I loved this book - it's simply gorgeous. Don't let the cover put you off - it's not about a much older man a very young boy. The book is about a cop in his twenties- 'officer Helmet' and a young man at college - 'sparky'.The author creates wonderful characters who you fall for easily and we reve...
Reading this book was like watching The Hurt Locker, it was told through Cooper’s perspective – an ex-Juilliard student who’s trying to escape his past that led him to St.Nacho's – a popular gay bar in California. There, he met Shawn, the beautiful deaf bus boy who showed him something that renew...
Id admit this would probably not be the sort of book I would read normally. The drawn cover makes it seem to me to be a YA story but it isn't.Its the story of Rory, who drives across the country to attend a conference featuring his favorite artist Yamane, who believes is a girl. However, when he ...
2.5 rounded upI really liked this story at first; the storyline had so much potential and I enjoyed meeting all the characters, but then it fell apart for me. I was so glad Jordan told Ken about the accident right away because I hate when an MC hides important information like that and then it ca...
I had a very long travel day yesterday, in which between 2 flights and sitting in airports waiting to take those flights, I had about 16 hours to kill. Though I didn't spend the whole time reading, I did for much of it and this novel was perfect. I read it in a single sitting and it really help...
Notturno by Z. A. Maxfield is a 210-page paranormal novel. Adin is an expert on antique erotic literature. He has acquired Notturno, the journal of a sixteenth century Italian nobleman, Donte, detailing a homoerotic love affair. What Adin doesn’t realize is that Donte is a vampire determined t...
I read this book bc a friend recommended it. It starts off painfully bad. There's a lot of info dump. For example, I think we're blatantly told multiple times what each character needs (bc we couldn't possibly figure it out for ourselves) before we're even told what the characters look like. The ...
This was a beautiful story, I enjoyed every page. The story line is all about working on a ranch and the responsibilities that go with it but more that that it was about family being more than just blood. The Two main characters, Crispin and Speed both had difficult, troubled pasts and they found...
This is the 4th book in the ST Nacho's series. In this we gets Jake's brother Daniel's story. Daniel had come to ST Nacho's after handing divorce papers to his wife after discovering she was having an affair. Daniel who has always been protective of Jake, decides that since Jake is determine to l...
This was a bit of a departure from most of Z.A. Maxfield's books - less funny, less sweet, more unexpected and more morally ambiguous. The main characters were both flawed, and each had a past which included some poor decisions and willingness to look the other way. Dylan was the kept man of a m...
i shouldn't give it even one star. it was terrible, boring and stupid. there is so many amazing books about firefighters or about artists and this one? there is no real plot here, no feelings, nothing. things are happening without any reason and then boom there is happy ever after. it is like som...
My Heartache Cowboy should come with a warning label on it.I loved it, but it's a sequel that feels like a big departure from My Cowboy heart, the book that precedes it.ZAM has taken the supporting characters from the last book and written them with lives that extend well beyond the confines of t...
This was an intriguing story about the secrets people keep. Rafe appears to be a successful salesman and a complete ladies man. The reality is completely different. He is scared and lonely and his only friend is his dog. After someone sets fire to his garage he meets Ben, a policeman who inve...
I really want to give this book 5 stars and add it to my favorites shelf but there are a couple of things that prevent me from doing so. The title also was a bit much, but I usually get over stuff like that as soon as I start reading.Fitz, a talented pianist is left alone by his mother for the v...
Chandler has been appointed guardian to his 5 year old niece after her parents are both killed in a car wreck right after Thanksgiving. On the way to his parent's house for Christmas his borrowed car breaks down at a rest stop. Steve is on his way to Vegas to escape the holidays after a rough y...
Dare Buckley has moved back to Palladian. It’s not a triumphal return. As a Seattle police detective he made a disastrous alcohol based sexual decision with someone who turned out to be the criminal they were looking for. Dare is very lucky to have gotten any job anywhere. Dare’s old best friend,...
I am a big fan of ZA Maxfield. I love her writing style, characters and plots, and this book was no exception. Even when I realized who the killer was, the book kept me in suspense. I enjoyed the plot twists and development of the relationship between Sumner and Max. This was a quick read for me....
“Why’d you go and have to have a straight boy crush?” “We all do. That’s how fairies get their wings.” “I thought that was bells.” “That’s angels. The first time a gay man falls for a straight guy and ignores the impulse to make an ass out of himself over it, a fairy earns her wings. That’s in...
This is Book 3 in the Bluewater Bay series, and can be read as a standalone. Nash Holly is an impulsive out gay man living in Bluewater Bay managing his family's garage and working as lead mechanic. Nash's twin brother (Healey) is away at Stanford, and Nash and his father spend a lot of time cari...
This completes today’s cycle of testing. Please exit the chamber through the open door. Use caution. Surfaces may be slippery.” Adin didn’t move. He couldn’t move. His back was on fire. His head throbbed. He felt like he had an astronomically high fever. He couldn’t open h...
Boaz asked again as he took Adin’s things out of the trunk. He looked tired. It had taken Adin most of the rest of the day to make arrangements, and then he’d taken the time to get in touch with Edward and Tuan to say good-bye. They’d suggested meeting for dinner, but he’d...
He eyed the newest of his belongings, an elegant, shiny black walking stick with a silver skull handle and a lethal sword hidden inside that he’d received as a gift from Tuan. It was so much like the one used by Moriarty in the old Sherlock Holmes television series that he’d annoyed Tuan and Edwa...
This had to be one of the dumbest things I’d ever done. Inside, Lucho’s family was probably gathered around him—all except that little monster Fausto. Was I ready to face Lucho’s mother down? Even for a chance to see him again? He’d softened toward ...