by K-Lee Klein. Closes 11:59 pm EDT, July 25.

And Pants Off Reviews is giving away three ebooks from the backlist of Josephine Myles. Closes 11:59 pm EDT, July 26.

Blodeuedd’s giving away a copy of The Officer Says, “I Do” by Jeanette Murray. Closes August 1. US & Canada.

Bookity

New releases and more: Literary Escapism (UF/PNR), Fiction Vixen (romances), AAR (romances), andÂ Book Lovers Inc (romance etc).

Book and publishing news from Dear Author.

Dear Author on the wider implications of the “Stop the GRs Bullies” site. Some humor about the whole mess from Carolyn Jewel (via Kate) and Anime June (via Experiment BL626).

Melanie posted about her favorite series covers and cover artists.

LA Witt on why she despises the term “mommy p0rn”.

Make a bedside smartphone dock out of an old book.

Berlin uses fallen tree trunks to hold books for a free book exchange program. (Thanks, Kate!)

Five meals from literature. (via The Kitchn)

There really was a Winnie the Pooh and Christopher Robin. (via The Mary Sue)

Better book title for Raymond Chandler’s The Long Goodbye.

Jennifer Armintrout has started her snarky chapter-by-chapter review of 50 Shades Darker.

Will someone pass the brain bleach, please?

Ebookity

Root a Nook Simple Touch and turn it into a superpowered ebook reader/eInk Android tablet.

Make a “boom” for handsfree ereader or tablet reading.

Part one of Dear Author’s series on privacy and ereading.

Because readers of ebooks have so many choices (and tend to accumulate ebooks faster than we can read them), mainstream publishers threatening to release new books as paper only for the first several months doesn’t necessarily matter to us – we have plenty of other things to read.

Do, Think, Make, Learn

“On politics: The logic of the illogical“.

Chick fil-A’s company president has taken a very public stance against gay marriage. You can make your own Chick fil-A sandwiches at home instead of supporting hate.

“How much Force power can Yoda output?“

How Adam Savage of Mythbusters works.

Splitting an Amazon Prime membership four ways (with your “family” members) makes it a lot more palatable…

The Time of London is demanding it stop raining in the UK. Looks like they have a valid point! (via Yarnerinas)

The FDA has approved the first drug that helps prevent HIV.

Foods you should avoid eating during heatwaves. (via The Kitchn)

Canadians – don’t leave your plastic money in a hot car!

Make your own sprinkler using PVC pipe.

Don’t forget to clean the filters in your air conditioner or dehumidifier!

It’s the 30-year anniversary of the clamshell computer. (via Liliputing)

“The truth about semen“.

“15 crazy ideas to make your life saner“.

Gluten-Free

GF lasagna.

GF pizza.

GF blueberry muffins.

Granita.

Cookity

Roasted vegetable curry. (via The Kitchn)

Lettuce wraps with ginger, carrots, & shredded tofu. (via The Kitchn)

Grilled tofu spring rolls with peanut dipping sauce. (via The Kitchn)

Chopped salad with soba noodles. (via The Kitchn)

Avocado hummus.

Classic guacamole.

Bacon and tomato guacamole. (via A Caffeinated Yarn)

Thai-style turkey burgers. (via The Kitchn)

Brownie cookies with salted caramel creme filling. (via The Kitchn)

Almond Joy shortbread bars. (via Bron’s Pinterest)

Snickers bars. (via MrsPao)

Pink lemonade bars. (via The Kitchn)

5 fruit salsas.

6 mayo-free potato salads.

10 recipes for cooking with beer. You can use gluten-free beer… 🙂

15 recipes using peaches.

Gin rickey.

Crafty

Crocheted porch pouf. (via CRAFT)

Cool

Quote from Neil DeGrasse Tyson on keeping religion out of science classrooms.

Quote from Bill Maher on what atheism is.

Northern Lights over Duluth and the North Shore. (Thanks to Jeanne for the second link!)

200,000 piece LEGO model of the Roman Colosseum.

