Finished Reading - The Second Door

Description (from publisher):

When Mitch’s relationship with his boyfriend implodes on Christmas Eve, it’s up to his best friend, Sam, to comfort him. It’s not like Sam has a choice. He cares deeply for Mitch. He even refrains from saying “I told you so.”

That one night of chaste comfort is all it takes to start Sam thinking about Mitch in ways he really shouldn’t. A spontaneous kiss that should have helped sort things out just makes everything more complicated, because Sam is terrified sex will ruin their friendship. Mitch is afraid that pushing Sam for more will drive a wedge between them, but he’s even more afraid of never trying for happiness with Sam at all.

Book StatsTitle: The Second Door
series:
Author: T.C. Blue
publisher: Dreamspinner Press
ISBN: 978-1-61372-134-6
ASIN:
(Amazon Standard Identification Number)
date published:
format: ebook
genre: GBLT, Romance, Holiday
pages: 178
ages: 18+
Grade: B


My StatsDate Finished: May 29
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Finished Reading - One Small Thing

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“Daddy” is not a title Rue Murray wanted, but he never thought he’d have sex with a woman either. Now he’s the unwitting father of a newborn named Alice. Between bartending and cosmetology school, Rue doesn’t have time for babies, but he can’t give her up. What Rue needs is a babysitter, and he’s running out of options. He’s on the verge of quitting school to watch Alice himself when he remembers his reclusive new neighbor, Erik.

Erik Van Nuys is a sci-fi novelist with anxiety issues to spare. He doesn’t like people in general, and he likes babies even less. Still, with his royalties dwindling, he could use the extra cash. Reluctantly, he takes on the role of manny—and even more reluctantly, he finds himself falling for Alice and her flamboyant father.

Rue and Erik are as different as two people can be, and Alice is the unlikeliest of babies, but Rue has never been happier than when Alice and Erik are by his side. At least, not until he receives an offer that puts all his dreams within reach and he’s forced to choose: the future he’s always wanted, or the family he thought he never did.

Book StatsTitle: One Small Thingseries:
Author: Piper Vaughn & M.J. O'Shea
publisher: Dreamspinner Press
ISBN: 978-1-61372-496-5
ASIN:
(Amazon Standard Identification Number)
date published: May 4, 2012
format: ebook
genre: GBLT Romance
pages: 214
ages: 18+
Grade: B


My StatsDate Finished: May 28
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Finished Reading - Marathon Cowboys

Description (from publisher):

Jesse Clayton loves painting, his cowboy grandfather, and his life as an artist with a wild abandon that leaves scorch marks on everything he touches. Budding Navajo cartoonist Lorenzo Maryboy is a hard-working former Marine: staunch, brave, and honorable. Chance brings them together on the road to Marathon, Texas, and passion flares.

Just as always, Jesse puts his art ahead of everything. He betrays their growing trust, and that Lorenzo can’t forgive. But Jesse’s found something he loves more than his art, and what he does to win Lorenzo’s forgiveness is far more dangerous than either man understands.

Book StatsTitle: Marathon Cowboys
series:

Author: Sarah Black
publisher: Dreamspinner
ISBN: 978-1-61372-135-3
ASIN:
(Amazon Standard Identification Number)
date published: November 2011
format: ebook
genre: GBLT romance
pages: 172
ages: 18+
Grade: B



My StatsDate Finished: May 27
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Finished reading - Xenofreak Nation

Description (from smashwords):

Twenty years into the future, bioengineered animals provide organs for human transplantation. Grafts of animal skin have replaced tattoos in popularity, which gives rise to a unique new demographic: xenofreaks. Bryn Vega’s father is head of the Pure Human Society and when she’s kidnapped by the Bestia Butcher, the most notorious of the criminal xenosurgeons, she assumes it's payback for her father’s anti-xeno activities. Scott Harding is her taciturn jailer-called Cougar because of the claws replacing his fingers-but Scott is not who he seems. Deep under cover for the Xenofreak Intelligence Agency, he’s been given unprecedented immunity to find the Bestia Butcher’s lair and do whatever it takes to bring him to justice. When Bryn is forced to undergo a radical xenoalteration, she discovers a terrible secret: her father is using The Pure Human Society as a front for his own purposes. His willingness to sacrifice his daughter to accomplish them sends her running to Scott for protection, and into the hard-core underground subculture of the very xenofreak society she once despised.

Book StatsTitle: Xenofreak Nation
series:
Author: Melissa Conway
publisher:
ISBN:
ASIN: B0052TBS7S . . . also sold at smashwords
(Amazon Standard Identification Number)
date published: May 2011
format: ebook
genre: science fiction, dystopia
pages: 262
ages:14+
Grade: B



My StatsDate Finished: May 26
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Finished Reading - 28 Days to Hope for Your Home

Description (from publisher):

Are you overwhelmed by the mess in your home?

