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  Learning Curve Life Lessons - Book Four by Kaje Harper Audio Release Date: January 27, 2022 Review JF Harding, as narrator, brings Book 4, the final in the series to life for us.  He’s been perfect for Tony and Mac.  And what can I say, as we’ve come to a conclusion of Tony and Mac’s story, it’s a bit bittersweet. Though it’s great to see their ending, we’ve built quite a relationship with them. Four books in, we know them well, we’ve been through it all so it’s a little hard to say goodbye. With that said, this was a wonderful installment in their journey. Mac is grumpily and slowly recovering from his injuries, helping more with the children while he’s off. The more he heals the sooner he gets back to work, which is too fast for Tony and too slow for Mac. Though he’s not back yet, he gets drawn into a case that involves one of Tony’s students. While helping to figure out who the murderer is and where the missing boyfriend is, Mac has to also figure out how to be bette...

  AUDIOBOOK TOUR Book Title:  Learning Curve - Life Lessons Book 4 Author and Publisher: Kaje Harper Narrator: JF Harding Release Date: November 16, 2022 Genre: Contemporary/Mystery M/M Romance Tropes: established couple, found family Themes: murder mystery, parenting, prejudice Heat Rating: 3 flames      Length: 11 hours and 17 minutes This is book 4 in the  Life Lessons  series. It does not end on a cliffhanger.  This is the solid HEA Goodreads Buy Links Audible US   |   Audible UK   Amazon US   |   Amazon UK   Mac is afraid he won't recover enough to go back to being a cop; Tony's afraid that he will. Blurb  Three months after being injured, Detective Jared MacLean is healing, but he's afraid it may not be enough to go back on the job. He won't give up, though. Being a cop is written deep in M...

  RELEASE BLITZ Book Title:  Hidden Blade: The Road to Rocktoberfest 2022 Author and Publisher: Kaje Harper Cover Artist: Natasha Snow Release Date: October 4, 2022 Genre: Contemporary M/M Romance Tropes: First-time, clinical anxiety Themes: Coming out, hurt-comfort Heat Rating:  3 flames  Length: 86 000 words It is a standalone story and does not end on a cliffhanger.  It is part of a shared-world series. This is the first release from this year's set. Goodreads Buy Links  - Available in Kindle Unlimited   Amazon US   |   Amazon UK Sometimes willpower isn't enough. Blurb  Cam  Social anxiety's been my constant companion for twenty-three years, sometimes in the background, sometimes silencing me and yanking my guts out in the nearest trash can. No matter how much I love playing music, I'm never going to get up on a stage and perform in front of a crowd. But since I met Erik, and was asked to join his band Hellsbane, that k...

  HIDDEN BLADE The Road to Rocktoberfest - Book One by Kaje Harper Audio Release Date: October 4, 2022 Review A powerful story of two guys brought together through a love of music, but it’s not as easy as just wanting it. Kaje writes a very vivid and compassionate tale.  One that involves one man with a great deal of very real anxiety and a lot of pain. And another who isn’t ready to give up on the dream of his band making it, even if most would argue he should give up. Both men live and breathe music though, and it becomes a catalyst to bring together this pair that would never have met otherwise. "None of them wrote lyrics that ripped my heart out and mended it, and then turned that same focus on me." Cam was beautiful and talented, and he felt so very real. While Erik was terrific in his steadfast desire to make it, and I adored how fantastic he was with Cam, able to sense perfectly when to push Cam or give him space.  They connected so wonderfully, and I loved how the...

  Home Work Life Lessons - Book Three by Kaje Harper Narrated by JF Harding Audio Release Date: September 6, 2022 Review Home Work is book three in the four-book series, Life Lessons, which follows Mac and Tony through a real and often gritty relationship. Mac’s a homicide detective, he’s now out, but it’s still not easy. His fellow cops are not extremely welcoming of his admission to being gay. Tony is happy to finally have his man and able to be honest about their relationship.  Not only that but now they have their two kids and an apartment. Too bad Mac is still a workaholic, and both kids are still struggling with trauma and change.  They love each other to death, but real life is nothing like a romance novel.  If you like your couple to have to work for their HEA, if you want it to feel real…this is the series for you.  Life sometimes provides blows. You have to work to stay connected. Work to keep the love alive.  Add to your TBR List GOODREADS LINK S...

  AUDIOBOOK TOUR Book Title:  Home Work (Life Lessons 3) Author and Publisher: Kaje Harper Narrator: JF Harding Release Date: September 6, 2022 Genre: Mystery/Contemporary M/M Romance Tropes: Hurt-comfort, established couples, parenting Themes: Found family Heat Rating: 3 flames Length: 10 hours and 28 minutes It is not a standalone story. Listen/read books 1 and 2 first. The book does not end on a cliffhanger. Goodreads Buy Links - Available in Kindle Unlimited, Paperback and Audio Audible US   |    Audible UK   Amazon US   |   Amazon UK Murder, trauma, and raising children - who said love was easy? Blurb  Mac and Tony thought the hard part was over. They’re together openly as a couple, sharing a home and building a life with their two kids. It’s what they dreamed of.4 But daughter Anna struggles with the changes, Ben is haunted by ol...

AUDIOBOOK and EBOOK TOUR Book Title:  Breaking Cover (Life Lessons Book 2) Author and Publisher: Kaje Harper Narrator: JF Harding Release Date: June 29, 2022 Genre: Contemporary/Mystery M/M romance Tropes: Modest age-gap, in the closet Themes: Coming out, gay parenting Heat Rating:  4 flames Length: 9 hours and 46 minutes It is best read after book 1. The book does not end on a cliffhanger. It has a solid HFN ending, not yet a HEA.  Audiobooks 3 and 4 are scheduled for later this summer. Goodreads Buy Links - Audible, KU and Paperback Audible US   |   Audible UK Amazon US   |   Amazon UK Sometimes one moment defines a man Blurb For homicide detective Mac, it's been a good year. Having Tony to go home to makes him a better cop and a better person. For Tony, it's been hard being in love with a man he can't touch in public. Evasions and outright lying to...