“Zombie survival tips for the holiday season” – how zombies can survive the holiday season? Or how you can survive zombie attacks during the holiday season?

Parodies of The Dark Knight Rises trailer.

Secret of the periodic table of the elements revealed!

Portal Christmas tree.

Cats as holiday tree ornaments.

Yes, this. (via Bron’s Pinterest)

Teh Cute

Kittens! Baby tigers! Kitten! Dalmatian and puppies! Kitten! Owlet! Kitten! Dog and cat! Dog and kitten! Kittens! Baby penguin! Kitten! Tiger and baby! Kitten! Lioness and cub! Swan and cygnets!

Reading Update
Among the Living (PsyCop #1) by Jordan Castillo Price. ebook. reread. Excellent m/m paranormal romantic suspense about a PsyCop, who can see ghosts even though he really would prefer not to. (This is one of my comfort rereads… you might’ve guessed, as it’s the second time I’ve read the book this year!)
Criss Cross (PsyCop #2) by Jordan Castillo Price. ebook. reread. Very good m/m paranormal romantic suspense that takes place a few weeks after Among the Living. Jacob’s staying with Vic while looking for a new condo, and Vic has a creepily eager-to-please new partner at work. (Second time I’ve read this book this year, too.)
Body and Soul (PsyCop #3) by Jordan Castillo Price. ebook. reread. Very good m/m paranormal romantic suspense in which Vic gets another new partner at work and Jacob continues hunting for an unhaunted place to live. (Second time this year, third time overall – as with the others.)
Secrets (PsyCop #4) by Jordan Castillo Price. ebook. reread. Very good paranormal m/m romantic suspense in which Vic and Jacob’s living situation changes dramatically and Vic stumbles upon an epic conspiracy. Do I need to repeat myself again?! 🙂
Jesse’s Christmas by RJ Scoot. ebook. Very good holiday m/m romance about a photographer who hates Christmas because his lover left him the previous Christmas, emptying his bank account and breaking his heart. Will he be able to get into the Christmas spirit for his assignment taking daily photos in “Christmasville”?? Bonus points to RJ for including a scene that matches the cover!
Home Ice by Kate Sherwood. ebook. Very good m/m romance about a closeted hockey coach trying to deal with working with his ex after not seeing him for ten years.
A Calling for Pleasure (Lars & Rael #1) (2nd edition) by JL Merrow. ebook (available 1/15/2012). Very good short paranormal m/m romance about two detectives for the Paranormal Enforcement Agency trying to track down a succubus who’s leaving a trail of dead guys behind her. The male detective (non-romantic detective pairing, not to worry!) becomes fascinated by a male succubus who’s picked up during the investigation… This was a fun start to a (currently) three-book series that I’m hoping JL adds to. 🙂
A Silence Kept by Theo Fenraven. ebook short. Very good short paranormal m/m romance about a guy who rents a place a bit off the beaten path for his summer weekend getaway after he catches his boyfriend cheating on him. He doesn’t really believe the place is haunted… at first.
Take Me Home by Sloan Parker. ebook. Good m/m romantic suspense about an author and a screenwriter who’ve been best friends since high school, even after a night together years ago left one brokenhearted and the other moving from guy to guy to avoid intimacy. As they take the train back to Ohio from Los Angeles for Christmas, they try to sort out the decades old mystery they’ve fallen into while figuring out whether they can trust each other if their relationship changes…
Puppy, Car, and Snow (Ryan & Scott #3) by Amy Lane. ebook. Good holiday m/m romance about two guys snowed in at a cabin for the holidays with one guy’s family, trying to deal with with his mom’s ongoing nasty comments to his boyfriend. I think enough background is provided in the book for those who haven’t read the previous two short stories.
Free to Fly by Belinda McBride. free ebook short. Good short kinky m/m romance about a guy who comes home from work planning to move out while his lawyer boyfriend is out of town for the weekend. But his boyfriend is still there, and their confrontation changes the course of their relationship.
Ten Things to Hate About Being a Werewolf by Vic Winter. ebook short. Good short paranormal m/m romance about a guy who was recently turned into a werewolf and hates everything about it.
Winning in a Landslide (Change #1.5) by JM Cartwright. ebook. Good holiday m/m romance that follows up on the sheriff, the rock star, and their two young adopted kids right after an extremely trying election. Something that once I noticed, I couldn’t un-notice – the two main characters just seemed to use each other’s names way too much.
Southern Winterland (By Degrees #1) by Taylor V. Donovan. ebook short. Good short holiday m/m romance about a gay guy who’s been distancing himself from his straight best friend after a drunken almost-kiss under the mistletoe the previous Christmas. This needed to be a bit longer!
The Gift of the Maggie by Belinda McBride. ebook short. Good short holiday m/m romance about a divorced rancher who has his very first boyfriend and is nervous about coming out to his kids.
A Picture Perfect Holiday by ZA Maxfield. ebook short. Good holiday m/m romance about a high school senior, president of the photography club, who has a crush on a straight football player.
Chance of Snow by Brynn Paulin. ebook short. Good short holiday m/m romance about two coworkers who share a steamy night together when their chartered bus can’t make it home during a big snowstorm.
A Summit City Christmas (Sno Ho #2.5) by Ethan Day. ebook short. Pretty good short m/m holiday romance about Wade and Boone’s first Christmas together. This really needed to be fleshed out more to be a coherent or satisfying narrative.
Nice: Christmas Mistletoe by M. Durango. ebook short. Good short holiday m/m romance about a guy who moved home to live with his parents and work at their Christmas tree lot after he was laid off. He runs into an old high school track buddy one night while he’s working at the tree lot… This felt a bit disjointed to me.
Blue River by Theo Fenraven. ebook short. Good short m/m holiday time travel romance about a photographer who walks through some mist and ends up in 1863, where he stays with an innocent young farmer and his sister. The thing I liked best about this book was that it didn’t gloss over historical details like people not bathing very often. I do have my doubts that greens stored in a root cellar would be lovely and fresh by December…
More Than Enough (More #2) by Shawn Lane. ebook short. Pretty good m/m romance about a guy in college who lives at home to run interference between his abusive alcoholic father and his younger sister. When a handsome jock asks him out, he’s sure it’s as a joke.
The Question by Sean Michael. ebook short. Good short m/m romance about two guys who’ve been best friends for years, but not romantically or sexually involved since their single disastrous attempt many years ago. This would’ve been more satisfying had it not been so very short.

