ARC REVIEW : Safe Place (Rainbow Place #2) by Jay Northcote

Title: Safe Place (Rainbow Place #2)
Author: Jay Northcote
Publisher: Jaybird Press (self published)
Genre: contemporary m/m romance
Cover Artist: Garrett Leigh
Release Date: Friday 31st August 2018
Rating : 4/5 Stars
Buy Links : Amazon | Amazon UK 

Where do you go when your home is no longer a safe place?

     Alex is about to turn eighteen and is firmly in the closet. He’s been biding his time, waiting to escape to uni, and finally come out away from the oppressive influence of his homophobic father. When he flunks his exams, he’s stuck in the small town of Porthladock—and what’s worse is that he’s working for his dad. The only thing that makes it bearable is Cam.
     Cam’s comfortable with his bisexuality, but he doesn’t broadcast it. Young, free, and single, his social life revolves around playing rugby and hanging out with his mates. He’s attracted to Alex, but with the six-year age gap, Cam’s wary of getting involved. Plus, he thinks Alex needs a friend more than he needs a lover, and as their friendship grows, Cam decides he’s not willing to risk ruining it for casual sex.
     When Alex’s dad finds out about his sexuality, Alex is suddenly both jobless and homeless. He finds work at Rainbow Place, the local LGBT-friendly café and Cam lets Alex stay in his flat for a while. But Alex would rather be sleeping in Cam’s bed than on his sofa. With them both living under one roof, their feelings for each other grow stronger, and the sexual tension is hard to ignore. Will giving in to it ruin their friendship and complicate things for Alex even more?
     Although this book is part of a linked series, it has a satisfying happy ending, and can be enjoyed as a standalone.

Coming from a homophobic father, Alex need to hide deep in the closet and afraid to showing who he really is. All he wants is to finish his study and start the university live far away from his father and be free.

When Seb’s café vandalized by homophobic people, Alex and his friends took part at cleaning the café along with others volunteers. And there where he met Cam, one of a rugby players that also help Seb cleaning the café.
From their short met Alex and Cam start to be friends, but Alex start to have crush on Cam after their spent time together. Alex almost sure that Cam share the same feeling with him. But after they shared their first kiss, suddenly Cam make it clear that he only want to stick as friends.
Hiding his disappointment behind his smile and didn’t want to lose the friendship, Alex accepted what Cam want and staying back as a friend.

When Alex's father accidentally found out that he’s gay and do harsh thing on him, Alex decided to leave. Cam then offer him to stay with him.

Staying with someone you have crush on wasn’t easy, Alex must hide what he feels, and Cam uncertainty about what he wants had slowly tortured him from inside. Tired with Cam uncertainty, Alex decided to move on and leave.

Will Cam finally come to his sense and stop playing ‘bestfriend’ with Alex?

☕☕☕

I’ve been waiting and really curious with Alex and Cam's story since Alex figure successfully drawn my curiosity when I read the first book. And I really want to know more about him.

So when the second book is out and it IS about Alex and Cam, It’s excited me more…

With Alex complex situations and homophobic father, I thought the story will a bit angsty. But rather than dark or a bit angst, I found that the story is surprisingly sweet. And I must admit that I kinda ‘hate’ Cam for what he did to Alex and hiding behind the best friend charade and his own worried according to what happen in his past. His uncertainty had made me want to slapped him on his face to make him realized. But Alex? Well, he totally won my heart.

Safe Place is a sweet light reading with low angst that will warm your heart, and I enjoying every part of it.

Well, is Dylan and that hot Silver Fox will be on the next to have their own stage? I'm curious....

Jay lives just outside Bristol in the West of England. He comes from a family of writers, but always used to believe that the gene for fiction writing had passed him by. He spent years only ever writing emails, articles, or website content.

One day, Jay decided to try and write a short story—just to see if he could—and found it rather addictive. He hasn’t stopped writing since.

Jay writes contemporary romance about men who fall in love with other men. Jay has five books published by Dreamspinner Press, and he also self-publishes under the imprint Jaybird Press. Many of his books are now available as Audiobooks.

