Real Talk Book Talk

Fem is one book in a long line of books written by Seth King that left me speechless. Peter Martin is living two lives inside one body.  Although he is openly gay, a lifetime of taunting from his family and community for being “too feminine” has still left him clad in false armor, portraying a character that is entirely fake, but keeps him safe from ridicule all the same. Stand tall, speak deeply, keep a strong handshake, never draw attention, never be “too gay.”But deep in his wildest dreams, Peter is a fabulous, flamboyant diva – he is just terrified of what it would mean for his life if he ever let his true rainbow colors shine through.  Until he meets Andre Munoz.  Andre is a traditionally masculine gay man who happens to love men like Peter, and who treasures Peter for everything he ever hated and concealed about himself. Andre is also into the “lace lifestyle,” a mysterious underground world of men who reject society’s rules and engage in sex while wear

Title: Work in Progress Series: Cook County #1 Author: BJ Harvey Genre: Romantic Comedy Release Date:  May 22, 2019 Flipping houses if not for the weak of heart. Neither is falling in love. Jamie Cook is a work-in-progress. He’s always wanted what his parents have: a good marriage, lots of kids, and financial security. He thought he’d have the first two with his ex-girlfriend while the third would come once he got his house-flipping business off the ground.  When his ex doesn’t subscribe to his five-year plan, he makes Cook Brothers Construction his sole focus. Then he moves next door to April Williams, a sassy single mom he can’t stop riling up. T hrow in her matchmaking mother-in-law, who’s set her sights on Jamie being April’s knight in a leather tool belt, and a house threatening Jamie’s sanity, and it should be a recipe for disaster, but Jamie wants this three-month project to last forever.  That’s if he can stop being the neighb

Title: A Debt Owed Author: Clarissa Wild Genre: Dark Romance Release Date:  May 27, 2019 My enemy’s daughter … offered to me as payment towards a debt. Now she’ll become my wife … my pet. I wasn’t always cold-hearted and vindictive. She made me that way. Charlotte Davis … the most beautiful and privileged princess there is. I’d kill for her to be mine. We met by chance at her father’s wedding … And then again years later. But she forgot about me. Ignored me. Enraged me. Then her father did the unforgivable, and I made it my lifelong goal to ruin him ... By taking her as payment towards a debt he owed. A debt she will repay by marrying me. Until death do us part. a Rafflecopter giveaway I push the button to close off the front of the car to the back of the car so we can have some privacy. “What’s wrong?” I ask.