Finn Summers can’t feel fear.

This causes Finn to take unnecessary risks — especially when it comes to his favorite sport in the world:

Surfing.

When Finn hears a rumor about a beach called Leviathans — located in the small town of Stars Cove California — the promise of twenty-five-foot swells is too exciting for him to pass up.

However, Leviathans beach has a dark history.

A history filled with monster waves, lethal secrets and one very dead surf legend.

Despite the warnings of the town locals, Finn is determined to conquer a beach so gnarly, the men who discovered it named it after biblical sea demons.

…Even if it kills him.

**Chasing Riddick is an open-door MM romance. This book is not suitable for readers under the age of 18.

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5 STARS

Wow! 2 days ago I finished Chasing Riddick and I’m still not sure what to say. My feelings are such a juxtaposition. On the one hand, my heart is heavy af and I wonder how I am supposed to continue on after this traumatic work of fiction. On the other hand I’m at peace with things because NO WAY this story would have been half as good if not for the heart shattering moments that made it that much more addictive.
I went in with limited knowledge since I chose not to finish reading the blurb. I’m not sure if that made the angst worse or not but I do know I was stressed tf out while reading this book. With all of that being said, I will recommend Chasing Riddick to everyone. I’m also adding it to my yearly reread list.

If there is one thing club owner Jesse Harris knows, it’s that his best friend’s little brother Andy Ward is totally off limits. Too bad the sexy firefighter would be the perfect boy for him.

Jesse had long given up on finding a boy that fit into his life. Instead, he satisfied his need to take care of others by creating a safe space at his club for Daddies and boys alike to find each other. And that’s enough for him, at least that’s what he keeps telling himself.

And it was, until his best friend’s little brother showed up, looking hot as sin, and desperately needing a Daddy with a firm hand. Now he’s trying his best to think of Andy as Victor’s kid brother, not as the perfect boy for him.

Andy’s job means he is physically strong, but he’s still a boy, and when he becomes the target of a serial arsonist, all Jesse’s protective instincts kick in. He’ll protect what’s his come hell or high water, and make no mistake about it, Andy is his, even if he doesn’t know it yet.

Will these two men find the happiness they both deserve, or will it all go up in smoke?

Smoke Screen is the second book in the Station 69 series about the brave men who fight fires, rescue puppies, and fall in love in the fictional town of Vesper, Texas.

The release date on this book may move forward.

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This was book 2 in the series. Theres a mystery that began in book 1 that continues throughout the series. You must read book 1 first. This book picks up where that one left off. Each book covers a different couple but theres a subplot that continues through the series. In this book we meet Jesse and Andy.
Jesse runs a club with his best friend, Victor. He also kind of has a thing for his best friends bratty little brother. Andy needs a Daddy and Jesse is the ONLY man for that job.
Andy is a firefighter. Jesse gives him a place to stay and the sparks fly. These 2 were perfect for each other. As far as the series-wide mystery. I cannot figure it out and its driving me nuts! On to book 3.

Sergeant Corbin ‘Syn’ Sydney had dedicated his life to becoming the best detective. So when he heard there was an opening on the notorious Atlanta Narcotics Task Force, he jumped at the chance. But, what he wasn’t ready for was realizing just how lonely he’d made himself, when he observed the loving and dedicated relationship between the two men he served under: Lieutenant Cashel ‘God’ Godfrey and Lieutenant Leonidis Day.

Syn prepared himself to accept his lonely fate until he walked into a small pub and met the long-haired, tattooed bartender, Furious Barkley. Before Syn can even understand why, he’s overcome with feelings he barely recognizes: passion, yearning, craving. And if the dark, lustful gazes are anything to go by, Furious might be feeling the same things for him.

Just two thing needs to happen before Syn and Furi can give each other what’s been missing from their lives for so long… Syn needs to find the evidence that proves Furi’s innocence of murder, as well as protect him from a past that refuses to let go.

God, Day, Ronowski, and Johnson are still as entertaining as ever…

You’ll swoon over God’s massive take-charge attitude…

You’ll laugh hysterically at Day’s never-ending wit…

You’ll fall in love with Furious’ mysterious, sexy demeanor…

and…

You’ll embrace Syn…

Disclaimer: The main characters of this book DO NOT participate in polygamous sexual pairings.

