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  CRIMINAL INTENTIONS: JUNK SHOP BLUES Criminal Intentions - Season One, Episode Two by Cole McCade Release Date: August 8, 2018 Review Their second case and Malcolm and Seong-Jae aren’t any closer to being besties. The previous case still haunts them, and they are still working on trusting each other. They both play things too close to their chest, mixed with their very different personalities and what you get is delicious tension!  We are in for a slow burn and I can’t wait for the beautiful explosion that is to come. I love everything about this series so far.  The new mysteries, and the interesting side characters all make for a great serial. I am here for the long haul. Especially given that they are available in audiobook. Curt Bonnem does a great job narrating. The characters, and the vibe, are all done really well. Add to your TBR List GOODREADS LINK Synopsis ABOUT THIS EPISODE A murdered night club mogul unlocks a web of infidelity and deceit. The most likely suspect? The daug

  LEVEL UP Franklin U 2 - Book Four by Max Walker Release Date: June 28, 2024 Review I enjoyed this a lot. Jay reminds me of me when I was his age. Being so blinded by one's principles and causes that you struggle to see nuance and grey areas. So ‘committed’ to the cause that he can’t see the difference between a father and his son. And being worried about his street cred in the movement. It really is a world of its own, and Max captured it perfectly. I love him paired with Ryan. The rich kid who, like most of us, has a complicated relationship with his father. He loves him and wants to make him proud, but he also doesn’t want to be him.  I love what they bring to each other's lives, and how they each help the other to work through the things that are holding them back.   Despite some heavy topics, it is still a fun, cheeky, college story. Its resolution may feel a bit easy, but it's not meant to be an angsty story. Max gives us love and sex and swoon and ending to bring a

  CREEK Honorably Discharged - Book One by Nora Pheonix & EM Lindsey Release Date: February 22, 2024 Review Each person’s tragedy/loss/pain isn’t a competition. Except maybe in physio rehab! Creek and Heath are very different men yet they have something significant in common. Which connects them, but also highlights their differences.  Creek is struggling to come to terms with the ways in which his life has and will change. He’s grumpy and surly (I would be too). In contrast, Heath is a glass-half-full, let’s make the best of it kind of guy. And nothing makes a grump more grumpy than a positive, smiling person! Their journey (personal and together) is touching and emotional. It felt real. It was painful and beautiful all at the same time. Both men were incredible and I loved their similar yet so different journeys.  It was also swoony and sexy. They had me so wrapped up in their story, I didn’t want it to end. I know I’ll see more of them in the stories to come, but they really wer

  PIPPIN & NACHO Alpha’s Rejects - Book Two by Courtney W. Dixon Release Date: June 28, 2024 Review Courtney excels at angsty and complicated men who draw you in and put you in a chokehold of emotions. Sampson and Nate are the sweetest, most amazing best friends with codependency that runs DEEP! Their story is a study of how beautiful and destructive that can be.  It has been the two of them against the world for so long, but in particular, it’s been Nate protecting Sampson from the world. And you will absolutely adore him for that. But trying to keep them both alive, let alone thrive, is starting to wear him down. Not to mention the effort it takes to hide his feelings for his best friend. Sampson has relied completely on Nate, and so he does everything he can to not lose his best friend. Including not revealing his true feelings. It’s not until things come to a head that they are forced to figure their future and feelings out. Don’t fear, they have an amazing group of friends to