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4 Stars
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Sheesh! The places this writing duo takes me to! I, personally, would not classify this as a Christmas story as such - there are no kisses stolen under the mistletoe or sweetly tendered presents and a pretty, twinkling Christmas tree. What it is though - is another step in the story of Kyle and Dan - and they happen to be going home to Kyles's for Christmas. So yes, in that sense it is a Christmas story :-) but in all honesty the Christmas part has no bearing on the actual story.

3 Stars
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This is a really tricky review to write. My romantic side absolutely loved this story, Will and Jesse were a beautiful couple. Well.. if I'm being honest Jesse was a bit of a dick, but together they were lovely ♥ HOWEVER... if the author focuses so intently on BDSM then it kinda becomes a BDSM book, right? Right. Only the "S" in BDSM does not stand for Sweet, and (for me) it was just too sweet. :-P

4 Stars
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This book is a great book for those snuggly days when you want to curl up with a heart warming read. It really was a lovely romantic story.

Ashten applies for the personal chef position, working for Trent Cole – mostly based at his house. Which is gonna be interesting ;-) Both guys think “oooh” when they meet at the interview. Both guys assume the other one is straight … they are both wrong. Obviously.

°•○★5 Stars ~ KAPOW!★○•°
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I have been itching to read a good BDSM for a while - and this book, while not heavy BDSM, certainly scratched that itch! Truthful Change blew my mind. I loved it so much!! I would put it up there with Zero at the Bone and Shades of Gray. Yes. It is that good! In fact it might edge the others out by a fist :-P almost.

3.5 Stars
A "Live Your Life, Buy The Book" Review

Jase Dockery is a major league baseball player, at the top of his game. He should be on top of the world – but in sport you are only as good as your last game, and his was sloppy. He knows what he needs to get back on track, but getting it will be tough. Not only is he hiding his sexuality, but he is also hiding the fact that he likes to be dominated by his lovers. His last attempt at letting off steam almost ended in disaster! So this time he goes to great lengths to maintain anonymity, he signs up with a top end Sex Club and they hook him up with a Dom of his dreams. From the minute they meet it is sizzling!! They both want more … and so did I ;-) But there are some crazy fans out there and one has taken a keen, and totally creepy, interest in our Jase, the word fan is a derivative of fanatic after all. This kinda derailed the whole Cap and Jase show as Daniel took centre stage for a big part of the book.

4 Stars
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First up - the cover of this book is amazing! I would put it up there with some of my favourite covers. Ever. It is sweet and enticing, and the story was too!

The world in this book is dystopian London, after the Plague - which I am guessing was Zombies not rats. I haven't read the Zombie series by Merikan so am not sure on all the world building details, but you don't really need to know - this book is billed as being a standalone and it worked as such. It tells the story of Victor and Crunch, and switches POV accordingly. I am curious as to how the writing duo split the writing as, in my opinion, the two POVs had quite a distinctive difference in writing style and therefore "voice". Anyway, on with the review .....

4 Stars
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This was a really cute story that dealt with one of life’s eternal complications…. the old “who saw him first” conundrum :-P Friends have that unwritten law about never, ever going remotely close to someone that a friend fancies, but what about family? Isn’t it just the worst scenario to fancy a guy that your sister fancies? You'd think a brother and sister may be safe from this little problem, but factor in the minor detail of sexual orientation and all of a sudden things get helluva complicated!!

4.5 Stars
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I absolutely adored this book - it might even be my new favourite in the series! It had everything - fun and humour, top notch smexy and then it also took you to the dark side, as the title alludes to. I really cried in this book. As always SE Culpepper gives the reader a huge cast of characters that come alive off the page - but this book is different in that it gives us a couple we have never met before. Normally we get to meet the guys (or at least one of them) in a previous book and already form an opinion of them before their book.... think Mark and how many readers hated him! Fall Apart is different - the two MCs, Damon and Alarik, are totally new characters - and they were wonderful! Throughout the book we have their story alternating with a Zane and Mark (from Question Mark) storyline, until the two arcs join together with somewhat of a bang!

°•○★5 Stars - KAPOW★○•°
A "Live Your Life, Buy The Book" Review

Oh. My. God! I just loved this book soooo much!! It was such a fun read – sexy too! I always love the quirky characters that ZAM creates – and this story has the added bonus of two of my very favourite things – a Brit and a rock star! And when the Brit IS the rock star – well yeah, I went GASP! … once or twice!

°•○★5 Stars - KAPOW★○•°
A "Live Your Life, Buy The Book" Review..

I like big books and I cannot lie... and let me tell you this book was BIG!! It was also insanely good – “Bad Idea” totally blew my mind!

Gate of Horn, Damon - Gate. Of. Horn.

3.5 Stars
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I actually really liked this book. A lot!!! So, why the 3.5 stars only? Here is why …. I don’t often mark a book down for being short. I know going into it that is going to be short by it being noted as such on the purchase links, and also by the fact that the location nos / page nos are gonna be low. BUT when a 175 page story then ends at 81% on my kindle …. Well, that then becomes a short, short story.

°•○★5 Stars ~ KAPOW!★○•°
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In A Dark Wood is one of my favourite Lanyon reads so when I saw that there was a sequel – well, I was giddy with excitement!! And I tell you what – I was not disappointed!!

The Parting Glass picks up roughly 3 years from where the first book ends. Tim and Luke are not together :-( They had tried - but it is hard to live with an alcoholic. Hard for the alcoholic too. Trying to stop drinking for two people - instead of just for yourself increases the pressure to breaking point. And, sadly, it broke.

°•○★5 Stars - KAPOW★○•°
A "Live Your Life, Buy The Book" Review

This book has one of my absolute favourite tropes… Rentboys. Add a new (to me) author in JP Barnaby. Yep. This book was all mine :-) and damn but it was good! A whore with a heart and a john that actually is a John, who falls in love – I loved it!!

It tells the story of Charlie: Electrical Engineering student and part-time Rent Boy…