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Legal Tender
An Art Series novel Timothy left home when he was eighteen to get away from his reckless mother, but he never stopped visiting his grandfather, who taught him what love was all about. Now that Grampy has passed away, Timothy finds that the old man's legacy is everything Timothy has dreamed of—and more. Inside the house Timothy loves so much is a cache of coins with historical value… and a mystery, because one of them isn’t supposed to exist. In memory of his grandfather, Timothy sets out to make sure that the mystery and the coins are given their due honor. In his quest to keep the government from confiscating his grandfather’s legacy, he meets Joiner, whose interest in Timothy is as clear and open as Timothy is guarded. There are things about Timothy's life and his past he doesn't want anyone to know, not even the kind man who is helping him with the complications of legal tender.
A Helping of Love
If Peter Christopoulos has learned one thing from his last three years in a wheelchair, it’s that people have a hard time seeing past the hardware. When he asks out Russ Baker after giving him a quote on equipment for a new Greek restaurant, he’s disappointed but not surprised to be turned down. Russ has been covering for his abusive boyfriend for so long it’s almost automatic, but with a little help from his friends, he finds the courage to break it off. To his surprise, Peter is still interested, and soon they’re falling hard and fast. But then their world is thrown into turmoil: Peter finds an old letter indicating he has a half sister he's never met, and Russ's past interferes when his ex makes it clear he'll do anything to get him back.
Artistic Pursuits
Frank Jennings is an FBI agent looking for redemption. Leslie Carlton is an Interpol agent looking for a thief. Attraction flares from the moment they meet on a case searching for a stolen triptych of unique Tiffany windows, but after a single night of stunning passion, Leslie is called back to London to continue his search there. When the case heats up again, Leslie returns to the States—and to Frank—but their investigation is complicated by their tumultuous feelings. Is it possible for two dedicated detectives to pursue each other while they’re tracking down stolen art and the unscrupulous man who steals it?
An Unsettled Range
The last thing Liam Southard expects when he flees his abusive father is to be taken in by a couple of gay ranchers. Soon he has a new job and a new perspective on his sexuality, and his life starts to turn around. Then someone pulls a gun on him. In Troy Gardener’s defense, the gun thing was a mistake. Between his marriage falling apart and living in his uncle's isolated hunting cabin, he's been a little edgy. He wants to make it up to Liam, and once he discovers how much they have in common, he wants even more. But with Liam's father popping in unexpectedly and a mining company threatening the ranch’s water supply, the only guarantee is that life is never going to be boring.
Love Means... Family
Four months ago Robert Edward “Arie” Hawkins lost his sister and the rest of her family in a plane crash. Now his parents have decided it’s time for him to marry and carry on the family name. Arie knows it’s most likely the grief talking—especially from his mother, who’s taken to putting more than ice in her iced tea—so to escape Mississippi, Arie calls his best friend, Robbie, and arranges for a visit. Life is always changing at the Michigan farm where Robbie lives. Owner Geoff Laughton and his partner, Eli, have started a therapeutic riding program and adopted a little boy, creating a family. It’s while feeding Jakey that Arie meets Officer Hunky. Officer Hunky’s real name is Deputy Duane Keenan, and he has troubles of his own, but not enough to stop him from pursuing Arie. But Duane’s and Arie’s families are pulling them in opposite directions. Trying to build a connection to support their mutual attraction may prove to be more than difficult… it may be impossible.
Reviewer: Lilyraines
Review: Mar 28, 2012
Genre(s): Contemporary, GLBTQ, M/M, Men In Uniform
At the story's core is a theme of connections - namely those connections that are shared with family.
It is also a story about loss and grief and finding an.....ease to the grief after a loved one's loss.
Love Means....Family is a wonderful read about finding a new family and re-connecting with those that are already family and learning something new.
Great read and I look forward to what comes next!
Love Means... Healing
Seven months ago, Len Parker lost his partner of more than twenty years, and he isn't sure how to feel about his blossoming attraction to Chris, one of his farmhands. Hesitant and still hurt, Len remains aloof and distant until he's goaded into teaching Chris to ride. Fresh out of a thirty-year career with the Marines, Chris can explore his sexuality openly for the first time in his life, but what he needs more than anything is peace. He's convinced Len doesn't like him until he digs a little deeper, and then, armed with hope, Chris sets out to prove that love can provide the healing he and Len so desperately need.