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Linkity: The post-birthday, pre-Thanksgiving edition

November 18, 2011 Chris 26 Comments

Don’t forget to enter the contest for Media Naranja (Other Half) (Petit Morts #16) by Clare London & Jordan Castillo Price! Contest closes 7 pm CST, November 28.

Go enter the contest for Boats in the Night by Josephine Myles! Contest closes 7 pm CST, November 28.

Definitely enter the contest for Private Eye (Liaisons #1) by SE Culpepper! Contest closes 7 pm CST, November 28.

Congrats to Cori and Lilli, who each won copies of Honored Vow (Change of Heart #3) by Mary Calmes! Honored Vow will be released by Dreamspinner Press on November 21.

Congrats to Kelly, who won Texas Winter (The Heart of Texas #2) by RJ Scott! Texas Winter will be released by Silver Publishing on November 19.

Thank you for all the birthday wishes yesterday! 🙂 I took yesterday and today off from work and did absolutely nothing. Tonight, Jeanne and I are going to see The Mountain Goats play at the Fitzgerald Theater – Neil Gaiman is part the event, too.

Contests

Cecile’s giving away backlist ebooks from Rachel Haimowitz, Aleksandr Voinov, LA Witt, Brita Addams, or Cat Grant. Read the contest directions carefully! Contests close November 18 at midnight, EST.

Kindle-aholic’s giving away an ebook ARC of Carolyn Crane’s Head Rush (Disillusionists #3). Comment by 11:59 pm PST, November 20, for your chance to win.

Joyfully Jay’s giving away a backlist ebook from Cat Grant. Contest closes 11:59 pm EST, November 21.

Ava March, Harper Fox, Josh Lanyon, and KA Mitchell are having a scavenger hunt to celebrate the upcoming release of their Carina Press m/m Christmas anthology, Men under the Mistletoe. Go get the details on how to win a $100 gift certificate to Amazon or the ebook retailer of your choice! Contest closes December 2.

CRAFT is giving away a Canon PowerShot S100 and a Shutterfly prize pack (cards, photo books, calendars, and more). Contest closes December 6.

Bookity

So last week’s AJ Llewellyn drama led to a larger discussion of transphobia and transgender issues. For me, this post by Aleksandr Voinov tied everything together.

Skilled readers seem to create a “visual dictionary” of words, which increases their reading speed.

Paperback Writer lists ten things women only do in novels.

Did Jane Austen die of arsenic poisoning?

Ebookity

While the Nook Tablet has 16gb of memory, 15gb of it can only be used for things you download through Barnes & Noble.

Nook Tablet review and comparison to Kindle Fire.

Round-up of Kindle Fire reviews.

Although the Nook Table may not be rootable, you can root the Kindle Fire.