Jay is transgender and was formerly known as she/her.

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REVIEW : Lost With You by Rachel Kane

Title : Lost with You by Rachel Kane
Genre(s) : Contemporary gay romance
Publication Date : July 29th 2019
My Rating(s) : 3/5 Stars

“That plane crash saved my life..." 

Eli: I thought a weekend in a remote mountain cabin would help me recover from how badly coming out to my family had gone, but I didn’t expect my pilot and wilderness guide to be so hot I can barely stand it. Jake is everything I’m not--confident, skillful...and straight. But when engine trouble sends our plane crashing into the trees a million miles from nowhere, Jake becomes the only thing standing between me and certain death.

It’s hard enough to trust my survival to a complete stranger--but it’s even harder to resist the urge to watch him bathing in a mountain stream… and I’m starting to think Jake is not quite as straight as I thought. Jake makes me realize I'm worth standing up for, worth fighting for...but will he still feel that way once we’re no longer trapped on the side of a mountain?

Jake: I thought I was just dropping a tourist off, but once we are lost in the woods, I realize Eli is a man on a mission. We should be worried about bears and mountain lions and running out of food, but instead I'm too busy being drawn in by his intensity.

Eli is haunted, mysterious and hurt, and something about that combination makes me fall for him hard and fast. But when we finally make it back to the normal world, between his homophobic parents and my jealous ex, we feel more lost than we ever have. As much as I want Eli, who opened new feelings in me, feelings I've never had for a man before, I'm scared that the obstacles between us might be too great to overcome. Can we figure out how to navigate our family and friends...before our new relationship crashes and burns?

Lost With You is a 70,000-word out-for-you gay romance with high steam and a ton of heart. These boys are going to get their HEA, but it won't be easy.

Eli leaned against me. “When it feels like the world is against us, it makes me want to get even closer to you. That sounds healthy, doesn’t it?”

🛩🛩🛩

The blurb completely drawn my curiosity. I was hoping for a possibility of intense and enough adventure before the rescuing finally come or at least more ‘alone’ time between the two strangers to knowing each other and have some moments, but I need to swallowed all the hope because the after crashed moment only happen in just a moment before the rest of the story moved back into the civilization and their ‘after crashed adventures’ begin in town.

The story actually have the huge potential to develop into something way more deep IF the two MCs didn’t taking turn in annoying me at some level.

Those miscommunication and misunderstanding was very exaggerating, and Jake's ‘habit’ in keeping 'the secrets' was truly maddening. I know he’s still confused with the new fact that he’s actually bi and/or maybe gay, and Eli was his first experience with a guy. But for me what he did a bit annoying.

Eli actually has more potential side for me to love. He’s a writer, and have unique book about gay robots falling in love (sounds interesting huh?), but at some point he can be annoying too.

Eli and Jake must faced a lot of obstacles from the hateful people around them who trying to stand in their way, the family drama with ALL the secrets, Jake struggle (read : uncertainty) to finally come out and the whole process was not easy.

They're both wounded. Both carrying the weight of other peoples’ judgment. They also must deal with their own insecurity before finally reach their own HEA. And everything worth to fight for...

Lost with You story come with good premise, very intriguing start, a bit downhill at the middle, the ending was pretty good with a bit surprise twists and some secrets finally revealed. Even when there’s some part that annoyed me to some level and nearly made me give up, I must admit that whole story is interesting enough to follow.

COVER REVEAL : Invisible Ink (Paint #3) by Emma Jaye

Title: Invisible Ink (Paint Book 3)

Author: Emma Jaye

Genre: M/M Romance

Release Date: September 18, 2018

Alex Fletcher waits for life.

One more year and he can move away, stop wearing hoodies to hide the bruises, self-inflicted scars, and his sexuality.

No one knows him, no one sees him, until Chris Bacon shows him how to laugh, dance, live life in the moment, out and proud.

The lesson that life is too short hits harder than one of his dad’s punches.

Living the dream, being visible, is a step too far without chemical help.

Doctor, paramedic, drug counsellor, Nate Cooper is haunted by the brother he failed to save.

Bringing Alex back to life on the floor of a gay nightclub is only the first step.