Reviewer: Lilyraines
Review: Feb 19, 2012
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Contemporary, Western, GLBTQ, M/M
I have really enjoyed all of the stories that I have read so far by Mr. Grey and Love Means...Healing is no exception. While this story is shorter than the other reads from the Love Means series, it is a perfect fit and doesn't need to be longer. I think a good reason for that is that we see the main characters develop more in the other stories, while Love Means...Healing is "simply" of how Len and Chris me
In Bed with the Boss
In these emotional tales of love and attraction at the workplace, two best-selling authors explore complicated -and sometimes steamy!- relationships between employee and boss. In THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S ASSISTANT, best-selling author Andrew Grey sets the backdrop for successful Christian, a nationally known erotic photographer, and his assistant, David , the efficient but demure type who is always there for his boss... Will these two star-crossed lovers ever find a way to come together? In Ryan's Field's THE ARRANGEMENT, it's 1962 and Toby has just moved to New York to start a new job in advertising. He's hoping to find a social life, but Toby wasn't expecting his over-sexed boss to use Toby's apartment as a love nest so he can sneak around with young men behind his wife's back! Toby wasn't expecting to fall in love with one of his boss's young men either. With all the secrets Toby's cheating boss is keeping from everyone, will Toby be able to live with the lies and infidelities for long? Or will Toby find the strength to stand up to his awful boss and do the right thing for the young man he loves? Don't miss these sizzling all-male novellas of passion and romance, or the chance to be swept away in a naughty workplace fling!
Artistic Appeal
Brian Watson knows close friends Gerald Young and Dieter Krumpf have an ulterior motive when they invite him to their Christmas party. Brian has taken over the case to secure the return of the famous painting called The Woman in Blue to Dieter, but they don't want Brian to be all work and no play. They intend to set him up with a friend, but he's not who catches Brian's eye. Instead, it's Nicolai, the deaf art restorer caring for the works already returned to Dieter. But pursuing Nicolai won't be easy. A year ago Nicolai had to fight to regain his independence after a bad break-up, and he's reluctant to give up his freedom a second time. Plus, Brian has competition in Justin, Nicolai's ex, who wants him back badly. Nicolai's reluctance isn't the only roadblock. Brian was married to a woman for almost ten years. Now he has to confess to his mother, his ex-wife, and his young daughter that he loves a man-all while conducting a potentially groundbreaking court case and trying to convince Nicolai that love isn't about co-dependence, it's about support.
Reviewer: Daisiemae
Review: Jan 24, 2012
Genre(s): Contemporary, GLBTQ, M/M
Artistic Appeal is the sixth book in the Bottled Up series by Andrew Grey. Although I’ve enjoyed all of the books in the series so far, this one is my favorite. As usual, Mr. Grey’s amazing storytelling ability captured this reader’s attention from the first word and kept me enthralled with the story and the characters within the book until the very last word.
Lawyer Brian Watson is now handling the case to
Personal Training
Determined not to end up like his seventy-year-old diabetic father, Holton knows he needs to make a change. His quest to improve his health drives him to the gym, where he meets Marcus, a trainer with the body of a demigod. For three months Holton works hard, watches what he eats, drops a few pounds—and catches Marcus's eye not only for his slimmer body but for his dedication.
Holton can barely believe it when Marcus asks him out, but he isn’t about to say no. Despite several common interests, though, Marcus and Holton have some roadblocks to overcome. A harrowing event from Holton’s past has made him gun-shy, and Marcus has insecurities of his own. If their relationship is going to work, they’ll have to get past their hang-ups and prove that what really matters is the man inside.
Reviewer: Daisiemae
Review: Nov 1, 2011
Genre(s): Contemporary, GLBTQ, M/M
When Holton throws a birthday party for his seventy year old father, he gets more than he bargained for. Although Holton is always glad to see everyone, he's also quiet and quite shy. Because of this, he's usually content to be a watcher in life instead of being in the mist of things. Now that his parents are both getting older and because they aren't in the best of health, Holton worries about their well-bei
Dutch Treat
When Michael accepts a company assignment overseas, he doesn't count on being dumped by his boyfriend on the way to the airport. The breakup is a bad omen--Michael's time in Europe would be one long misery of loneliness and corporate backbiting if it weren't for his friendship with his coworker, Stephan.
When he finds out Stephan wants more than friendship, Michael is torn. Even if he chooses to risk his one bright relationship in Europe for a chance at love, when this project is over, isn't his only choice to say goodbye?
Reviewer: Lilyraines
Review: Oct 4, 2011
Genre(s): Contemporary, GLBTQ, M/M
As with other Andrew Grey books I have read, Dutch Treat is, from start to finish, a wonderful read.