You can also sideload apps on to the Kindle Fire.

Dear Author reviews the Kobo Vox.

Unsurprisingly, the Big Six opted out of the Kindle Lending Library.

Pretty sure I don’t want audio and video in my ebooks, thanks.

“The myth of the bookless library.“

Do, Think, Make, Learn

Earlier this week, Tumblr mobilized against the PROTECT-IP and Stop Internet Piracy Acts, which are far broader than their names suggest.

The Department of Justice wants to make it a felony to lie on the internet. *blink blink* Is it just me, or does that sound crazily unenforceable?!

Five prejudices that permeate today’s movies. (via The Mary Sue)

Sour candy can be nearly as destructive to your teeth as battery acid would be.

Apparently walking through a door causes us to forget things.

New research has discovered that mean people are at a disadvantage on social networks.

A scientist has captured the activity going on in the female brain during orgasm.

To improve air quality in Milan, a 10,000 square foot forest is being added – vertically.

If you have a tangle of cords that keep getting mixed up, you can make tags for them from a milk jug.

Canada’s phasing out its paper money in favor of plastic money.

All movies in theaters might be digital by 2015.

Pecan prices are going to be 22% higher this year.

Thanksgivity

5 no-bake Thanksgiving desserts

10 mini Thanksgiving desserts

10 snacks for holiday travel

20 sweet and savory Thanksgiving recipes

Bacon-blanket herb-roasted turkey. (via CRAFT)

Pumpkin chiffon pie.

Pumpkin buttermilk biscuits. (via The Kitchn)

Pumpkin butter rum.

A range of Thanksgiving recipes from the major food blogs.

You could try a diner-style Thanksgiving this year.

Make turkey meatloaf in a pumpkin.

Thanksgiving plate cakelettes. (via The Kitchn)

Links for a gluten-free Thanksgiving.

Crochet a small pumpkin pie.

William Shatner wants to teach you Thanksgiving turkey fryer safety.

Cookity

Snickerdoodle “brownies”. (via A Caffeinated Yarn)

Snickerdoodle cake. (via The Kitchn)

Bake brownies in eggshells. (via The Kitchn)

Leaf print cookies. (via CRAFT)

No-bake Nutella peanut butter cookies.

Gluten-free pecan pie muffins. (via The Kitchn)

Coffee liquer (has gift potential!). (via The Kitchn)

8 fudge recipes

15 brunch recipes

Crafty

Knit a Death Star.

Crochet a Jane Austen inspired sweater from Austentatious Crochet: 36 Contemporary Designs from the World of Jane Austen. (via CRAFT)

Crochet simple ornaments. (via CRAFT)

Use up fabric scraps by making fabric pinecones. (via CRAFT)

Cool

ThinkGeek’s response to anti-math t-shirts for girls and women.

Portraits of pets shaking off water. (Thanks, Seanna!)

Superman and Young Justice battle Brainiac… in LEGO. (via Gizmodo)

Battlestar Galactica cross stitch. (via CRAFT)

Weapon-shaped pillows to enhance your pillow fights.

Snowmen vs. gnomes.

How to use regular holiday cookie cutters to make Star Wars cookies. (via CRAFT)

Sunken pedestrian bridge.

Cool or Wha…?

What’s inside a LEGO minifig…

There’s a live-action/CGI hybrid LEGO movie in the works.

Superhero underwear and hoodies.

Carbon fiber stormtroopers.

24 hours worth of printed Flickr uploads.

Wha…?

As Bron noted, the Bieber Burger is not an acceptable use of bacon. (Thanks(???), Bron!)

A woman sat in McDonald’s eating her burger while her car burned in the parking lot… then punched a cop.

A man bought a used minivan from Thrifty and discovered that it contained a half million dollars worth of cocaine.

Gold-infused cheese…

A pepper so hot it will make you hallucinate…

Wedding dress made of hair.

Purple fashion fail. (possibly NSFW)

Boar’s head balaclava. (via CRAFT)

Power line poles shaped like demented clowns.

LOL

I share their sentiment on the shoulder pads.

Did you know Humphrey Bogart played Frodo in 1944? (Well, no, he didn’t, but the mockup is alarming…)

The office life of the Ringwraiths…

A mash-up of Cheers and Star Wars.

Autocorrected cravings……

Where citations come from… (make sure you hover your mouse cursor over the comic for additional text)

What your favorite map projection says about you. (again with the hovering)

Can you identify a cat person’s home from outside?

Excellent hiding place.

I would not put pajamas on either of my kitties, but especially not Chaos…

Teh Cute

Do you know the name of the official mouser at 10 Downing Street?