Peeling away the layers to find the real Alex means blurring the lines between age, upbringing, social position and the patient/doctor relationship.

Is Alex worth wrecking his career and giving up his addiction of saving lives?

Contains possible triggers for drug use, domestic abuse, self-harm and social anxiety.

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About Emma Jaye

Emma is the #1 Amazon Bestselling Author of series such as Hybrid, Call Girls, Paint and Incubus.

She have a reputation for writing in a wide swathe of genres, from Sci-fi and paranormal, to contemporary romance and erotica in m/f, m/m and multiple partners. She blame her rebellious muse (who looks like Chris from the Paint Series) for the angst aspects snogging the lust , and the banter biting the bum of suspense. You’ll find all this and more in her books! No matter the genre, she promises different characters, dark themes, steamin’ sex, laughs and a HEA or HFN.

After papering the loo with exam certificates (which she claims are all hers) Emma tried her hand at various jobs from tropical fish farmer, pet product development scientist, and academic course writer she discovered the fun of writing steamy fiction.

When she's not writing or beta reading/editing for a publishing company, she herds cats and sons, (occasionally a long suffering husband) and authors in the Goodreads Review Group where she rules supreme with a rather sexy flogger.

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ARC REVIEW : Something Human by A.J. Demas

Title : Something Human by A.J. Demas
Genre(s) : Historical gay romance, fantasy
Publication Date : August 25th 2018
Rating : 4.5/5 Stars
Buy link : Amazon 

They met on a battlefield and saved each other’s lives. It’s not the way enemies-to-lovers usually works.

Adares comes from a civilization of democracy and indoor plumbing. Rus belongs to a tribe of tattooed, semi-nomadic horse-breeders. They meet in the aftermath of battle, when Rus saves Adares’s life, and Adares returns the favour. As they shelter in an abandoned temple, a friendship neither of them could have imagined grows into a mutual attraction.

But Rus, whose people abhor love between men, is bound by an oath of celibacy, and Adares has a secret of his own that he cannot share. With their people poised for a long and bitter conflict, it seems too much to hope that these two men could turn their fleeting happiness into something lasting. Unless, of course, the relationship between them changes the course of their people’s history altogether.

Something Human is a standalone m/m romance set in an imaginary ancient world, about two people bridging a cultural divide with the help of great sex, pedantic discussions about the gods, and bad jokes about standing stones.

As soon as I read the blurb I’m  SOLD instantly!

I have this strong feelings that this story will be something and start the book with huge expectations.

The story feels kinda slow at first even everything that happen between the two MC's at the part one of the book which told from Adares POV happened in days count. The slow pace had successfully build the story into something beautiful to enjoy. The author was so good in building the anticipation through the first half of the story and lead the reader to start questioning “How their story will end?”

The characters building and emotional connections between Adares and Rus was written in a very good pace and feels so pure and heartwarming. Their relationship which start as strangers who came from different side of the battle and saved each others life at the secluded temple slowly grow into friends then lovers was written so beautifully.
Rus shyness and how Adares took care the wounded Rus feels so romantic even when everything happen only in days count.

And when the story changed into Rus POV at the half end of the book and shown what actually happened at the end of Adares POV which I must admit had broken my heart a bit, the story become more and more intense. And again, the same question start playing in my mind almost the entire half end of the story, and with all secrets are finally open, “How their story will end?”

Like I said before, the premise of the story when I first read the blurb gave me a huge expectations, and I’m so glad that the story had successfully filled my hope very well. I enjoying the story so much and fascinating by it. The writing also good and surprisingly suite my liking.

There's one thing that bother me a bit at nearly end of the book, but if it compared to all story? I'm still okay with it.

A.J. Demas is a new author for me and this is my first book of her but definitely won’t be the last book of her that I’ll read. I'll look her other book in the future. And since Boukos things had also mentioned this book, One Night in Boukos definitely will be on my next TBR list!

Something Human is heartwarming ancient fantasy story when enemies turned to lovers happen in such a beautiful way. So, don’t miss it!

