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Headshot (Model Love)
Headshot (Model Love)
JP Sayle | 2022 | Contemporary, LGBTQ+, Romance
10
10.0 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
Independent Reviewer for Archaeolibrarian - I Dig Good Books!


Kit runs Garfield House which is a refuge for boys/young men that have been exiled by so-called friends and family for being gay!


The previous landlord has passed away and Kit is having to deal with his pompous nephew who is against everything Garfield house stands for. Kit then has the rug pulled from underneath him when said nephew decides to put the building on the market he's now got to find a way to keep the boys he's taken in safe and secure as he promised he would.


This is a beautifully written story. You get to see both sides of the story from each character's point of view and I think it's fantastic. Having an understanding of what both men are thinking and feeling makes you involved in the story and their growing relationship.


There is a lot of passion in this book especially when Kit and Jack admit their feelings for each other but it's not done in a tasteless way.


This book is part of a series but can also be read as a stand-alone, I personally am interested in reading about the other characters and finding out their stories. I am definitely hooked!


I rate this book 5/5 and recommend you read it.


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Kiss Me Deadly
Kiss Me Deadly
Tamela Miles | 2023 | Horror, Paranormal, Romance
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Paper Dolls, I felt was perfect for a full length story
Independent reviewer for Archaeolibrarian, I was gifted my copy of this book.

6 short stories, of the horror/paranormal variety.

So, here's the thing.

I like short stories, I really do. The skill with a short is, you gotta grab the reader, and hold on for those few pages and not let go.

And here, I was only grabbed once or twice, and one of those was an excerpt from another collection.

I loved the excerpt from One, which appears in Rock Paper Scissors. That really got me good and excited for this collection, it really did. I'd like to go back and read THAT particular story.

The Swinging Tree was rather good too. That certainly grabbed and didn't let go!

Paper Dolls, I felt was perfect for a full length story. What Zach and Paris could get up to boggles the (obviously very twisted) mind!

But the other stories, while well written and well told, didn't grab me too much.

I think it would have better, for ME, had I not read these short stories back to back. Maybe if I had read one, then something else, then come back to these, I might have enjoyed them better.

But still, an enjoyable way to pass an hour.

3 stars

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Assisting The Alpha (Soldati Security #1)
Assisting The Alpha (Soldati Security #1)
Finn Walton | 2025 | LGBTQ+, Paranormal, Romance
6
7.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
a good start
Independent reviewer for GRR I was gifted my copy of this book.

For the most part, I enjoyed this book.

Ethan and Ayo are well suited, once they get over the long standing hatred between their respective . . breeds?.... maybe, not sure what the word is! Ayo is a magic user and Ethan is a wolf. They is long standing hatred between them.

I liked the supporting cast, Ethan's none-pack, and Ayo's friends.

Besides the fact that it's first person, present tense and multi POV, the thing that really has my book feelings going nuts is this:

I felt that I missed something. All the way through, I felt that there should have been a book before this one, an introduction to this world OR this book was a spin off from another series, and I should have read that first. There was MUCH that was not fully explained, of just chucked at you, like you should know what was being talked about. World building, mostly.

And there isn't a previous book or series, because this appears to be the first book under this author name.

I will read book two, though. Finn Walton intrigued me enough to keep me interested. It will be interesting to watch their skill develop.

3 very good stars

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