Some LEGOs from The Dark Knight Rises.

Painting a 150-foot tall Batman.

The perfect car for the zombie apocalypse. (via The Mary Sue)

Mr. Tea Infuser.

I think we all need one of these! 🙂

Cool or Wha…?

Musical wine glasses.

Maze tumbler.

Sushi bazooka.

Layered-door refrigerator.

Wha…?

Products that cannot possibly work. (Thanks, Jase!)

Crotch flask.

TSA does extra crotch screening on man with world’s longest penis…

Spanx for men?

Air-conditioned pants.

Custom furniture that you can use as a coffin when you’re dead…

Knitted hangover mask.

Cars with built-in espresso machines.

Rooftop dining set. (via Gizmodo)

Refrigerator for your bathroom.

Malt-flavored Mountain Dew.

R2-D2 football.

The new town of Bikinis, Texas.

LOL

10 “reasons” to oppose marriage equality. (Thanks, Jeanne!)

Best drugstore promo?

Amazon Yesterday.

“The actual cast of Star Wars sings ‘Call Me Maybe’“. Then watch the cast of Doctor Who sing “Bohemian Rhapsody”.

Very NSFW m/m photo story enacted with action figures and more…

Be careful who you do geology with! (hover your mouse pointer for additional text)

Internet argument victory. (again with the hovering)

How people from around the world react to a 64F forecast (with sunshine).

Animals with misleading names.

Animal instincts.

Make the internet more cat friendly with Meowbify. (Thanks, Jase!)

Star Wars scenes done with cats.

What I really do… the cat edition.

Yes. Yes they will.

Cat house.

Cat tree.

I hear ya, Cynical Cat.

The power of kitties.

Some feline spider-hunting humor.

Chaos wouldn’t be this polite.

Chaos again.

Teh Cute

Kittens! Baby panda! Baby tigers! Baby moose! Kitten! Egret and babies! Baby tigers! Black kitten! Tiger! Baby black panthers! Baby tigers! Tiger and baby! Tiger! Lion and baby! Lioness and baby! Cheetah and baby! Tiger! Baby snow leopard! Baby lion! Baby tigers! Baby lions! Baby cheetah! Stompers! Baby spoon-billed sandpipers! Kittens! Baby penguin! Flamingos and baby! Kitten! Kitten! Snow leopard! Kitten butt!

Reading Update
Red-Eye Dawn (Turbulence #3) by Jordan Castillo Price. free ebook short. Very good installment of the serial in which Paul starts to freak out about their situation, but gains calm from an unexpected source.
Temporal Driftwood by Stephen Osborne. ebook short. Cute short m/m romance about a guy who’s shown two possible futures for himself… Can he believe he deserves the good one?
An Oral Fixation by Piper Vaughn. free ebook short. Cute short m/m romance about a college student who’s had a crush on his bisexual roommate for years, but the timing hasn’t worked out to say anything about it.
Naked Truth (Sun, Sea & Submission #3) by Kim Dare. ebook short. Good short kinky m/m romance about a nudist who seems determined to disrupt the (closeted at work) life of the Pendragon Hotel’s manager.
Final Atonement (Doug Orlando #1) by Steve Neil Johnson. Good gay mystery set in NYC in the early 90s about a cop, ostracized by his peers for trying to do the right thing, who’s trying to figure out who murdered a universally disliked rabbi.
Player and the Prude (Men of Holsum College #4) by Daisy Harris. ebook. Good m/m romance about a wealthy and slutty business major who takes a bet from a friend to seduce a gawky, repressed film student.
Skin Deep (Gray Zone #3) by Adrienne Wilder. ebook. Pretty good paranormal m/m romance about a guy who returns home one day to discover that his boyfriend is very, very sick… and is then plunged into a nightmarish world he can barely comprehend. This was a very mixed read for me – it’s a Bittersweet Dreams title, so it doesn’t exactly end happily. And I couldn’t quite relate to the main character – many of his actions seemed TSTL to me.
Come Cuddle Me by Missy Welsh. ebook short. Ok short m/m romance about a naive young man who posts his address along with an invitation to “come cuddle me” and is rescued from his foolishness by the bearish neighbor he’s been crushing on.