ARC REVIEW : Private Charter by N.R. Walker

Title : Private Charter 
Author : N.R. Walker
Genre(s) : Contemporary gay romance, M/M romance
Publication Date : August 24th 2018
My Rating(s) : 4/5 Stars
Buy links : Amazon | Amazon UK | Amazon DE | Amazon AU | Amazon CA | Amazon FR 

Just how hot can the tropics get?

Stuart Jenner’s job is high stress, high stakes, and everything he’s strived for. So why, when the apex of his career is within reach, does he stumble? At his doctor’s insistence, he books a privately chartered yacht to sail around the Whitsundays for two weeks of sun, surf, and sex. When his friend-with-benefits bails on him at the last minute, Stuart decides to go alone.

Foster Knight left the rat race behind six years ago, bought a yacht, and now calls the Great Barrier Reef his home. Sailing tourists around tropical waters is all in a day’s work, and he’s never been happier. When his next client arrives alone, the two-week charter will be the most private job he’s ever had.

Foster can see how stressed and exhausted Stuart is, and he promises him extensive rest and relaxation. Stuart slowly realises his original plan for two weeks of sun, surf, and sex might not be lost yet. Confined to a yacht, isolated by aqua-coloured oceans and the sweltering sun, Stuart and Foster are about to find out just how hot the tropics can get.

“I have no reason to be anything but myself with you.” – Stuart

Twelve days a lot of sunshine, sweat and sex were what Stuart expected for the holidays, but everything was ruined when his companion who should enjoying the holiday with him canceled at the last minute and leave him to go on his holiday alone. With huge disappointed, Stuart decided to enjoying the holiday alone.

What he didn’t expected is his yacht captain was incredibly hot and sexy. Stuart job teach him to read what other people want and he knew desire when he saw it.

Didn’t want to spend his holiday in boring and plain activities, Stuart decided to put an action to seduce the hot smexy captain. Will everything works as his plan?

“I just want this. To be here with you, like this.” – Foster

Leaving all his life behind and become a yacht tour guide is the life Foster love right now. What he didn’t expected is that his new client will be sailing alone and looks deliciously hot.

Seeing how exhausted his client is, Foster trying to light up the situations by being nice. But soon he found out that things that started as an awkwardness slowly turned into something more than he expected. Everything that was started as just a holiday fling slowly changed from friends with benefits, to something else. Their togetherness start to feeling more like pretend boyfriend who spent their vacation together rather than a client.

With the high sexual innuendos between them, can Foster survive from the torture of a tiny white speedos Stuart gave him?

Will Stuart finally find what he needs?

Sunbake, making out, lunch, swim, sex, dinner, more sex…

Yes, this book mostly contain about ALL those things, but in N.R. Walker hands there’s no something that simple as that. Because between those hot things routine that happen almost the entire reading, you still can feel something deeper than all those things above. Stuart journey in finding what he really want in his life and the push and pull game Stuart play to seduce Foster are another things that made this story interesting enough to follow.

Private Charter is very light reading that will suit your summer holidays. Trust me, like Foster, you will hardly survive the tiny wet white speedos tortures almost the entire reading!

N.R. Walker is an Australian author, who loves her genre of gay romance.

She loves writing and spends far too much time doing it, but wouldn’t have it any other way.

She is many things: a mother, a wife, a sister, a writer. She has pretty, pretty boys who live in her head, who don’t let her sleep at night unless she gives them life with words.

She likes it when they do dirty, dirty things… but likes it even more when they fall in love.

She used to think having people in her head talking to her was weird, until one day she happened across other writers who told her it was normal.

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ARC REVIEW : Cort – Unbreakable (Man Up #4) by Felice Stevens

Title : Cort - Unbreakable
Author : Felice Stevens
Part of series : Man Up series book 4
Publication Date : July 10th 2018
My Rating(s) : 5/5 Stars
Purchase links : Amazon US | Amazon UK | Amazon CA | Amazon AU

Cort

I spent years waiting for someone who never put me first. He took my love, took me for granted.
Took my heart.
Now I’m on my own.
Living life my way.
The crowd only sees my smile.
Never my loneliness and pain.
I need someone to need me.
When I meet another lost soul my friends try to warn me.
He’s a liar.
A user.
Homeless.
Heartbroken.
He’s all that and more.
He’s everything I’ve ever wanted.

