Darkness Dawns by Dianne Duvall
Darkness Rises by Dianne Duvall
Night Unbound by Dianne Duvall
Shadows Strike by Dianne Duvall
In Still Darkness by Dianne Duvall
Phantom Embrace by Dianne Duvall
Blind Faith by Teresa Gabelman
Sound of Her Warrior Heart by M L Buchman
An Unconventional Meeting by E V Darcy
Tone Deaf by Olivia Rivers
Unforgiven by Ruth Clampett
Working It by Riley Hart and Devon McCormack
Touch of Fire by Jasmine B Waters
Adam’s Song by Spencer Spears
Tartan Two-Step by Grace Burrowes
Before You Break by K C Wells and Parker Williams
Phantom Embrace by Dianne Duvall
I had a pretty good idea of where this story was going, because in the previous novel, Yuri was killed in action. Now, we step back in time a little and he’s the main character in a romance? Oh, wait, the girl he falls in love with is a ghost. Hmm, predictable much? So yeah, Yuri dies and the two ghosts get to be together forever…as ghosts. Ugh. This was definitely not up to Dianne Duvall’s normal standards.
Before You Break by K C Wells and Parker Williams
Although it was well written, this book wasn’t for me. I would have rated it two stars for my personal enjoyment of the book, but it seemed a little unfair to the author. I mean, it’s a novel featuring a gay couple who are in a dominant/submissive relationship – it seems unfair to reduce my rating because I didn’t enjoy the dom/sub aspect of it. But I didn’t. And I was unable to give it more than three stars.
For me, a relationship has to be equal. These two were equals at work, equals in strength, etc. They were not equals in their relationship. To me, it seemed that Wayne didn’t see Ellis as an equal. Instead, Wayne felt superior, smarter, more of an ‘adult’, and he patronised Ellis. I felt like it was more like a parent/child relationship than one of equals. This was emphasised by the way Wayne addressed Ellis as ‘boy’ and made Ellis call him ‘Sir’.
I also felt like the last third of the book was an extended epilogue. The book just kept going and going and going… I was so over it by the time I finally finished.