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Sgt Sydney is single. Has been forever. His job doesn’t allow time for a relationship. Or that is what he keeps telling himself. One night he finds himself drawn to the bartender at the pub near his home. A nameless bartender who refuses to give Syn the time of day. He should really just walk away but he can’t. Its impossible. Hes tried. And now his work life is colliding with the nameless bartenders work life.
Furious is trying to pick up the pieces of his life and move on. He has no time for games and he certainly doesn’t have time for the straight detective who keeps sending him mixed signals. Theres drama, angst, mayhem, and murder and a whole lot of sexy time in this book. The entire series is hilarious af! I’m listening to the audiobooks narrated by Aiden Snow.

Kennedy

I’ve always been the relationship guy.

I love big, hard and fast … but unfortunately for me, that’s the quickest way to make a new romance crash and burn.

Moving to Wilde’s End, our not-so-abandoned town, is exactly the fresh start I need. What’s better than a town in the middle of nowhere and long days of hard work to swear off relationships? At least that’s what I think, until I meet Ziggy.

He’s the town electrician who has a weird habit of making sparks fly whenever I’m around him. He’s cute, snarky, and his piercings are hot as hell.

Too bad I don’t trust myself not to make the same mistakes I always do.

Ziggy

I’ve always been the weird loner. The strange kid who doesn’t talk.

So when Kennedy shows up in my life, with his big energy and sunny personality, I don’t know how to take him. I’m used to being the invisible shadow that goes unnoticed in the Wilde.

Kennedy makes me feel seen.

He doesn’t expect me to talk when the voices in my head get too loud, he doesn’t expect me to be funny or witty or anything that I’m not. He’s happy just to be around me, and that’s not something I’ve experienced before.

He’s sworn off dating. And I’ve never so much as been kissed.

But with the sunshine he brings to my life, it’s impossible to feel like a shadow anymore. I’m determined to win him over, no matter what it takes.

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Kennedy is too kind an too quick to love. His brothers tell him he scares everyone away with his clingyness. He really likes the beautiful silent man but he knows he has to treat this relationship differently than all his others so he says nothing anout his attraction.
Ziggy associates speaking with pain therefore he is selectively mute. Its better to stay silent than to embarrass himself by trying to speak but oh how he wishes it were easy for him to form words now. Ziggy really has a thing for Kennedy, the kind twin. As the pair grow closer, they find that words aren’t always needed to communicate but sometimes they are necessary to avoid unnecessary sadness.
This book was so good. I can’t wait to read book 3. I’m obsessed with these brothers and their town.

Hudson

Give me the smallest reason to make a bad decision, and I’ll jump in with both feet. Case in point: thinking that drunkenly buying an abandoned town with my brothers is a good idea.

As builders, we plan to renovate and flip the town, maybe turn it into something worth seeing, but the longer we’re here, the more things feel … off.

It’s not until a bearded mountain man breaks into my room in the middle of the night and threatens for us to get out of his town that I realize Wilde’s End isn’t as abandoned as we were told.

But there’s nothing waiting for me in the life I left behind, and in making his demands, Wilde has accidentally tapped into my competitive side.

Terrible decisions? Me?

Wilde can bring it on.

Wilde

I escaped to Wilde’s End twenty years ago, and since then I’ve dedicated my life to the town and the people who live there. Because if I focus on others, I don’t have the time or energy to face everything I’ve been running from.

The Bellamy brothers coming to town is like three horsemen of the goddamn apocalypse. They leave destruction in their wake, and when the eldest, Hudson, ignores my very kind request to leave, it’s time to take things into my own hands. Protecting this town is all I know how to do.

But I’ve never faced someone like Hudson.

His stubbornness matches mine, and his attitude has an irritating way of worming under my skin. The more I push him, the harder he pushes back, until we’re locked in a game neither of us will walk away from.

With his smart mouth, bullheaded recklessness and those damn eyelashes I’m starting to question whether I can win this one.

But if I lose, this town isn’t the only thing on the line.

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Hudson and his brothers buy a town. Its a rundown ghost town they are going to renovate and hopefully sell for a profit.
Wilde doesn’t know who these new people are in his town but they need to leave and he tells them just that.
Hudson doesn’t really care what the other man has to say, he isn’t going anywhere. The constant arguing between the pair creates a sexual tension so thick theres no way one time will work anything out of their system. Add that to the fact that THEY REFUSE TO COMMUNICATE and they almost ruin themselves before they have a chance to get started.
This book was funny, sexy and a little sad. I had fun getting to know the brothers. I wonder which twin will get their story first?

