B+ Reviews / Recommended Reads19th century / England / m/m romance / male prostitute / Recommended Reads / Samhain18 Comments
(This one is addressed to readers, not the author) Dear Readers: As we all know, it’s impossible to be objective about a review. And this is fine, as long as we can be honest about the sources of our lack of objectivity, if we know them. This book has flaws, ... more >
B+ Reviews / Recommended Readsbisexual hero / m/m romance / male prostitute / Recommended Reads / S.A. Reid / self-published / Smashwords / Writer16 Comments
Dear Ms. Reid (actually I’m just assuming your gender here — sorry if I got it wrong). This is a self-pubbed book that you sent to Dear Author for possible review. I enjoyed the excerpt and it hit one of my buttons pretty hard (*love* stories about prostitutes or strippers ... more >
A- Reviews / Recommended Readslaw-enforcement / m/m romance / male prostitute / Serial-Killer / stripper7 Comments
Dear Ms. Zheng. Dianne Fox recommended this book on her LiveJournal and since she’s part of my “trust network” and I was intrigued by the description — “seriously fantastic” and “dark and gritty and wrenching” — I went out and bought it. And oh, am I glad I did. Tomas ... more >
B- Reviews19th century / Ava March / Loose-Id / m/m romance / male prostitute / Regency England / unrequited-love11 Comments
Dear Ms. March. I loved the excerpt for this book: prostitution! angst! unrequited love! m/m romance! It hit many of my not-so-sekrit Buttons of Hottness and Readerly Pleasure. And I very much enjoyed the book, even if I wanted to beat one of the heroes and not in a fun, ... more >
B+ ReviewsJ.L. Merrow / male prostitute / novella / Samhain-publishing17 Comments
Dear. Ms. Merrow. I like your work. I love the English flavor of your work. I love your characters who are all definitely distinct characters. I love your rent boys. So this novella from Samhain looked right up my alley. And it was. I recommended it for October, so here’s ... more >
B Reviews / Ebooksmale prostitute / Samhain-publishing13 Comments
Dear Ms. Burkhart: You wrote the Dear Author reviewers a very cute little note when you sent your book and I have a secret obsession with male prostitute stories, so I thought I’d try this one. I’m glad I did. It was a gentle, sweet story and you have a ... more >