“I can’t believe you called me a thug, Mom. Look at how sophisticated and refined I am!” -Chaos

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February 18, 2011 Chris 33 Comments

Contests

Jackie at Literary Escapism is celebrating her blogiversary by giving away some very cool PNR/UF prize packs. Contest open until February 26.Â (Make sure you check back to see if you’ve won.)

Patti’s giving away three m/m books as part of her M/M Romance Month celebration: College Boys (anthology), Inland Empire (Taking the Odds #2) by James Buchanan, and Love & Loyalty (Faith, Love & Devotion #2) by Tere Michaels. Contest ends February 28.

Bookity

New releases and more: Lily (m/m romance), Book Lovers Inc (PNR, UF, more), Literary Escapism (UF/PNR), and Smexy Books (various sorts of romance).

The news that Borders filed for bankruptcy spurred all sorts of commentary: Smart Bitches, Dear Author, and An American Editor.

Bookity linkity from ReadReactReview.

Kris shared a great quote that reminded her of the reviews/reviewers brouhaha recently.

Kassa wondered whether reviews were professional and got some great discussion going.

A very cool literacy project: The Ministry of Stories (via The Kitchn).

An artist turns old books into art via 3-D typography. (Not for those sensitive to book maiming.)

Ebookity

Head over to Kris’n’Good Books to pick up Ally Blue’s unforgettable free paranormal m/m romance, Dead Men Don’t Wash. Um, you might have me to blame for the corpse soap…

The excellent paranormal m/m romance Without Reservations (With or Without #2) by J.L. Langley is currently free for Kindle and Nook.

Fifty Kindle cases that you can make for yourself.

Some thoughts from An American Editor on citing sources from the internet and ebooks.

Apparently, Borders going bankrupt does not affect Kobo customers or books purchased through Borders.com.

Are you ready for Read an Ebook Week, which is March 6-12?

Do, Learn, Think, Make

Global map of alcohol consumption. (Thanks, CursingMama!)

If red wine or chardonnay usually gives you headaches or migraines, a new yeast could mean you can drink them again (via The Kitchn).

Is there a giant planet hidden in our solar system?

How good is the internet connectivity in your area? (US only)

Easy ways to keep your online life secure.

Improve your memory by tapping into your spatial memory sense. (I’m having a flashback to Aristotle here…)

Sleep can help you commit things to long-term memory. (I figured that out in college – no all-night studying sessions for me!)

Keep zinc lozenges on hand if you’re prone to catching colds.

Have scientists accidentally discovered the cure for baldness?

If your young’un plays with your iPhone, maybe you need to get a Fisher-Price case for it.

Crafty

Knit headphone cozies. (Although I only seem to know people with earbuds… hmm.)

Knit a flying pig!

Knit tiny hearts!

Check out Kristi’s free Infinite Scrunch scarf pattern.

Crochet an amiurumi doll for the Chinese New Year.

Willie Nelson yarn bomb!

Giant ball of yarn!

Giant knitted squid!

Make a cross stitch initial mug.

Love this basket woven from paper – the sample is woven from old maps.

Cool

Make heart-shaped hard-boiled eggs (via The Kitchn).

Seanna Lea put together a simple and delicious looking gluten-free ice cream cake recipe.

Smoke monster!

Huh

I bet you’re all going to make cookie-stuffed cookies for dinner tonight (via The Kitchn). 😉

Can’t decide if this is cool or huh, but a guy took pictures of everything he ate for a year.

Double-barreled marshmallow rifle?!

Knitted engagement ring?!

I’ll pass on the giant toasted snacking ants, thanks….

Bacon toothpaste?! (Thanks, Jeanne!)

A jacket with a built-in sleeping bag and tent?