I really enjoyed the characters (even Curtis as I think most readers can think of at least one boss either they or someone they know have had like Curtis), the settings, the storyline, and how the book unfolded.
This is the kind of book that I, as a reader, didn't want to end, but look forward to re-reading
Seven Days
Can a person's life change in just one day? How about seven? This is the story of seven pivotal days in Evan Donaldson's life. Evan was a teenage street hustler when Father Valentin talked him into coming to Saint Bartholomew's Academy. In that one day, Evan's entire life changed. That's the day he met his roommate, Clay Mueller, and the day Evan began to live. But Evan's life would change again and again, from abuse to first love, to separation and heartbreak, and eventually to starting his own family. Through it all, whenever a door closed for Evan, a window opened, and the window was Clay. From the first day of finding faith and connecting with Clay through their relationship's twists and turns, this is a glimpse into seven decisive days and the critical, amazing way a single moment can change destiny.
Reviewer: Lilyraines
Review: May 20, 2011
Genre(s): Contemporary, GLBTQ, M/M
Seven Days is a beautifully written story about seven days at different points in Evan Donaldson's life and how they changed it.
Those days show the good parts, the bad parts, and how Evan and Clay (first his roommate turned friend, then eventually his partner) change and grow - grow up, grow apart, grow into each other, and grow together.
There are moments to keep the tissues handy (both for laughter and f
Troubled Range
The neighboring Holden and Jessup ranches are anything but neighborly—Jefferson Holden and Kent Jessup loathe each other. But despite his father’s long-held grudge, Haven Jessup just can’t bring himself to hate, especially after Dakota Holden takes him in during a violent storm and Haven meets Dakota’s friend, Phillip Reardon.
Phillip accepts Haven for who he is, seeing through the mask Haven uses to hide his attraction to men, but their tentative and secret relationship will be under a huge amount of stress. Sabotaged fences, injured animals, unsavory plans, and Jessup family secrets will threaten Haven’s newfound happiness and his hopes of a future with Phillip. Genre: Contemporary, Western Length: Novel (200 pages)
Reviewer: Lilyraines
Review: May 13, 2011
Genre(s): Western, GLBTQ, M/M
Troubled Range is another wonderful Andrew Grey story.
What I enjoyed about it is that it's sweet, a little sad, and the scenes and people come alive for the reader.
Philip is looking for some rest and relaxation while exploring his options after being downsized. While doing so, he finds something he wasn't aware he was looking for.
Haven comes into his own after years of living with his overbearing father
Crunch Time
When George Higgins agrees to help a soon-to-be-former professional football player rehearse for a guest appearance on a talk show, he doesn’t expect anything to come of it. To his surprise, Darren White shows up on time and actually makes an effort to learn from George. But Darren has definite problems; he can barely read and sounds awful when he speaks. Luckily, George is a teacher and Darren’s motivated. It’s crunch time: the first rehearsal for Talking Sports is looming, and Darren and George will have to work together if they want Darren’s guest appearance—and their budding relationship—to turn into a full-time gig.
Reviewer: Lilyraines
Review: Apr 5, 2011
Genre(s): Contemporary, GLBTQ, M/M
Darren White has the possibility of a new job after his football career has ended, but it might not come to pass because he is unable to read or write. Enter George Higgins, an elementary school teacher, who might be able to help.
Crunch Time was a great story of what some athletes, especially those who are good at what they do, may face. It is also the story of a person who helps.
I enjoyed reading Crunch
Accompanied by a Waltz
Jonathon Pfister’s life has settled into a maudlin existence since the death of Greg, his lover of seventeen years. But Greg’s daughter Jeana has decided she’s had enough, so she rents a small apartment in Vienna for him as a Father’s Day present. Jonathon agrees to go, against his better judgment. Surprisingly, Jonathon finds the change of scenery refreshing, and he even makes a young friend in Hans, his landlady’s son. Then Hans’s older brother returns home, and Jonathon begins to truly awaken. Fabian touches something inside him, especially when the younger man takes it upon himself to woo Jonathon in full Viennese style, with a waltz. But shadows of the past and expectations for the future loom over them both and will have to be banished for their lovers’ dance to stay in step.
Reviewer: Lilyraines
Review: Mar 24, 2011
Accompanied by a Waltz is the kind of book I really enjoy reading because, in a word, it is, well, music. *s*
What I found appealing about this book is the poignancy of the characters' stories, the characters themselves, the setting, and the writing that makes at least this reader think of a well-orchestrated dance that, when watched, lulls you one moment, before bringing you awake the next.