Harlan

I’m king of my world.
Untouchable.
Then it all comes crashing down.
My secrets are exposed.
I’m cut off from my family.
Unrecognizable from the man I used to be.
Barely surviving, living day-to-day and out of control.
Nothing to hold on to.
I let go and fall so far there’s no way up.
Until a cowboy reaches into my darkness and brings me back to the light.
With him I can breathe.
I can be who I am.
Who he needs.
He gives me hope To find myself.
To find love.

I owed him the thump of the heart I heard in my chest. I owed him the breath I took every day. I owed him the morning sun in my eyes. I owed him my life. And how do you repay someone when they save your life? You give them your heart. – Harlan. 

🐎🐎🐎

You maybe think this is funny, but still I need to say it. When I read One Call Away, I hate one of Oren’s homophobic colleagues for what he did to Oren. I even swear and hope that one day he’ll be get his own karma.

When I read a hint about Cort and his homeless guy named Harlan. I get this déjà vu feeling with the name but I must admit that I’m completely clueless about this Harlan guy. At least not until I finally read Cort’s story.

When I started Cort’s story and slowly know a bit more about this Harlan guy then suddenly the realization hit me and I realized that THIS Harlan is actually THAT Harlan!!!

And the next thing I did, I laugh hysterically for not recognized him before!!! Well, karma does exist, right?

Now back to Cort. This sexy cowboy with tender heart had stole my curiosity since the very beginning and I’ve been waiting for his story since Austin’s book, and curiously want to know what actually happen to him back then when he’s still in Texas, because I can sense the hurt and the loneliness he hide behind his smile. Behind his caring and softie act to both Austin and Frankie I believe there’s something deep and sad about his past.

Cort need someone who need him, who will let him help and took care of and keep him safe. And when he saw Harlan for the first time, he just knew that the homeless guy NEED him.
His need to take care Harlan when others keep warning him about the good looking homeless guy real intentions had melt my heart.

I don’t know what magic power Felice’s has but she could turned my hatred toward the asshole Harlan into completely sympathy. No matter how hard I want to hate him, I ended with love him even more!

I believe in karma and second chance, and through Harlan’s I can see it happen in both heartbreaking and heartwarming way. No one can write redemption story better than Felice! *hands down*

And now I'm ready for James and Mal's story...because like what Frankie said,

“Watch out, James. You might be the next one caught by the love bug.”

...and perhaps Tristan will have his own story too (yes, pretty please 😊✌🏻)


Highly recommended!

I have always been a romantic at heart. I believe that while life is tough, there is always a happy ending around the corner, My characters have to work for it, however. Like life in NYC, nothing comes easy and that includes love, but getting there is oh so fun and oh so sexy.

I live in New York City with my husband and two children. My day begins with a lot of caffeine and ends with a glass (or two of red wine). I practice law but daydream of a time when I can sit by a beach somewhere and write beautiful stories of men falling in love. Although there are bound to be a few bumps along the way, a Happily Ever After is always guaranteed.

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REVIEW : Daddy, Daddy, and Me By Sean Michael

Title : Daddy, Daddy and Me By Sean Michael
Genre(s) : contemporary gay romance
Publication Date : February 23rd 2018 (2nd Edition)
My rating(s) : 3/5 Stars

When Jeff agreed to be the sperm donor to his best friend Beth, he never expected a tragedy to leave his newborn and three-year-old motherless. Beth’s loss has totally thrown his life into chaos: his lover has left him, his house isn’t anywhere near childproof, and his boss feels the restaurant has been patient enough with Jeff’s time off.

Donny has always known he wanted to work with kids, and he just finished his degree in early childhood education. He didn’t count on the prejudice he’d face as not only a male nanny, but a gay one at that. Job-hunting has been frustrating to say the least, so when he knocks on Jeff's door and is greeted by the sounds of things breaking and a pair of screaming children, he thinks maybe he can begin this particular interview with a trial by fire.