LOL

This might be my favorite Valentine’s comic ever. (Thanks, Jeanne!)

Although this knitting-themed Valentine’s comic from Franklin is pretty great, too.

The Oatmeal on Valentine’s.

A flowchart to help you decide whether or not you should shave your legs. (Thanks, Jeanne!)

A flowchart to help you figure out why your text hasn’t been responded to.

Are you the insomniac they’re looking for?

Secks FAIL.

The Blogess talks about penises at the post office…

Nevermore.

When May did something similar, she fell onto my head. Eeep!

You’d be surprised (or maybe you wouldn’t) how often this happens around here… 😉

And probably surprised that this never happens around here.

What is the circumference of a lolcat?

Teh Cute

Baby albino sugar glider! Black kittens! Baby polar bear! Ducklings! Pudu! Kittens! Foxes! Kittens! Ferrets! Kitten! Black kitten! Tiger cub!

Reading Update
My Summer of Wes by Missy Welsh. ebook. Really sweet story about figuring out what you want, coming out, first love, and dealing with bullies. (Although I don’t like this cover at all…)
Lessons in Love (Cambridge Fellows Mysteries, Book 1) by Charlie Cochrane. ebook. Very good historical m/m mystery/romance set at a small Cambridge college in the early 20th century. The newest English fellow at the college starts to get under the skin of a repressed mathematics fellow… and then they find themselves working together to help the police try to figure out who is murdering students.
Lessons in Desire (Cambridge Fellows Mysteries, Book 2) by Charlie Cochrane. ebook. Very good historical m/m mystery/romance in which Jonty drags Orlando off to Jersey for the first holiday Orlando’s ever taken.
Lessons in Discovery (Cambridge Fellows Mysteries, Book 3) by Charlie Cochrane. ebook. Very good historical m/m romance/mystery – influenza and amnesia and a centuries-old murder, oh my!
The Back Passage (Mitch Mitchell Mysteries, Book 1) by James Lear. Delightfully raunchy m/m mystery in the best 1920s English country house style. Protagonist Edward “Mitch” Mitchell manages to be endearing as he attempts to solve the mystery… when he’s not distracted by sex.
Hot in Here (Time To Do, Book 2) by Kim Dare. free ebook short. Steamy short m/m interlude that takes place as Brennan and Rigby move into a flat together after graduating from university.
A Thread of Deepest Black by Finn Marlowe. ebook. Very good kinky paranormal m/m romance about a werewolf and a shifter who become involved with each other in a very complicated fashion, even though their people are mortal enemies. Some pacing issues in the first half of the story prevented me from rating this higher.
Dead Men Don’t Wash by Ally Blue. free ebook short. Completely insane (and fun!) short paranormal m/m romance about an octopus shifter and his soap thief lover.
Oscar’s Soul by Missy Welsh. free ebook short. Wickedly funny free short paranormal m/m romance about the devil collecting a soul and realizing he’s fallen in love.
Dinner and a Movie by Alex Marcus-Jacobs. free ebook short. Sweet short m/m romance about a straight guy who’s more than little surprised that the blind date his coworker set him up on is with a guy.
The Queen of Wands by Jenna Jones. ebook short. Good short May-December m/m romance about a guy who’s spent the last 15+ years working as the behind-the-scenes problem fixer for his vast family, atoning for a night he can’t quite remember – the night his best friend drowned. The ending felt a bit too quick and tidy for me.
Whatever It Costs (Whatever You Want, Book 2) by Taylor Lochland. ebook short. Ok short holiday m/m romance about a guy who loses his job, which makes it seem impossible that he’ll be able to afford to take his boyfriend to Ireland for Christmas so his boyfriend can see his grandfather before he dies.
Keeping Secrets by L.D. Madison. ebook short. Ok short m/m romance about an injured police officer who won’t take off his shirt and reveal his dark secret.
A Fated Love by Diana DeRicci. ebook short. Ok short m/m romance about a guy whose vintage car is damaged in a hit-and-run. Fortunately, an attractive stranger was able to snap a few pictures of the accident… I think I would’ve liked this one a bit better if it hadn’t been for all the unclear pronoun references and ongoing editing/writing oddities.
Raising Seth (First Time, Book 1) by Eden Cole. ebook short. So-so short m/m romance about a straight guy whose foster sister dumps her 18-year old ex-stepson on him for a month…
Lemon Kisses: A Yaoi Anthology edited by Augusta Li; A. Steele, Eon de Beaumont, Imari Jade, & B.J. Franklin. ebook collection. So-so collection of yaoi-inspired short stories.

