Do you ever get author anxiety or readers anxiety? What would that be AXT or RNX, well I don’t know, its not really as far as I know a diagnose officially so don’t put too much into it.
The thing is, when I read multiple books by the same author that I really really liked I sometimes can’t get my self to read the next book. It’s usually not in the same series because that one is easy, you really just need to know how the story ends. No its when you start a totally new book that hasn’t anything to do with the others. I get scared that it might not bee as good as the last, that I might not even like it, waste my time on it, those kind of feelings.
I know it irrational, of cause it is, but I really can’t help it. I keep postponing the book and usually I kick my butt because I waited. Luckily for me it doesn’t happen that often, but still it happens and I hate it.
I guess that some authors feel the same sometimes, if they really had a hit. Will we, the readers like it. I don’t really know for sure how they feel, it’s just a wild guess.
When the world labels a man and judges them blindly, is it possible to ever find love?
Firefighter Eric is on the front line, battling the threat of nature’s destruction in the California grasslands alongside his CalFire team. Focused and calm, even in the direst of situations, he has a strong affection for his fire truck, loves his career, and has best friends he can rely on. All he needs now is love, but that seems to be impossible to find. At his friend’s wedding. Eric falls in lust at first sight with the shy, slim and sexy Brady, even if Brady isn’t the type of guy he usually goes for. What Eric longs for is an equal in his bed, not a smaller guy who might want Eric to role-play big strong firefighter every time they have sex. He wants to find someone he can be vulnerable with, someone who will love him for his soft heart and quiet ways.
Brady’s life plans grind to a halt when his niece and nephew lose their parents in a tragic accident, and he becomes a dad overnight. His Developmental Coordination Disorder rules his life, but he fights both DCD and the fears that chase him every day, to give Maddie and Lucas a home. Agreeing to go to a friend’s wedding is a decision he regrets long before he even gets there. But, he refuses to give in to his fear, even if he might do something that makes him a target for people’s comments and laughter. Meeting Eric, a huge man with a gentle voice and a flair for chivalry, he falls hard. Now, if only he can let himself get past his panic that Eric would never want someone like him, then maybe he could fall in love for real.
Published August 23rd 2019 by Love Lane Books Limited
While I wasn’t overly fond of the first book in the series, this one took my breath away, I loved it.
This story is so incredible sweet, some people like them some don’t, well I do. I would have loved Brady to be a bit more clumsy as he describes himself, kind of showed off a bit more of the DCD side.
I loved the main characters both are so sweet. Eric could maybe have interacted a bit more with his brothers that would have been nice too. However the story is so great that it doesn’t really matter. You just want them to be happy, you want the kinds to thrive. I seriously thought that Lucas was going to come out as gay to Brady when things went bad between them, something was off, but nope thats not it, of cause I won’t tell you the reason.
I like people like Brady, they tuck my heart and Eric pushing but still sweet and when the two comes together magic happens. I truly loved this book and can’t wait for the next one. I can’t really say much about the book, thats why this review is so short.
Can a jaded porn star with a painful past and a shy nurse who’s been burned before learn to believe in themselves and find their happily ever after?
Rick Fowler enjoys his job as rising Internet porn star Adam Swift, but it’s not exactly a career he can bring up on first dates. His few attempts at dating have all been disasters, so he’s keeping his head down and working on remaining sober. When his toxic, perma-cranky Uncle Gerard—the man who took Rick in when he was fourteen—needs round-the-clock care, Rick steps up.
In-home nurse Vinson Larrazzo is always up for a challenge. He definitely finds one in the rude Gerard Fowler—and Gerard’s shockingly gorgeous nephew Rick, who is just as grumpy. And since Vinson’s first priority is always his patient, he ignores his strong—and highly unprofessional—feelings for Rick.
But their chemistry is undeniable, and a snowstorm gives them get the perfect chance to explore it. Vinson has faith they can make it work, but to have a future together, Rick needs to find enough faith in himself to own his mistakes and let go of the past—even if that means confronting his uncle about an incident that put Rick on his dangerous, damaging road to addiction. And the fallout of those secrets might be more than Rick’s relationship with Vinson can bear.
Note: This 74,000-word novel is part of the ongoing “Perspectives” series, but it can be read as a standalone.
I don’t know about you, but when I read a whole series basically whit the same theme: I’m a porn star and I don’t want to tell you it get’s a bit boring in the end. Only one book in this series didn’t have that theme. I wish that the author would have been a bit more creative. I don’t get that the story evolves about the boys at Mean Green or what ever the company is called, I forgot. That’s great and that’s not what turns me off, it’s simply the fact that it’s the same theme used in all the books.
The story is great, I liked it 3 stars has to count for something, right? I loved Vinson, maybe because he’s a nurse too. But then again it’s all to weird when the boys tell them about the porn. It’s just like ‘ok, I don’t mind’. Again I don’t know about you, but when someone is having sex with others that you don’t tell the one you are seeing that is cheating in my book, and I can’t get past that. What if Vinson had said no and didn’t want to be with Rick because of it – and then by some grand gesture Rick won him back – I think that would have been better.
The anger and hate that Gerard and Rick ends to quickly. I get that you can’t spend half a book going over and over every little detail. But when you held something in for so long, hate and anger I don’t believe that I would go away so fast. I again for the sake of the story I’ll accept it.
The story and the characters was good, not great, but good. I wouldn’t advice to read it as a stand alone, there are too many things you would miss out when reading this book if you did.
This was also the last book of the series, I’m really not sure I’ll be reading it again.
One word?
The author uses the word Renal cancer – do you call it that? I know the medical Latin name for the kidney is renal, but I would think you just called it kidney cancer. But since I’m not English I not really sure. We tend to translate everything into danish that everyone can understand – only if talking shop we use the medical terms.