Core Training
Hugh Douglas isn’t thrilled about reaching his fortieth birthday. But he gets an unexpected present when a waiter he knows, Max Pierce, flirts hard with him at the gym. They end up going home together and having the hottest sex Hugh can remember… and Max even wants to stick around afterward
Starting a romance won’t be easy. Hugh can't help but feel his age compared to the much younger Max, even though Max makes Hugh feel rejuvenated. Max is dealing with daily doses of abuse from his alcoholic father, but Hugh can offer support from his own life experience. If they can help each other, it just might be enough to make a life together work.
Genre: Contemporary
Length: Novella
Reviewer: Daisiemae
Review: Nov 9, 2010
Genre(s): Contemporary, GLBTQ
Gym Series 3: Core Training by Andrew Grey is a very sweet and romantic read from start to finish. As usual, Mr. Grey has an amazing knack of getting to the heart of his characters and making them wonderful, sexy and extremely likeable heroes.
Hugh Douglas is hoping his forty-fourth birthday will come and go without a lot of notice. Even though Hugh is a very successful financial consultant and is built like
Love Means No Boundaries
Page Count: 218
Joey Sutherland has found a home with Geoff Laughton and his partner, Eli, living and working at the farm that has become a refuge after a motorcycle accident left him with a scarred face and a lot of insecurities. When Geoff’s aunt Mari convinces them to take in a musician from the National Youth Symphony, Joey is reluctantly roped into picking him up, already anticipating the disgust he’ll see on the man’s face.
But Robert Edward Jameson surprises him: he’s outgoing and friendly, he’s willing to try just about anything around the farm, and he’s blind, which goes a long way toward easing Joey’s nerves.
Joey and Robbie become inseparable and discover the beginnings of love. But summer is coming to an end, and Robbie will return to his home in Mississippi, where his family and servants see to everything he could want or need. Joey can only hope Robbie will take a chance on love and escape the boundaries that have shaped his sightless life.
Reviewer: Lilyraines
Review: Apr 10, 2010
Having read the previous books in the series (Love Means...Courage and Love Means No Shame), I was looking forward to reading Love Means No Boundaries and I was not disappointed.
In this book, the readers meet Joey (who was introduced in Love Means No Shame as a secondary character) and it is his story as well as Robbie's and I really enjoyed reading it.
I may sound like a big fan of Mr
Love Means.Courage
Page Count: 237
m/m, contemporary
Len Parker is laid off during the recession in the early eighties and decides to go back to college at home in rural Michigan, where he reconnects with his best friend from high school, Ruby. He's overjoyed when she marries Cliff Laughton and overcome with sorrow when she dies an untimely death, leaving behind her husband and two-year-old son.
Out of work again, Len finds a job at Cliff Laughton's sorely neglected farm. Cliff is still mourning his wife, struggling to raise his son, and has little enthusiasm or energy left for work. Len immediately begins to whip the farm—including the two Laughtons—into shape. Working side by side, Len and Cliff grow ever closer, but loving another man takes a lot of courage. They'll have to stand together as they face faltering business, threatening drought, misguided family, and Midwestern prejudices to protect what might be a lifelong love.
Reviewer: Lilyraines
Review: Nov 6, 2009
Len Parker happily reconnected with Ruby, his best friend back in high school, after going back to school when he lost his job. He found himself feeling thrilled when she finds happiness in her marriage to Cliff Laughton. He then found himself feeling extremely saddened when she died - leaving not only her husband behind, but a toddler as well.
When Len finds himself out of work once more,
Love Means No Shame
Page Count: 230
m/m, contemporary
Geoff is in the city, living the gay life to the hilt, when his father's death convinces him to return to the family farm. Discovering a young Amish man asleep in his barn, Geoff learns that Eli is spending a year away from the community before accepting baptism into the church. Despite their mutual attraction, Geoff is determined not to become involved with him, but Eli has discovered that Geoff shares his feelings and begins to court him, neatly capturing first Geoff's attention and then his heart.
Their budding relationship is threatened by closed-minded, gossipy relatives and the society at large, a whole new world to Eli, and he must decide whether to return to the community, his family, and the world and future he knows or to stay with Geoff and have faith in the power of love.
Reviewer: Lilyraines
Review: Nov 6, 2009
Love Means No Shame continues on after Love Means...Courage leaves off, although about twenty years later and with a grown-up Geoff - and it is his story.