Becoming the nanny to Jeff's children might be a dream come true for Danny and exactly what Jeff needs, but are either of them ready to really be a family?

Well, daddy, manny and kids are usually my comfort read when I need something light, fun and heartwarming to read. And that’s the reason I choose this book after some ‘heavy’ read that exhaust me.
Then cute cover had caught my eyes and the lovely blurb seems promising enough. I swear, I even can hear children voices shouting “Pick me! Pick me! Read me! Read me!” – in my head when I first saw and read the blurb!

So? Following my heart, I pick the book and start reading it with the excitement and huge expectations.

But soon my excitement turned into disappointments. Because the book was ended far from what I expected. I mean the story isn’t that bad, well actually it’s promising enough to melt my softie heart – I mean with the three years old cute and smart toddler and a baby? How can it’s not melt your heart, right?

As a matter of fact the children are the huge ‘savior’ that keep the star from falling more low because I felt the adults here on the contrary kinda ruined the story for lack of chemistry and failed me to feel connected to their feelings. Like I always said in some of my review before, the feels and connection that grow between the two main characters was supposed to be feels not to tell or describe. In this case, the author was trying so hard to ‘tell’ us – the readers – about what the MCs feel but the funny thing is…I didn’t feel it at all. I mean its okay for two people to feel instant feeling and connection that growing so fast through some kind of situations they have like what happen in this story when Jeff steady life soon turned upside down because of the death of his best friend, Beth and made him become a legal guardian to her two children. As if not enough, Jeff boyfriend then decided to leave him because he can’t stand with the sudden appearance of children in their live that changed everything. In the middle of balancing his new life and responsibility as a father and his work as a chef, Jeff need a nanny for his children.

Come this Donny guy who desperately need a job after graduating. The instant connection that happen between the new nanny and the children had touch Jeff's heart (and mine too!). And they can’t denied that they start to depending on each other. When everything seems to fall way too perfect, then come the ex-boyfriend which with a very ridiculous reason trying to ruin their happiness. Will their new bond can survive the chaos made by the crazy ex?

Overall, the story actually have good premise to be good, but the lack of connection I felt during the reading had ruined the joy a bit.
The stars mostly dedicated to the children that successfully stole my heart right from the beginning.

REVIEW : Passing Stranger by Louisa Keller

Title : Passing Stranger by Louisa Keller
Genre(s) : Contemporary gay romance, May/December, enemies to lovers
Publication Date : June 3rd 2018
My Rating(s) : 3/5 Stars

“These bags aren’t going to unpack themselves.” 

Bryce: Working at an upscale hotel isn’t my first choice, but putting up with my skeezy boss, crazy hours, and demanding guests means I can pay my bills. When Riker Cavanaugh—cruel, demanding, and filthy rich—checks in, it’s easy to write him off as just another obnoxious guest. And even though he never seems happy with my performance, he keeps specifically requesting me. What’s with that?

But as I spend more time with this breathtakingly beautiful man, I’m finding Riker is much more than his gruff exterior and his expensive taste. Over late-night lobster and impromptu frozen yogurt, I begin to see a man who is deeply wounded and fiercely loyal. I’ve spent my whole life dreaming of a Prince Charming to come sweep me off my feet, but what life could a billionaire and a concierge really build together?

“I want to get to know you. If you’ll let me.” 

Riker: As the CEO of an international investment business, I have no interest in playing nice with the lowest level staff at the hotel I’m staying at as I close the most important business deal of my career. I didn’t get this rich by playing nice. Between my long hours and my failed marriage, romance is about as appealing to me as flying economy. And sure, Bryce Harrison is gorgeous, funny, and unbelievably compassionate, but that doesn’t mean I care about him.

Something about Bryce gets under my skin, and for the first time in my life, someone sees right past all those walls I’ve carefully built. Bright-eyed, virginal, and nearly two decades younger than me, he is the worst possible match for a grumpy, work-addicted billionaire…but I can’t deny that, when I’m around him, I feel more alive than I have in years. My past still haunts me, but Bryce makes me believe that someone as jaded as me can find happiness. We come from two different worlds, though—will one of us have to give everything up?