“Oooooooh, shiny!” -Mayhem

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Worn to a little nub from a crazy week, I still attempt linkity!

December 3, 2010 Chris 43 Comments

Then go enter the contest for Chasing Alex by Em Woods and A Special Christmas by J.P. Bowie! Contest closes 10 pm CST, December 10.

Congrats to Courtney, who won Breathe by Sloan Parker!

Congrats to Marie, who won Mistletoe and Submission by Kim Dare!Â Mistletoe and Submission will be released by Total-E-Bound on December 6.

Congrats to Brenna and LadyM, who won His for the Holidays by LB Gregg, Harper Fox, ZA Maxfield, and Josh Lanyon. His for the Holidays will be released by Carina Press on Monday, December 6.

Contests

Lea’s giving away an advance ebook copy of Anne Rainey’s forthcoming short erotic romance, What She Craves. Comment by midnight EST, December 3 (today) for your chance to win.

Tracy’s giving away a copy of Lipstick in Afghanistan by Roberta Gately. Comment by 11:59 PST, December 8, for your chance to win.

Amora’s giving away an ebook copy of Raev Gray and Alexandr Voinov’s new m/m romance, Transit, to someone who answers her question in the comments by midnight PST, December 10.

Bookity

Author newsletters: Kim Dare (news, free story, and a contest) and Heidi Cullinan (I haven’t had a chance to read it yet, but I’m sure it’s filled with awesomesauce).

DIK (Desert Island Keepers) is looking for new team members to blog a few times a year. Hurry – you have to submit your application by December 4!

New releases and more: Lily (m/m romance), Elisa (GLBT), Tor.com (YA paranormal, SF, UF/PNR), and SciFiGuy (SF/SFR, fantasy, UF/PNR, YA).

The Monday Morning Stepback from ReadReactReview.

Check out Gizmodo’s guide to gifts for book lovers. Paperback Writer has ten gift ideas for writers or readers, all for under $10.

A very amusing “So you want to write a novel” video.

Go now and read some of Uncle Walter’s Bad Romance Novel Quotes! Hee hee. (Thanks, Stephani!)

Ebookity

Have you been to Brief Encounters yet? It’s a new blog from Tam and Jenre, devoted entirely to reviews of short m/m stories. Congrats, you two! Were you concocting this in San Francisco?!

Will Google actually launch its ebookstore by the end of the year?

Trek shares some thoughts on prices for ebooks from traditional publishers.

Ereader ownership has tripled in the past two years.

An American Editor with some things you should consider when deciding which ereader you should buy.

TeleRead shares the story of how a skeptical writer became an ebook convert.

Amazon’s been charging for Project Gutenberg books… which you can get for free in Kindle format from Project Gutenberg.

Think, Do, Learn, Make

Harvey Milk’s speech on hope is as relevant today as it was over 30 years ago. It gave me chills.

An engineer might have figured out how Stonehenge was built.

How many of history’s ten most dangerous cars can you name?

A recent study found that people were able to predict the future… and porn was one of the tools used in the study.

Without navigational aids and cues, humans walk in circles.

Umberto Eco muses on the history of lists.

Imagine – being ambitious and driven to learn matter more than a attending a prestigious (and expensive) college!

Look at your blog through an “outside eye.”

Gluten Free

Tips for a gluten–free Hanukkah.

Does your Walgreens carry Delish gluten-free snacks?