Two stepbrothers. One cruel will. A year they might not survive.

Jesse I left Hell Creek with a split lip and a vow: never look back. Death dragged me home. My stepfather’s will is a trap. Live on the ranch for a year, or lose it all. The catch? I have to do it with Cole. My stepbrother. The golden boy who stayed. The enemy I’ve hated since we were kids. We trade insults by day. But the nights are cold, the ranch is lonely, and the anger is starting to feel a lot like hunger.

Cole I stayed. I bled for this land. I held it together with baling twine and grit. Jesse ran. Now he’s back, wearing his city armor and looking at me with eyes that haven’t changed. I should hate him. I do hate him. But when a freak snowstorm traps us in a freezing tent for the night, the anger turns into something else. Something heavy. Something dangerous. He’s the one thing I can’t have. And the only thing I need.

Welcome to Hell Creek. Where the winters are brutal, the secrets are deep, and the love is strictly forbidden.

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Well that was… a really good story. I enjoyed getting to know Cole and Jesse . They both had things from the past the needed to work through before attempting to move forward.
Jesse was angry. Like he seemed pissed off all the time. He was getting on my last nerve with his attitude but the more I read, the more his anger made sense. I finished this book in a day. It was well written and the story had a nice flow to it.
This was another story where it seems the “parental figures” had everything figured out before main characters. It was entertaining watching the men get to know one another again.

Happy Pride Month everyone!  Twinsie Tenise here. I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who took the time to answer the questions for our pride month celebration. I thought hard about the questions and had fun coming up with them. I love that the authors seemed to have as much fun answering them. We will be celebrating all month with author spotlights  as well as reviews for some of the LGBTQIA  books we’ve read this year.  Check back daily to learn more about that days featured author or book and add to your TBR piles. I hope you enjoy getting to know a little about all of these wonderful authors and their work.

Griff: I learned early on that the easiest way to avoid a broken heart is to always be the first out the door. Caring about anyone or anything is asking to be disappointed, which is why I avoid relationships and chase freelance gigs — ghost writing restaurant reviews and penning articles about the efficacy of cheesy pick up lines — instead of chasing my dreams.

Besides, dreams don’t come true for people like me. And no one, not even the sexy-as-hell bartender at the club can convince me otherwise. Because I’m never risking my heart again.

Sam: As a bartender I’ve watched a million pick-up artists work their magic, but none as talented as Griffin Marian. He’s a flirt, a good time. Hooking up with him was supposed to be just a fling. I wasn’t supposed to care abut his fractured past or his buried dreams. I have my own future to worry about, especially after that stupid food critic scuttled my hopes of finally opening my own restaurant.

But, the more time I spend with Griff, the more I’m beginning to realize that my plans mean nothing without him. If only I can convince him to give us a chance to follow our dreams together.

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4 stars

Griffin is so broken. He doesn’t know how to love. He doesn’t understand what it means to show up for someone because no one has ever shown up for him.
Sam is pissed. He lost his job that would lead him to success and is now trying to make it as a bartender.
Sam has been watching Griffin come in and sit at the bar for weeks. Each time with a different man. Always calling them some term of endearment. Sam tries to avoid the obvious man whore but he can’t stop thinking about Griffin.
This one was tough. And the added angst of the secret between them made me read it even faster. Totally addicted to this series. I know I say this a lot but I am going to be sad to see the series come to an end. It has been fun getting to know this family.

Happy Pride Month everyone!  Twinsie Tenise here. I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who took the time to answer the questions for our pride month celebration. I thought hard about the questions and had fun coming up with them. I love that the authors seemed to have as much fun answering them. We will be celebrating all month with author spotlights  as well as reviews for some of the LGBTQIA  books we’ve read this year.  Check back daily to learn more about that days featured author or book and add to your TBR piles. I hope you enjoy getting to know a little about all of these wonderful authors and their work.

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Jude is a country music star. What everyone else describes as soulful is sadness. The reason for his sadness is because he has always hid who he is because of his celebrity status. Hes a closeted gay country music star. Coming out could ruin things.
Derrick is Judes personal security guard. Derrick is also closeted and even as he and Jude become a whole lot more that friends with benefits he says he will never come out.
Ugh! This one had a whole lot of drama and angst. Sooo freaking good. Thank you Mr Dean for doing another superb job with the narration. I’m obsessed with this series. Moving on to the next brother.