When it comes to books and reading I’m not known for resting on the laurels… Just finished a series, still need to write a review for the last one. But off I am to the next one, Today by RJ Scott I’ve been looking forward to this one. However the first book was a bit disappointing for me, I gave it ⭐️⭐️⭐️ on Goodreads, that for before blog so you won’t find a review here. But I hope this one is better.
“Happiness is not a goal…it is a by-product of a life well lived.” –Eleanor Roosevelt
Bernard “Bear” Henson is a blessed man. He is happily married to the love of his life, he co-owns a successful business, and his grown son is desperately in love with a wonderful partner. But Bear knows all too well how precarious that happiness is, so he lives every day with love in his heart and gratitude for everything he has—especially his husband Richard Brightman. Richard has been HIV-positive for thirty years and every new day is a gift.
When Richard becomes unexpectedly ill and is rushed to the hospital, Bear braces for his beautifully constructed life to come crashing down. A hard-won life full of ups and downs, illnesses and setbacks, love and anger, and a lot of regret for how certain things went down. Certain things involving Bear’s alcoholic ex-wife Debbie and the start of Bear’s relationship with Richard. But the past can’t be changed, only remembered and studied.
As Richard fights for his life, Bear reflects on the last thirty years of their entwined lives. College days, his shotgun wedding to Debbie, his unexpected feelings for Richard, and the proudest moment of Bear’s life: the birth of his son Gabriel. Bear’s life with Richard is woven with love, heartache, regret, joy, and everything else in between. They’ve overcome every obstacle that’s come their way, and they’ll overcome this new illness, too. Period. Bear simply isn’t ready to live his life without Richard in it.
This has to be by far one of the the best books in the series. The book is a back and forth in time novel and while that can sometimes be a bit confusing this one is clever done. It suits the book great and after reading I can’t really imagine it any other way – good thing that I don’t have too I guess.
Things falls into places, you kind the background story of Bear’s marriage with Debbie, Gabe’s mother – Gabe from book two, what really happened? And OH BOY! what a story you get, it kind of amazing. You also get the insight in Gabe being born and growning up with tow dads, they made him the man he is today, his mother not so much.
I know it’s kind of off topic and has nothing to do with the review, but I didn’t really get Debbie, why hold on to a marriage with a man she didn’t love, a pipe dream about a ‘real’ family, I don’t think so.
I liked that the author was brave enough to visit male abuse. We are educated people, but even I think that abuse mostly is a man hitting a woman thing, not really the other way around. I know that it’s out there and I fell the same if it was the other way around, no spouse should be abused man or woman. So thank for that – maybe a bit more in on the counselling would make me understand the whole thing better.
The story itself revolves mostly around Richard being hospitalised, thinking back on the years they have been together, I really like it, form the minute they met until present day. So defiantly a five star read for me.
Love can slip through the smallest crack in the door.
Perspectives, Book 3
While most of his friends have moved on to “real” careers, Jon Buchanan is content skating through life as a part-time waiter and gay porn star. Firmly single thanks to a previous relationship disaster, he focuses his spare time on Henry, a dear friend dying of cancer. And with Henry’s happiness paramount, Jon is on a mission to help Henry meet his recently discovered grandson.
Isaac Gregory hasn’t set foot outside for the past year. He has everything he needs delivered, and his remaining family knows better than to visit. When a complete stranger shows up claiming to be his grandfather—with a distractingly handsome younger man in tow—his carefully structured routines are shaken.
Despite his instant attraction, Jon senses Isaac is too fragile for a relationship. Yet tentative friendship grows into genuine companionship. And when Henry’s health begins to fail, they realize Fate brought them together for a reason.
Note: This book was previously published by Samhain Publishing. No significant changes have been made. Please read with tissues handy.
Published March 13th 2017 by Briggs-King Books (first published April 19th 2016)
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This story is a beauty. I still can’t get my head around the porn star thing and it all ending so well. I don’t mean the tea, no sir, I love those. But the ‘Oh honey, by the way, I’m doing porn’ and the boyfriend answering ‘Oh, okay’ and they live happily ever after. I’m pretty sure that would far in the real world.
I loved that cat being a part of the story, sorry guys it’s not a shifter. But it becomes kind of a therapeutic cat to Isaac breaking him out of his habits and it’s cute.
Jon is Jon and yet not. I like the guy, not that I don’t have a reason to. It’s just that he has such a caring heart and take care of both Henry and Isaac, with out asking for anything in return.
But the story of Jon and Isaac is so beautiful. There is someting about sweet and wonuable that goes straight to my heart. I just can’t help it. I was kind of excepting something completely diffrent for the reason why Isaac has his issue. Jon is so patient. But the way he acts when Henry dies I don’t get – sure I get that he’s upset, but that’s no reason for hurting Isaac. The stacker issue took me by surprise, and I think it will do the same to you. I know who you are expecting the moment you read the book… But think again my dear.
It’s a great addition to the series. the sex is kept to a minimum witch is great for this story.
I’m already reading the next book in this series.. I’ll be back when I’m done with it.
I know I should apologise for not posting a review for some time, and I do apologise for that. However I’m been busy. Last week was pride week – I gave you a daily rainbow update that I hope you saw.
Unfortunately my job isn’t to read, I so wish it was. Nor have I won the lottery so I can laze around and read all day. Nope, I have a real job, a job that takes a lot of my time, so that’s basically the reason for my absence. I only have time to read when I’m off, so on my way to work (bus and metro) and on my way home as well some to the evening, but reading takes time, and while being a fast reader I can only read so much.
But I’m back and will post a review shortly. Thank you for being patient.
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