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A Pastry Princess
But despite that, she triumphs, opening a second franchise to her successful pastry store. Queen Helena ‘rewards’ her by giving her two virile warriors as her servants: Ismet, with long gilt hair and golden eyes, and dark and moody Tahir, a desert chieftain. This mating-of-convenience is to ensure Seri’s line continues -- as if she cares about that! Soon innocent Seri wonders if it is she who will ultimately belong to her two men, masters in the art of pleasures. Watching them together in love-play, more and more she wants to touch them, to be with them. And just when they've begun to conquer the challenges of Seri's innocence, the three must test their unlikely alliance against a common enemy, returning to a primitive world where Seri’s courage -- and Ismet and Tahir’s love for their lady -- will be tested. Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: anal play/intercourse, male/male sexual practices, menage (m/m/f).
Nathaniel
You and your son have the saddest eyes.
Young cowboy Happy Nathaniel is struck by a need to reach out when he first meets Aaron King and his son, Samuel, so he helps Aaron find a haven at the Rocking M, far away from their strict Mennonite community. Once Sam is settled in the country school, both men seek something to spur him to speak again. But most of all, Nate also sees Aaron’s loneliness, and a single kiss is the spark Nate has secretly craved. But he’ll put his attraction on hold as long as needed, knowing there is a time for all things and that, one day, Aaron will want to dance again.
Length: Novella,
Genre: Western
Reviewer: Daisiemae
Review: Dec 23, 2010
Nathaniel by Jan Irving is the third book in the Sylvan series and it just might be my favorite one so far. I loved the relationship that developed between Nathaniel and Aaron and his son, Samuel. I could feel a true emotional connection between the three characters and I have to admit, I loved it. As usual, Ms. Irving has written a heartfelt and sexy romance that I truly hated to see come at an end.
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Sam's Reviews
Genre: BDSM LGBT Mystery/Suspense
Length: Novel
As the holiday season draws near, Sam Masterson, a former marine in a wheelchair, has more holiday unspirit than spirit going for him. He owns a building where a lot of misfits make a home and his neighborhood is threatened because of a shiny new development going up. He heads uptown to speak his mind to the man behind the monstrosity. Architect Tall Hollander is not what he expects -- tall like his name, but sexy and up front about finding Sam attractive.
Sam also has other pressures -- a brutal thief known as The Bruiser is haunting the area, he has sole custody of his vulnerable nephew Joey, and his latest gay romance has just been rejected because it's too "unrealistic." So Sam escapes into fantasy, the only place where he finds the passion he hungers for. That is, until Tall decides to use his creativity to spark his holiday fire.
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: BDSM elements, Domination/submission, male/male sexual practices.
Reviewer: Greendragon
Review: Jan 26, 2011
Genre(s): GLBTQ, BDSM, Mystery, M/M
Although I had some trouble getting into this book I think Sam’s Review by Jan Irving is worth the effort.
Sam Masterson is a wheelchair bound disable Marine with a helluva lot on his plate. Until recently he was living on the streets now he’s juggling trying to raise his nephew, take care of his Aunt Audra’s building, business and tenants as well as looking for the man who put his aunt in
The Boxer
Genre: LGBT Contemporary
Length: Novella
Former boxer Dane Connelly faces losing it all, everything he fought for in The Janitor. He's hiding problems with his fight-damaged eyesight from his uptown lover, Noel Atherton. How can he be a man for him if he can’t see to fight or to paint? And now the vicious killer Narone, who almost broke him in the ring, is out on parole, looking for payback. Dane is desperate to protect the man he loves.
But Noel has had enough of sleeping alone in their empty bed, aching for Dane, so he devises various exotic scenarios to seduce him, giving his lover the sexual domination he needs. He knows Dane is not being upfront with him, and after being patient for months he’s growing alarmed something is really wrong. Now Noel has to use his body and his heart to fight for his beloved boxer.
Publisher's Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Male/male sexual practices, violence.
Reviewer: Lilyraines
Review: Aug 23, 2010
Dane Connelly is a former boxer who is facing the loss of everything he cares about: His eyesight and Noel Atherton, his lover. It his worries about his eyesight that may be driving them apart as well. To add to his worries, Narone - the man who nearly did him in in the ring - is out on parole and is looking for revenge.
Noel wants the status quo to end and he wants Dane back in their bed. He wants Dane to
Sylvan
Page Count: 93
m/m, contemporary
Back home in Sylvan, the small Western lake town where he grew up, Mal Harrison is grieving over the loss of his grandmother and his former life as an Olympic swimmer. He’s building a new life but just doesn’t know where to begin; then he meets Leif Gunnar and finds the instant crackling chemistry between them might just be a place to start.