Gift Ideas

Refreshingly honest hand sanitizers for the OCD people in your life! (Thanks, Jase!)

Fear in a Can, anyone?

The Tor.com Zazzle store might have just the thing for your scifi/fantasy geek.

More geeky gift ideas from Tor.com, including stuffed animals.

Perhaps a bowl made of melted plastic toy soldiers for the child at heart?

Very cute felted cat hats (not hats for cats, just to be clear…).

Knit a Noro hat for a quick and colorful gift.

Sew a DSLR bag for the photographer.

Fourth Amendment underwear for the frequent flier?

CRAFT has a gift guide for chefs, plus links to several other gift guides.

Gift guides from Gizmodo: cyclists, booklovers, caffeine addicts, and the guy who never grew up.

Holiday

This rainbow felt ball garland looks pretty easy to make.

Build a LEGO Death Star ornament!

With “faker crochet”, you can make doily-covered soaps in five minutes or less!

Make a holiday wreath out of old books.

Cool

I can’t believe these are just made from thread!

Mega Man knit sneakers.

Transforming purple sneakers!

Typewriter waffle maker!

Klein Bottle opener…

Huh

Naked showering LEGO Santa?!

High-heeled Tevas…

Squid shoes…

Painting murals on toast with jam and Marmite?!

The Starship Meaterprise…

Very NSFW USB peripherals…

LOL

What really happens when a product is supposed to be easy to open?

Kudos to Chipotle for making the legal jargon on their gift cards amusing.

It’s obviously a spoof based on the van number, but what a fun thing to rename your wifi network!

I loved this emergency Thanksgiving pie recipe.

Daniel Radcliffe (aka Harry Potter) sings the Periodic Table of the Elements.

More adventures of Squirrel!Neo and friends…

Who would win in Hobbes vs. Pooh?! (Thanks, Jase!)

Whoa! Dramatic animal drama! (Thanks, MamaTulip!)

How to wrap a cat like a Christmas present. (Thanks, Kim!)

Only a little “ebil”…

Eeek!

Teh Cute

Cat and kitten! Red panda! Albino wallaby! Kittehs in sinks! Snow kittehs! Baby cheetah! Hummingbirds! Donkeys! Otter! Lemurs! Kittens!

Reading Update
Unspeakable Words by Sarah Madison. ebook. Excellent paranormal m/m romantic suspense about a very precise San Francisco-based FBI agent who’s been shuffled around a lot because he’s not easy to deal with. He gets assigned a temporary partner from Quantico because of a new lead in an old case. When his temporary partner ends up sleeping on his couch, his orderly world is disrupted and things start to get interesting. I’m definitely hoping for more books about these two!!
Beyond Reckless by Ava March. ebook short. Very good steamy short m/m Regency romance about two men who enjoy the thrill of nearly being discovered…
Idaho Battlegrounds by Sarah Black. ebook. Very good m/m romance about a small-town Idaho sheriff who’s also a lieutenant in a National Guard unit that’s been in Afghanistan for the past four years. He’s now up for reelection against the corrupt interim sheriff, while at the same time getting to know a local dairy farmer who has a few secrets of his own…

