A light-hearted read. Two unlikely characters, both with enormous talent falling in love. A few parts brought a few laughs. Guess i'm an old softie at heart.If you want another of Merrow's books not listed in goodreads, check out Caught. I nearly busted my gut laughing at parts of the book and in...
A cute read with a lot of British slang. I thought the relationship between Phil and Tom went from hate to like pretty quickly. There were a lot of secrets, a lot of painful history that wasn't touched in the slightest. It just made for a relationship between the two without some sort of truce...
I absolutely love J.L. Merrow's writing. There's a raw passion in her stories that appeal to me.Luke is such an unapologetically sexual character and his developing relationship with Russell was a joy to read. Luke is definitely not an easily loveable character given his tough-as-nails exterior. ...
This was such a fun read! I loved Tim. He wasn't the super duper "I am Alpha, hear me roar" type that saturates the M/M genre and he wasn't the "I'm too sexy for my shirt/don't you want me, baby" super duper fly so gorgeous he'd make Jensen Ackles cry type either. He was just an average guy, kn...
Hmmmm. I read 'Muscling through' quite by chance and had really enjoyed it so I downloaded this onto my kindle with a little hope in my heart.............really disappointed. There is so much wrong here. Jude, the hero, is appalling and not really believable. He is whiney and self obsessed and yo...
3,5 stars, because the detective part of the plot is a bit jumbled. I can’t help but compare this story to Josh Lanyon’ Holmes and Moriarity series, because the general plot is similar to that one – one sleuth detective plus one former cop, both involved into some investigation. But I like Tom an...
I like JL Merrow's writing, and whilst I did like this one too, I found it different to the others I've read. I did struggle to stay with the story at first, not sure why really. There is lots of Icelandic history (meaning much googling for me!) which I quite like and having local Viking history,...
3.5 starsI have to say that $2.25 (Kindle price) for 21 pages is ridiculously expensive and in that regard I don't think the story (simply for its length) was worth it.However, just judging the story.. I have to say that it was short and sweet. I liked the MCs. Chris' strong positive character wa...
Ugh. I broke my vow to steer clear of werewolf stories. And angsty stories. And rapey stories. Pretty much I ignored all of my hard limits when I decided to give this book a chance. Because it's J. L. Merrow and I was going through J. L. Merrow withdrawal after reading pretty much everything else...
I really enjoyed the whole concept of this story. It wasn't a complicated, drawn out time-travel story. But there was substance to it that often lacks in shorter stories. The ONLY reason I couldn't give this story 5 stars...at times it was confusing as to which time period the characters were in....
I found Geek to be a cute, fluffy read. I was not expecting anything weighty or involved. I can see why it affected other reviewers the way it did. I, too, don't like when characters obsess about their perceived failings, but Jez's reactions are explained by his ex's actions. For me, it stoppe...
I feel like 2 stars seams low, but really it was just okay. First off either the attempted murder mystery need to be the main focus with a sub romance intertwined or a romance with a small mystery running through it. What it did was a in your face here's the villain. No doubt, totally obvious. Th...
Better than I thought it would be, from the blurb. I liked the developing (non) romance between Nathan and Stephen. It was difficult to decide which was more damaged and emotionally repressed. I wanted to shake Nathan sometimes because he is so tunnel-vision clueless about Stephen's attraction to...
Jen did a great review of this at BER, but I had to do it here. Tip has a bit of a problem. After being cursed by a cranky witch, he periodically turns into a tortoise with little warning. It annoys his sister to no end, but she takes care of him and one day puts him out front of her restaurant s...
Why oh why are thou so short? This is a cute little short, although as a non-Brit I had to think a bit on a few of the words, but it was pretty self-explanatory. Giles grew up knowing he was adopted, and with a push from his best friend Oz he finally goes to see his birth mother and the rest of h...
I got this one because it was by JL Merrow and I’ve yet to find a book of hers that I don’t laugh out loud while reading. Well I didn’t exactly laugh out loud at this one but I adore the ending and the story is cute and fun. It’s a throwaway in that it’s not one I’d remember exactly and there isn...
Kurt misses Raoul, his house is just too big without him in it, he can't even light the fireplace because it was Raoul's pride and joy. So he just visits his grave and goes on with his life.One day at the gym a young, bouncy, exuberant and very talkative Matt comes up to him and starts hitting on...
I didn’t recognise the number, but then again, I’d been handing my number out pretty freely over the last couple of days. Maybe it was Dave, borrowing someone else’s phone to tell us they’d caught the poisoner and we could all sleep easy in our beds from here on in. It was...
This time, my silver fox stared at me the whole time he was coming down the escalator. He wasn’t carrying any bags. Maybe he didn’t have anyone special to shop for? Wel , a boy can dream. I launched into Hazel O’Connor’s “Wil You?” and you know what? For just a moment there, I thought maybe he wo...
Mac’s sitting room. The rescued Marmaduke purred in state upon Matthew’s lap, making it exceedingly difficult for him to turn the pages, although one wouldn’t know it from the fond glances Matthew kept throwing his way. After an interval of silence broken only by the rustl...
He laughed, and I didn’t bother explaining it wasn’t a joke. I figured he’d be able to work that out for himself if it came down to it. The drive out to Leitner’s address wasn’t a pleasant one. And I don’t mean the scenery wasn’t up to much. Hell, I didn’t even notice the scenery. All I could thi...
Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the authors’ imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.Cover Art by L.C. Chase http://www.lcchase.comThis book...
Patrick sent a mental cheers, mate to the bloke upstairs. Not that the run would have been cancelled for anything short of an actual apocalypse, but good weather made a lot of things much, much easier. And a lot more pleasant. By the start time, eleven o’clock, the runners...
Merrow - Midwinter Manor 2 - Keeper's Pledge Chapter 5 A FTER a wretched night’s sleep, Philip awoke tired and irritable, and dreading the day before him. How could he face his guests, his servants even, knowing one of them might have seen him with Danny? Being, oh God, buggered by Danny? Standis...
Three rabbits, all of them good-sized. Not so fancy as what they’d be eating up at the manor, but it’d still make a grand Christmas dinner for his mam and the kids. Now, though, it was time to be heading off home before that bastard of a gamekeeper caught him. Snow had started to drif...