Passing Stranger is a contemporary billionaire romance with enemies-to-lovers, first time, May/December, and hurt/comfort themes, plus a very happy ending!

But Bryce was quickly bringing about feelings that were unfamiliar and terrifying. I wanted to protect him. I wanted to make him feel cherished. I wanted him to know that I would move mountains to keep him safe and happy and healthy.

Their first met definitely didn’t went well. Riker arrogance leave a very bad impression to Bryce. Especially when Riker seems to make Bryce jobs become more and more difficult each day. But Riker is a VIP guest and it’s Bryce job to provide and help the guest needs even if they asked for unbelievable things at very strange hours.

But as their interaction become very intense, along with that they start to know each other quite well, the relationship that was start as enemies become more and more friendly.

The comfort feels Ryker gave him when they spent their time together brought the protective side in Riker and he want to keep Bryce safe and happy even there’s  consequences he must face to be always at Bryce’s side.

Will Riker sacrifices everything just to be with this ordinary guy who had slowly stolen his heart each day?

I must admit that the story a bit ‘not-logic' at some part, and there's some problems that feels 'huge' at the beginning seems to be left unsolved just like that, like Riker problem with his father who ended with no specific explanation. BUT since I’m in my best ‘cheesy mood' I found that this story is cute and lovely enough to enjoy.

Like any other typical Cinderfella story, Passing Stranger offer the very same formula about a very wealthy man who falllin for an ordinary and poor man from a lower class and after through some unfriendly scenes and misunderstanding, they finally found their happily ever after. Sounds cliché, right? But it fun enough to read.

ARC REVIEW : The Line of Succession by Harry F. Rey

Title : The Line of Succession by Harry F. Rey
Genre(s) : gay romance
Publication Date : July 24th 2018
My Rating : 3/5 Stars

Warning : multiple POV, sex without protection and cliffy ending

Families are built on secrets, but when it's the royal family, the stakes-and the secrets-can be deadly.

Fifteen years ago, Prince James's father, Prince Richard, was killed in a mysterious helicopter crash, along with his secret Irish lover. The young James became heir to the British throne over his twin sister, Princess Alexandra.

With Queen Victoria II turning ninety, James's personal life, now that he's thirty, has come more into the public spotlight as he's expected to marry and produce an heir. Known for his playboy lifestyle, he'd gladly accept that reputation to hide the truth that he's gay and in a secret long-term relationship with his best friend and press secretary, Andrew.

His twin sister knows his secret, and plans to use it to create a scandal that will help her take the crown for herself, but her plans rely on trust, and she will soon learn her allies are not as trustworthy as she thought. Will James win his throne, while keeping the love of his life? Or will the monarchy topple in the face of naked ambition and public scandal?

The Line of Succession is a 38,000 word erotic romantic drama. If you love TV's The Crown or The Royals, then you'll love this deliciously sly royal drama filled with sex, secrets, and lies.

Buy The Line of Succession now and dive into a royal family of secret gay lovers, ambitious lusts for power, passions for revenge and hidden secrets that will shake the monarchy to its very core. This isn't your real-life fairy-tale wedding; this is a royal family at war.

I have mixed feelings about this book. It certainly wasn't what I expected. The cover and blurb had caught me and made me curious since the first time I saw it. But I think I expected a bit too much on this.

I must admit that the story a bit confusing at the beginning with the back and forth between the past and present day, then added multiple POV with rapid change from a lot of different characters to the situations. Then BHAM! You got the headache almost the entire reading! I must admit that it kinda turned down the mood a bit. There’s a moment when I need to go back to previous page several times just to checking who’s who and find some ‘missing hints’ before finally understand what actually just happened.

For the book this short, I feel that it’s way too much problems to dump as a starter. It feel so crowded and choked at the same time. But I must admit that ALL the conspiracies and intrigues had successfully caught me deeper into the story.

Well, I ended this book with some notes here and there for the story, but overall this book is interesting enough to follow and very consuming. And the cliffy ending made me want to scream for more!!! Because I'm curious how this story gonna end.

I need the next book ASAP!