Pretty Ugly (Petit Morts #6) by Jordan Castillo Price. ebook short. Very good short paranormal m/m story about a photographer who describes himself as “plug ugly”. He’s shooting an event when he encounters the elusive chocolatier Chance, who gives him a very special chocolate…
Sort of Stranger than Fiction (Petit Morts #7) by Josh Lanyon. ebook short. Very good short paranormal m/m romance about a small-town bookstore owner who’s quite intrigued by the scarred guy who owns a nearby dojo.
One Less Stiff at the Funeral (Petit Morts #8) by Sean Kennedy. ebook short. Very good short m/m paranormal story about a guy who helps family members plan services for their freshly deceased relatives.
Critic’s Choice (Petit Morts #9) by Josh Lanyon. ebook short. Very good short m/m paranormal m/m romance about a film critic who gets the chance to work on a dream project and does so, even though he’ll be working with his cheating ex-boyfriend.
Wishink Well (Petit Morts #10) by Jordan Castillo Price. ebook short. Excellent short paranormal m/m romance about a man in a hospice, dying of COPD, who runs into the mysterious and alluring Chance stocking vending machines. This Petit Mort has sharper edge than the others.. and we find out a tiny bit more about Chance.
In a Wolf’s Eyes by Cassandra Gold. ebook short. Good short paranormal m/m romance about a guy who gets lost in the woods and found by a strangely intelligent wolf…
Copper Country Gold by Taylor Lochland. ebook. Good short paranormal m/m romance about a bobcat shifter in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula who’s been limiting himself to one-night stands because there aren’t any other gay shifters in the area and he knows his clan leader will never accept an outsider.
WHAT by Missy Welsh. free ebook short. Good free short paranormal m/m romance about a tattoo artist who has a crush on his straight boss.
Dinner and a Movie by Beth Wylde. ebook short. Steamy short m/m encounter about a couple out for dinner and a very unusual movie…
Strings Attached by Nick Nolan. ebook. Good but uneven m/m romance about a high school senior who discovers, after his alcoholic mother ends up in treatment, that his dead father’s family is wealthy. His transition to a life of privilege while he tries to figure out who he is and what he wants does not go smoothly. The author’s afterward reveals numerous references to the story of Pinocchio, only a few of which I caught. I’d suggest including a forward with an abbreviated version of that story to help the reader…
Double Bound (Strings Attached, Book 2) by Nick Nolan. ebook. Ok m/m romantic suspense that was all over the place. This book focused on the butler/bodyguard from the previous book. Unfortunately, especially the closer to the end of this book I got, it felt like the heir (the main character from the previous book) was back to being Pinocchio, with others deciding things for him.
The Christmas Wreath (Tales from the Bell End Cafe, Book 1) by Fabian Black. ebook short. So-so short m/m holiday romance about a young man who fancies himself in love with the older man who saved his life. I think this is the first installment in a serial story… and those drive me nuts. I’d rather read an entire story, not wait for it to be eked out.
The Perfect Tree (The Forbidden Room, Book 3) by J.P. Barnaby. ebook short. Steamy short kinky holiday m/m romance, after which reading you’ll not look at Christmas decorations the same again!
Twinkle, Twinkle by Josephine Myles. ebook short. DSP Advent Calendar. Good short holiday m/m romance about a doctor who, when treating an electrician shocked while checking the wiring for Christmas lights, realizes that the hunky electrician was the fat kid everyone beat up in school.
Biting the Christmas Biscuit (Broken, Book 1.2) by Dawn Kimberly Johnson. ebook short. So-so short holiday m/m romance in which the couple from Broken go to spend the holidays with one’s dead boyfriend’s family. The ending on this was odd – it just sort of stopped.
Storm on the Mountain (Mountain #7) by P.D. Singer. ebook short. Very good short m/m romance continuing the story of Mark and Allan, this time with a Valentine’s Day blizzard.
On Call: Crossroads (On Call #3) by P.D. Singer. ebook short. Doctors Without Borders Charity Sip Blitz. Very good short m/m romance continuing the story of veterinarian Dante and doctor Keith, as Keith tries to come to grips with losing a patient.
Housesitting by M. Durango. ebook short. Doctors Without Borders Charity Sip Blitz. Good short m/m romance about a guy who’s housesitting for his uncle for the summer, next door to the now-resident who was his teenaged crush.
Little Fishes by Syd McGynley. ebook short. Doctors Without Borders Charity Sip Blitz. Ok short kinky m/m romance about a master taking his slave to meet his family, who aren’t aware of the nature of their relationship.
How Did I Lose My Passport – And Find My Love by JM Cartwright. ebook short. Doctors Without Borders Charity Sip Blitz. So-so short m/m romance about an absent-minded medical researcher who misplaces his passport while traveling and is surprised when his nemesis, the hospital’s COO, turns up to get things sorted out.