JEFF ERNO - WE DANCED - A REVIEW

Publisher: Dreamspinner Press

Author: Jeff Erno

Title: We Danced

ISBN-13:  978-1-61372-531-3

Pages:  210

Cover Artist: Justin James

Categories:   Novels, Contemporary

Book Type:   eBook

File Formats Available: .epub, .prc, .prc, html, pdf

Price: $ 6.99 (e-book) $ 14.99 (Paperback)

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BLURB:

For six years, Rex Payton has focused on two things: keeping his late father’s small-town Kentucky bar afloat and raising his nephew, Tyler. After the tragic loss of his parents and sister, Rex has no interest in romance. He’s respected in his community and regarded as one of Carlisle’s most eligible bachelors, but he’s accepted that his life isn’t conducive to a romantic relationship, especially as a closeted gay man.

Enter Josh Billings, a veterinary student who’s serving an internship in town. Josh’s deepest passion is helping animals. Romance is the furthest thing from his mind… until the night he meets taciturn, handsome Rex Payton. Chance and an after-hours dance conspire to forge an intimate connection neither man looked for—one neither man can ignore after the dance leads to a kiss.

Suddenly romance isn’t so insignificant, but it’s also not without complications. For this relationship to work, Josh has to decide if he can cope with dating a single dad, Rex has to open his heart, and Ty has to learn to share his dad’s affection.

REVIEW:

Romance, tragedy and family dram all mix to form a complete picture of two incredible men and a young boy who become a family.  I’ve reviewed Jeff Erno’s work before to great pleasure and this was no exception.  Erno captures all the heart and wonder of being a parent and a partner in the pages of his amazing new novel.

The heart of the book is Ty, the six year old nephew of Rex and the struggles that homophobia and hate bring out in people who don’t see gay men as suitable parents, or in some states, suitable human beings.  When Rex meets Josh, things build quickly into an erotic, romantic, and sometimes sad and upsetting mix and won’t leave you without having touched your heart and, if you’re like me, brought a tear to your eye.

This is what being gay men and parents is all about.  Outstanding work!

S. L. DANIELSON & JULIE LYNN HAYES – SOUTHERN COMFORT # 3 – AFTERMATH – REVIEW

Publisher: No Boundaries Press

Author(s): S. L. Danielson & Julie Lynn Hayes

Title: Aftermath

Series: Southern Comfort

Book: 3

Pages: 198

Price: $4.99

Format: e-book

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BLURB:

In the aftermath of the Homecoming Dance, a great rift has grown between Mark and Blake, one that was begun with the refusal of a dance. New alliances are strengthened and old ones reinforced. Mark makes his choice and moves out of the Davis home, back to George’s house… and Todd. Clay does his best to give Blake what he needs, even if it entails staying with Mark. Todd’s mother steps in to nurse George back to health, and that bond only deepens. Will Mark do what he just told Blake he couldn’t, and give Todd his ring? Will Clay show Blake that he’s the better man? And will new student Taylor Andrews throw a monkey wrench into Mark’s plans for Todd?

Who will survive the aftermath, and what will the new alliances be?

REVIEW:

Anyone who reads my reviews knows I like high school romance themed series.  This is the third in the Southern Comfort series by S. L. Danielson and Julie Lynn Hayes and it is probably the best yet.  Characters go through major life changes since the cliffhanger ending of book 2 and this is truly the AFTERMATH of those events.

Without giving away the story to any degree it is hard to really give an accurate portrait of this book.  We are introduced to a few new characters; Taylor and Jacob respectively, who it is obvious, will return in book 4.

Mark and Blake, no longer together, struggle with the sadness and resentments of their nasty break up while their new significant others’ try to deal with the emotional fall out.  At the end of the book, while not a cliffhanger this time, still leave questions that the reader is left to wait for book 4 to get their answers in.

Oh, teen romance!  You thought being an adult in love had its dramas? 

Enjoy SOUTHERN COMFORT # 3: AFTERMATH, but please remember to read book 1: IT STARTED WITH A DARE and book 2: GROWING PAINS first.  This is a series you have to read in order to follow, it might help to have a score card too.  EXCELLENT reading experience!