Pygmy falcon! Kitten! Baby giant otters! Kitten! Duckling! Kitten! Buns! Cat and kitten! Tiger and cub! Kitten! Leopard! Lion paw! Puma! Tiger! Tiger cub! Serval and cub!

Reading Update
Stay the Night by Scarlett Parrish. ebook. Very good m/m romance about Kit, an awkward and antisocial computer programmer who is extremely attracted to his new housemate, but manages to push him away at every turn. Kit reminded me all too much of myself…
Boats in the Night by Josephine Myles. ebook. Very good m/m romance about a guy who’s not really doing so well since his boyfriend left him a month ago. He’s dealing with a hangover when he hears a bunch of noise at the base of his garden and discovers a broken-down narrowboat, with a most fascinating owner…
True Colors by Clare London. ebook. reread. (Totally reusing my original reviewette here!) This turned out to be a very good and intense m/m romance after a sort of shaky start â€“ I almost put the book away because there were so many different people introduced in the first few pages and I couldnâ€™t figure out who was important and who was peripheral. But in the end? Totally redeemed, because Clare London deftly tied in those seemingly extraneous introductory bits.
Where You Least Expect It by M. Durango. ebook. Very good m/m romance about a straight guy whose unlikely friendship with a cyclist he almost ran over has him very confused about his sexuality.
Closet (Todd Mills #1) by RD Zimmerman. ebook. Very good m/m mystery about a prominent and closeted tv reporter whose boyfriend is murdered… and he’s being set up to take the fall. As a bonus, it’s set in Minneapolis in 1995. 🙂
Reclamation (Dominion #2) by Lissa Kasey. ebook. Very good m/m paranormal romance in which Sei’s seeing a Dominion-ordered psychiatrist to help him work through the events of the last book, but he seems to be getting worse instead of better. I would definitely have enjoyed this book more if I hadn’t read the prologue – it made me too anxious to really settle into the story.
Consequences (Dominion #2.1) by Lissa Kasey. free ebook short. Good short m/m paranormal romance about Gabe messing with Sei a bit after Sei gets caught out while shifted.
Touching Wood by Kim Dare. ebook short. Steamy kinky short m/m scene about a dominant and submissive reconnecting with each other in their playroom.
Wight Mischief by JL Merrow. ebook. Good m/m romance about a guy who goes to the Isle of Wight to research ghosts with the self-absorbed journalist friend he’s fancied himself in love with for years… a fancy he reevaluates as he keeps running into a sexy and reclusive author with a creepy, domineering guardian.
Drive Safe by Sean Kennedy. free ebook short. Cute short m/m romance about a guy driving home through the outback who stops to help a drag queen whose car has broken down.
Congratulations Lucky Winner by LB Gregg. free ebook short. Madcap short m/m story about a hotel manager charged with storing two very unusual awards that are to be given out at conventions in the hotel.
Speed Dating the Slow Way by Chris Owen. ebook short. Steamy short m/m romance about two guys who become briefly reacquainted during a charity speed dating event, then reconnect some time later.
Pulled Long (Long Shots #3) by Christine d’Abo. ebook arc. Pretty good m/m romance about Ian, a coffee shop owner who’s been fascinated by and flirting with a handsome customer for months… until he found out the customer was in the process of getting divorced. As he didn’t want to be some straight guy’s rebound, he backed off. I was annoyed by the whole martyr thing that Ian had going on – that’s a trait that drives me nuts. If that doesn’t bother you as much as it does me, you might enjoy this more than did I.
Between You and Me by Willa Okati. ebook. So-so m/m romance about two guys who’ve been best friends since college and now, in their mid-thirties, are starting to realize why neither of them have found “the one”. This just never came together for me – the language was convoluted and the whole beach in the rain scenario… *shakes head*
Stroke the Demon by Eden Cole. ebook. Meh kinky m/m paranormal menage about an orphaned 18-year old who discovers that the mysterious benefactors who’ve been paying for his school and living expenses are demons, and that he was basically bred to be their sex toy. This was one of those stories that had way too much sex for the tiny amount of plot.
Love Revisited: Nash & Paul (Nash & Paul #2) by HC Brown. ebook short. I read this out of sick fascination to see if it was as bad as the first book. It was. Maybe worse. It’s hard to quantify levels of badness at this level.
Saving Tate by Will Banks. ebook short. This m/m short was just bad, from using the phrase “gay lifestyle” to the clumsy writing to the excess of poorly executed plot crammed into too-few pages. Not recommended at all.

A classic picture of Chaos from early 2004! How would you caption it? 🙂

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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.