But Leif is carrying a heavy burden in caring for his father, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease. It consumes his life, and despite Mal’s efforts to woo him and his own frustrated desire for Mal, Leif just can’t let him get close. To find happiness and a future, they’ll have to agree that searching together is better than being found alone.
Reviewer: Daisiemae
Review: Nov 9, 2010
Sylvan 1: Sylvan by Jan Irving is a quick and satisfying read. At just under 93 pages, I thought it was a really good start to a new series by this author. The heroes are likeable, the story was well paced and I really like Ms. Irving’s easy style of writing.
At twenty-three Mal Harrison’s career as an Olympic swimmer is over. Even with one gold medal under his belt, he is now considered a has be
Pleasure Slave
Page Count: 99
m/m, historical
A Timeless Dreams While reaction to samesex relationships throughout time and across cultures has not always been positive, these stories celebrate M/M love in a manner that may address, minimize, or ignore historical stigma.
Lucius Mettelus Carbo, once a legate on the rise in the Roman army, rescues a beautiful young prostitute, Varick, who immediately stirs him. However, Lucius doesn't believe anyone could want him, a man cursed the gods with an ugly, twisted leg. He resists his attraction to the pleasure slave as they forge a tempestuous relationship, and Varick tries to convince Lucius that he desires his master despite the injury. Both men are fighting their fears as they strive toward a future together… a future in the shadow of the volcano Mount Vesuvius.
The Summer Gardener
m/m, contemporary, paranormal
Page Count: 92
Alejandro Moreno drops out of college and puts aside his dream of a degree in landscape design to take care of his mother and younger brother. Then he gets the chance to restore a strange and unpopular patch of land with an uncanny inhabitant—Fane, a prickly fairy.
At first, Alejo isn’t thrilled to share the space with the annoying fae, but as they work together on the neglected garden, both men discover they have two things in common: a love for working with the natural world and loneliness. But how can Alejo handle feelings for not just another man, but one who isn’t human at all?
Reviewer: Sandra
Review: Dec 27, 2009
Alejandro Moreno is forced to drop out of college when his mother becomes sick. His dream of getting a degree in Landscaping Design takes a back seat to his responsibilities to his mother and younger brother.
He gets a summer job taking care of a garden that has fallen into disrepair and is in habited by a disagreeable Fae by the name of Fane. At first when Alejo starts getting the garden into shape he is an
The Hired Man
m/m, historical
Page Count: 242
Reverend Ian Kenyon knows the harsh sting of life and how a man can suffer the loss of faith. The death of his wife and and newborn son shook him to his foundations, and he’s been drifting ever since. Bryn Morgan has returned home from prison to the only family he has- an abusive father who abandoned him to the law when Bryn was unjustly accused of rape. Still poor, lost, and shunned Bryn searches for work, any work that will allow him to survive.
Reluctantly moved by Bryn’s plight, Ian hires the young man to work on his farm despite Bryn’s prickly defensive nature. Soon Ian fears his growing feelings of grace and compassion might be something else, something more…heated. Whatever the cause, he knows they are impossible to pursue, because Heaven only knows what will happen if a man of God began to have feelings for his hired man.
Mask
Hiding behind the safe mask of Obsidian, his online persona, Kain Mitchell woos Nick Anders, an untouched artist. Nick tells himself that Obsidian is merely his erotic muse, but when Kain drags him down into his dark world, echoing the myth of Hades and Persephone, Nick discovers he wants to see him, touch him, and move beyond the limitations of masks. Because as seductive as Obsidian is, Nick senses Kain’s real isolation. Implicated for the murders of young men matching Nick’s description, Kain lives under a shadow, and troubled by the mystery, Nick pushes to get closer. Driven to prove Kain’s innocence, Nick pursues the killer with Kain’s reluctant help—and strives to become the human submissive and tender lover needed by the lonely and otherworldly warrior.
Reviewer: Daisiemae
Review: Nov 16, 2010
Mask by Jan Irving is an amazing book. I was captivated by the spell-bounding storyline and the fascinating cast of characters that Ms. Irving has created. Mask is everything I look for when it comes to reading a homoerotic romance. There is a little suspense, sexy heroes, fast-paced storyline and some paranormal elements to the book that kept me reading Mask without interruption from start to finish. I
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