Fire Balls by Tara Lain

Fire Balls by Tara Lain

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


Tara Lain does it again. If you like M/M romance I recommend this book. Hunter is a gorgeous gay firefighter and doesn't flaunt his sexuality. Rodney is an openly gay artist and flaunts what he's got. Rodney has been lusting after Hunter in secret. Hunter meets Jerry, Rodney's friend and sometimes model, while admiring Rodney's artwork. Jerry is the surfer and asks Rodney to help him woo Hunter. Rodney doesn't think he is good enough for Hunter. But when the firefighter and the artist are forced together during a modeling session, sparks fly. I love Hunter's journey to happiness and acceptance. I look forward to the next book in this series.



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Talk to Me by Cassandra Carr

Talk to Me by Cassandra Carr
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Cassandra Carr's Talk to Me is a good read.  Finding love in the workplace is something I can relate to.  Although my cubicle has never seen the action that radio studio has.  I was tortured (in a good way, of course)  while Drew learned to break the wall surrounding his heart.


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Review of Head Games

Head Games by Cassandra Carr
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Cassandra Carr's Head Games is a great read.  I love reading how this normal girl struggled coming to terms with how a relationship with two men will work.  And oh man, do these men know how to heat up a kitchen.  Scott and Leo are teammates and know how to share play on and off the ice.  If you like menage (M/F/M), read this book!


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Been Busy

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Ok, so I haven't been doing much on my blog lately.  And while I didn't have an excuse for August, I do have a reason for September.  I turned 40 this year and as you know that means the dreaded mammogram.  So I had my very first mammogram on Sept 2nd.  This was the Friday before Labor day so they told me they would call on Tuesday if they needed additional pictures.  So on Tuesday I received the call for additional pictures.  I wasn't worried because my mom and my girlfriend have had to go back because of dense breast tissue.  So I went in on Sept 7th.  This time they look at the pictures right away and they pulled me into a room told me the wanted to biopsy the calcifications they found in the mammogram.  Ok, this is where I majorly started freaking out!  So with the help of the women in the breast center, they set me up an appointment with a surgeon.  I met with my surgeon on the 8th and he agreed with the biopsy.  On Monday the 12th I had the biopsy and would have the results by Wednesday.  My surgeon called me on Tuesday and told me that I have DCIS.  Which is the lowest level of breast cancer from what I have read online only about 5% of calcifications end up being cancerous.  Lucky me right?  So I met with the surgeon again and the next step is a lumpectomy to remove the cells.  He goes over the risks and says about 20% of the time the procedure does not get all the cells and a second lumpectomy may be needed.  He also said I would not need chemo but would wait until an oncologist looked at my results to determine if I would need radiation.  So I had my lumpectomy on Tuesday Sept. 27th.  Now we are getting closer to the present.  On Friday the 30th, my surgeon called with the results from the lumpectomy and just my luck I'm in the 20%.  So now I have to have another lumpectomy to remove more cells.  Today is 2 wks from my lumpectomy, I feel great.  I meet with my surgeon again on Thursday, where I assume I will get the stitches removed and I assume we will talk about any additional treatment I may need after my second lumpectomy.  And as for my second lumpectomy that is happening a week from Friday.  Going to NYC Comic Con this coming weekend and I don't want to miss that.

Ok, so that's my story and to all my friends who are 40 and over, get your mammograms.  Early detection is key.  If you have a family history you  may need to get checked before you are 40.

RomCon 2011

I had an unexpected surprise of winning 2 tickets to RomCon in Denver, CO.  So I called up my friend who lives in Denver and flew out there.  Here are a few pictures of me at RomCon.

 Shannon K. Butcher

 Jessa Slade

 Olivia Cunning with the boys from Sinners hanging on the wall 

(wish I had gotten better pictures of the posters).

 Jennifer Ashley/Allyson James

 Shayla Black

 Lacey Weatherford

 Eileen Dreyer

 Erin Kellison

The parting photo of my new friend Nikki, my friend from Jen and Jessa.

So I had a blast at RomCon, now that I am home I have to unpack and repack for AAD Philly.  I head into Philly on Thursday morning with my friend Melisssa.  I'll have more pictures later.

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His Darkest Salvation by Juliana Stone

Juliana Stone's latest release His Darkest Salvation releases July 26th.  And in celebration of her upcoming release she is having Ten Days of Salvation over on her blog.

Each day an author is giving away one of their book and the Grand Prize will be signed copies of His Darkest Hunger, His Darkest Embrace and the newest, His Darkest Salvation along with personalized book thongs for each book (she has a picture on her blog).  Check it out!

Night Bites by Nina Bangs

Night Bites by Nina Bangs

Blurb
Cindy Harper has an ice-cream flavor for every emotion. Vanilla caramel fudge eases the stress of dealing with her weird and wacky guests at the Woo Woo Inn. But no sweet treat from her freezer is smooth, creamy, or tempting enough to cool down her dark fantasies about Thrain Davis.
Thrain is a man to be enjoyed on a strictly primitive level. Every woman who’s ever seen him smile wonders about the pleasure his mouth could give her and recognizes the secrets in his hard blue gaze. Too late Cindy realizes the danger of inviting an ancient vampire into her inn. The concept of fanged creatures of the night scares her witless. Besides, he forces her to examine her past when she’s just fine with her present. He does have an upside, though. Who needs ice cream when you have a hot and yummy immortal in your bed?


My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Another great book by Nina Bangs. This books takes place after the first book. In the first book we met Thrain Davis who is a friend of the hero of the first book Darach Mackenzie. Thrain takes it upon himself to find Darach's long lost daughter, the daughter he doesn't know he has. Cindy Harper owns a little B&B which caters to people who believe in the supernatural. Cindy has lived for quite a long time but she doesn't want to become a research project to find out why.

Again, Sparkle and Ganymede are back. Sparkle's goal in life is to cause chaos by setting up people who are completely wrong for each other. These two supporting characters are terrific.