Geoff comes home upon his father's death, finding himself a little lost for leaving his city life behind, but also found with the realization that it is on his family's farm where he finds himself truly grounded. Shortly after his move back home, G
Spot Me
m/m, contemporary
Page Count: 101
Working out is a daily routine for Dan, who meets his friend Lonnie at the gym to lift weights. But breaking a sweat takes on a whole new meaning when Dan sees Gene, a professional bodybuilder, in the mirror. Dan knows it's a lost cause: he's forty and nursing a broken heart, nowhere in the same league as gorgeous Gene.
Then at the gym the next day, Gene asks Dan if he can work out with him. A bet wins Dan a smoothie and conversation, which surprisingly leads to a date. Now Dan is faced with a dilemma: does he allow Gene to elbow his way into his life, or will he give up on the idea of a new relationship before it even starts?
Reviewer: Lilyraines
Review: Nov 8, 2009
Dan and Lonnie are good friends who usually work out together at a local gym. Things go along their daily routine until, one day, Dan spots Gene in a gym mirror. Having turned forty, and still getting over a relationship that ended nine months previously, Dan feels he out of Gene's young, bodybuilding league. But does Gene think so?
The day after Dan first sees Gene, Gene asks Dan if he would b
Bottled Up
m/m, contemporary
Page Count: 215
Sean Bielecki has built a new life, leaving an infamous identity and painful past behind. Now Sommelier Wines is Sean’s dream. And after taking in Bobby, a homeless teenager who was attacked in the alley behind his store, parental instincts wake in him that didn’t know he had, giving him new courage and direction.
Officer Sam Davis has been watching Sean for a while—not because of his past—but because Sam wants to be a part of his life now. Sam finally asks Sean out, and they seem to click, but Sean is haunted by his memories.
It all comes to a head when the man who attacked Bobby returns, awakening Sean’s buried fears, which are compounded by a hateful ex and a new lover who puts his life on the line for others. Can Sean come to terms with his past and present to move into the future? Or will his dream of love end before it starts?
Reviewer: Sandra
Review: Sep 12, 2009
When Sean Bielecki hears sounds of a struggle behind his wine shop he goes to the rescue of a boy being attacked by a man. Bobby a homeless teenager is grateful to Sean for rescuing him though he can't figure out what Sean wants in return. That is until Sean offers him a home and a future for nothing in return.
Sean knows what Bobby is going thru because he's been there and his long dormant parental instinct
Thursday's Child
Finding a satyr caged in a carnival sideshow horrifies Travis and Cembran and forces them to make a daring rescue. A captive for decades, the wild, animalistic satyr named Vauk quickly vanishes into the wilderness on Travis and Cembran's property in search of safety and solitude.
The next summer, Travis and Cembran invite a new friend, Trent, to attend the Bacchanal. What they don't expect is for Trent to reach out to the abused satyr, much less for the reclusive Vauk to accept his attention. Trent forges a connection between them, and Vauk's human side starts to emerge as he learns about the modern world. Trent teaches Vauk how to communicate, how to cloak his satyr features, and most importantly, how to love.
Those skills will be crucial for Vauk's survival... especially when Vauk's captors and his unknown past threaten him and everyone he loves.
Reviewer: Sandra
Review: Aug 16, 2009
When Travis and Cembran visit a carnival they find to their horror a wild Satyr being shown as a freak in a sideshow. They go to work with their friends to free the satyr bringing him home to their farm. Vauk though quickly vanishes into the woods for safety and protection of the forest.
Travis and Cembran meet Trent while attending a young satyr's graduation. Trent who is Arthur's teacher is astonis
Children of Bacchus
When Travis inherits the title to a large tract of unspoiled woodlands from his estranged father, he travels there and meets Cembran, a solitary figure who had been driven from his home. But the handsome man who captivates Travis is much more than he seems - he is a magical being, a satyr, and he awakens in Travis realistic, erotic dreams the like of which he has never experienced. What Travis and Cembran don't expect is for the dreams to bind them together and warn them of danger - threats against the magical woodlands from developers, against Cembran's heritage and life with his people, and against Travis and Cembran's growing love for one another. It's the hand of Bacchus himself that leads them into a life with one another: building a family, establishing a home, and battling old demons. And when the dreams return to foretell another threat to their happiness, it will take Cembran, Travis, and all those they love to save not only the satyr community and its lands, but the permanent future Travis and Cembran hope to live together.
Reviewer: Sandra
Review: Oct 23, 2008
When Travis inherits a tract of land when his father dies he meets Cembran a mysterious man who runs a goat and sheep farm. The Attraction is hot and hard from the first but Cembran is wary of committing because of his past. When Travis starts having dreams and nightmares Cembran his forced to tell Travis who he really is a child of Bacchus a half-breed Satyr but the love Travis feels for Cembran is s
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