Have you ever wondered if there’s no hope for you?

I know that feeling. I’ve experienced it too. I’m so glad that now I can say . . .

There is hope! For anyone!

28 Days to Hope for Your Home is not for the mildly disorganized! Develop four habits over four weeks. Discover hope for real change in your home.

Book StatsTitle: 28 Days to Hope for Your Home
(NOT for the Mildly Disorganized)
series:
Author: Dana White
publisher: Amazon Digital Services
ISBN:
ASIN: B007VQE8NG
(Amazon Standard Identification Number)
date published: February 2012
format: ebook
genre: nonfiction, How-to, cleaning
pages: 72
ages:
Grade: B


My StatsDate Finished:  May 12
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Finished Reading - Damien

Description (from publisher):

They are the Nightwalkers, mysterious beings who dwell in the shadows of our world, and Damien, the Vampire Prince, is among the most powerful of them all. But one woman will tempt him with a desire unlike anything he has known, and together they will face a terrifying and relentless foe…

He’d Never Loved.

But She Was Irresistible.

As reigning Vampire Prince, Damien has tasted every pleasure the world has to offer—consorting with kings and queens and delighting in sensual adventure. Now, tired of such pursuits, he devotes his energies to protecting his people. The war between human necromancers and Nightwalkers has escalated, and when the enemy makes a daring move, kidnapping Syreena, a Lycanthrope Princess, Damien boldly follows. He succeeds in rescuing her, but is unprepared for the erotic longing her lush sensuality awakens in him.

Gifted with rare abilities, Syreena grew up in a cloistered setting and was forbidden to form attachments to others, yet the connection Damien feels with her is immediate, intoxicating, and impossible for either to resist. But claiming Syreena as his mate could have shattering repercussions for every Nightwalker—and leave their enemies more dangerous than ever before…

Temptation tastes sweetest at night.

Book StatsTitle: Damien
series: The Nightwalkers
Author: Jacquelyn Frank
publisher: Zebra ... Kensington
ISBN:  0-8217-8068-9
ASIN:
(Amazon Standard Identification Number)
date published: may 2008
format: Mass Market Paperback/ebook
genre: Paranormal
pages: 352
ages: 18+
Grade: B



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Finished Reading - Copy Cat Killing

Description (from author's website):

Everyone thinks their cats are special—but Owen and Hercules have powers that go far beyond an adorable look or an irresistible purr. Along with their owner, librarian Kathleen Paulson, they have an uncanny instinct for solving crimes... It's been raining cats and dogs in Mayville Heights. The small town's been deluged, and now the local artists' co-op is on the verge of flooding. Kathleen has been up all night helping her friends move their creations to the safety of the upstairs studio. The artwork survives, but when controversial mask maker Jaeger Merrill is found drowned in the co-op basement, Kathleen questions whether the death was accidental. After she discovers the artist was using an assumed name, she realizes she can't actually assume anything about him. With the help of handsome detective Marcus Gordon—and her cats' extraordinary powers of detection—it's up to Kathleen to unmask a killer.

Book Stats
Title: Copycat Killing
series: A Magical Cats Mystery
Author: Sofie Kelly
publisher: Obsidian ...Penguin Group
ISBN: 978-0451236623
ASIN:
(Amazon Standard Identification Number)
date published: May 2012
format: Mass Market Paperback
genre: cozy
pages: 336
ages: 18+ (maybe even 14)
Grade: B






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Date Finished: May 5
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Finished Reading - Pestilence

Description (from publisher):

For Pestilence, the White Horseman, love becomes the most powerful cure. Having lost his wife and child during the Black Death, Pestilence accepts the fate destiny has given him as one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. For centuries, Pestilence did his job, spreading plagues and disease around the world. He does it to keep the balance between good and evil, yet he hates every minute of it. He longs to be left alone, but suddenly fate seems to have a different plan for him. When Bart Winston stumbles into an Amazon clearing, he’s terribly ill and sure he’s going to die. A tall white-haired man with unusual black eyes catches him in his arms and Bart’s life takes a turn into the unbelievable. Blaming the whole situation on his illness might have worked, but as he gets better and learns about the strange man who heals him, Bart must accept there are more things in the world than he ever guessed. Pestilence and Bart heal each other, and begin to wonder if there can be a future for the White Horseman and the mortal he’s fallen in love with.

Book StatsTitle: Pestilence
series: The Four Horsemen
Author: T. A. Chase
publisher: Total-e-Bound
ISBN: 978-0-85715-701-0
ASIN:
(Amazon Standard Identification Number)
date published: November 2011
format: ebook and print
genre: paranormal, erotic, GBLT
pages:196
ages: 18+ (sex)
Grade: B




My StatsDate Finished: May 4

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